In the world of Search Engine Optimization, things are always changing. However the importance of staying active, or at least present, on social media continues to remain an important part of SEO.

When making the decision to establish a presence for your business on social media, first it is important to research, evaluate and determine which social media channels you should stay involved on. The most popular social media options include Facebook, Twitter, Gooogle+, LinkedIn and YouTube. The type of content any one business has available to share will help you determine which social media channels would be the right fit for your business. In most cases, the type of content shared on Facebook can also be shared on Google+ and Twitter without much requirement for modification. Other channels, such as LinkedIn and YouTube would call for a different type of content and target a different purpose.

Finding the right mix of social media channels and setting realistic social media expectations are the keys to determining your social media strategy.

Once you have made your social media selections, it’s important to properly set up your social media accounts, with the proper classification of your business category, business information, links to your website from the accounts, as well as links from your website back to the social media channels. And for true social media fans, your social media feed or feeds can be incorporated into your website for further business promotions.

The main thing to remember when maintaining or increasing your website’s SEO rankings with the help of social media is making regular social media posts with quality content that your followers would consider reading and sharing. Setting up a realistic social media involvement plan ahead of time will help a business to constantly stay up to date on their social media channels and prevent the account from going stagnant. Unmaintained accounts will not only fail to gain new quality followers, but will also lose existing followers (customers). The goal of social media is to keep your business current in the news, build a loyal customer base and promote your business online.

Initially, all business owners have the best intentions when it come to staying active on social media and following their social media plan. Sometimes the busy-ness of running the business on a regular basis starts to take away from the these intentions and cause accounts to get overlooked and outdated.

In order to avoid this issue, a few easy social media best practices can help business owners set up and continue to maintain a solid social media plan.

  • 1. Decide and make a plan for the type of content you plan on posting on all your media channels. Will it be news or short updates? Photos or videos? Any or all of these can work.
  • 2. If possible, assign a designated social media individual in your office or schedule daily or weekly time for yourself to make social media posts.
  • 3. When posting on your social media channels, make sure your content is worth following and seeing on a regular basis for your followers. Avoid posting just to post—instead, have something to say.

Social media strategies and goals shouldn’t be complex or unreachable. The set-up of a realistic social media plan for your particular company’s needs and remembering to stay active will help your business improve SEO rankings and in turn grow your customer base.

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