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8 STEPS TO GROW
YOUR BUSINESS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
What Will You Learn In This Slideshow
●Step 1: Choosing Your Social Media Platform
●Step 2: Optimizing Your Social Media Profile
●Step 3: Creating A Posting Schedule
●Step 4: Posting on Social Media
●Step 5: Engaging With Your Followers
●Step 6: Finding and Follow the Right People
●Step 7: Using Hashtags
●Step 8: Experimenting With Strategy
Billions (yes, billions) of people
visit social media websites each day.
Social media is one of the most
POWERFUL ways to grow your business.
Social media allows you to attract new
customers and connect with audiences that
you never would otherwise.
Social Media allows you to get your brand
in front of a vast audience.
You can establish yourself as a thought leader in your
industry by consistently posting new, insightful content
on social media platform.
Now let’s answer some
important questions:
• What is the best platform to use?
• What strategies should you use to be seen by the most people?
• Are there certain types of content that perform better than
others?
• How can you regularly post content?
• What etiquette rules do you need to follow?
In order to build your business through social media,
you need to have a strategy in place.
Without a definitive plan for how you’re going to use
social media, you probably won’t get the results you want.
In this slideshow, you'll discover an effective
step-by-step social media strategy for building your
business.
Step #1: Choose Your Platform(s)
In order to do this, you need
to know your audience
• Where do they spend most of their time when it comes to
social media?
• Where do they like to interact with brands and businesses?
• What sites influence them to purchase?
• Who are the biggest influencers in your space and what
platforms do they use?
You want to be where your audience is.
If you publish primarily on platforms where they don’t
spend their time, they’ll never engage with what you post.
If you don’t know where your audience spends most of
their social media time, ask them.
Another great way to determine where your audience
spends their time is to look at the content you’ve already
posted on social media and see what has gotten the
biggest response and post more content like it.
One other thing to consider when choosing your social media
platform is what you’re selling. Depending on the products or
services you sell, one platform may be better than another.
As you consider which platform(s) to use, it’s
essential that you think smaller rather than big. In
other words, you don’t want to spread yourself too
thin across multiple social media platforms.
If you’re still not sure which platform to focus on even after
surveying your existing audience and looking at previous
posts, you can always fall back on Facebook.
With over 2 billion users, you can be sure that your target
audience spends at least some time on the site.
At the end of the day, what matters most is not the
particular platform you choose but rather that you
choose one and be consistent with it.
Step #2: Optimize Your Social Media Profile
Select A
Professional Username
For Facebook, set up a professional page,
not just a personal profile.
Keep your username the same across
all the social networks so people can
find you on every platform.
Use A High-Quality
Profile Photo
The photo is one of the first things that people see
when they click on your social media profile. Use a
high quality, professional photo of yourself or a logo
as your profile image.
If you need to have a logo designed, Fiverr
and Upwork are great places to start. They make it
incredibly easy to get a logo designed inexpensively.
Write A Compelling
"About" and “Profile” Section
Use your Profile and About section to share what
sets you apart from your competitors.
Include links to your website, other social media profiles,
and any other relevant links so potential clients can learn
more about your business.
Upload A Professional
Cover Photo
If your business has a slogan or motto, consider
putting that slogan on your cover photo.
On some social media sites, such as Facebook,
you can upload a cover video instead of a photo.
Enter All Your
Contact Information
Include your business address, telephone number, and
email address on your profile to build trust with potential
customers and to make it easy for them to contact you.
Be Professional
Be professional when representing your business online.
Let potential clients know your mission, values, and how
you can help them solve their problem.
Step #3: Create A Posting Schedule
Create a social media calendar.
When creating your social media calendar,
ask yourself the following questions...
How often will you post?
What formats will you use (video,
infographics, images, lives, etc…)?
What sort of content will you post?
If you’re struggling to figure out what to post,
Marketing Gem Solutions can help you create an
evergreen social media calendar as a guide to create
content for your business.
You may be thinking, Why do I have to map all this out
in advance? Why can’t I just start posting?
Using a calendar helps you to be consistent with
posting to your social media accounts.
By creating a social media calendar, you do the hard work
of figuring out what you’re going to post up front. Chances
are if you struggle to figure out what to post, you will end
up not posting at all.
Second, using a social media calendar “forces” you to
be active on social media with a business strategy.
