Nowadays, I have to say that if you don’t have any kind of social media presence, you are really backtracking to ancient times. Cue the dinosaur! All right, joke over! Seriously, Social Media is becoming 20% of the most sought after, searched and used mediums online. That’s really significant especially when it comes to mobile computing. A great percentage of those on the phone are usually on their Twitter, Facebook, etc because it’s easier to update on the go! Here I’ll have a few tips so you don’t get lost in the sauce when you build your Social Media game up! Let’s level up, shall we?!
YouTube, YouTube, YouTube, YouTube! On one of my business sites, I gave a pretty good entry into why I foresee the future of YouTube being the king. One thing, YouTube is acting more and more like a social media system. The ability to share your content on a number of platforms, the easy mobile accessibility, and the way you can now create dialogue, comment, and make reply videos makes it a very valuable tool! You need this asap!!! If you don’t at least have a YouTube account, please go out and get one. Being making your videos and you’ll find that you’ll at least have some good video content. Another incentive is Adsense on YouTube. While it might be hard to get Google Adsense on your own site, good videos on YouTube will surely get you the Adsense quicker. It is much easier to become an Adsense partner on YouTube just for the simple fact people love watching and hearing content more than they like reading it!
Facebook! While I am not on there regularly, I still do see a lot of value in it. Remember when I talked about Edge Rank (Facebook’s SEO) a while ago? Well, it’s still pretty prevalent now. I posted up a recipe that I did a few weeks back for an event called Tigerfest. Now, I posted the picture on my site and within hours I got over 26 likes and some re-shares. Now, what I’m trying to tell you is Facebook sees your likes and puts it as a priority share on other people’s news feed. You know how Twitter has a trending topic or you get retweets and it becomes a real focal point! It’s much like that! This is POWERFUL! Not only does your post have the opportunity to be shared, but it becomes a focal point! Use this as power! Get people to like your posts, like your post yourself if you have to just to draw a bit of attention! Also, if you really want to do it, build your fan base, build a Facebook fan page so the dialogue is there!
This brings me to Twitter! Learn how to use Twitter as a good gauge to see your competition and know your target audience. One of the main reasons why I love using Twitter is the fact that I can truly network DIRECTLY with people I would not do otherwise. I often share quality information, retweet, and respond back. This helps me to build RELATIONSHIPS! You need this! I’ve made some quality connections, and some money just from being active with certain followers. You’ll find tons of business people, entrepreneurs that have good information! In fact, I probably would not have this blog up and running if it weren’t for people like Jawar, Lisa Irby, and other folks that really dig into this blogging/internet marketing thing. Another tip I learned is using hash tags. This is kind of like labeling your post, so people that look for specific can use #blog #site or whatever to find your post easier. It’s like keywords for SEO on your blog!
Tumblr! I think the power of Tumblr is still slept on. I have a few Tumblr sites that I get traffic from for mainly my Playstation and my Cocktail blog. If you are posting memorable quotes, inside jokes, great pictures, and even videos, this is the site for you! It’s really image based! And the way things are spread virally is exceptional. Some posts that I’ve made months ago still get likes and repins, so you can only imagine how powerful it is for long term traffic.
Pinterest!! Yes, I’ve made a few posts about this, and I will say it again and again. Get to this market while it’s still a bit new! I thought it was like Tumblr, but it is very different. Yes, you can share quotes, you can share videos, and pictures. However, the thing I love about this is the organization! You can make separate boards for your different likes! This means if you have a number of blogs, then separate them! Have your general interests for gaming go to your game blog, cocktail recipes to another blog, etc. Also, another thing is if you have a product or service that caters to females, THIS IS THE SITE FOR YOU! Exploit that on the quiet, but make sure you somehow NATURALLY promote your blog!!!
I’m sorry this post is a bit long, but I hope you gained some valuable information! Take care, and happy Monday!
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