Choosing a Social Media Platform For Your Business
There are countless social media websites aimed at reaching a wide variety of customers. Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. can all be useful in a social media strategy aimed at engagement. But with so many options, which ones will be most effective for your organization? Here is a quick guide to the pros and cons of a few of the major social sites and how they can work for you. Facebook: Facebook is the largest social media site on the internet and it continues to grow. With new features such as edgerank the news feed is becoming more specialized and thus, more relevant. Facebook allows users to interact with your content whether they like, comment or post, this will pop up in the news feed, increasing visibility and allowing others to discover your organization too. Pros volume of users and posts people check Facebook a lot, it is the most well known social platform PPC ads available Cons time commitment consistent posting is necessary slower growth generally Twitter: This fairly new social platform is transforming how businesses and users interact with one another. With only 140 characters, a tweet must get to the gist of it and fly. Twitter’s concise content may be easier to digest for users and therefore easier to interact with as well. Pros short and sweet sent directly to followers huge population that continues to grow Cons tweets can get lost in the feed not great for posting photos (only links out to where the image is online) 140 characters is confining G+: Google’s attempt at social media created a site with a wide range of usability. From Hangouts to posted content to circles, G+ allows users to interact on a more personal level with their audience and creating lasting impressions. Pros Hangouts allow face to face interactions, building relationships and trust circles segment your audience for better content management and targeting a great place to connect with early adopters and the tech savvy makes your business more searchable online Cons only one admin per page, created from a Google account still functions on the fringe of social media mobile functionality is not great Pinterest: Photos and videos are fast becoming the key to engagement on social media which is why Pinterest is seeing so much success. Simple images linked out to more content allows users to browse without much thought until a photo catches their eye. By “pinning” a photo they can then save the link and find the information, recipe or design the next time they need it. Pros women love Pinterest, so it is a great place to reach them (between 85-97% of users are women) visual appeal can have huge pull very easy to create an attractive product or service pin to gain visibility Cons not the place to reach men no way to control who sees your pin, only when a pin goes viral does it show up on a larger number of subject boards some products are not visually appealing, this [...]