Technological developments encourage businesses to transform into the digital world. To support digital business, business people must have a digital platform, one of which is social media.
At this time the development of social media has provided a storefront that supports the digital sales process, one of them Instagram. Business people must see this potential, especially since social media has become a need for almost all people in their daily lives and Instagram is one of the social media with the most users in Indonesia.
Business people who use social media to support their business sometimes are not aware of making some mistakes. So that this affects the brand's reputation in front of candidates consumer.
What mistakes should you avoid when managing brand social media? Here are 6 mistakes in managing social media marketing.
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Incomplete Brand Information
The existence of a brand on Instagram must of course provide clear and complete information in its Instagram bio so that potential consumers know the field and products sold by that brand.
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Making the Wrong Content Strategy
Konten menjadi sebuah “jembatan” yang menghubungkan antara suatu brand dengan calon konsumen agar memberikan informasi, seperti spesifikasi atau komposisi produk, harga, dan lain-lain dari sebuah produk. Selain itu, konten berfungsi untuk membangun interaksi para calon konsumen, sehingga menghasilkan hubungan baik antara calon konsumen dengan sebuah brand yang berpengaruh pada konversi penjualan. Oleh karena itu, strategi konten penting dilakukan para pebisnis agar menghasilkan konten-konten yang menarik.
Business people also need to know 2 types of content that can be created to support their product marketing, namely soft selling and hard selling.
Soft selling is content created by providing information or education about a brand's product type, while hard selling is content created by displaying and offering a product directly to potential consumers. -
Not Keeping Up With Content Developments
Business people must follow developments in the world of content so that the content they create is more relatable to potential consumers. You can do this by looking for references for content ideas on Instagram or the Pinterest application.
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Language style does not suit target consumers
When creating content on Instagram, business people must develop a language style that is tailored to target consumers. This is done because not all potential consumers with various characteristics and groups can accept the language style that has been created.
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Ignoring Potential Consumers
In managing Instagram, business people must respond to potential consumers by replying to comments and replying to Direct Messages (DM). Business people must also respond in a friendly and polite manner, adapted to the brand's language style.
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Selection of Social Media that is Not In Accordance with Target Consumers
The final mistake that business people often don't realize is choosing social media that doesn't suit their target consumers. Various types of social media have various users, but the average user is from a certain group, for example Instagram which has an average user from millennials. Therefore, choosing social media that is tailored to target consumers is important so that it is right on target.
Those of you who want to do business by building a product brand that utilizes social media as a product marketing tool, of course, must avoid and learn from the 6 mistakes above in order to build a good brand reputation and be right on target according to target consumers.
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