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Posts on social media topics including Facebook, Twitter, Blogging etc.

Facebook like competition – month 1

Posted on April 4, 2012 by in Social media case studies

Hi guys as I mentioned in my post last month I’m running a Facebook like competition with a bunch of bloggers. If you want to win some cash money or an Asus laptop or you just really do like me and some of these other bloggers check out the details below.

If you are just interested in seeing the outcomes of the case study hang around and when it’s complete in June I’ll do a full wrap up.

Sponsored by Mom Blog Society

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This competition uses the Rafflecopter system, simply log in below and start liking and you’ll go into the draw. The winners will be as follows:

  • Winner from Rafflecopter 1 will win $130
  • Winner from Rafflecopter 2 will win $110
  • Winner from Rafflecopter 3 will win $110

And…..the Grandprize winner will win Asus 10″ Netbook PC! Read More…

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Facebook like competition – month 0

Posted on March 28, 2012 by in Social media case studies

Hi guys this is a very quick post.

I have just entered a competition where people can like My Facebook page during the month of May and go into the draw to win a laptop computer.

I’m doing this as part of research for a new ebook I am writing on blogging for business so:

  1. If you are a blogger I suggest you check it out below, the more people the better and it only costs you $7 and I’m sure you will get some activity on your Facebook page as a result.
  2. If you are interested to see what kind of numbers we get from this stay tuned to the blog in June i’ll go back over the results with some specific numbers to help people determine whether it would be a good idea for them. I will be reporting on the traffic as well as the additional likes on our Facebook page and anything else that comes out of it.
  3. If you want a laptop computer and you don’t want to pay for it, wait till May and like my page!

SIGN UP HERE

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Getting started with social media for SEO

Posted on November 17, 2011 by in SEO and Traffic, Social Media

If you have read any of my ebooks, particularly my small business search engine domination ebook you will know I am a big advocate of social media for SEO benefits.

The main reason is simple. The Google algorithm is based to a large extent on sites linking to other sites. But other than SEO companies who really links to other sites anymore? Most people will use social media to ‘share’ as opposed to actively linking to another site from their highly authoritative homepage.

The hard data on how social media impacts on SEO is pretty limited. However it’s my belief that in the future things like social media authority and authorship (how important Google thinks you are as an author) will have a huge influence on your position in Google. At the end of the day Google wants to deliver the best content and the best content is written by people with authority and is shared a lot.

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Twitter hacks for lazy people

Posted on November 1, 2011 by in Social Media

Twitter is a great too for small businesses but it’s also a time thief!

You can literally spend hours on Twitter just reading through posts and hearing about what people are having for lunch. If you put the time in you will be better off no doubt but what if you are lazy like me and you don’t want to put the time in? Here are some of the things I do to automate the Twitter experience a bit.

Note I’m not a huge fan of automating social media but at the same time there are some things that work well for me. They may annoy some people, they may not suit you, but they work for me.

Let’s get 2000 semi-targeted followers – Tweet Adder

There is zero point in being on Twitter if you don’t have followers. People will tell you it’s not about the numbers but if you want influence you need an audience. If you already have an audience somewhere away from Twitter you might find it easy to build one on Twitter but for everyone else you’ll need to hack it a bit.

If your strategy on Twitter is to build a following or spread your message  to as many people as possible then you need more followers. Here is the easiest way you can get more followers on Twitter without doing much at all.

Step 1 – Buy Tweet Adder (affiliate link)

Step 2 – Choose an influential person / business / product / association etc from your industry and use Tweet Adder to add all of their followers to your ‘to follow’ list.

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Social Network Shopping – The Dawn of a New Era

Posted on November 8, 2010 by in Social Media

We all know about social media and social networking. It’s been a hot topic in the news, on the internet and in Hollywood. But as a business owner who runs a business in the real world, what does it mean for you? How can you actually use social media to help achieve your business or life goals?

It’s true that social media can have a positive impact on business. There are methods such as running viral competitions to mass increase subscribers and more innovative approaches such as the Old Spice campaign. But while it’s true that interacting on social media can boost brand awareness and interaction, is it really the best use of time for an employee?

In the future there will be highly mechanised and thoroughly tested techniques that staff are trained in to ensure results from social media, but at the moment its mostly a guessing games and the average results from small to medium business are mediocre at best. You are still better off to hire a cold caller who is trained at pushing a customer through a sales funnel than a social media specialist who ‘interacts’ with the community or invest in an expensive and speculative campaign.

But that’s all about to change very quickly with the birth of social network shopping.

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