Anybody in here consider social media marketing to be a form of IM?

What...! Sure one of the effective way of IM

Some can not just do without it.. Well depending on your niche..

Jonathan

Well...the reason I asked is because I rarely see threads devoted to how to do it well. It's not enough to just go onto Facebook and chat with everyone. That's not marketing. That's socializing...and while, over time, people just get to know you by default, there's a way to do it well and a way to do it poorly or by accident (like I did originally.)

I have a good friend who is an Adsense master. It seems like he can rank in 30 days or less for just about anything. He just puts his head down and gets to work.

I tried that and it bored me to tears. The day to day work was not what I imagined doing for any length of time. I am an introvert, so being out in public didn't work when it came to building my business...but being online and socializing seemed to suit me very well.

When I shared with him that I was going the social route for traffic generation last year, he literally huffed at me. I don't automate my tasks, and there are certain things that I do Monday through Friday. My steps are planned, and the results are predictable within a week. I guess what I am looking to do is have a quality conversation about social media marketing and share techniques with people who are doing it well and who are noticing patterns.

For example...last year, it was enough to go make comments on 30+ personal profiles and be active in one high-quality group. This year...NOT. Not at all!

This year, I notice that I had to switch up what I was doing almost 100% because users seem to be becoming more desensitized to socialization. I rarely talk about business off of my own wall (unless I am syndicating someone's content), so I don't get the change...

...but it's one that I notice has happened for others who are full-time as well.

*shrug*

Thanks for the feedback. I was feeling a teench bit alone on my social island.

Well played, Mrs.Johnson, Well played.

You are smack dab in the middle of social media marketing.

Nice Site, by the way.
Well laid out and nicely presented.
I admire your complete transparency!
I,for one, am not so willing to show such intimate details of my life.

But ,I see that is part of your marketing strategy

Open your eyes and ears, Ladies and Gentlemen!

We have a Experienced Social Marketer in the mix.

Great Job, Christi

Cheers,
Rob

Paul...that was rude...and very uncomfortable for no reason.

I have been on here since 2010, but I didn't know what I was doing when I started working online. I participated in basically NO conversations other than thanking people or asking questions. I got a LOT of value though.

I haven't come from nowhere. You're right. Promoting my signature would be lame...and obvious.

I asked the question because it's a legitimate one that I have. I actually need to start interacting with people in my space a lot better and more frequently. Unlike most people who come here, I am not looking to create a Warrior offer and eventually rise to fame in the IM world. When I stopped interacting here last year, I went to Facebook and got to WORK.

Now...I will admit that when I came on here this morning, I recognized that my signature and info don't line up with what I do for a living now. In days past, the number of comments you have made on this forum would have intimidated me into hiding. I am both introverted and shy...and people like you tend to scare me.

But I came on here with a real question, looking for real conversation.

If you are not going to contribute and participate with me in a way that speaks of common courtesy, then please just read. I'm a War Room member who has lurked for some time. It hit me that I actually need to socialize with potential peers here. Notice my signature goes to a real blog and I am a normal, low-key, Army wife and home schooling mother. I make my living doing what I do now.

There's nothing but transparency going on here.

What happens with me, however, is that I get so caught up in marketing on Facebook that I rarely have down time to do actual conversing with others in the field.

That said...do you social market as well? I have a lot of catching up to do here. I have a lot of quality conversations with people on Facebook...but absolutely none here. There's nothing wrong with desiring to represent my space well...and who cares when I start doing it elsewhere?

What matters is that I start at all. *hugging myself* lol

Thanks for your opinion, Anton...but you have me wrong. It's ok, and I don't take it personally. If I were anyone but myself, I would probably see myself the same way...but I know why I came on today. You can read my response above so I don't have to write it again.

Only thing I will say is that the reason I haven't participated much here is because you guys tend to pounce first and ask questions later. That method of initial interaction can actually be frightening for a person like myself. So...I avoided it. I hate posting on WF sometimes.

I did change my siggy this morning, but that's professional. Anyone would do the same.

*waiting on a real conversation...*

Isn't that what we do here?

Yup, you promote your Sig, too

They were rude, Fluff, and you are being so also. Did you even look at her blog? Or read her OP? She IS a successful social media marketer.Meaning she is making a living at it. I only just met her today right here in this very thread.Yes, She could have title her thread differently, such as " I dont see too many social marketing threads..."
or, " Any social marketers who want to socialize?" or whatever...
And who are you to tell someone how she should feel? She PM'd me that she indeed was genuinely rattled by these guys.