Social Networking Article for Internet Marketers

I came across a very useful site belonging to Elizabeth MeGee who offers a boatload of free resources for Building A Home Business. Elizabeth's site has some very informative and useful guides for online marketeers. I have included one of her articles below:

Social Networking & the Internet Marketer

Social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and
Sumpleupon, just to name a few, aren't just for the internet
socialite any more.  They've captured the interest of many
an internet marketer as well, and why not?  It's the
perfect way to network, meet colleagues and form valuable joint
ventures.

In a nutshell, these social watering holes can help get the
word out about you and your business at nearly warp speed
because of the huge volume of visitors they receive.

But how can these sites actually benefit the online
marketer?  Well, for starters they allow you to create
your own dedicated personal pages where you can add things like
product or service reviews, articles, ratings, comments and
encourage feedback from other readers. 

Furthermore, sites like Del.icio.us and Digg take it a step
further by allowing you to save your favorite links to your own
website or blog pages so it can be readily shared with anyone
visiting your site.  This not only gets the word out about
you and your business, it goes a long way in helping establish
relationships, credibility and trust.

But what's really behind all the social networking
popularity?  It's the search engines, of course.  All
the biggest and best search engines love these socialite sites
because they contain relevant and fresh content.  If we
take a look at the Alexa rankings for a few of the more popular
social sites we can see how impressive their ratings are:

• MySpace - ranking below 10



• Facebook - ranking below 10



• Del.icio.us - ranking below 520



• StumbleUpon - ranking below 350 



• Digg - ranking below 180

Having your web site's link on any one of these popular
social sites has the potential for increasing your site's worth
and popularity on the internet.  But let's take a closer
look at some of the benefits: 

- Viral Marketing
Use the 'tell a
friend' link found on the social networking sites.  These
links have the potential of weaving your message throughout the
net.  If you've written an article, made an interesting
comment or perhaps announced some news, this is how you can
virally spread that content across the web. 

- Back Link Generation

Because the search engines have found favor with social
networking, you can improve your search engine positioning and
ranking simply by becoming a member of any of the social
networking sites.  Begin by creating a comprehensive
profile that contains your website's URL and RSS feed.  If
you can keep your website's content fresh and interesting you
will continue to enjoy a steady stream of back links.

- Joint Venturing

This social environment is perfect for helping you extend your
marketing reach to thousands of other online business
owners.   You will have more than ample opportunity
to not only gain exposure quickly but also find businesses or
services that could easily compliment your business. 
Consequently, creating joint venture relationships becomes a
lot easier because you now have access to important information
on how to reach relevant marketers.  This makes it perfect
for assisting you in sharing advice, leads, content and
more.

Now that you can see the marketing potential of social
networking, how can you as an internet marketer actually use
these sites to your advantage? 

- Market Yourself, Not Your
Products 


Your main objective should be to attract like-minded
individuals with similar interests, goals and concerns. 
Do this by creating an effective personal profile and lead in
with your personal story or information about YOU, not your
business opportunity. Write in a way that helps your reader
become familiar with who you are and what your goals are. 
Blatantly promoting your products and/or interests is a sure
way to turn off readers.

- Contribute Your Ideas and Comments
Often

Continue to look for ways to help your readers achieve their
goals or resolve their problems. This is best done by
contributing useful ideas and information. Sites like YouTube,
Photobucket and Flickr allow members to post videos and
pictures, which are seen by millions of users daily. Got a
training video?  Perfect.  People love the ease of
watching a good training or even amusement video. Get it on
YouTube and you have the potential to attract
thousands. 

- Incorporate the Social Plug-ins


If you use Wordpress as a content management system,
incorporate plug-ins like 'Add This' or 'Share This'. These
plug-ins enable your site's visitors to bookmark your website
with just one click. Getting bookmarked by as many users as
possible will improve your search engine rankings. 

- Use Your Time Wisely

Beware; social networking can be addicting, not to mention time
consuming.   Not everyone with an internet business
has all day to while away the hours peeking at new friends,
adding comments and making small talk.  For this reasons
time management is critical.  Start by selecting only a
few social networking sites, and allot only so many hours a
week to connect with friends and participate in
groups.   Develop an objective for using these sites
and stick to your objective.

A Final Word


No business can stand alone on the internet.  Your
business and marketing success depends on the connections and
networks you create.  Using social networking is designed
for making such connections, so use them wisely. 

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As the "energy crisis" becomes a focal point in our country, I have joined the ranks in finding ways I can personally contribute to the “going green” cause. With gas and energy costs on the rise and no reduction of costs in sight, I have decided to take a more proactive role in this area. Although economics and finances certainly play a role in my decision, I can not think a better issue to tackle and care about, for the sake of my grandchildren’s future, than trying find ways to help with energy concerns and global warming.

