For you people who have personal social media accounts and social media accounts for your business, that is great. We all need to keep things seperate from our personal life when it comes to work, else we would never switch off. But what people miss is adding a little personality into their social media accounts for their business.
How to Make your Small Business Social Media have Personality:
Many people will say I like to keep things seperate, but to what extent should you do this?
Adding a Little Personality into Your Social Media!
When explaining this to people when in the midst of training, I put it in simple terms: ‘People buy into your business because of you and what your business believes in, so for your social media presence you should think to emphasise these points through your personality’.
Quite often the penny will drop after saying this…. So I suppose that question you have is: ‘How do you do this in a professional manner’?
There a few ways without being overpowering!
Improve your Following and Reach on Social Media for your Small Business:
Firstly, encourage conversation with other users. This will not only improve your following and reach, but you then give off an approachable feel to other users on Twitter, Facebook or Linked In. It doesn’t have to take up a lot of time or eat into your day either. Simply set 10-20 minutes each morning or evening to do just this – it will make the world of difference to your social media presence.
Secondly, what does your profile say about you? This applies more to Twitter than any other site. People tend to read your Bio before following. If it is standard, boring and lifeless it won’t attract users. However, if you simply add a sentence in at the end giving you a little personality it will become more attractive. For Example:
As you can see from mine the last sentence gives my profile a small identity….
What is your Brand on Social Media?
Lastly, just make a note to yourself: how do you want your profile to appear to your users? Do you want it to be motivational, educational, humorous or straight to point. It could be a mixture. Once you have decided what you want it to be, then you need to be persistent with this and get your followers to expect and want to read what you put out there!
Oh and there is never any harm in making people smile with some lovely pictures!