Common Social Media Mistakes

Not Posting Enough: Unlike traditional marketing that runs on campaigns, Social Media is frequent and relentless. The most common mistake marketers make is letting content lapse.

• Facebook – Daily, 7-10 per week
• LinkedIn – 1-3 times per week
• Twitter – 1-2 tweets per day, 4 max
• Blogging – 7 per week

Ineffective Content: If your content is not getting your audience to interact with your brand, it’s time to re-evaluate.

• Too promotional – Leave the ads to your billboards! Social audiences tune out self-promotion.
• Too boring – Consumers need to feel that your content is worth their time.
• Too long – Keep it short and simple. Social media users want to skim and go.

Not Leveraging Your Followers:

• Am I targeting the right audience? Humor might get engagement with a young crowd, but are they going to purchase your enterprise business software?
• Am I asking for the sale? Use direct calls-to-action to prompt readers for the results you want.
• Am I targeting the right place in the sales cycle? Find out what your audience needs. If your content pushes for a sale, and your audience is in the information gathering stage, you are out of sync.

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