I, like many of you realize we can not just expect our government to solve this huge monster of a problem we face when it comes to our energy situation. This is one ”Ogre” that is bigger than our government can handle on its own. Yet, if each one of us, one by one, become genuinely committed to making some sacrifices and changes in our lifestyle and daily lives, we CAN make a difference!

Let’s decide to learn more about and seek new ways where we can lessen our dependence on oil, seek new energy alternatives, rid ourselves of addiction to fossil fuel and see how we can make better use of renewable energy sources.

What do I know about energy alternatives and renewable energy sources? Not much right now. I grew up in a small, rural Ohio community, Meigs County. It was a coal mining town for years, which is how my family ended up there from West Virginia. According to the account from my mother, my father, a coal miner all his life, heard about work there, they packed the family up and off they went. Unfortunately, my father had “black lung” when he died. The only fortunate part of this is, I was able to use his “black lung” benefits which helped support me when I went to college. I do know how some communities thrive on coal mining to support their families and as changes evolve, they will be impacted.

In Columbus, where I live now, many have opted for mass transit to alleviate some their finances from the extremely high gas prices. Places like Meigs, Gallia and Athens counties do not have these options available. Our Ohio Governor (Ted Strickland) his hometown of Portsmouth is not far from the region I grew up, so I am sure he is fully aware of transit restrictions. These parts have farmers who rely on their land and farm equipment to provide a living and many others who have no option but to use their own personal vehicles traveling to other nearby counties to support their families.

So, as I was researching to learn more about my new found mission, I came across an author, Andrew Oke, and one of his web sites that discussed Renewable Energy Solutions. My attention was drawn to this site because he was expressing his love for country living for he and his family. He and his wife had a dream to build a house in a rural area because she loved to farmed. As part of that dream, they wanted to “live-off-grid” (without an electric utility bill). The couple came to realize their dream and have now “lived-off-grid” for 14 years.

Andrew Oke does not paint himself to be a “rocket scientist.” In fact, his guides are “non-tech” and simple to understand. The point I want to make here is, Oke shares with others how to build a 1,000 watt Homemade Wind Generator with no special tools and no experience for under $150 instead of a commercial cost of about $2,500. He has been living free of an electric bill for 14 years and hundreds of families have duplicated his success. Below is a sample of the Guides provides:

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Renewable Energy Solutions
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Financial Woes
We are being told by some our country’s finest leaders and financial experts that our economy is not yet at a recession point. Regardless of what “scientific” term defines the current economy, the reality is people’s “buying” and “paying the bills” dollars are no longer stretching to meet everyday living expenses.

Attaching a label such as “recession” to what everyday Americans are experiencing financially does not seem that relevant. Most people know without a doubt, no matter what the “politically correct” term is, when they go to the gas pump, buy food at the grocery store, pay the mortgage-rent and utility bills or pick a small gift up for their children and grandchildren; their income is no longer adequate.

Then to “add insult to injury” some financial experts out there are still advising the “average person” to put six to twelve months of their living expenses in savings for emergency purposes. Don’t get me wrong, this all sounds like very good, practical advice. However for many people, barely scraping by (possibly one pay check from bankruptcy or foreclosure) this advice does not seem so practical at the moment. This poses the question, where is the everyday person, who is most likely working full-time, going to find some extra income?

Extra Income Options
Finding an answer to this question was vitally important for me because I am one those people transitioning from the mortgage related industry because of the subprime meltdown, bank closures and tighter lending guidelines. For the past week, I have been reviewing and researching various ways to supplement income because I need to put something in place quickly!

I found there are so many methods out there claiming you can receive extra income online and I am sure I did not even scratch the surface. Some were ruled out as scams, others were just too ridiculous to believe, and there were legitimate ones, yet these programs required a large investment upfront of either time and/or money...AND that just is not feasible for most people.

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Check back often! I will be locating and recommending further credible extra income sources in an attempt to ease financial hardships for everyday people.

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Lead Management System

Lesson: How To Start Your Lead Management System

Today, I will be telling you how to get started building your list of targeted leads.

First, I am going to talk about autoresponders. This information is covered for the beginners. If you currently use an autoresponder and have experience in this area, just skip this lesson.

Autoresponder Definition & Benefits:
An autoresponder is like an automatic email marketing machine. They are pre-programmed to send out message at pre-set intervals. The greatest benefit is you can almost completely automate the communication process. You do not have to spend time mailing out to all of your subscribers individually. Autoresponders are one of the best kept secrets used by savvy marketers to save time and make more sales.

Automation is an important key to lead generation success. Autoresponders provide the mechanism to fully automate your communication with your leads. Just set it and forget!

If you joined my list from my Lead Generation Page then you were automatically placed into my autoresponder.

