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Social Media and Other
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22. Social Media and Other Types of Marketing
Understanding the importance of social media marketing is important, as well as its usage in
the modern business. However, in order to fully grasp social media marketing as inseparable
part of overall marketing strategy of a company, you have to understand how social media
marketing is connected with other types of online marketing.
Social media marketing and content marketing
These two types of marketing are closely linked as they complement each other. Content
marketing refers to creating content that is supposed to attract and engage the audience.
Content can be presented in various formats, such as blog articles, presentations, videos, e-
books, etc. The main goal of content marketing is to get website visitors interested in your
company, by offering something for free, regardless if it is tutorial, hangout, etc. In order to
succeed in this approach, content has to be of high-quality, original and helpful.
After you create the content as a part of content marketing, you will need a medium to
promote that content, so this is where you reach out to social media marketing. One of the best
ways to promote your content is through your social media channels. Obviously, the benefits of
such promotion will depend on the popularity of your social accounts.
Besides sharing content yourself, you should encourage your website’s visitors to share your
content on their own social media accounts, which helps you with increasing the viral potential
of the content. Social sharing buttons are usually used inside the content, such as the buttons
at the top of the article, as a way to enable users to easily share the content they find
interesting and helpful. The potential number of times the content is going to be shared is
closely linked to the quality of the content, which is why we have stressed out the importance
of developing and publishing high-quality content.
Content marketing greatly relies on the usage of social media for promotion, but social media
marketing also counts on content marketing for providing content that is to be shared on
regular basis in order to keep a social account active. Since being active and sharing quality
content is an important part of social media marketing, using content developed as a part of
content marketing strategy is crucial for having something to publish on your social media
accounts. You can always share content from other blogs and websites, in order to keep the
level of diversity and ensure that your followers are getting the most useful content you can
find and recommend, but it is also important to share your own content, as this is the only way
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to get traffic to your blog or website, where you will get the chance to convert the visitors into
clients.
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