Tips to build your brand’s social media presence in 2022

Why is social media presence important for any business???

Obviously, we are well beyond the point of denying the significance of social media in our lives. Be it large-scale businesses, entrepreneurs, or solopreneurs, social media can have a major impact on how businesses carry out their marketing strategies and how your business is perceived by your stakeholders. Social media gives an opportunity to build a tone and voice for your brand and increase your brand’s authenticity.??

Social media can also be an amazing platform for you to build relationships with your audience. You can engage with your audience in the form of posts, stories, conducting polls, going live, and much more. Venturing into social media can also help you provide your customers with better customer service and might we add, it is super affordable.?

While it can be quite confusing as to how to begin your journey on social media, the best advice that we have is to “just start” because you need to at some point. However, we do have better tips to build your brand’s social media presence than to just jump right into it. Read on!??

Tips to build your brand’s social media presence??

What’s your purpose on social media???

While peer pressure is a genuine reason, you might need a clearer purpose and a more valid reason to build your brand on social media. Your purpose can look anything like aiming to offer better customer service, building brand loyalty, increasing your brand’s visibility, etc. Having short-term and long-term goals in place can help you create relevant strategies and move forward towards your goals rather than going in circles without actual purpose in place.??

Who is your audience???

Before you jump into creating a social media strategy, you need to know who your audience is. You can determine who your target audience is by analyzing who your customers are and what they would be engaging with. Another thing that you can do to define your audience is to keep track of your competitors and who they are targeting on social media. Several demographics like age, location, and interests need to be taken into consideration when you are determining your target audience. Your social media strategy and content need to be around your TGA to have better engagement and reach.?

Develop a strategy??

Once you have your goals in place, you can start building a strategy around those goals. Your strategy needs to be on the same page as your goals. Developing a strong strategy involves creating a plan with your business purpose in mind, executing them effectively, and optimizing the strategy to get the best results.?

Find your social platform(s)?

Once you have your goals in place, you can begin thinking about what social platforms you are going to leverage. It might not be necessary that you spread yourself thin onto every platform in sight. Each social media platform can have its own plus and minus to them and you need to choose platforms that best complement your business and social media goals. For example, if you’re planning to put out a lot of video content, then YouTube marketing could be your primary social media platform.??

So, now that you have your ideal platform(s) in hand, you can set up your accounts. While setting up profiles, remember to opt for business profiles/pages for your brand. To create a kick-ass profile, you need to pick out a username closest to your brand, add descriptions, pick out a perfect display picture, say your logo, link your website, and so on.??

Setting up your social media also calls for brand consistency. This means your social presence must be seamless and consistent across platforms. You can do this by sticking to specific colour palettes, fonts, visuals, tones, etc. Make sure they also complement your website.??

Create relevant content??

There are several types of content that you can leverage for your social media. Think about why your audience might want to follow you and what value you could bring to your audience. Use customer testimonials to build trust, create guides, memes, and products, that complement your business and brand identity. Creating likeable, relevant, and authentic content can increase trust in your brand. Having such a social media presence with strong content marketing can also have a great impact on how you carry out your customer service.??

Share away!??

Getting traction on social media, especially in the initial days, can be quite difficult. Have your employees, friends, clients, etc. all follow your social media handles. You can also follow accounts, hashtags, and businesses that are relevant to find new followers. And of course, leverage trends, stories, and hashtags to reach the right people.??

Post consistently??

Here is where you actually implement your organic social media strategy. We recommend having a content calendar in place. Posting content regularly will put your products/services and your brand in front of your customers more often. This can ultimately increase your brand awareness and recall in the longer run. Apart from posting regularly, you also need to be responding to your social media comments and messages. This can help you engage in actual conversations with your audience and increase their trust in your brand.??

Leverage social media analytics??

Once you start posting on a regular basis, it is important to get a sense of what is and isn’t working for you. Social media analytics can have a major and positive impact on how you carry out your social media strategy. To list a few things, it can help you understand what form of content works best with your audience and create more such content in the future. It might also help you understand when is the best time for you to post on these platforms. Yes, you heard that right (or read?). Posting when your audience is active can increase your chances of driving better engagement on social media. Your social media metrics can mean things like your reach, impressions, engagement, and more.??

Get linking?

Link all your social media profiles to your website and add social media icons to your company site. This can help anyone who visits your website follow your social media pages, or at least visit them. Linking your website to social media or vice versa can help your audience find and interact with you easier.??

And yes, sometimes you might need the experts’ opinions and support.

Build your brand’s social media presence with Alchem Digital?

At?Alchem Digital, we have a young and skilled team whose ability to scroll miles and miles on Instagram has actually helped them build a stable social media presence for several brands. We work together in crafting a strong social media strategy for your business and help you increase your organic reach on social media.??

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