Social Media Management, Certification link
1. Establish Your Presence - Create your account
- Account Name.
- Profile and Cover Photos.
- Contact Details.
- Business Description.
- Call to Action (CTA). Engagement Prompt.
Brand. A brand is a combination of elements associated with a business, including products, experiences, logos, and values. Essential for businesses to be deliberate in their branding efforts. Benefits of a strong brand: Trust, Recognition, Values and Lifestyle, Loyalty, Internal Consistency.
mindmap Business Products or services The stories they tell Principles or the values Connection Words they use Logo, colors and images Feeling at a location
📥 Build a Brand following EPIC Framework : Existence, Purpose, Identity, and Connection.
- Existence: This includes the business's origin story and the problem it aims to solve.
- Purpose: It articulates not just what the business does, but why it does it, including its core values.
- Identity: This encompasses the visual elements of the brand, such as logos, color palettes, and typography.
- Color Psychology, Imagery and Typography.
- Connection: It focuses on how the brand communicates with customers, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right voice.
- Businesses often create a Persona, a fictional representation of their ideal customer, to guide content creation.
2. Social Media Content - Create a post
📥 Creating Compelling Social Media Content : the combination of text and images or video.
- Preparation for Social Media Posts:
- Understand your brand’s values, identity, and voice to create aligned content.
- Establish clear goals for your posts, ensuring they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).
- Know your audience and choose your platform.
- Key Elements of a Social Media Post:
- Text
- Visual content
- Hashtags
- A call to action with links
block columns 3 TEXT["Text Align with your brand's voice. Tell a story Focus on YOU Ask a question Include a call-to-action Use an active voice Check spelling and grammar Use hashtags and mentions Use emojis and special fonts"] IMAGE["Image Align with brand identity Tell a story Use the rule of third Use symmetry for stark visual effect Use good(natural) light Put space around subject Experiment with angles Use lead lines Add alt-text"] VIDEO["Video Create for the intended platform Storytelling is key Focus on the subject Use good(natural) light Use quality sound Stabilize your camera Shoot vertically (portrait) Catch attention in the first 5 secs Create for sound off"]
3. Content Management & Build following
Engaging Content : Educational, Inspirational, Fun. Using Storyboards to Plan Your Content.
Tips Help you go viral :
- Create “social currency” content
- Use a sensory “trigger”
- Evoke emotion
- Make your brand as public as possible
- Make your content practical
- Tell a story
Management techniques :
- Use Content Calendar to plan your posts
- Repurposing Content : taking existing content and presenting it in new formats to appeal to different audiences.
- Examples include transforming a blog post into an infographic, video, or presentation, allowing for broader engagement.
- Auditing Content : involves creating a detailed list of your content and its engagement metrics, such as likes, shares, and comments.
- Helps identify successful content, trends, and areas for improvement, allowing for data-driven content strategies.
Build a following:
- invite facebook friends to follow your business page.
- Post valuable post.
- Use #hashtags and @mentions.
- Hire social media influencers.
- Create an advertising campaign.
4. Evaluate Your Efforts
Set KPI, following proper Marketing goals :
- Awareness : #followers, #people reach, #post views.
- Engagement : #likes, #shares, #comments, #clicks.
- Conversion : #visits/sales/leads from social media,
5. GenAI in Social Media Marketing
Understand Your Target Audience with Generative AI : analysis data, create persona, trend prediction
- Brandwatch,Hootsuite Insights, Audiense: provide insights into consumer trends and behaviors by analyzing social media, online discussions, and other data sources.
- SurveyMonkey create and distribute surveys to your target audience, collecting valuable feedback and insights.
- Yabble create audience personas and conduct virtual interviews with your target audience.
- 📌 AnswerThePublic, SparkToro leverages search query data to provide insights into what your audience is curious about.
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