Category Archives: Social Marketing

LinkedIn Blueprint

LinkedIn is an often overlooked social media platform, but if used properly it can bring you floods of new clients and buyers.

In this guide, you’ll learn the following:

  • Important Settings and Profile Optimization Strategies – When people do a search for you or your brand, they often go to Google. Your LinkedIn profile will most likely show up in the first three positions of the search results. It’s often where those searching will click first to learn more about you.  If your profile is slim or hasn’t been updated since you first created it years ago, it may not be making the right first impression for prospective clients, customers, or potential partners. It’s imperative to have an updated, optimized profile that quickly grabs attention and makes an impression.  Here’s how to get started…
  • Optimizing Your LinkedIn Company Page – You already know that LinkedIn is the social network aimed at building business connections and a place to assist you in your job-hunting endeavors. You probably already have a personal profile on LinkedIn. But do you have a LinkedIn company page set up and optimized for your business? If not, you should.  It’s easy to do. Once set up and optimized, you’ll be available to a wider range of possibilities, from a large database of prospective employees to the use of an extended network to recruit new prospects.
  • LinkedIn Content Domination – The content you share on LinkedIn builds your reputation. If it’s quality, relevant information and entertaining, your reputation excels. If it’s not relevant, is inconsistent and poorly constructed your reputation takes a hit.  Like any part of an online business, keeping consistent with your content in social media can be difficult. It’s hard to determine what to post, what type of content you should be using and what will get the most engagement for you.  Learn here how to look at different styles of content and the best uses for each.
  • LinkedIn Client Outreach – Reaching out via LinkedIn is the key to building your prospect list. But it should be done in a way that doesn’t offend or annoy the prospect. And you don’t want to reach out to everyone hoping that you connect with the right ones for you. In this guide, you’ll discover how to create an effective out reach funnel to build your prospect list.

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Facebook Live Script & Marketing Planner

It’s pretty clear that video is a powerful tool for everyone doing business online, and it’s no secret that Facebook especially loves video.

You also benefit from livestreaming because you get to know your audience better based on the questions and comments you receive while livestreaming.

With this planner, you will be able to effectively plan your Facebook live videos.

The Step-by-Step Planner Covers:

  • Step 1: Preparing for Your First Livestream
    As easy as it is to grab your cell phone and just hit the Facebook LIVE button, doing some prep work is always advised, especially if you’re looking to expand your reach and solidify yourself as an expert in your field.

    • Exercise: Review your equipment and upgrade if needed.
  • Step 2: Know Your Goals
    Before you can plan for and host a meaningful Facebook live, you have to know why you’re doing it in the first place.

    • Exercise: Brainstorm your Facebook Live goals.
  • Step 3: Create Your Script
    Impromptu livestreams can be fun, but if you want to reach your goals, it helps to have a script.

    • Exercise: Create your talking points.
  • Step 4: Build in Some Interaction
    YOU need to reach out to your community to learn about what they need and what better way to do that than with livestream video.

    • Exercise: Add interaction into your script.
  • Step 5: Get More Viewers on Live
    The more people who see your livestream, the better: Better engagement; increased social followers; increased sales.

    • Exercise: Make a plan to increase viewers.
  • Step 6: Know Your Schedule
    While most people will catch the replay of your live, it’s helpful to schedule your event during peak times for a few different reasons.

    • Exercise: Plan your Facebook live schedule.
  • Step 7: Choose Your Format
    There are multiple ways to structure your livestream, and each one will attract a slightly different audience and have a slightly different outcome.

    • Exercise: Explore various livestream formats.
  • Step 8: Practice & Critique
    If you want to have a more successful Facebook live, it’s important.

    • Exercise: Watch your practice session and note areas for improvement.
  • Step 9: And Then What?
    Celebrate this accomplishment because not everyone has the courage to put themselves out there on video for the world to see.

    • Exercise: Create a repurposing plan.

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Social Media Engagement Checklist

Have you ever seen a social media page with a decent number of followers… but not a whole lot of engagement?

It happens more than you think. Maybe it’s even happening to you right now.

Heads up – just increasing your number of followers isn’t going to get you good results. If you want to make the most out of your social media marketing, you need to make sure those followers are engaged and loyal. And that’s exactly what this “dos and don’ts” checklist will show you how to do…

Don’t Create a Bullhorn Monologue

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How to Perfect Your Messaging, part 2

(part 2 of a 2-part series)

  1. Use Relevant Images

If you are talking about daisies, it’s easy to stick a photo of a field of daisies into your article or email – but do make sure you’ve chosen the most relevant daisy image possible. Do your best to trigger and invoke the most relevant emotion in your reader.

For example, if you’re using the daisy in an article about loneliness, what would grab the reader’s emotions more: A sunshine-lit, postcard-pretty riot of daisies in a field … or a picture of a daisy chain (made with fresh daisies) lying on a table, with one dying daisy left outside it?

Which image would be more relevant to your topic?

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How to Perfect Your Messaging, part 1

It’s not about posting or writing more. It’s not about creating more images or infographics. Perfecting your message is all about consistency and staying in front of the right audience.

Here are twenty-one tips to help you spread your content and take part in your ideal community’s daily conversations.

  1. Use a Time-Tracking Sheet

If you’ve been telling yourself you don’t have time to add more platforms to your messaging or create more content, then do yourself a huge favor and track your time for at least two weeks. It’s a mind-blowing eye-opener for figuring out where others interrupt you, which tasks take too long, what you are doing that you need to jettison … or where you just plain waste time!

Tracking your time helps you see exactly how much money you are making – and losing. This can do more to help you narrow your focus and concentrate on your messaging than all the articles or books in the world.

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