Amit Lakhwani, How to Stand Out in Social Media Marketing – InnovaBuzz 531
Amit Lakhwani, AppuSocial
Our guest in this episode is Amit Lakhwani, co-founder and managing director of Global Vision Technology, a marketing company focused on driving growth through core principles of innovation. Amit is also co-founder of AppuSocial, a social media scheduler for authentic engagement. AppuSocial can save 10+ hours of time for any Small Business Owner or Social Media Manager
In our conversation Amit talked to me about
- Best practice tips for social media marketing
- How to stand out by early adoption of new features
- Ways to improve engagement on your social media posts
Without further ado, then, let’s fly into the Hive and get the Buzz from Amit Lakhwani.
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Engagement is critical in social media – the audience needs to know that you care about them. @amit_2006 on #InnovaBuzz podcast Click To TweetShow Notes from this episode with Amit Lakhwani, AppuSocial
Key points and takeaways from this episode include:
- Using automation in social media posting can help identify the ideal time and the ideal places to post for any audience.
- Engagement is critical in social media – the audience needs to know that you care about them.
- Ai social media posting tools can be used to identify the target audience and track the responses that audience members have to your posts.
- Appu Social is a tool that allows you to manage all your social media accounts from one single dashboard.
- Being an early adopter of new features within the social media platforms makes you stand out and increases your influence.
- Proper use of hashtags is best practice for social media. Use keywords your ideal audience would be searching.
- Have a clear call to action on each social media post to improve engagement with your audience.
- Focus on one social media platform first, to clarify the ideal audience and get engagement, then expand to other platforms afterwards.
The Buzz – Our Innovation Round
Here are Amit’s answers to the questions of our innovation round. Listen to the conversation to get the full scoop.
- #1 thing to be more innovative – Adopt new social media features early, as there is less competition then and you can differentiate yourself.
- Best thing for new ideas – Listen to a lot of podcasts.
- Favourite tool for innovation – Google search.
- Keep project/client on track – Project management tools and breaking down into tasks every day.
- Differentiate – Focus your creative ideas on your strengths. Develop and make them stronger.
Action
Be more creative on social media. Consider posting your best tools and tips; what’s currently happening in your field; what your customers’ concerns are. Be consistent with your posting.
Reach Out
You can reach out and thank Amit through LinkedIn or Twitter.
Links
Cool Things About Amit
- Amit likes to play games on Xbox.
- Amit is a high-performance driving instructor.
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