7 Social Media Hacks That’ll Make Your Business Grow Faster | Neil Patel

you're on facebook you're on twitter you're on instagram you're on linkedin but are you even generating sales from these social networks i bet you're not hey everyone i'm neil patel and today i'm going to share with you seven social media hacks that'll make your business grow faster now before we get started make sure you subscribe to this channel that will release my next marketing video you'll get notified now i have a question for you how many of you guys share content on social sites like facebook and get very little to know likes or engagement from no comments to no liking to no one clicking on your website if that's you leave a comment with yes and you know what you're not the only one who's there a lot of people are there even me with over 900 000 fans on my facebook page there were times when i was only getting five or six likes but then i learned some of these hacks and it not only changed how i did on facebook but it helped grow my business faster the first hack i have for you and this works for all social sites facebook linkedin instagram if you respond to every single comment you're gonna get more engagement see facebook values a comment more than they value a like same with linkedin same with instagram they're harder to do for people so when they comment it shows these social sites and these platforms that hey your content's good so when someone leaves a comment respond to their comment and don't just answer the comment but also encourage them by asking a question in your response it's a great way to not only get more comments but keep the momentum going so that way your post is much more likely to go viral on these social sites the second tip i have for you is specific to linkedin whenever you're writing your description so let's say you're sharing content or something from your website on linkedin keep your sentences very short if you look at my profile on linkedin you'll notice i do one or two small sentences usually i'll do four or five but i start off with short sentences and you only see one or two at the top and then you have to click a see more link i do that on purpose because with linkedin the more people that click see more the more viral my content is going to go on linkedin because it tells linkedin that hey people want to see more they like neil's content that encourages them to show it to more people it's a quick hack it'll get you way more traffic and engagement on linkedin the third tip i have for you is don't just promote your business everyone's like yeah i want sales from facebook i want sales from linkedin i'm just going to start promoting my products and services well if you keep doing that and you're not being social because that's the whole purpose of these social sites is to be social you're gonna find that your reach is gonna tank and no one's gonna see your content like or engage with it so every once in a while i would actually do this at least two to three times a week sure quote share a picture share a story just share something that doesn't talk about your business or promote it maybe helps other people gives value this creates so much more engagement because you're not driving people away from the social sites they want to keep people on linkedin they want to keep people on facebook it's one of the simplest hacks and then when you respond to all those comments and you engage it boosts the overall authority of your page your profile that way when you share more stuff related to your business you're going to get way more traffic because your overall page authority or your profile authority is going to be way higher the fourth tip is to leverage stories on instagram and facebook they get so much engagement what i like doing is sharing stories multiple times a day not just one or two stories but like 10 12 13. and even on instagram what you can do that's really cool is that you're sharing stories you can tell people to swipe up garyvee does this a ton when he has like a podcast or a blog post he's like swipe up swipe up it gets so much more engagement that way his podcast is getting more downloads people are going more to the site he's getting more conversion sales it's a simple hack it works well and if you do multiple updates to your story each and every single day it gives you more opportunities to get people to swipe up the fifth tip i have for you is cross from all your social profiles you're not just on facebook you're not just on linkedin you're on all of them or at least you're on the major ones so tell your twitter fans or followers to follow you on facebook tell your facebook people to get follow you on twitter tell your people on linkedin to check out your twitter and your facebook and your instagram do that vice versa with all your profiles because it'll all become more popular than when you post your content or promote your business more likely that more people will see it here's the thing just because you have a thousand fans or a hundred thousand fans you post something there's no way that the majority of your fans are going to see it you're lucky if 10 see it by cross promoting it gives you a higher chance that your true fans your potential customers are gonna see your new stuff whether it's a blog post a podcast new product a new service they're more likely to see it the sixth tip i have for you is to use exit pop-up i have a question how many of you guys like exit pop-ups if you like a exit pop-up leave a comment with a yes if you hate them leave a comment with no i'm going to guess that most of you hate them and i'm curious to see what they say you know i leverage them on neilpatel.com you know why leverage exit popups it's one of the highest converting things you can do someone's going to leave your site might as well create that last ditch effort to get them to convert and i don't recommend doing it on mobile i would recommend doing it just for desktop if you want to do it on mobile i would recommend that you wait at least 30 seconds before you show it because it's too hard to detect when they're gonna leave your site now here's the thing with these mobile pop-ups you can ask them to follow you on facebook follow you on instagram whether it's a desktop or mobile technically you can do it on both i was doing it on my uh older blog quickspot.com which i no longer own and i found by just doing the exit pop-up asking people to follow me on facebook i was generating a thousand could you not a thousand new fans per week that's a lot through one simple hack and you can do that for free using a tool like hellobar.com the last tip i have for you is to test out video social platforms love video so if you create video you're giving them more potential eyeballs instead of the television networks that's why companies like netflix and hulu they're pushing so much on paid content everyone including facebook twitter instagram and all these social sites want that video content so consider creating because when you do you're going to get more engagement and even in your videos you can promote your business like this hey if you want more tips on growing your business or you want more help make sure you go check out my ad agency neil patel digital where i can help you grow again thank you for watching if you want more help feel free to leave a comment with whatever question you have i'll make sure i respond to it like this video share it tell other people about it and subscribe to the page thank you very much