{"id":2420,"date":"2011-12-19T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T11:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2011-12-19T13:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T11:01:18","slug":"the-10-dos-and-10-donts-of-a-corporate-social-media-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/the-10-dos-and-10-donts-of-a-corporate-social-media-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Dos and 10 Don&#8217;ts of a Corporate Social Media Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/social-media-dos-donts.jpg\" alt=\"social-media-dos-donts\" title=\"social-media-dos-donts\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" style=\"display:block;margin:10px 0 10px 30px;\" \/>Guides, reports and presentations can be useful tools in order to build an effective social media strategy of highly ROI. But, what if we attempt to extract the essence of the main <strong>Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts <\/strong>that a Social Media Strategist should print and keep in a major place at office?<\/p>\n<p>In this article we describe in detail what you should do and what you should avoid while designing, developing and executing your social media strategy and we provide the <strong>top of the mind list<\/strong> of a successful social media strategist:<\/p>\n<h2>10 Social Media Do`s<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Before developing, identify the <b>4W<\/b>: WHAT, WHO, WHEN and WHY.<\/li>\n<li>Clear out the <b>goal<\/b>. Either you want to approach a new niche market or you want to attract younger community members, be specific so that your messages are <b>targeted<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Be in <b>consistence<\/b> with the value proposition that your company offers.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully check the content <b>before<\/b> submitting. Always think the instant word of mouth.<\/li>\n<li>Build a <b>community<\/b> instead of audience and trusted <b>relationships<\/b> instead of campaigns.<\/li>\n<li>Offer <b>valuable<\/b> (and even exclusive) content for the targeted audience.<\/li>\n<li><b>Listen<\/b> to your audience and respond immediately and wisely. Receive product <b>feedback<\/b> and integrate into your strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a <b>coherence<\/b> image and attitude in different channels.<\/li>\n<li><b>Measure<\/b> your achievements. Define goals and Key performance indicators. Make sure you measure and review your strategy based on the results.<\/li>\n<li>Be different and <b>unique<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Above all remember that social media is a great channel that can provide you with invaluable feedback. Thus try to <b>ENGAGE<\/b> and <b>INTERACT<\/b> with the members of the community!<\/p>\n<h2>10 Social Media Dont`s<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Don`t build it independently of your <b>offline strategy<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t <b>advertise<\/b>, engage your community.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t <b>shout<\/b>, listen to conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t execute, <b>interact<\/b> with the people.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t  focus on products perception, but on their <b>feelings<\/b> when they use your products.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t  create a circle of fans but a circle of <b>trust<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t dictate, be democratic and <b>community-oriented<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t only ask, <b>reward<\/b> with gifts and information.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t lie, be always <b>authentic<\/b> and faithful.<\/li>\n<li>Don`t create promotion value but <b>added value<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Above all remember that the main target of developing a social media campaign is to generate buzz for your company. Don`t try to sell directly.<\/p>\n<p>If you like the above article, don`t forget to share it on social media! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guides, reports and presentations can be useful tools in order to build an effective social media strategy of highly ROI. But, what if we attempt to extract the essence of the main Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts that a Social Media Strategist &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/the-10-dos-and-10-donts-of-a-corporate-social-media-strategy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.webseoanalytics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}