Social media is not only for socialising anymore. It can be used as a powerful marketing tool. According to research, it is found that 78% of salespeople engaged in social selling are outselling their peers who are not using social media as a marketing tool. This article link describes the three most effective ways that can help you get the maximum benefit out of your social marketing efforts. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/social-media/3-powerful-tips-to-make-your-social-media-marketing-more-effective-02409920?traffic_source=Connatix

In an era of social media marketing, event marketing, both online and offline, is becoming one of the most effective ways to combat weak messaging, missed opportunities, and dwindling interest as it can still be easy to lose sight of the personal connection that helps brands build loyalty with customers old and new. Besides, event marketing can create that connection while boosting awareness, adding value, and generating conversation. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/upwork/what-is-event-marketing-02150532

Social media is not much of a money minting way. Such campaigns can be set up free of cost but of big results, there should be some expenditure for good results. Proper planning and strategizing must be done before posts are made on the websites. Having a consistent volume of data posted is of utmost importance. Being an active user can attract a bigger volume of potential clients towards your business. There is no such thing as something for nothing. Without providing value to customers, there will not be profits to the business.  Approaching people at a personal level makes a lot of difference.  Engaging content draws the non-attentive followers to pay attention to the firm.  Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2017/10/05/the-10-factors-that-will-make-your-social-media-marketing-campaign-profitable/#ebb863f66976

In any business, investment in social media marketing is necessary. Now, you have to make the right decision when you choose social media marketing tools as one million new active social media users added every single day. But, whatever tool you choose must have a positive impact on business growth. This article explores some key aspects when looking at social media tool. They are:

·         Easy to use

·         Up-to Date

·         Effective

·         Genuine business value

·         Customer service

Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/criteria-matter-choosing-social-media-marketing-tools-01911735#K3WJrtLzW6IBfQF1.97

When combined with direct mail, social media marketing can open the portal to a powerful promotional strategy?  The three C’s of social media marketing make it clear that you really have nothing to lose – and everything to gain – by establishing an active, and lucrative, online/offline presence. 1.) C is for content: Being seen and listened to is everything when it comes to making an impact on your customers, and attracting new business. 2.) C is for Connecting: Research indicates that there’s every reason to believe that connecting with your customers through various social media channels will lead to greater brand loyalty. 3.) C is for conversions: Every conversion starts with a conversation, and there’s no better place to communicate regularly with your ideal market than at hangouts like Google, Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/3-cs-social-media-marketing-01864077#Oq3u08OGbAqj4KQR.97

Today social media marketing works in coupled with different business procedures. It is a powerful platform that can boost a business's bottom line. The author writes about some steps to create a social media marketing strategy that resonates with the target audience. They are: 1. Establish Goals, 2. Audit Existing Social Medial Connect                                                                                    3. Build Your Online Identity From Ground Up  , 4. Connect With Industry Experts And Influencers To Increase Followers, 5. Create an Engaging Editorial Calendar,                                                                          6. Trace The Reach Of Your Social Media Campaigns, and                                                         7. Build On Your Strengths For more read : http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/16043-social-media-marketing-strategy.html

Social media marketing is becoming important for modern business houses and it is about more than just setting up a profile page and posting the occasional update. The goal of the social media marketing is to build a bond with the audience, and to spread message through shares and reposts. Content is important but, the timing and frequency of posting matters a lot. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/update-social-media-infographic-01544177#xexbEW2s1LgAGWXm.97

Success for any business depends on finding the right kind of content, pace, and interactions with followers and influencers. Nowadays, social media managers are developing recipes for their programs, but even so, something seems to be missing. So, we need to find out about the missing social media marketing element. In this article, we’ll explore 3 main reasons that interactive content and social marketing pair so nicely together. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/missing-ingredient-your-social-media-marketing-recipe

According to a research, it was found that email marketing and social media marketing are the two mediums which is most likely to see an increase in investment in 2015. Most businesses don’t integrate these two mediums. It was also found that by integrating email and social strategies together, organizations can improve their brand’s reach while adding leads to the sales pipeline. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/irfan-ahmad/2015-09-10/why-email-marketing-and-social-media-marketing-work-better-together

Animated GIFs or Reaction GIFs are gaining popularity nowadays. Animated GIFs are used to express an emotional reaction to something very specific. If any business or brand share animated GIFs that do not belong to you, can create some copyright issues. Alison Zeringue (Team Manager at Search Influence), writes in her article how to use GIFs in Social Media Marketing. They are: 1. Adding personality to your brand can help customers; 2. using animated GIFs in social posting or your website’s blog posts can make your content more viral; 3. Companies can use animated GIFs to highlight the main feature of a company’s products; 4. Animated GIFs can help others understand what it’s like to work with you. Read more at: http://marketingland.com/animate-social-media-marketing-gifs-127152

Changing attitude of the young generation along with urbanization in India is driving the expansion of digital marketing in the Asia hugely. Noticing such changes, digital ad spending is also increasing gradually. Increasing use of mobile is enhancing marketing by helping product research work better.  Smartphone has penetrated regions in Asia Pacific like never before. This increases the usage of mobile app which indirectly increases mobile internet ad spending as marketers are benefiting. Western marketers are also looking to move into this region as they can have better social measurement. They focus on the impact of social on key business objectives. Digital marketing increases in countries like India, China that grow into true economic powerhouses with increasing ROI. Read more about it by Stuart Found (Global Digital Events Manager) at: https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/how-is-digital-marketing-expanding-in-asia

Social media marketing is tough and takes time to work, but it's not impossible to make it work. These days' entrepreneurs face difficulties while using the social media practices for their marketing plan. When social media doesn't work for any organization then they should try to find the solution to this problem.

