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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th July 2016, 03:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,067
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: An Epic List Of 47 Referral Programs

Glad to be of service! :cool:;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th July 2016, 10:00 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,067
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: An Epic List Of 47 Referral Programs

Hey, I made this! :-D Really cool to see it being shared! Will hang around to answer any questions anybody might have. :-)

– Visa
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 9th May 2014, 04:32 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 468
Posted By ReferralCandy
What are some unique "ecommerce entrepeneur problems"?

What problems do you have that nobody else understands, that you can't explain to your immediate friends and family? I'm surprised there hasn't been anything written about this specific thing!

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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th January 2014, 09:12 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,238
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Best SEO/link building service

I honestly don't think it should take "years and years". I'd say it takes about a year or two to really start cementing your genuine authority on something. Quality over quantity! The challenge is to...
Forum: Copywriting 26th January 2014, 09:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 772
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Could you criticise my ad page?

Here's my opinion:

There's too much going on. You need to figure out just ONE thing you want people to see, and elminate everything else. There are 6 links at the top right of the page competing...
Forum: Social Media 26th January 2014, 08:44 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 633
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How to Get Many Twitter Followers?

Out of curiosity, what do you hope to achieve with all those followers, though? You know that buying followers in bulk typically means getting fake/irrelevant followers, right?

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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th January 2014, 08:42 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,139
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: SEO or PPC?

I'm surprised by some of the negativity towards SEO here, and I'm wondering if I'm imagining something different? I've found that writing good blog content that's relevant in our niche, for instance,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th January 2014, 08:39 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,843
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: SEO Plugin for Wordpress--- Yoast or SEOPressor???

Yoast is great, I'd recommend it.

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Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 26th January 2014, 08:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 746
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Shopping Carts so complicated

+1 what OnlineStoreHelp said.

It's pretty challenging to work with Magento (and other hosted-cart solutions). It's powerful and praiseworthy, yes, but it has a rather steep learning curve for...
Forum: Copywriting 1st January 2014, 10:17 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 837
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: "Content is King --- Context is Queen"

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Forum: Social Media 29th December 2013, 08:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 811
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Why Use Pinterest For Marketing

The cool thing about Pinterest users is that they're already primed for shopping- so even if the engagement rates look lower than, say, Facebook, they are still probably more likely to buy.

The...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th December 2013, 08:40 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 731
Posted By ReferralCandy
Forum: Social Media 29th December 2013, 08:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 359
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: FB: How to deal with negative post when person did not buy from us?

I would totally make a public post addressing the person's complaints. Say exactly what you've told us. Maybe something along the lines of...

"Lately, we've noticed that a certain Mr. X has been...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th December 2013, 08:30 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,457
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: The perfect eCommerce website / Online shop

The first and most important thing you need when you're starting an online store is product/market fit. You need to be selling something that people genuinely want to buy. Everythin else afterwards...
Forum: Social Media 21st November 2013, 01:56 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 420
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Any Warriors Want to Share Their Youtube Marketing Strategies?

What is the niche you're trying to work in anyway? if you actually do produce your own videos, you could look into collaborating with other Youtubers.
Forum: Social Media 21st November 2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,343
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Question about Facebook accounts on same IP address

IP address is a really unreliable way to verify your location anyway, so probably not. That said, if you give off other suspicious signs—such as similar phone numbers, always liking and sharing one...
Forum: Social Media 15th November 2013, 01:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 593
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Maximising Facebook CTR

What's in the image you're using? Remember to use solid uniform backgrounds/nature images; those have higher CTR.
Forum: Social Media 15th November 2013, 01:34 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 668
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Need help monetizing multiple Youtube Accounts/Channels

I'm not quite sure I understand what you're asking for—you're trying to upload separate videos to other channels? Or are you trying to duplicate the same video across two different ones? If it's the...
Forum: Social Media 15th November 2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,135
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook page with low number of likes

Try looking for other pages in your niche and working together with them, promote each other's content etc.
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:47 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 655
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Google + versus Facebook can you empower my position

Exactly. Google chairman Eric Schmidt isn't even trying to hide the agenda. here's a quote from his last book:
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:43 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 602
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How to build email list from forum marketing?

