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Social Media Management for Sydney Furniture Stores

For small industries, to introduce themselves using expensive advertising campaigns and splashy PR stunts would not be much of an option. Small business owners face the challenge of presenting and building brand awareness while keeping their costs down.

The good news is there are a number of efficient marketing strategies and tools which companies can use to build awareness among their target customers. One of the best ways is using social media which when used strategically can give direct engagement to the target audience. There are social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram which have proven to be great channels giving an access to an immense number of people.

Our client Habitat Furniture is a boutique furniture store in Sydney’s Inner West. It’s a small family business with over 20 years combined experience in the industry. Their products range from living room furniture, dining room furniture to bedroom furniture.

We have been commissioned to do Habitat Furniture’s social media management. Our main goal is to help raise awareness to their brand, create engagement which then results in driving revenues to their business.

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are powerful marketing tools to market brands, products and services which is why we employed those 3 tools into Habitat Furniture’s social media management.

We have created accounts on each platform making sure their company identity is branded well with a consistent tone so that people clearly understand who they are and what they do.

Facebook has 1.28 billion active users and that statistic alone tells us how great of an opportunity it is for marketing. Habitat Furniture’s Facebook page is a platform we use for interacting with customers and keeping them up to date with the latest furniture styles Habitat Furniture has in their showroom. This has proven effective as they have gotten more clients over the years through the promotions and updates we have made on their page.

twitter page habitat furnitureThere are 255 million twitter subscribers in the world today and it’s one of the quickest ways to brand and connect. We know that consistent conversations go a long way and connecting with Habitat Furniture Warehouse’s target market is the key. We use Twitter to cultivate relationships with their followers which has resulted into sales. We also make sure to do regular tweets, promote products and answer any enquiries making sure Habitat Furniture has an active and healthy profile.

 

instagram post habitatInstagram is a great way to expand a brand’s reach. Instagram is almost entirely photo-based making it more personal. Habitat Furniture’s Instagram account is not only used to build their brand recognition and consumer loyalty. We try to make it as personal as possible so that their followers can see their fun side making a good balance between work and play. We also cross post Instagram photos to Twitter to inform people of their Instagram account.instagram post habitat

Habitat Furniture Warehouse are makers of high quality Australian-made timber furniture and supports the local Sydney furniture makers. If you’re looking for modern furniture Sydney or furniture Sydney, You can find some of the best from Habitat Warehouse.

 

Social Media Management Profile: Glen Fredericks

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Last week CHRISTINE BUHAY caught up with Glen Fredericks, a graphic/web designer, video editor and social media manager extraordinaire. He shared his views about social media management and social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Instagram. Here’s what he said …

A Bit about Him

I work at Barbeques Galore Maitland, one of the franchises owned by the Newcombe family. I run the Facebook page Shushbbq and also the Instagram account @grillporn.

I have a Facebook drumming page called @drummingco.

I started working in the Barbeques Galore Maitland store just a little over four months ago. I do a variety of tasks, from graphic design, managing their mailing lists, video and photography. I work in the office. I don’t deal with customers at all.

What I am doing on the social media front is the Shushbbq Facebook page, which is for the “Shush! BBQ Book” that the family has self-published.

His Work

grillporn imageInstagram, as you’d already be aware, is a powerful tool, so we started the @grillporn profile – choosing “grill” because we are aiming at the American market and “porn” because of my experience with “drumporn” on Instagram.

Any word associated with porn on Instagram doesn’t come up with tsunami of pornographic results, but of people who have an intense interest in whatever the subject matter is. So be it #foodporn or #drumporn or even #cloudporn.

drummingco imageI started instagramming photos of drums back in August 2012 and then in January of 2013 I started the Facebook Page @drummingco which is now up to 6,000+ Likes. The hardest thing has been to drag those Instagram followers over to Facebook. It would appear that your numbers are skewed towards Instagram as well.

I had a Facebook Event called Hug A Drummer Day. I announced it two months prior. I wasn’t going to make a Facebook Page about it, but with the publicity being generated (it was in the Newcastle Herald and I was interviewed on 2HD) I figured I better in case someone squatted on the www.facebook.com/hugadrummer and capitalised on my hard work. Within a week, it has grown to 2,500 Likes with 6,000+ joining the event (I anticipated 5,000 so I’m quite happy with the result).

