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Content Marketing and Calendar

Content Marketing

This week I learned about how effective content can build long term relationships with your audience, thus increasing brand awareness and revenue for your business.

Content marketing is sharing materials targeted toward the audience of that specific channel to increase interest.

By researching the demographic and what content resonates with each platform, you can tailor your content to reach the highest number of people.

For instance, you may find that your following on Instagram is largely comprised of a younger generation who engage when you share lighthearted photos.  By knowing this information, you can design your content releases based on the interests of this specific demographic and what form of media will produce the most engagement.

This will vary from site to site, and thus why content marketing is so important as what is successful on one site, may not resonate on another. Continue reading Content Marketing and Calendar

Client Recommendations-Wk8

Client Discussion and Recommendations

After a discussion, my client and I came up with what we feel is an attainable objective for the number of followers to reach on each platform.   Additionally, after researching on Hootsuite and listening to the goals my client wishes to reach, I have made an outline for a strategy to adhere to.

For all platforms, we will focus on posts that have strong headlines with clear, emotional content that are short and precise.

The emphasis will be on relevant or trending topics in the music related field as well as inspirational quotes.  A video of the client customized to each platform will be posted a minimum of once per month.  In addition, I have outlined specific strategies for each platform to implement. Continue reading Client Recommendations-Wk8

Week 7 Reflection-Successful Site Profile

Since my client is an aspiring musician, I was looking for a successful profile that had a good following but was not a well-known mainstream musician.  I spoke to my client to see if he had anyone he followed that he aspired to be like socially, and he directed me to a musician called Anth.

Tyler began following Anth approximately 4 years ago.  He became aware of him after a friend shared one of his videos.  Tyler states that when he began following Anth on Facebook, he had approximately 10,000 followers.

Today on Facebook Anth has 1.2 million likes and 1.6 million followers.  That is a huge growth in the past 4 years!  I reviewed his account to see what approach he has taken to help him grow so dramatically, and how I could use this information to benefit my client. Continue reading Week 7 Reflection-Successful Site Profile