For modern businesses in today’s digitally driven economy, a solid and effective social media strategy is absolutely crucial. Social platforms are where modern-day consumers discover new brands, follow the ones they like, and learn more about products and services.
To take full advantage of all the benefits that social media can offer, businesses must have a structured and clearly defined social media strategy in place. It really is a full-time job, not only will you need to regularly update your channels and interact with your community, but you will also need to stay afloat of any technological changes or updates to various systems. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed, so we’ve put together a guide for staying on top of your social media strategy. Keep reading to check it out.
Daily tasks
The social media world never sleeps. To truly maximize your strategy, you’ll need to be constantly vigilant. There are several aspects of a social media campaign that need to be monitored and reviewed daily if you want to ensure that you are getting the very best results.
Any comments or messages your page receives should be reviewed daily, with responses delivered promptly to meet your customers’ needs. Creating the sense that your company is responsive and attentive will do wonders for your brand reputation and can set you apart from your competitors.
Speaking of competitors, you should check on what rival companies are doing every day. Even just a cursory glance over their social feeds can give you an idea of the types of campaigns and strategies they are running, allowing you to best adjust and align your processes.
Users will mention brands and companies online when discussing products, services, or posting reviews. Be sure you are checking for mentions regarding your brand every day, these posts can give you vital information as to public opinion and current thinking regarding your business.
Weekly tasks
Use the end of the week as a touchpoint where you can go over and evaluate everything you have done in the previous week’s daily tasks. This is the time to check in with your other team members to ensure you are all on the same page. The performance of your campaign can be measured at the end of the week to give you an idea of its strength and how it is likely to perform as you move forward.
Monthly tasks
The end of the month, much like the end of the week, can be used as a time to collate and analyze performance. However, you will now have far more extensive and detailed metrics and analytics data, allowing you to draw up a deeper and more insightful performance report.
You will be able to clearly identify areas of your strategy that have been successful and areas that have not. This can allow you to refocus your campaign on your areas of strength and implement measures to improve your weaker aspects.
Use the end of the month to review any industry news or updates and assess how likely they are to affect your business. You should also use this time to review your competitors’ campaigns, evaluating how successful they have been and seeing if there is anything they have done that you can learn from.
Finally, your content calendar and schedule should be comprehensively reviewed and updated at the end of every month. This will give you a clear plan to follow moving forward and will keep your strategy structured and organized.
Quarterly tasks
The end of a quarter is the perfect time for serious reflection and analysis of your social media strategy, and your business as a whole. Study your cash and revenue performance to understand how your social media campaigns have fed into your profits.
Review your social media strategy in its entirety. Check for things like message consistency and tone of voice, deviations in these will be much easier to spot when you’re looking at a larger time period. Maintaining a consistent tone of voice is essential, it lends your brand a degree of legitimacy, authority, and reliability in the eyes of consumers.
This is the perfect time to conduct market research and audience analysis. Check if you are still targeting the right demographics and, if not, take steps to remedy this.
Finally, use the end of the month as a time to establish long-term goals for the future. Think about what you want to achieve as a business and assess how best to reach these objectives through your social media campaigns.
Conclusion
Running an effective social media campaign can be difficult, but the potential benefits for your business are impossible to overstate. Follow our guide above and stay on top of your social media strategy.
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