Back Sosialemediabemarking Afrikaans التسويق عبر شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي Arabic Sosial media marketinq Azerbaijani Soziales Netzwerk-Marketing BAR Màrqueting de xarxes socials Catalan Social media marketing Danish Social Media Marketing German Προώθηση κοινωνικής δικτύωσης Greek Mercadotecnia en medios sociales Spanish Sare sozialetako marketin Basque
Social media marketing is the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service. Although the terms e-marketing and digital marketing are still dominant in academia, social media marketing is becoming more popular for both practitioners and researchers. Most social media platforms such as: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and X, among others, have built-in data analytics tools, enabling companies to track the progress, success, and engagement of social media marketing campaigns. Companies address a range of stakeholders through social media marketing, including current and potential customers, current and potential employees, journalists, bloggers, and the general public. On a strategic level, social media marketing includes the management of a marketing campaign, governance, setting the scope (e.g. more active or passive use) and the establishment of a firm's desired social media "culture" and "tone". When using social media marketing, firms can allow customers and Internet users to post user-generated content (e.g., online comments, product reviews, etc.), also known as "earned media", rather than use marketer-prepared advertising copy.