Saturday, 20 August 2011
- Know what you’re talking about
If you’re going to work in the social media industry, get yourself a facebook page, twitter account, youtube page, read blogs and familiarise yourself with the upcoming news which your able to blog about. The best way to start is to understand the networks you’re going to use and practise using them.
- Always be transparent
When talking on various social networks you registered on, make sure you’re genuine and real to your readers otherwise they won’t feel like talking to you. Make sure you don’t use other people to write on your social media sites, make it sound as real and genuine to attract more clients to your page.
- Be yourself
On all the social media networks you join people can see when you’re being genuine or through marketing talk. Let people see who you are and not a mouth piece, let them get to know you.
- Post frequently
One most important thing is to post regularly; if you post once in a while readers won’t have a reason to follow on twitter or like your page on facebook. Make sure you update regularly which interesting content making it easier for people to follow you.
- Add value
Share tips, tricks and insights, make sure what you share is interesting and easy to read and doesn’t bore them. Make listening to you worth their time.
- Respond
Make sure you answer questions people have asked you, thank people who commented or agreed with you to make it a two way conversations.
- Listen to what people have to say
Appreciate suggestions and feedback; it will make what you do even better.
- Learn from your mistakes
Don’t be afraid you where wrong and be quick to change when you are, it shows to people your quick to change things you’re wrong and your improving.
- Be external
Don’t always link from your blog, link from other people’s articles, retweet tweet what others have to say.
- Have fun
If you’re not interested in what you’re posting, it will show to other people and they won’t enjoy interacting with you and leave. Enjoy what you post and readers will enjoy reading it and interacting with you.
