4 Ways to Enhance your Community Management
In a primary social world, generating a positive online brand presence is a key part of your social media success. The best way to achieve this is to integrate community management into your social media strategy. This process is a way for your organization to build trust and authentic relationships with your followers. Utilizing this tactic requires a consistent voice and structure while also being engaging to your potential visitors. If you’re unsure of where to start, keep reading to learn about 4 ways to enhance your community management.
1.) Include & Promote Post Engagement
The most important aspect of having a healthy social media presence is to engage with your audience. You can do this by incorporating call-to-actions in your post captions (i.e., “Check the #LinkInOurBio to learn more”.) This not only encourages users to engage with your profile but also drives traffic to your website. Another way to encourage engagement is to give your audience a reason to like, share, or comment on your post (i.e., “Comment your favorite hidden gem in our destination below!”)
Ultimately, driving more engagement on your posts will help your brand exposure on social media platforms, as the more people who engage with your content, the bigger your online reach will be.
2.) Encourage Hashtag Use
Utilizing hashtags is one of the best ways to connect users to related content. Ideally, your destination or organization’s hashtag is located in the bio of your social media channels – where it’s easily found. Don’t allow your hashtag to collect dust in your bio – encourage users to use it! One of the easiest ways to promote your hashtag is to use it yourself in your social media captions. Promoting your hashtag uses not only help increase awareness for your destination or organization and allows you to find UGC easily! When using UGC, don’t forget to give proper credit to the creator.
Learn more about increasing your visitor usage hashtag here.
3.) Create & Follow a Structure
Creating a structure to follow is the easiest way to streamline your community management process. In our primarily online world, we have a variety of social media scheduling tools at our fingertips. Being able to schedule out social media posts saves time and resources to focus on other opportunities.
If you are utilizing a scheduling system, resist the urge to copy and paste captions. Remember, different channels require different captions!
4.) Respond To Your Audience
One of the biggest missed opportunities for organizations is missing out on interacting directly with their audience. A key to a positive online presence for brands is to reply or engage with your audience’s comments and messages. When your followers engage directly with your content, show them some love by liking their comment or replying directly to it.