Social media – the best way to get your business across to all types of people through multiple platforms. But the real question is: how do you help your account find the right people? People who need or want your business? It’s important to find out what your audience reacts to best and what they find most interesting so you can keep them coming back. There are a few ways to find out what your audience likes the most, and we are here to help you get started. 

What is a targeted audience?

A social media target audience is a group of people your business wants to appeal to. It might be their age, income level, job title, location, or behavior you are targeting. Your targeted audience are people who you believe are interested in your product or service.

Create a buyer’s persona.

A buyer’s persona is a detailed description of a person who represents your targeted audience. This person is fake, but the persona is based on research on your existing target audience. This helps your company get a better understanding of what your customers like and want. This will make it easier to create your posts, messages, products, and services. This will help you target different groups of people based on their likes and habits.

Find where your audience is most active.

There are a lot of different social media platforms, and it can be very difficult trying to decide which one is right for your business. Facebook markets to people in their 30s and 40s, and Tik Tok markets to young adults and teens. So how do we decide what platform is best for you? We have to break down your target audience. Are you reaching out to first-time home buyers? Or possibly reaching out to people who need legal help. What are the average ages of these people? Every platform caters to different people, and that’s why you need to find what platforms are right for you and your business.

Look at your competitors.

Studying your competitors’ social media can also give you valuable information. Their target audience is very similar to yours, so you can see what their audience reacts to the most and what posts get their attention. This will help you gain more followers on your platform with your targeted audience, and also helps you learn how to keep your audience interested in your business, service, or product.

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With more than a billion active monthly users, TikTok is an extremely popular social media platform. And although it is particularly popular with younger demographics, its target age range is 13 to 60. For this reason, the platform presents a unique and somewhat untapped opportunity to boost your company’s social media marketing to a broad and booming segment.

While many businesses are still getting familiar with other social networks, like Instagram and Facebook, we want to encourage you to get ahead of the pack and try marketing your business on TikTok. We’re going to give you some ideas on how to do just that.

Use Trending Sounds to Boost Your Brand on TikTok

TikTok thrives on trending sounds — reusable audio clips that can be added to other videos. Often, these repurposed bits of audio come from a popular song, a movie, or a viral video. Then users make fun and entertaining videos of their own using the audio.

We encourage our clients to be part of these trends, associating their businesses and online marketing with a particular trending TikTok sound. But keep in mind that lots of people, and even businesses, may be using that same sound, so think of creative ways to use it that will make your brand stand out.

Also, keep in mind that trending sounds are always changing in TikTok, so make sure you act fast — make your TikTok before the trend fades and always be thinking of new ideas. A great way to do this is to frequently scroll through the FYP (For You Page) on TikTok. You’re most likely to find the popular trends there.

Find The Right Balance

Now, you may be wondering why a business would want to create a TikTok using the same audio that thousands, if not millions, of other people are using. The key is to be part of the trend but stand out at the same time. You also want to maintain the integrity of your business while not coming across as boring or unappealing. The best way to do this is to find a healthy balance between TikToks that are informative and those that are fun and humorous.

In other words, if there’s TikTok audio trending of a dog barking, use that audio to make a funny video for your business. Perhaps one featuring your office pet? Then follow it up with an informative TikTok Introducing your business — what you do, the company’s mission statement, who the employees are.

You can also use the informative TikToks to tell a brief story of how your business was founded and the progression of how it got to where it is today.

Here are some other ideas for TikToks:

• Give a step-by-step tutorial about something relating to your business (e.g. How you package your products, how you prepare for an appointment or meeting, how you create a product)
• Make fun TikToks that show the lighthearted side of your business (e.g. What your employees like to eat for lunch, what their workspaces look like, have one of them do a “takeover” of the company’s TikTok)
• Encourage your followers to respond to your videos in the comments section and make sure to answer any questions they have. Interacting with your viewers is crucial. They are likely current or prospective customers.

At Smart Marketing Advertising Agency, we help our clients utilize digital marketing tools like TikTok and other social media platforms. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, we have been helping businesses with marketing for more than a decade now, and we would love to do the same for you. We are a full-service marketing agency. We can help you with your logo and website design, your social media presence, and even print and large media ads.

Contact us today for full-service marketing solutions!