Happy Wednesday! We thought we’d take some time to share important social media tips and tricks for businesses seeking to use these tools for their company.
General tips for businesses
- Develop a strategy.
- Develop a policy.
- Leverage all your digital assets by linking to and promoting your website and social media.
- Know the best times to post content per platform. Here are the best times, according to SumAll (sumall.com), a marketing analytics company.
- Twitter 1-3 p.m. weekdays
- Facebook 1-4 p.m. weekdays
- LinkedIn 7-8:30 a.m. and 5-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday
- Tumblr 7-10 p.m. weekdays and 4 p.m. on Fridays
- Instagram 5-6 p.m. weekdays and 8 p.m. on Mondays
- Pinterest 2-4 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. weekdays and weekends
- Google+ 9-11 a.m. weekdays
- Monitor the results.
- Use photos and video whenever possible.
Developing a social media policy
- Sample Template: shiftcomm.com/downloads/socialmediaguidelines.pdf
- Database of social media policies: socialmediagovernance.com/policies
- How to create a policy for your small business: sba.gov/community/blogs/ how-craft-social-media-policy-your-small-business
- Social media policy generator by PolicyTool: socialmedia.policytool.net
Tools to manage posts, update several sites at a time
- HootSuite: hootsuite.com
- Sprout Social: sproutsocial.com
- ArgyleSocial: argylesocial.com
- Buffer: bufferapp.com
Shorten a URL
- gl: goo.gl
- Bitly: bitly.com
- Tiny URL: tinyurl.com
Social media blogs
- Mashable: mashable.com
- Social Media Examiner: socialmediaexaminer.com
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