Companies, brands, personalities, celebrities etc. are all over the social media. But still, we tend to follow some, like some and ignore some. Why the distinction and what is the  differential factor? Is someone better than others in communications? Well, that surely is a huge possibility. In today’s world, the way you communicate to the people and the what you communicate dictates who you are in the social media world!

Will the general public read anything that you post on your website or will they be selective. Research and studies show that people read and follow those whom they like and respect. This is based on what do the blogs, face book pages, tweets etc. really contain? Are they abusive, condescending and hurtful? Or are they informative, written in the best of English etc.? Chances of you getting noticed via your tweets an fan pages are much more if you are humorous, non condescending, respectful and informative.

• Never talk bad about your competitors. Readers get put off by vile comments and hurtful tweets. It lowers down the respect they have for your brand
• Many a times, readers give feed back to you. So, in your next post, do not be little or smack the people who criticized. Instead, be respectful and take it in your stride. Post the fact that their feedback is valuable and changes will be made
• Never ever tweet or scarp about confidential information about your competitors or customers. This looks extremely bad and gives a sense of distrust amongst your readers
• Be careful about uploading pictures. Seek prior permission from the concerned people. Do not take them by surprise or go against their wishes or else bad word against your company can spread easily. There by, negatively affecting your brand image
• Never use abusive language. This shows the lack of integrity and values on your part
• Do not pass on wrong information via social media. Be sure of what you are recording and writing. In case of any dire mistake, be humble and honest enough to immediately send out an apology and rectify the error

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Have you read a blog on a site and got bored? Fan pages and twitter updates suddenly seem clichéd and something that the entire world is doing. In such a scenario, how should a company make its presence felt and in fact, go a step beyond and capture the attention of the public in a unique way. Discussing topics, having interesting tabs, contests etc. will definitely accelerate the company`s pace but the company needs to accelerate its social media presence in various unique ways also:
• Try by sharing blogs, press releases and articles on your website. This is one sure shot way to get people attracted to the website and get to know your company better
• Has your company won awards, published books etc. If yes, share it on your website. Share intelligent content abut you on the website so that people get to know you better
• Share other informative links. If you company deals in sports goods, post links or share articles related to that field. Let your website be like a knowledge portal. There are many interesting things happening in your industry or arena. Share it with your followers and capture their attention in a unique way
• Well, posting a contest on your website is great but how do you get people to come to your website for that contest? Leverage social media presence – tweet, blog, face book etc. to let all your fans, readers and followers know that if they click the shared link, they will be directed to the amazing contest on the website!
• Leverage on Google`s freshness algorithm. It is very essential to post “breaking news” about relevant topics and industry. Use social media networks and share links to your website and announce you are the first company to share this content! Been the first to break the news is as important as letting the world know you are the first one
• Search Engine Optimization cannot be undermined. Make sure your presence on social media is accelerated due to optimization of content ad keywords
Merely been present on social media is a thing of the past! Try thinking out of the box for an accelerated growth.

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In the day and age of social media marketing , does marketing stop at making friends on Face book, having hundreds of Twitter followers and more hundreds liking your company page? Well, research has shown that having a Face book page has benefited all the companies because they have acquired many a clients and customers via this media. Same holds true for Twitter. More the followers, more the chances of new customers and clients! But if companies want to be cutting edge and move forward in the world of social media, opportunities are a galore, it is a matter of time before they become the norms!

• The first thing is obviously to make your presence felt on social media and to reach out to maximum people using this tool. So create a page, profile etc. and be very active!
• Do not stop at making an attractive profile. Go ahead and add a “share” button. What is the use of “like” the page if your followers cannot share the page with their friends? This way you can increase your reach manifold
• Add the like and share buttons in your official emails! Integrate email marketing with social media marketing
• Embed tweets to your website. This is a great way for marketers to integrate home page and twitter
• Many social media plugin are available especially via Face book. Explore which can suit your business and character. Yu cannot imbibe all 21 plugins because it will be chaotic. But select some and be creative!

There are many more ways and means in which you increase your presence and reach in the world of social media. Gone are the days of brochures, hoardings and adverts. Well, the traditional ways are important too but complete reliance on them might prove to be a hindrance.

World has gone far ahead in terms of social media. It is a beautiful tool which allows marketers to be creative and flexible. It is a great way to be in tune with the target audience, existing customers and a great platform to acquire new customers.

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Many people talk about interesting websites and aggressive marketing on social media . They think it is enough to drive the customer to their page. Internet world is moving so fast that just by having a presence in the world wide web and been active on face book is now not enough. Companies need to distinguish themselves by looking into the future, gauging customer expectation and then hitting the nail in the current scenario. Well, if every ne is on twitter and have interesting websites, why should people visit your company website? Is it any different from thousands of others? Here are some unique yet strategic ways which look beyond content, twitter and fancy pictures:

• Use a screen capture video software and watermark your videos with the URL of the website. Most of the companies mention their links at the bottom of the video which can be overlooked or ignored by the viewer. But having it right in the middle of the screen, during the video increases their chances of clicking on it
• These days all videos are fun but  most of them have not been screen casted. Screen casting videos means talking about your web site and company and these cool things to the viewers towards the end of the video. This is a sure shot way of spreading awareness
• Rather than presenting interesting facts about your company in “words”, create interesting graphics and animated pictures about facts of your company. This is viral and will spread across very fast
• Have fun games and online contests. Distribute free gifts. This is a great way to increase traffic, subscribers and it will in turn spread a word about your company
• Many employees send official emails with their details and contact numbers. Make company signatures which includes company link, mandatory across all employees
• Interlinking pages and content on your site will fetch the best results on search engines
• Not many of us know about this but there is “free traffic system” available on the internet.  This publishes your content, articles etc to all relevant blogs across the internet. This is a great way to increase “eyeballs” and traffic to your website
• You make the website all chic and savvy but forget to manually submit it to the big search engine! This is disaster. At least if you manually submit it, the algorithm will start catching up on it

Lastly, track your activities and results. Correct your mistakes and keep building up on your success!

