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Twitter + Facebook + Ping.FM + FriendFeed + Your Blog = LETHAL Traffic!

May 17th, 2009 admin

The greatest strength of the social networking resources available to us today is their ability to connect people. Their second greatest strength is their ability to connect with each other.

By simply linking up a few key social networking resources you can put yourself in position to generate the best quality (and quantity) of traffic you’ve ever experienced. The traffic is so good, in fact, that it can only be compared to the quality of the search engines (under high ranking key words and phrases, of course.)

Any Internet marketer (worth their salt) will tell you that “the money is in the list.” Any Internet marketer who actually knows what they are talking about will tell you that “the money is in the RESPONSIVE list.” Without a great mailing list, any Internet based business (especially that of MLM, affiliate program, etc.) is a failure waiting to happen. Here’s why…

*The average person will visit your site 3 to 7 times before making a decision to purchase your product or join your opportunity. If you have not captured them as a lead before they hit your website, the chances of them coming back (unless they bookmark your site) are slim. This is especially true in the case of affiliate or replicated sites. If someone visits an affiliate site (that you are promoting along side of hundreds that are identical) and you have captured the lead, many times you will lose that sale or sign up as they will eventually join on the site of someone else.

*A mailing list gives you the opportunity to build a relationship with your database. The best list is going to be one that trusts you. A list that trusts you will buy from you. Having a list like this allows you to continue the marketing process and lose less potential clients, customers or prospects. It allows you to continue the marketing process even though paid conversion hasn’t taken place yet.

*Using the social networking resources you can build a targeted, niche specific list by driving the RIGHT traffic. Twitter and Facebook are especially good for this, as can be MySpace.

Understanding this, it’s important to generate your traffic from the right resources. Developing a traffic funnel is the key to getting the RIGHT traffic. Because the social networks allow you to target niche specifically, this creates a traffic funnel unlike any you will generate using advertising resources (safe lists, traffic exchanges, classified sites, traffic generators, etc.)

When Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, Your Blog, MySpace and other resources are connected together, this allows you to use a resource like Ping.FM to drive large volumes of quality traffic to a capture system. As you will see by the graphic below, these resources are no joke when it comes to driving traffic and converting traffic to leads.
 

Leads Generated Using Micro Blogging Muscle and Twitter Me This 

It is when this traffic is converted to leads that the conversion to sales, sign ups, etc. takes place.

The best place to start when it comes to driving niche specific traffic is Twitter. Twitter is the EASIEST social resource, there is, for building a niche specific based of followers for the purpose of generating targeted traffic. From there, add Facebook and MySpace to the mix, FriendFeed and then your blog, you have a recipe for an AWESOME traffic generator.

The details of my system are outlined in both Micro Blogging Muscle and Twitter Me This. Use the form on the right hand side of the site here to get your copy of Micro Blogging Muscle for free!

Cheers!

Rex

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Automating Twitter for the purpose of generating followers and traffic!

May 14th, 2009 admin

Nothing stirs up controversy among the hard core Tweeters like the subject of automation. While some have no problem turning themselves into a mere robot, others believe (at the extreme end) that the automation of Twitter falls right in line with Armageddon.

As many of you know, I look at and try everything when it comes to Twitter (for the most part). If there’s a training or resource out there that looks appealing, I try it out. If it works, I add it to Micro Blogging Muscle, Twitter Me This or I just blog about about? (Is blog both a verb and a noun?)

Anyway, back on point here. I’ve written of this before, but after watching another of the EXPERTS give their two cents on Twitter automation yesterday I wanted to share some ideas with those (and for those) who are choosing to replace themselves with automated Twitter tools.

In my last blog post I talked about the social networks being “social” and even provided the definition of the word “social” according to Websters online.

I’m all for using any Twitter resource that I can to build relationships because I understand that those friendships and business connections will lead to further friendships and business connections. If you are using the automated Twitter apps to bypass people, you are missing out on opportunities that could turn into friendships, fame and fortune.

“The law of success is service! We make money by making friends and we enlarge our circle of friends by making money FOR THEM, by helping THEM, by being of service to THEM! You can make a money magnet of yourself, but to do so you must first consider how you can make money for other people. What benefits one must benefit all” – Charles Haanel, The Master Key System

If I am automating Twitter for only the purposes of gain for self the end result will be certain failure. “The germ of defeat exists in every selfish thought (again, MKS)”.

When it comes to adding followers to Twitter, quantity is important, but QUALITY must not be overlooked. This is why using niche specific strategies when using Twitter for business and marketing is so important.

