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Social Media: Value Content, Get Engagement

From beginning to end, social media marketing is all about engagement. It is not just a promotional tool, it is a tool to build conversation to drive engagement. When we say engagement, what do we mean? We mean, a constant process of dialogue happening between marketers and customers. This may be in any form, however, the objective is to stay closer to your target audience. And how can this engagement be achieved? The answer lies with the consistency and stability of content delivery. Content is the king in social media. It can be delivered in any form, posts, videos, images, etc. important is to take the marketing message to the customers.



Think like a marketer and act like a publisher. Yes, exactly, this has to be the motto of today’s marketers. Nowadays, customers do not endorse self-hype or shouting, they demand a stable, consistent and effective conversation and engagement process. To achieve this, content is the highly qualified medium.

Just do not focus on the sharing purpose, also lay emphasis on what you share. The objective is to educate and aware your customers. Marketers need to satisfy customers’ demands for more and more information to make buying decisions. Content enables marketers to create and maintain an effective response mechanism for the customers on social media platforms. Hence, it is important to create a content that evoke response.

You may find below tips helpful while using content to drive engagement:

1) Be simple
2) Be informative
3) Be quick in response
4) Be precise
5) Be consistent
6) Be truthful

These tips are aimed to take content at the helm of the social media marketing strategy. So, value content, get engagement. 

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2014 at 4:17 AM

    A great blog to read. The author has really elaborated on importance of content and engagement in a precise way. I have been following social media for a long time now and I find this information very useful. Keep it up.

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