Social Media Optimization

Swom is Viral as it is Addicting! For Serious Internet Marketers

Kelly Pope — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:13:48 +0000

SWOM (“society for word of mouth”)

A place to meet other serious networkers and business through out the globe. Setup a Group for nearly any title or category, unless it is already taken, so it is literally all about the early bird getting the worm. And if you would like to promote your business online, this is the perfect way to interact with a highly responsive targeted group of people.

If you like Linked-in and Facebook… you’ll love Swom! What is making swom such a powerful force. For me, it was the highly targeted audience at my fingertips. Where else are you going to find like minded people to swarm your profile walls? Swom hit 1 million site visitors in record breaking time and it will continue to grow like a viral monster in the upcoming months.

Swom solves the problem of exposure.

Massive free exposure! I’m sure you agree that getting traffic to your website or business opportunity is what everyone needs for their success. This is what swom is all about. Internet Marketers are discovering the ease in going viral with their opportunity within the Swom platform. Start a Swom group… maybe even a blog within this targeted social media site.

So why would Swom make it easier to go viral or deliver traffic to your website? Swom gold members are paid money to interact with other members, not in a phoney type way, but in an influencial manner. This doesn’t mean you have to be a gold member, but you may want to take advantage of the free advertising people are discovering from Swom gold accounts.

Day one, you will want to build a strong profile because you will be bombarded with connection requests. Within minutes I had requests stacking up as I was trying to create my profile. Unlike anything I have ever experienced. I would like to add how professional the Swom members are definitely the warmest reception I have experienced in social media.

What does Swom cost? It is always free to join and get exposure. However, just like Top Linked on Linked-In, if you aren’t a gold member ($24.95 per month), you will be limited on the number of profiles you can view and connection requests in a day- which may be the pace for you, but this network didn’t strike me as a place to talk about vacations and where friends will meet on Friday after work! It’s for business builders and serious internet marketers are rapidly becoming Swom addicts!

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Tips for opening a Swom account:

Make sure you upload a picture of yourself… brand, or avatar. Without a picture, you will not have the same results!
Post your biz op on your wall and give it a review. Be honest. You will be dealing with experts in Internet Marketing.
Make at least 20 connection requests.
Change you email notification settings (above your picture profile, top right). You don’t want to be flooded by emails from group invitations and connection requests.
Adding your Twitter Account is now available and others I hear will be soon. Go to profile, then edit, and you will see “add Twitter Account” to the right.

Swom! It stands for ‘Super World of Marketing’ and it’s set to ROCK the industry! This system will work for you 24/7 for ANY & ALL of your opportunities! It also generates prospects and leads for you like there’s no tomorrow.

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See you in the members area!

Social Media Essential For Money, But Watch Out!

Kelly Pope — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:52:03 +0000

Social Media is the way to go for people who are conscious about a responsible use of the media. Read this article before making any investment in what the guru claims to promise you. Save time and money. Don’t invest without reading this first. Social Media and Network Marketing Guru’s claim that they teach you skills but are they really willing to help you reach your targeted goals?

via Social Media Essential For Money, But Watch Out!.

Smart Tweets – Automated Tools For Twitter without Spam Video Tutorial

Kelly Pope — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:39:44 +0000

Twitter Web-based application increases your Twitter productivity with sophisticated features, including:

Automatically clean spam from your Twitter DM inbox. And use the scheduler to archive all of your Twitter Direct Messages to the system.

Schedule Tweets and use Twitter Smart Tweets called Tweetscripting which is a simple yet powerful way to build smart tweets. A smart tweet is dynamic. It allows you to construct simple or complex rules to create database-driven tweets without Twitter spam. Whenever one of these dynamic tweet is tweeted, it will use the rules you specify with tweetscript to build your message: this will result in new, unique tweets each and every time you reuse the same message.

When it is detected that one of your tweets uses tweetscript, this tool will include a little “test” icon that lets you experiment and see an example of the resulting tweet without actually tweeting it! This feature helps you build re-usable tweets that let you customize and personalize common tweeting tasks.

Schedule rotation of Twitter profiles & designs by alternating different images and bios, you more comprehensively convey yourself to followers.

