All-In-One: Social Marketing Strategies

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Feel free to share tips and strategies on using Social Networks to make money...

Thanks!

Allen

[Karen Newton]

Grab all of your RSS feeds from various social networks (Digg, Delicious, FriendFeed etc) and make sure to submit them to the top RSS aggregators. Don't forget mashing - google about lifestreaming, you will find many social lifestreaming sites that let you include feeds from other sites to create a "life stream" (ie, FriendFeed). These sites then produce even more RSS feeds for you to promote with.

Also - add VARIETY to your bookmarking and social activity. Do NOT just bookmark all of your own content.

Take care!
Karen

[TiffanyDow]

Ah a perfect one for moi! Here are my tips:

1.) Keyword = Social. Please remember that this is not a one way, "I'm gonna shove information and sales copy down your throat like a duck about to become foie gras" place. Social networks are a place for two-way communication and your success will soar if you keep this in mind and build a reputation for yourself as a part of the community, and not a leech.

2.) Play both sides of the field. While you're busy providing good information, take a small amount of time to also see what other experts are sharing information and thank them for their insight.

This is called networking, and you can build a good rapport in the niche for possible future JVs. I've seen some dummies who act as if they're being knocked off the mountain, so they attack a competitor rather than shimmy up beside him and stand at the top together. Remember - his list could be HUGE and he might be open to letting you have a swap if you play your cards right.

3.) Be mindful of the rules of the network and stop trying to game the system. Whether it's trying to get a topic to squeak by the filters or using tons of bots to do the work for you, it's my personal belief that your results will be better if you're above the board and genuine in what you do on web 2.0 sites.

4.) Give value before you market to the people. Freebies go a long way with consumers. Put together a one week (7 page) autoresponder series or a 5 page viral report. If the site is niche specific, contact the owner and see if they'd like to share the freebie with the members. Think of it like this - would I rather put a link in my sig file to a free report and hope everyone sees it, or would I rather Allen Says endorse it with a top-of-the-screen notification? It doesn't hurt to ask the forum owner or web 2.0 site owner.

5.) On sites that allow marketing, don't create your typical sales page. For instance, Squidoo allows open marketing. But instead of a sales letter, write good articles and use the modules to mix in the buying opportunities (ie: a StickyNote module with a hyperlink to an opt in freebie where you convert them to a buyer).

6.) On the sites that have some form of higher recognition, go for it for added credibility. On the WF, newcomers often look at post count or how long a member has been here or how many times they've been thanked to determine whose opinion matters. On Squidoo, Giant Squids get preferential treatment and are also looked up to as experts, whether or not they are. Anything to give you an edge is worth pursuing (ie: My Twitter avatar is animated and you wouldn't believe how many people followed me because of that and later email me to tell me they did that and then went to my site, knowing nothing about IM at all, but building interest through my link).

Tiff

[Patrice Le Vexier]

Look for advertisement opportunities...

For example with StumbleUpon, with $25 bucks you'll get 500 visitors to your website or your blog. If people like it, your website could go viral and receive thousands of visits even after your campaign has ended.

It can also be an excellent way to test ideas that you want to implement on your website.

Hope it helps,

Patrice

[edmltw]

Here's a free and powerful tool for you to use.

Automated Content & Bookmark Distribution | OnlyWire

Helps you submit up to 20 over social bookmarking sites at one go.

for FREE.

Go ahead.. Bite it..

Regards,
Edmund

[Jared Alberghini]

Start YOUR OWN Social Network!

I believe it is the perfect time to start your own Niche/Micro Niche Social Network, before everyone else realizes the next evolutionary stage of the web, and claims their AUTHORITY Status with their own Social Network in the niche of their choice.

Here are just a few of the top social networking platforms out there:

Elgg - Open Source Social Networking and Social Publishing Platform.

