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5 Things You Must Do For Social Media Marketing Success 2017 – Hostiee

I don’t need to explain the power of social media marketing to you. Right?

We have seen the continuous growth of social media since 2008.  Facebook has taken the highest advantage of this constant growth and currently they have around 1.71 Billon monthly active users. The most interesting fact is, Facebook population is more 36 million more than the population of China.

In 2017 we can’t even think of a day without social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google plus. In the same way, a marketing campaign can’t get success without the proper utilization of social media marketing.

As a marketer, I know you are using social media as one of your most powerful tool. If you are not, then start it right now.

I have seen lots of success stories of big brands from social media marketing. For example: Nike Women, #BetterForIt twitter campaign from 2015. A simple message to the target audience with a great image and Hash tag.

The only way to master the side plank is to try the side plank. #betterforitpic.twitter.com/f759NGjH1F

— NikeWomen (@nikewomen) September 30, 2015

Today, I am going to share 5 must do things for effective social media marketing campaign. I hope these tips will help you a lot. I am also trying to follow these tips for my own and clients campaigns.

1. Magic of image, especially Infographic:

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

But when it comes to social media marketing. A perfect picture is more than that. Your marketing effort will never be succeed if you don’t use proper creative. I know, the ad copy is very important. But if your creative representation is not catchy, your target audience will never be attracted.

Here is an example from NatureBox:

Do you know why this ad was effective?

Social media audiences really love Infographics as they can see a lot of information at a glance. It grabs audience very quickly. Another benefit of infographic is that, it can be distributed easily on any social media platform like Facebook, Google plus and obviously on Pinterest and Instagram.

Infographics in Pinterest and Google plus are viewed more than any other content. Also Infographics get the most share and like on these platforms.

2. Make more videos:

If we analyze most successful social media campaigns of 2015, we can easily say that it was the year of videos.

And in 2017, video is more powerful than ever. Established video platforms like Youtube and Netflix has made video content a part of our life. So why don’t you use video as a tool of your social media marketing?

Here is a success story:

Have you seen that the Clash of Clans: Revenge, official super bowl commercial has already been viewed more than 127 million times.

So think about video more seriously. Videos can give you very good reach and conversion. Video marketing can be effectively deployed through Facebook and Youtube channel.

3. Don’t forget GIFs:

Have you seen the continuous growth of Gifs in social media channels. I am mainly talking about Tumblr and Facebook.

I am watching a sharp upwards curve of GIFs growth. Your Facebook fans will be very happy to see a funny GIF posted on your page.

I am not telling that, it will increase your sales. But GIFs will increase the customer engagement (like, share and comment). And obviously that is really important to gain organic reach through social media marketing.

Here is an example:

So think about GIFs. It can be a great tool for your next social media marketing campaign success. And I mean it.

4. Think about Smartphones

Have you seen the growth of smartphone users for the last couple of years?

Yes, smartphone users are rapidly increasing. In the same pace, demand of responsive websites has been increased. Google is already giving more importance to mobile friendly or responsive websites in search engine optimization. Same thing goes for Facebook as well. Facebook is focusing on responsive advertisements more than ever before.

So, as a social media marketer think about smartphone users. Keep your eyes on any new application that has gained the attention of mobile phone users.

For example: Instagram and Snapchat.

5. Realize The Potential Of Facebook advertising

As I mentioned earlier, Facebook has more than 1.71 Billions of users. Can you realize the potential of the market?

May be you have written some articles about “Facebook advertising is dead”.

Do you also think so? No I don’t think so.

If you can optimize your ads correctly with proper targeting, you can still be succeeded. Don’t forget the number of active users of Facebook.

You’ll always find audiences of every niches on Facebook. So what are you waiting for? Go and start for your next ad planning.

So this is all for today. Just one thing I want add. As a social media marketer, 2017 is the year for you to moving forward.

Just think a bit before jump, make a clear plan on how you want to achieve your ROI through social media marketing.

I hope these 5 tips on fine tuning your social media marketing success will help you to be successful on your upcoming campaigns. Best of luck.

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Thank you… 🙂

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