Step #4: Begin Posting On Social Media
It's important to constantly post things that
will give your audience value.
Your posts should help
your audience to:
• Solve a problem
• Think about something in a new way
• Take action like they never have
• Laugh or smile
• Learn something valuable
If you know your audience well, you know what they
will find most valuable.
Consider posting things
like...
• Tips and strategies
• Tutorial videos/Infographics
• Live videos
• Pictures that will motivate your audience
For example, let’s say that you’re a health
and wellness coach.
When creating your content calendar and
posting on social media, ask yourself:
Is this adding value to my audience?
If you’re not sure what types of content add the
most value to your audience, try experimenting
with different formats. You might find that videos
perform better than photos, or that your audience
really like tutorials and tips.
Step #5: Engage With Your Followers
Conversations are the key to getting more
clients through social media.
Social media is not a one-way street.
One of the things that matters most when it comes
to social media is that you feel authentic to your
audience.
You don’t want to come across as a huge corporation
who only posts on social media and never engages in
conversation.
Authenticity is attractive.
Social media platforms tend to prioritize
the posts with the most engagement. The posts
with the most likes, comments, shares, and overall
engagement get shown more frequently than those
posts with very little. So be sure to post value
content for your followers.
You must:
• Talk with your followers
• Create conversations
• Answer questions
• Respond to any problems that are raised
Your goal is to create real relationships
with your audience.
How do you create conversations
with your followers?
• Ask questions.
• Do live videos in which you talk to your audience.
• Conduct polls.
• Ask others to comment on a particular topic.
• Make statements that will get people talking.
• Focus on being real and authentic.
Step #6: Follow The Right People
Follow influencers in your industry.
Join groups that are related to your industry.
Take note of the valuable information
that others are sharing.
Additionally, what sort of content
seems to get the best response?
Take advantage of platforms that focus heavily on
answering questions related to your industry so you
stay current on trends.
Step #7: Use Hashtags
Hashtags are words with the
“#” symbol before them.
Like These…
#MondayMotivation
#CrossfitLife
#ChiropracticCare
#Vegan
Hashtags are used as a way of grouping
posts by subject. When you add a hashtag to a post, it
is grouped with all the other posts people made using
that hashtag.
Some sites, such as Twitter, highlight the most
popular hashtags, giving you a sense of what’s
trending at any given time.
The power of hashtags is that they allow you to get
your content in front of a broader audience.
How do you use hashtags?
Use this example to create a post for your industry…
Before you do any Crossfit workout, spend at least ten
minutes getting warmed up and stretched out.
#Crossfit #CrossfitLife #CrossfitWorkout
Beware: If your hashtags aren’t really related
to the content of your post, you could turn
people away.
Find Relevant Hashtags
Using Websites Like...
• All Hashtag
• SeekMetrics
• Tailwind
• Ingramer
Step #8: Experiment
Different types of content will resonate
with your audience.
Experimentation is especially critical since social
media platforms are constantly changing.
Test constantly what content
works best for your audience.
Are You Ready To Grow Your Business
Using Social Media?
The advantages of using social media are enormous.
It’s not particularly complicated to get started
building your business through social media. Just
follow the steps you learned in these slides.
You don’t need to be intimidated by social media.
So don’t wait any longer. There are clients out there
just waiting for you to find them.
Do You Need Help Creating
Your Social Media Strategy?
Book A Free Consultation
• Let's work together to create a powerful social media
strategy for you.
• The initial consultation is free so there is zero risk and zero
obligation.
• We'll analyze your current strategy and come up with a
powerful new social media plan.
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Social Media For Business 101 - Beginners Guide

  • 1. 8 STEPS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS USING SOCIAL MEDIA
  • 2. What Will You Learn In This Slideshow ●Step 1: Choosing Your Social Media Platform ●Step 2: Optimizing Your Social Media Profile ●Step 3: Creating A Posting Schedule ●Step 4: Posting on Social Media ●Step 5: Engaging With Your Followers ●Step 6: Finding and Follow the Right People ●Step 7: Using Hashtags ●Step 8: Experimenting With Strategy
  • 3. Billions (yes, billions) of people visit social media websites each day.
  • 4. Social media is one of the most POWERFUL ways to grow your business.
  • 5. Social media allows you to attract new customers and connect with audiences that you never would otherwise.
