As common human beings, we try using our brain to its full capacity. But the tantrums of the human mind plays us every time, and as a result, an average human loses concentration or interest in things within just 8 seconds. Everything is boring to us if it is not engaging enough or doesn’t have a contribution to our opinions.
Social media for business is the go-to solution for reaching your target audience as the number of social media users has increased drastically with time. People of different demographics and psychographics use social media platforms such as Facebook. It is therefore constantly upgrading its features to help businesses promote their services and products. Among a number of features available for your business on Facebook, here are six features that you need to know.
Being a part of a social media marketing agency and working with different types of business, I have come to understand something. The need to sustain in the market and grow constantly is applicable on all types of businesses including educational institutes. Therefore, you may use different types of marketing techniques such as content marketing, search engine marketing and email marketing. However, with your direct target audience being youngsters, using social media marketing in your marketing strategy is a must. In fact, not just youngsters but also other age groups and various businesses use social media. This makes social media a great platform to not only reach out to students but also their parents, industry recruiters, alumni, and even the college faculty. Here are some types of social media posts you can share on your social media.
#Hashtags, a common phenomenon used by all social butterflies on all their social media posts. Hashtags make a social media post more discoverable and categorises it according to events, trends, brands, food, and lot more!. When it comes to social media for businesses, hashtags are an essential part of captions. These little links function perfectly for the users while searching for related posts.
Hashtags organise posts like grouped conversations where you could simply type in the category of your desired search with a ‘#’ symbol before it. This would enlist all the posts that have the same hashtag, making it easier for you to dig and find what you’re looking for.
Finding good (let alone great) thought leadership content online is — cliched as it may sound — like finding a needle in a haystack. And because such content is so rare, the individuals (think Bill Gates’s blog writing project) and companies (think McKinsey) that do publish such content are held in high regard by everyone. Not only the mainstream audience but even business owners and leaders, the movers and shakers in various industries stop and listen (or read) when such sources publish something new. Many such leaders even base their major business decisions on the ideas and insights they gain from reading good thought leadership content.
In today’s age, the increase in the number of online users has compelled businesses to shift from traditional marketing to digital marketing. One of the modern strategies of digital marketing includes using social media to grab the attention of the audience. Talking about social media, it is estimated that there will be over 2.77 billion social media users worldwide by 2019. Now that’s a really strong reason why businesses and even educational institutes should use social media to grab the attention of their target audience. And if you manage a B-school, then it becomes all the more necessary to use social media to target users (students and working professionals) who would be quite active on social media. So social media is an apt platform for B-schools to reach out to prospective students.
Now apart from the sheer number of people available on social media, here are some other reasons why a B-school should use social media.
To be more relevant and trendy in today’s digital world, educational institutes are now spending a considerable budget for social media marketing. During this time of the year, B-schools around the country are bustling for more admissions. There has been a serious effort on the path of B-schools to increase brand presence and target the ever-growing number of prospective students on social media. So, the challenge here is how could your B-school stand out among the rest? What could you do differently to engage and attract students? Some may say that B-schools should be active on social media. Yes, that’s true, but apart from being active, you also need to have engaging posts that address prospective students, current students, and alumni all at one place! Social media for B-schools allows you to do exactly that.
Businesses today face a huge competition to sustain in a market that is more of a rat race. It is not just about creating brand awareness or business familiarity to grow your business but also about how many customers you can reach out to and get them to convert. So without spending much time on random theories, here is a fact. Blog writing can increase your lead generation by 67%. Read on to find out how blogging can help businesses to increase their leads.
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Social media is more than just a tool to connect people across the globe. In recent years, it has emerged as a platform to connect businesses with their existing and potential customers. Social media is a boon to businesses as it helps the business to connect with a customer immediately. Communication usually takes place through messages or comments sections. The interaction gained through comments comes in handy as social media platforms feature posts that have a good number of comments. So if want to get more comments on your posts and increase its visibility on social media, here are a few things to keep in mind.