Cultivate Business Success – Best Practices for Social Media

By Patricia Bleck

Cultivate business success by following best practices for social media. Illustration by Linda Bleck

Following best practices for social media is key to your brand’s online success. If your company’s goal is to cultivate business awareness and relationships, social media is the best place to make it happen! Take advantage of the power of digital content and connections by following best practices for social media – they’ll go a long way toward ensuring your company’s success.

Best Practices Matter

Successful social media management for business is somewhere between an art and a science. Following best practices will join the two and make all the difference in your brand’s online success.

Make a commitment to incorporating these Social Media Best Practices: 

  • Persistence
  • Consistency
  • Timing
  • Interest in others and their content
  • Real-time engagement
  • Positive valuable content tailored to the social platform
  • Give and take
  • Attractive images & good writing
  • Appropriate use of hashtags and company tags
  • Links to additional useful content

Online success is also dependent on being yourself. Your audience is looking for a genuine reflection of your brand. Be authentic in your content and interactions.

Don’t spread yourself too thin. Determine your budget in terms of time and money. Identify the best platforms for your brand and focus on them.

Take advantage of the unique nature of each social media platform by tailoring your content appropriately. Avoid sharing content from one platform to another – this short-cut will not serve your business well.

Ten Tips for Cultivating Business Success Online

  1. Care about being in the social space and value its potential to build relationships with your brand’s audience.
  2. Be strategic about your messaging and interactions – be authentic, be positive and be nice.
  3. Be consistent in your posts – make a commitment and stick to it.
  4. Provide valuable, attractive, well-written content that is applicable to your brand’s audience.
  5. Choose the right platforms for your brand and appropriately tailor your content.
  6. Engage with your audience, colleagues, and with allied brands.
  7. Drive traffic to your website and owned digital assets.
  8. Take advantage of metrics and other available tools.
  9. Utilize paid advertising to expose your content to a wider audience.
  10. Keep up with advances in technology and any changes to your chosen platforms.

Cultivate business success, including brand awareness and relationships, by making a commitment to following best practices on social media. Feel free to call me with any questions: 224-628-0199.