  • 6. Social Media allows you to get your brand in front of a vast audience.
  • 7. You can establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry by consistently posting new, insightful content on social media platform.
  • 8. Now let’s answer some important questions: • What is the best platform to use? • What strategies should you use to be seen by the most people? • Are there certain types of content that perform better than others? • How can you regularly post content? • What etiquette rules do you need to follow?
  • 9. In order to build your business through social media, you need to have a strategy in place.
  • 10. Without a definitive plan for how you’re going to use social media, you probably won’t get the results you want.
  • 11. In this slideshow, you'll discover an effective step-by-step social media strategy for building your business.
  • 12. Step #1: Choose Your Platform(s)
  • 13. In order to do this, you need to know your audience • Where do they spend most of their time when it comes to social media? • Where do they like to interact with brands and businesses? • What sites influence them to purchase? • Who are the biggest influencers in your space and what platforms do they use?
  • 14. You want to be where your audience is.
  • 15. If you publish primarily on platforms where they don’t spend their time, they’ll never engage with what you post.
  • 16. If you don’t know where your audience spends most of their social media time, ask them.
  • 17. Another great way to determine where your audience spends their time is to look at the content you’ve already posted on social media and see what has gotten the biggest response and post more content like it.
  • 18. One other thing to consider when choosing your social media platform is what you’re selling. Depending on the products or services you sell, one platform may be better than another.
  • 19. As you consider which platform(s) to use, it’s essential that you think smaller rather than big. In other words, you don’t want to spread yourself too thin across multiple social media platforms.
  • 20. If you’re still not sure which platform to focus on even after surveying your existing audience and looking at previous posts, you can always fall back on Facebook. With over 2 billion users, you can be sure that your target audience spends at least some time on the site.
  • 21. At the end of the day, what matters most is not the particular platform you choose but rather that you choose one and be consistent with it.
  • 22. Step #2: Optimize Your Social Media Profile
  • 24. For Facebook, set up a professional page, not just a personal profile.
  • 25. Keep your username the same across all the social networks so people can find you on every platform.
  • 27. The photo is one of the first things that people see when they click on your social media profile. Use a high quality, professional photo of yourself or a logo as your profile image.
  • 28. If you need to have a logo designed, Fiverr and Upwork are great places to start. They make it incredibly easy to get a logo designed inexpensively.
  • 29. Write A Compelling "About" and “Profile” Section
  • 30. Use your Profile and About section to share what sets you apart from your competitors.
  • 31. Include links to your website, other social media profiles, and any other relevant links so potential clients can learn more about your business.
  • 33. If your business has a slogan or motto, consider putting that slogan on your cover photo.
  • 34. On some social media sites, such as Facebook, you can upload a cover video instead of a photo.
  • 35. Enter All Your Contact Information
  • 36. Include your business address, telephone number, and email address on your profile to build trust with potential customers and to make it easy for them to contact you.
  • 38. Be professional when representing your business online. Let potential clients know your mission, values, and how you can help them solve their problem.
  • 39. Step #3: Create A Posting Schedule
  • 40. Create a social media calendar.
  • 41. When creating your social media calendar, ask yourself the following questions...
  • 42. How often will you post?
  • 43. What formats will you use (video, infographics, images, lives, etc…)?
  • 44. What sort of content will you post?
  • 45. If you’re struggling to figure out what to post, Marketing Gem Solutions can help you create an evergreen social media calendar as a guide to create content for your business.
  • 46. You may be thinking, Why do I have to map all this out in advance? Why can’t I just start posting?
  • 47. Using a calendar helps you to be consistent with posting to your social media accounts.
  • 48. By creating a social media calendar, you do the hard work of figuring out what you’re going to post up front. Chances are if you struggle to figure out what to post, you will end up not posting at all.
  • 49. Second, using a social media calendar “forces” you to be active on social media with a business strategy.
  • 50. Step #4: Begin Posting On Social Media
  • 51. It's important to constantly post things that will give your audience value.
  • 52. Your posts should help your audience to: • Solve a problem • Think about something in a new way • Take action like they never have • Laugh or smile • Learn something valuable
  • 53. If you know your audience well, you know what they will find most valuable.
  • 54. Consider posting things like... • Tips and strategies • Tutorial videos/Infographics • Live videos • Pictures that will motivate your audience
  • 55. For example, let’s say that you’re a health and wellness coach.
