Tips to improve social media referrals

A recent study at newfangled showed that the web traffic from social media results in 10 percent increase in conversions! Source.

No doubt social media is playing very important role in everything online. Whether it is a blog, business website or a ecommerce store, everyone wants to make their presence on social media platforms.

While most of the business create their profile on social media sites and promote them, not every of them is successful in getting traffic from the same.

There are some points to consider to increase social media referrals

1. By adding social media buttons :

The first and very basic step to increase social media traffic is to add social media buttons to the website. Adding social media buttons such as social login and social sharing feature encourages users to share more. Make sure that the buttons are lightweight and are attractive enough to catch visitor’s attention.

2. Join the conversation :

Every social media platform has a trend within. Something always keeps trending all the time. You can leverage this opportunity by joining that viral conversation. it can be anything,

a hashtag, a video, or some topic. Get into in and you might start getting enormous if the subject is relevant to your niche.

3. Add Friend Invite :

Encouraging users to invite their friends and reward them for referral is all time hit. As people love to buy a product recommended by a friend online.

4. Adding social commenting :

We all know how SPAM comments have ruined the blogs. No matter how much anti SPAM techniques you use, there are always some bot comments pending in your dashboard. Allowing users to login via social networks is a great way to add authentic comments to the blog. It add credibility to the blog and helps in increasing traffic.

To read the complete article,do read 5 Ways to Dramatically Boost Social Media Referrals by Rakesh Soni of LoginRadius. Source : http://digital-cage.blogspot.in/2014/12/tips-to-improve-social-media-referrals.html