Social Networking Tools & Training
Part 3 of 3: Conclusion of Blast From the Past
21 Top Posts Everyone Needs to Read About Online Business Development Continued… A Series by Amber Ludwig.
This 3rd post in the 3-part series concludes “Blast From the Past” week where I deliver the top insights and training pieces I’ve written since starting this website. Print them out, share then on Facebook/Twitter, or just enjoy the content!
I hope you enjoyed this short series. Sometimes with blogs, new visitors just come in and don’t look back on all the incredible information written about in the past. Bookmark these posts if you want to refer back to them anytime.
Have You Thought of Facebook as Your Opt-In List Yet?
If you’ve studied Internet Marketing at all, you’ve heard “build a list, build a list, build a list!” This is sound advice. Building a list of email addresses, people that are interested in following you – this can be your greatest online asset over time. Of course you’ll want to handle your “list” with care. Don’t spam, don’t email every day, etc etc.
Follow my logic here for a moment… People are subscribing to lists less and less. Some have asked if that burst of squeeze pages, newsletter signup forms and ethical bribes (like an eBook giveaway) are going away for good even. No, I don’t believe they are.
Custom Facebook Fan Page Profile Pictures for $30
Creating a Facebook Fan Page is hot, hot, hot. It seems like every day I’m getting requests for liking dozens of new pages that popped up overnight.
I wanted to show you a few examples of what you *could* do with your Facebook Fan Page profile picture. I’d say less than 1/4 of the pages have really utilized the 200x600px space they’ve been given. Most have a small logo or medium sized headshot. If this Fan Page is showcasing your business, why not tell people more?
See below for a few examples of effective ways the profile picture space was used:
IM FacePlate: Another Internet Marketing Tool to Increase Traffic/Exposure via Social Networking
Within the past few posts, we’ve talked about Backlinks (and their awesome powers!) plus these Online Interactive Contact Cards (DooID and OnePage) that keep popping up everywhere. IM FacePlate is a new Internet Marketing tool you can use to create more traffic, more exposure AND give you more backlinks! I knew you’d get interested.
IM FacePlate is very similar to LinkedIn actually, but has some cool add-ons and an advanced internal marketing area to help you promote your faceplate. Here’s an image to give you an example of my IM FacePlate:
Click on image to see my IM FacePlate
21 Tips to Improve Your Blog Website Results
Below you will find 18 tips to improve the results for your blog website. This information is brought to you directly out of a quickie eBook created titled, “57 Tips to a Better Blog”. This blogging guide is a really great training piece that can help you uncover the missing pieces to your blogging success. Below you will find 2 tips from each of the 10 categories I give tips and tools for, plus one more at the end.
Blog-Site Setup Tips:
Creating Online Interactive Contact Cards with DooID and OnePage
DooID and OnePage are websites that can provide interactive virtual contact cards – sort of a one stop info page for viewers to get the skinny on you and your business.
These sites basically allow you to upload a photo, add links to your social networks and include a short bio. You can add more bells and whistles if you want to upgrade from a free to paid account.
A Few Top SEO, Social Media, Copywriting, Design and Internet Marketing Resources I Use
Enjoy some of my very top resources below and enjoy all that you learn from them…
The Power of Social Media
An incredible video on the powers of social media for your business! This video will blow your mind away on the powers of the Internet and how you should be using it to gain sales, clients and visitors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng
Search Engine Optimization Top Tips Combined
SEO insights from 9 top professionals and social media experts – Insights of key SEO tactics and strategies that we should be addressing in our small businesses. Very good tips you can implement right away!
http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/06/9-expert-seo-tips-for-small-businesses.html
Privacy Issues? Facebook to Allow 3rd Party Sites to “Personalize” Your Experience
Where is Facebook headed? At their third annual f8 conference held in San Francisco last week, decisions were made to automatically opt-in users to a 3rd party personalized experience. As groves of long-time Facebook users close or suspend their account, questions are raised as to how much of your private information is given away.
Sites that have access to your profile right now include Yelp, Microsoft Docs, Pandora.
Product Pre-Release Success: Using Twitter to Kick-Off a Buzz Building Campaign
“Buzz Building” is an important part of any product sales campaign and today I’m going to teach you how to leverage Twitter in your favor. Remember the few weeks before the iPhone was release? Apple spent millions and million of advertising dollars to get the word out that a hot new phone – unlike anything else on the market – was about to release. They teased us in their promotions. They showed us many incredible features of the phone, accompanied by catchy music and smart marketing messages. Buzz Building is essential to a sales campaign because you’d want to start your sales off with a bang on Day 1. The results of Day 1 will carry you through upcoming weeks and months. All of that success truly starts with the pre-launch Buzz Building.
Top 15 Ways People Use Facebook
I saw the most interesting post on Facebook last night and it made me wonder how many ways I could come up with that people use Facebook. Too much time searching Facebook later, I came up with the top 15 ways people use Facebook. As you go through these, I hope you start to look at Facebook in a new light, to help spread your message even faster. The first one below is the post that caught my attention last night.
People Use Facebook to…Do Ask Campaigns!
People Use Facebook to…Promote Job Opportunities!