Autoresponder Set-Up:
I have a lesson HERE on how to get started and set up with an autoresponder. You can begin with a free, limited autoresponder or a full-service unlimited account free for 30 days to test it out. It doesn’t matter which one you choose because after I show you how to get targeted leads, you will want to upgrade. There’s no hurry right now.

Automatic Lead Management:
The autoresponder you set up, plus the traffic you receive equals your Automatic Lead Management System. Here’s how it works:
1. Load Ads Into Your Autoresponder
2. Send Traffic To Your Lead Generation Page
3. Person Completes and Submits Form
4. Autoresponder Activated To Send Messages

Now it’s all on smooth automatic pilot. At this stage you may be thinking, this sounds great and easy enough, but where am I going to get traffic? Don’t fret, I will show you how to get loads of traffic and convert that traffic to targeted leads.

For now, just go ahead and set up your autoresponder at the link above then you will be ready for the next lesson which will show you how to start getting leads using viral traffic systems.

Just stay tuned in!

Christine Range

SIDE NOTE: If you don’t currently have a business or you are not sure what to sell through your autoresponder I RECOMMEND which gives you many products you can sell at 100% profit.

Low Quality Leads vs High Quality Leads

Lesson One: Start Your Lead Generation Building System
This first lesson will help you learn the type of leads to target for your opt-in subscriber list. I will show you how to find them in later lessons.

First, let’s talk about the primary differences between low quality leads and high quality leads.

For beginners, it is important for you to understand the two basic kinds of leads.
1. Generic Leads
2.) Targeted Leads

Generic Leads – Low Quality Leads:
Simply speaking, generic leads are people who directly or indirectly sign up to be on your subscriber list without actually reading your ad.

Generally, these leads come from lists you would purchase. Here’s the process how people usually get on those lists:

* Person signs up for a product, service or information and in exchange agree to receive emails from others.

* List Broker (one who sells the list to marketers) then adds the name and email of that person to a list to be sold to marketers. Be mindful, that person has not directly seen the marketer’s ad.

* Marketer (you) buys the lead list and sends an email to the person.

* The person is most likely confused when they receive the marketer’s email because they don’t recall requesting to receive this information.

* The person quickly unsubscribes from the marketer’s (your) list.

Now you can see crystal clear why such leads are considered low quality. The people on these lists have subscribed to some generic offer somewhere, but they don’t know you from Adam. They did not opt-in to see your ad. Most likely never had the first view of your ad . Therefore, they are not targeted leads , may have no interest in your offer at all and usually unsubscribe.

According to most reliable and credible marketing experts in the field, buying lead lists is worthless and a waste of money and time. It is strongly advised to stay away from purchasing these lists and concentrate your efforts on building your very own list. You will be much better off in the long run. Personally, I have bought lead lists in the past and found them to be of no value to me in building a long-term subscriber list.

Side Note:
If anyone out there is experiencing tremendous success buying lead lists , feel to leave me a comment and the source of your leads and I’ll be sure to make note of it here.

Targeted Leads – High Quality Leads:
Without a doubt, the best leads are targeted leads that actually respond directly to your advertisement or promotion.

Here’s the process for receiving a targeted lead:

* Person reads your advertisement or offer at your website or in an email.

* Person subscribes to your list after reading your ad or offer.

An example of this are the leads I get through Lead Generation Page See how this webpage has a simple 3-line ad at the top. When someone subscribes after reading your very own ad, that is an opt-in targeted lead. These are the high quality leads I am talking about.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out your best results are going to come from targeted leads. These people are joining your list because they have an interest in your product, service or information after they read your ad or promotion.

And here’s the added benefit, you can have these folks for life. Stay in constant contact, develop a relationship, gain their trust and you have a ready-made source for any upcoming offer you have.

In my next lessons, I will be showing you effective methods on how to find targeted leads for your subscriber list. You will learn how to start setting up a system so you can start receiving these targeted leads. Future lessons will show you step-by-step how to start building your own opt-in list quickly.

Stay tuned in, there’s more to come.

Christine Range

Introduction – Lead Generation Publisher Site

Lead Generation System Announcement:

For those of you who may have been wondering, no, I have not deserted my blog. I had to stay focused on getting my Lead Generation Website up and running. This site provides various articles detailing how to get 6,000 opt-in subscribers using a variety of free and low cost methods and techniques.

You will benefit from this lead generation system if you are promoting online home-based businesses. This plan is intended to help you succeed in your business by finding real leads, not those generic leads that many marketers try to push on you.

Future upcoming posts, will provide a variety of lessons. However, the first lesson is a vital starting point because it demonstrates how imperative it is to have quality targeting in your subscriber list building program.

Look for this first lesson to be coming to you soon.

To your success,

Christine Range