Thursday, December 4, 2014

Social Media Engagement

Social Media Engagement—just the mention of it can spark a visceral response from marketers, partly because no one has pinpointed what it really means. Let’s get it out there: engagement is a messy, complicated idea—yet a critical one because it gets to the heart of the relationship between consumers and brands. We know that it is valuable, but the how, what and why of it is ambiguous at best.




Social media monitoring is one of the biggest missed opportunities for businesses today. Also known as social listening, it involves monitoring what people are saying on social media about your business and the issues that affect it. To engage in effective social monitoring, use a social media management tool like HootSuite to track brand mentions, competitors, key industry terms and relative keywords. This listening allows you to identify opportunities as they happen and reach out immediately.





To make matters worse for businesses unwilling to engage on social media, user engagement is on the rise, meaning customers are going to talk more. In fact, it’s growing nine times faster than the social networks themselves. This all according to the team at SproutSocial.

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