Mandy Edwards (founder of ME Marketing Services, a social media marketing company located in Statesboro, Georgia) in her article in business2community.com lists out the various reasons at why the social media marketing does not work which are as follows:

  1. You're trying to do every platform.

 2. You are broadcasting sales pitches instead of building relationships.

3. You are doing too much online.

4. You're trying to do it all yourself- and run your business.

Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/4-reasons-social-media-marketing-may-not-be-working-for-your-business-01252403

Though underestimated at times, social media marketing is fast becoming a vital necessity for success of business. Due to complexity of the nature of data analysis and increasing number of social media platforms available, the task of adopting the best social strategy may appear confusing. For more productive use of social media for marketing, the author suggests the following: 1) Creating outstanding and attractive content like images, text documents, etc. 2) Adopting social marketing instead of impersonal digital marketing.  3) Developing two way communication channels with the customers.4) Doing proper research. 5) Monitoring social media 6) Being genuine Read more:-  http://www.business2community.com/social-media/key-to-mastering-social-media-marketing-01248568

Marketing without social media is impossible nowadays, as it was found that over 72% adults use social media. Marketers are also utilizing B2B and B2C markets. But, marketers are also of opinion that it is harder to measure the benefits from social media. Mark Gadala (digital marketer), in his article talks about some social media tools that will help marketers to measure social media marketing and also help in accountability.  To know more, follow: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/markgadala/2015-05-30/3-targeted-tools-roi-driven-social-media-marketing

In this competitive world, most of the organizations are struggling to attract customers. They are advertising on TV, newspaper, billboards. But, they are not getting success.  Here are some successful marketing strategies used to target the right customer at the right place and at the right time are:

·         Content marketing is one of the most powerful marketing strategies. This includes articles on website, e-newsletters, videos and articles on other website.

·         Make advertisement look visually good by adding pictures. According to a recent survey by Hubspot A/B, images used in tweets increase clicks by 36%, increase retweets by 41%, increase in leads by 55%, and increase visit by 31%.

·         Use responsive design, website technology for detecting the customer’s device and providing reformatted website according to the screen size.

·         For transparency, use social media marketing.

·         And at last, try to relate with target customers.

To know please follow this link:  http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/competitors-arent-01222954

Social media marketing is considered to be the best way to reach the prospective customers. But it could be a disaster also, if not done with proper planning and strategy. Jeff Foster (Co-founder and CEO of Tomoson) in his article “How to build a social media marketing strategy that works,” discussed about some tips for building a good social media marketing strategy. That are:
• Understand your goals
• Create measureable objectives
• Characterize your customers
• Look at the competition
• Develop your messages
• Choose a content plan
• Choose your channels

For building an effective social media marketing strategy an organization need to define their mission that could increase their sales, creating brand awareness, etc. One should choose one or two missions at a time to make marketing more effective. To know more about these tips and their benefits, read an article: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246085

About 85% of the world's population has email accounts and check their email inbox daily. So, email advertising is becoming very important. Email Campaign is the cheapest way of advertising and generates the highest Return on Investment (ROI). Here are some suggestions by Justin Zhu (CEO of Iterable) on creating good a email campaign:
1. Map out the customer flow.
2. Master the balance of building your list, while not asking for too much.
3. Embrace marketing automation.
4. Offer value with every touch.
5. Recognize lapsed users and bring them back.
6. Perpetually tinker with A/B testing.
To know more about these tips, follow: http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2015/05/05/the-6-rules-for-creating-killer-email-campaigns/

A business is identified with its customers. And to attract and retain customers, social media marketing is a must. But, unplanned or not well organized social media campaign is as effective as having no campaign at all. Therefore, it’s important to plan an inventive and comprehensive social media campaign.

Nina Zipkin, in her article at entrepreneur.com has shared few tips to help build up your following and your brand via social media marketing campaigns. Some of them are:

• Make your tweets stand out
• Inspire action
• Stay top of mind
• Share your feedback
• Veer off the beaten track

To know more, please visit the following link:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/240295

In today's world, brands need to stand out and do something different. So, a new concept has come up. It is the concept of placing your brand in a subscription box.  Subscription box is a box that is received by subscribers periodically and contains products and samples. They can be used for customized market research and provides information about products and packaging. According to Euromonitor International, using subscription boxes will help to retain customers. Using this subscription box can reduce your marketing expenditure and help a company to reach a national audience, increase social traffic and sales. To know more about subscription box and its benefits, read the article linked by Aihui Ong (Founder and CEO of lovewithfood.com) at:  http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/245753