{"id":3003,"date":"2013-11-26T00:27:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/11\/26\/using-social-media-to-bring-traffic-to-your-site\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:08:41","slug":"using-social-media-to-bring-traffic-to-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/software\/using-social-media-to-bring-traffic-to-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Social Media to bring traffic to your site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"in_this_tutorial\">\n<h2>Navigation:<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#what-is-it\" type=\"button\">What is Social Media Marketing?<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#what-networks\" type=\"button\">What Social Media networks should I use?<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#how-social\" type=\"button\">How should I use Social Media?<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"#social-tools\" type=\"button\">Social Media tools to make life easier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; float: right; margin-left: 20px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/social-media\/social-networks-rubik-cube.jpg\" alt=\"social media networks rubik cube\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 35px;\">If you\u2019re trying to build up traffic to your website, one great piece of the puzzle is leveraging social media to market to your audience. Everywhere you go nowadays you probably see <strong>FaceBook<\/strong> likes, <strong>Twitter<\/strong> tweets, and <strong>Google+<\/strong> +\u2019s and there\u2019s a good reason for that.<\/p>\n<p>Word of mouth is a great form of advertising, and with todays social media networks and heavy social media usage from users, it can also be a cheap and reliable way to bring much needed traffic to your website.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/\/NOTE What is Social Media Marketing? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <a name=\"what-is-it\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What is Social Media Marketing?<\/h2>\n<p>Put simply, Social Media Marketing also called <strong>SMM<\/strong> is just the process of getting your business or website noticed without actually using your website, but instead using social media networks to create an audience.<\/p>\n<p>Social media networks account for the largest percent of where people spend their online time now, and when you bring mobile into the mix the numbers get even higher. So for your business or website to capitalize on all of those eyeballs, you need to have a social media presence.<\/p>\n<h3>Spread information quickly<\/h3>\n<p>If you happen to have some great content about a new <strong>chocolate chip cookie<\/strong> recipe sitting on your website. Unless you have a popular website that thousands of people are coming to on a daily basis, chances are you aren\u2019t going to have a thousand people view that recipe in a short time-span.<\/p>\n<p>However if your business has a few hundred <strong>FaceBook<\/strong> friends or likes, some <strong>Twitter<\/strong> followers, and a <strong>Google+<\/strong> account receiving tons of +\u2019s, the chances to reach a thousand people grows greatly.<\/p>\n<h3>Brand awareness and protection<\/h3>\n<p>If you just have a website on the Internet, people aren\u2019t going to know about your brand and business right away. Using social media networks is a great way to help build up some brand awareness and get your name out in front of your competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Popular online review sites like <strong>FourSquare<\/strong> and <strong>Yelp!<\/strong> are also considered social media networks, and companies that stay on top of their social complaints can help minimize bad press and use positive reviews as a marketing tool.<\/p>\n<h3>Increase organic search engine traffic<\/h3>\n<p>With the search giant <strong>Google<\/strong> heavily integrating their <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/authorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Authorship<\/a> with <strong>Google+<\/strong>, this means over time, social media signals will carry more and more weight when determining the search engine ranking of your website.<\/p>\n<p>I got to witness this first hand when I wrote about the large <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-login-brute-force-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress brute force attack<\/a> that happened back in April 2013. To this day I still get organic search engine traffic to that article and a large part of that has to do with me reaching out on various social networks trying to help people that were having those issues.<\/p>\n<p>So Google is starting to view content linked to from my <strong>Google+<\/strong> account as more authorative on the subject then just some random person writing about WordPress for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/\/NOTE What Social Media networks should I use? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <a name=\"what-networks\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What Social Media networks should I use?<\/h2>\n<p>Everyones needs are going to be different, and each social network has certain advantages and disadvantages, so it\u2019s really important to find out which social media network works best for your business.<\/p>\n<p>For instance if you wanted to post videos about your business, the obvious choice would probably be <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. Where as if you\u2019re constantly posting large infographics, then <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a> would probably be your go to network.<\/p>\n<p>I would typically recommend creating an account on each social media network, and then using your own judgement as to which platform is easiest to work with, and seems to generate the most amount of interest back to your website.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some social media networks with more than 100 Million active users:<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Social Network<\/th>\n<th>Registered Users<\/th>\n<th>Active Users<\/th>\n<th>Launch Date<\/th>\n<th>Last Update<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FaceBook<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1+ Billion<\/td>\n<td>1 Billion<\/td>\n<td>2\/2004<\/td>\n<td>9\/2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a><\/td>\n<td>540+ Million<\/td>\n<td>300 Million<\/td>\n<td>6\/2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/td>\n<td>500+ Million<\/td>\n<td>200+ Million<\/td>\n<td>3\/2006<\/td>\n<td>12\/2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<td>225+ Million<\/td>\n<td>160 Mllion<\/td>\n<td>5\/2003<\/td>\n<td>6\/2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/td>\n<td>100+ Million<\/td>\n<td>100 Million<\/td>\n<td>10\/2010<\/td>\n<td>5\/2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 15px;\">Here are some other popular ones I don\u2019t have great stats for:<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Social Network<\/th>\n<th>Active Users<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/YouTube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">~800 million<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yelp<\/td>\n<td>&gt; 100 Million (1\/2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">~48.7 \u2013 70 Million<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/foursquare.