Social media, in my personal opinion, is essential to a business in this
day and time. People are always asking are you on Facebook, Instagram, what
about Twitter and many others. While everyone wants to know if you are on these
social media networks, keeping them up to date can be a pain. I am however so
very grateful to the person/persons that came up with the idea of linking
accounts so that one post can go across multiple networks. Linking accounts
makes keeping social media up to date slightly less daunting. Some critics don’t
like this feature but I love it. All of that is a moot point though if first
you don’t know proper social media etiquette. Seeing as this is our first post
on social media, I feel it not remiss if we discuss etiquette first.
If you Google social media etiquette for business, tons of hits will come up. I will only post 5 key points. Feel free to post some etiquette rules (for business or personal) you feel are important in the comments below.
#1 Which is kind of a pet peeve of mine. Don’t write on someone’s business page wall and tell them to like your page or follow you. Don’t even do the, I liked your page so go like mine thing.
#2 Don’t flood news feeds with constant posts. If you post multiple times a day, make sure they are spaced out accordingly to avoid the flood.
#3 Mistakes happen but please, please, please check for typos and grammatical errors before posting.
#4 Be respectful, nice, courteous, you know the saying…do unto others….A thank you goes a long way and makes supporters/followers feel appreciated.
#5 #Don’t #over #use #the #hashtag. Just about all social media networks use hashtags. On some sites its ok to use multiple hash tags others it’s not. If you don’t know don’t over use, stick to just #one or #two.
This is one of many sites I came across about social
media etiquette. It has a guideline that breaks it down for each network. Check
it out, it has some pretty good info on it.
Happy Reading,
Andrea
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