Category: Social Media Marketing

Step up your social media marketing with expert analysis, unique research, insights, tips and tricks. Articles, research, data, and guides covering Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and other social media platforms.

How to Use Meta Business Suite to Easily Bulk Invite People Who React to Your Facebook Posts to Follow Your Page

For a long-time a secret building block of Pages trying to grow on Facebook was inviting users who reacted to posts to come like and follow the Page. This was done by a Page admin tirelessly clicking on the list of reactions, selecting the reaction type, and then...

How to Avoid Making The Same Mistake As The Texas Restaurant Chain “Big Madre” When Launching a New Website

A Texas restaurant chain had their marketing agency spam one of our Facebook Groups. Since we are also based in Texas we decided to take a look at what was happening behind the scenes. What we found is a horrifying lesson for any business. It appears that the...

Facebook Performance Bonus Program Guide

December 2023 Note: Performance Bonus earnings are nearly impossible to improve upon in any way. Payouts have dramatically fallen since Spring of 2023 and there is no clear data as to why. You may see periods of high payouts that feel random then dramatically lower payouts even with...

How to Tell if You Have Been Shadow Banned or Deboosted on Twitter

After Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter he began discussing shadow bans on accounts done by the previous executive team and their staff. Many of these bans appeared confusing to users who had apparently done nothing to violate the Twitter Terms of Service, yet still found their account limited...

Scammers Posing as Meta are Emailing Facebook Page Admins Claiming Their Page Uploaded Content That Violates Guidelines

NOTE: This article is about a scam where the scammers sent emails to random email addresses claiming to be Meta. For our article on the scam where they send messages on Facebook from Pages pretending to be Meta Business Suite, Meta Security, or some alert notification see this...

Ways to Tell if Someone Trying to Join Your Facebook Group is a Spammer

When built, operated, and managed correctly Facebook Groups can be a major source of website traffic, word of mouth marketing, lead gen, and sales. Community management using Facebook Groups though is increasingly difficult as spammers figure out how to evade detection by the admins of a Group and...

How to Edit Your Tweets

September 1st, 2022 Update – Twitter has officially announced that the edit button is being tested publicly. There is still no word on if this update will get rolled out to all users or be a paid upgrade feature. if you see an edited Tweet it's because we're...

Facebook Ads Now Has a “360 Mode” for Videos With Spherical Metadata

Recently Akvile DeFazio, President of AKvertise and an excellent Facebook Ads consultant, noticed a new feature in Facebook Ads Manager for 360° videos with so called “spherical metadata”. While the terminology might not be familiar, the experience probably is. This is when a video (or photo) has properties...

How Reddit Categorizes Some Major Subreddits

Reddit sent out a message to some subreddit Moderators yesterday asking us to take a survey. The survey itself was a lengthy Likert scale riddled piece that appears to be focused on how Reddit can compete against third-party tools with a lot of questions about if moderating subreddits...

Facebook’s New Public Group Settings Are a Disaster and Here’s Why

Update 2 – 11/2/2021: Facebook notified all of our current public groups today that they will be forced to be internationally public on November 9th, 2021. Most clients are opting to take their groups private instead of being bombarded by accounts from outside of their geographic region. Facebook...

What is Social Media Marketing?

Social media marketing is the process of promoting a brand, product, or service through various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and others. This form of digital marketing involves creating and sharing content, engaging with followers, running paid social media ads, and analyzing performance metrics to improve the effectiveness of the campaign.

Social media marketing aims to connect with potential customers and build brand awareness, trust, and loyalty through consistent engagement and communication. By utilizing social media platforms, businesses can reach a wider audience, target specific demographics, and foster a community around their brand.

Effective social media marketing involves developing a comprehensive strategy, identifying the target audience, selecting the appropriate social media channels, creating compelling content, and measuring the campaign’s success to make necessary adjustments.

Why is Social Media Marketing Important?

Social media marketing is important for several reasons:

  1. Large audience reach: Social media platforms have billions of active users worldwide, which means businesses can potentially reach a vast audience with their marketing messages.
  2. Targeted advertising: Social media platforms allow businesses to target their ads to specific demographics, interests, and behaviors, ensuring that their marketing messages are delivered to the most relevant audience.
  3. Cost-effective: Social media marketing can be less expensive than traditional marketing methods, making it an accessible option for small businesses and startups.
  4. Increased engagement: Social media marketing enables businesses to engage with their followers, build relationships, and foster a community around their brand.
  5. Brand awareness: Social media platforms provide an opportunity for businesses to raise their brand awareness, establish their brand’s identity, and increase their visibility.
  6. Improved customer insights: Social media analytics provide valuable insights into customer behavior, preferences, and opinions, which can be used to improve the effectiveness of the marketing campaign.

Social media marketing is an effective way for businesses to connect with their audience, build brand awareness, and drive customer engagement and loyalty.