Below are 41 tips to help grow your Social Media Presence. Knowing that all retailers need an extra push when it comes to marketing-- #42 is all mine! Good luck and have fun. Start growing your network today!
- Be remarkable - somebody worth making a remark about
- Become a resource to others- always
- Have your own unique personality
- Be vocal and opinionated – politely- within the community
- Don’t continuously push the envelope by flooding them with requests
- Invest time into social media – have a strategy and stick to it!
- Produce and share content that YOUR AUDIENCE will love
- Monitor what’s being shared about you
- Become a real member of the community
- Ask questions and then ask more questions
- Answer questions
- Provide value to the community
- Be controversial when appropriate- Get people thinking- and talking.
- Don’t be another “me-too” voice- create your own - and use it wisely
- Automate carefully - it’s about people not robots
- Don’t be negative—or a jerk. Neither one works in social media.
- Make it easy for people to share and bookmark your content
- Listen to the community
- Make at least one new connection every day
- Engage yourself in conversations
- Become the conversation
- You’re there to make relationships, not hard selling
- Take time to focus on building a loyal following
- Give, Give, GIVE!
- Treat social media like a cocktail party
- Be supportive
- Syndicate your content across all social media platforms
- Encourage others to syndicate your content onto their sites
- Fully research the community to understand your market
- Be fun
- Get to know the unwritten laws of the community
- Create an attractive, unique and professional profile
- Use a cool avatar/picture
- Use the same avatar for each social media service
- Don’t disparage others ( No trash talking allowed)
- Know what your followers/friends want and give it to them
- Form reciprocal arrangements with others
- Monitor your noise level
- Never cheat the system
- Help others unconditionally
- Be yourself
- START TODAY
Good luck-- we look forward to watching you grow your Social Media exposure!!! Keep us posted!
Tips reprinted courtesy of StanleyTang.com
Useful information Lynn. Thanks! We missed u in Seattle but look forward to meeting you at the next one. Working on your tips for our Doormat Store : www.CocoMatsNMore.com ...We are on Twitter: www.twitter.com/doormats Now getting set up on other social media sites.
ReplyDeleteSorry we missed you-- we had great sessions on Social Media- I'll follow your SM progress as it happens! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI did not miss you and was lucky enough to hear you at the SF gift show. You gave me some new ideas and I have implemented one already. Thanks so much for providing quality information.
ReplyDeleteLynn,
ReplyDeleteYour presentation at the Denver Mart was incredibly helpful. Every time I hear you speak, aspects of social media become a little clearer and seem a little more possible. Best tip was the Google Alerts.
Thank you very much!