Becoming a Better Social Marketer

http://annettapowellonline.com - Being more effective with driving traffic to your website or blog through social media entails hardwork on your part. Consider these tips to keep you going:

·         Target the right sites. There are certainly hundreds or even thousands of social media sites available on the Internet but no one is capable of effectively utilizing them all plus the fact that you don’t necessarily have to create individual accounts in all of it. You just have to find a few sites that will work for you. Consider popular sites with large traffic such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Facebook and Twitter. But if you opt to go for sites promoting high quality traffic, consider niche-specific social media sites.

·         Consistency. If you dream of becoming an authority in social media, then you should make yourself visible all the time by consistently using your sites of choice. This will make you become familiar of what works and what doesn’t work plus you’ll get to know consistent users as well.

·         Develop content that catches the interest of the audience. Meeting the expectations of other social media users should be in your priority list to be able to drive traffic to your site. You should be the one to decide on the time and effort to pick a particular topic that will catch the interest of your readers in a way that it also appeals to social media users. Social media users like breaking news, photos, controversies and informative topics.

·         Build a network and help others. The two most important aspects of social media marketing are creating content and building network. Having a great content without a network will make it hard to be popular while having a strong network without great content will not have its worth realized. Social media sites networking involving voting, liking and commenting on other people’s posts.

·         Conversion. Getting traffic to a website should not be your ultimate goal in most cases. Social media traffic would be a bit useless if you would not be able to convert it to what you really want. You may want to convert this traffic to links or subscriptions. The conversion rate of social media traffic will usually be lower than the rates of other types of traffic, but the huge volumes sent by social media can offset a lower conversion rate and make it very valuable traffic.

Yes, these tips will help you become a better social media marketer but these still require action on your part. So what are you waiting for? Get started today and achieve your own social media momentum! For more information on becoming a better social media marketer, go to http://annettapowellonline.com .  See you there!

Take care,
Annetta Powell
Your Professional Success Coach