{"id":287,"date":"2010-08-26T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/credible-content.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2010-08-26T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:15:16","slug":"first-content-writing-or-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/credible-content.com\/blog\/first-content-writing-or-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"What comes first, content writing or social media?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media marketing these days in an integral part of business development: it is just a matter of who realize it and who don’t. Some online marketers even compare the indecision about investing in social media marketing to that initial phase when people were not sure whether they should get a telephone connection for their business or not.<\/p>\n

But what exactly is social media marketing? It is constant interaction with your present and prospective customers and clients (on websites like Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Tumblr<\/a><\/em>) and not only your customers and clients but with all those people who are interested in your brand and your philosophy while not being interested in doing business with you. Why bother with people who don’t want to do business with you? Word-of-mouth marketing: they may not want to do business with you but they may know somebody who would and they would like to recommend you due to the level of familiarity you have sustained through your social media marketing effort.<\/p>\n

Aside from regular interaction you need to post lots of content on social media and networking websites. It doesn’t do much good to your brand identity and reputation if you simply get content from other websites and blogs and keep posting it under your profile. Then you become just another user who simply wants to spend some time on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> sharing “interesting stuff”. People begin to respect your opinion only when you have your own content on your website\/blog. This is because expressing your thoughts and sharing your knowledge shows that you are confident and knowledgeable enough to articulate your opinions and experience openly and be open to scrutiny. This is how true interaction begins: you post links to your own content and then your friends and followers either forward that content to their own friends and followers or they expressive opinion.<\/p>\n

So should you write content first or launch your social media campaign first? You can do one of them or you can do them together, simultaneously, it depends what approach you want to follow. My personal preference would be to maintain a balance. Both the activities take time and effort, and also expense, if you’re going to hire people to write your content and manage your social media profiles. Companies and individuals that build their presence based upon their opinions and knowledge need to have lots of content in order to have a solid social media presence. You also need content if you intend to spread awareness regarding your product or service. You don’t need content much if your audience is not the reading types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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