How To Take Out Time For Social Media Marketing

Social Media which was once used just for the purpose, to connect with families and friends now has become the most popular way of advertising. All big brands have directed themselves towards Social Media Marketing, which is comparatively rapid way of advertising. When it first emerged, brands just used it to gain exposure but later this exposure diverted into gaining audience and promoting business over the night. Socializing with the customers benefitted the brand by making the customers loyal, known as the brand loyalty. Brands which give proper attention towards SMM are most likely to have more loyal customers but it requires great devotion and time which is very difficult for entrepreneurs & brands to do in today’s busy schedule.

Set aside an hour for researchFar too often, brands fail to take time out for social media marketing because they over-think it. Pulling out an hour from the tight schedule is not easy, but it has to be done! Define a specific time for social media every day, research on the things related to you brand, create new content and do not deviate from its aim. Build content which would attract audience towards your brand.  Among the best ways that you can show your customers that you truly appreciate them is to identify them, everybody loves to be famous. Responding to their comments by taking their name makes them feel happy about it and   brand is all about keeping its customers happy, Isn’t it?

 Scheduling tweets or posts with tools like tweetdeck, buffer, hootsuite- Nobody has time to sit and wait for the perfect time to “tweet” or post anything on Facebook, LinkedIn ,Instagram etc. Social media is invasive and huge. You simply cannot handle it all on your own, it would take the whole day to manage an account manually but thanks to the tools available, scheduling a post for anytime of the month is easily possible. Some of the most common and effective tools include Tweetdesk, Buffer, hootsuite ,swayy, feedly and twitter counter. But still researching and scheduling can cost you a lot of time everyday .

Hiring A Pro – Social Media Managers- Having limited time to give to the social media it is impossible for the brand or an entrepreneur to generate the desired traffic by its own. Therefore hiring a professional social media manager is much more convenient and effective. It can save you a lot of time and generate you enough traffic to boost your brand’s image and help built loyal customers. Social media managers are professionals who know how to market your brand and generate content which would engage the audience.

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Emerging role of Digital Marketer & Chief Marketing Technologist

That time is long gone when marketing wasn’t linked with technology.

Do you know? It was predicted in 2012 by Gartner that by 2017, a company’s chief marketing officer would be spending more on technology than its chief information officer.   

Now roles like digital strategist or social media marketer are of utmost importance now.

CMT-coverWith latest technological advancements, we are noticing new roles related to marketing in this digital age. Chief Marketing Technologist is one of them.

What exactly is Chief Marketing Technologist?

“A chief marketing technologist (CMT) is a C-level executive who sets a technology vision for the marketing team that aligns with business goals.”

 

 

According to HBR, CMTs are part marketers, part creative directors, part leader and part teacher who set the technology vision of your organization. I personally believe it to be a new term coined to the previous role of digital marketer. It was a much needed distinction which was building a gap between the tasks that digital marketers can do. Capture

Software has been the chief medium for carrying out the marketing activities wherein digital marketers build the brand messages, spread them globally and also engage with the audience. The numbers on annual digital budget are increasing exponentialy.

Yet I feel hesitance in many towards adopting this holistic approach. How long will it take for other organizations to realise that by neglecting to invest in digital marketing, they are putting a block on a bigger chunk of their target market?

 

Let’s see how things will be after next 5 years or so..

 

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