There are so many social media platforms, but they all have their requirements and settings to achieve maximum results. How can you optimize your content in the most efficient way possible to get returns on your investment. One doesn't need deep technical knowledge, to achieve this.
Social media optimization is one of the most underestimated elements in digital marketing. Often people mistake social media strategy for social media optimization. However, they are two different aspects of digital communication. Social media optimization (SMO) is the use of social media networks or outlets to grow, manage scale, and a brand, or an individual’s online presence or campaigns. SMO can be used to increase brand awareness of a service or product and helps make digital content work better.
It may be easy to create, promote and advertise on social platforms whether for business, brand awareness, etc. But are these posts or content working and gaining maximum results? This is the tricky part, your content can be good, graphics, and visuals on point but are these creatives making your audience take action as you want them to?
Let’s take a look at how best we can get our content to perform well.
Post at the Right Time
To win big on social media platforms, timing is key. Although interactive and engaging content is important, the time when you post content determines how well it will thrive on social media. Figuring out what time works best for your platform is critical it helps you get the maximum interactions and engagement on your content.
Create Shareable Content
Developing shareable content is the surest way to create visibility and reach. A possible way to go viral. Here is how the formula works: shareable content leads to more shares, more traffic, more engagement, and more leads. Coming up with shareable or viral content is not easy, you will need to do deep research, develop an engaging and valuable storyline, capitalize on trending issues, and build hype around your service or products
The Use of Powerful Headlines in Ads
Social media ads are a great way to increase your brand’s visibility in the online world. They are designed to allow you to reach a specific demographic with your message and campaign. You will need a striking, eye-catching, and captivating title to cause your audience to pause and tune into your content and message. It just needs to grab people’s attention immediately. David Ogilvy, the father of advertising said, “When people read your copy they are alone.” Hence a brand or an individual developing any ads needs to understand their target audiences by knowing their interests, needs, fears, desires, etc. With this understanding, you can craft the power punch headline that speaks to them directly.
Evoke Emotions in Content
Humans are embodied with emotions. That is how humans are wired, most content goes viral because it makes viewers happy, sad, angry, etc. People only share content that strikes them emotionally not rationally. Emotions in content establish a connection between the brand and the audiences, Science has proven that emotions especially laughter increases endorphin production and makes us feel good, it often relieves stress and improves our mood. So it is important to add emotion to the content we produce to achieve maximum optimization
User-Generated Content Is Powerful
User-generated content (UGC) is any content that your customers or followers create by themselves for a brand. This type of content is a great way to build relationships with your audience and helps a brand grow faster. UGC shows how your audience loves the brand, and it shows how your audiences are willing to go the extra mile to create content for you hence it creates brand loyalty. It establishes a greater connection between customers and the brand. Such content is real and coming from a customer and not the brand speaks volumes as the content is based on the experience of the service or products
Keep an Eye on Your Analytics
Results at the end of the day are the key. You need to know how much success your content is yielding. You need to understand the metrics system involved in the whole social media game. It is only when you understand this that you can tweak your strategy in a good direction to achieve the best for your content. There are tools that you can invest in that break down these analytics for you to get a picture of how your content is performing online.
Whether you’ve just started out on social media or have a lot of experience these are powerful tips if incorporated into your strategy, and will yield maximum results on the various platforms. As a brand or an influencer, you need to focus on ensuring optimizing your content to achieve your content goals and generate traffic and awareness. It is not enough, to post creative videos and visuals it needs to achieve a greater purpose especially when you have invested time, money, and other resources.
Illustration: TarikVision/shutterstock
You might also like:
Support us!
All your donations will be used to pay the magazine’s journalists and to support the ongoing costs of maintaining the site.
Share this post
Interested in co-operating with us?
We are open to co-operation from writers and businesses alike. You can reach us on our email at cooperations@youthtimemag.com/magazine@youthtimemag.com and we will get back to you as quick as we can.