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Are Link Exchanges Harming Your Business? Check Keyword Relevance

Kelly Pope — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:43:01 +0000

Many of the top search engine optimization gurus tell us that we must perform link exchanges and lots of them in order to reach the top of the search engines. But is this still true?

Once if certainly was the case and that was enough to get yourself ranked highly. Nowadays, with the huge rise in Internet usage and websites, the search engines have wised up to this and have complex algorithms for working out your ranking. These are, of course, a closely guarded secret known to a few geeks on the inside, and guessed at by those on the outside.

Many of the search engine optimization experts are now telling us to be wary of link exchanges and to consider the following key points.

1) Link farms – if your link is in what the search engines classify as a link farm then it could harm your ranking. A link farm is typically a site full of links, or a page with a high number of links on them. If the link farm is organised into categories with only a couple of dozen of relevant links per page, then it is less likely to harm your ranking.

2) Irrelevant sites – if your website is focused on children then having link exchanges with pharmacy and gambling sites could well harm your rankings because they are not really relevant. Having links to other childrens sites and sites related to children are possible much better for your rankings and will give your website more relevancy.

3) Anchor text – the words that link from another site to yours are actually quite relevant to your search engine ranking. If the words “hello stranger” were a hyperlink to your site then it wouldn’t really do you much good unless your site was about strangers. However, if your site was about children and your main keyword was “good parenting” and you had links from other sites with the words “good parenting” being the hyperlink, this will be looked upon favourably by the search engines

When you are exchanging links with anyone, it is worth your while being discerning about the links. Yes, I know you want as many links as possible, but you should consider the relevancy of the links to your visitors, and also what your visitors would think of those links being on your site. If you had a site full of children’s games and educational material and then lots of links to adult related sites, how keen do you think parents would be for their children to visit your sites?

Always check out if a site you are linking to has an affiliate program. If they do, then it is worth you signing up for it and putting the affiliate link on your site. Why? Because then when someone follows the link and buys, you get paid for it!

By keeping your link exchanges relevant you can increase your standing in the search engines and give your readers valuable extra resources.

10 Tips For Web Success

Kelly Pope — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:12:59 +0000

The webmaster’s biggest job is to get their traffic up and keep customers/visitors coming back. Building the site is one thing, but simply building and posting a website does not guarantee traffic. In fact, a website could be beautiful and an example of all the latest technology and still not attract a single visitor if not promoted correctly. Here are 10 tips to guide you to success with your website.

(1) The internet is a new medium.

At least compared to print, it is. A website is a waste if it simply re-hashes something which could easily be put into print. Don’t have the site be just an online brochure. Put up features which take advantage of the internet as a medium of communication. Filter information for them. Provide search capability. Provide interactivity with features like forums, quizzes and tools. Web visitors like to interact.

(2) Treat the Customer’s Time as Valuable.

When a person visits your website, you have their attention for that point in time. You either need to use it or you will lose it – fast. Most visitors have short attention spans, what you need to design your site homepage so that it grabs their attention and provides what they are looking for right away. Its like walking into a restaurant. If you walk in and just stand there and nobody comes to greet you, you might wonder what is happening. But, if the hostess comes and greets you right away and walks you to a table, then you will be there for awhile and eat. The same analogy goes for websites. Don’t overcomplicate your website homepage. Best results will be obtained if you make it very clear where to click to find what they need.

(3) Design the site for customers, not the company.

Your site needs to satisfy the needs of customers, not the company. So, don’t post content which is not really useful to the site’s customer. And avoid over-flattering marketing hype about the company. It inflates the ego of the company more than it helps your customer.

(4) Involve the Visitor.

Keep the visitor involved and make them feel like a valuable contributor. Actively ask for the feedback and suggestions. Ask for communication from your visitors and answer that communication swiftly. When getting that communication, capture their email address. This will allow you to communicate with them long after they have moved on and forgotten about you.

(5) Keep it Current.

You need to have content on your website which is timely and relevant to the customer’s life. Posting month-old news is not interesting. Posting dry product information which never changes is not interesting. Yes, you need to have product information and other information on your site that won’t change much, but you can also post more timely content. You can, for example, post content about how your products can be used in certain situations in life. Provide tips and techniques – things which are immediately applicable and solve a problem.

