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<\/a>You’ve created your blog and you’re wondering why you’re not getting traffic?\u00a0 You have to actually tell people about all the great things that you have created for them!\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be great to be able to create something that will just work by itself so that you can concentrate on your business?\u00a0 This is where social networking enters the marketing arena.\u00a0 This will be a very tactical post that tells you exactly how to accomplish getting more fans, so let’s get started!<\/p>\nTwitter<\/span><\/h3>\nSet Up Your Profile<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Have you set your profile?\u00a0 Really, go look at it.\u00a0 Do you have your picture out there?\u00a0 95% of people will not connect to others who have not put their picture on their profile.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because they feel like they are trying to hide something or are otherwise dishonest.\u00a0 Is your bio blank?\u00a0 Go ahead and add some information there such as where you live, what you do, where you work, who your best customer is.\u00a0 It doesn’t need to go into really personal details, but give people something to help you and determine if they want to connect with you.\u00a0 Lastly you’ll want to create a background for your profile.\u00a0 It makes you stand out!<\/p>\nFind Software\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span>I’m willing to bet that you don’t have time to be interrupt your work 10 times a day to make sure you tweet something to your followers. \u00a0Wait!\u00a0 I’ll have followers?!\u00a0 Yes, what you have to say is important and people will follow you to hear what you have to say.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be great to have a system to automatically take care of making sure you connect with your present and future clients?\u00a0 The software I use for this task is called Tweet Adder<\/a>.\u00a0 Tweet Adder is great because it works silently in the background on your behalf.\u00a0 They even have a 30-Day free trial.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nAdd People<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 I’m sure that you know the top performers in your industry.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be great to find out who is following those people and wouldn’t it be even better if those people followed you too?\u00a0 Or, better yet, wouldn’t you like to know who the influencers in your industry are following?\u00a0 Simply set up the software to follow the followers of your influential people along with who the influencers follow and set the software to follow back all who follow you and you’re on your way to creating your first 100 fans in record time!<\/p>\nStart Tweeting<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 This seems pretty obvious; however, you’d be surprised at how many people simply do not do this.\u00a0 Tweet about what is new and interesting in your business.\u00a0 Are you having a new product promotion?\u00a0 Will your store hours be changing for the season?\u00a0 Is there something your current customers should be thinking about or doing to make things easier for themselves?\u00a0 Tell them about it and include a link back to your website to get more information or make an appointment.\u00a0 Tweetmeme is a great free plug-in for tweeting about what you have just posted on your blog.<\/p>\nFacebook<\/span><\/h3>\nCreate a Fan Page<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Create a Fan Page for your business so that people can read about the new and interesting things that your business is doing.\u00a0 Set up an opt-in area with some valuable content that you give away for free when people click the “like” button on your fan page.\u00a0 That way they stay up-to-date with your business.\u00a0 This will help you to build your prospective customer list.\u00a0 Set your blog up with Networked Blogs<\/a> and your blog posts will automatically appear on your Fan Page.<\/p>\nInvite Friends<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Invite your friends to like your business fan page so that they can stay up to date with what your business is doing and when they hear of someone needing your products or services, they can refer them.<\/p>\nAsk High Profile People to Become Fans<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 You’d be surprised at how many influential people will actually help you on your way by liking your business fan page.\u00a0 They remember what it was like when they started out and once others see that they are following you, their fans will want to follow you too!<\/p>\nPost Regularly<\/strong><\/em><\/span> When you post to your blog, you’ll want to also tweet about each post and place a bit of the article on your fan page with a link back to your blog.\u00a0 You can set up your blog to automatically publish to your fan page so that you don’t have to update your fan page.\u00a0 It is automatically done for you!\u00a0 I love it when the computers work for me.<\/p>\nTop Lists<\/span><\/h3>\nCreate a Title<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 The best way to start to create a top whatever list is to just create a title.\u00a0 Once you have the title, you can go about the work to create the list.\u00a0 Top lists drive close to 30% more traffic compared to other types of posts and they’re so easy to create.<\/p>\nOutsource<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 If you don’t have the time to create your list, you can outsource it.\u00a0 I would recommend posting an ad on Fiverr.com and see if you can find someone to do the work for you.<\/p>\nPost<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Of course, once you have the post created, you’ll want to post it to your blog and watch to see how much traffic you receive.\u00a0 You’ll be amazed.<\/p>\nTwitter\/Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Yes, once again, you’ll want to tweet and post to your Fan page that you have a new post on your blog.\u00a0 If you’ve already set Tweetmeme and Networked Blogs up to go automatically, it’s already been done for you!<\/p>\n