  • 56. When creating your content calendar and posting on social media, ask yourself: Is this adding value to my audience?
  • 57. If you’re not sure what types of content add the most value to your audience, try experimenting with different formats. You might find that videos perform better than photos, or that your audience really like tutorials and tips.
  • 58. Step #5: Engage With Your Followers
  • 59. Conversations are the key to getting more clients through social media.
  • 60. Social media is not a one-way street.
  • 61. One of the things that matters most when it comes to social media is that you feel authentic to your audience. You don’t want to come across as a huge corporation who only posts on social media and never engages in conversation.
  • 63. Social media platforms tend to prioritize the posts with the most engagement. The posts with the most likes, comments, shares, and overall engagement get shown more frequently than those posts with very little. So be sure to post value content for your followers.
  • 64. You must: • Talk with your followers • Create conversations • Answer questions • Respond to any problems that are raised
  • 65. Your goal is to create real relationships with your audience.
  • 66. How do you create conversations with your followers? • Ask questions. • Do live videos in which you talk to your audience. • Conduct polls. • Ask others to comment on a particular topic. • Make statements that will get people talking. • Focus on being real and authentic.
  • 67. Step #6: Follow The Right People
  • 68. Follow influencers in your industry.
  • 69. Join groups that are related to your industry.
  • 70. Take note of the valuable information that others are sharing.
  • 71. Additionally, what sort of content seems to get the best response?
  • 72. Take advantage of platforms that focus heavily on answering questions related to your industry so you stay current on trends.
  • 73. Step #7: Use Hashtags
  • 74. Hashtags are words with the “#” symbol before them.
  • 76. Hashtags are used as a way of grouping posts by subject. When you add a hashtag to a post, it is grouped with all the other posts people made using that hashtag.
  • 77. Some sites, such as Twitter, highlight the most popular hashtags, giving you a sense of what’s trending at any given time.
  • 78. The power of hashtags is that they allow you to get your content in front of a broader audience.
  • 79. How do you use hashtags?
  • 80. Use this example to create a post for your industry… Before you do any Crossfit workout, spend at least ten minutes getting warmed up and stretched out. #Crossfit #CrossfitLife #CrossfitWorkout
  • 81. Beware: If your hashtags aren’t really related to the content of your post, you could turn people away.
  • 82. Find Relevant Hashtags Using Websites Like... • All Hashtag • SeekMetrics • Tailwind • Ingramer
  • 84. Different types of content will resonate with your audience.
  • 85. Experimentation is especially critical since social media platforms are constantly changing.
  • 86. Test constantly what content works best for your audience.
  • 87. Are You Ready To Grow Your Business Using Social Media?
  • 88. The advantages of using social media are enormous.
  • 89. It’s not particularly complicated to get started building your business through social media. Just follow the steps you learned in these slides.
  • 90. You don’t need to be intimidated by social media.
  • 91. So don’t wait any longer. There are clients out there just waiting for you to find them.
  • 92. Do You Need Help Creating Your Social Media Strategy? Book A Free Consultation • Let's work together to create a powerful social media strategy for you. • The initial consultation is free so there is zero risk and zero obligation. • We'll analyze your current strategy and come up with a powerful new social media plan. • To book a call, simply click on the link: calendly.com/marketinggemsolutions

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  1. Welcome to the workshop: Growing Your Business Through Social Media Let’s get started…
  2. Billions (yes, billions) of people visit social media websites each day. Facebook currently has over 2 billion daily active users. YouTube has almost 2 billion active users. Instagram has 1 billion. Twitter has approximately 330 million, LinkedIn has 303 million, and Pinterest has 250 million. Why all these statistics about how many social media users there are? Well, your customers are on social media… but are you?
  3. With such a staggering number of people using social media every single day, it’s one of the most POWERFUL ways to grow your business.
  4. Social media allows you to attract new customers and connect with audiences that you never would otherwise. And if your business isn’t location dependent, you can reach customers thousands of miles away through social media. You don’t need to rely only on local customers. By posting on social media, you can even attract customers from other countries.
  5. You can get your brand in front of a vast audience. Through consistent posting on social media, you can build a powerful brand that separates you from the crowd.
  6. And you can establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry by regularly posting new, insightful content.
