Social media is at the core of today’s marketing efforts. With increasing number of social media users, it becomes easy for the marketers to promote their products and services at lower cost. Though getting more and more social media followers is a tough tasks, with right strategies you can accomplish it.

Mike Templeman, a contributor at Forbes, has shared five ways to boost your social media following.

On growing the followers by hosting social media contests, Templeman says, “Social media contests are killer methods to bring more exposure to your brand and generating buzz around your name. Besides, people love to win free prizes! You’ll discover that contests gets followers excited about your page and fosters others to get involved as well.

There are several contest ideas to choose from but the easiest is the “Like My Post to Win Contest”. Simply ask followers to like your post and follow you to enter. On networks like Instagram, it’s best to use popular hashtags (along with your branded one) to increase visibility of your content to new followers.

Encourage participants to share your post on their timeline to breed further engagement. Email your list about the contest and ask them to do the same. Finally, be sure that you giveaway prizes that compels people to join”.

5 Killer Ways To Boost Your Social Follower Numbers

Forbes

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