Lifestyle Branding on Social Media

Social media is one of the best ways to stay in your customer’s pocket, literally. With Covid-19 forcing tasting rooms and restaurants to close or limit operations, your off-premise and DTC sales are more important than ever. Keeping active on social media will ensure your brand is on their mind.

Strike the Right Tone

Remember, social media is a place of refuge for your customer. No one goes to Instagram to be marketed to. This is where your lifestyle brand really gets to shine. Keep posts about entertaining, enhancing, and educating. Show off your new release, enhance their knowledge of your grape selecting process, educate with a new recipe from your favorite chef. Remember to keep it light and in line with your brand strategy. With more apps and each app having more channels than ever, familiarize yourself with each tool at your disposal and know what they are best suited for. For example, Instagram Reels are for people, not product. It’s where you connect and have fun. 

Find your Community

Understanding your target audience is critical on any social media platform. Find those online communities that complement your ideal consumer lifestyle and engage with them. For example, if you are a woman-owned winery, follow, like, and comment on posts of groups like Women of the Vine and Spirits, Batonnage Forum, and The Fizz is Female. You can also develop formal partnerships with like brands, offering cross promotions, live chats, and discounts to one another’s audience. Looking to increase your followers? The fastest and easiest way to gain authentic followers is to simply like posts (no more than 3) of like-minded folks.