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In his Best-Selling book, “The Next Big Thing,” Joe Rickards reveals how powerfully the social media revolution is reshaping our world. This is the latest in the most watch social media series in the world (June 2011). Researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod & Jeff Brenman, remixed. It’s based on #1 International Best Selling Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. I did not create this video, just helping awaken the world to where Socialnomics is taking us.

Making money online with social media and social networking is often looked at with mysticism, confusion, doubt, and misguidance. We will go over the numerous principles to capitalizing on these powerful mediums and why so many other techniques often fail. First we must understand what social media and networking sites are, and what they are not.

According to Wikipedia social media is “activities that integrate technology, telecommunications and social interaction”; social networking is very similar stating “facilitates communication between a group of individuals or organizations….shared values.” The most obvious word the two share is social; the goal of these websites is to bring people together in a relevant, organized fashion, to better transfer their knowledge and passions. They are not identical but the principles are the same: people sharing knowledge, organization, shared interests. We will use the term social media to represent both fields.

Chances are you have read somewhere to focus on niche marketing. While being in a niche is a solid business plan, understand that people are people, and like people, we all are more alike than dissimilar. Do not miss out on the opportunity to reach new audiences for fear of being different; people have broad interests, personalities, and “light bulbs” that go off when they see something alien to them. If you, like many marketers focus only on niches you will pigeon hole your own growth. Here is an example. I co-run GameFriends.com, a social network for all things video game related. The gamers in the community vary from hardcore, to casual, and every degree in between. Now, if we strictly marketed to known gamers we would have a finite pool (albeit enormous) but we would be missing out on people that did NOT actively know they wanted to play games until the opportunity arose. The idea works the same way as “impulse buying”. Native Americans did not know Columbus came by boats because they did not “see” the boats; it wasn’t in their realm of consciousness. It was only after they were exposed to them did they “see them”. Marketing works the same way; let your product/service enter the minds of the masses and you will gain new audiences.

Now making money online is not all about you (scary isn’t it?). You are in a relationship with the internet, the social media site you are utilizing, and the people within it. How would you like it if your girlfriend made you mow the lawn, cook her dinner and satisfy her needs and told you good night? You would feel used at the very least, and ready to explode (with anger ha). Now on the other hand if she cooked you dinner while you mowed the lawn and gave you a back massage you would both feel pretty good. Mutual benefit is the only way true relationships work. Never make the mistake of trying to get something out of someone for nothing. As Earl nightingale has taught us mutual benefit is the only real way for prosperity. When approaching a social medium, whether a forum, a bookmarking oriented site such as digg or reddit, or a large network such facebook, myspace or GameFriends you must enter with the mindset of contributing positively to the community. In fact, making money online is the last step to becoming successful. You will only make money online once you have become successful and contributing to others success.

Social media is not a place to drop as many links and spam as many people as possible. If you treat it as such you will be wasting your time. Behind social media are real life people like yourself. Just think how you would want to be treated. Keep in mind however this does not mean you can personally connect with each person. I love interacting with people but it is just not possible on a mass scale depending on your niche or product. To counteract this you must be as open and honest about your intentions and what you hope to bring to the community. An example of positively contributing to Digg would be to compile a list of the best of X, and truly taking your time to make it relevant to your product/service, or creating a Facebook group to raise awareness of your business with quality content. Yahoo Answers and GameFriends Ask a Gamer are great examples of researching and sharing knowledge and being rewarded with a link back to your website, as well as the quality article directories that distribute this.

Action. There are thousands of social media websites. To start you should sign up to about 5 of them and contribute your knowledge and add friends. If you contribute to each social medium (daily progress) you will have a great standing within the community in just 30 days. The more active you are the quicker the process becomes. Then after this time you will be able to let your friends know and others within the community about your shiny new red model cars for sale, or whatever you are selling. This isn’t a guarantee of success, but if you sign up and tell everyone about your shiny new red model cars before some foreplay you will be kicked out of the metaphorical bed, aka social medium. If you are in the game industry you can read a more thorough article titled how to make money online with gamefriends (coming soon). Remember to utilize niche mediums but not to limit yourself, contribute your knowledge in a relevant way to expose your product, make friends, patience, passion, and determination. Not everyone has the budget to run a huge website but since the advent of blogger and other amazing services all you need is the willingness to share your passions and you can turn a “simple blog” into a powerhouse of informative content that other networks recognize for its professionalism and a trusted website backed by a real person.

