Archive for Social Connection Strategies

Jul
23

Twitter Updates for 2010-07-23

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  • New free report-FaceBook Ads Exposed-FB now has 1/2 billion reg users.Ads better than Google.Get report- http://bit.ly/bSsW7p #
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Jul
22

FaceBook Ad Power

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Finally – your free and rebrand-able report is ready.  FaceBook Ads Exposed tells you all you need to know about FaceBook Ads.

Remember – FaceBook has 1/2 billion registered users as of this week AND if it was a country it would be the 3rd largest country in the world. 

Here is what FaceBook has to say about FaceBook ads

"Facebook Ads helps you find your customers before they search.
 
Whether your goal is to drive traffic to your site, advertise a product or service, promote your Facebook Page or encourage users to add your application, Facebook Ads allow you to reach your exact audience with relevant messages."

So don't delay – get your free report FaceBook Ads Exposed today and do 2 things – rebrand this report to make it your own and start advertising on FaceBook.

Cathy Perkins, Your Social Media Manager

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Yes – you read that correctly. And in case the little caption under 100,000,000 is too small to read, it says 'Number of YouTube videos viewed per day'.

Can you see why YouTube is an integral part of ANY Social Media Strategy? 

And do you know that you don't HAVE to be in your YouTube video personally?  Whew – what a relief.  You can do some GREAT slides with audio videos and if they have great content AND are interesting, people will flock to them.

There is also a way to keep your videos in one spot (as well as searchable) on YouTube so your viewers can see all your videos and be notified when you post something new.  YouTube is a social media outlet all on its own.  While it could be your only strategy, how much better would it be to incorporate it into a larger one – one that will get you 'out there' big time.

I'm Cathy Perkins and I've been around the web since the early 90's – really before it was the web.  I've watched the changes and I have to tell you that this plunge into the world of Social Media is one of the most exciting and challenging of all time.

I'd like to invite you to contact me so we can devise your personal social media strategy.

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Jul
11

Are You Making These Twitter Mistakes?

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Twitter, like all social media, is all about relationships.  Do you have as many followers as you'd like?  Are people retweeting your tweets.  Are you building relationships or are you talking 'at' people.  How do you overcome this?  Simple – put yourself in your readers' shoes and think about what you'd like to hear from you.

Here are some deadly Twitter mistakes.

1.  Incomplete Profile

Does this mean you have to give up a bunch of personal details?  Not at all.  It does mean put a link to your site in your profile and tell, as much as possible, who you are in 160 characters.  If people are going to follow you they want to know a bit about who you are.  Make your profile as complete as possible.  BUT..

2.  Don't sell in your profile.

This is NOT the place to sell.  It's the place to let people get to know you.  Don't make your background all corporate-looking!  If you can personlize it to you – great.  But don't be overtly salesy in your profile or in your background.

3.  Following everyone who follows you.

Have you ever gotten  new followers and can't figure out who they are or why they are following you?  There are a lot of automatic follow apps out there.  Don't follow people indiscriminately.

4.  Automated Tweets 

This is such a bad idea that I could talk about it for a LONG time.  I am not talking about apps like Hootsuite (I LOVE it) that allow you to create individual tweets by you in advance.  That is a real time-saver.  I'm talking about tweeting a feed (other than your newest blog post).  When you tweet RSS feeds you are not adding any value to your followers.

5.  Automatic Welcome Message 

Oh yikes – I hate to have my e-mail cluttered with automatic thank you messages for following someone.  And worse than that – an automatic thank you with an offer in it!  Just say no to automated welcome messages.

6.  Drive-by Tweets

I know you've seen them.  Someone bothers to get on Twitter for 10 minutes and cranks out 100 tweets and then is gone again for days at a time.  Is that adding value for your followers?  I think not.  Spread out your tweets.  Be kind to your followers.

Your Social Media Manager

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Jul
07

Twitter Updates for 2010-07-07

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  • Fast Company is searching for 2010’s Most Influential Person Online. You are more influential than you think. http://fcinf.com/v/dj32 #
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Jul
07

Can You Make Money on Facebook?

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Yes – but you need Facebook Ads Guide by Jonathon Volk.

