Online marketing is an exciting field. You have a multitude of tools, channels and techniques at your disposal to successfully promote a service or products and develop digital sales. There are many challenges: developing the audience for your website, converting visitors, building loyalty. But it is not always easy to understand all the ins and outs, as there are so many digital marketing tasks! In this article, you will learn about two effective online marketing strategies: content marketing and social selling.

Content marketing

Content marketing is playing an increasingly important role in business communication strategies.

The idea is to create content (blog article, eBook, infographic, video, etc.) to increase awareness, establish expertise and improve SEO.  In practice, many businesses fail for lack of time or skills in this area. Here are some tips on how to achieve good results using content marketing.

• Use written content that contains visuals

It is important to use visual content and to ventilate the text well, for example with “bullet points” and section titles. And don’t be afraid to make your content less formal, it will be more enjoyable to read.

• Publish social media content at the right time and in the right format

When you post on social media is essential because it helps reach your audience if done at the right time. You must also systematically integrate visual content into your publications, our brain reacts more quickly to visual stimulation. Also consider using tools like Buffer that can optimize the best time to post for you.

• Use videos in your content marketing campaigns

Videos are used more and more in content marketing and can become a significant asset in your strategy. It is important to use quality equipment, especially since the costs have fallen sharply in recent years. Adding a call to action to your videos is also important.

Social selling

Social selling consists of using social networks to increase sales, especially in B2B. Knowing that a majority of people are on social networks on a daily basis, we understand better why the field of social selling is booming!

What are the advantages of social selling in concrete terms? And above all, what are the steps to follow when you want to set up a sales strategy on social networks as a company?

The key concept of social selling is to develop relationships on social networks and to give the appropriate information to the right people in your network, in particular through a relationship of trust. And yes, as in any “traditional” sales process, the key remains in establishing a good relationship and in demonstrating expertise in your area of ​​expertise.

Content marketing and social selling are two of the most effective online marketing strategies.  For the growth of your business online, you need to adopt at least one of these strategies.

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