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The importance of social media in marketing

Social media marketing is an indispensable part of the marketing strategy of all successful companies, including dentists.

Social marketing is a company’s strategy aimed at encouraging potential customers to exchange information about a product or service, comment, like, share, and thus convey a promotional message to as many potential customers as possible.

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Social media as an important source of traffic for dentists

Social networks can be one of the main sources of traffic to your company’s website. By sharing interesting blog posts, videos or some other content from the website, you give existing and potential users a reason to click on the published content on the social network and thus redirect them to your website.

Social media is a great marketing tool for dentists

Social networks are the best marketing tool that can increase a company’s revenue. Advertising on social networks is more profitable, because with less financial resources it brings a significantly higher return on investment.

The biggest advantage of digital advertising is precision and targeting because social networks are the only medium that offers the possibility of precise selection of only those consumers you want. Social media marketing therefore brings much better results with significantly lower costs. And this is exactly the reason why the popularity of using social networks for business purposes is growing.

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Social media draws in potential customers

Social networks should help you attract as many visitors to your website as possible, increase website traffic, and increase interest among potential users of your products or services through the promotion of your products or services through social networks.

If your company is not present on social networks, people will not know that you exist, what you do, what products or services you offer. Social media marketing creates awareness of the existence of a service or product. If a customer creates a positive opinion about your product or service, they will share it among their friends and acquaintances which will further increase the traffic to your website.

The advantages of social media marketing

Here are some of the most important advantages of social media marketing:

  • verbal presentation
  • two-way communication
  • low costs
  • quick feedback
  • awareness of the existence of a service or product
  • increase website traffic
  • successful presentation of new products
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Tips about social media marketing

Nowadays, the presence on social networks is an indispensable factor, if you want to develop a successful business. To run a successful social media marketing, you need to answer the following questions:

  • Who is your target audience?
  • What do you want to achieve with the publication?
  • on which social networks do you want to be present?
  • How often will you post content?
  • What content will you publish?
  • who will be in charge of designing and publishing the content?
  • What publishing tools will you use?

Who is your target audience?

Making posts for social networks should be in accordance with the interests of the selected target group. Put yourself in the position of a customer who needs that product and present it in the most efficient way.

On which social networks do you want to be present?

You need to constantly study on which social networks your target group is gathering.

What do you want to achieve with the publication?

You need to know if you want to increase sales of products or services, inform followers about the company, promotions, news …

How often will you post content?

Pay attention to the number of posts, so that you do not run out of a certain number of visitors if you overwhelm them with posts.

What content will you publish?

The content must be of high quality and the posts visually appealing in order to attract the attention of potential and existing followers.

Who will be in charge of designing and publishing the content?

A creative person is needed, and several different types of posts need to be tested. The purpose is to find out what suits the target audience the most.

To increase user involvement:

  • ask questions,
  • ask for comments on posts,
  • start a discussion,
  • be regular in announcements,
  • do not overdo it with the number of sales announcements, include informative announcements as well
  • post videos, photos …

Be sure to link social networks to your website. The advantages of social networks are really great, so it is a shame not to use the promotion of business through social networks.

Find out more information on how TBS can make social media for dentists easy.