How can a business or nonprofit establish a consistent voice for its social media?

Establishing a consistent voice involves defining your brand's personality and the relationship you want with your audience, whether as a friend, coach, or teacher. Marketing personas are often useful for honing in on who your customer is, helping you cultivate a voice that delights them.

What types of content are most effective for social media engagement?

Social media is a visual medium, and content like photos tends to generate higher engagement. On platforms like Facebook, photos receive significantly more likes, comments, and click-throughs on links compared to other content types.

How do I determine the optimal posting frequency and timing for my social media audience?

The ideal posting frequency and timing depend entirely on your unique market, audience, and niche. While there is data available to guide you, successful social media requires a harmonious union of amazing content, perfect timing, and ideal frequency tailored to your specific audience.

What role do marketing personas play in developing a social media strategy?

Marketing personas help businesses and nonprofits understand their target customer better. By defining who your customer is, personas guide the development of a consistent brand voice and tone that resonates with your audience, fostering stronger relationships and engagement.

Efficient & Effective Social Media for Your Business – Part 2

September 25, 2014

Social Media, Content Marketing

In our Business Social Media Part 1 post we covered how to select your social media channels and what to keep in mind as you set up social media profiles for your business. Now for my favorite part of social media — the strategy!

Quick Answer

Technology Aloha recommends that businesses establish a consistent voice and tone for social media interactions by defining their brand's personality and desired customer relationship. An effective posting strategy combines amazing content, perfect timing, and ideal frequency, with data indicating that photos on Facebook receive 53% more likes and 104% more comments. Technology Aloha suggests a starting frequency of one post per day on Facebook and Google+, and three per day on Twitter, emphasizing the importance of a monthly planning calendar to maintain consistency and prevent loss of momentum.

How can businesses find their voice and tone for social media?

To find your voice and tone for social media, establish a consistent voice for your business social media interactions. Marketing personas are often useful for this, helping you hone in on who your customer is. If you don’t have personas for your company already, they are easy to set up and really useful in your marketing activities. Think of your brand as a person: What kind of personality would it have? How do you want prospective customers to think about your company? What kind of a relationship do you want to have with your consumers — friend, coach, teacher, class clown? Cultivating a voice that delights customers will turn them into raving fans.

Marketing personas are often useful for this. They help you hone in on who your customer is. If you don’t have personas for you company already, no worries! Personas are easy to set up and really useful in your marketing activities.

Think of your brand as a person… What kind of personality would it have? How do you want you prospective customers to think about your company? What kind of a relationship do you want to have with your consumers — friend, coach, teacher, class clown?

If you cultivate a voice that delights your customers, they will spread the love as raving fans.

How can businesses pick an effective social media posting strategy?

This is usually the part that’s really scary to begin with. You mind is filled with questions like “What do I post? How often? When?”

The answer: It depends.

The answers to all of those questions depend on your market. You audience and niche are unique, so what works for your friend may not work for you. Fortunately there’s some really great data out there to help you. Remember that successful business social media is a harmonious union of amazing content, perfect timing and ideal frequency.

Social media is a visual medium. On Facebook, photos get 53% more likes, 104% more comments and 84% more click-throughs on links. The same is true for Google+ and Twitter. Using different types of posts will keep your audience interested and engaged.
There are a lot of studies out there, but a great place to start is one post per day on Facebook and Google+ and three per day on Twitter. Then measure, adjust and repeat.
Schedule your posts when your target market is online. There are great statistics out there about when people use different social networks. However, one of the best ways to figure out when to post is to think about what a day in the life looks like for your target consumer. Do they get up early or late? Do they roll out of bed and check their smartphone? Do they surf the internet on their lunch break? You can also use tools like Followerwonk to see when your followers are online (hint: you need followers first).

How can businesses develop a social media planning calendar?

Your planning calendar should be done each month and will include:

The number of posts per day per social network
The time the posts will be made
The content of each post

Your planning calendar lays the foundation for your business social media plan. It is your guide to maintaining your social sites and ensures regular posting. The most common pitfall for businesses is lack of consistency. There is always excitement at the beginning, but that momentum can fade quickly. Your monthly planning calendar will help to keep your social media efforts moving forward.

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Jillyn is the Founder and Managing Director of Technology Aloha, where she works at the intersection of strategy, marketing, technology, and operations. Her background spans marketing strategy, brand positioning, competitive intelligence, business optimization, systems strategy, and digital experience.

She has more than a decade of Fortune 100 experience and has been helping businesses and nonprofits solve complex digital and operational challenges since founding Technology Aloha in 2012. She remains closely involved in client strategy, identifying the highest-leverage opportunities and making sure the team is solving the right problems before building solutions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1 How can a business or nonprofit establish a consistent voice for its social media?: Establishing a consistent voice involves defining your brand's personality and the relationship you want with your audience, whether as a friend, coach, or teacher. Marketing personas are often useful for honing in on who your customer is, helping you cultivate a voice that delights them.
2 What types of content are most effective for social media engagement?: Social media is a visual medium, and content like photos tends to generate higher engagement. On platforms like Facebook, photos receive significantly more likes, comments, and click-throughs on links compared to other content types.
3 How do I determine the optimal posting frequency and timing for my social media audience?: The ideal posting frequency and timing depend entirely on your unique market, audience, and niche. While there is data available to guide you, successful social media requires a harmonious union of amazing content, perfect timing, and ideal frequency tailored to your specific audience.
4 What role do marketing personas play in developing a social media strategy?: Marketing personas help businesses and nonprofits understand their target customer better. By defining who your customer is, personas guide the development of a consistent brand voice and tone that resonates with your audience, fostering stronger relationships and engagement.