{"id":8138,"date":"2015-02-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=8138&#038;preview_id=8138"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:19:55","slug":"successful-small-business-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/successful-small-business-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Habits of Successful Small Business Social Media Marketers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you\u00a0strapped for time? Does your <a title=\"3 Social Media Marketing Ideas That Will Boost Customer Retention In 10 Minutes or Less\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/social-media-marketing-tasks\/\">social media marketing<\/a> need a boost? Not sure how\u00a0to get started? Social media doesn&#8217;t have to be a time suck. It just requires consistency. If you are new to social media or time strapped or just need a refresher, if done regularly, the three\u00a0basic tasks below <strong>will<\/strong> produce results. Develop these easy habits today to implement on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.<\/p>\n<h3>Daily: Customer and brand monitoring across social media<\/h3>\n<p>42% of people expect a response <em>within 60 minutes<\/em>. Customer service monitoring is the only type of monitoring that should be done in \u2018near\u2019 real-time. Encourage customer feedback and\u00a0participate in conversations across\u00a0social media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8:00 AM, Noon and 5:00 PM. Prioritize responses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Set a calendar reminder<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tool:<\/strong> <a title=\"Customer Service and Brand Monitoring\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/real-time-social-media-brand-monitoring\/\">Mention.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weekly: Create original content or share 3rd party content<\/h3>\n<p>Your social accounts need new content to survive. Original content posted on your own blog not only activates social but also plays a big role in your SEO efforts. No time to write consistently? Find a few reliable sources of information in your industry, add your commentary and share it with your audience. Become a resource.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2-3x per week<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"How to Increase Blog Traffic by Changing the Way You Think about Scheduling Social Media Updates\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/dlvrit-q-makes-it-easy-to-schedule-blog-content\/\">Repost popular content<\/a> from your archives<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tool:<\/strong> Use <a title=\"dlvr.it: Share Better\" href=\"http:\/\/dlvr.it\" target=\"_blank\">dlvr.it <\/a>to share content to your social networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Monthly:\u00a0Deep dive into analytics<\/h3>\n<p>Hopefully you are using a tool to monitor response on social media and engagement on your website and blog. Use the analytics as a guide to determine where you should be spending more time in social media. What content is resonating with your audience? What social network gets you the most traffic? How does the time of day effect response rate?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time: <\/strong>Schedule a\u00a0specific\u00a0monthly reminder in your calendar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tip: <\/strong>Append all the links you share on social with tracking parameters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tool:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"How to Auto Enable Google Analytics UTM Tracking Code for Social Media\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/auto-enable-google-analytics-utm-tracking-codes-to-social-media-posts\/\">Auto add Google UTM tracking codes<\/a> to all your URLs on social media with dlvr.it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more tips, continue reading &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/best-social-media-ideas-for-busy-owners\/\">56 Time Saving Social Media Ideas for the Time-Strapped Business Owner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you\u00a0strapped for time? Does your social media marketing need a boost? Not sure how\u00a0to get started? 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