Tag Archives: social networking

Social media is often branded as a way to connect with friends and family members. While it does that, the reality is that it's also one of the main ways that people interact with companies and brands. The level of contact is unprecedented. In the past, people thought of corporations as these distant entities that they could never really connect with at all. Sure, they could write a letter of complaint or praise, but they'd often hear nothing back. If they did, it would take days or weeks. The most they could really do was complain about a brand to their family members in person, and that's as far as their influence reached.

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Networking giant LinkedIn recently launched a full-scale rebranding campaign to incorporate more warmth, humanity and inclusion on its website. The facelift was needed, according to LinkedIn, to address user perceptions that the site only addresses the needs of white-collar job seekers and members in upper management.

This move comes amid a push by other social media sites to promote greater inclusivity and more authentic user experiences. Startups and small to medium-sized business owners should pay close attention to this shifting site design landscape to capture the attention of new clients.

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When you say that you're interested in social media marketing, what you really mean is Facebook marketing. At least, that's true in most cases. Facebook is a juggernaut, the clear social media leader, and it's been that way for a decade.

Why is this? Why did social media sites in the past rise and fall, but Facebook seems to be here to stay? And, if you can find an alternative, would that give your advertising an edge over the competition? It's crucial to answer these questions when deciding what approach you want to take and how it may need to change in the future.

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Facebook has to walk a fine line when it comes to brand interaction and more "traditional" social media, which aims at connecting people. Clearly, users start on the platform because they want to connect with other users and they value that experience. To some degree, they're also fine with connecting with brands and advertising content, especially when it focuses on their interests. However, when ad content gets too heavy and it feels like brands are more important than users, some feel pushed away from the platform. Facebook is always working to make the site engaging and attractive, while also making it useful for branded content. It's not as easy as it sounds.

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The value of high-caliber original content just keeps going up. In one of the most recent moves, Facebook has decided to update the algorithm that drives videos on the site. With these changes, they're going to do more to promote original content, at the expense of the repeated content that keeps making the rounds with different accounts. This should lead to more originality and creativity, and those who put in the work to create new content that actually offers something to the viewer will have a better chance of getting the exposure they're after, rather than getting washed out by mass content and copied videos.

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