Challenge
Cuisine Links approached us and explained how they wanted to take advantage of social media marketing. Cuisine Links did previous research and found that their niche was very active and engaging on specific social media channels. Overall, Cuisine Links really wanted to increase traffic to their website and acquire new signups for their service by using different social media channels. The challenge that Cuisine Links was facing was that they were very new to the market and it was difficult to capture the attention of their audience and then educate the audience on how their service could be useful. We were really looking forward to take on this challenge, although the foodie / cuisine industry on social media is competitive, it is a fun industry to work in when you have the right strategies in place to succeed.
Cuisine Link’s Facebook Page
Cuisine Link’s Google+ Page
250+ Stories Created, 25+ Advertisements, Proven Strategy For Website Traffic.
Approach
Since Cuisine Links wanted to use social media as a gateway for more website traffic, our approach to their social media was simple. The first thing we wanted to do was create engagement and buzz around the company but at the same time we wanted to drive people back to their website, not just have them engage with us on Cuisine Link’s social media channels. In this situation, we strategically planned out and created content in advance that was both engaging but at the same time had a “promotional” call-to-action aspect to it as well. If not executed correctly, this type of strategy can quickly go in the wrong direction and have a negative impact on the business’s social media. If your fans are constantly seeing you post self promotional content, they are not going to be interested and will “unlike” your page. To make sure that did not happen for Cuisine Links, we created a fun and engaging way to capture the fans attention and also give them a good reason to click to Cuisine Link’s website.
On the advertising side of Cuisine Link’s strategy, we did actually struggle in the beginning with how we would develop advertisements that did not look or sound too “self promotional.” After we split tested multiple campaigns, we scaled forward a few ads that were performing very well.
Content Creation
“Social Vantage Is Dedicated To Growing My Social Media Presence And Increasing Traffic To My Website. My Dedicated Social Media Manager Fully Understands Our Target Market And Implements A Professional Voice To Our Brand By Posting Engaging Content For Our Fans And Followers.” – Deepak Kumar (CEO Of Cuisine Links, Inc.)
Facebook Advertising
Results
The results for Cuisine Link’s social media marketing have been fantastic. Over a 3 month period, Cuisine Links website traffic increased over 200%, their Facebook likes increased from 1,526 organic likes to 4,928. Cuisine Links now has consistent website traffic funneling from their social media channels back to their website.
The advertising and content strategies that were used to increase the website traffic for Cuisine Links ended up increasing the website traffic twice as fast ad we originally planned. With that in place, we were able to branch off with a second strategy to also specifically focus on increasing the engagement and on-channel interaction for the Cuisine Links brand.
200% Website Traffic Increase, 222% Increase In Facebook Likes, 342% Increase In Engagement.
Cuisine Links FB Likes
Advertising Results