What everyone here has said. Be upfront that you're intent on collecting email addresses, provide something of value in return to sweeten the deal.
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 284
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Any Way to Share from Facebook Page

How exactly do you mean that? As in, you run a second page and would like to share the content from a first page? Or just posting onto the wall of another page?
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:40 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 399
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Contest/Giveaway For Likes?

It's technically forbidden, but not very well-enforced. Facebook actually recently relaxed their rules to allow likes contests.
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:36 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 7,341
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: My method to getting free QUALITY likes on FB

I think there's value both to paying for FB ads as well as investing time into organic building. The thing about paid ads is that you need an initial capital to begin with, and not everybody has that...
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 721
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Pinterest's impact on Google

Very interesting results. Would you mind sharing with us more about the specific tactics you took with regards to Pinterest?
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:30 AM
Replies: 761
Views: 40,977
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

This is a tad like fanboys arguing if Superman or Thor would win in a fight. Facebook and Twitter are totally different creatures, each with its own capacities and advantages. It's not about figuring...
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:27 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,004
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Did you get sales from social networks?

Social is good at driving traffic and potential leads, but conversions are not the point. Focus on building quality content and an active community, and use it in conjunction with time-limited offers...
Forum: Social Media 28th October 2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 638
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Paying for the first ~1000 likes on new pages ?

This is not a debate. Do not buy followers unless you feel like donating money to scammers. You will achieve nothing but negative income.
Forum: Social Media 18th October 2013, 03:43 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 470
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Social media optimization

That's a bit like asking what your company should aim to achieve in life.

It varies depending on what you want. Most people want followers. They also want active engagement and virality. Some...
Forum: Social Media 18th October 2013, 03:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 655
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Google + versus Facebook can you empower my position

It's never gonna "dwarf" Facebook. You have to understand that Google is playing a very different game from FB. Zuckerberg and gang have created the ultimate social media site, but Google essentially...
Forum: Social Media 18th October 2013, 03:29 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 632
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Google Plus page

You'll want to get Google Authorship for individual writers. If your blog has more than one, use the rel="publisher" tag instead.

Here's an article I wrote...
Forum: Social Media 18th October 2013, 03:23 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 647
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Post an Image or Text on a FB Page ?

I've actually done some experiments on this before. Generally, images go viral easier and promote better click-through rates.
Forum: Social Media 3rd October 2013, 03:48 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 553
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: some questions about marketing on Twitter

1. I'm not exactly sure how Twitter algorithms work, but a simple way to play safe is to include links in your tweets leading to websites other than yours—YT videos, other articles you think are...
Forum: Social Media 3rd October 2013, 03:36 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,802
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Reddit Warning

Yeap, Reddit users themselves are very suspicious of marketing activities on the forum anyway—there's a whole subreddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/hailcorporate) dedicated to weeding it out. The...
Forum: Social Media 30th September 2013, 09:18 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 490
Posted By ReferralCandy
We talk about it a lot, but what IS social media? Here's a definition:

Social media is the convergence of communications and publishing. If you want to get more technical about it, it's any system of nodes with equal capacities to publish and subscribe to information...
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 10:00 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 980
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: SEO Services

:rolleyes:How is it a good idea to act like you're ignorant about the very service you provide?
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 697
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook Groups Are Better The Fanpages?

Agree with what you've said, except for the first point—you can set the group visibility to 'Public'. Groups are also very useful for building communities and inculcating a certain identity and...
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 472
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook Marketing Tips & Tricks

This. People need to realize that optimizing for mobile extends to the copy on your FB posts too. It gets even more important when you realize that a majority of users bounce off the "see-more" when...
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 527
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: My First Facebook Ad - How Did I Do?

