Category Archives: Social Marketing

How to Run Twitter Chats

Some people I talk to in business are frustrated because they aren’t sure how to use Twitter effectively for business. I totally get it. Twitter is very fast moving and it can be hard to find your voice there.

At the same time, there are many business people who successfully use Twitter every day. They’re able to use it to boost their authority, make connections with potential JV partners, and connect with members of their audience.

It’s sort of mysterious how they do this. At least, it was mysterious to me until I really started to investigate what some of the most successful Twitter users were doing. By following the trail of what leads to success and traffic on Twitter, I realized that Twitter Chats, or Tweet Chats, are a very effective strategy.

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Creating Effective Facebook Groups for Business (part 2)

SNSNOTE: This is part 2-part discussion. If you haven’t read or listened to part 1 yet, please do so before continuing.

Taking the Plunge

Now, it’s time to officially set up your group. You don’t have to fear this process at all. You already have plans for what your group will be about. You just have to choose your group’s name and go ahead and set your group up with Facebook’s easy process.

One of the great benefits of Facebook is that it’s not technical at all. It should really only take minutes to get your group up and running. Don’t worry about this process… I promise you it’s not difficult.

I’m going to go through a few of the most basic steps below, though Facebook has fantastic tutorials and will be the most updated.

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Creating Effective Facebook Groups for Business (part 1)

World map SNS VectorMy Experiences Running a Facebook Group

I started running a Facebook group even though I had never done much with Facebook personally. I was intrigued with the idea of a group that would add value to the paid Earn 1K a Day membership forum I already had. When I saw my friend, Barbara Ling, start her Facebook group and get a lot from it, I gave it more thought.

I first considered starting a low-cost paid Facebook group. But, I decided not to charge for my Facebook group in the end. I decided to make it free and accessible beyond Earn 1K a Day. I hoped it would be an enticement for people to begin to know, like, and trust me. And I hoped that people would jump over to become paid Earn 1K a Day members.

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An Overview of Using Twitter for Business

Pulcini Uccelli Blu Social Network-Blue Birds Social MediaTwitter is an exceptional social media platform. While Facebook is a lot more flexible and has a much bigger reach, Twitter’s nothing to sneeze at. It’s a way to express your business in 140 characters or less. It’s a way to spread the word about what you have to offer, to develop a following, to network with other marketers, and more.

Twitter is also becoming savvier when it comes to different types of content. For instance, now you can have video or an image in your update, which can gain more notice and be even more effective.

Twitter was really the first place where the #hashtag phenomenon took off. It started as a way to express yourself in a shorter space, but now it’s a way to connect topics and people with the same interests.

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How to Get Twitter Followers

Pulcini Uccelli Blu Cartoon-Blue Birds Chicks-VectorMany marketers and others who are desperate for traffic really like the idea of Twitter, but are stumped on how to get followers in the first place. After all, if you don’t have Twitter followers you’re basically tweeting to yourself, and that’s no fun.

There are certainly automated tools out there that are designed to get you a lot of Twitter followers. There are even services out there that promise the same. However, growing things more organically is usually a good idea.

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