Innovative ways to get Followers and Fans on Social Media
One of the most important elements to a successful social media campaign is one that is most often forgotten. These days most businesses and brands have taken the step into the social media revolution. They have Facebook pages, Twitter Feeds, and started a blog but they often forget one important step:
Where to Start
Letting their customers and potential customers know about their social media presence. One of the first things we recommend is using your current customer base as a way to gain quality followers. We suggest emails and postcard mailings letting people know that you are now on Facebook or Twitter and letting them know exactly what they will get out of being a fan of yours. Additionally we recommend adding the social media icons to your business cards, post cards, signage at your storefront, and on your website.
Those are the basics and we have started sharing some examples of how companies are sharing their involvement with social media on our Facebook page. We are going to start posting photos of these good examples in an album on Facebook. We’d like to involve our fans and customers. Between now and January 3, 2011 we want fans to post pictures of creative ways that they promote their involvement with social media. Or they can post ways that you see others promoting their social media presence on our Facebook wall. Those that post photos with a description will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 VISA gift card. The winner will be selected by random drawing and you receive one entry per uploaded photo example. Photos and entrant name must be uploaded to the Marketing Mud Facebook Page Wall.
We hope this is an exciting way to learn about how to get new followers on your social media sites. Please feel free to ask questions on our Facebook wall and please share this with others who might be interested. Thanks fans!
