Blogging and social media must coexist, complementing each other. The first step is that content should be of high quality but what if it has no viewers? To run a successful blog, one has to engage with the audience via social media and always interact. So, instead of pleasing others to share your blog, the trick is to find a piece of article/news which is performing well and all you need to do is improve it. It should be rich in content. You must find your own way to improve one's digital strategy. Read more at: https://hellboundbloggers.com/articles/blogging-social-media-intertwines/65003/

According to Nielson, today 65% of Americans use social networking sites on a regular basis and 66% of people trust online views of different people across the world. Social networking is generally used to do shopping and browsing about things. This article explores the three things that are used by the sales team for taking marketing decisions. They are: 1. To understand your audience: It helps us to know what is being preferred by the people in the market and what to be produced to increase the sales. Using social media gives us a picture in real time of the audiences you are reaching. 2. To spot Trends within Target Segments: It helps to analyze the market grip and strategies of the competing firms and products. 3. To determine the success of marketing campaigns: The data gathered by the social media and social networking sites can be used to analyze the success and failure rate of any of the marketing campaigns. Read more at: https://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2017/32108/three-ways-your-marketing-team-needs-to-use-social-insights

Social media marketing can be used to generate leads and drive growth. According to the author, to survive the present competition, most ecommerce owners influence their target audience through social media. Social media provides a global platform and an effective one. Successful marketing can be ensured by choosing target audience and then choosing social media sites accordingly. Effective content strategy and effectively managing customer service can go a long way. Starting a loyal community to the target audience is also important. Keeping the rivals one step behind requires engaging with potential customers, making social media marketing absolutely necessary. Read more at: http://socialbarrel.com/why-social-media-marketing-matters-in-ecommerce/110855/

We need social listening tools to execute a perfect strategy. Regular social media monitoring is not enough. A social listening tool that informs you whenever your company name is mentioned online and there are many such benefits. Top list of such tools: 1) Brand24: where you can view what people are posting about your company on social media in real-time. You can respond to these comments directly through the Brand24 dashboard. 2) Aware: This is a very effective social listening tool that lets you track real time updates on various websites and track keywords in any language.3) Mention: it too helps to keep track of what people are saying online. Mention provides detailed analytics to help you measure and analyze your results. This includes checking the sentiment impact. The data is presented in the form of easy to understand graphs. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/3-top-social-listening-tools-you-should-use

Making social media contents attractive is a not a difficult task. It just requires certain techniques. According to the author, the headline and the first ten words are important. Quirky verbs, uncanny twists and surprising examples can do the trick. Keeping readers engaged after attracting their attention requires simple stories describing certain events that transform the protagonists of the stories. Another important factor is an implicit story structure. Specific details should be used to deliver the message. Authenticity and stories reflecting the vision of the company are the key elements to draw and sustain customer attention. Read more at : https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/273733

Social media has brought revolution in the field of marketing and business. By incorporating social media into business, it helps marketers to keep up with users demand and continuously improving their enhancements and improvement to make their relevance in the marketing world. There are more than 2 billion advertisers who use Facebook as a media platform to market their business. Marketing through social media is much more cost effective as compared to traditional marketing models which requires a size able budget for printing brochures or hiring people. It also gives the brands an exposure to expand its fan base through regular interactions with followers and working on the feedback. Expansion of social networking in business gives opportunity to corporations of all sizes to build a strong network of loyal customers by providing efficient and cost -effective networking and communication. Read more at http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/3-awesome-reasons-why-businesses-need-social-media

Nowadays, social media is a part of marketing strategy. But, before planning for a social media campaign, we need to think whether this type of campaign is needed or not. We must think about six points before going for a social media campaign. They are: 1. What are we trying to accomplish? 2. Who are we trying to Reach? 3. What channels can we use? 4. Is There a realistic potential to establish two-way communication? 5. What channels Can we use? And 6. What is the cost? Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/do-you-need-a-social-media-program-76621

When you have a small business, you need to draw attention of customers. So writing blogs will help to bring traffic to your website and also helps in the generation of leads. When your small business grows, you can outsource it. These are 3 sign’s when you should realize of outsourcing blog writing:

• When you are posting late or don’t post regularly then visitors may lose interest, which may also impact in attracting new visitors.

• When you feel that you are bored or sick of writing about the same topics, you may outsource it.

• When you don’t find any improve in traffic, leads and ultimately customers, you may need to bring some change or hire a professional who can fix the issue of your business blogs.