This guide will take you from A to Z on how to set up your Facebook campaign.  Forget Google – they have ruined Google Adwords with their rules and always changing algorithms.

So stop relying on Google for your sales – I'm not saying to ignore them.  You still need good SEO for your websites, but do not depend on them for paid advertising.

Googles paid advertising and Google organic search results are two VERY different things.

Facebook took care of this – their rules for advertising are fair for everyone.

Why does Facebook work?

  • They have more traffic than Google.
  • The traffic is more targeted than Google.
  • The competition is much less than on Google – I've heard 1/20 the number of advertisers on Facebook than Google.
  • You can target your ads by gender, location, age, on Facebook. You don't pay for clicks you don't want or need.
  • Facebook LOVES affiliates.

Jonathon has tested different strategies on Facebook and he is sharing them for the first time in Facebook Ads Guide.  Go over and listen to him explain his system and you will be impressed.

Cathy Perkins – Social Connection Strategies

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Did you know that other people "warm up" your customers for you with their "big product launches"? And, did you further know, that a huge opportunity for you to create sales for YOUR product or a product you promote as an affiliate can be the result?

If, that is, you "borrow" the buzz that other people are generating. Imagine this scenario… Mr. Marketer creates a new $2,000 product. He "launches" it with his friends. Everyone on the forums is talking about it. Every email sent out within the marketplace has something to say about it. Bloggers are raving. The whole industry is buzzing about the new launch. The average conversion rate is 2%. And that's not on $2,000 products.

But, let's assume that Mr. Marketer is the best in the biz. And he can generate something obscene like 25% conversion rate on a $2,000 offer (which, by the way, ain't likely to happen). IF that were to happen, the flipside is this: 75% DON'T BUY. In other words, for every 100 visitors to the "launch" site, 75 of them walk away without buying.

Were they uninterested? If that's the case, they likely wouldn't have visited the site in the first place. In the majority of the cases, they $2,000 price tag was out of their reach. Not in the budget. Don't have the money. Been there, done that … didn't have the cash to buy the t-shirt! So, what can we learn from this?

We can learn…

  • These 75 out of every 100 who don't buy are probably interested to some degree. 
  • These 75 out of every 100 have heard all of the buzz and have been "presold" on the premise of the product.
  • These 75 out of every 100 are strong candidates to buy a lower-priced, related alternative.

That's where YOU come into the picture.

You "borrow" the buzz that's been generated for the big product being launched by talked about by everyone as you promote a lower-priced, related alternative! Here's how you do it…

1. Look for high-dollar launches in your market. The first step is to keep your eye on the pulse of your market. Whenever a major new product is being launched, get busy. You'll usually know days, if not weeks, in advance because that's how launches work: they do a lot of "pre" build-up work to get people salivating for the eventual launch. Keep your eyes out for anything new in the works.

2. Promote a low-cost alternative. It doesn't matter if you write a quick 10-15 page report, promote your own existing product that is related or grab an affiliate link to some other existing product or service. It doesn't really matter WHERE you obtain this lower-priced alternative. The important thing is that you find one. It needs to be related to the topic of the big product being launched. It can be related either (a) by teaching a similar concept, or (b) teaching a portion of the big product's concept.

3. Write a mailing that explains the two options. You'll want to write a mailing to send to your subscribers or to post at your blog. This mailing needs to contain three important elements…

- Content that presells. Share some meaty nuggets related to the offer you are ultimately going to promote to set the table.

- A small blurb about big launch with your link. Mention the "major" launch briefly. Describe it's benefits and use an affiliate link of yours to point to the offer. Mention that it's only drawback is "price". Express that many people can't afford it.

- A stronger promotion for your option. Then, really hit home with this "lower-priced, related alternative". Let them know the benefits are similar at a fraction of the cost. Be sure to point out that it's priced for everyone — especially those who feel "left out" of the big budget launch because they can't afford it.

Then, it's just a matter of getting that mailing out to your subscribers. Let's look at what you have in place as a result of this strategy…

  • You have two promotions: a minor one for the same "major" launch everyone else is promoting, and a "major" one for the lower-priced, related alternative.
  • You have "borrowed buzz". Everyone in the marketplace is warming up prospects with all of their "talk" about the importance of the subject matter of the "big product launch". They are primed and ready to buy … something!

