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A strong social media presence is crucial for business<\/span><\/a>. It boosts your visibility, establishes your authority in the marketplace, engages your target audience, and can even direct more traffic to your official website. That is all possible when you have the right social media strategy.<\/p>\n

A good enterprise social media strategy for your corporate community\u2019s needs is just as good for business, if not more. It will engage your employees, alumni, and stakeholders, and allow them to network more effectively, so you all build a better organization, together.<\/p>\n

Discover how to create an enterprise social media strategy that works for your entire organization, with Aluminate for Enterprise<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is an enterprise social media strategy?<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you want your social media marketing efforts to be a success, you need the best social media marketing tools, and of course, engaging content on the most influential social channels. Your social media team must devise an enterprise social media strategy.<\/p>\n

This strategy manages your organization, company, or brand\u2019s social media presence. It defines everything from your social media marketing goals to the steps you take on social media channels, to achieve them.<\/p>\n

How to create an enterprise social media strategy in 8 steps<\/b><\/h2>\n

To maximize your social media game and promote social networking, you need to create an enterprise social media strategy. Follow our eight easy steps below.<\/p>\n

1. Define the objectives of your social media marketing strategy<\/b><\/h3>\n

Before you can create any social media strategy, you need to define the business objectives behind it. It\u2019s the same with your enterprise social media. What goals do you wish to achieve through the use of social media?<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, these objectives are often very similar for your corporate community as they are for your public audience. For external social media, you want to attract new customers but also engage existing ones. For your enterprise social network<\/span><\/a>, you want to engage corporate alumni, current employees, and perhaps even external stakeholders.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, it\u2019s about providing attractive and engaging<\/i> content.<\/p>\n

2. Identify your social media marketing target audience<\/b><\/h3>\n

A social media strategy for your existing and potential new customers targets a particular segment of the public.\u00a0 No matter how engaging the content, it won\u2019t take you far if you don\u2019t understand your audience demographics. Ensure you have identified your correct target audience.<\/p>\n

Are you creating an enterprise social network for your employees and alumni? In this case, you know who your audience is. But these two audiences have different needs. For either audience, ask yourself what exactly they are looking for when they access your content.<\/p>\n

Aluminate for Enterprise<\/a><\/span> lets you narrow down this focus even further, with the Groups feature<\/span><\/a>. It allows you to segment your corporate community into sub-communities, based on their needs and interests.<\/p>\n

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3. Choose the right social media platforms<\/b><\/h3>\n

Once you have determined what your objectives are, and who your audience is, it\u2019s time to choose the appropriate platforms. Every social media strategy rests heavily on choosing the right social channels, because different population groups and age groups may favor different channels. Do the research.<\/p>\n

The enterprise social network platform you choose for use across your organization is even more crucial. Your corporate community is best served by a network exclusive to them, with the networking and collaboration tools they need to get ahead.<\/p>\n

Aluminate for Enterprise<\/a><\/span> fits the bill perfectly. As the most highly customizable corporate community platform in the world, it offers all the hallmarks of social media channels they love, combined with the tools they need like collaborative spaces and even mentor matching<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Develop social media content guidelines\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

An enterprise social media strategy is not complete without policies for its use, and guidelines for the type of content you display. But there\u2019s one very important thing to remember for your business\u2019s external social media accounts and <\/i>internal social network platform.<\/p>\n

The content should reflect your company culture, brand messaging, and brand identity. This will build brand loyalty in your customer base, and confidence in your corporate community.<\/p>\n

To make it easier for the public to know what these policies, rules, and guidelines are, post them where they can easily be accessed.<\/p>\n

You should do the same for your enterprise social network, and Aluminate<\/span><\/a> has the perfect solution. The digital library can house your platform\u2019s tutorials on how to navigate the platform, as well as your organization\u2019s policies and guidelines.<\/p>\n

5. Share valuable content with your corporate communities<\/b><\/h3>\n

You\u2019re halfway to building the perfect social media strategy, but without the right approach to content, all will be in vain. Follow these tips to create content your audience will engage with:<\/p>\n