EworksWSI Cyprus Digital Marketing Blog

Last time I jumped on here, we looked at what a realistic social media team of today should be comprised of. To recap, it is not a good idea to stick an entire social media strategy on one junior Marketing Coordinator. Not unless you want your social strategy to accomplish the bare minimum, hinder your ROI, while ultimately burning out your coordinator. Simply put, a full strategy deserves a full team. A few weeks ago, the first group of professionals recommended for a full-service social media strategy team included: A Social Media Manager A Social Media Content Crea...  Read Full Article

Pretty much anyone and everyone who has spent some time building a social presence online for a brand knows this one truth: It. Is. TOUGH. It’s so much more than the daily tweet announcing your latest product launch. Those were the good old times of the social media world. These days, businesses - both small operations and large enterprises - require time and energy to truly thrive in the social space. Your social channels are no longer just online spaces to fill; now they're places that help your business grow. And since the social media space has evolved, so, too, has the prof...  Read Full Article

  As a social media marketer, why should you use hashtags? How do they benefit your social marketing strategy? How can you use them effectively to ramp up your social media marketing efforts? Think of hashtags as labels for your content. It’s an effective way to tag and categorize your content so that people can find it, increasing the visibility of your posts. Twitter was actually the very first social media platform to start hyperlinking hashtags back in 2009. Shortly after, we saw many other social media platforms following in their footsteps. Hashtags are an excellent w...  Read Full Article

  When Instagram Stories first launched in 2016, I thought to myself, “This is just a copycat of Snapchat”. I doubted this new Instagram feature would be able to compete with Snapchat, because “Hey, Snapchat did it first, right?” Two years later, it seems like Instagram has leapfrogged its competitors by constantly innovating and introducing new features to keep users engaged on the platform. But why should businesses use Instagram Stories? Firstly, Instagram Stories are a quick and easy way to engage with other users and followers. According to a study conducted by Microsoft,...  Read Full Article

  Whether you’re a Facebook lover or hater, there’s no denying the social media giant has changed the world. And until recently, there wasn’t much of an argument as to the nature of Facebook’s impact – it had connected our society in an overwhelmingly positive way. Two tumultuous years and one divisive United States presidential election later, the jury is out on the current state of Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of a truly open platform. This post is intended to help businesses and marketers determine Facebook’s potential place within the future of marketing. Al...  Read Full Article

  As you delve into exploring the world of social media for your business, I’m sure these questions have crossed your mind: “Which platforms should I use?” and “How do I know which social media platform is right for my business?” Before you get ahead of yourself and leap onto one or multiple social media platforms for your business, it’s key to establish your business’ marketing goals first. If you don’t have set goals and objectives for your marketing strategy, it’s a lot harder to achieve social media success in 2018. In this blog post, we will be looking at Facebook and In...  Read Full Article

  “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow” – Bill Gates – It’s hard to believe that the Microsoft Co-founder made this prediction back in 1999! His analysis has never rung truer. Even a cursory look at the business landscape today makes it obvious that having a strong, visible web presence is absolutely vital to ensuring a steady flow of sales leads to any business. On the Internet, as in the world of business, vying for clicks is as competitive as any marketplace, and your website may need that winning edge in order to overcome the aggress...  Read Full Article

I have a friend who, for lack of a better way to describe it, often resists technology. For at least five years, he refused to get a smartphone. Instead, he lagged well behind the societal curve by clinging to his flip-phone. Don’t get me wrong, flip-phones were great and played an important role in the evolution of the cell phone. But there’s something fascinating about shunning a better and more efficient technology.Given how movies like Her and shows like Black Mirror depict the dangerous impact technology has on our society – or that most of us spend more time than we’d like w...  Read Full Article

Reports and data are a wonderful thing for strategic direction in our businesses – but only provide us value if we know how to read and interpret them! How often have you received a report, or had to issue a report, only to wonder how useful the exercise was? Your boss is demanding a return before spending another dime on marketing, but everyone is unsure how to measure effectiveness. If we understand how to capture and utilize data with the right analysis, it can really make our decision making so much simpler. We’ve put together a quick list of the types of...  Read Full Article

Building your brand takes time and resources, and in today’s connected world, the reputation that you’ve worked so hard to build can be tarnished with just a few keystrokes. Your company's information can quickly go viral, which is great - if it’s the kind of information that draws in consumers. Like it or not, what’s said about your company online can make or break your success. Fortunately, utilizing social media and content can help you to improve your digital reputation.   Be a Social Media Maven Marketers of yesteryear understood the importance of networking. Heading...  Read Full Article

Let's all be honest here: everyone imaginable in Cyprus has a social media presence now. No matter what you do or how old you are, the social sphere is so much more than viral videos and #hashtags; it’s a communication tool. Just as the newspaper was once the revolutionary, go-to source for the happenings of the world around you, the online social media arena has made the world that much smaller. Think about it: there are approx. 320 million Twitter users right now; 400 million on Instagram; and a whopping 1.59 billion on Facebook. In Cyprus we saw a 130% Facebook penetration. ...  Read Full Article

  Despite of what some thought 3 or 4 years ago, it has become clear that social media is today a core element of digital marketing. Whether it's only maintaining a brand presence, creating brand awareness, using a social media platform for reputation management or simply to show off your product it's undeniable that social media provides a lots of advantages.     Social Media Management Cyprus is more than just Facebook and Twitter   Simply 'doing social media' isn't quite as simple as just setting up a Facebook Page or Twitter Profile for your ...  Read Full Article

If you're new to the world of digital marketing, it's easy to feel like you need to immediately get your hands in as many cookie jars as you can reach. But take it easy there Cookie Monster; catching up with your competition is a necessity, but you actually don't need to do everything all at once. Getting thousands of Twitter followers or Facebook likes might seem like a good goal, but it's not a reasonable expectation, nor does it bring you what you need most: loyal customers.   To illustrate this point, I'm going to steal an anecdote from Dave Kerpen, the CEO of Likeable ...  Read Full Article

It's 2014 and customer service now occurs under the public spotlight. Whether it's on social media or via a blog post, when customers believe they have a legitimate gripe with a brand, they'll tell the world. Or at least as much of the world as they can. These days, the amount of people a consumer can potentially reach via social media is enough to hurt a brand, especially if that brand isn't listening. In today's Internet Age, customer service no longer means answering letters or sitting by the phone, it means actively monitoring various social channels to see what your custome...  Read Full Article

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: SHOW CUSTOMERS HOW MUCH YOU <3 THEM Now that you created a Facebook business page, a Twitter profile, your Google+ page and your presence on LinkedIn with a LinkedIn company page, you thought that all this would be sufficient to kick off your social media strategy. But you are solely mistaken, friend. A great social media strategy doesn't end at #hashtags and half-hearted status updates.  You and your team should be putting in a significant effort to manage your social presence as a cohesive unit. Soc...  Read Full Article

Social media’s role as an important marketing tool is no longer a matter of discussion – it’s an established and irrefutable fact! Without a doubt, social media provides great opportunities for reaching out and engaging with your customers. However, businesses with active social media presence in Cyprus often face the challenge of managing their online engagements across various social platforms in an effective manner. Our theme for this month being social relationship management , all our content marketing resources have been created to provide you with concepts, tools and str...  Read Full Article