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Yogafurie: Suffering overload from multi-channel social media networking

Like many businesses, managing social media was proving a challenge for Yogafurie. They were using Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with very little response from their followers.  As a growing business, they needed to promote a range of classes and teachers hosted at their Bristol-based Hot Yoga studio. They knew their ideal customers would be spending time on social media but found it hard to make time to create posts and learn every platform organically. It’s a family-run business with a team of three, managing the studio, looking after customers and working with teachers to build their skills and brand ethos – with no dedicated marketing resource. No surprise: they didn’t have much presence on any of the platforms and weren’t sharing posts consistently. They lacked visibility online, even though the studio is based in a lively Bristol residential neighbourhood and despite the fun and outgoing personality of the brand. (Something which many small businesses can identify with!)

Social media coaching to boost local engagement

Having met Kimba Digital Marketing, managing director, Ed Wood, arranged a consultation. Kimba’s proposal for a series of six-month social media coaching sessions suited Yogafurie, as it’s designed to keep social media plans on track, provide a level of accountability and educate the team on how to use each platform. Following a monthly report of how YogaFurie are doing on social media, Kimba visited the YogaFurie studio and worked side-by-side with the team through anything highlighted in the report as well as particular areas of interest.

Crucially, one session is focused on analytical reporting for the business and showing the management team what to look for in the results. After covering the essentials on how to deliver a different strategy for each platform and different types of posts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, the final sessions covered Facebook advertising and event promotions.

“The sessions with Kimba were structured yet varied; she always came with a plan to run through and showed us all the insights from the reports. The coaching really helped me shift my mindset on how to create good content for each channel. It’s easier to adapt the style of our posts and use more hashtags on Instagram. We are still struggling to get above 40-50 likes on some posts, but I know how to test them. We’re much better at sharing our real personalities now I understand how each of the different platforms work.” Sinead Wood, assistant director, Yogafurie.

Impact on Yogafurie’s social networking

Ed Wood, managing director of Yogafurie

“There was always a gem in each of the social media coaching sessions that we had never seen before to benefit our marketing. We were looking for improvements, which Kimba was able to demonstrate in the reports. Our presence is definitely ahead of where we were, and it helps clients to enjoy the vibe from Yogafurie. We advertise our events on Eventbrite as well as Facebook, and certainly can attribute a percentage of the sales to the Facebook event posts.”

The Facebook page has attracted a local following of over 1,500, reminding customers Yogafurie is nearby. They post events publicly as early as possible to generate interest and chat with their followers. On Instagram, Yogafurie posts regular behind the scenes photos, motivational memes and more about the people – plus glances at the “what’s on” chalkboard advertising the events. They are tweeting daily.

Each year, Yogafurie runs a members’ survey to gather feedback about the classes and service. A wider following on social media enables them to spread the word faster and more responses helps them to make plans for the business. Working with Kimba Digital Marketing has improved their technical knowledge enough to run their social media in-house.

The reports from Kimba Digital Marketing show that in six months of coaching, there was a significant impact on Yogafurie’s social media engagement:

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More Twitter followers
%
More Facebook likes
%
More Instagram followers
%
Increase in link clicks on Twitter (monthly)
%
Traffic increase from all social channels to the website
%
Increase in people mentioning the YogaFurie Facebook page per month
%
Increase in post reactions on Facebook (for example love, laugh, wow)

Want to improve your social media results?

If you would like to know more about social media marketing or would like to see how your business can improve we offer social media coaching for your business or an outsourced social media management service. If you have any other queries or want to book a session, contact us!

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