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For businesses that dive into the realm of content marketing, you are taking on a certain responsibility. If you are writing a blog or creating articles surrounding your business and industry, people are looking at you as an expert on that topic or in that field. In most cases, having a byline gives you some semblance of authority. Maybe this gives you the impression that your job is easier to execute. People are going to think that you know what you’re talking about –so the pressure is off to create truly valuable content. This couldn’t be less true. Mediocre content can potentially hurt your business more than no content at all.
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With such a large variety of social media platforms in the market, it can be a tough job to keep up with all of the various updates, additions, changes, and redesigns that all of the different networks have going on. As a social media marketer, or just a business on social media, it is a good idea to keep an eye out for these changes and what they can mean for your business or strategy.
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We now live in a time where people trust social media platforms as a sort of news source. When it comes to social media marketing, and specifically when it comes to brands on social media, authenticity is key. Social networks are giant now. It’s clear that businesses need to have an online presence, but this means that the waters are a little diluted. Influencers can offer a lot of benefits to brands trying to reach more followers and new audiences. It’s not just influencers in general that businesses should be focused on. Micro-influencers may be an even more valuable tool to small businesses on social media.
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Handling customer service across social media channels is somewhat expected in this hyper connected time. Many customers are looking for instant feedback and response when they have an issue or a question. If your business is represented online, which is absolutely necessary in this day and age, then you have to have a customer service strategy in place as well.
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Google announced that they would be applying penalties to sites that utilize problematic interstitial ads for visitors. These are ads that pop up and take up a considerable amount of screen space. At times, especially on mobile devices, these ads can be nearly impossible to get around. It’s something that site visitors complain about and get frustrated with time and again. Google has decided to penalize the offending sites by dropping their ranking on the search engine.
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When you’ve created new content through an article or other original work, only half of your job as a content marketer is actually done. You may have planned and then executed the writing of a great article, but there are a whole other set of steps to take next. Obviously a main goal of content marketing is to be seen. You are trying to provide current and relevant information to your readers and followers. The way that you promote the content you’ve created is just as important as the content itself. It’s essential to organize a social media strategy.
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As 2016 flies to a close, it’s time to ramp up for a new year in marketing. We can’t go forward without looking back, so here are DIY Sprocket Solutions’ top articles of 2016. If there are any you missed, now is your chance to catch up and formulate a marketing plan going into the coming year.
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Social media marketing is now all encompassing. Brands are using content, images, video, and music to market themselves to the best of their abilities. Although the internet can seem like a wide open free for all to some –there are more and more rules and regulations popping up. The relaxed environment of social media allows us to forget sometimes that we cannot use any content for any purpose at any time. Laws do apply to online marketing and marketers have to be careful to adhere to them.
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Social media isn’t slowing down any time soon. It’s up to marketers to keep up the pace and make sure that all of their bases are covered. The problem is that it’s easy to be swept up in the streams, platforms and never ending chatter. Here are a few tips to increase your productivity as a social media marketing manager.
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Fresh and relative content is a benchmark in any effective social media marketing strategy. Customer testimonials and reviews are perfect, custom made, marketing tools. Businesses have exploded on nothing more than reviews alone. Look at sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. Leaving a review can make or break a business. So, as the business, how can you put testimonials and reviews to work for you?