12 ideas for corporate social media

12 Great Ideas

for Corporate Social Media Posts

By Link-Assistant.Com.

INTRO

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Trying to promote your company’s SMM communities?

Want to make your corporate communities stand out and get a large and dedicated following?

Need more cool ideas for your corporate social media posts?

Then this presentation

is for you!

The slides describe 12 great options for corporate social media updates.

The examples are truly inspiring!

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Share, share, share! Share your blog posts, news, features, ideas,

sales, etc.

1

Sharing content

is an activity that should be

implemented by any SMM

on a regular basis.

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But,

sometime you

may just run out

of ideas for your

SMM content.

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In this case you can:

- find interesting old posts, flavor

them with new comments and

promote;

- or preannounce some upcoming

stuff.

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This is how we preannounced

BuzzBundle – our SMM tool.

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Share your company’s

insights.

2

People’s curiosity is what can bring your tons of

targeted traffic!

- tell how you make your

product,

- describe how your service is

organized etc.

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Show your

backstage:

And you will see that your following will increase manifold!

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The trick worked well for the

SMM promotion of ‘Iron Man’

movie. *

* A short backstage video got 3,250 links and 271 shares!

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Tell your brand story.

3

Brand Stories

have a way of sticking with

customers.

This type of stories are enjoyable,

often fun and create emotional

boundaries between companies

and their customers.

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This is a great example from ClifBar.

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Connect all your SMM

communities.

4

Connect your social

boards.

All we have preferences with social

media sites.

Some of us are heavy Facebook users

who ignore Twitter, some prefer

Instagram squares to full scale Pinterest

pics.

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To get maximum outreach,

you may interconnect your social media

accounts.

Thus, sharing your Instagram and

Pinterest accounts on Twitter and

Facebook can help you reach more

people.

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That’s what Samsung SMMs did:

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Organize a quiz.

5

Make sure you periodically entertain

your community members.

For example, Quizzes are cool.

And it’s very easy to organize one.

Add some fun to your SMM

routine!

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Here come 2 great example of a

quiz organized by:

Snickers -

they asked their followers to all minibars in

the picture;

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and Olympics’ Google+ Page –

they suggested to find all words related to the Olympics.

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Describe your company’s

success story.

6

Your customers need some kind of proof

that they've chosen the right brand, so

write about your success and

popularity and thank your fans.

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Say, if the number of your channel

subscribers reaches 10, 000, or some

research shows that your product is the

best in its category, cry it out loud!

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This is a great example of bragging with

style from 718 Cyclery , a bike shop

with a popular promo video.

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Share your inspiration

with your followers.

7

is what people adore and share, so you

definitely need to add them to your SMM

mix.

Inspiration posts

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This Nike’s post motivates the

audience to get up earlier and go for a

jog.

That’s a great example of an inspirational

update highly relevant to the brand.

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is another popular type of inspirational

posts.

People like famous sayings, and you

don’t need much effort to find and share

them.

Quotes

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8

Share sneak peeks.

is somewhat you show to the selected

audience before revealing it to general

public.

A sneak peek

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your followers will be delighted to get

some insider info earlier than others.

Add a sneak peek to your SM

community -

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This is what Mercedes-Benz SMMs

shared before the official product launch:

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9

Try to make an Internet

meme.

is a very popular way to build

engagement and traffic. So they

can be a great addition to your

social media strategy.

Niche memes

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Here's a great example by WebMeUp :

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10

Add tips and how-to’s on

using your product/service.

Use social media to improve your

customers’ experience.

Be helpful.

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Answer your customers’ most

common questions;

Describe your product/service

little-known tweaks;

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Cover the latest industry

changes;

Direct your followers to your

KnowledgeBase or Blog where

they can find useful info and

practical tips.

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Here comes the example by Google

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11

Share valuable info about

your niche or industry.

can help you increase the level of

trust to your product or brand.

Providing relevant facts

and niche studies

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Like this:

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12

Don’t forget to mention

your customers!

Make your corporate social media

updates that focused on your

customers .

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For Example:

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Classify your users in fun types and

ask them to describe these types:

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Describe the remarkable events from

the lives of your community members:

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Or ask your customers simple

questions to get to know them better:

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Now let’s sum it up!

So, to run a successful SMM

campaign you need to:

Share great stuff.

Show your company’s insights.

Share the story of your company.

Interconnect your social media accounts.

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Run a quiz.

Share the secret of company success.

Inspire your followers.

Post sneak peeks.

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Make a meme about your niche.

Provide tips on how to use your product/service.

Share relevant facts about your industry.

Make posts about your customers.

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