Social Media for Small Business: 8 Tips for Managing Social Media Marketing

NEW YORK, June 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- While it should come as no surprise that social media has risen to become a powerful branding tool for small businesses, marketers often wonder if the rewards outweigh the challenges, and if so, how can you maintain your efforts with the limited resources at hand?

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PR Newswire's Small Business PR Toolkit contributing author, Penny Sansevieri, understands the demands of managing various social media platforms and in her latest post suggest eight ways to manage these online channels in order to ensure they are continuing to benefit your business.

1. Reevaluate. It sounds simple enough, but really is the first step in determining what is and what is not working with your social media efforts. Sansevieri suggests checking engagement metrics to uncover if your message is getting to the right people on the right platforms.
2. Headlines. It's almost impossible to stay on top of everything that is happening in your market, so Sansevieri proposes that you diligently scan headlines each morning. She advises that you should read what spikes your interest and skip over anything else that doesn't.
3. Media alerts. There are several social media monitoring services that can tell you what is being said about you and where they are saying it. Ensure your keywords are specific as possible and not too general for your industry, and as the marketplace changes, continue to modify your keywords as well.
4. Time limitations. Sansevieri suggests limiting your social media efforts to two blocks of time; one in the morning and one in the evening before you wrap up your day. Constantly monitoring your various social media platforms can be a waste of time that you can invest elsewhere.

To read the remaining four suggestions for better social media management, read Sansevieri's post here: http://bit.ly/1fjKgUA.

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