How to Reach 10k Followers in 100 Days: Social Media Marketing Case Study of a Jewellery Brand

“If all that glitters is not gold…then it is definitely diamonds!”

Says Vajra Jewels. Industry leaders in manufacturing and designing precious real and natural diamond jewellery, and also a client for whom we manage digital strategy and marketing in Ahmedabad, including their Instagram page. A page that we grew from 3k followers to 10k followers in 100 days!

But first things first…

WHY DO YOU NEED MORE FOLLOWERS?

With over approximately 800 million monthly active users, Instagram is among the top 5 social media platforms. Making it an absolute favourite of the best social media marketing companies worldwide. These active users have a vital role to play as followers and brand advocators. Followers can contribute to the success of a business by liking or reposting posts, sharing them in stories and even referring the posts to others via DMs.

From a digital marketing agency standpoint having more followers can have the following benefits:

• Interest potential customers
• Develop a rapport with existing and potential customers
• Increase visibility
• Lead to more interactions
• Attract more followers
• Promote your brand value faster

With this understanding of followers, before we dive into how the best social media marketing company in Ahmedabad grew Instagram followers for this account, let’s understand the client’s background.

Vajra began in 2003 as a B2B jewellery brand with an in-house designing and manufacturing unit with a penchant for creating unique and custom jewellery with real and natural diamonds. Long before onboarding a digital marketing agency for Instagram marketing.

After many years and many more business exhibitions across the nation the founders decided to extend their diamond jewellery business to the B2C market. They made their unique and custom designs available directly to retail customers.

To keep up with the changing times, they on-boarded the top digital marketing company in Ahmedabad, Flora Fountain as their “digital therapists”. In this role, we created a digital strategy and then executed this strategy as their branding agency, logo designers and website development company, while also managing their social media efforts.

And then through concentrated efforts of digital strategy, thoughtful promotions and engaging content, we were able to grow Vajra Jewels from 3K to 10K followers in less than 100 days Instagram. Here’s the science behind the magic.

OUR JOURNEY FROM 3K TO 10K FOLLOWERS WITHIN 100 DAYS

HYGIENE CHECK

Flora Fountain has been the digital marketing agency of Vajra Jewels since early 2019. The first thing we did was run a hygiene check on the brand’s digital presence. It started with branding.

LOGO REDESIGN

While the brand logo was created while the focus was on B2B sales, it did not matter what story it told as much. However, venturing into B2C sales meant having a brand logo that resonated with the target audience. So we decided to re-design the logo.

BRAND POSITIONING & BRAND STORY

At the same time, we realised that the brand had to have an interesting story to resonate with its audience, primarily women getting married and her family. And secondarily, women overall. So in addition to the focus on real and 100% natural diamonds, we came up with the concept of the Vajra Woman, who buys, chooses jewellery and wears jewellery with confidence and for herself.

SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE

Another finding was that the brand Vajra Jewels was present only on Facebook, as a profile and spoke in the language of diamond traders focusing on information updates about exhibitions or in terms of technical details. The desire for their beautiful product had to be created.

Since we found that a majority of their target audience was on Instagram and Facebook, we decided to create a Facebook and an Instagram profile, with a bio and logo befitting a luxury brand.

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Captions That Captivate! 8 Tips to Write for Social Media

What attracts the attention of the viewer on social media?

• A beautiful visual
• A good photograph
• A stunning design

But what results in an interaction on the post, a LIKE, a COMMENT, a DM (direct message) or a link click?

A captivating caption, something that delights the reader, generates curiosity in them, convinces them to read further and take action.

While sharing photos or creatives on social media, a well-written caption will set the tone for the post, inspire your followers, give value, spark discussion, and demonstrate the brand`s personality.

And here are some suggestions for creating a compelling caption and improving a brand`s social media marketing approach.

FIRST IMPRESSION IS WHAT LASTS!

With people`s attention spans shrinking, a strong opening line will help you grab their attention. While you have the entire text box to narrate a story about the post, it is the first 50 characters that matter. Especially on Instagram, because people are going to click on the “Read more…” call out only if the first line leaves them intrigued and wanting for more.

Your captions should be a natural extension of your post. There must be a strong connection between the image and the caption. Never let a post get published without a copy or simply repeat what is written in the image copy, as your caption. A repetitive copy is as useless as a post with no caption.

FULFILL THE INTENTION

Your captions must fulfill the purpose behind the post. Before you write a caption, ask these questions to yourself: Are you trying to establish a connection with the target audience? Do you want them to take action after reading your caption? or are you simply showing off the brand`s personality through the writing.

If it is an action post, make sure you make it clear in the second or third line of your caption on what the reader needs to do.

“Click on the link in bio”

“Call 123456789 to know more”

“Share your thoughts in the comments below”

These are some examples of Call To Action phrases to be used in captions.

GET THEM TALKING!

Create social media captions that elicit feedback and encourage your audience to comment on your post.

One of the simplest ways to increase the number of comments on your post is to ask a question. The questions don`t have to be difficult; they should be basic and simple.

Inviting your audience to submit their tips, reviews, and recommendations is a fantastic method to engage them. Because trust us, your users will not respond to you unless you ask them to.

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Digital Crisis Management During Corona [COVID-19] | 10 Steps To Maintain Your Business’ Digital Health

As the world fights a pandemic, it becomes all the bit more essential for a business person to innovate different ways to educate their customers. While everyone is focusing on cost control and reducing marketing activities, here’s how a smart business person can make a huge difference while being at home during the Corona [COVID-19] lockdown by following these 10 simple steps.

1. WEBSITE HEALTH:

Check whether you website is working as it should be. Remember your website is your digital store and it is now more important to maintain an A-game. Hence check all the pages, specially your contact us or any other enquiry form.

2. BRANDING & REPUTATION:

Once you are through with website checklist, ask yourself, “Why did I build this website?” I am sure like most of us the answer is, to market your product and services. But during the CO-VID 19 lockdown 90% businesses can not sell because of logistical challenges. At this point we can focus on proper branding and reputation management.

3. WHICH PLATFORM TO TARGET?

To do proper branding or marketing you must be visible to the world out there on social media platforms and hence it is important to play to your strengths and identify which platforms to target. For example, jewellers’ best bet is to be on a visual social media platform like Instagram or Pinterest. Those in the counselling sector should focus on creating engagement through Instagram and blogs. While, those in the B2B segments should focus on disseminating information via blogs on website, LinkedIn and newsletters.

4. ASK YOURSELF WHERE IS MY AUDIENCE?

It is important to understand and create audience profiling. Age, sex, interest, geography and income are some important factors to consider. Instagram is for younger millenials, Facebook is a community based application and has a mixed audience of slightly older people, YouTube is a video based application which focuses on awareness & education, Twitter is ideal for user engagement and feedback, LinkedIn is perfect for B2B, Pinterest is for portfolio building and for ideas, while Tiktok is used to target small-town and suburban audiences through video.

5. OPTIMIZE THE PROFILE/PAGE

If you are a small business then creating an id or a profile is advisable versus creating a page on Facebook. If you are a comparatively established brand then create a page on Facebook and a profile on other platforms such as Instagram. Optimize your profile by mentioning all the details about the company, such a bio, contact details, Google Map location etc.

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