Find Software\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span>I’m willing to bet that you don’t have time to be interrupt your work 10 times a day to make sure you tweet something to your followers. \u00a0Wait!\u00a0 I’ll have followers?!\u00a0 Yes, what you have to say is important and people will follow you to hear what you have to say.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be great to have a system to automatically take care of making sure you connect with your present and future clients?\u00a0 The software I use for this task is called Tweet Adder<\/a>.\u00a0 Tweet Adder is great because it works silently in the background on your behalf.\u00a0 They even have a 30-Day free trial. Add People<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 I’m sure that you know the top performers in your industry.\u00a0 Wouldn’t it be great to find out who is following those people and wouldn’t it be even better if those people followed you too?\u00a0 Or, better yet, wouldn’t you like to know who the influencers in your industry are following?\u00a0 Simply set up the software to follow the followers of your influential people along with who the influencers follow and set the software to follow back all who follow you and you’re on your way to creating your first 100 fans in record time!<\/p>\n Start Tweeting<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 This seems pretty obvious; however, you’d be surprised at how many people simply do not do this.\u00a0 Tweet about what is new and interesting in your business.\u00a0 Are you having a new product promotion?\u00a0 Will your store hours be changing for the season?\u00a0 Is there something your current customers should be thinking about or doing to make things easier for themselves?\u00a0 Tell them about it and include a link back to your website to get more information or make an appointment.\u00a0 Tweetmeme is a great free plug-in for tweeting about what you have just posted on your blog.<\/p>\n Create a Fan Page<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Create a Fan Page for your business so that people can read about the new and interesting things that your business is doing.\u00a0 Set up an opt-in area with some valuable content that you give away for free when people click the “like” button on your fan page.\u00a0 That way they stay up-to-date with your business.\u00a0 This will help you to build your prospective customer list.\u00a0 Set your blog up with Networked Blogs<\/a> and your blog posts will automatically appear on your Fan Page.<\/p>\n Invite Friends<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Invite your friends to like your business fan page so that they can stay up to date with what your business is doing and when they hear of someone needing your products or services, they can refer them.<\/p>\n Ask High Profile People to Become Fans<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 You’d be surprised at how many influential people will actually help you on your way by liking your business fan page.\u00a0 They remember what it was like when they started out and once others see that they are following you, their fans will want to follow you too!<\/p>\n Post Regularly<\/strong><\/em><\/span> When you post to your blog, you’ll want to also tweet about each post and place a bit of the article on your fan page with a link back to your blog.\u00a0 You can set up your blog to automatically publish to your fan page so that you don’t have to update your fan page.\u00a0 It is automatically done for you!\u00a0 I love it when the computers work for me.<\/p>\n Create a Title<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 The best way to start to create a top whatever list is to just create a title.\u00a0 Once you have the title, you can go about the work to create the list.\u00a0 Top lists drive close to 30% more traffic compared to other types of posts and they’re so easy to create.<\/p>\n Outsource<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 If you don’t have the time to create your list, you can outsource it.\u00a0 I would recommend posting an ad on Fiverr.com and see if you can find someone to do the work for you.<\/p>\n Post<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Of course, once you have the post created, you’ll want to post it to your blog and watch to see how much traffic you receive.\u00a0 You’ll be amazed.<\/p>\n Twitter\/Facebook<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 Yes, once again, you’ll want to tweet and post to your Fan page that you have a new post on your blog.\u00a0 If you’ve already set Tweetmeme and Networked Blogs up to go automatically, it’s already been done for you!<\/p>\n
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