Just Starting Out with Your Social Media? You Need These Resources
Are you ready to accelerate your growth and engage with your current as well as future customers? Would you like to dive in to the world of social media?
If you’re just starting out with your social media, then you need these resources. You’ll find a quick reference guide of the basics to help you jump start your social media platforms.
Social Media Examiner
Perhaps the top blog in the world when it comes to social media, you’ll want to spend a lot of time looking through their website. Whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, SnapChat, Pinterest or another platform, they’ve got what you’re looking for.
If you don’t look at any of the other resources, we recommend you look at this one.
Get Started: Social Media Guide for Small Business
This guide has plenty of actionable tips on how to get started with social media. It covers the basics moving on to more advanced topics such as measuring your results.
eBook: How to Attract Customers to Facebook
This book helps you set your Facebook marketing objective and provides you with practical tips for building your Facebook audience.
It also shows you how to create and share content while attracting customers. As a bonus, you learn how to optimize your Facebook posts for the most interaction.
Facebook for Business: The Ultimate Facebook Marketing Guide
Brought to you by Social Media Examiner, you’ll find articles and resources for every level – beginner, intermediate and advanced social media marketers.
Learn how to work with Facebook pages, profiles, groups, live video, and contests. In addition, learn how to evaluate your analytics.
Instagram for Business: The Ultimate Instagram Marketing Guide
Another guide from Social Medial Examiner and again for beginner, intermediate and advanced marketers, you’ll find tips for Instagram profiles, stories, live video, ads, contests and analysis of data.
How to Get More Twitter Followers
When the experts at Twitter and HubSpot partnered together, they put together a downloadable kit for social media managers new to Twitter.
It shows you how to build a following quickly.
Learn How to Set Smart Goals
You know that to run a successful business, you need to set SMART goals. The same holds true with social media.
Learn how to set these goals and put them to work in your social media marketing strategy.
Social Media Explorer
You’ll find a wealth of information on this website. Their blog is a pillar in the industry, and they provide tips for just about everything you might want to do on social media.
Their staff has even written books on digital and social media marketing.
Beginner’s Guide to Social Media
Brought to you by MOZ, search engine optimization experts, you’ll find this guide chock full of valuable information that your social media marketing team must know to be successful.
Ted Talks
Yes, there are Ted Talks on social media marketing. Check out this playlist as these videos provide you with insight into how you can leverage the influence of social media networks.
Final Thoughts
You probably know by now that social media is no longer optional. It is necessary for your business, and it’s time to leverage its potential.
But, does this mean that just by putting your business out there you’ll succeed? The short answer is no.
Your best option is to create a social media strategy, your own voice, posting calendar, and ad budget. These will help ensure you get the best results.
In addition, you need to engage and interact with your current and future customers for the best results.
Social media isn’t about your self-promotion. It’s about making a difference with your customers and impacting them in positive ways. It’s about listening, responding and being attentive.
Don’t lose the “social” in social media marketing. Invest in it, test your posts and tweets and fine tune them for the best results.
So, take these resources here and put them to work to drive your social media platforms and turn successful engagement into a powerful business that keeps on growing.
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We are here for you when it comes to your social media posting. We study your brand and create posts that work with your overall social media posting strategy. Learn more about our services and how we can create engaging content that your customers will enjoy and appreciate.
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