Community Management in Social Media

How interacting with your online community will affect your social media success. Is it necessary? Yes! Not only can you connect with your customer on a more human level, but it is also a great way of building trust and brand awareness. ❣️ Let's see some reasons: Reasons Why Brands Need Community Management: 1. Build authority in their industry. 2. Connect with customers on a more human level. 3. Promote your content & reach a new audience. 4. Identify brand reputation risks at an early stage. A Workflow Someone New to Community Management Can Do: πŸ‘‰ Find where your clients are most active. πŸ‘‰ Use a social media tool to pull in mentions of your brand and respond to comments and DMs directly. πŸ‘‰ Establish frequency to sweep social media platforms and mentions. The minimum is twice a day (morning sweep and afternoon sweep). πŸ‘‰ Engage and interact with the users. πŸ‘‰ Have a negative mention? Keep track of them Use something as simple as an Inbox feature in Social Media Toolkit. 3 Dos and 3 Don'ts when It Comes to Responding to Comments: DO: βœ… Be authentic and have fun! Users love to hear from brands they support. βœ… Address what the user says and match their ToV (humorous or serious). βœ… Get the facts before responding. Try to get more information from them so you can investigate with your sales and CS teams to see what happened. DON'T: ❌ Say anything offensive, discriminate, or attack the user's feelings/opinions (you might think it's funny, but they probably won't). ❌ Let your emotions show through. You may be frustrated with what a user says, but don't let this be portrayed in your reply. ❌ Be repetitive – show them that their voice is important to you, and don't copy-paste your replies. How to Use Comunity Management in Your Social Media Strategy: 🟑 Conduct audience research. Who is your audience, and what platforms are they using? 🟑 Define metrics to measure & track success – has your engagement increased? Brand mentions? 🟑 Monitoring conversations can help you tweak your social strategy to better address your audience and avoid brand reputation issues. 🟑 Use various tools to respond to DMs and comment in one place. I hope this will help you to boost your engagement with your audience.

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Basharath
Great points and it's quite informative!
Charlotte Chiang
Thanks for the tips, especially the reminder not to let frustration show sometimes when things get rough:) Always good to take a good deep breath and a quick break before responding. Overall better for community health and promotion of positive vibes.
Business Marketing with Nika
@charmandro Thank you, Charlotte! Your words are so kind. πŸ˜‡ Are you on social media as well?
Threadwriter Jack
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the level of consistency you have shown here on product hunt. Since joining this community I have yet to find a day where you have not contributed to or initiated a discussion. In either case, you manage to provide genuine value every time. So thank you Nika! I'll do my best to apply these rules, matching your level of output is quite daunting. Though they say comparison is the thief of joy.
Business Marketing with Nika
@threadwriter Thank you! Yeah, it takes so much time. I like this platform and take it like a social media. I am happy to get to know people there we are connecting on LinkedIn and make our connections stronger. ☺️
Richard Gao
I'd say responding to people is probably the best one! Others won't be active unless you are
Mehdi Rifai
Great content again Nika! Keep going
Emmanuel
Thanks for the great tips
Salil Sethi
Thank you for sharing these insights on community management in social media! πŸ’¬ I agree with the importance of connecting with customers on a more personal level and building trust through engagement. It's a great way to humanize a brand and stand out in a crowded market. One question I have is how often should brands respond to comments and DMs? Is there a best practice for response time, or does it vary depending on the platform and industry? πŸ€”
Business Marketing with Nika
@salil_sethi I would say that it also depends on your priorities, your type of work (if you are a freelancer or stick to the 9-hour working routine), or who is your target group. For me, it is better to answer at the beginning of the day when others sleep or late when others go to sleep so they will not probably answer immediately but will get that DM early in the morning.
Doğukan Tezcan
That's a great point about the more humane approach! Thank you for putting together all of this helpful information.
Shubham Pratap Singh
Very useful, thanks for sharing this :)