Friday, November 7, 2014

Are You Committing Any of These Social Media Blunders?

Are You Committing Any of These Social Media Blunders?

You probably think it's enough to be involved with social media at all, but let me be the one to break it to you: there are some grievous errors you might be making with your social media marketing that will not only cost you followers, but hurt your brand long term.
Social media is amazing in its ability to extend your reach beyond what you might generate on your own, but that is also the same way that it could hurt you. Let's check out 5 mistakes you might be making that will hurt.



  1. 5 Social media marketing mistakes to avoidNot being visual - These days people are all about wanting to view, not read. So whether you have a video, cool image or unique infographic, rest assured that your visual content will be read more, engaged with more ,and ultimately be acted upon much more. Just sayin'รข€¦
  2. Constantly selling - Put yourself in their shoes: do you like to have sales messages in your face all the time? No. Neither does your audience. Try to make your sales pitches no more than 20 percent of your content at most.
  3. Making negative comments disappear - This is a big no-no. If people determine that you are managing your social media in this fashion, they'll not trust you at all. It just looks like the complainer was right, and you're trying to hide it. Preferably use this as a chance to demonstrate awesome customer service!
  4. Don't buy likes and fans - Even though this appears at first glance to be an easy way to pump up the volume on your social media, in reality it will have the opposite effect. The social networks won't like it, and any real fans or followers you have will see right through it.
  5. Don't use LikeBait - LikeBait, as its name implies, is the act of bating people to like your post or page by crafting a controversial or otherwise titillating headline to get people to click or like. The problem is, there is usually not real or relevant content behind the headline. Facebook hates this too, and is changing their algorithm to exclude it. Don't be that guy.

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