{"id":8446,"date":"2015-05-21T16:40:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T16:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/?p=8446"},"modified":"2023-01-05T13:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:43:10","slug":"social-media-research-pt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/social-media\/social-media-research-pt1\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Research: Know Thyself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second post in our series on understanding how<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/digital-marketing\/social-media\/\"><strong> Social Media<\/strong><\/a> works and how to tie it into a<strong> Digital Marketing Strategy<\/strong>. The first post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/social-media\/digital-marketing-social-media-series\/\"><em>Intro to Digital Marketing and Social Media<\/em><\/a> addressed the subject of Should my local, small business be on social media?<\/p>\n<p>In this post we are covering the subject of Research and why it is the critical first step in developing a social media strategy.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Social Media<\/b> Research: Know Thyself<\/h2>\n<p>Know Thyself, Know Your Business: Right, right \u2026 You have read enough business How-To and How-Not-To books to understand that knowing yourself is crucial. But in the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/digital-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital marketing<\/a>, knowing how you stack up in comparison to your competitors is vital. What\u2019s more, your strengths (and weaknesses) are what are going to make (or break) you. In a polished and professional way, you will want to be able to translate your business\u2019 identity (i.e., all that you do and say) into your social media outlets. We will talk more about channels, tools, and social media posting content later, until then \u2014 know what makes your business tick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8455 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"Know Your Social Media\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-1536x781.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-2048x1041.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-1500x763.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Know-Your-Social-Media-1-350x178.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Watch Your Competitors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While you shouldn\u2019t spend too much time on this, you will certainly want to spend some time on it. Create a running list of similar businesses and keep an eye on their social media efforts. Because Facebook recognizes the importance of keeping an eye on your competition, the business end of Facebook has even created means to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/facebook-pages-to-watch\/\">watch other businesses in your industry<\/a>. Other than seeing how many page likes a business has, which is arguably tangential to any worthwhile marketing results, you can see what type of exposure your competitors are getting as well as what is and isn\u2019t working socially for your industry. Let their mistakes be your gain!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Know Your Audience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wait a second. Did you get that? Let me repeat. Know your audience. This is the hinge point to be social and to be engaging. This right here is the social media marketers stumbling block. This step of knowing your audience leaves people scratching their heads. How are you going to connect with your followers if you don\u2019t know them? Even before that, how are you going to garner potential buyers and the right social following if you do not know who you want to follow you? Remember that shift we talked about at the beginning of this article? What is unique to Social Media Marketing is that, to an extent, you have power over who your audience is (especially in paid promotions, which we\u2019ll discuss later). No, you do not own your audience, but unlike old school ads in the printed Yellow Pages, you can build exposure to your brand and it can be done to a certain demographic. Do you know what audience best converts for you? You should stop and figure that out before you go any further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Know Available Channels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8456 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1-300x197.png\" alt=\"Find your SoMe Channel\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1-350x229.png 350w, https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-26-at-4.38.12-PM-1.png 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So far, we have stood at the shore of the massive ocean that is Social Media Marketing. Getting a better understanding of who we are and who we want to reach is important, but that is only half of the battle. Imagine, for a second, wanting to climb a mountain or bike across the country. These are lofty goals, I know, but they are goals nonetheless. In those scenarios, you have the person (you) and the goal (reach the finish line). Do you know the best equipment to get you to the goal most effectively? You likely wouldn\u2019t tune up your mountain bike or unicycle to pedal from sea to shining sea. And, while it is beneficial if you were descending into the ocean, you wouldn\u2019t secure your scuba mask to help you reach the mountain\u2019s peak. What\u2019s the point here?<\/p>\n<p><b>There are specific tools for specific tasks. Begin to see each social media channel for what they were created for and then ride that vessel to the finish line.<\/b> Most business owners haven\u2019t got a clue what to do with the messy world of social media, and that is likely because they see each platform as the same. Before we discuss how to get started with your business\u2019 Social Media Marketing campaign, here are a few distinguishing points for channels to get you started:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>: Facebook has nearly 890 <i>million<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/company-info\/\">daily users<\/a> (ahem, the United States has 319 million people at present). The platform of Facebook is flexible and can handle pictures, videos, lengthy text posts, hashtags, business pages, unique interest group communities and much more. While all age groups are represented, the typical user is 40+ and spends time connecting with family or getting lost in viral news and video posts. Facebook has the most robust advertising system available for social media marketers, enabling businesses to specifically target their ads by hundreds of categories.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>: Since <a href=\"http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/09\/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion\/?_r=0\">Facebook acquired Instagram<\/a>, the network has been refined but has held true to its mainstay. Instagram is a <i>visual<\/i> network that focuses on filtered pictures and short <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/02\/03\/a-leaf-from-the-vine\/\">looping videos<\/a>. The ability to search collections of images by #hashtags makes Instagram a powerful resource for marketers. Typical Instagram users are teens through young adults and power users upload images as often as 3x a day!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>: Touted as the second largest search engine available (second to <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">Google<\/a> and ahead of <a href=\"http:\/\/bing.com\">Bing<\/a>), YouTube is part social media, part blogging (Thanks to \u201cvlogging\u201d), and part search engine optimization. All that to say, it is an incredibly powerful channel that has the ability to both grow a massive audience and be easily discovered from search engines, especially its parent, Google.com. As far as what works and what doesn\u2019t, if you could crack the code you may rightly end up a millionaire. Video genres range from How To\u2019s to how <i>not<\/i> to (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_sort=video_view_count&amp;search_query=epic+fail\">epic fail<\/a>\u201d videos appear to have that special sauce causing them to go viral) and everything in between. Of course, if you can aptly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EaBvyI8PLV0\">splice a screaming goat with Miley Cyrus<\/a>, you have a shot at raking in the views as well. YouTube is a special niche that has a lot of opportunity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a>: Who knew that a social network that requires updates 140 characters or less would be such a hit? With Twitter\u2019s recent addition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/twitter-rolls-out-mobile-video-news\/\">video<\/a> and adding <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/03\/26\/twitter-photos-social\/\">multiple images<\/a> to a single post, not to mention the introduction of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/03\/26\/periscope\/\">Periscope<\/a>, the Twittersphere has only grown bigger and better. This audience demands consistent, quality content if you\u2019d like them to turn an ear your way.<\/li>\n<li>And the list goes on and on. Vimeo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> and many others \u2026 but what platform would you like insight on? Contact me directly and let\u2019s chat!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Remember knowing is half the battle. Do the research up front and save yourself time down the road. Next up: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/academy\/social-media\/social-media-research-pt2\/\">Social Media Research: Know what Works<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary Marketing Group has a dedicated team of Social Media professionals who are ready to help you with the advice, research, testing, development and implementation of a social media strategy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuarymg.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us today and request a quote<\/a> or call <strong>(330) 266-1188<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second post in our series on understanding how Social Media works and how to tie it into a Digital Marketing Strategy. The first post Intro to Digital Marketing and Social Media addressed the subject of Should my local, small business be on social media? 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