Following Facebook's data breach in 2018 there are a lot of social media
marketers or religious marketers in general looking for other platforms to
use as a lead generation or even sales generation resource and in today's video
I'm going to cover the top 5 social media marketing alternatives in
chronological order of which one is best to lease best for local businesses so
here we go the my name is Jordan Steen also known as Cereal Entrepreneur and at
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here at my channel now trust in Facebook to a 66% plunge in 2018 again it's all
because of the scandal that happened with the data breach and the thing about
that is it's going to make marketers start to shift to other platforms and
look for other alternatives when businesses and consumers aren't really
in sync with the platform but before we do that make sure to stay tuned to the
end of todays video where I had max often wrong Marino Jeremy Adams tons of
Facebook marketers actually give me their thoughts on Facebook and where
it'll be in 2020 so stay tuned we'll give you access to that
so the first platform is going to be pretty obvious but it's one we had to
mention and it's number one priority in my book for local and small to medium
sized businesses because it can really get your audiences to engage that is
Instagram. Instagram is a completely different beast though it is owned by
Facebook they're completely run and operated almost 100% separately there
are a couple of places for example Facebook business manager where they
kind of co-mingle but for the most part they're completely separate so you don't
really have anything to worry about people started leaving Facebook and
actually engaging more on Instagram because of that fact so Instagram number
one number two is gonna be YouTube and guys YouTube is super super awesome for
driving traffic and building a brand so that way you can build product offerings
or service offerings for any business making them able to sell products and
services online now as far as putting together content is concerned and really
being able to convince someone that you're an authority showing them reviews
and just giving them every reason possible to buy from you YouTube is the
platform for exactly that it allows you to showcase exactly who your business is
what you're about how you're able to help and do it all in video form plus
it's a video search engine so if you're not creating video content then you're
not gonna show up in search engine results for videos when your potential
clients are looking so YouTube is easily number two oh and if you're interested
in building a YouTube channel you know we got you we put together a video on
that already so check out this video on how to start one in 2019 now as far as
social media platforms are concerned number three is gonna be snapchat and
snapchats a really cool way for people to have quick conversations with their
customers so for example if you have a bunch of customers that have a lot of
quick simple easy questions to answer and they just need an outlet it works as
a really great platform the snapchat stories makes it awesome for you to
showcase anything and everything your business offers oh and they even have
bitmojis which are pretty cool like it allows you to create a character that
looks kind of like you and you can put it out there and interact with other
bitmoji so it again allows you to engage in a much more realistic way with your
audiences even if you're not face to face number four is one that some people
don't really consider a social media platform but in my opinion it is and
that's LinkedIn guys LinkedIn is a really great platform for anybody b2b or
even if it is b2c if they're looking for recruitment or if they're looking to
build a stronger community within their own business LinkedIn is the place to do
that plus again if you're doing b2b it really is a spot you need to be because
it's where you can instantly get in front of vp's high level execs and get
your message to them and show them why your product or service is gonna help
benefit their business the fifth and final business is going to be Twitter
and it barely made the list but it did make the list because it is still
important if you are in a specific industry where you have a ton of
authority especially if you're in a local market if you're let's say an
attorney that has a big face and that you're well-known around the area you're
gonna want to make sure that your twitter is active and that you're
posting things that are relevant and meaningful to your local audience make
sure that twitter is not just left out it isn't something that's
irrelevant it's just not as important as the other four that we mentioned prior
to oh and if you're looking for a quick video on social media marketing
monitoring tools for 2019 we just actually released a video on that check
that out appear in the top right hand corner
so in conclusion Trust has declined with social media marketing some specific
platforms individually but overall as well the good news is guys that we
all know that social media marketing platforms aren't going anywhere because
it is how we stay connected with our friends our family our businesses right
so it's not going anywhere what you need to consider is whether you should be
looking at these other alternatives more seriously for individual clients or
whether Facebook really is going to be the best option for you since you stayed
till the end make sure to check out this video in the top right hand corner again
we had several influencers get together and give me their thoughts on Facebook
and where it'll be in 2020 if you want to know their opinion make sure to see
that video but I'm gonna get out of here guys and I will see you all on the next
one until then Cereal Entrepreneur out bye guys ready to start living the
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