5 social media tips for credit unions

Credit unions are no different from other businesses in that in order to achieve increased membership goals, a certain amount of marketing must be done. And social media is a great place to be engaged with existing members and potential members. Social media is everywhere, and your prospects and members are most likely on one form of social media – whether they are tweeting at a company for support help or part of a group on LinkedIn. But, really, who has time to tweet?

Outside of our normal IT Compliance postings, we are continuing the discussion that our partner in Backup and Recovery, Datto, started about making time for social media.  It does not need to be difficult or a time consuming activity!  In the past, we shared 5 Guidelines for your social media use in your credit union when it comes to compliance and security.  Today we bring you 5 tips to guide your credit union’s social media strategy as it relates to promoting your CU:

1. Set up your profiles – now!

If your business is growing and you don’t have any type of social media presence, you’re missing an opportunity to interact with members and/or prospects. You don’t need to be everywhere… but pick the social media platform that makes sense for your credit union’s goals and get started.

 

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