Social Media Tricks That Will Generate Sales & Leads in No Time

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By: Amberly Rundell

Social Media Tricks That Will Generate Sales & Leads in No Time!

1.4 Billion People

Photo by James Cridland - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/18378655@N00

The Internet is the Most Powerful Marketing Tool in History

Welcome to theSocial Media Revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzsQkMFgHE

Social Media is not just for the big dogs…

www.littlefriendsphoto.com

Small Businesses Can Benefit from Social Media Too!

Can social media really help your business?

• 40 MILLION SMB’s have Facebook business pages

• 87% of small businesses claim that social media has helped their business.

• Marketers saw an increase of 74% in website traffic after devoting just 6 hours per week in social media.

Credit: Forbeshttps://www.facebook.com/business/success/

The Proof is in the Numbers

Website visits from Facebook

Social Media Marketing Plan

Step 1: Define your goals

Increase email newsletter sign upsIncrease website visitsIncrease overall salesIncrease blog trafficPromote specialsCreate valuable business connectionsPromote contestsCustomer serviceBuild reviewsBuild relationships

Step 2: Competitor Analysis

Research and get inspired!

Step 3: Define your platforms

Step 4: Create your pages

http://tinyurl.com/FacebookPageChecklist

Step 5: Post Content

Step 6: Measure Results

Social Media Tricks That Will Generate Sales & Leads

#1 – Optimize Your Page. Make sure your social media pages look professional and show off your brand, products or services.

Bad

Good

Show off Your Establishment, Products or Services

#2 – Be Authentic. Use Real Customers in Your Photos

Use Real Customers in Your Photos

#3 – Add your website link to your social media accounts

Add your website address in your “About” section

*To do this, open your page, click on “About”, “Page Info,” then edit the short description.

Include links in your About section(Not just to your homepage, but to secondary pages as well.)

Add your phone number to your profile. “For a FREE Consultation, call…” “To BOOK NOW, call …..”

#4 - Optimize your Cover Photo

Include Your Specials in your Cover Photo

Include Your Speials in your Cover Photo

Include Your Specials in your Cover Photo

Add a Call-To-Action in the Description Area of Your Cover Photo

(“Book Now,” website link, phone number, etc.)

Include a link to a blog post promoting a new product or service(In the blog post, give away something for free to capture their email address.)

# 5 - Add your “Call-to-action” Button (Book Now, View Our Menu, Free Quote, etc.”)

Add your “Call-to-action” Button(Book Now, View Our Menu, Free Quote, Contact Us, etc.”)

View Statistics

#6 Optimize your Photo Albums

Add Information and Links in the Description Area

Add Information and Links in the Description Area

#7 – Be the ExpertShare valuable and useful content

including tips, advice, helpful links and news.

“You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you’re asking for money!”

– Gary Vaynerchuk

Promote expos, workshops, etc.

Classes, workshops, etc.

•How can you help your target audience?• What are they searching in Google that you already know the• answer to?•What are the FAQ’s you receive?

#8 - Encourage Customers To Leave You Reviews

How to Enable Reviews on Your Facebook Page

#9 - Respond to Your Reviews

#10 - Study your competitors

Tagboard

#11 - Connect and Follow Others

Don’t just wait for the leads to come to you – look for them yourself.

• Business Partners• Clients• Members of the Chamber of Commerce• News Channels• Potential Business Clients• Competitors• Influencers• Local Directories

Easily Follow Others Using Your News Feed and Re-share Their Content

# 12 Post Interesting Content

Determine your categories

•Specials•Products •Behind the Scenes•Upcoming Events •Testimonials •FAQ’s •Employee Spotlights •Fill in the Blanks•Contests •Tips •User Generated Photos•Open End Questions•USP•Your “WHY”

What is your USP?(Unique Selling Point)

How are you different from your competition?

What is UNIQUE to your business?

1) Family owned business since 19602) Has your Executive Chef won numerous awards?3) Do you offer emergency services 24-7?4) Do you offer private yoga classes inside of your

hotel rooms?5) Do you have customers that have been coming

to you for 20+ years?

Think about what makes your business special!

Have you won any awards?

Content Ideas

Show pictures of your products.

Do you have a unique product?

Pull back the curtains of your business

Show behind the scenes pictures

Specials

Case studies

Provoke an Emotion

User Generated Content

Testimonials

Share tips in your industry. Be the Authority.

Blog Posts

www.digitalmarketer.com/blog-post-ideas/

Community Involvement

Ask Questions

Community Events

Charity Work

Promote local events

Exclusive Deals Only On Facebook

Weekly Series

#ThrowbackThursdays #MeetTheTeamMondays

#FridayFunFact#TuesdayTrivia

Capture MomentsSpecial moments are happening all the time at your business. Take out your

phone and capture them!

Capture Moments

Capture Momentsusing real people and real stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CvK_XAZMM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CvK_XAZMM

Every business has a story. What’s yours?

#13 - Listen and Respond

# 14– Design like a Professional(without professional skills!)

Edit Photos Like a Pro

www.picmonkey.com

Quotes

Make Collages

www.picmonkey.com

www.Canva.com

#15 - Promote!Tips to Get More Fans

Add social media logos to your email signature

Add Your Social Media Icons to Your Email Newsletters

Website

Add the share and comment feature to your blog posts

Media & Marketing Materials

•Newspapers•Radio Ads •Brochures•Business Cards

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25 Tips To Get More Fans

#16 - Run a Contest

Contests

Contests

Contests

Give Away Something for FREE

#17 - Advertise on Social Media

Boost Your Post

How to Boost Your Post

Organic Post Targeting (It’s free!)

With Select Targeting, you can target your audience by gender, education, age, location, language, interests, relationship status etc.)

#18 - Add a Contact Form to your Facebook Page

#19 - Share Your Post on Local Directory Pages

Boost Your Post on Local Directory Pages

Boost Your Post on Local Directory Pages

#20 - Analyze your statistics

Check Google Analytics

#22 - Schedule Posts Ahead of Time

#23 Target People Nearby Your Business with Facebook Local Awareness Ads

Target People Nearby Your Business

#24 Add a Feature Video to your Page

Featured Videos Show up First on Mobile Devices

Homework

• Take out your notes again• Try out 2 or 3 things you learned today!

Let’s Connect!

@AmberlyOnlinearundell@mannixmarketing.com

(518) 743-9424