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It’s pretty helpful to know about the most famous social media platforms. Whether you are a social media marketing company or a business owner it’ll be valuable to know about the popular social media platforms to grasp advantages over them. Once you know which platform to go with, you can maximise your brand’s online presence. It is not only about the popularity of the social media platform, but also about your business type and target audience. Most businessmen and social media marketers have this misconception that social media marketing has nothing to do with the types of business. However, it is crucial to see if the social platform fits your brand image and whether your target audience uses that. This guide is to help you to decide which famous social media platforms you should go with. Facebook YouTube Instagram Snapchat Twitter Linkedin Pinterest TikTok Reddit Whatsapp 1. Facebook Facebook has nearly 2.5 billion active users, and with this number, you can guess the popularity of this platform. Considering the numbers, Facebook is the largest social media platform having nearly more than 65 million business pages. It means a lot of business owners are actively using Facebook for the growth of their business. Facebook You can post any form of content like videos, images, content, and stories because everything works on Facebook. However, your content in any form should be appealing, eye-catchy, and meaningful. But be sure to follow the strategy that works for facebook marketing. 2. YouTube YouTube is the most widely used search engine in the world. YouTube is a video-sharing platform where you can share unique and engaging videos such as motivational, instructional, tutorials, etc. It has over 1.9 billion active users. To start with YouTube, you need to create a channel either by your name or your brand’s name and you should know the keys for effective youtube advertising. You can then upload many videos targeting your audience, and it is always important to analyse your target audience first. YouTube is the second largest search engine after Google so, to boost growth it is advisable to focus on YouTube SEO. 3. Instagram Instagram is the home of bloggers, content creators, influencers, small and big businesses, and many more. Well, with this, Instagram has crossed one billion monthly users, pretty popular. You can share anything on Instagram like videos, short reels, stories, and IGTV videos. If you own a business, you can create a business profile on Instagram to get regular insights. It can be helpful to determine how many visits you get and your account reach. Moreover, you can schedule your posts according to the time your target audience remains most active. Depending on your target audience and market, you can consider prioritising Instagram. 4. Snapchat Who does not know about Snapchat! This booming social media platform has around 255 million monthly users. Snapchat is massively used by the younger generation of the age group of 18 years to 25 years. It is one of the heavily used platforms where people share snaps. You can prioritise Snapchat if your business targets young demographics under 25 years of age, Engaging content like short videos, snaps, and storytelling entertains the audience the most. So, follow the proven ways for snapchat marketing if you think of using Snapchat to reach a younger audience. 5. Twitter Twitter is also a famous social media platform, and it has nearly 300 million per month active users. Twitter is more popular when it comes to news and information sharing. It is a pretty famous social media platform for tech-savvy people. Twitter is a platform for a wide variety of businesses. It is different from the other social media platforms, as it accentuates news, entertainment, and real-time information. So, before choosing Twitter as your social media marketing platform, see if your audience actively uses Twitter. You can also take the help of twitter marketing experts for the same. 6. LinkedIn It is not only used to post jobs and search for them, yes, you heard it right!. LinkedIn has gained a lot of popularity other than being a resume and job hunt site. Linkedin is used for personal branding, and today businesses of all types are using LinkedIn to share information about their brands and their uniqueness. Well, LinkedIn is a famous platform to attract right-minded talents and skilled humans. Thus, businesses leave no chance of utilising it to attract the gems. According to the Microsoft reports, the revenue of LinkedIn increased nearly 21%. LinkedIn is a business-focused social media platform, where you can send personalised ads to different inboxes, you can boost your content and even run ads on LinkedIn with proper strategy. 7. Pinterest Pinterest can give you out-of-the-box ideas that can be a saviour. Anyways, Pinterest is a famous social bookmarking site where you can save a lot of ideas related to any field. Pinterest successfully made it to the top 10 famous social media platforms. In the year 2020, Pinterest saw tremendous growth, and now it has around 320 million active users per month. You can share images and save the ones that you like. Pinterest can be an apt platform for brands who want to share information about their brand or creative content. Pinterest is an important platform as it helps to get links, conversions and much more. It is the most friendly social media environment, and different brands can easily earn organic traffic if the content is engaging and eye-catchy. 8. Reddit Reddit is a social media platform where no matter what, you are going to find like-minded people. This platform suggests, educates you, and is fun at the same time. Reddit is an old social media platform, more like a social discussion forum where you can upload images and write answers to different questions. It is an informational platform used to read and share information. There are dedicated forums in Reddit known as subreddits, and currently, Reddit has nearly 2.2 million dedicated forums. Furthermore, as per business… Continue reading 10 Popular Social Media Platforms To Grow Your Brand

