social media has now become a powerful tool for every business whether a start up or an existing one. knowing your social media very well will be plus to your business as these platforms enable you to sell, interact, engage with other business like yours and also reach out to larger masses. set your business website in a proper and official language which can be easily translated to other languages.
use; instagram for posting pictures of your products.
facebook for getting more likers and sharing your products.
twitter for advertising new products and also linking your other pages. for example you can use #newankaraclutchbags #newmenwatches etc.
2.START TALKING
interacting and involving yourself with your clients means a lot to them. let them know how important they are to the business and make them feel at home.Also let them beware of how much you value their feedback for the goods and services that you offer. you can use facebook to give some offer to to your clients like the one below.do not forget to tell them to share.
3.BOOST YOUR PAGE
page boosting can be done through online campaigns fro various platforms like facebook, instagram, pintrest,youTube,twitter, tumblr and so many other avenues. you can do this by adding your page icon on your emails,using keywords in optimizing your pages, frequently using hashtags, using trivia games, and lastly asking your followers to share your contents.
4.HAVE A LEGIT WEBSITE.
A website is the most professional tool that you can use for your business. This clearly indicates that you are serious and your products and services are real and readily available. For a start up business the idea of a website might be the last in your 'To do list' hence you end up ignoring the positive impact that it will bring on your business. For people who are in Kenya, it costs around kes 30,000 for you to have a .co.ke website of your own. The moment you invest this kind of money keep in mind that it is for the good of the business and this will make your website to be viewed all over the world by approximately 5Billion internet users.
type of website kes
basic website 28,000
standard website 38,000
professional 50,000
corporate 10,000
examples of web hosting sites in Kenya, you can click on the link below for more details
https://kenyawebexperts.com/
more sites for web hosting include:
go daddy
https://www.godaddy.com/hosting/web-hosting.aspx
1 and 1
http://www.1and1.co.uk/web-hosting
Hostgator
http://www.hostgator.com/
5.GET A SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
How would you respond to a person who posted a comment on your website at 2.00 am in the morning when you are still in slumber land????!!! i know it's hard and that is why you and your business needs a social media manager who will respond to your potential customers at anytime of the day/night (though at a commission of course.)
This is the kind of person who will implement the business social media marketing.
His/her responsibilities will be reaching out to the masses,getting more leads, engaging the people and for the growth of likes. for more info on job description and responsibilities for a social media manager, click the link below:
http://www.krusecontrolinc.com/social-media-manager-job-description-guide/
Good Luck and remember patience is key. :-)
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