(6) Pay Attention to Form/Design.

Some sites simply over-do it on the eye-candy. Big graphics just for the sake of graphics often impress the site’s designer more than the visitor. Do not use graphics that are large and purposeless. Remember, some visitors may still be accessing your website via dial-up. Your site needs to load up quickly for all users. A slow website will cause your users to leave quickly. Also, pay attention to graphic and design size. Many web designers operate on fairly large screen resolutions and sometimes forget that even though a graphic looks great to you, it will appear enormous to somebody on a smaller resolution. On the flip side, don’t go too light on graphics. A site which is poorly designed and using the default font and no color is not very aesthetically pleasing. Any web visitor, whether they admit it or not, judges your company by your website unless they have something else to go on. A well-designed site communicates professionalism. A poor design makes the site seem like an afterthought.

(7) Promote.

When a visitor communicates to you via email, it is best to use a web form. not only will this keep your email address from being picked up by spammers, it will also allow you to ask your customers for their email address and then store that address for later use. Employ the “push/pull” marketing strategy. A visitor coming to your website is the pull, but later you want to push content back to them in the form of a newsletter or other promotional material. Start a mailing list and use it. Invite visitors to sign up. Promotion makes or breaks a business, and as long as you respect the ethical considerations of your mailing list, you should use it.

(8) Don’t Operate in a Cocoon.

The internet is a medium which is shared by millions. When you set up your website, don’t operate as if you are a self-contained island. Get out there and keep in tune with what is happening on other websites related to your own. Participate in forums. Post links to other websites and ask for a link in return. Form partnerships with other sites if it is appropriate. When it comes to communication, people like personal contacts. Hiding behind general email address like “sales” and “info” is OK as long as there is a way to also email you directly. A company site which allows email direct to the management is good. Just remember how much you hate calling a company and getting stuck in their phone system. Sometimes you just want to talk to somebody. Give your visitors that ability.

(9) Have a Plan to Attract Repeat Traffic.

Use newsletters, out-going email, contests, forums, clubs, auctions – anything that will cause people to return to your website. When posting links to other websites, don’t just send your visitors somewhere else. They may never return. Provide them an exit page. Give them a pop-up when they try to leave your site. Or at the very least make external links open in a new window.

(10) Track Your Visitors

Pay attention to your site’s statistics and react accordingly. What are people reading? How are they finding you? Do they just come and leave right from your homepage? How long as they are on your website? Do they return? This data is immensely valuable in fine-tuning your website based on customer needs and wants. Remember, the biggest mistake of any webmaster is designing the site for what THEY want. A successful website is designed for the target audience, not to impress the site’s owner.

Free Web Search Business Tool – SEARCH IT!

Kelly Pope — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:03:02 +0000

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Find original new inbound link opportunities.

 
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Reporter vs Expert – Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting

Kelly Pope — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:20 +0000

There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report).

 
If you have ever taken an Internet marketing course or attended a seminar specifically for beginners, you have probably heard about the two different methodologies. Whenever the business model is based on content, and if you blog for money then the model is based on content, people are taught to either start as reporters, or if possible step up as experts.

 
I’ll be frank; you want to be the expert.

 
Reporters leverage the content of the experts and in most cases people start off as reporters because they haven’t established expertise. Experts enjoy the perks of preeminence, higher conversion rates because of perceived value, it’s easier to get publicity, people are more likely to seek you out rather than you having to seek others out, joint ventures come easier, etc.. experts in most cases simply make more money and attract more attention.

 
Most Bloggers Are Reporters

 
The thing with expertise is that it requires something – experience. No person becomes an expert without doing things and learning. Bloggers usually start out without expertise and as a result begin their blogging journey by talking about everything going on in their niche (reporting) and by interviewing and talking about other experts (reporting again).

 
There’s nothing wrong with reporting of course and for many people it’s a necessity at first until you build up some expertise. Unfortunately the ratios are pretty skewed when it comes to reporters and experts – there are a lot more reporters than there are experts, hence reporters tend to struggle to gain attention and when they do, they often just enhance the reputation of the expert they are reporting on.

