Are you using Social Media? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram?
Then you know the feeling you get when someone comments on your status update, likes a link you shared, reblogs one of your tweet, or when you see a new follower pop up. It’s a nice feeling, to see that people out there care, engage, and want to interact with you because of what you have posted.
Yet, isn’t there more to it? Isn’t there a way to make people engage much more instead of just reading my posts? The answer is, yes, there is. And today, we want to give you some tips and advice to create the perfect Social Media Post!
One thing to note right from the beginning, is that no Social Media Platform is like the other – and so the people using them differ as well. A post that works on Twitter, short and catchy, may fail to excite your Facebook friends. Thus, we will cover the most common Social Medial networks individually.
Photos
If something happened that you want to share, why not underline it with some visual evidence. No matter if you saw something funny or remarkable while being out, or whether you achieved something in cooking, baking, or arranging a new shelf, if you show your friends what you have done/seen/accomplished rather than only write about it, it’s easier for them to feel involved.
Removing links from the post
Did you notice that Facebook creates it’s own link to a website or video if you copy the URL into your post? There is no need to keep the long (and ugly) URL there anymore. As soon as the thumbnail and extra link is created, you can remove it from your post again. While the long URL will be gone now, the link Facebook created for you will still remain.
However, if you want to share more than one link, this doesn’t work.
Emoticons
Sometimes, it’s difficult to express your feelings with words alone. Facebook gave you quite a variety of emoticons and smileys to use to express what you maybe simply can’t say. Plus, it’s shorter! You don’t want to spend many words on something simple to say? Maybe a devilish grinning smiley will do.