  7. This raises some important questions: What is the best platform to use? What tactics should you use to be seen by the most people? Are there certain types of content that perform better than others? How can you regularly post content? What etiquette rules do you need to follow?
  8. You need to know where you’re going to post, what you’re going to post, and how often you’re going to post. It’s important to have a plan for engaging with your audience.
  9. However, if you do have a plan, you’ll find yourself quickly building an audience.
  10. In this workshop, you'll discover an effective step-by-step social media strategy for building your business. We’ll guide you through the what, why, and how, so that by the end, you have a firm plan of attack in place. Ready? Let’s dive in.
  11. Step #1: Choose Your Platform(s) The first, and perhaps most important step, is to choose the primary social media platforms you will focus on. Instead of trying to post on every social media platform out there, focus on the one or two that will have the most impact on your business.
  12. In order to do this, you need to know your audience. Where do they spend most of their time when it comes to social media? Where do they like to interact with brands and businesses? What sites influence them to purchase? Who are the biggest influencers in your space and what platforms do they use?
  13. For example, if your audience is younger, you may want to focus on Instagram and YouTube, which have a strong following among Millennials. If your focus is on business professionals, LinkedIn may be a good place to focus. If you’re targeting women, Pinterest is probably a good place to start. Think of it this way…You want to be where your audience is. You want to publish most of your content on the social media site where your audience hangs out the most. After all, you want your audience to interact with your content.
  14. If you publish primarily on platforms where they don’t spend their time, they’ll never engage with what you post.
  15. If you don’t know where your audience spends most of their social media time, simply ask them! Send out an email to your list and ask them to tell you what social media platforms they use the most. Create a poll on several different social media sites and ask your followers to respond. Asking is one of the most effective ways to find out where your audience spends their time.
  16. Another great way to determine where your audience spends their time is to look at the content you’ve already posted on social media and see what has gotten the biggest response. Have you gotten more comments, likes, and shares on one particular social media site? That may be the one you want to focus on.
  17. One other thing to consider when choosing your social media platform is what you’re selling. Depending on the products or services you sell, one platform may be better than another. For example, if you sell physical products, a visual platform like Instagram or Pinterest might be the best option for you. On the other hand, if you’re primarily focused on selling services, a platform like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn might work more effectively for you since you can explain a bit more about what you’re selling.
  18. As you consider which platform(s) to use, it’s essential that you think smaller rather than big. In other words, you don’t want to spread yourself too thin across multiple social media platforms. It would be better to focus on and master one or two platforms than to try to constantly post on ten different ones. The reality is that you probably don’t have enough time to post across a variety of platforms. You will get better results if you give 100% of your energy to a few platforms instead of 25% of your energies to a bunch of different platforms.
  19. If you’re still not sure which platform to focus on even after surveying your existing audience, you can always fall back on Facebook. With over 2 billion users, you can be sure that your target audience spends at least some time on the site.
  20. At the end of the day, what matters most is not the particular platform you choose but rather that you choose one and stick with it. When it comes to social media, consistency is almost always the most effective way to win an audience. So pick your platform and commit yourself to posting regularly on it.
  21. Step #2: Optimize Your Social Media Profile If you went to a business’s social media page and saw that they barely had any information about their business, would you want to connect with that business? Probably not. This is why it’s essential that you optimize your social media profile. In other words, you want to make your profile as informative and attractive as possible. You want your profile to draw people in, not push them away. So how do you optimize your profile? Here are some specific recommendations…
  22. Select A Professional Username Ideally, you want your username to be either your name or the name of your company. You don’t want to create a username like TulipGirl997. This comes across as unprofessional and won’t set you up for success. Your username typically is also the URL of your social profile. For example, if your username is JohnSmith, your Facebook profile URL will be www.facebook.com/JohnSmith.
  23. For Facebook, set up a professional page, not just a personal profile. In other words, set up a page that is dedicated solely to your business. You will only be posting business related things on this page. No photos of your pets, memes, etc. You want to use your business page to build your brand.
  24. Try to keep your username the same across all the social networks. This helps people find you on every social platform.
  25. Use A High-Quality Profile Photo Whether you’re uploading a picture of yourself or your logo, ensure that it's a high-quality photo. Ideally, the photo will have been professionally taken or the logo professionally designed.
  26. The photo is one of the first things that people see when they click on your social media profile. You want to put your best foot forward when it comes to your profile photo.
