How to Basics of Social Media Strategies and Clear Goals in 2016

social-media-strategiesDo you have clear goals to help put together your own social media strategies for success?

Over the last few years, I’ve been developing my own approach to social media.

My social media strategies have been gone over a lot and have grown a bit more developed because of my clients and colleagues that I work with and for.

My own insights also have formed by countless perceptive and inspirational leaders in the industry and beyond.

Meanwhile…

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“Is Your Social Media Working for You?” social-media-strategies

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The #1 Tantalizing Tip to Turn Your Social Media Efforts into Cash for 2016

social-media-effortsThe great news for your social media efforts in 2016:

You can and need to become an online connector to transform your passion and social media efforts into cash!

If you’re passionate about something…

You know there are others out there that feel the same…probably thousands or maybe even millions of others who are equally enthusiastic about the same thing.

You already know that social media can support your goals and help you get your work of passion out and seen even as it helps to boost your other marketing efforts.

  • You can create extraordinary connections with your audiences that help put your brand get in front of prospective clients any time of the year. Read more

Powerful How to Tips to Become a Social Media Power User in 2017

social-media-power-userWhat is a social media power user?

Blogs, content marketing, and social media are giving us so many opportunities to share ideas. 

Think about this…

The phrase ‘feeding the content monster’ is right on target…

Because, everyone is publishing online content, and the people who engage with the content are also the ones who create it.

It’s time you became more empowered in 2017!

In my experience…

A social media power user takes bold action to get more followers at a much higher rate than the average user. Growing a community that interacts and engages.

You can grow into a much more powerful user on social media with a few of these tactics…social-media-power-user

  • Engage more often.
  • Power users are about building relationships. Building a community around their service or product.
  • Write and share ‘good stuff’ and…
  • Sharing content multiple times to reach those who missed it the first time around. Changing the headline, the image, different parts of within the content.
  • Have a plan for sharing content – get an idea from this simple and great content sharing schedule.
  • Pay attention to growing a higher Klout.com score – helping you to recognize what you’re doing that works and how to improve.

By the way…

‘How many times can you reshare? A Wisemetrics study found that, on average, the second tweet gets 86% as much performance as the first one, and even after 6 repetitions, you’re still at 67% of the first tweet.’   blog.bufferapp

…’By repeat we don’t mean “copy-paste” of the same tweet. It’s against Twitter policy. Repeating a tweet needs a bit of human editing, would it be for a different wording, or emphasizing a different part of your news. Thus we had to start by devising an algorithm which could identify for 2 tweets if they talk about the same news een if they are not identical copies. It performs very well, with 90% precision thus giving us the ability to scan through tweets and automatically identify those which are repeats.’ http://www.wiselytics.com

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How to Set Goals for Growing a Business Socially in 2016

for-growing-a-business-sociallyDid you set goals for growing a business socially when you first started blogging?

I didn’t. I know now that was silly of me!

I started out with flawed thinking.

I just wanted to learn how to blog and get found.

  • Didn’t have a clue how to get noticed, other than studying SEO!

However, in the last several years, I did learn that there is much more to it than that.

This great lesson allowed me to refocus and envision how I could make use of and what I wanted to be doing for growing a business socially with goals and strategies.

Think about this…

It’s the Stroke of Midnight.

Where were you last year when 2014 turned into 2015?

Is that where you wanted to be?

Have you ever made a New Year’s Resolution that you’ve kept? Maybe you kept a few of them.

Meanwhile…

I’ve been setting the same New Year’s resolution for growing a business socially for the past 2 years.

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How to Break Through the Wilderness of Social Media Marketing

how to break through - best to use for postI’ve enjoyed my journey through the wilderness of social media marketing, because I have an end goal.

To drive powerfully relevant traffic, build relationships, attract more email leads to build my list, and generate revenue.

But that’s just part of the story…

I started blogging in 2009. Within months I knew I was hungry for more social media.

– So I started to put together my own Social Media Content Marketing Plan as a system to guide me to reach my goals and successes.

  • I also learned that I had to separate myself from the crowd by being unique. You can learn a bit more about my personal journey at Coach Donna’s Story

These ideas will hopefully help you get more from your social media marketing and blogging but there’s always more to learn that can be applied as well.

There no doubt about it.

We all know that social media is huge for bloggers and marketers who want to increase sales, brand visibility, and community around their products.

Helping them more easily start conversations with their target audiences online.

How do successful online marketers hike their way through the wilderness in social media marketing?

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How to Build Traffic Through Social Media With Influencers

traffic-through-social-mediaOnce you’ve built your interactive and ideal community online, it’s like having built-in traffic through social media right at your fingertips!

It’s just like networking offline – you’ll sift through those that can be prospective or returning clients and you’ll be looking for influencers that you can help and can help you.

Now, let’s talk about a powerful way you can pull in traffic through social media influencers.

I’ll use my pretend company again, ‘Boombiz’ and play a social game in how to encourage more site traffic through social media…

Now they want to get ready to launch a new product in a non-traditional way.

They want to start by gaining the attention of high influencers on social media.

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“An influencer is your lighthouse in a messy ocean of noise.”  Traackr’s Guide to Content & Influencer Strategy

Simply stated…

Influencers online have the ability to change how others think and act.

A new and powerful success lesson that Boombiz learned…

  • They found that interacting with influential brands and people to gain notice and traffic through social media helps get the greatest reach.

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How to Use Awesome Content to Generate Leads and Sales

content-to-generate-leads-and-salesYou set up your blog, publish your posts and share your content.

You have a big dream and hope the work you’ve put in will be awesome content to generate leads and sales!

Most of the time your dreams are not immediately realized.

Yes, I know.

We’ve all spent hours on social media only to be disappointed by a zero return on our investment of time.

So what do you do?

You focus strategically as you build trust promoting your awesome content to generate leads and sales.

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How to Become Successful at Social Media Content Marketing

social-media-content-marketingNo matter what size your business or blog ~ your goal is to always be engaging with your niche through social media content marketing.

What is social media content marketing?

“It’s a system that turns into skills using social media content that was created to help you reach your goals of educating, communicating, and promoting (marketing) your blog posts, videos, podcasts, images, and messages using social boosts of support from your ‘friends’ and followers to generate interest and sales.” Coach Donna Ward

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How to Be Social and Build Your Online Reputation

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It’s really great that you can build brand awareness, find clients, and make more sales even as you’re being social and building your online reputation.

Just by using SOCIAL MEDIA tools.

Managing your online reputation is more than promotion. Consider it part of your online existence and be persistent in making it a main concern.

Think of it as self-defense and make it a priority.

Whether you know it or not, your online presence may be growing without any input from you.

Take control.

Engage and manage your reputation.

Be social and build your online reputation personalizing your brand and setting up a solid reputation and foundation online.

 “Connecting” is the new handshake

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