Creating a niche specific twitter account will do a couple of things for you. First, it will provide you with quality traffic unlike most have ever experienced. Second, it will increase conversion ratios significantly. Using one niche specific Twitter account we are averaging (no joke) 9% conversion rate from sales to leads.

So for those who want to automate Twitter, great… but use your noodle. Here are a couple of pointers that will help you along:

1.) Use directories to find and follow niche specific people. WeFollow is a GREAT resource for this, as is Twellow and a few others. People will follow you back, no worries there. Look for people with large numbers of followers in your niche and follow them. This will bring more followers.

2.) Use TweetLater to ASSIST you in keeping up with the communication of your new followers. Everyone should get a welcome message from you, but you won’t have time to do them manually. Format your messages in such a way that they open the lines of communication… i.e. – “Thanks for following, how are you today?” works well. Not everyone will reply, but your message will fall much lighter on their hearts if it’s not just spam.

3.) Use Twollo to help you follow more niche specific people on Twitter using their keyword based system. This will aid you in the addition of followers.

If I haven’t driven the point home loud and clear, use the automated resources the way they SHOULD be used… to help others and help yourself, not to replace YOU!

For detailed information on how you can create a niche twitter account, resources, strategies and more, request your free copy of Micro Blogging Muscle using the form on the right hand side of this page.

Best of success and God Bless!

Rex

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Are You CONNECTING with your audience, niche or target market?

May 2nd, 2009 admin

It seems as the though (after all of the scrutiny in recent weeks) that the “let’s automate Twitter” idea is running rampant again.   I woke up to more spam in my DM box this morning than the local grocer has on their shelves.  

I have no problem with people using automated tools to ASSIST them in RELATING and CONNECTING with their audience, but the use of them for blatant spam (even though it might seem fruitful now) will be a recipe for disaster down the road.

The social media (if anything) is about reputation.  It’s obvious to me, however, that FEAR is keeping most people from levels of greatness based solely on their ACTIONS.  For example… if I were at church, the lodge, the club, wherever and someone approached me and said “Hi, my name is Bob, it’s great to meet you”, extended their hand and smiled… while I said nothing and walked away… what type of impression would that leave?

THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS LEAVING THE SAME IMPRESSION IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA!

I can’t tell you how many times, this week, that I have tried to communicate with someone via the DM tool on Twitter, only to receive TWO replies in an entire week (and that in adding over 1000 followers in the last 6 days.)

Now I’m not going to make this all about me in some cry baby, boo hoo type of blog here… that’s not what this is about.  What I want to point out is what PEOPLE ARE MISSING OUT ON by behaving in this way.

Let’s take a look at the way people do BUSINESS in the REAL WORLD.  In watching The Apprentice we can see several GOOD examples.  In thinking back to one of the earlier shows of this season, the teams were tested with a task of selling the most cup cakes for charity.  For those of you who saw that episode you will notice that the teams didn’t take a “hit and run” approach to their marketing and advertising efforts.  They went belly to belly with the people that they KNEW and DIDN’T KNOW.  There was no fear of rejection, nor was there complacency.  They called people and talked to people who also called people and talked to people (viral marketing). They were assigned a task and they did it.  In the end run they generated a boat load of money for charity. 

We NEVER know when that ONE person is going to meet us in the cross road of life that could help us take our business, product, idea, brand, whatever, to new heights of success!  This is why that the utilization of the social media (Twitter, Plurk, Ping.FM, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) as a method of COMMUNICATION is so vitally important.  

How sad it would be if the Law of Attraction brought us exactly what we were looking for through Twitter, via a great person, but because we were to busy focusing on self that we missed out on a connection that could have lead to a hundred more connections?

Here are a couple of Tweets from today that will illustrate what I’m talking about when it comes to opening the lines (and keeping open the lines) of communication.

“Good morning, I have a new blog posting that I thought might interest you.  Have a great weekend.” While the greeting is cordial, the message is quick to turn the FOCUS on the SENDER and not the RECIPIENT.  The sender has made the core theme of this message about THEMSELF.  Then, they instantly dismiss themself from the conversation by ending it abruptly, versus trying to carry on, connenct and ENGAGE.  This is happening for two primary reasons.  First, people just don’t know any better and second… FEAR!  

Most people are afraid to engage due to fear of rejection.  If you are going to use the social media for business then you better be prepared to hear more no’s than yes’s.  That’s all part and parcel of the gig.  This is why, I believe, so many people turn to automation is because they don’t want to deal with the no’s.  Moreover, they don’t want to integrate with the people!