  27. If you need to have a logo designed, Fiverr and Upwork are great places to start. They make it incredibly easy to get a logo designed inexpensively.
  28. Write A Compelling About Section Your about section is where you tell the story of your business. It’s where you communicate what you’re all about and what matters most to you. You want your about section to be both compelling and concise. Depending on the social platform you use, you may have limited space to write your about information. In that case, try to get to the heart of what makes your business different from every other business.
  29. What is it that you do that sets you apart from everyone else? Include that information in your “About” section.
  30. Also include links to your website, your other social media profiles, and any other relevant links. Make your “About” section as thorough as possible so that people get a good feel for what your business is all about.
  31. Upload A Professional Cover Photo Almost every social media platform allows you to upload a cover photo. The cover photo spans the top of your social media profile and sits behind your profile photo. Like your profile photo, you want your cover photo to be as professional as possible.
  32. If your business has a slogan or motto, consider putting that slogan on your cover photo. If you don’t have a slogan, you could feature a photo of your products. Ideally, you want your cover photo to further emphasize some element of your business.
  33. On some social media sites, such as Facebook, you can upload a cover video instead of a photo. In the video, you can highlight unique aspects of your business.
  34. Enter All Your Contact Information
  35. Remember, you’re trying to grow your business using social media. This means you want to make it as easy as possible for potential customers to contact you. In the contact section, include as many possible ways to contact you as possible. This can include your phone number, email address, physical address, and any other possible ways of contact. You can also invite people to message you directly on the platform.
  36. Be Professional
  37. As you optimize your profile, think about how you want to represent yourself and your business online. Your social media profile will be the first touch point for some potential clients, and it’s critical that your profile feel professional. If your social media profile isn’t optimized and doesn’t feel professional, there’s a good chance you’ll turn away potential clients.
  38. Step #3: Create A Posting Schedule Once you’ve optimized your social media profile, it’s time to map out how often you’ll be posting, as well as what you’ll be posting. Ideally, you want to do this before you actually begin posting on social media. This will help you map out exactly what you want to post.
  39. Consider creating a social media calendar in which you map out what you will post every single day during a given time period (week, month, or year). This calendar will include what you’re going to post, as well as when you’ll post it.
  40. When creating your social media calendar, ask yourself the following questions:
  41. How often will you post? Ideally, you should post at least once per day. This will keep your social media profile active and show your followers that you’re engaged on social media.
  42. What formats will you use? The most effective businesses utilize a variety of formats on social media. In other words, they don’t just post text. They also use images, videos, polls, quizzes, and more. The more variety you use, the more you’ll appeal to a wide range of individuals.
  43. What sort of content will you post? Your business will shape the types of content you share. For example, if you're a life coach, you may want to regularly share inspirational quotes and photos. If you’re a health practitioner, daily health tips could be incredibly helpful for your audience. When it comes to the types of content you’re going to post, think of what will add the most value to your audience.
  44. If you’re struggling to figure out what to post, you may want to use a tool like the PLR.me Social Media Calendar. This will give you inspiration for every single day of the year. It will also guide you as to what types of content might be most relevant depending on the time of year (holidays, seasons, etc.).
  45. You may be thinking, Why do I have to map all this out in advance? Why can’t I just start posting? Consider these two reasons why you should utilize a social media calendar…
  46. The first is that it helps you be consistent with your posting. One of the biggest challenges that business owners face when using social media is being consistent. If you’re not consistent, you can lose the attention of your audience. After all, there are millions of things being posted every single day. If you’re not consistently posting, your audience will turn their attention elsewhere.
  47. By creating a social media calendar, you do the hard work of figuring out what you’re going to post up front. You take the guesswork out of things and ensure that you won’t struggle to figure out what to publish. This makes it much easier for you to be consistent over the long run since you don’t have to constantly figure out what you’re going to post.
  48. Second, using a social media calendar “forces” you to be active on social media. In other words, you can’t use the excuse of not knowing what to post. You’ve already laid out what you’re going to post and you need to stick to your schedule if you’re going to win new customers.
  49. Step #4: Begin Posting On Social Media Once you’ve created your social media content calendar, it’s time to actually begin posting on social media. This is where the rubber meets the road. It’s time to start actually putting out valuable content on social media.
