An Incredible Guide to Use Social Media for Business

Taha Drah currently serves as the Founder of DRH Media, a hyper-focused team of Paid Advertising experts. Taha Drah has vast knowledge and experience. Moreover, A forward-thinking man who spends the time and effort for making the firm successful.

Remember how "Paper Boat" created a mass engaging campaign on social media last year? It actually made them become one of the brightest stars of the startups in India. Not only the newbies, but the well-known companies like Make My Trip, AirBnB, and Nike plus Social awareness groups like celebrity’s Live Love Laugh Foundation used the power of Social Media to create ripples on the World Wide Web. If used in the right manner, Social Media can give a massive upsurge to your business.

Let us see how:

Using Digital Media is an inexpensive deal. If your brand is cool, it can get cooler with the hype you can get on Social media. Considering the rise of internet usage in India, we are adopting the digital trends at a really fast pace. So, it has become really essential to have a digital profile.

Make sure to use these Social Media tips in your campaigns: 

Post videos: The rate of video engagement is really very high. There are predictions that digital videos can replace the ads on TV. Keeping this in mind, if you invest in videos, you can get true engagements on social media. Live video streaming, creating personal stories as web series, vlogs, and making engaging videos related to your business can help you gain more traffic.

Upload personalized content and creative pictures: If your content and images are catchy, unique, personalized, and speaks of the brand's story, you can get more likes. People are bored of the monotonous and old-fashioned stock image of brands. Posts including fresh content and creative pictures related to real activities help in gaining more traffic on social media.

Concentrate more on Mobile: As we all know that Smart Phones are slowly replacing internet usage on desktops. So, create content that is mobile-friendly. Also, create posts for the local audience and distribute them according to the right format, time, and location. It will help you in targeting a maximum number of people.

Create technology-driven posts: No matter how and what we think about Artificial Intelligence, we are curious about it, and we love to read and discuss it. As we all are embracing the machine culture in our everyday life, putting it on Social Media can create interesting engagements. Creating posts related to technology, innovations, facts related to technology and Artificial Intelligence can help you gain more traffic. You can club technology with the travel sector, health care, education, and even the daily activities like using home appliances and equipment. It not only makes life easier but can help you grab more likes.

Hire a professional: Handling Social Media for business is a little different from posting from your personal account. You should always hire professionals for the job if you think you are not handling it correctly. People who are professional understand the trends, they know how to make strategies and how to deal with issues coming on the way. They know how to get more engagements on your content and they can create impressive digital marketing posts. They have the knowledge of the major platforms and they can offer a seamless lift to your current status on the web. You can also outsource your digital media to the agencies working in the field.

Be available: There is no particular time on which a potential customer can visit you and look for business. So, it is always suggested that, be available to your audience, if not 24x7, at least during your work hours. Reply to all the questions asked by your visitors, if you cannot do that on the spot, make sure to tell them to wait, and once you can answer the questions. Having conversations with people who pitch you on digital media can help you in getting recognition. Reply to your messages and comments. Be thankful when they share your posts, it will create communication and improve your social media reputation.

Use meaningful Hashtags: Hashtags are popular and you can get a lot of traffic to your digital media profiles with the use of this powerful tool. It helps in categorizing the posts and making your content noticeable to people who are looking for similar stories. It will also help you in discovering the posts from your competitors. With the help of hashtags, you can connect with various brands and people of similar interests and create engagement. Using hashtags, which are related to your business can bring massive traffic.