Founded in 2002, LinkedIn is a Mecca for professionals and businesses. Not only does it provides an opportunity for working professionals to seek jobs and opportunities, but also it is widely used among businesses to find prospective business opportunities. Thus LinkedIn is much more than a Social Networking tool. Hence, deriving a LinkedIn Marketing Strategy becomes paramount. Whether you are a small business or a large conglomerate, if you are a B2B organization, LinkedIn is the first place that you choose to put the word out. In this piece, we will explore all the LinkedIn marketing ideas and strategies for businesses. So, what are the aspects that make LinkedIn such a unique branding tool? We have found some mind-boggling stats related to LinkedIn that will set you on your ways to use LinkedIn for business: According to Kinsta LinkedIn is 277% more effective at generating leads than Facebook and Twitter. Surprisingly, according to Foundationinc LinkedIn consistently sees a 28% lower cost per lead than Google AdWords Also, according to the same source, LinkedIn makes up more than 50% of all social traffic to B2B websites & blogs. Lastly, 97% of B2B marketers utilize it as their content marketing strategy. These statistics are a great indication of what the business marketing trends are. We have to be on the same trajectory and contemplate LinkedIn marketing strategy accordingly. Source Fundamentals of LinkedIn marketing LinkedIn can be overwhelming sometimes. The common conception is that you always see your peers succeeding or outgrowing you on LinkedIn. Well, that’s not true. People who are good at selling themselves, their ideas, or their business models are the ones who have a good presence on LinkedIn. So, as a professional or business, you have to learn how to optimize your profile/page. So, the first part of your LinkedIn Marketing Strategy should be creating a fully optimize Linkedin business page. We have given some steps here to set up a Fully optimized LinkedIn marketing page: Start with a high-quality profile picture and cover photo. If you are using LinkedIn for business, use the logo of the company. On the cover, you can use a pic, showcase your work or choose a message describing the voice of your brand. Include every detail related to your company. From website, to address to the number of employees. Everything related to your company should be mentioned clearly on LinkedIn. Everything should resonate with your brand voice. These little details make a huge difference. According to LinkedIn, companies with a complete profile get 30% more views than competitors. So make sure to add all these points to your LinkedIn Branding strategy. Claim the custom URL so that you can share your organization’s LinkedIn Page link conveniently and it is easy for the prospects to find you. Also, it is easy on the eye. Now, let’s come to the juicy part. One of the most important aspects of a clear LinkedIn Marketing Strategy is to: SEO optimize your LinkedIn Page Sounds weird but it’s true and works wonders. So, how you can implement SEO on your LinkedIn Page? Use Keywords in Description and Specialities. Do duly research beforehand. You must have already ideas related to service in your mind. Use those keywords accordingly. Create links to your pages. Well, there are popular SEO techniques that work quite well on LinkedIn. Build backlinks to your company’s professional page. Use the LinkedIn page link outside of the platform(in email signatures). Pass the guidelines for the employees to connect their profile with the job designation to the company page. Networking is Key to a good LinkedIn Marketing Strategy On LinkedIn, the right networking coupled with the right interactions gives you extraordinary results. Choose to connect with the people and businesses who are in your niche to keep you up to date. Get in touch with people who can add value to your business or your work. Start interacting with them. As LinkedIn is a space for professionals, thus queries related to work life, profession, or an ideal workspace can intrigue your followers. Post something of value that they cannot find elsewhere and which gives your audience something different. Everything mentioned above should be an important part of your LinkedIn content strategy Credibility and Brand Value building are Important Building Credibility or building a brand value is important on LinkedIn. Joining new groups and posting your company’s achievements and milestones can help your brand grow. Whether you are throwing an office event or something you have done for your employees showcase it. All your initiatives among the rest should be updated on your company’s profile. Ask your employees to connect to you and increase the interaction. Now as we have covered the basics of LinkedIn for every business. We decided that we should dive more deeply into and help you figure out the use of LinkedIn for different kinds of Businesses. So let’s start with: LinkedIn Marketing Strategy for Small Businesses This one is an intriguing topic as small businesses rely a lot on LinkedIn to grow. So we have shortlisted certain points for small businesses on what they can do to grow on LinkedIn. You can start by: Source Do a comprehensive Competitor’s research This one is important. As all businesses do, take a sneak peek into all your businesses. Try to audit their marketing strategy and their growth. See what content is working for them and how you can adapt to your style. You can use social media management tools to understand your competitors or you can do social media audits on your own. Moving along Constantly Engage with new People You have to do this task manually. Bit tedious? Yes, but worth it. You can send up to 50 connection requests per day. Your message that you send as a business shouldn’t be too formal or too casual. It should have a mix of just the right words. You can add a link to a landing page to sign up. However, there… Continue reading Surprisingly Shrewd LinkedIn Marketing Strategy For All Businesses