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Are you a small business? Is your company operating in a smaller industry? Do you think you can compete with the big giants? If yes, read on…..

It is said that failure is not a crime but dreaming small is! Why cannot you think of competing with the big giants? If you have skills, talent and the confidence in yourself, your company and your employees, nothing can stop you from making a big impression, being successful and achieving those big dreams. Here are few ways that you can dream big and think of achieving every milestone of success:

• Have a great SEO strategy – Content creating on your website is essential. First impression are long lasting. Just imagine if a viewer sees a grammatical error in the first paragraph of your home page? Do you think he will ever come back to you. Content management and SEO strategy is important so that your content is valuable, readable and enhanced in such a way that it is relevant enough to pop up in the first page of Google search
• Resourceful inbound marketer – Make constant, regular and relevant improvements. Well, you are a smaller company and thus will have an advantage of less red tape! This means you can gather speed and attack the giants head on. Use marketing analytics and experiment with many new tools in marketing. Be creative and be ahead of the pack
• Be a dynamic social media personality - Your advantage is the fact that you can be fast and agile unlike bigger giants. Make your presence felt across the social media. Be active, receive feedback, make intelligent comments and change every day
• Invest in the right technology – Remember you are a smaller company and hence budget is not freely available. There is a plethora of technology that can be used by you but you need to prioritize. Use the right media and the right technology for maximum efficiency
• Learn new stuff and put them into use – Media and social media changes every day. Learn all the new stuff and make sure it gets incorporated into your social media marketing plan. This way you will always be “into” the latest things and will have cutting edge above the giants
• Superior products and services – No one can compromise on products and services. Make sure your goods are good otherwise no amount of marketing and social media can rescue you!

Dream the impossible to make things happen. That is the only way small companies can give competition to the established giants.

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With social media marketing in full rage, every company wants to join in n the bandwagon and be a part of social media. Whether LinkedIn, Face book, Twitter etc, companies and people want to be everywhere. Any coverage is great for publicity and forms itself into a fantastic marketing opportunity. Well most of the companies do that in order to optimize search results, optimize SEO and manage content. All these efforts to make sure their company appears on the first page of the relevant search engine. Well, proper and efficient tweets on Twitter can go a long way in ensuring you fall under page 1 of the search engine.

• Twitter name is important. Do not be over creative. Be professional while selecting name for your profile. It appears i the title tag for both your profile and individual pages. It is highly searchable. So be wise and choose a relevant name.
• Make your username count. Use this space wisely and make sure the username is easily remembered and is keyword rich so that will get the attention of anyone searching related words. Fifteen characters is the limit.
• your bio is the next most crucial thing to username. Twitter puts a limit at 160 characters which is definitely more than a regular tweet. Use this space very creatively and wisely. It is very crucial for search engine optimization. The content is index able and better still, it appears in your pages description – which can work fantastically in your favor if the bio is great and relevant. Make sure that first few lines are interesting and grab`s a person`s attention.
• You can insert a link of your company website and creatively put it in your bio. As is the case with any other social media, links helps grab eyeballs and when potential fans, followers or customers see the link, at least half of them will click on it. Thus, network grows and awareness grows. It also makes your profile and bio keyword rich.
• Be focused with your tweets. Do not tweet out of context or explicit or non diplomatic stiff. Be focused and well versed.
• Increase followers and fan base. More the discussions, more the conversations, bigger the forums, awareness will grow. More the followers, more the potential customers,

Follow these simple tips and pointers and see a world of change!

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Many company are into content management and blogging is a main part of content enhancement and management! Most of these companies publish their blogs but no one else shares these blogs. Main purpose of publishing the blogs is to for others to share it, forward it etc so that word spreads and marketing happens! Well, your content needs to be extra ordinary and “shareable”. Someone needs to be super impressed to share and forward it! Here are few reasons why your blogs are not getting shared:

• Probably your timing is bad. It is said that blogs published in the morning, gets “hit” and “viewed” much more than blogs published at night or evening. Know your target market and their lifestyle to “hit it on the head”
• Your headline may not be very appealing. They are the first impressions of the viewers. Make it in nice fonts and bold it. It catches a readers eyes. If your content is tweeted about, have a fun and appropriate tweet to grab proper attention of the target audience. Make sure headlines spark a sense of urgency and curiosity
• Developing relations with your readers is important. Make sure you read their comments or even their blogs. Make further comments, reciprocate and be attentive to feedback. This will foster a bond and develop relationships
• Stop writing only about yourself. Well, blogs are meant to write about your company so that people know you. But it is a slow process. You cannot write 10 blogs in a day praising your company. be more creative and interesting when it comes to topics
• Your blogs and articles are not clear. There needs to be a positive and definite take away from your blog. If you have nothing new and interesting to offer to the readers, chances are they will not visit you again
• You may not have “social share” button and still expect people to share?

It is important to put readers and viewers first in order to make sure your blogs are readable and further sharable!

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