Here’s another example that just came in via TweetDeck as I am writing this post…

@rexharrislive I’m doing fine! :) www.xxxxxxxxx.com – notice that there is no attempt to carry on, or even start a conversation here, but there’s no problem with making sure that their link is exposed.  

Friends, if you really want to be successful in life and in business then you are going to have to learn to put yourself asside and remember that PEOPLE are the key element that we need to be successful!  Without people, there is no one to buy our products, no one to join our business opportunities and no one to make use of our services.

Here’s a strategy that will allow you to use automation for the purpose of communication…

*TweetLater - Here’s a great resource for automating Twitter.  Now, keep in mind you want to use this to assist in building relationships, not just to spam DM’s.  

Using the automated messaging feature in TweetLater, set up a Tweet that goes out to all now followers following this outline.

1.)  Thank people for following you… it’s cordial and pollite.  A simple “Thanks for following!” will be suffice.

2.)  Offer people a gift of value.  By giving people something that will actually help them accomplish a goal or solve a problem, you begin the trust building process which is vital to any business relationship, especially online where trust is a commodity in this day and age.  

3.)  Never leave the message “close ended.”  Use the last sentence of your Tweet to engage people.  Something like “How are you today?” works very well.  NEVER make your first DM’s about you… make them about the people if you want to win friends and influence business.

Example:  ”Thanks for following!  Here’s a little something that will help you with Twitter (short link here)!  How are you today?”

Keep in mind that not everyone is going to reply to this, but many will… and those are opportunities that should NEVER be overlooked!  There will come a time when you you connect with the right person who not only join your business opportunity but tells ten of their friends and they do the same.  It happens all the time but you must leave these channels open if you ever plan to be successful using the Law of Attraction in marketing and business.

Remember that “the germ of defeat is in every selfish thought.  Every transaction in life and business must be done to benefit the WHOLE, not just the part” - Charles Haanel, The Master Key System

Have a great day!

Rex

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Viral Twitter Marketing, Auto DM’s, TweeterGetter? BAD!

March 13th, 2009 admin

There seems to be quite a bit of controversy concerning many of the Twitter tools, apps and resources available today. Hardly seems like a day goes by where I don’t hear about another tool, in a long line, that I still haven’t had the chance to examine.

For those who haven’t heard, SocialToo has removed the Direct Messaging feature from their system, leaving many Tweeters perplexed and disappointed. There are also those on the other side of the spectrum who are rejoicing at the fact that Twautomation seems to be meeting its’ demise. I was using that tool and really liked it.

When it comes to Twitter Tools, I have found that most of the problems originating from these are not because the tools are bad, it’s because they are being used incorrectly.

It’s unfortunate, because features like Auto DM, for example, can be very useful for the responsible Tweeter. If you are receiving large volumes of followers, it is next to impossible to greet them all manually. That being said, it looks like this could be the way of the future if DM services in other tools start to get shut down.

You can use an auto dm to send a quick greeting and open the lines of communication via TweetDeck or Twhirl, for example. When it comes to Auto DM, the best use IS NOT advertising or spam. My message is simple… “Thanks for following, it’s great to see you here! How are you today? Free Twitter Tools! http://bit.ly/14Rfnp” … and that’s it. Asking people how they’re doing today is not only cordial and polite, but it gets conversations started that build relationships.

Then there is TweeterGetter and the ViralTweets software. Again, a resource that has drummed up it’s share of controversy. I jumped on the TweeterGetter bandwagon from day one. Personally, I don’t have a problem with it, but can understand why some people do. At first appearance, it does appear to be one of those tools that takes the human element away from Twitter. It’s use, however, has brought me many new friends, some of which agreed with the tool, some that haven’t.

The software used by TweeterGetter (known as Viral Tweets) I really like and will continue to use it. You can use this tool responsibly, from a marketing perspective, without putting those who are Tweeting your message at risk for a spam complaint and/or account closure. For example, I have created a form on my blog here (see right upper right hand margin) where people can request a nice info package (free of charge) for simply sharing my blog with others. There’s nothing wrong with sharing quality information. I think my blog offers a pointer or two that people might find useful… ;) !!

If you are using Viral Tweets, take this into consideration when creating your message. Twitter, in its’ purest forms poses one question… “What are you doing?” If you answer that question and share links to legitimate information that will be of actual benefit to those who follow you (as well as the public thread), you are not only going to reduce the risk of spam/account closure, you are also going to build a positive reputation as someone who is doing things the right way.