For anyone who wants to know how to run a thriving business in this age where everything we could have is at our fingertips and everything is accessible on the Internet, we need to stand out from the crowd. To market your products and services, along with a website we need to reach out to our audience through various social media platforms. Although social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter can provide a competitive edge for your business, there comes a necessity for a visual search engine like Pinterest. Pinterest is a social media and image-sharing platform based in the United States. It’s much more than a social media platform. It is a visual search engine and productivity tool, as well as the United States’ fourth most popular social media site. Some flourishing businesses like Apple, Walmart, and Lowe’s are capitalizing Pinterest ground with their marketing strategies and it is good to know that there’s ample space for start-ups, bloggers, and entrepreneurs to leverage the power of pins and group boards. There is power in investing time and effort in this visual media platform. Here are some mind-blowing Pinterest facts: A pin is about 100X more wide spreading as compared to the tweet Each great looking pin can generate 2 page visits and 6 page views Ecommerce businesses get a lot of benefit from pinning as each pin has the power to generate 78 cents The lifespan of a pin is relatively higher than a post on Twitter or Facebook. ( 24 minutes on Twitter and 90 minutes on Facebook.) Many bloggers prefer Pinterest because it can bring in more traffic. So, how can you bring more grip on your business from Pinterest? Here are some tactics you can use to lift your Pinterest strategy and get enormous traffic. 1. Make pin-worthy images: What makes Pinterest so captivating and addicting is the high-quality images. As Pinterest is a visual search engine and people are more affiliated with visual content, you should pay more attention to image perfection. However, it is not just enough to use any image, you need to optimize it as well to get more engagement. So, what makes a fantastic pin image? Let’s look at some tips to keep in mind when making a pinnable image. Pinterest favors taller images more than wider ones as 80% of the Pinterest audience consume feeds over the mobile and so vertical images are compatible. Pins which show a ratio of 2:3 or 4:5 are perfect for a catch. Longer pins got more views as they are likely harder to skip. So, Let’s have a word about the aesthetic sense of the pinnable image! As Pinners enjoy looking at things more than they do at faces, we encourage to create no face images. Vibrant colors images work well. You can use colors like lime, pink, red, etc. Contextual background plays an important role. Choose backgrounds that adds to your overall image. Lightness is another important thing to look at. The lighter the image the 20 times better it performs than the darker images. Images that inspire or evoke emotions are great. Images that show step-by-step directions on how to complete something like a DIY. Images that display data, statistics, and facts on a specific topic. Make your brand logo big if you’re going to include it in your image so that it is seen in the grid view on the mobile phone. Use high-quality images and professional photos and graphics. Avoid having a variety of irrelevant random objects or products on the images. To know the most relevant image to your website’s content, start your research by browsing through the Pinterest discover page. This will help you know the most popular pins on particular topics. To explore further and know people who like the same content, you can try searching for the domains of your competitor’s in the Pinterest search box. This way you can always be updated about the interests of your target audience. Now the next step is to know what pages on your website need pinnable images. The website analytics will help you here in finding the top content pages on your website or if you have an e-commerce store, the shopping cart analytics will help find the top products to measure the conversion rate of the products. 2. Motivate Visitors to Pin Your Images Exclusive Pinterest users will have a pin-it button on their browser or mobile devices, but new Pinterest users are not likely to have any tools to make it easy. Focus on making it easier for every visitor on your Pinterest page to pin your images. Pinterest offers different ways of pinning, you can add buttons to your web pages allowing visitors to pin your images easily. If your website is built on WordPress, Squarespace, Tumblr, Wix, or Blogger, they offer plugins or features helping you add Pinterest buttons to your website. These buttons are shown on an image when the visitor hovers over it or appears in a form of static pin on the page, enabling visitors to pin the specified image or any image on the page. Preferably, you’ll want to offer both a hover-over and a static pin-it button to make sure that every visitor sees the option to pin their favorite image to be more accessible. 3. Pin at the proper time Though it may sound hilarious, posting at an apt time can catch the audience’s attention. It is all a number game. Every hour there are hundreds of pins shown on Pinterest. So, what is the probability that your pin will get noticed? In your Pinterest marketing strategy you would want to have the most repins. You would also want lots of people to repin your post so that it’s shown more often to new users. For this to happen, you need to find the best time and day to pin. It would be wise to pin when your target customers are on Pinterest. As per the… Continue reading 5 Genius Ways to Generate Organic Pinterest Traffic