To know more please read the following article by Jennifer Mitchell:

http://www.business2community.com/blogging/3-signs-time-business-outsource-blog-writing-01817114#U605wbKfpySXOJVP.97

Nowadays, social media has become a central part of CRM. So, good posts in social media have gained its importance. An organization must be active on social media to recognition, which will in turn help them in selling their product. It also creates value for your followers. This article article link discusses about some important guidelines for posting on the social media. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/ten-rules-for-social-media-posts-75929

In a recent research, it was found that email has the highest conversion rate (66%) of any marketing message type (social and direct mail) to become buyers. Information is important for creating intelligent, successful and profitable email campaign.  Hence, gathering information is very critical. It was also found that personalized mailings have 29% higher unique open rates and 41% higher unique click rates than generic mailings. This is where the power of customer resource management is important as CRM can give you the critical customer metrics needed to create email campaigns that will increase your email’s open and click-through rates. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/use-crm-to-optimize-your-email-strategy-75867

The search engine optimization or SEO is changing with time. What was true for 2013 or 2015 is not true in 2017 as many things changed on the Internet. Author Avinash Nair in his article writes about some positive changes that are going to make SEO better in 2017. They are- There will be a variety of content for SEO. Now we will see a blend of art and technology. There will be mobile optimized sites. Marketers will invest in a reliable SEO tool which will monitor your backlink profile regularly and dismiss unnatural links. Social media platforms will help as search engines and it will increase and optimizing for voice search will be another trend in 2017. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/seo/seo-trends-seo-2017-look-like-01732992#WIStzFGaZqogrrgp.97

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 We are at the end of 2016 and as we are moving on to 2017, can see the shift in the SEO market. Based on the current situation, the following SEO trends are likely to succeed, and you may have to change your existing website. Some of them are: Voice Search is set to dominate, Secure sites will be favored more, Social content may emerge as a new SEO strategy, Integration of machine learning may open new doors etc. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/seo/6-upcoming-seo-trends-set-affect-ranking-2017-01713657#s14Jlg5SurMsSFOj.97

Social media is inextricably related to almost every aspect of daily life. It has changed the  communicate mode, how we exchange information, and how we take decisions. Instead of looking up to television for news and entertainment, audiences now tend to look to Facebook and Twitter to learn about the world around them; in lieu of reading magazine articles about where to shop, eat, and vacation, consumers now seek out recommendations from YouTubers, Instagrammers, and Snapchat stars.

In response to these trends, influencer marketing has increasingly replaced traditional forms of advertising as one of the most effective ways to reach online audiences. Despite the growing popularity of this kind of marketing, however, many marketers are still unsure how to leverage the influence of social media stars to develop, launch, and measure effective influencer marketing campaigns. These days, launching first influencer marketing campaign can seem like an inhuman task, especially for marketers who have never worked with social media stars before. Hence, we will break the process into ten manageable steps to help companies navigate the complexities and avoid some of the common pitfalls associated with influencer marketing campaigns:

Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/marketing/10-steps-launching-influencer-marketing-campaign-01705413#ERQ6R9yjcB12qcro.99

It has been estimated that an average person spends half an hour to one hour per day on various social media platforms, which amounts to almost two weeks in the course of the year.

This statement should provide enough incentive for businesses to get hold of the utilities of social media marketing; though at the same time it is necessary to consider that social media management is extremely tedious and time consuming. While maintaining the busy life of a small business owner, dedicating time as well as resources to advertise business on social media can prove to be costly.

Yet it is extremely necessary for small businesses to ensure social marketing to gain on various factors like developing connections or creating more promotional opportunities for customers to ensure advantage of business

Consider these four reasons given below as to why you should be using social media marketing for your small business: http://www.business2community.com/social-media/social-media-marketing-4-reasons-small-business-invest-01705099#jMzMGG2ZBxxrD10z.99

Awareness of the hackers and malicious agents who try to steal information is essential for online business promoters. The top five security risks prevalent in social media today are due to Scams, Malicious Apps, Social Network Issues, Untrained Employees and a lack of Social Media Policy. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/top-5-social-media-security-risks-you-need-be-aware

In order to master the art of being a social media consultant, six areas which need to be worked upon are media planning and strategy, storytelling, content, marketing, customer experience, branding and positioning. Read more at: : http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/6-areas-social-media-consultants-must-master-moving-forward

Infulencer Outreaching is not as simple a task as it appears to be and some tools can rapidly simplify the process. Tools such as Emailhunter.co, Rapportivee, LinkedIn Groups, Sidekick, Gmail's Canned Responses, Dropbox/Google Drive, FollowUpThen, Google Sheets, BuzzStream, Pitchbox and Instapage not only help us stay organized but also helps in contacting the right people. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/11-awesome-tools-hassle-free-influencer-outreach

Twitter can be a great platform to promote your business and there are some under-used tricks and features to take your business to greater heights. Modifications like Twitter Lists, Twitter Collections, Photo Collages, Gallery and Featured Tweets are five such simple ways to ensure your business is the best promoted one on Twitter! Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-networks/5-under-used-twitter-features-can-help-your-business-stand-out-online

Upon becoming a social media manager, there are some important points to note if one harbors the ambition of becoming a social media consultant. Being a social media practitioner, building a client roster, putting in the time, developing a tried and true thesis, not underestimating our personal brand, marketing ourselves outside of word-of-mouth and always keeping on improving are the keys of reaching the next level. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/7-tips-transitioning-social-media-manager-social-media-consultant?utm_source=web&utm_medium=links&utm_content=7%20Tips%20for%20Transitioning%20from%20a%20Social%20Media%20Manager%20to%20Social%20Media%20Consultant&utm_campaign=related-items