{"id":1711,"date":"2013-12-27T12:02:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T12:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogbrandz.com\/tips\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2015-07-15T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:18:58","slug":"expect-instant-results-social-media-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogbrandz.com\/tips\/expect-instant-results-social-media-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Can\u2019t Expect Instant Results With Social Media Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Social media marketing has became essential for organisations who have been told, time and again, that they need to be on social networks, because that is where their customers are.<\/p>\n

But what many marketers and company executives fail to understand is that, unless you start with paid advertising on social networks, social media marketing takes time to deliver results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Sure, you can throw a whole lot of money at it and hope some of it will stick. But, like the old saying in marketing, chances are that you are wasting at least 50% of your budget in ads that may or may not be working.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because social networks are not about marketing. They were not created for that purpose. The purpose of social networks is connection.<\/strong> They connect people to one another, helping messages spread faster through a community than ever before.<\/p>\n

This is the aspect of social media that marketers want to capitalize on, but it is not going to translate into a significant return on investment (ROI) unless you have already built a community of people who like and trust your brand. And that takes time.<\/p>\n

Even if you are willing to spend money on Facebook ads to get more likes or promote your products, it takes months to build a following of genuine fans who will respond to your posts and take the actions you want them to take.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the early days, it was easier to build a large community of followers on Twitter, but of late they have begun to suspend accounts for following too many people in a single day and for other \u2018suspicious practices\u2019.<\/p>\n

No one can blame Twitter for cutting down on this either, because when companies use it solely as a broadcasting medium for news and updates about their products, it detracts from the user experience on the network, and that is what Twitter, as a company, cares about most.<\/p>\n

So if you start creating a presence on social media today, expecting that you will be able to get a massive response in a few weeks or even a month, you are going to be sorely disappointed.<\/p>\n

Just like a garden that must be nurtured one plant at a time, you need to nurture your relationships with your community, one person at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So start using social media for all the right reasons \u2013<\/p>\n

\u2022 For genuinely listening to your customers<\/p>\n

\u2022 For conducting research on their needs<\/p>\n

\u2022 For answering customer queries<\/p>\n

\u2022 For providing great customer support<\/p>\n

\u2022 For sharing remarkable content<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 For offering exclusive deals and discounts<\/p>\n

\u2022 For creating brand advocates<\/a><\/p>\n

If you use it for the reasons above, you will end up creating a very valuable resource, in terms of a social media community that will return the love and respect you give them many times over. And that is something that money can never buy.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of phanlop88 \/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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