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Sunday, April 19, 2009

What Everybody Ought to Know About Social Marketing

By Jerry Meyer

Many people in the world have embraced a new way of marketing which is completely different from conventional marketing as we know it - social marketing. Social marketing has more of a behavioral impact than making big sales. But that is not to say that one cannot make money out of it. In fact, it is one of the fastest-growing methods being used by people all over the world to make money. Anyone with free access to the internet can join any of the many social marketing programs available and start earning money effortlessly. But care should be taken before paying up for any program, to avoid falling prey to dubious deals that are out to defraud you. After one has checked the credibility of the program they wish to join, next comes the hard work.

Social Marketing is meant for you to meet people that share common interests. Let's say you find someone who loves to read motivation books. In fact, they provide a comment saying....I am reading "Think and Grow Rich" have you read it. Well if you have read it...a perfect comment would be...yes, I like chapter 4 the best where it talks about... Now that person may come back and say I liked that chapter also, or maybe they will say I am not there yet. Instinctively when people reply to something you wrote they will always go and check out your bio. You want spend a lot of time on your bio so you tell people what you are about...this will in turn tell people who you would like to work with. Your links in your bio could either go to another Social Media site or to a blog that can provide an endless stream of valuable content. On this site you should have a way of capturing peoples names and e-mail addresses. If you do not catch their names and plug them into an auto responder....you are just wasting traffic.

The whole objective of Social Marketing is for people to get to know and trust you. So if your funny....make jokes! Also, comment on others. If you like hiking, nature, gardening....whatever it may be....find someone that shares your interests. Another way to communicate to others is by pictures. Have lots of pictures of you having fun and showing what you love to do. Twitter is becoming the fastest Social Networking site in history! You can show pictures, attach links and share ideas (as long as it is not more than 140 characters). If you are just starting with Twitter I would suggest following about 50 people a day for a month. Find people that share your interests and then follow the people they follow. Again, if someone asks what you do....don't tell you market XYZ product or service. Don't ever let anyone pull that out of you. Just tell them I'm here to relax and meet friends....if you want to see what I do, you can go to my website in my bio. So for 30 days you follow 50 people each day that will give you 1500 people within the month.

To add on top of that you are still poised for the benefits of the Private Label Rights PLR. these special and exclusive members' only rights actually give you a part ownership to the program you join. And sharing becomes very easy with the ability to share with anyone, kept updated about important events, updates on new PLR Package products or offers as well, and the permission to give your membership to an insider income generation project.

People are always tuned into WIII FM (What is in it For Me). Make sure your bio is giving and also the website you send them to is also giving. The more you give away the more you get to keep (Joe Schroeder). Have fun socializing and meeting new friends. In order to make this type of marketing effective you will need to control the amount of time you spend on Social Sites. If you are spending 3 hours a day on these sites and you are still not getting any leads or business. Please re-evaluate what you doing. Get more information so you do not make mistakes. In the example above it is not the number of followers that you get, it is the quality. In the end....a Salesperson sells a Product...a Consultant sells Advice. You can be that consultant by being a friend and helping others. - 16655

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