5% CTR sounds like a very good start. Have you examined what set it apart from the other 5 pictures?
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:35 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 739
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: "Likes" vs "Fans"

If you're messaging somebody privately with your personal account, it's free. Same goes for messaging an individual privately from your FB page, but only the followers are allowed to initiate that...
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:27 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,042
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How to get real likes on new fanpage

Create killer content, find the relevant people in your niche who're already highly influential, interact with their pages and on other social networks, run Facebook contests with give-aways, promote...
Forum: Social Media 29th September 2013, 09:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,995
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How to Grow from 0 to 20,000 Engaged Twitter followers in 8 months.

This. Tactics can optimize your Twitter strategy, but it still needs to be built upon great content.

Thanks for the very informative post!
Forum: Social Media 9th September 2013, 03:03 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,470
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Use or Not to use Google plus

It's always a bad idea to bet against Google—more so if you're an online publication. Google Authorship will prove to be essential, but don't take my word for it:

How Google Authorship Will...
Forum: Social Media 2nd September 2013, 01:48 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,324
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Which is your favorite social media platform?

I find that Twitter works the best for us—you get to reach out to specific people who aren't immediately in your social circle, and the ROI in terms of reach and virality is higher than Facebook.
...
Forum: Social Media 2nd September 2013, 12:14 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 683
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: I'm going into 2 niches. Should I have 2 sets of social media accounts?

Use two separate Facebook pages. Nothing turns followers off more than irrelevant content. If the opportunity arises for cross-promotion the two separate pages'll come in handy too.
Forum: Social Media 2nd September 2013, 12:12 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,432
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How Do I Get Targeted Twitter Followers Quickly

Do it the organic way—engage, have conversations, treat people decently, keep an eye on the tweets around your area, jump on the opportunity to go the extra mile if you can (viral potential is always...
Forum: Social Media 2nd September 2013, 12:03 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 959
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Hashtags on Instagram

If you go overboard with the hashtags and include everything imaginable (#i'm #sure #you've #seen #sentences #like #this), you will get a boost in viral traffic. A colleague of mine did a hashtag...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th August 2013, 10:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 973
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: How did you get your first sale?

For me (my personal ecommerce store), I actually got a preorder via friend-of-friend on Facebook even before launching my store.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th August 2013, 10:15 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 714
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: What's your eCommerce experience been like so far?

Wow Anton, you STARTED by importing stuff from China? That's a pretty ballsy leap! Respect. I doubt I'd have had the guts to do that. Though maybe it boils down to what you can afford to risk.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th August 2013, 09:47 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 714
Posted By ReferralCandy
What's your eCommerce experience been like so far?

I notice we spend most of our time here discussing tactics, strategies and fixes... I'm really curious about your personal journeys. You don't have to be specific about what you're selling in case...
Forum: Social Media 26th August 2013, 02:55 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 463
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Any worth social networks besides the popular ones?

Depending on what you're marketing, Tumblr can be a very powerful tool to get your content viral. You'll need to be cautious though, because generally Tumblr users can be simultaneously more cynical...
Forum: Social Media 26th August 2013, 02:50 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 440
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook is not a secured channel

With regards to the likes—stuff like that happens. I used to front a rock band a few years back, and for some reason a significant percentage of our likes were always coming from South America.
...
Forum: Social Media 26th August 2013, 02:44 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,372
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Finding the right words to use for a status update

Nice work pulling in attention with the meme image. People usually pay attention to memes even if they're distracted with something else—probably because we're programmed to expect some sort of humor...
Forum: Social Media 26th August 2013, 02:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 481
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Youtube Marketing

Important thing to remember with Youtube marketing: it's pointless simply getting a whole load of views if your videos aren't compelling enough to make people watch the whole thing (it's called...
Forum: Social Media 25th August 2013, 06:24 AM
Replies: 761
Views: 40,977
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Facebook vs Twitter, which is better ?

It depends on what you're selling, and where your audience hangs out.

For us, for instance, we sell customer referral programs to businesses and marketers. Most of these people are easier to...
Forum: Social Media 25th August 2013, 06:19 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 740
Posted By ReferralCandy
Re: Frequency of posting on FB page ???

Every hour definitely sounds like way too much, unless you have a very remarkable/unique audience. Most people I think want to see one or two things a day, so I think you can afford to post abut 3-4...
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