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Facebook

People like seeing photos and they as well like taking them. Take an advantage of it – let your customers take photos and post in. That is what Starbuck let do for its customers.

Twitter

Implement a Twitter card in you Twitter so that with every post you do, there will be an image as well. Also, customize the title tag.

Google+

Use Google+ Hangouts together with your normal Youtube videos. For example, Toyota uses Google+ Hangouts for interactive experience. The Toyota Collaborator enables 5 people design their dream car and drive it on Google Maps.

Pinterest

Include the logo into your pins to create the visual reminder. Nordstrom has done this practice and is the most-followed brand on Pinterest.

Instagram

Make customers to use your company’s hashtag or for them to create one. Then reward them by “regramming” the best ones.

LinkedIn

Make you resume interactive – add all kind of media and detail description. Successful example Chef Paul Maloney which showed his delicious food photos and in this way got more views and job requests.

Youtube

Have you used Youtube’s video editor? If not, it’s a high time to start! With it you can create a video and will combine existing videos and new ones so that to show your product in action.

Vine

There are only six seconds to use, so make sure you use them wisely. For instance, Oreo put their celebrated cookies in the beginning of all videos so that to make visual recognition.

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So these are the brand new tips, but we have one more for you – find the inspirational brand and seek its actions on social media. In this way, you would know the latest tactics that will suite your business the most!

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Posting strategy

There are dozens of questions connected with posting: What to post? When to post? Where to post? And so on.  But the answer to them all is more personal and it’s mainly depends on your niche and audience. The thing that is the same for any niche is pictures. They are ruling the social media right now and every social platform becomes more beneficial if you use it with pictures.

Despite that you can begin with a strategy like this: start with a basic five types of updates we all post (links, images, quotes, reshares, plain-text updates). Than choose a “staple” update, a single type that will make up the majority of your posts. Finally create a 4:1 ratio of sharing: for every four “staple” updates, publish one different type for variety. This way followers know what to expect from you and as well you could do some experimenting. Just consider to develop the message according to social media.

 Analyze, test, and iterate

When you decided on the posting strategy, it’s time to see how it’s going on. This is a research faze which will explain you what works for you and what doesn’t. Using some analytics is mandatory (google, buffer). Than find your average – how much is the average clicks, shares and so on. It will be your benchmark which will let you know if your new ideas helps you or takes you down.

Engage

Now you just have to automatize your work and continue doing your strategy every day. The other thing you should consider is to keep some time for your customers. They will write comments or will start discussion and you should keep in mind that it’s too important to ignore.

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So this is it, now you are prepared to rock the social media world. Just keep in mind, that in social media there are no strict rules how to act, you can always try to improve things, do something different and check how the audience react to it. Who knows maybe you will be the one who will create a new shocking formula for concurring the social media.

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Decide on social media

Now there are plenty of social networks to fit every business. So you should choose the social networks that best fit your strategy and the goals you want to achieve on social media.  The things that can help you to decide on social media is time, resources and audience. See how much time you can devote to prepare the material for social network. Then be acknowledge by the resources you have – like do you have more pictures, or more of information, is that information is quality one or more casual. And the most important do some little survey to decide where your potential audience gathers, which social media works the best for you platform.

Do a perfect profile

Do a monthly check for your public profile: make sure your avatar, cover photo, bio or profile info is up-to-dated. There are two parts of profile that should always be considered: visual and text. For visual part try to be always consistence. Make sure that all the photos on your social media platforms look alike. About the text, try to say what you are and not what you’ve done. Don’t use buzzwords and make sure that it would look beneficial to your followers to be connected with you. And don’t forget to be personal – social media is for that.

Find you voice and tone

Finding your voice in social media it’s not easy, but to do that it’s worth efforts, because you will be noticed and distinguished only by this. How to do that – the question may occur to you. There some questions that need to be answered by yourself. First, if your brand would be a person what kind of personality would it has. If it would be a person, what kind of relations it would have to consumer (friends, family, etc). Secondly, describe in adjectives what your company’s personality is not. Thirdly, check are there any companies that have a similar personality to yours? Why they look alike? And finally, how do you want your customers to think about your company. So after this you will have bunch of adjectives that should always be with you while creating social media plan.

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Now that you have some guidelines, you can start preparing for your big debut. But just before starting we would strongly advise you to wait for other part of tips. You won’t be disappointed.

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10 minutes for Facebook

Spent 5 minutes to post something relevant with your area on the wall. The other 5 minutes spend on interacting: commenting, sharing or liking posts relevant to your area. Feel free to experiment with post style to stand out.

10 minutes for twitter

Make 6-8 post per day including some tips, statistics or wit. Remember, this platform is to build brand image and keep at the forefront of consumers’ minds.

10 minutes for Google+

You might think that google+ is not useful, but here is the communities of every subject, where you can promote your blog or website. Also, an active Google+ profile is great for search engine optimization.

5 minutes for LinkedIn

Here you can post industry-relevant news in feed or link back to your professional blog. One post per day is enough.

5 minutes for Instagram

Post one picture a day. It can feature your product, reveal your working environment, local scenery or others behind-the-scene details. All social media is image driven, so link these images across multiple platforms.

10 minutes for Pinterest

Post once per day linking to your page. And also create boards that a connected to your area of interest, so that you would be easily find by others. Pinterest is a major driver of Internet traffic. Have pics link back to professional blog/site.

10 minutes for Reddit

Spend 10 minutes in Reddit and join their forum discussions.

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So now that you have to do is stick to the plan and keep doing this every day.

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Social platforms

Pinterest is new one of the favorite’s social platforms in the world. Its popularity grows so fast that is hard even to notice it. With page views up 210 percent in just the last three months, the site cements the importance of using high-quality, sharable images in web content.

Facebook also adjusted to image-based social media. They make more space in the timeline for the pictures and a huge cover photo make images an important draw for use attention.

Instagram is a new mania. That’s not surprising that Facebook was even willing to buy it for one billion dollar! Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg commented on the importance of images in the site’s future, saying “Providing the best photo-sharing experience is one reason why so many people love Facebook, and we knew it would be worth bringing these two companies together”.

How images affect article

Of course, images are good for every kind of article, because it boost that content’s page views. But as well researches show that certain categories benefit more from having images than others, it’s news content, political content and sports content.

How images affect press material

The amount of view have really strong bonds with multimedia that you include. So to get the most out of you images you should add other multimedia that complements your press release and images in different ways.

How images affect local search

Researches shows that consumers are more likely to consider or contact a business that has an image show up in local search results. So choosing a high-quality photo of your business or products instead of company logo is the best choice.

How images affect e-commerce

Customers says that the quality of a product’s image is more important than products specific information, long description, ratings and reviews.

How images affect social engagement

Analysis say that Facebook posts with photos have the highest user engagement than any other post.

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To sum up, images affect almost all the areas in social network. So be picky on them, choose gorgeous, high-quality images that people will really want to share and you will definitely win out of it.