21 \\ Algorithm Updates Got Your Social Media Engagement Down? 10 Social Media Marketing Strategies To Increase Engagement
If you've noticed a drop in likes, comments, or reach lately, you're not the only one. A lot of small business owners are seeing the same thing and wondering what changed. The truth is, social media platforms have shifted how content gets seen, and what used to work isn’t always cutting it anymore.
In this episode, I’m talking about why your social media engagement might be down and what you can do to turn it around.
We’re diving into what’s really going on with the social media algorithm right now, especially with all the recent algorithm updates. If you're just getting started with small business social media or you've been showing up online for years, this episode shares clear steps to help you shift your social media strategy so it actually works in 2025.
I’ll walk you through what’s changed with the algorithm, how to use a strong call to action to get more audience interaction, and why consistency alone won’t cut it anymore. You’ll learn when to post, how to respond to comments in a way that boosts reach, and simple ways to refresh your content. I’ll also explain why showing up as a real person matters more than ever, and how to increase engagement with small and daily actions. These are realistic, tested engagement strategies you can use right now!
If you’ve been frustrated with your engagement lately, don’t stress. This episode is full of practical tips you can start using today.
Let’s get your social media working with you again.
With all my support,
Chey
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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,920 Cheyanne: A lot of the conversations I have with small 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:06,180 business owners tend to get back around the algorithm, because it 3 00:00:06,180 --> 00:00:10,260 is something like the wind. It's always changing direction, and 4 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:13,080 if you don't keep up with it, unfortunately, it really can 5 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:17,940 work against you. So as of this episode, April 2025 this is 6 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:20,600 what's working, and this is what you want to implement right 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,840 away, if especially your engagement is dropping, and how 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,280 to make sure that you build it up. 9 00:00:30,740 --> 00:00:34,040 Unknown: Welcome to Social Media for small businesses. Are you 10 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:38,300 ready to turn social media into a powerful marketing funnel that 11 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,200 drives growth, connects authentically with your audience 12 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:45,520 and boost sales. I'm Cheyenne Clayman, social media strategist 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,900 and agency owner here to help you transform your social media 14 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:53,920 into a tool for measurable results. Each episode, you'll 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,820 get actionable strategies, real life examples and proven 16 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:02,340 techniques to grow your brand and make an impact. So grab a 17 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:06,360 notebook and pen. It's time to make social media work for you. 18 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,800 Have you noticed recently that your likes, comments and reach 19 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,720 have just taken a total nosedive? No, the algorithm 20 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,980 doesn't hate you, but maybe what used to work just isn't hitting 21 00:01:24,980 --> 00:01:28,400 the same anymore. If you're feeling frustrated, you're not 22 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,240 alone. This is exactly why I created this episode, because 23 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,600 social media platforms are constantly changing, and if 24 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,040 you're not adapting with it, your engagement will suffer. But 25 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,180 don't worry. Today, I'm going to break down the top reasons your 26 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:47,140 engagement might be dropping, and perhaps most important, how 27 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:51,280 to fix it starting today. So buckle up if you're like me, 28 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,280 grab your favorite matcha or kombucha if you're a little more 29 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,700 fancy, and get ready to take notes, because this is going to 30 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:02,460 transform your social media this day. So if you're new to this 31 00:02:02,460 --> 00:02:07,020 podcast, it's officially episode 21 and I cannot believe that 32 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:09,660 it's here. I've been doing this podcast once a week since it 33 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:13,560 started, so we're almost in a half a year together. But my 34 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,740 journey with social media and podcasting did not start just 35 00:02:16,740 --> 00:02:21,080 six months ago. I've been living out, building my own brands for 36 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,500 over 10 years. Ever since I lived and worked in Los Angeles, 37 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:28,040 I've really been passionate about helping other small 38 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,160 business owners like cut through all the crap to be honest, and 39 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:36,140 help just get really simplified, honest and realistic solutions 40 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:38,780 that are going to help amplify their business online and move 41 00:02:38,780 --> 00:02:42,640 their social media forward. So a lot of the conversations I have 42 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,480 with small business owners tend to somehow get back around the 43 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,500 algorithm, because it is something like the wind. It's 44 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,500 always changing direction, and if you don't keep up with it, 45 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:57,580 unfortunately, it really can work against you. So as of this 46 00:02:57,580 --> 00:03:01,440 episode, April 2025 this is what's working, and this is what 47 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,140 you want to implement right away, if especially your 48 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:07,200 engagement is dropping, and how to make sure that you build it 49 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,100 up. Because higher engagement means more people, feeling seen, 50 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:14,340 feeling heard on your social and ultimately, that's going to lead 51 00:03:14,340 --> 00:03:17,460 to what you really want, which is more business and more sales. 