10 Deadly Sins Of Social Media Marketing

Article Posted by Kenneth Ifeanyi

There is this saying, that obedience is better than sacrifice and it is a pity that most people still decide to go against rules and regulations just to get what they want the easy way. Well, I won’t say you should go ahead with that idea and I won’t say you should stop, but what I will say is that what you see is what you get. Most brands find it very difficult to succeed with the rules of social media and they decide to try new ways to make it work, in the process, doing things that ought not to be done.

 To make things easier, here are the things that ought not to be done when using social media.

 1. Give out special tips at all times: this is done by most brands in order to get customers easily, but what they don’t know is that it will have negative impact and will make your brand valueless. One think I made myself understand is that this method is used in order to get discount.

 2. Chilling for people to arrive: this is one bad tip that ought not to be used by anyone. When this is done, it will be difficult for you to engage your customers. This is because they just set up shop and refuse to make themselves known to the public.

 3. Run contests at all times: this is another weird sin and why I use the word “weird” is because running of multiple contents will make it difficult for you to get the targeted number of visitors and it will also reduce the rate at which you and your customers or visitors dialogue.

 4. Blocking of negative feedbacks: one thing I have learned about getting feedbacks is that, not all will suit you and you must be prepared to get what you see. The way you respond to feedbacks matter also. Take for example, you post a content that is too convicting and also informative and someone tells you he or she doesn’t like it because there is truth in it or you are too blunt. What you ought to do is to capitalize on that statement and use it to your own advantage. This will make you progress and it will lead to an increase in value.

 5. Not connecting to channels: knowing the right thing to do but not doing it is a very terrible crime because you will be affected in ways you can never imagine and you might end up being stuck.

 6. Focus on “likes”: you might find this funny, but the truth is that most people focus more on the “likes” than the comments. This will make your content or brand disvalued and also reduce your ROI.

 7. Now, this one is funny. Most brands choose to wait till the competition for that product ends before launching theirs. What they do not understand is that when this competition begins is when you are meant to strike.

 8. Launch press releases on social media: reading commercials, brands find it very hard to understand that engagement is very important on social sites. It is sometimes okay for you to write short stories that are engaging, but if you are sure that you can write articles that are long and also informative, here is the green card to do so. Anyway, practice this and you will get to understand that it will do you good.

 9. Waiting for a long time before responding to comments and questions: some brands take a very long time to respond because they don’t check their feedbacks daily while others take long to respond because they aren’t entitled to do so till they are permitted.

 10. Committing these sins of social media marketing: after reading all these, you must use your head to know that these things, when done will lead to the downfall of you and your business and that’ll be the end of it.

 It is very important you understand your fans and know that what makes a business grow is the ability to communicate and when this form of relationship is built, it is advised you use it to your own advantage and see what comes out of it.

 What message exactly did this post relay to you? Kenneth Ifeanyi is an Internet Marketer who focuses on sharing tested and proven ways to make money online through niche marketing. Grab his free report on how to rank number 1 in google even after the panda and penguin update .