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FourSquare<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foursquare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Million (2\/2011)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 15px;\">I wouldn\u2019t recommend picking any Social Media networks strictly based off the number of active users, but it is good information to understand as to where the largest audiences are at.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/\/NOTE How should I use Social Media? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <a name=\"how-social\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How should I use Social Media?<\/h2>\n<p>Depending on the type of business or website that you have, your social media strategy might look very different.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest key challenges of social media is getting a following in the first place. That way when you do share great content, you have a large audience just waiting to like and share your content even further.<\/p>\n<h3>Be social<\/h3>\n<p>There are a lot of tactics for building your social media following, but the underlying principle above all else should be keeping in mind that this is <strong>social activity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of businesses will start out on social media, and just expect that when they post something about a new product or a new feature of their website, that people will want to interact with it. Then when people don\u2019t start flying in, they\u2019ll write off social media as something that doesn\u2019t work for driving traffic.<\/p>\n<p>People interacting with your business over social media often want a <strong>human interaction<\/strong>. These days on the Internet we are inundated with tons of ads and ways for companies to grab our short attention spans, so most people using social media are looking to get away from being blanket advertised to.<\/p>\n<h3>Don\u2019t blanket advertise<\/h3>\n<p>If your company sells <strong>cookie recipes<\/strong>, don\u2019t just start a <strong>Twitter<\/strong> account and keep blasting the same tweet again and again of <strong>If you want to buy cookie recipes, come to us now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the real world you might equate this to me standing at the entrace of a grocery store, and telling every single person that walks by that I have cookies for sale on aisle 4. This is great information that they need to know right?<\/p>\n<p>But instead you\u2019re actually sitting on the highway at the entrance to your city and stopping and telling everyone cookies are on aisle 4, regardless of if the person was even contemplating a trip to the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take much for someone to hit that <strong>un-follow<\/strong> button, and now that\u2019s one less follower you have that didn\u2019t want to hear all the <strong>noise<\/strong> about <strong>cookies<\/strong> you\u2019re flooding thier social stream with.<\/p>\n<h3>Do listen for potential ways to advertise<\/h3>\n<p>So your <strong>cookie recipies<\/strong> selling company now has a descent following, and you\u2019re looking for a way to attract people to go buy your recipes.<\/p>\n<p>You notice that someone complained about another <strong>recipe<\/strong> company not having any good <strong>cookie recipies<\/strong>, and in this social context it\u2019s perfectly reasonable as humans for us to step into this conversation and say to the original poster <strong>we\u2019ve got great cookie recipes, here\u2019s a discount code if you find any you like: 15%OFF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In just a few words you\u2019ve let this person become <strong>aware of your brand<\/strong>, also <strong>you\u2019re listening for wants<\/strong>, and on top of all that you\u2019re so stoked about turning them onto your great product you\u2019ll <strong>give them a discount<\/strong> to prove it!<\/p>\n<p>Back in the real world this would be the same as standing in the <strong>cookie aisle<\/strong> or maybe the <strong>cooking aisle<\/strong>, waiting for someone to come down the aisle that is clearly set on making some cookies, and then pointing them at exactly the product they should buy, and oh by the way have a coupon!<\/p>\n<p>These <strong>one-to-one<\/strong> type interactions are by far one of the greatest purchase motivators, since we as humans are much more likely to take a personal recommendation over a blanket advertisement aimed at everyone.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/\/NOTE Social Media tools to make life easier ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <a name=\"social-tools\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media tools to make life easier<\/h2>\n<p>It won\u2019t be very apparent when you start to build your social networks, but there will become a time when all of the sudden you realize, wow there is a ton of information and things happening, I can\u2019t keep track of it all.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when some awesome <strong>Social Media tools<\/strong> can come to the rescue. Here I\u2019m not going to cover in great detail each one, but just link you to some cool useful ones that a lot of people currently use to manage social.<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Tool Name<\/th>\n<th>Supported Networks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/hootsuite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HootSuite<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Faceboook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, WordPress, Mixi, <a href=\"https:\/\/hootsuite.com\/app-directory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apps Directory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sproutsocial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SproutSocial<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Faceboook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/bufferapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffer<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Faceboook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, app.net<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/about.twitter.com\/products\/tweetdeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TweetDeck<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Twitter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialbro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SocialBro<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Twitter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 15px;\">Hopefully you now have a basic understanding of what <strong>social media marketing<\/strong> can accomplish for your business or website. Really the best way to get into social networking is just start interacting with people and try to be genuinely helpful. Once enough people know that you\u2019re a good source of information, they\u2019ll keep coming back to you for more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigation: What is Social Media Marketing? What Social Media networks should I use? How should I use Social Media? Social Media tools to make life easier If you\u2019re trying to build up traffic to your website, one great piece of the puzzle is leveraging social media to market to your audience. 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