If you are a direct marketer for a company like The Happy Gardener, 7 Peaks Publishing Social Media Marketing Training can help you generate more sales and grow your business!

Web 2.0 sites like FaceBook, Twitter, and YouTube, are tailored for blossoming your Muli-Level Marketing or Direct Selling business. These websites are in truth functioning for the purpose of building relationships and spreading awareness of things concerning your life. They are constructs for friendly, conversational interaction. Coincidentally, Network Marketing/Direct Selling companies are most effectively created by starting with creating connections; by “sharing”, not pushing your company; and by enabling conversation rather than giving presentations.

So, the two truly are well-matched. The trick is to use Social Media in helpful way. If used correctly, it can help your company in a way you probably never thought possible. If used ineffectively, it could at best not be helpful at all, and worst-case, be viewed with hostility and hurt your business. Below are three tips to get you beginning on the correct path:

1. When utilizing Social Media, act as if you were going to a party. Social Media is generally a friendly, light medium, so it’s best to approach it with the correct mindset. If you are always serious and promote too much, it can really turn readers off. Always keep in mind, people WANT to be in these communities. They are ALREADY it it and usually for the fun aspects. Therefore, it is imperative to follow this pattern when discussing your business. Learn much, much more about manipulating social media right now through our Social Media Marketing Training.

2. Get people to know, like, and have a vested interest in you. There are many methods to accomplish this, and many are simple and basic. For example, use the right type of photo. Statistics have proven that a warm, inviting smile gets 63% more people to follow you on Twitter. Compliment people, send them relevant information, show your sympathy and concern for their circumstances. Put another way, say all the things that I would hope come naturally to you and that are natural for people when interacting in Social Media.

3. Engage people in a conversational manner, don’t just present your product. Social Media is a great environment to develop connections – both to develop new ones and deepen connections already there. Be natural, not forced, when creating posts. “Natural” is conversational. Natural is sharing things about your life. Forced is businesslike. Forced is stale promotion of a product, not sharing. For example, if you naturally share information about how you live – recent fun business trips you have gone on (photographs included), wonderful health you have gotten from your company’s products, great solutions to common health issues, photographs of your lifestyle, a post that shows them to see that you have time freedom – people are going to most likely start to ASK you what type of business you are in. And tada, you are now in a conversation, not a presentation, about your business!

For more information about Social Media Marketing Training, visit the 7 Peaks Publishing website.

If you are a direct marketer for a company like The Happy Gardener, 7 Peaks Publishing Social Media Marketing Training can help you generate more sales and grow your business!

Web 2.0 sites like FaceBook, Twitter, and YouTube, are tailored for blossoming your Muli-Level Marketing or Direct Selling business. These websites are in truth functioning for the purpose of building relationships and spreading awareness of things concerning your life. They are constructs for friendly, conversational interaction. Coincidentally, Network Marketing/Direct Selling companies are most effectively created by starting with creating connections; by “sharing”, not pushing your company; and by enabling conversation rather than giving presentations.

So, the two truly are well-matched. The trick is to use Social Media in helpful way. If used correctly, it can help your company in a way you probably never thought possible. If used ineffectively, it could at best not be helpful at all, and worst-case, be viewed with hostility and hurt your business. Below are three tips to get you beginning on the correct path:

1. When utilizing Social Media, act as if you were going to a party. Social Media is generally a friendly, light medium, so it’s best to approach it with the correct mindset. If you are always serious and promote too much, it can really turn readers off. Always keep in mind, people WANT to be in these communities. They are ALREADY it it and usually for the fun aspects. Therefore, it is imperative to follow this pattern when discussing your business. Learn much, much more about manipulating social media right now through our Social Media Marketing Training.