52 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,020 So just know first and foremost, that the algorithm, it 53 00:03:21,020 --> 00:03:25,580 prioritizes conversations, not just content. In the past, you 54 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:28,400 could push out a bunch of content just over and over and 55 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,940 over, and it would tell the algorithm, hey, you're a popular 56 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:35,120 account because you're producing more. But one of the biggest 57 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,660 reasons engagement drops now, specifically on platforms like, 58 00:03:38,660 --> 00:03:42,220 say, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn is because they now 59 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:45,340 change how they rank their posts. They no longer rank it 60 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,500 based on consistency. It's more ranked on quality. So it's not 61 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:54,520 just about what you post, it's how much interaction your post 62 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,940 gets in right away. That is why, if you've listened to any other 63 00:03:57,940 --> 00:04:01,080 episodes of this podcast, you know, almost every single time, 64 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,100 I always emphasize how important it is not to just post in Ghost. 65 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,760 So what that means in social media, land and world is that 66 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,760 you don't want to just post something and then not give it 67 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,780 any attention. You should be the first comment underneath every 68 00:04:15,780 --> 00:04:19,320 one of your posts. A really clever way to do that is to 69 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,060 create a second call to action. And why is it your second one? 70 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,660 Because you should have had one call to action, a CTA, as you 71 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:31,040 may hear it in your actual caption. So boost your algorithm 72 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:35,360 chances even more and put a call to action in the comments below 73 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,740 to get people talking. So one way you can fix, or a couple 74 00:04:39,740 --> 00:04:43,420 ways I would say that you could fix this is not just by being 75 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:46,840 the first comment, but make sure that you post when your audience 76 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,540 is online. So you may be wondering, well, Cheyenne, how 77 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:52,660 the heck do I know that? Well, almost all of these apps 78 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:57,160 nowadays have insights to see your peak times. One thing I 79 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,920 love about a tool that we use with our clients that. 80 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,300 Work with us monthly is we have this tool that actually tells 81 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:08,100 that us across the board, when to post, because it tracks all 82 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:11,100 of the active times of every single one of their accounts and 83 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:15,240 tells us when to post so that we can work smarter and not harder, 84 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,660 so that we can make sure that we are posting when that audience 85 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:21,860 is on and ready to engage. Another way you can fix this is 86 00:05:21,860 --> 00:05:25,700 to respond to comments immediately. So this tells the 87 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,360 algorithm that your post is worth showing to more people. 88 00:05:29,540 --> 00:05:33,440 Whenever I hop on and do an audit of an account, it really 89 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,100 pains my heart when I see comments left unnoticed, because 90 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,040 it's really like having a conversation with someone and 91 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,260 just leaving them hanging, you know? Or when I talk with my 92 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:46,960 five year old, it's the worst when I'm having a conversation 93 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,260 with him and he's just staring blankly at me or ignoring me. 94 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,500 And to be honest, it can be frustrating, right? Any parents 95 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,960 out there listening? I'm sure you can say, Amen, well, that's 96 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,620 exactly what your potential customers are thinking and 97 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:02,400 feeling when you leave their comment unaddressed, especially 98 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,140 for days or weeks on your post, so make sure you have someone 99 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,080 responding to these people so that again, they're getting 100 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,540 their questions, they're getting their comments seen and heard. 101 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,260 And also, another great tip, and to make sure that you 102 00:06:16,260 --> 00:06:19,560 organically do this anyways, is before you post new content, 103 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,540 spend 10 minutes engaging with others. Go on your most recent 104 00:06:23,540 --> 00:06:26,660 posts, and even if no one's commented, go look at the likes. 