The revolution of engagement on social media

Social media has undergone various changes since its inception. Examples are Facebook's introduction of new features like the cover photos, scheduling of posts on pages, insights from pages, and so on. Twitter has also made some alterations on their platform. Notable among them is the "Retweet with Comment" feature which enables users to increase their character limit to more than 140 when commenting on other users' tweets. Others include sharing tweets in direct messages, uploading and editing videos, accessing location-based content and other innovative features. All these are meant to meet the changes that are going on in the digital space and for companies to stay relevant amidst the stiff competition in the industry.



Businesses are also adopting different ways to reach customers. Most of them are using social media to target their customers and prospective clients in the social media landscape. Brand engagement is also radically evolving. Businesses are finding smarter ways to reach their consumers and prospective clients. Engagement has also been tagged as a factor in marketing which increases sales; your brand wins the trust of customers and enables long lasting relationship.


According to an article on www.adweek.com by Katy D'arcy, a social media strategist, Facebook will in 2016 launch a 'Live' option which will allow brands to engage customers in new and creative ways.  If a company is launching a new product, or organising an event for its clients, it can open its event to all customers who will engage them through the Facebook "Live" feature.



If businesses want to strengthen their brand and be major players in the industry they operate in, they ought to be innovative with their engagement on social media, and for that matter, "Live" engagement on Facebook and other options from YouTube and Google Hangout. 

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