There are some similarities between the terms, but they are not the same.
Social media marketing refers to the practice of using research to build a strategy and audience, plan and execute a campaign, direct content, design and implement offers, create messaging, align web pages to marketing goals, and improve marketing performance.
Social media management is focused on running the day to day activities of the social media account(s). It may include publishing, maintaining the account, coordinating publishing, tracking various types of account activity, and overseeing the content publishing process.
Grace Digital Co. has differentiated the two because they fulfill different needs.
Examples of needs may include:
- One service is for the strategy and publishing of content in a self-managed system, and the other service is for the ongoing management of approved content
- One service combines both social media marketing and management
This page has a monopoly on social media marketing terms. Our Social Media Management page has the day-to-day account management service.
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Social Media Should Have a Job
There are plenty of business accounts that are active, but have not accomplished anything meaningful.
A graphic is posted on Monday, a generic quote is posted on Wednesday, and a promotion is posted at the end of the month (the first time in a long time that someone remembered to post).
Based on those posts, the account is active. However, from a strategy perspective, it is standing still.
Prior to posting any content, we determine what social media should accomplish for your business.
This may include:
Once the purpose has been defined, content creation will be much easier and much more effective.