105 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:30,380 You can go click on likes and see who's commented, and then go 106 00:06:30,380 --> 00:06:33,440 and write on their pages, because that's gonna send a 107 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,040 notification to them and say your business wrote on their 108 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,860 comments, on their post or on their comment, and then they're 109 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:43,480 gonna come back and check and see what have you been up to, so 110 00:06:43,540 --> 00:06:46,420 they get a chance to see your new content. And this is just 111 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:50,920 such a great way to warm up the algorithm to your content. And 112 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,120 then I have a tip that basically is an overall way to fix it, 113 00:06:55,180 --> 00:06:58,960 just long term. So we already talked about when you post to 114 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,520 make sure you spend time engaging with people right away 115 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,280 or say around that. But what about on the days that you're 116 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,840 not posting? Because social media can work for you, even if 117 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,560 you don't post daily or not. So I hope that you just took a big 118 00:07:14,820 --> 00:07:18,180 there and realized that, you know, for our clients, we 119 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:21,320 actually have a top package that we produce for people, and it's 120 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,520 four to five times a week, and that would be our top package. 121 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,240 And so as you notice, we don't even post every day a week for 122 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:34,940 our clients, but we do make sure that all posts and comments are 123 00:07:34,940 --> 00:07:39,440 responded to within 24 hours. And a huge mistake I see people 124 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,420 doing when it comes to posting regularly on social is that they 125 00:07:43,420 --> 00:07:47,800 post but they're not engaging. So again, always just coming 126 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,460 back to that, thinking about just human nature, like when, in 127 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:54,760 person, you're with people, it's kind of, I always like to go 128 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,120 back to on this podcast, just the principle of dating, right, 129 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,780 especially in modern day, dating, if you're not texting 130 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:03,420 someone back, if you're not engaging with them in 131 00:08:03,420 --> 00:08:06,300 conversation, that relationship's just gonna fall 132 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:09,480 dead. So you have to look at it the same way when it comes to 133 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,880 your audience or your potential customers, if you're not 134 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,940 interacting with your audience, why should they interact with 135 00:08:14,940 --> 00:08:18,120 you, and ultimately, why should they purchase from you? Right? 136 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:22,700 So some simple things you really can do is just blocking out 15 137 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:25,340 minutes a day to engage with your followers and your ideal 138 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:28,880 clients. I mean, I'm just gonna keep it real, guys. This can be 139 00:08:28,940 --> 00:08:33,080 when you're on the toilet or when you are sitting around the 140 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,480 TV at night. Please don't do this when you're trying to have 141 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,000 a conversation with your husband or wife or your kids, you know. 142 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:42,880 But block out 15 minutes. It can even be five minutes three times 143 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,060 a day, where you are intentionally engaging with your 144 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:49,120 followers. One thing that I do that works really well for me is 145 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,840 I set timers. I put a timer on my phone to go off so that I 146 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,680 remember, Oh yeah, it's time to go interact with my audience. 147 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,560 It's just like you would do if you had a brick and mortar shop. 148 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:03,240 Right when people walk in your shop, you would interact with 149 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,060 them. You would talk with them. So the same thing, you have to 150 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:10,020 look at social media, even if you don't sell things online say 151 00:09:10,020 --> 00:09:13,020 you do have a brick and mortar store, you have to remember that 152 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:16,680 online is any of your social media is like your store. So 153 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:21,080 make sure you engage with people that come into your store. You 154 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,740 also want to make sure that you join relevant conversations, say 155 00:09:24,740 --> 00:09:27,740 in groups or comment sections. This is another little trick 156 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:30,440 that we teach at claim and social media, and also a way 157 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:35,360 that we do lead generation is we go find our clients, and also 158 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:40,160 our own potential clients and customers where they hang out on 159 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,300 the internet. And so a lot of times this looks like Facebook 160 00:09:43,300 --> 00:09:46,720 groups or comment sections of potential partners or other 161 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,500 brands that are like ours. Going to find them is another way to 162 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:54,880 nurture those relationships and call people back to you. 163 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,400 Ultimately, at the end of the day, you just want to remember 164 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,920 as much as it is tempting to allow. 165 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:04,140 About AI to do so much of this for you, you got to remember 166 00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:09,480 that people want human connection. I think where in the 167 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,660 past, like a couple years ago, people didn't like very 168 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:15,900 fabricated posts, like posts that just looked too perfect. 