Why Social Media Marketing Is Advantageous

By Jamal D White


The world has become a global village where you interact with people from different parts of the globe just in the same way you interact with your next-door neighbor. Social media services are used by both small and large business organizations to promote their products. It is almost impossible to find a marketing expert today that does not recommend social media marketing as a marketing strategy. There are a number of benefits that you can derive from using social media as a marketing strategy.

Marketing via social media is more cost effective than running a paid ad or mailing all your potential and existing customers about your products. One only needs a few mega bytes internet bundles to tweet a message or post something on Facebook yet still reach a considerable number of potential customers. Social media marketing therefore reduces marketing expenses considerably.

Social media enables businesses to have direct feedback from their customers. This helps them to respond to customer inquiries, complaints and comments in manner that other interested parties can see. Businesses are able to provide excellent customer services to their customers through Facebook or twitter interactions.

Social media reaches many people when compared to other traditional marketing strategies. Many people are on social media in comparison to those that read, say, newspapers or use other forms of communication. Advertisements that are meant for the youths achieve much success when put on social media like Facebook or twitter than with traditional methods of advertisements.

Social media breaks geographical barriers that had crippled other advertising strategies. Multinationals can now reach their diverse customers all over the world by just one tweet or Facebook post. It is a case of killing two birds using one stone. This is deviation from the traditional methods where businesses had to run an advert with different advertising agencies in their overseas markets.

The future is social media because it helps you associate with other entrepreneurs or business professionals. The fact that you can directly connect with your consumers means that you can also connect with other potential business partners. These partners can range from potential distributors to strategic business partners that may be physically inaccessible in the real world.

Research professionals agree that information obtained from social media platforms can be used for market intelligence purposes. Businesses are able to get views of their consumers on their products as well as analyze the activities of their competitors on social media. Getting information of your competitor can be uphill task using other traditional marketing strategies. If you compare it with other sampling methods for gathering market intelligence, social media is superior as it enables more people to be involved in the study.

Social media gives you an opportunity to expose your content to a wide range of potential users hence improving your ranking with search engines like Google or Bing that rely on such social signals. Readers who see your content can then link up with your site, subscribe or even invite their friends to log in to your website. This means your site will likely acquire more traffic than other similar sites.




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