For a small business, social media is all about building relationships with your followers and starting new relationships with others in your community who will become your followers. You’re trying to create open and ongoing conversations that will enhance your brand and bring those interested into your circle. Social media is all about building relationships with your followers and starting new relationships with others in your community who will then become your followers. You’re trying to create open and ongoing conversations that will enhance your brand and bring those who are interested into your circle. Social media followers seek instant gratification. When they start a conversation, whether a “like” or a comment, they want it to be a two-way interaction. Similarly, people reach out to groups to find what they’re looking for, and your brand needs to be there. If they complain, they expect a response in less than an hour. Regardless of the interaction, people tend to interact more when they know there is a human behind the brand. But simply posting to your social media accounts isn’t enough. How do you increase social media engagement? It starts with great content, which these days includes lots of videos. Our team can work with you to set up your DIY video shoots and even direct the shoot virtually. Or, we’ll come to you! We find that carving out time once a quarter for a shoot can keep us going until the next time. Once we have captured your content (or you have), we’ll edit and add graphics as needed, write captions, research the best hashtags, and hand schedule your posts (we find the social media platforms give these greater reach than using scheduling tools). We’ll then connect with your current and potential audience to grow your reach. It’s time-consuming, but the platforms reward time on their platforms, so that’s what it takes!