How to run social media

How to run social media

How to run social media properly ? An effective guide

Social media is an ideal way for a brand to communicate with its customers. By introducing your company, its products, you will show yourself to a wide audience, build trust and strengthen your brand image. It is worth knowing how to effectively run each social media channel because each of them has its own specifics of operation and possibilities. Which channels to choose for your brand ? Where are your customers and how to reach them ?

In order to reach out to the community and gain their trust, the brand should tell its story to naturally appear in the dialogue that social network users establish, create a relationship and get into discussions with them. A brand that appears only in the form of selling products will not gain attentiveness and attention. The natural environment of social media is conversation and dialogue. It is worth keeping this in mind when building your marketing strategy and communications. Tell your story, and it is possible that you will be successful.

How to use social media in a company ?

Without a doubt, you should use all possible channels to reach your audience. There are several portals from which you should choose Facebook, LinkedIn to build relationships with business partners. Other channels like Instagram, TikTok can serve as booster channels for online business development.

When conducting social media activities, it is important to keep in mind a consistent image, a corporate identity and uniform communication. Slightly different in form will be presented content on Instagram and TikTok however, branding and styling should be maintained. The message and form should be adapted to the characteristics of the medium.

Consider who your customer is ?

Try to answer the questions : how old is your customer, what are his preferences, what is he looking for on the Internet, what content will be engaging for him. Based on the creation of a profile of the customer, his likes and needs, you will be able to solve his problem or stimulate action through appropriate messages.

See how Facebook members behave on www.facebook.com/ads/audience-insights, determine the important location of your audience, age, interests. This will give you valuable information about your customers.

Match the right communication to the developed persona

Now that we know who your customer is, it's a good idea to tailor the presentation of your posts, tone and communication to your chosen user group. It's important that the content is clear and easy to read, hits the needs of customers and solves their problem. Don't write too much, slogans and graphics that adequately communicate the message are enough.

Social media is not a platform just to sell services (or you have to do it skillfully). Social media is mainly a channel for people to communicate and talk to each other with similar interests, a brand enters there with its products, to be accepted it should tell a story that will be liked or not. Social media is about sharing emotions as well as knowledge. Building a profile based only on sales will not work. Fans buy emotions and relationships, they buy value and sincerity. Create value and share it like a friend who can trust you and will buy from you. This is a real attitude that works.

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What kind of content to create on social media ?

You should focus on creating diverse content. One style posts containing a link to a product, a few sentences of description will be monothematic. Social media is used to build relationships and inspire users. The more you focus on engaging content, the better the response from the community and the potential attention and attentiveness of users to your posts. We suggest following specific strategies and post cycles:

  1. news posts
  2. educational posts
  3. posts like quiz, riddle
  4. Posts referring to the economic, sports, world situation,
  5. image posts,
  6. Video-type posts, showing the company 'from behind the scenes', e.g.: the process of creating a product, service,
  7. posts showing the people and history of the company,

Through social media, we warm up the image, show that the company and brand are people, professionals in their field willing to show themselves to the world. Creating typical and repetitive content will be boring in the long run.

Analysis of trends and tastes

With Google Trends you can easily see what users are currently searching for, what they are interested in. Try using this tool to create timely posts.

Social media tools

The main tools that will help you run social media are:

Facebook Creator Studio - manage your posts

It will help you schedule posts and publish them in a simpler way with more features than from your company profile account.

Canva - graphic design program for social media posts

This is where you will prepare posts for social media. Predefined layouts, graphics and ready-made layouts are just waiting to be used for your Facebook or Instagram creations. Simple panel and intuitive navigation will allow you to design a post in a given size in 5 minutes.

Typical mistakes in running social media

The most common social media mistakes made by companies can be boiled down to a few serious omissions when it comes to building relationships

  1. Lack of regularity in running a profile. If you have started running a Facebook profile systematically for the first period, it is a mistake to leave it for longer. It is worth making a plan and schedule of posts for specific days at the beginning of the month. Otherwise, you may lose credibility and appear less frequently on the board of users, who will forget about you in the flurry of information.
  2. Duplication of content and graphics on all social channels. If we have fans on Facebook and followers on LinkedIn content that they have already seen once in the same form repeated on subsequent channels will go unnoticed. It is worth matching the content to the type of channel. Under the same post you can show a different shot, a frame of the product, show the people who make it or the process of making it.
  3. Monotonous profile kept in one tone. Lack of variety in content, graphics, the same style of posts over and over again, the layout will not work for long. Interweave post types, graphics, create videos and support with testimonials.
  4. Promote posts. Increase visibility. You run an account but no new viewers ? Unfortunately, a profile that is not advertised has no reach. Don't be afraid to promote posts (but don't use the typical blue self-promotion button - it has limited functions and is not very precise).
  5. No use of hashtags. Try to use hashtags specific to your brand that capture the essence of the post and content well.
  6. No completed profile or inconsistent message. The profile should clearly define your brand and communicate the main message. A good quality logo and main banner are a must have for building community and brand identity on social media.

To the above mistakes in running a profile, you can add the most important one : not learning from and fixing mistakes and not working with Google Analytics. If the profile has no response, lacks visibility, try to choose one new method and see what the response will be, in case of success you can incorporate it from time to time into your campaigns and reach building.

Engage the community on your profile

Building visibility and community around a profile is not just about content. It's also about responding with commenters, asking questions, and providing excitement. Create contests, quizzes, games and tasks to complete. Establish prizes and draws. Build suspense and curiosity.

In the case of ecommerce and stores, inform about promotions and discounts, give away timed and limited-time codes only for profile fans.

Complete your social profile

Ensure that in each profile completed :

  • main photo (i.e.: cover photo), which should draw attention and inform the most important values of your company or brand promotion,
  • logos in good quality,
  • description,
  • website address,
  • contact details
  • configuring the CTA button

How much does it cost to run social media ?

The cost of handling and running social media depends on :

  1. number of posts published per week
  2. execution of the strategy and plan and preparation of certain types of posts
  3. relationship building

Standard in packages, the minimum cost for social media maintenance per month of Facebook alone in an average company is about 500 PLN net. However, this is a restorative work mainly involving the preparation of posts from provided materials from the client. We strongly recommend that you use the creative potential of a social media agency and ask for a package with scheduling, content and creative planning. This will be a far more effective approach to building visibility by specialists in their field.

The cost of running Facebook

The pricing of the lead depends on the amount of agency work involved. The price ranges from 300 to 1,200 net for standard service. In the case of developing a marketing strategy and taking care of the profile, the price can be much higher.

The cost of running Instagram

The cost of running a profile depends on the number of posts, creation of testimonials and types of content, e.g.: videos, movies, animations. With standard maintenance from materials provided from the client and publishing posts 2-4 per week, the cost of maintenance is about 500 PLN net.