December 15, 2010

Social Media Campaigns; Introduction and Tips to Monitor Them Effectively

Now that we are talking about social media campaign today…let’s begin with discussing ‘what exactly social media is’…? And this is important because it will be a futile effort discussing social media campaign if the basics of Social Media remains unclear and more-so because even today we come across many people who are not aware of the basics of social media itself.

So let’s understand:

Social Media can be best defined as a platform/channel which allows people to communicate (share thoughts, opinion, information, knowledge etc) with other members present on the forum, thereby fulfilling their agenda of joining the forum which could be anything- advertising, entertainment or spreading awareness for any cause’. Some common examples of popular social media in present times include Facebook, Twitter & Linkedin. Now let’s understand what is Social Media Campaign-: ‘Any campaign that is conducted on one or more social networking platforms backed by a motive is called a Social Media Campaign‘.

Monitoring Social Media Campaign-

No matter how big or small a SMC is, it is imperative for the webmaster to keep a track of the campaign on regular basis, thereby monitoring its ROI to business. However, what needs to be checked-on, primarily depends on the goal & agenda of the campaign which could differ from business to business; for example spreading awareness, promotion of website, products or services, accelerating traffic, getting customers out of visitors etc.

Campaigns running on social networking platform, can be best tracked with the help of Analytics packages like Google Analytics, Omniture SiteCatalyst and many more. These tools should be interfaced with the website to give information such as site traffic trends, referral origins, and click paths of online visitors throughout the site. Apart from using website analytics, one can also choose from several tools that are specially designed for tracking social media campaigns. Examples- HootSuite, for Twitter helps in tracking statistics, SocialToo is for tracking follows etc. If you want to use Bookmarks as a part of your campaign and want to keep a tab of how readers are sharing your wrtite-ups then PostRank is the tool for you. For tracking campaigns running on Facebook, Facebook insights is one of the best options. There are also many other free tools like Addictomatic etc which can help you in monitoring your campaign across numerous networking sites.

However before using, please ensure the tool you are about to use will give you the best desired results.

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November 24, 2010

Will Linking to Numerous Websites Diminish your Web Page Rank?

Most of the webmasters and search engine optimizers believe that the more backlinks/in-links/in-coming links you have on important pages of your website, (homepage, product pages, service pages etc) the more are the chances of your site being preferred and valued by the search engines. And this will be followed by increase in the chances of your web pages getting top page ranks.

This is because, Google Page Rank depends heavily upon the number of backlinks your web pages have and also because at many occasions Google has clearly stated that the outgoing links on the web pages does not have any direct influence on the page rank. And so, instead of giving links to many other prominent sites, one must pay more attention in getting links form them. However, when we say ‘getting links’ which means ‘backlinks’, it means getting them from quality sites i.e. sites that have high page rank from Google.

However, many times it becomes difficult for webmasters to get backlinks for their sites when they do not choose to give links to other sites. If this is the situation with you too, then there is a solution…If at all you cannot do without giving link to others then make sure you are linking your site to sites and are genuine, reputed and has high page rank and not to any other site that comes your way. It is very necessary because if a site gets banned due to its unethical practices and has a link of your site on it, then your site will also get in their network and this may increase the possibilities of getting you into a bad reputation.

Thus it is advisable that instead of cutting down on the number of outgoing links, ensure that you link your site with only trustworthy ones. And in case if it becomes necessary for you to link with someone you don’t know much about, then never ever forget to use no-follow tags; which helps in giving the crawlers necessary signal.

And most importantly, remember linking to sites will neither influence not affect your page rank till you are sure about whom you are linking to.

Thus, it is never the numbers but always the quality that works!

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June 18, 2009

Cyber Marketing – Coming of Age!!

Brands are now using the cyber space as a medium to communicate and this cyber world is slowly but surely becoming an essential channel of communication for brands today.  Do you think that tight advertising and promotional budgets are making you to stay away from your customers? Then Cyber Marketing or Online Marketing is the solution!

Let us find out how…

Ability to convert your customer instantaneously: When we look into traditional media such as newspaper or television ads and magazine ads, it is never possible to convert your customers. Whereas marketing online not only allows you capture your potential customers but also capture a sale instantaneously.  And when it comes to offline marketing, it takes time to convert a customer into a sale however in online marketing it is done by a few clicks of the mouse.

Make changes and refine even when on air: Offline marketing includes the traditional method of placing advertisements in newspapers, magazines, or on television. Once the advertisement goes on air or gets published, nothing can be done to make changes or rectify errors; but in online advertising, it is not so. By making a deliberate effort to find out how your marketing efforts are doing, you can decide on what changes can be made in the graphic or wording section of your advertisement without facing any kind of difficulty.

Target the immediate results for your online campaign: Online analytics, which is one of the most powerful tools to track or determine how your online campaign is doing, is another support to this kind of marketing business. No doubt people have been finding ways to track the effectiveness of traditional marketing techniques , but most of the times are still based on trend analysis and not so real time information which could mean that you might be in a dilemma about the success or failure of your campaign. But, online campaigns can foresee the results!

Target demographics in your advertising can be foreseen: The target audience is the main focus while advertising your product or service. And the cyber world allows you to fix up your target audience i.e., specific demographics such as gender, age and location. It cannot be said that this is impossible in case of the traditional method of advertising but you will keep on guessing endlessly without knowing the conclusion.

Variety can add spice to Advertising: When marketing online, you can always make choices for the mode of advertising. Be it the audio, video, blogs, emails, social media or ongoing newsletters, you can any day enjoy the opportunity to advertise through any or all the mediums using your creativity skill. But when you go the other way round, it is much tougher because you need to approach several media outlets to cover your bases.

Affordability matters, after all: Internet Marketing has the potential to overthrow television and publications and at some time! Brand Management and Lead Generation is the main motive behind any kind of marketing and since online marketing serves the purpose in the best possible way, it can be said to have gained its position during recession. When everyone had been spending huge amounts in the traditional methods of advertising, is now looking into cost cutting and thus switching to Cyber-marketing.

Interactivity is a must: Cyber marketing is again beneficial in the sense that the existing as well as the potential clients can share information very conveniently; that can increase your business possibilities.

If you are someone who were unaware of or could not grab the opportunities of online marketing, it is never too late to venture its offering.

So click here and get started!!

By: Shabana

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