There was a brief time when simply having a social media profile could set your company apart from other businesses. But those days are long gone, as most companies now have social media profiles on a variety of platforms. The most common are Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn and the like. No matter what type of business you are trying to grow, social media can be an effective way to engage with your target audience. However, it is important to remember that other businesses are doing the same thing, so you are constantly competing against them.
When you are publishing online content—whether that means social media posts, blog posts or website content—you need to consider your audience. It’s very important to write for that specific audience and in a way that connects with them. Many people who feel like they are not getting as much engagement as they want out of their social media posts, for example, are simply failing to take their target audience into account. The content doesn’t connect with them, so it doesn’t get as many shares, comments and interactions.
When you write a meta description, it should be a summary of the general information offered on the page. Many people see this and read it when they run a search, so it can help demonstrate to them that your page has the information they are looking for. An effective meta description makes it more likely that they will click that link and navigate to your website. There are many different ways to get someone to stay on the page, but the meta description is one of your main tools for getting them to visit that page in the first place.
Email marketing has been around for decades, and it’s still relevant today. After all, once you build out an email list, you theoretically have direct contact with hundreds or thousands of consumers who are predisposed to buy your products. They have intentionally signed up for your email list, perhaps after buying some of those products in the past.
When you look at how people conduct searches, things have certainly changed over the years. It used to be that you needed a desktop computer—or a laptop—to run a Google search, but that’s no longer the case.