{"id":525,"date":"2011-01-14T01:27:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T08:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog-socialmediamarketing\/?p=525"},"modified":"2011-01-29T01:33:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T08:33:15","slug":"dos-and-donts-of-smm-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/dos-and-donts-of-smm-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s of SMM marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has indeed changed the face of marketing. Radio, TV, and print ads move over &#8211; online interaction is the way of the future. However there are a few pointers any new startup should keep mind &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>* Start with a proper plan, not tactics<br \/>\n* Grow your customer base quickly<br \/>\n* Set specific goals<br \/>\n* Welcome participation, feedback and co-creation<br \/>\n* Connect with customers easily<br \/>\n* Benefit from word-of-mouth advertising<br \/>\n* Actively participate in online forums and air your views<br \/>\n* Don\u2019t feed readers a sales pitch; let the user community decide how great the product is<\/p>\n<p>And, what should be best avoided &#8211;<br \/>\n* Do not be pushy or overtly \u2018salesy\u2019 in messaging and communications<br \/>\n* Don\u2019t broadcast useless information on social media sites<br \/>\n* Avoid being fake in any way<br \/>\n* Above all, remember that social media is about the C\u2019s:  Conversation, Connections, Community, Consumer, Collaboration and Content.  <\/p>\n<p>From blogging, news aggregation to social networking and Twitter presence, if you invest time wisely in social media, the rewards will be readily visible.<\/p>\n<p>Trust factor is another aspect that makes viral marketing powerful. Which is more likely to influence whether or not you buy a product, a friend recommending the product or a marketer telling you to buy the product? The answer is obvious\u2013 your friend holds more influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has indeed changed the face of marketing. Radio, TV, and print ads move over &#8211; online interaction is the way of the future. However there are a few pointers any new startup should keep mind &#8211; * Start with a proper plan, not tactics * Grow your customer base quickly * Set specific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[223],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avignyata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}