 
Don’t Replicate Your Teacher

 
If you have ever spent some time browsing products in the learn Internet marketing niche you will notice a pattern. Many people first study Internet marketing from a “guru” (for lack of a better term). The guru teaches how he or she is able to make money online, and very often the view that the student gleams is that in order to make money online you have to teach others how to make money online.

 
The end result of this process is a huge army of amateurs attempting to replicate what their teacher does in the same industry – the Internet marketing industry – not realizing that without expert status based on a proven record and all the perks that come with it, it’s next to impossible to succeed.

 
Even people, who enjoy marginal success, say for example growing an email list of 1,000 people, then go out and launch a product about how to grow an email list of 1,000 people. Now I have no problems with that, I think it’s fine to teach beginners and leverage whatever achievements you have, the problem is that people gravitate to the same niche – Internet marketing – and rarely have any key points of differentiation.

 
How many products out there do you know of that all claim to teach the same things – email marketing, SEO, pay per click, affiliate marketing, and all the sub-niches that fall under the category of Internet marketing. It’s a saturated market, yet when you see your teachers and other gurus making money teaching others how to make money (and let’s face it – making money as a subject is one of the most compelling) – your natural inclination is to follow in their footsteps.

 
If the key is to become an expert and you haven’t spent the last 5-10 years making money online, I suggest you look for another niche to establish expertise in.

 
Report on Your Process, Not Others

 
The secret to progress from reporter to expert is not to focus on other experts and instead report on your own journey. When you are learning how to do something and implementing things day by day, or studying other people’s work, you need to take your process and what you do as a result of what you learn, and use it as content for your blog.

 
It’s okay to talk about experts when you learn something from them, but always relate it to what you are doing. If you learn a technique from an expert it’s fine to state you learned it from them (and affiliate link to their product too!) but you should then take that technique, apply it to what you are doing and then report back YOUR results, not there’s. Frame things using your opinion – your stories – and don’t regurgitate what the expert said. The key is differentiation and personality, not replication.

 
Expertise comes from doing things most people don’t do and then talking about it. If you do this often enough you wake up one day as an expert, possibly without even realizing how it happened, simply because you were so good at reporting what you did.

 
You Are Already An Expert

 
Most people fail to become experts (or perceived as experts) because they don’t leverage what they already know. Every person who lives a life learns things as they go, takes action every day and knows something about something. The reason why they never become an expert is because they choose not to (which is fine for some, not everyone wants to be an expert), but if your goal is to blog your way to expertise and leave the world of reporting behind you have to start teaching and doing so by leveraging real experience.

 
Experience can come from what you do today and what you have done previously; you just need to take enough steps to demonstrate what you already know and what you are presently learning along your journey. I know so many people in my life, who are experts simply by virtue of the life they have lived, yet they are so insecure about what they know, they never commit their knowledge to words for fear of…well fear.

 
Blogs and the Web in general, are amazing resources when you leverage them as a communication tool to spread your expertise because of the sheer scope of people they can reach. If all you ever do is talk to people in person and share your experience using limited communication mediums, you haven’t much hope of becoming an expert. Take what you know and show other people through blogging, and you might be surprised how people change their perception of you in time.

 
Reporting Is A Stepping Stone

 
If your previous experience and expertise is from an area you want to leave behind or you are starting from “scratch”, then reporting is the path you must walk, at least for the short term.

 
Reporting is a lot of fun. Interviewing experts, talking about what other people are doing and just being part of a community is not a bad way to blog. In many cases people make a career of reporting (journalism is about just that), but if you truly want success and exponential results, at some point you will have to stand up and proclaim yourself as someone unusually good at something and then proceed to demonstrate it over and over again.

 
Have patience and focus on what you do to learn and then translate that experience into lessons for others, and remember, it’s okay to be a big fish in a small pond, that’s all most experts really are.

 
This article was by Yaro Starak, a professional blogger and my blog mentor. He is the leader of the Blog Mastermind mentoring program designed to teach bloggers how to earn a full time income blogging part time.

 
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Join 5 Pillar Affiliate Program – Lifetime Commissions

Kelly Pope — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:58:13 +0000

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Kelly Pope — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:01:42 +0000

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Free Article Submission Software – Compatible with Mac or PC

Kelly Pope — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:17:46 +0000

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