  50. If you want to win new clients and satisfy your existing ones, it’s important to constantly post things that will add value to your audience. You’re not just posting to post. You’re trying to provide your audience with high-value information that will help them live their best life possible. Every post should be helpful in some way to your audience.
  51. Your posts should help your audience to: Think about something in a new way Take action like they never have Laugh or smile Learn something valuable
  52. Again, this goes back to knowing your audience. If you know your audience well, you know what they will find most valuable. If you don’t know your audience, you’ll struggle to post things that resonate with them.
  53. Consider posting things like: Inspirational quotes Tips and tactics Tutorial videos Live videos Pictures that will motivate your audience
  54. For example, let’s say that you’re a health and wellness coach. You could post: Inspirational quotes about being healthy Tips and tactics for eating healthier A tutorial video on how to perform a particular exercise A live video in which you answer questions from your audience Pictures of people performing challenging exercises
  55. When creating your content calendar and posting on social media, always ask yourself: Is this adding value to my audience? If it is, then post it. If you don’t think it will add much value to your audience, then don’t post it.
  56. If you’re not sure what types of content add the most value to your audience, try experimenting with different formats. You might find that videos perform better than photos, or that your audience really like tutorials and tips. Test out a variety of formats and see which ones resonate most with your audience.
  57. Step #5: Engage With Your Followers It’s not enough to simply post on social media and then go on your way. The real power of social media is that it creates conversations between you and your followers.
  58. Conversations are the key to getting more clients through social media. It’s important to regularly, consistently engage with your followers. In other words, you need to be responding to comments, answering questions, solving problems, and otherwise engaging.
  59. Social media is not a one-way street. Rather, it’s a conversation between you and those who follow you. A conversation involves both speaking (posting) and listening (responding). If you want to build relationships and gain clients through social media, you need to be having conversations, not just publishing new content.
  60. One of the things that matters most when it comes to social media is that you feel authentic. You don’t want to come across as a huge corporation who only posts on social media and never engages in conversation. Instead, you want to authentically engage with your followers.
  61. Authenticity is attractive. It will attract new followers and turn them into new clients.
  62. Another reason to engage with followers is that social media platforms tend to prioritize the posts with the most engagement. The posts with the most likes, comments, shares, and overall engagement get shown more frequently than those posts with very little engagement. If you want to get your posts seen by as many people as possible, then you absolutely must engage with your followers on a regular basis.
  63. You must: Talk with your followers Create conversations Answer questions Respond to any problems that are raised
  64. Your goal is not to talk AT your audience. Your goal is to talk with your audience and, as much as possible, create real relationships with them.
  65. What are some ways that you can create conversations with your followers? Ask questions. Do live videos in which you talk directly with your audience. Conduct polls. Ask people to comment on a particular subject. Make statements that will get people talking (just be careful about being too controversial). Focus on being real and authentic.
  66. Step #6: Follow The Right People Social media isn’t just about getting people to follow you. It’s also about following the right people and having conversations with them.
  67. Consider following influencers in your industry. For example, if you’re a financial adviser, follow other financial advisers in your industry. If you’re a life coach, try to connect with other life coaches. If you’re in the health and wellness space, follow other health and wellness practitioners. Once you’ve started following them, interact with the material they share online. Comment on it, repost it, and share it with your own followers. Try to develop relationships and simply be part of the conversation that’s happening.
  68. Additionally, consider being part of groups that are related to your industry: Join the groups. Engage in conversation. Try to help other people out. Be a useful resource. When you join a group, focus on adding value, not promoting yourself.
  69. As you follow influencers in your industry and take part in groups, take note of the valuable information that others are sharing. What sorts of posts do others share that resonate deeply with you? What content adds the most value to you?
  70. Additionally, what sort of content seems to get the best response? What posts generate the most conversations and engagement? This is the kind of content that you want to be sharing with your audience. You don’t have to be completely original with what you share online. Don’t be afraid to adopt techniques and strategies that are working well for others.
  71. In addition to joining online groups, there are also several platforms that focus heavily on answering questions that are posed by users. For example, Quora lets any user post a question and then other users try to answer that question. Quora is a great place to show off your expertise without being overly promotional. It lets you speak directly to a person’s problems, offer helpful advice and answers, and build relationships online. If you do it right and add a large amount of value to those on the platform, it can certainly lead to more clients.
