Why putting a face on your company is key

Within the last five years, companies across the globe have turned to social media for mass marketing and promotional purposes. Where newspapers and then TV once led the charge, social media is currently the easiest and most effective way to share content with a vast audience.

Content is key to attracting your ideal consumers

Creating interesting and informative content is the key to successful inbound marketing. Companies around the world earn attention and respect by producing content that intrigues prospective clients and helps them find the information they’re looking for. Great content is accessible, concise, educational and unique. It is never solely promotional.

While Facebook and Twitter continue to receive a considerable amount of attention in the world of social media, other platforms are rapidly gaining popularity and becoming great places for businesses to promote their brands. Pinterest is a relative newcomer to social media (it was launched in March 2010), but it has certainly made a name for itself as a power player in the social media arena. Pinterest is a wonderful virtual venue for companies to showcase their products and generate interest in their brands. Setting up a Pinterest business account is free and simple to do.

How media networks draw the public in

Within the last decade, businesses around the globe have turned to social media outlets to publish content and to promote their brands, products and services. Social media is an extremely effective and efficient way to spread direct information to a global population in real time. HubSpot’s Inbound Certification Course explains how companies can use social media to ultimately gain more customers.

According to HubSpot, an astounding 70 percent of the world’s Internet population is active on social media. These days, business prospects spend more of their free time on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ than they do shopping in a store or searching the Internet. That is why it is crucial for businesses to embrace this technological shift and use social media to their advantage.

How to properly use social media channels

Companies that use social media properly distribute content to their consumers differently, depending on the platform. In other words, it doesn’t make sense to share content through a LinkedIn post in the same manner you would in a tweet.

Each social media outlet has a different audience with a specific agenda. While LinkedIn and Google+ are targeted at much more professional audiences, Facebook and Twitter are far more casual.

By using each of the four major social media outlets appropriately, businesses can most effectively reach their target buyer personas.

Why inbound is the way to go

PR explains the importance of using videos for increased visibility

How will you introduce your next new product to the world? Will it be a voice-over actor in an advertisement, a newscaster reading from a script on the news or one of your salespeople? These are the routes most modern companies take.

PR explains the importance and components of a great Kickstarter video

A puppy becoming best friends with a Clydesdale horse is touching. An unusually bendable cell phone is fascinating. A mutant giant spider dog is plain weird. These are just some of the most popular videos on YouTube. However, what makes a great video on Kickstarter?

Use Axia PR’s ReviewMaxer to help manage your company’s online reviews.

You are being rated. Yes, even now. Today’s consumers and job applicants are judging your company on your product, your employees’ conduct, workplace conditions, and how much value you provide. If any of these aspects have a single flaw, there is potential for a negative review.

There are literally thousands of sites for unhappy consumers, disgruntled employees, rejected applicants and even jealous competitors to spread damaging information in seconds and ruin your reputation. Nevertheless, you and your company do have PR resources on your side. For example, you can use Axia PR’s powerful Web-based ReviewMaxer software to track online reviews.