Social Media 101: How to Create Engaging Content
Welcome to Web 2.0. Social media will be your guide!
FromDecember 2010, when Google confirmedsocial signals from Facebook and Twitter are used to determine search rankings, to the presentdaywhen the search giant reinstated the SEO-value of social signals, the critical need for a powerful social media presence has only increased.
Today, you need to emit strong social signals for Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and other search engines in order for them to feature you high on search engine results pages (SERPs). Strong social signalsget you higher SERP ranks, increased traffic, stronger engagement, and higher conversion rates. Strong social signals are instrumental in demonstrating brand power, credibility, and authority. In fact, they can help you achieve all objectives of your marketing functions.
This has given rise to three questions that concern SEO and SEM experts the most:
To all three questions, there is just one answer dynamic content!
Of course, youll need to create engaging content first. Here are six steps to do so:
Tailor content specifically for your largest target audience segment. Say youre a luxury brand that relies on Instagram for most of its social signals. It helps to know that 80 percent of the Instagram populace is female. On the other hand, 53 percent of Facebook users are female, so its more balanced there.
Collecting detailed demographic data will help you understand the most appealing types of content for the target audience. It will also help you set the right tone for communicating with your audience. Folks on LinkedIn, for instance, may be less fond of your humorous posts but those on Facebook or Twitter will likely love them!
The right type of content is the content that creates the highest engagement for you. You probably already know which posts get the most likes, comments, shares, and retweets for you. Focus on creating more content based on the same type.
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Social Media 101: How to Create Engaging Content