Social Media and Marketing

Have you ever wondered what would happen if social media could not be part of the changing technology or innovation? What would happen if you were still using the phone with keypads and you don't have any easiest way to share information with friends? Today with the availability of social media no one can ever think about it. Nowadays everything is just one click away.

 A large number of social media platforms are available like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Linked In, etc. These platforms make everything easy. Earlier, they were just used for fun purposes like chatting with friends, making new friends, watching entertaining videos, etc. But nowadays, it is also used for business purposes and professional work. After the pandemic, almost every official work is conducted using social media. One can do their work from home and this help to save a lot of time. One can conduct meetings, classes, webinars, group discussions, etc. using social media which doesn't require and physical presence. With the availability of the vast number of new software, nothing is impossible to do on an online platform. There was a time when you had to wait for a long time to complete your official work in government offices, but today one can do this work at own on the government's official portals.

 Currently, social media is used for marketing to a great extent and we can see a lot of marketing content on social media. This activity of promoting or marketing your business or product on social media is called social media marketing. You can make creative content to promote your business on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked In, etc. A lot of small business has grown in a short period using social media platform. Your product can be a perfect fit for anyone and they can share it with their friends too which can increase brand awareness. It is a great platform to boost and transform your business.

With the innovation of new technology and the world, social media marketing is the easiest way to sell your product and promote business and the easiest way for the customer to buy goods and services. Over a couple of years, we can see a great boon in the increase of businesses and startups. Marketing your product on social media is not at all difficult. One can create your website or account on social media platforms to promote your goods and services. Many social media handles are also available which also help you to promote your product. It's upon you how creatively you can promote your services so that they can reach a large audience and it is not hard at all because the large mass audience is available on social media and you just need to think about how you can trigger them.

You should be consistent on the platform by posting the content promptly for a great reach to the audience. Your content should reflect the features and quality of your product which helps to increase your audience. This marketing style makes it easy for companies to keep track of the progress and success of their business.

Social media marketing not only helps to gain potential customers but also helps to recruit potential employees. It allows the audience to post their reviews and comment about the product, which helps the company to work effectively. Earlier, business firms use hoardings or banner for advertising their product, which tends to be costly and time-consuming but now social media marketing strategy is cost-effective as well as time-consuming which result in better audience engagement due to the ability of the internet to reach large masses across the world. It also helps to reduce the barrier of communication between customers and the business organization and build communities of customers where they can express their needs and wants. It helps to connect the customers and businesses with the same needs and wants.

 Nowadays, the online market has a large audience than the traditional market due to the availability of an infinite number of services available on online platforms and this tends to increase the competition in the online market. When we compare social media from earlier days with today, we can see that the roots of marketing have spread all over the online platforms, showing the advertisements for products in which, you may be interested. Due to social media marketing, entrepreneurship has also built strong roots which may lead to generating better employment opportunities in the future and may lead booster the economy.