Social media is a fantastic tool to help start conversations with prospects and customers. However, if those customers don’t transition to your website, how are they going to learn more about you and how you can help them?
Here are a few tweaks to your social media strategy that may help you gain the traffic you desire.
#1 Make Your Content Searchable
Sites like Facebook and Twitter allow you to include tags in your posts, AKA hashtags#. Pinterest allows you to identify categories and include tags. Use these features in your post so that your prospects can readily find your information. This simple tactic will help attract more people to your social media profile and subsequently more people to your website.
#2 Obvious Contact Information
You might be surprised how many business owners have social media pages but their website address is a real challenge to find. It’s a simple thing; make sure your URL, email address, and even your phone number are on your site. Be completely transparent so prospects feel comfortable trusting you. Additionally, the more obvious your URL is, the more likely a prospect is to click on it and visit your website.
#3 Incentivize
Give your social media followers a reason to visit your website. Host a special promotion for them. Give something away ,or hold a contest or sweepstakes. For example, you might offer a discount for your product or service for Facebook followers only. In your promotion, include a link to the promotional page.
#4 Value Driven
Before you post anything on any social media site, make sure it provides value to your audience. If it doesn’t have a clear benefit, don’t post it. That means often keeping personal posts and business posts separate – unless your personality and personal life are relevant to your brand.
Test and track your posts to identify which posts generate the most traffic and interest. Also consider including a call to action and a link in some of your posts, and test and track those as well.
#5 Teaser
Some social media posts should lead directly to your website. Include a short teaser on your social media page and a link to read more. You can do this on any of the social media sites, from 140 characters on Twitter to tantalizing paragraphs on LinkedIn, Google+, and Facebook.
There are dozens of tactics for using social media to drive prospects to your website. At the end of the day it requires two key steps. The first is to make sure you’re providing value to your prospects. The second is to test and track your results so you know what works.
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Your turn: What are ways you use social media to drive traffic to your website?
Deidra Miller
Administrative and Customer Service Consultant
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