169 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:19,620 They had too much say Photoshop and things because it felt fake. 170 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:25,100 I feel that AI bots responding and typing for you has become 171 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:28,460 that new version. So to say it's not that they can't be efficient 172 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:31,580 and helpful. I mean, even with our multiple brands that my 173 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:36,020 husband and I own, we do use AI here and there, but overall, we 174 00:10:36,020 --> 00:10:39,200 like to look at it as more of the exception to the rule, 175 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:43,780 right? So not the norm. The norm is that we want to keep social 176 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,100 media social, right, keep it real, keep it and give it that 177 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:51,400 human touch. So make sure that when you are engaging with 178 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,700 people online, that you don't leave it all to AI, and that 179 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:57,100 when you are actually interacting, act like a real 180 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:01,560 person, not a billboard. Make sure that another way that you 181 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:06,480 can fix why engagement is dropping and how to turn it on 182 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,660 its head and turn it around, is that you want to make sure that 183 00:11:09,660 --> 00:11:14,520 your content is continually fresh and new. Your engagement 184 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,700 could be dropping if you've kind of fallen into a repetitive 185 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,860 nature or kind of stale like say you're not a Canva novice, and 186 00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:24,260 you start using the same templates, and every week, you 187 00:11:24,260 --> 00:11:28,340 kind of have the same type of post. If your posts look and 188 00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:31,160 sound the same every week, honestly, people are just going 189 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,280 to tune you out. And that's the unfortunate name of the game. 190 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,760 Engagement drops when people expect your content and they 191 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,560 don't fuel a reason to interact. So couple ways you can fix that 192 00:11:41,860 --> 00:11:46,360 is experiment. Experiment with a few new post formats. So say 193 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,300 you're always doing carousels, right? That's that picture after 194 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:51,700 picture after picture kind of telling a story in several 195 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:55,960 pictures. Try reels. I mean, video is king. Videos are the 196 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,840 ones that are converting the most. Now I understand that 197 00:11:59,020 --> 00:12:01,740 reels are sometimes hard to keep up with because they are video 198 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:05,400 content. And it could be easier just to stick with Canva or 199 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,520 stick with creating your own static posts, but I cannot 200 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,580 encourage you enough to even just throw in one different 201 00:12:11,580 --> 00:12:14,820 thing. It can be also something like polls or behind the scenes 202 00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:18,840 content using storytelling is really, really powerful, like 203 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,620 sharing your personal experience, even sharing with 204 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:24,740 people your customer wins, or Honestly, even their struggles 205 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:28,220 or your struggles, like people want to relate to you. Where 206 00:12:28,220 --> 00:12:31,640 have you come from? How does your services, your offers, your 207 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,120 products? How would it help them get out of that same struggle? 208 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,560 And besides switching up the post formats, you also want to 209 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:43,900 make sure that you have a mix of content. So there are three E's 210 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:47,980 that I live by when it comes to my own social media content, but 211 00:12:47,980 --> 00:12:51,640 also ones that we put into practice for our clients, and 212 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:56,320 that is educational, entertaining and engaging. Okay, 213 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,500 so even if you made yourself a new content plan or a promise 214 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:04,260 that you're going to do three posts a week, make one of them 215 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:07,740 educational. Share something specific from your industry. 216 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:11,580 Help give people value. Two. Make something entertaining, 217 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:14,040 something that's going to make them laugh. Add some humor, and 218 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,520 then engaging, right? Engaging is more. Making it about your 219 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:22,280 audience. Ask them for opinions or their experiences. Now, 220 00:13:22,340 --> 00:13:25,160 something else that, unfortunately, I see as we're 221 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,880 about to wrap up this episode that typically is starting to 222 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,740 tank engagement is that people are relying too much on sales 223 00:13:33,740 --> 00:13:37,520 posts. I get it, you're a business, right? You are not a 224 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,600 business. I remember a business coach or mentor telling me this 225 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,200 one time, very bluntly, saying, Are you making money? If you're 226 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,040 not, you're not a business. It's just a passion project. So I get 227 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,520 it, it hit me square between the eyes. So to say is maybe it just 228 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,580 did you, or when you feel that pressure, like I've got to make 229 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:57,580 money, I've got to make money. And I understand that. But if 230 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,380 every one of your posts is buy this, sign up for that people 231 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:04,620 are just gonna feel sold to and they're gonna start ignoring 232 00:14:04,620 --> 00:14:08,280 your content again. Social media should feel like a two way 233 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,060 conversation, not a one sided sales pitch, right? It's like 234 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:16,560 you don't wanna sound or come off as that dirty car salesman. 