Category Archives: Social Marketing

The Advanced Guide to Social Media Engagement

No matter what type of business you’re running and what you’re selling, your social media campaigns all have one underlying goal: you want to get more engagement.

It’s pretty easy to understand why. The more engaged your audience is, the easier it is for you to build a relationship with them. And when an engaged audience knows, likes and trusts you, then they’ll join your mailing lists and buy your products.

And that’s not all. Many social media platforms reward content and pages that get a lot of interaction.

Think about it for a moment…

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How to Get Clients From LinkedIn

Here are twenty-one ideas for making the best informed use of LinkedIn®’s powerful, professional platform so you can attract—and retain—the perfect clients.

  1. Make Full Use of LinkedIn® Pulse

LinkedIn® Pulse is an Android app compatible with iOS and HTML5 browsers, used to distribute long-form posts, purchased by LinkedIn® in 2013 as “the definitive, professional publishing platform”. What many people don’t realize about Pulse is that it was, at first, virtually a powerful, private platform for influencers—about 500 top experts invited to join by special invitation. It has only been about a year since Pulse was opened up to all English-speaking LinkedIn® users.

By publishing rich media and long-form posts via Pulse you are automatically positioning yourself among rarefied celebrity company. Divide “750+” publishers by 30 million users, and there’s a specialized, unique audience for every publisher.

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7 Ways to Get More Traffic to Grow Your Business with Pinterest

Here is What You Get with this week’s bonus: “7 Ways to Get More Traffic to Grow Your Business with Pinterest” Teach Your Tribe Kit:

The  Step-by-Step Webinar/Teleclass/Workshop Script Covers:

  • Step 1: Brand Your Pinterest Presence
  • Step 2: Introduce Your Top Influencers – and Get Them to Know YOU
  • Step 3: Get to Know, Love and Use “Rich Pins”
  • Step 4: Present Powerful Infographics
  • Step 5: Optimize with SEO
  • Step 6: Make it Seasonal
  • Step 7: Making Sure Pinterest Tools are in Place

Plus, You’ll Also Get All these Valuable Templates + Tools:

  • Worksheet
  • 4 Week Done-for-You Calendar
  • Action Checklist
  • Resource Directory with Links to Tools & Resources
  • 21 Ideas Blueprint
  • 41 PowerPoint Slides to Present Your Content through Webinars, Classes, and Workshops

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How to Build Your Twitter Following to 5000, Fast

When you sign up for Twitter, it’s pretty depressing to see a no-name egg with zero followers. You can take care of the first problem pretty easily. Just upload a profile picture and you’re good to go. But, what about the follower problem? After all, you don’t want to just be tweeting into a void.

It’s actually pretty easy to get followers on Twitter, so don’t get discouraged. Don’t settle for having just a few followers, either. You can very easily reach at least 5,000 followers in very short order—in around a month or at most a few months, depending on the amount of time you have available to spend on this.

What You Should Understand About Twitter Followers

First, please understand that you don’t want to get a bunch of Twitter followers who aren’t at all interested in what your account is about. You’ve most likely set up a Twitter account that’s closely related to your business, right? So that means you’ll want to get followers who are active in your niche and who will be interested in what you have to offer.

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Instagram Marketing Planner

Here is What You Get with the this week’s bonus report, “The Instagram Marketing Planner”:

The Step-by-Step Planner Covers:

  • Step 1: Optimize Your Profile
    • Exercise: Create Your Instagram Profile
  • Step 2: Start Growing Your Community
    • Exercise: Identify the Influencers
    • Exercise: Find Your Dream Clients
  • Step 3: #Hashtags #Matter
    • Exercise: Find Your Hashtags
  • Step 4: Develop Your Brand Strategy
    • Exercise: Define Your Brand
  • Step 5: Start (or Join) a Conversation
    • Exercise: Plan Your Conversational Style
  • Step 6: Build a Buzz About Your Brand
    • Exercise: Plan an Instagram Contest
  • Step 7: Intentional Posting Strategies
    • Exercise: Develop an Intentional Posting Strategy
  • Step 8: Instagram Ads
    • Exercise: Plan Your Ad Campaign

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