2. Get people to know, like, and have a vested interest in you. There are many methods to accomplish this, and many are simple and basic. For example, use the right type of photo. Statistics have proven that a warm, inviting smile gets 63% more people to follow you on Twitter. Compliment people, send them relevant information, show your sympathy and concern for their circumstances. Put another way, say all the things that I would hope come naturally to you and that are natural for people when interacting in Social Media.

3. Engage people in a conversational manner, don’t just present your product. Social Media is a great environment to develop connections – both to develop new ones and deepen connections already there. Be natural, not forced, when creating posts. “Natural” is conversational. Natural is sharing things about your life. Forced is businesslike. Forced is stale promotion of a product, not sharing. For example, if you naturally share information about how you live – recent fun business trips you have gone on (photographs included), wonderful health you have gotten from your company’s products, great solutions to common health issues, photographs of your lifestyle, a post that shows them to see that you have time freedom – people are going to most likely start to ASK you what type of business you are in. And tada, you are now in a conversation, not a presentation, about your business!

For more information about Social Media Marketing Training, visit the 7 Peaks Publishing website.

Social media for business particulars are in plenty about the net. Companies and  businesses utilize the media to reach potential clients and also develop and  sustain their reputations. The tool has become really important in web  promotion and sales. Individuals and organizations wishing to conduct on the  internet companies ought to discover about the benefits of utilizing the  instrument.

There are several advantages associated with social media for business. One is its influence on search engine optimization. The key goal of an effective SEO tactic is to assist you create links. The biggest advantage of social networking is the tendency of the communities to generate links to superior content.

It aids within the producing of superb web pages and website which are both  persuading and engaging. Content material is responsible for setting sites  apart from every other. It’s only original, creative and high quality content  material that’s able to engage readers. In addition, it aids sites not just  enhance their search engine rankings but additionally generate visitors. About  the contrary, poor high quality content material does nothing but drive  visitors away.

It may assist you perk up the conversion rates of your site. Conversion rates can be defined as the fraction of internet users that are turned into leads. The term also defines the percentage of lead that in the end are transformed into customers. This is what is termed as sales funnels. In order to boost the results of your site, you ought to gauge the conversion rate.

The biggest gain of the media is the ability to be measured. When doing business online, you ought to continuously gauge your success. This helps you find out what does not work and what does. You could utilize a site analytic program to compute the amount of links that propel traffic to your sites. The type of internet user to frequently visit your site and the information that are fascinated by are additional that can be provided by the program.

Talking to authorities in the field comes highly recommended to individuals that are new to online marketing. These are the best to inform you on your business can benefit from the media. On the other hand, you could perform internet research. There are a lot of sites with facts on the gains of social media.

Producing use from the media might prove challenging initially. Nonetheless,  with constant use and lots of fortitude you get utilized to it. You might  employ professionals to help you. Make sure that you chat with their clients  and discover out if they’re trustworthy.

for instance, in the context of lead acquisition for an online subscription business:

1. in general:
how to optimize a media mix, assuming that you have a $2 million annual media budget, eg how much go to natural/paid search, banners, emails, etc – all in context of PROSPECTING/ ACQUISITION

2. by channel:
- banners: how ad networks work, CPM vs CPA; what to avoid, what to look out for, what are areas of opportunity?
- email prospecting: common mistakes when renting a list
- co reg – what works/what doesn’t
- affiliates: how to manage ad networks (RO WISE, AZOOGLE, etc) and their affiliates – eg how to make sure that affiates don’t bid for keywords against you?

Thank you!

Markus Frind runs a free online dating website out of a back bedroom in Vancouver, Canada, called plentyoffish.com. He’s also an adsense millionaire. The site is billed as the largest one in the world run by an individual. He recently rocked the Internet world when he posted a photo of his latest Google adsense check for nearly $1-million CAD. Tampa Bay’s Media Talk co-hosts: Janet Sherer & Rob Tiisler.