Social Media Traffic-Easy steps to getting you're share

When I refer to social media traffic, I’m talking about promoting your on sites like Facebook.com, Twitter.com, and MySpace.com,  niche social networking sites (like Dogster.com for dog lovers).

To avoid getting distracted, I suggest you just start with two: Twitter.com and Facebook.com, first then you can start using this tactic on other social media sites to get even more traffic.

 Here’s how…

Set Up Your Profile

Be sure to fill out your profile completely. Some of this info should be about you (including a photo of yourself), just so that people get a sense of who you are. However, your profile should also be about your prospects. In other words, tell them what you can do for them.

Naturally, be sure to include a link to your landing page as well as to your blog.

 Start Posting

No one is going to join your contact network if you haven’t posted anything. So spend a few days adding good posts to your account, such as tips.

Don’t be promotional at this point, as you don’t want your Facebook feed or Twitter account to read like an ad. Instead, make it useful to your prospects by offering tips and other quick solutions to their problems.

Examples:

·         Does your dog get anxious when you leave? Train him to be calm by leaving for just a few minutes at a time. And never open the door when you hear him crying or barking.

·         You can improve your conversion rate by including trigger words in your headline, such as: you, how to, discover, secrets and guaranteed!

·         Swap those fatty potato chips for pretzels and you’ll easily slash 100 calories from your diet!

Seek Out Friends & Acquaintances, others

Once you’ve posted some good content on your account, then you can start seeking out “friends” and “followers” to add to your contact list.

Tip: Not everyone you seek out is necessarily a prospect. Instead, some of them could turn out to be good joint venture partners. See Day 23 for more details on joint venture marketing.

First off, put links to your Twitter and Facebook accounts on your blog and encourage your blog visitors to join. You may also give them an incentive to do so, such as free reports or perhaps specially arranged discounts for your fans, followers and friends.

Next, search these sites using your niche keywords (like “dog” or “gardening”). Then send out friend requests to those who share these interests. Take note, however, that you’ll likely have more success with this strategy on Twitter, as some people reserve their Facebook accounts for personal friends and family.

Tip: Don’t be tempted to use a social media site as your list-building site. That’s because most people have hundreds of contacts on these networks, so your messages often get buried in their feeds.

Instead, encourage your contact lists to join your regular list (by telling them about your free ecourse). And consider your contact lists as just one more channel to reach your target market. That is unless you use this strategy. 

 Now go Set up your Twitter and Facebook profiles and start posting to your accounts. So the sooner you get started the sooner you will get that well deserved Social media traffic