Setting Objectives
For Facebook, specifically, the rules remain similar. Defining the
objectives by having a goal in mind is extremely significant before
heading out in any direction blindly. This requires an understanding,
not just of the brand's existence and worth, but also of the target
audience; a sentiment analysis is extremely necessary to understand how
the audience connects with what you have to offer.
New brands need
more ground work to create awareness and interest in the public unlike
the market leads, and so the need to stay visible becomes even more
immediate. Did you know that the shelf life of a post on Facebook is not
even an entire day?
On the other hand, we've also seen Facebook emerge as a platform, by established brands, to help with functions like
1. Product and service promotions,
2. Employee engagement,
3. Brand awareness, and even
4. Business development.
Facebook can't be your exclusive source for lead generation, but it can definitely help!
Be Shareable
To
make sure you're reaching the people you want you reach, you need to
monitor your "linkability." Does your process make tagging and
bookmarking easy? Do you reward or acknowledge inbound links? Have you
been able to, or facilitated a process to connect communities?
Be Searchable: Using Integrated Media
Just because you're planning to use Facebook doesn't mean you ignore
other networks that can augment your social presence or even rankings.
While we don't recommend the kitchen sink approach, it'd do your brand
well to integrate your efforts across multiple channels.
The
premise behind Social Media Optimization is the use of existing social
media outlets and communities to produce exposure and increase
engagement of an audience with a brand. The communities formed on sites
like Facebook and Twitter spawn publicity to amplify product
understanding. As a result, bells and whistles like RSS feeds, social
news, bookmarking sites, social networking sites, blogging sites, video
sites etc all fall into the social media category because the optimized
content of a website is shared across all these platforms for more
viewership and greater number of hits.
With the advent of
Facebook's Graph Search and the push that Google+ is receiving, it's no
surprise that recommendations of users on Google+, Facebook, and even
Twitter help in ranking websites on search engine result pages. If a
webpage is 'liked' on a social media platform like Facebook, the action
counts as a vote for the quality of the webpage. These votes help the
search engines in ranking the web pages on their lists. Social Media,
consequently, is becoming instrumental in driving traffic from sources
other than search engines.
Caveat: The "Viral" Pitfall
"Going viral" is a common desire, but with the exception of very few
cases, virality doesn't occur overnight. Viral seeding through word of
mouth helps with Social Media Optimization and many sharing websites and
social bookmarking websites play an active role in this, but what truly
sets you apart from the next guy is how well-developed your content is.
Your litmus test is whether or not your audience will want to embibe
what you lay in front of them.
Every once in a while you'll need
the help of professionals who can help you establish the necessary
framework. At Techmagnate, we have a complete suite of services and
packages to help get started. Contact us to let us know how we can help.
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