Custom Apparel Startups

Episode 118 – Stellar Social Media Skills


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You can really bring out your best in social media, but you can also bring your business down. Making you look WORSE! Here is step 1 to nailing stellar social media skills!

Social Channels

Facebook
YOU have a profile
YOUR BUSINESS has a page
and your BUSINESS PAGE has a group
YOUR PROFILE Posts on the group and is the face of the group.

Profiles

One human face should be associated with the profile.

Groups

types of groups

Open: Anyone can view the group, its members, and their posts.

Closed: Anyone can view the group and its members, but only members can see group posts.
Secret: Only members can see the group or any of its information.

Pages

  • Your Business
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Purpose of Posts

    • Show activity
    • Sell online
    • Photos galleries, organization

      -Gain followers

      Posts should persuade people to share and spread the word

      • Benefits
      • Branding

        Recognition
        Social Proof - if you only have 5 followers, people might think less of you

        • Business Information
        • opening closing hours

          sales
          summary of business

          • Engagement
          • ask questions, polls, opinions, decisions

            • Best practices
            • frequency

              photos/videos
              engaging
              tagging
              page shares

              • Social Calendar
              • How to

                Create a template
                Google sheets, calendar apps, asana, somewhere where you can type out a text draft ahead of time

                • Schedule
                • Directly through FB

                  Hootsuite
                  Loomly
                  Buffer

                  • How often
                  • General rule, once a day. Go from there.

                    • Things to remember
                    • Even though it is social media and more casual - professionalism is important!

                      spellcheck
                      fact check
                      if you are advertising you are going to a market, make sure dates,days are correct

                      Quality content

                      No Potato quality photos
                      videos should be easy to watch / understandable audio

                      Check your Inbox, respond to customers!

                      If people PM you, reply
                      If people tag you, like/reply back
                      Set up auto-responder if appropriate in FB messenger

                      Engage in comments

                      If people leave a review - thank them (good and bad reviews need replies)
                      Any comments on your photos, posts, etc should be replied to somehow

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