So I totally have the whole drum industry side of things covered. And while it is a hobby, it’s something that has opened up opportunities for me. It certainly didn’t hurt in helping me get this job. In addition to my graphic design, web design and video editing capabilities.

I also took over the reins of the Barbeques Galore Maitland Facebook Page. After a week the people “talking about this” went from 100 or so, up to 3,000. I don’t expect it to stay that high, if it hovers around 25% of the Likes I’ll be happy. I’m doing about 4 posts per day (I’m only doing 1 a day on Shush BBQ) so it gives me plenty of opportunity to engage with the audience.

The Differences between Instagram and Facebook

Instagram allows you to find and connect with an audience in a way that Facebook doesn’t. With Facebook you’re pretty much waiting for people to find you. On the other hand, with Instagram you can find people who have the same interest as you simply by doing a hashtag search. Instagram’s strength is in its ability to connect with people, and for Facebook Pages it’s the sharing.

toilet drum for drummingcoJust a couple of weeks back I took a photo of my toilet and posted it on a new Facebook Page I made and that photo has had over half a million views possibly making it Australia’s most famous toilet on the internet?

The funny thing is the practice pad, the stand and the bass pad were all pulled out of the dumpster at the back of the @thedrumshop last year. Those things went from being thrown out and heading to landfill to becoming loved and shared over 5,500 times.

To Wrap It Up

That’s a bit of background on me and what my aims are with the Facebook and Instagram accounts I am running for the business. I am starting from scratch with the barbeque industry, but as I have found with the drum industry, networking with other pages certainly helps.

To contact us re doing social media management work for your business email stewart@atomicdigital.com.au or call 1300 321 814.

 

Kik For Business

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Kik For Business: Can you use Kik Messenger for Business? What exactly is Kik? The newest hit on the universal messaging service scene is fast and simple so it’s not just handy for connecting with the people you love to talk to, but with a few group smarts, you can use it for business …

Has anybody asked you “What’s your Kik?” or said something like “Kik me!”? If you hear those words and you just remain clueless, then you are missing out on the latest trend to hit the messaging service apps.

Kik is one of the big players in the universal messaging service. All the other messaging apps would require a phone number to sign you up; Kik on the other hand is the only mainstream messenger that doesn’t require you to post your phone number. Your identity is based on a username to guarantee control over your privacy which proved to be a good concept since most users are not comfortable on posting their phone numbers on the internet. This idea also turned out to be a huge hit especially for the youth that have no phone numbers yet.

What’s great about this app is that it lets you cross-platform. Anyone running the app using iOS, Android, Windows Phone and other platforms can exchange text messages, forward photos, play games and view content over the service.

They have also integrated HTML5-powered apps called “Cards” which give users the capacity to experience the Messenger in a different way. These cards enable Kik to swiftly create and deploy cross-platform apps within the Messenger client that lets users find, watch and share YouTube videos, send images or create sketches all without exiting the app itself.

Because of these great features, Kik has also created a practical solution when it comes to business communication. Since Kik crosses throughout all major mobile devices, employees who don’t use the same mobile brand can still communicate and connect through business conferences and chats using the messenger service. This app has made communication with staff members in other countries possible and so easy.

The people behind Kik have designed a concept of immediacy where people can always get a hold of you when they need to – an approach that is perfect for business.

People also looking to connect on apps like Instagram or every mobile app with some public component provide their Kik usernames so people can get in touch with them to discuss business or just to communicate.

Of course it seems the dominant tribe on Kik is 11-13 years olds – a great target market for clients of ours such as iCutes who want that tweens to teens demographic – but is there anything wrong with Kik being used by this age bracket to get social?

Possibly two things:

1. Recent news about teenagers going missing after they connect with complete strangers on Kik for a start.

2. Within about two weeks of being on it, we were approached by a girl from the USA – seemed friendly – chat chat … two minutes later she’d flashed a pussy photo of herself up on-screen and barely a minute later was angling for us to join in some nude cybersex – while paying for the privilege of course. Just what the average 12-year-old boy might be looking for!

Nevertheless, don’t be left behind. See why it’s the next big thing and how you can integrate it into your own business. And the next time someone tells you “Kik me” you can go ahead and say “Kik me” too!

We plan to offer Kik Messenger for Business training as part of our social media workshops and also have begun Kik management and development for a number of small to medium Sydney businesses – email us to find out more.

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