Enjoy your Xmas & Holiday without losing touch with your Social Media Fans & Followers

Here’s a little Christmas ‘poem’ by James Anderson.

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the work place, the keyboards are silent, and monitors blank. With the excitement of the season and the holiday cheer, you forget about your social media, thinking “We can catch up next year!”

Your social silence was noticed and caused such a clatter, your followers sprang into action to see what was the matter. Away to their computers they flew like a flash, clicked open their browsers and saw posts from the past. Sad and disappointed, away they did run, searching for another company that would fill their social obsession.

 

Of course you and your staff deserve some time off to spend with your family and friends and have a few days to recharge your batteries.   The irony is that your social media followers and fans are also on holidays and, guess what, they now have more time to spend on line and on their smart phones!  Your fans & followers, especially those that participate/contribute with comments on your pages are well, quite frankly, addicted to social media.  No new posts from you during this time means that you’re sending them to other pages where there is activity.  If your competitors are active and you are not it’s not good for you and your business.

But don’t worry, there are easy and very affordable ways to manage your social media activities so that you can still take and enjoy your well deserved break.  We can help you source the right social media management software and teach you how to use it.  We promise, it won’t impact your budget in a big way and that it will provide you with glorious freedom to enjoy your Christmas and your holiday.

All you need to do is think ahead: Think about the types of messages you want to post during the Christmas and holiday period and how many per day you would like to schedule. Don’t forget you’ll want to include an image that relates to the post you want to upload.  You can source appropriate images on line via photo stock sites such as Shutterstock, if they are product photos you could ask your suppliers for images and the permission to use them (they’ll be happy for the additional exposure) or take your own photos.  You then choose which of your social media pages and/or Groups [e.g. LinkedIn Groups] you would like the post the ‘article’ to.  Some posts may be appropriate for some but not all platforms.

Most Social Media Management Software also allows you to monitor any mentions of your business on the internet,  notifies you of any comments made to any of your posts via one easy ‘inbox’ and allows you to respond to them without having to access your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn Accounts.

If you have a Smart Phone you can access your Social Media Management Account ‘remotely’ and respond to any comments while lying by the pool enjoying an ice cold drink.  Just check in once or twice a day and spend a couple of minutes on corresponding with your customers.  They’ll be impressed with your level of dedication and service.

We have trialled a couple of different Social Media Management platforms.   To our mind one stood out.

It’s inexpensive (packages start from $20 per month!) and it’s  amazingly easy to operate.  Anyone who can write an email can use this software.

We’re happy to set this up for you and then come to your business to walk you through the program.   We’ll hold your hand while you compose and schedule your first couple of posts to provide you with the confidence that from now on managing your social media presence will be a breeze.   All this for a one-of-fee of just $50.

We guarantee that you love the flexibility and freedom this software will give you.

And, of course, if you don’t have a business Facebook or Twitter profile, we can also help you set these up.  Ask us for a quote.

We have absolutely no association with the program provider and do not receive any kind of kick-backs.  There are no long-term contracts; you pay month by month for as long as you’re happy to use it.

 Enjoy your Christmas & Holiday!