05/04/2022
Nobody manages social media accounts as Elise does.
Creative, Organised, and forward-thinking, Luci sat down with Elise to uncover her secrets as a Social Media Lead. What makes such a tricky job look so effortless?
Luci: What times are best to schedule posts for clients? Is it based on content?
Elise: The best time to post to your social channels depends on a few things, one being human behavior and peak times when most people or most of your audience would be online or on their phones. For most clients we work with, the best time to post is later in the evening as more of the audience is active on Facebook or Instagram.
Luci: Depending on the kind of post, what are the best ad objectives to use?
Elise: For posts to the feed, it depends on what your goal is, but usually you want to boost a post for engagement (likes, comments, shares), you can also boost a post for reach if your goal is brand awareness or to reach a wider audience with your message.
There are also sponsored ads, or, what we like to call in the social media world, 'dark posts'. These are ads or content that does not get shared to your feed, but you can target specific messaging that you don't want on your feed. Objectives for this style of ad can be reach, brand awareness, traffic, or depending on creative- video views. There are also objectives for consideration which are conversion-based if you are selling a product or looking for lead generation.
Luci: Any parting words of wisdom?
Elise: When it comes to social media and what works best, you need to think of the consumer of the content and your target audience, and share content that is relatable to them. It's good to also not come off sales-y in copy or messaging and try humanising your message. Put yourself in the consumers' shoes. Also, if you see a problem or situation in your social trends that you aren't happy with (i.e. low engagement) think of creative ways to test why or what your audience will engage with. Blaming the algorithm, or consistently sharing the same type of content is going to provide no growth.