You have a spike in sales coming. This is a wonderful strategy for getting extra sales.

Remember, there are always a whole lot more people who DON'T buy the product being offered in the "launch", than those who do! You've got a huge pool of prospects in the 75-98% of people who don't buy the $2,000 offer. Many of them WILL buy a lower-priced, related alternative. So, the only thing left for you to do is get started.

And if you've like a shortcut, let me show you a quick way to do it TODAY. You have almost certainly seen that Product Launch Formula 3.0 (PLF3) has launched this week. Everyone is talking about it. While there are a lot of different strategies and ideas involved in a "launch", the backbone is the same…

*** Other people send you the majority of your traffic. It's obviously a very *HOT* topic right now. People are scrambling to pay BIG BUCKS for the course. But… Do you think everyone can afford it? What about the tens of thousands of internet marketers who can't afford it, but who ARE INTERESTED in the subject?

What a shame to let them sit by without getting any sales from them! But, don't worry — you CAN get sales from them! Here's how… You offer them something for PENNIES on the dollar that provides the same end result: other people sending them traffic for their products and services! A few days ago Jimmy D. Brown announced a resale rights offer for his SalesArmySecrets.com course. All the details are at Sales Army Secrets.  

There are still licenses available for YOU to grab in order to sell a low-cost alternative to the high-dollar "launch" product that everyone is jabbering about.

***BUT IT GETS BETTER — FREE PLR to $20 Report! ***

Jimmy wrote a report several months ago which he briefly made available to one of his membership sites. It's entitled "How To Get R.I.C.H. With Your Own Affiliate Program". (It was pulled after a month and is no longer available anywhere.) The report is 21 meaty pages in itself, but it also strongly promotes the Sales Army Secrets course at the end. When you order one of the remaining licenses for Sales Army Secrets, Jimmy is going to give you (no cost!) a free PLR license to the special report!

You can sell the report for $20, give it away, do whatever you want with it (as long as you don't misrepresent it or mention Jimmy in reference to it)… …while using the endorsement at the close of the report to promote YOUR COPY of Sales Army Secrets! It's a ready-made marketing report to get people to buy Sales Army Secrets from you! You can sell Sales Army Secrets for $97 per order and keep 100% of every sale! Here's what you need to do…

1. Order the Sales Army Secrets resale rights now.

2. Register and open a ticket at Jimmy's support center at http://www.Infoprofitshare.com and provide his staff with a copy of your receipt.

Within 24 hours someone will send you the download information for this special Free PLR offer. That's it! Get one while it lasts… 

There's only ONE catch… This special offer is for the next 3 days only. On Friday, July 2nd at 10PM CDT, Jimmy is shutting down the license offer and this Free PLR offer. They will no longer be available. Officially "retired" at that point. Grab yours now!  Then you can quickly "borrow the buzz" of those promoting PLF3!

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As you know, this site is very new.  Here's where people have come from to visit so far:

United States   
Canada   
Russian Federation   
Germany   
Belarus   
Great Britain   
Israel   
France   
Sweden   
Thailand   
China   
Portugal   
Ukraine   

Would you like results like this?  It's certainly possible with the right Social Connection Strategy (Social Media Strategy).

Get in touch with me to see what we can do for YOUR site!

Cathy Perkins – Your Social Media Manager

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Jun
20

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-20

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Jun
20

Social Media and ROI

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How do you measure ROI using Social Media?  (ROI = Return on Investment)

There is a simple answer to this question but many people don't like it.  The answer is:  You Don't!

What?!?  How can you know if it's profitable.  You can't use a direct measure to know if it's profitable.  Read on…

So if you can't measure it, why use it?  Reputation.  Yes – you build your reputation by using social media.  I've heard people say they CAN track ROI but all they can track is clicks.  Important?  Yes – but more important is reputation building and getting yourself out there.

I told you the other day about some statistics on this site.  Many people have commented on how good that is and it's true.  But yesterday I got about 100 visitors in just 1 hour using one of the techniques I'll use for you when I implement your social marketing strategy.  Let's chat about what I can do for you.

Cathy Perkins

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