The beginners guide to social media marketing

Is your business social enough?

Create a successful social media strategy with our quick and simple beginner's guide.

About the guide

How this guide will help you

Choosing the right platform

Choosing the right platform

LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube... the list of social media platforms is forever growing. In this guide, learn which platform is best for your business.

Eye-catching content

Eye-catching content

On Twitter, you get 280 characters to play with. On Facebook, the world is your oyster. Learn how to produce eye-catching content for your social media platforms, from groovy illustrations to short and snappy copy that attracts attention.

Social sharing

Social sharing

Learn the best times to share social media posts for high engagement, and how often you should be posting on each platform.

Our knowledge and expertise has helped many companies achieve their goals

healthhero

"The work was turned around in an incredible timeframe. That was down to precise planning and project management, as well as skilful implementation. The project included a launch of our Symbio product. To turn that around in six weeks was unbelievable. We’ve seen really positive feedback and leads. Plus, the visibility we have on those leads is on scale we’ve never seen before. Given this success, it was natural to continue with further projects."

Katie Opie HealthHero

azured

"With Articulate’s combined expertise of sales enablement and content creation we started driving significant traffic to our web site, increased our LinkedIn network exponentially and generated inbound, qualified leads within a couple of weeks. I’m not impressed easily – but I am by Team Articulate. Not only that, but they are a jolly lovely bunch of people to work with! Can’t thank or recommend them enough."

Elsa Cheshire Azured

Beyond Encryption

"We loved the collaborative approach of working with the team, who were able to bolster our in-house capabilities and provide us with the right tools to accelerate our digital marketing strategy. The output has not only exceeded all expectations but has been met with resounding positivity within the marketplace. It finally feels like we have a brand reflective of our product, culture, and capabilities."

Emily Plummer Beyond Encryption

Ecologi

"Articulate has provided great advice and we've been able to tailor weekly sessions to what we want. Articulate has audited our HubSpot account, got things up and running from a technical perspective, and helped us solve our problems. We've set up new dashboards, custom audience lists for advertising, and built our first webinar campaign. We've already begun to see ROI."

Simon Marlow Ecologi

Theorem Solutions

"Articulate are one of the easiest agencies to work with. They know what they are doing and are very upfront about what we could expect from them, but also what they’d expect from us in return, helping to build a healthy working relationship. Articulates approach has been a very refreshing and positive experience."

Kevin Levy Theorem Solutions

jazzhr

"The processes are night and day with Articulate - in a good way. I really love and sincerely enjoy our brainstorming sessions. What stands out to me is the research that goes into them. The team comes with well-thought-out, topical, and evidence-backed ideas. They are very flexible when we give our input too, pivoting on the spot to take those thoughts onboard, which always comes through in the final content plans."

Kelly Peters JazzHR

Tech City Teams

"We knew we needed to reinvent our brand to project a more professional and grown-up image, that matched our work standard and ethos. Matthew and the Articulate team led us gently into identifying what makes us tick as a brand, what sets us apart from the crowd and what we want to project."

Rebecca Halifax Tech City Teams

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I cannot recommend our experience with Articulate enough. They took the time to understand our needs and requirements. We had open lines of communication and a clear plan. The website built for us is not only highly functional and user-friendly on desktop and mobile, it incorporates all the necessary features, is clean, bright, welcoming, easily navigable, and simple for us to update on our own going forward.

Leanne McGill Fairview International School

FoxATM

"We recommend Articulate for at least three reasons: they absolutely master their craft, they are a pleasure to work with and they are not just "doers" but great advisors. Thanks to their great knowledge of HubSpot, they handled specific requirements for our website single-handedly."

Vincent Lambercy FoxATM

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"The engagement with Articulate is like nothing we have experienced before. They took the time to really get to know us as a business and the website we have now is beyond our expectations. We could not be more pleased."

Sarah Howell HTG

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