If you’re reading this you have an internet connection, and if you are online you have probably come across the term “Social Media”.
Sites like Twitter and Facebook are huge cyber parties where people go to take a mental break from their everyday world. They go there because they want to have fun and be entertained. When mingling through these social networking sites you need to behave as a guest would at a party.
If you drag your unhappiness and negativity to Twitter, nobody will want to engage in a conversation with you. Other “guests” don’t want you there bringing everyone down.
Also, if you are an internet marketer, and every other tweet you put out is a sales pitch of a new “cutting edge” business opportunity, you are going to look like a complete a$$. You wouldn’t do that at a party right? It would be embarrassing, right? Still many marketers keep doing just that, wondering why they are reported as spammers.
If you come from a place where you exhibit some nice content (useful articles, videos, anything funny) you will leave a good taste in their mouth, and they will be more likely to remember you.
You can’t fake this. Don’t do this because you wanna be liked, but because this is who you are. Contribute great stuff knowing that there is nothing in it for you. Do this because you want to “share” and not rip people off with dumb affiliate links.
Don’t write anything (including complements) that you don’t mean because the “tweeple” (twitter community) will sense it and you loose your credibility.
One of the main reasons people fail at social media as an internet marketer is their lack of patience.
Let’s say you open an account, get 1000’s of followers, put up a nice affiliate link in your bio section, and start pitching your business in your tweets. You wonder why nobody cares about what you have to sell. Well…..nobody knows you! That’s why! You’ve gotta give them a chance to get to know you on a personal level. People buy from people who they know, like, and trust. Also, people hate to be sold. You don’t sell (solicit) on social sites because people can sense desperation which is turn off. Instead you share information about a product or service without giving the feeling of obligation to act on your offer.
This post is based on Perry Belcher’s party principle idea of social media.
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Hi there,
Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
Dougles
Hey Douglas,
Thanks.I’ll put out some more posts on Social Media.
Although I’ve been involved in Web development for about 15 years, I regard myself as a ‘Newbie’ as far as social media is concerned and DO find one of the most irritating aspects of all Social media is the hard core sell, sell, sell attitude that some people have.
Less a conversation, more like having someone turn up on your doorstep, stick their foot in the door and try and sell you something you need like a hole in the head.
The sector needs to mature to become a true medium of conversation and not an advertisng hoarding.
Thanks for writing!
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