235 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:21,320 So one way that you can fix it is alongside your making sure 236 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,620 your content is educational, entertaining and engaging. 237 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:31,220 Follow the 8020 rule, 80% value, 20% promotion. And in case you 238 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:34,340 have this fear, I'm going to nip it in the butt right away. Don't 239 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:39,800 ever feel like you're giving away too much. 80% value feels 240 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:45,220 like a lot, but remember, people are going to come to you because 241 00:14:45,220 --> 00:14:48,340 they trust you and because you've given so much value, 242 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:52,900 rather than the opposite. You don't want 80% promotion and 20% 243 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:57,940 value. So another way that you can kind of twist this in your 244 00:14:57,940 --> 00:14:59,920 favor is even in the 20. 245 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,260 Promotion posts. Make sure that they are still engaging. Don't 246 00:15:04,260 --> 00:15:08,220 just make it about the sale. Tell a story, share a 247 00:15:08,220 --> 00:15:12,660 transformation, or use a case study to give value to what you 248 00:15:12,660 --> 00:15:16,620 are promoting. Remember, instead of hard selling, build 249 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,180 relationships. Anyone that works in sales and are really good in 250 00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:24,080 sales, they will tell you that too and remind you that people 251 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,920 buy from those that they trust. If your engagement has been 252 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,180 dropping and you don't know why, well, how about letting my team 253 00:15:32,180 --> 00:15:36,500 and I take a look. We have a $97 social media audit that will 254 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,480 analyze your social media accounts and show you exactly 255 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,660 what's working and what's not, and how to boost your engagement 256 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:47,680 immediately if you're ready for even bigger results, our monthly 257 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,340 Social Media Services can take all the engagement off your 258 00:15:51,340 --> 00:15:53,860 plate. So everything I talked about in the checklist that 259 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:56,260 you've probably created in your head or in your notes from 260 00:15:56,260 --> 00:16:00,780 today's episode, we can do for you so you can focus on running 261 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,860 your business. The link to both of those services is in the show 262 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:08,100 notes below, so go ahead and check it out. If your engagement 263 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:11,880 is dropping, please remember not to panic. The key is to post 264 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:15,720 when your audience is active, engage consistently mix up your 265 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:20,180 content and focus on relationships over sales. As you 266 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:23,240 know, my favorite part of every episode is to give you a mini 267 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,620 challenge and actionable tip. And here it is, spend 10 extra 268 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:31,280 minutes engaging before you post and see if it makes a 269 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,600 difference. I would really love to hear if it makes a difference 270 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,240 for you. So let me know your results. Also in the show notes 271 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,560 below are the links to all of my social media. Come on over and 272 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,080 tell me your success stories, and I would love to share it on 273 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,620 a future episode of this podcast. And if you enjoyed this 274 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:50,500 episode, hit that subscribe button, because next time I'm 275 00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:55,060 going to be sharing how social media and different hacks for 276 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:59,620 your social media can increase engagement without posting more, 277 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,060 cannot wait to dive into that episode with you. Until then, 278 00:17:03,180 --> 00:17:06,360 have an absolutely amazing day, and I'll talk to you soon. 279 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:06,960 Bosses, 280 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,840 thanks for tuning in to social media for small businesses. Now, 281 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,500 time to go apply what you learned to elevate your social 282 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:20,040 media strategy, and remember to grab this week's free resource 283 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,780 from the show notes below. And if you're ready to make social 284 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:27,980 media work for your business growth, just head on over to www 285 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:31,940 claimansocial dot media to book your free discovery. Call with 286 00:17:31,940 --> 00:17:35,960 us. We're here to help turn your social media efforts into real, 287 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,740 measurable results. Until the next episode, keep building, 288 00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:42,400 keep connecting, and I'll see you on social. You.