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What to consider when embarking on your social media strategy

12/08/202009/20/2019 by scmarketing

With 3.48 billion people now using social media*, if you’re not yet using it for your business, there’s a potential market out there to build into your inbound marketing strategy.

Social media management

Whether you’re new to social media marketing or have let your business account lapse, now is a good time to review your social accounts and the channels appropriate to your business. With Q4 fast approaching, it’s a great time to get your business strategy and goals set for 2020 and work out how social media may fit into your business plan.

To help you, here’s a few points to consider about building your social media presence for your business, to help you decide if it’s the way forward for your marketing strategy.

Brand awareness: More than 40% of digital consumers use social networks to research new brands or products**. Coupled with a website and completion of your Google My Business page, having a social media platform is another way to be seen by other local businesses and customers, and by a wider audience.
Be a thought leader: Provide tips, advice and interesting comments that your target audience will be interested to hear about and would want to share themselves, linking this with your product and services.
Content is king: When you post a blog to your website, if you have social channels you have the opportunity to share this news to your social audience with a link back to your website. This extends reach further and helps with SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) and improving your SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). But remember – think quality over quantity.
Get targeted: While you tailor your content for your audience to encourage organic leads, you may also want to invest in some paid for social ads. Here you can really drill down to a niche audience.

We help small businesses connect with potential clients and creating long term relationships using lead generation from social meda.

If you are looking to get started, then consider working with a social media consultant for either a one-off campaign or on a monthly retainer. A Croydon based digital marketing agency, you can get in touch with us today and we can talk you through our social media and digital marketing packages.

We also work closely within the Accountancy Market. Find out how we help accountancy firms grow their client base through social media for accountants.

Sources: *blog.hootsuite.com ; **globalwebindex

Snapchat for business

02/14/202205/15/2018 by scmarketing

Snapchat’s Spectacles offer a handsfree way to capture the world around you as you see it. This exciting invention has recently been revised to be waterproof, with better camera quality and comes in an array of colours. The previous generation of glasses may have not sold well but the added extras could prove popular. Here’s some highlights.

Snapchat

The social network, Snapchat, has attracted more than 173 million daily users. And no wonder it’s so popular; Snapchat is a fun creative way to immediately share content with friends through photos, videos and text. Its strap line: ‘The fastest way to share a moment!’ You can connect with people worldwide, follow your favourite celebrities, use a variety of funny filters or special effects, and even catch up on the news.

Although it seems that Snapchat is dominated by younger people, with 60% being under 25, the older generation is getting to grips with Snapchat and usage is growing, even much-loved TV presenter Philip Schofield uses it daily – although, as some in the office know him from children’s TV, we wouldn’t call him old! So, it seems to appear that Snapchat is becoming an app phenomenon loved by people of all ages.

Snapchat Channel

With so many users, businesses are tapping into it to promote their services or products. It is advertising on a budget, or in some cases for free. Starbucks has successfully used Snapchat to increase exposure, Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner also uses Snapchat, and she has claimed to have spent hardly any money on advertising by utilising it.

Snapchat Ads

The great thing about Snapchat is that it’s a platform that small businesses can use to raise awareness. Snapchat Ads allow you to record a 10 second video that will show in between people’s stories, and with so many users per day this an opportunity not to be missed.

Content

At the end of the day it won’t matter how much time you spend creating Ads for Snapchat, if the content isn’t up to scratch you won’t be gaining followers. Ensure your ads are unique and appealing to the audience you want to target. Look at how other successful ads work via the Snapchat platform and be sure to take inspiration from them.

Social media agency Croydon

If you want advice in making your business stand out on social media contact Smart Cow we’re here to help. As one of the leading digital marketing agencies in Croydon, we are happy to aid you in any way possible.