Dolphin :: Smart Community Builder :: Free Software

Here's a Digg-like social bookmarking platform:

Pligg CMS | Open Source Content Management System

Jared

[ManieE]

You can also use the following to bookmark your content to social sites. Although not as automated as OnlyWire, but it is also free:
socialmarker.com
socialposter.com/
ping.fm

[JasonParker]

Syndicate your blog to all major social networks using ping.fm and Twitterfeed.com

[James Pateman]

List of useful Social Marketing Strategy links:

The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos

101 Business Twitter Ideas, Tactics, and Strategies | 123 Social Media

Social Media News and Web Tips ? Mashable ? The Social Media Guide

1500 Social Media Marketing Examples http://wiki.beingpeterkim.com/

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing

regards,
James Pateman

[Dave777]

1200+ Web 2.0 sites/services/links in 50+ categories. Pick a category... To use with your Social Marketing Strategies!
Web 2.0 Directory : eConsultant

Dave

[vicone]

I use Big Mike's Sociabot to notify Social Groups about availability of new content on pages designed to promote traffic and back links.

Gaining these back links improves their profile in the search engines and boosts traffic from the pages which are targeted.

Ivan

[Sheryl Polomka]

I use Big Mike's Socialbot too and it saves a lot of time - great program and definately worth getting hold of for social marketing.

[mohammad111]

Build a relationship with your followers and get to know them. Also don't just make your profile page look like a list of affiliate links and also be sure to stay away from spam.

Don't use automated techniques and do it the right way and you will profit.

[John Rogers]

This Perry Belcher video does a good job of explaining how to incorporate social media into your marketing mix.

YouTube - Social Media Marketing | Perry Belcher

[scorpio9]

to be effectice you MUST join one or more social media teams and share the burden of bookmarking each others' content. This will create buzz and make your contents more prominent not only on the social media sites but the search engines will also take notice.

Convert you contents in video, audio, software, pdf and syndicate to 100's of web 2.0 properties, submit the feeds to RSS aggregators.

[tessmac9708]

Take a look at what one of our top members has to say on this subject.

Warning: If you're are lazy, dont bother to read this as it is not for you. Its all about providing value.

5 Cardinal Rules to Growing Your Business on Sta.rtup.biz - StartUp

Graham

[bhopkins]

I'll echo Tiffany here. The entire point of social networks is to network with like minded individuals. Provide value to the network and it will reward you. Interact with others. Don't only try to be self promotional. Earn the right to promote your site, offers, products, what ever.

Once you gain the trust of others in your niche, then you won't be able to stop the success you will have.

Bruce

[seoteam]

social networking are the place to boost your brand and products,just focus on how you move rather than someone comes and catch your products and pay you online or make purchase, social network give a invisible backup visibility to your products.when you build networks around social media people found various resources about you services and they become trustworthy.

Sujit (Web analyst)

[Sumit Menon]

Your CTR is directly proportional to the no. of people you interact with!

[IM_Guru]

Like Perry Belcher says, treat social media like a party. Dont try to sell stuff at a party.

[divinewind]

um, cough, webDOMinator all in one social networking bot... cough

Seriously though... to actually add something to this thread, I tend to go after niche social networking sites to find good clients. The idea is that there is less already existing friending by bots going on there which gives you an advantage and can get you to the top with a smaller effort.

[hamed]

Here are a couple of ideas, so get your thinking hats on:


1. Twitter Strategy

Twitter is the second hottest social networking site out there at the moment, after Facebook. It is the fastest growing social site on the Internet. The thing about Twitter that you must remember (like with the other networks) is that it is a place to socialize. People go on there to interact with others, not buy products.
The key to making Twitter work is to form relationships with other marketers in your niche. Make friends with them. You never know, some of those relationships can result in lucrative joint venture deals for you.


2. Facebook Strategy

Facebook is a another great way to build relationships with other business people in your niche market. But you can also use it as a way to send out bulletins to people who are interested in buying products in your target market. You can also link to your blog, or post videos out there, all of which help to build a fan base that will eventually buy your products.


3. Blogging Strategy

Blogging still remains probably the best money making Web 2.0 strategy. You can monetize a blog is so many different ways, including AdSense, banner advertising, affiliate programs, pay per post blog posts and so on. If you have a subscriber list, it is also a great tool for building rapport with your subscribers and communicating with them.


These social marketing strategies are proven to work. So put them to action soon to build your business!