  72. Step #7: Use Hashtags
  73. Hashtags are words with the “#” symbol before them.
  74. For example… #MondayMotivation #CrossfitLife #ChiropracticCare #Vegan
  75. Hashtags are used as a way of grouping posts by subject. If you add a hashtag to a post, it will be grouped with all the other posts people have made using that hashtag. If you see a post with a hashtag, you can click on that hashtag and see all the other posts with the same hashtag. For example, if you clicked on the hashtag #CrossfitLife, you would see all the other posts people had created with the same hashtag.
  76. Some sites, such as Twitter, highlight the most popular hashtags, giving you a sense of what’s trending at any given time. You can also follow hashtags so that you regularly see posts with a given hashtag.
  77. The power of hashtags is that they allow you to get your content in front of a broader audience. In other words, you can have your posts seen by more than just your followers. By adding the appropriate hashtags, you can get them seen by thousands, if not millions, of other people.
  78. How do you use hashtags? Typically, it works like this… You create a social media post. At the end of the post, you add a hashtag that is somehow related to the post. For example, let’s say you’re a health coach and you want to post a tip related to Crossfit workouts. You would create your post, and then at the end, put your hashtag(s). It might look something like this…
  79. Before you do any Crossfit workout, spend at least ten minutes getting warmed up and stretched out. #Crossfit #CrossfitLife #CrossfitWorkout Notice that you can add multiple hashtags to a post. Depending on the platform you’re using, you may be limited by space in terms of how many hashtags are appropriate. Generally speaking, you don’t want hashtags to dominate the post. You want them to be toward the end of a post.
  80. One thing to be careful about. If your hashtags aren’t really related to the content of your post, there’s a chance you could turn people away from you. For example, if you attach a Crossfit hashtag to a completely unrelated post about a television show you like, some people won’t like it and will feel like you’re “abusing” hashtags. As much as possible, keep your hashtags closely related to the content you’re posting.
  81. There are a number of websites that can help you find the right hashtags to use with your social media posts. These sites include: All Hashtag SeekMetrics Tailwind Ingramer
  82. Step #8: Experiment If you truly want to succeed on social media, you’ll need to experiment to see what works best.
  83. Different types of content will resonate with your audience. You may find that videos work really well while inspirational quotes don’t perform as well. Or you may find that asking questions generates a lot of discussion but polls fall flat. Some types of content will simply resonate more with your audience. But you’ll need to experiment to find out which types of content work best.
  84. Experimentation is especially critical since social media platforms are constantly changing. For example, currently, Facebook gives preference to posts that keep people on their site, such as videos. These posts show up in people’s news feeds more often. Facebook doesn’t give nearly as much exposure to posts that send people off their website, such as links. But this could change. In the future, Facebook may give preference to some other type of content.
  85. The moral of the story… Be constantly testing to see what works most effectively. As you test, you’ll discover what adds the most value to your audience. Then you can post more of this type of content, which will generate significantly more engagement. It ends up being a virtuous cycle that helps you connect with more and more people on social media.
  86. Are You Using Social Media? If you’re not regularly using social media to build your business, you should be.
  87. The advantages of using social media are enormous. With social media you can: Attract new clients Build your brand Establish yourself as a thought leader Connect with new audiences Create meaningful relationships Connect with other influencers And so much more.
  88. It’s not particularly complicated to get started building your business through social media. Simply follow the steps we laid out in this workshop.
  89. You don’t need to be intimidated by social media. Even if you’ve never consistently posted on a platform, you can get started today. You can easily start building your business through the power of social media.
  90. So don’t wait any longer. There are clients out there just waiting for you to find them.
  91. Now I want to invite you to book a free consultation with me. There’s absolutely zero obligation or risk with the phone call. Here’s what we’ll do. We’ll hop on the phone together, analyze your current social media strategy, talk about your strengths and weaknesses, and then come up with a winning strategy for creating a new social media plan. We’ll work together to create a social media strategy that you can be proud of. That attracts new clients. That establishes you as a thought leader in your industry. That connects you with other influencers in your industry. Like I said, it’s absolutely free, with zero obligation. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. To book the call simply go to this link: domain.com/book Don’t wait any longer to build your social media strategy. The clients are out there, just waiting for you. Let’s work together to ensure that you’re doing everything you can to attract those clients. I look forward to working together.