As far as other tools are concerned (the list to long to name)… it’s pretty much a matter of preference. Personally, my favorites are TweetManager, TweetDeck, Twhirl. Mr. Tweet and TwitterGrader. I’m sure the list will grow the more I explore, but there are only so many hours in a day.

Apps, tools and resources are great, but what really make Twitter great is the connection with people! If the tools are resources are causing you to overlook that, then I would reconsider how you are using them.

Cheers!

Rex

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Can you really add 19,000 plus followers to Twitter in 30 days?

February 11th, 2009 admin

Well, I didn’t think so… to be totally honest. In fact, when I saw this in my e-mail when I woke up today I laughed and thought, “wow, what’s next?” “Is it really likely that this tool will help people make money online?”

Then I tried it… and I all I can say… 160 plus followers later (in less than 10 hours) is wow! I’m impressed. It’s a cool system! I’ve had several great conversation with some interesting people today and it’s driving traffic. So yes, this resource will help you make money online!

Here’s how it works…

To learn how you can use this resources with your home based business and make money online, click here!

Here is a list of other Twitter resources I’m using with great success: TweetDeck – TweetManager – Mr. Tweet

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Tweet Me Right! Twitter Does And Don’ts!

February 10th, 2009 admin

Twitter Me This? What is the best way to use Twitter for home based business and making money online? In my opinion, I don’t think that the use of Twitter differs from any other social resource.

Mingling (for those who are willing to do so) is one of the best ways to use Twitter. There is nothing wrong with participating in a conversation that is taking place publicly. If you see something of interest, chime in. This type of activity is welcome and expected. If people want to chat privately on Twitter, they can form a group or use Direct Messaging. The main reason people chat publicly is because they want the exposure… that’s why they use Twitter.

Twitter is a great tool for learning and growing as well as sharing. The sharing works best, as I have experienced, when the information you are distributing brings about a solution to an issue or a problem that someone else is having trying to build their home based business. If you can provide knowledge to someone, and the knowledge you have shared actually helps them make money online, you have won trust… and that is the key when it comes to developing a responsive database!

Twitter allows you to take the best aspects of social marketing and compacts them all into one neat little package that allows you to move fast and efficiently. Using the right tools, it brings the right people into your world and gives you direct access to open the lines of communication.

I look at Twitter the same way I look at the other social networks.   I see them a large rooms full of people. When I’m in a large room of people, I mingle. One of the best ways to mingle is to find something of common interest via a profile. This makes it easier to open the lines of communication, making things less awkward. For example, anytime I see golf, fishing, ministry, football, etc. on a profile, I will use that to open the conversation. I don’t force my home based business or my products on people, I don’t have to. Business just happens…

To get the most from your Twitter experience there are numerous tools available that will help you manage Twitter as well as generate more followers and build relationships. Most everyone on Twitter has one common goal… to add more friends (followers) as is the case in most social networks. If you are in working a home based business, the chances of generating sign ups and sales increase greatly with the number of people you know.

To get the most from your Twitter experience, add more followers, drive traffic and build your mailing list, check out Twitter Me This today!

Cheers!

Rex

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How to use TweetManager for Twitter to generate leads!

January 15th, 2009 admin

TweetManager is another one of those Twitter tools that must not be ignored. This thing does it all for you, automatically! From following, to responding, to sharing blog updates, this tool is amazing and it’s 100% free!

The combination of both this and TweetDeck make life with Twitter much easier and more effective. For those using Twitter to market themselves or build a home based business, this tool will help you build yet one more database that will serve you for years to come if don’t abuse it with spamvertising.

The use of the two brings followers with little effort on your part. It also gives you the ability to send a welcome message to each new follower that comes into your Twitter account. Use this correctly and it can be a wealth of leads that will build your autoresonder with ease.

If Tweet Manager is set up correctly, it not only brings followers, it brings the right followers! Using the keyword feature in TweetManager, you will be able to diversify the followers you are looking for. It basically gives you the ability to set up laser targeted traffic!

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How To Use TweetDeck for easy Twitter Management

January 12th, 2009 admin

Talk about make life easier and more efficient… this is one of the best Twitter tools I’ve seen yet. Twitter is quickly becoming my favorite social networking resource on the web… but it can be difficult to manage, especially if you are following a lot of people.

Tweet Deck breaks things down so they are easy to manage. This way, when an important Tweet comes in, that you should see, you won’t miss it.

If you’re not already using in, I recommend it! TweetDeck

Another great Twitter resource is Tweet Manager



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