What’s your favorite pizza topping? This is a question that I had asked a few weeks ago on Twitter and got a ton of responses. The answers ranged from pepperoni to cheese only to Hawaiian (ham and pineapple).

You may be wondering why I am twittering about pizza toppings instead of social networking and online marketing. Food is another subject I am very interested in and something I enjoy talking and sharing about.

When you share your other, non-business interests on social networks, people get to know you on another level and feel more connected with you. When people feel like they know you better and are more connected with you, they are more likely to do business with you.

Biana Babinsky

Are you using social networking web sites to build your list? If you have been using social networking web sites for a while, but your list isn’t growing as fast as you would like it to, it is time to reassess. Take a look at your strategy for building your list with social networking and see whether you are making one of these five mistakes. Each mistake can cost you thousands of new newsletter subscribers and thousands of dollars in lost profits.

Here are the mistakes and how to correct them:

Mistake #1: Not Setting Any Goals For Your Social Networking

If you do not have any goals, how are you going to reach them?

How to correct it: Write out your goals for building your list with your social networking presence. When you put your goals in writing, you are much more likely to achieve them!

Mistake #2: Not Connecting With The Right People On Social Networking Web Sites

How to correct it: The people who you want to get on your list are people in your target market. When you are creating connections on social networking web sites, make sure to connect with people in your target market.

Mistake #3: Not Asking Your Network To Take The Next Step With You

How to correct it: Connecting with your target market is just the first step. Next, you need to persuade your connections to take the next step with you, which is getting on your list.

The best way to do that is to offer your network something at no charge – a report, an e-course, a teleseminar, and audio recording – and ask for their e-mail address in exchange.

Mistake #4: An Ineffective Squeeze Page

How to correct it: If you are asking your network to take the next step with you, but they are not taking your up on your offer, here is why. The page with your no charge offer, also called your squeeze page, is not effective.

This whole web page has one purpose and one purpose only – to convert the person who comes to it into your newsletter subscriber. Make sure that each element of that page is helping you do just that.

Mistake #5: Having Just One Offer For Converting People Into Newsletter Subscribers

How to correct it: Many business owners on social networking web sites have just one offer that converts their connections into newsletter subscribers. But one offer will not work for everyone, because not every person in your target market is interested in it.

Instead of just one offer, create a few different ones. Offer a no charge teleseminar once in while; create a few different reports of audio that you give away, etc. A few different offers will help you convert many more social networking connections into newsletter subscribers.

Get started now! Use the tips above to turn
your social networking connections into newsletter subscribers. Learn the step-by-step process during next week’s teleseminar, How To Build Your List With Social Networking

Biana Babinsky

For a while I have been interested in one question. Why do some business owners who get started in business at roughly the same time and do roughly the same things get very different results? Some become very successful and have clients beating down their door, while others are not happy with the way their business is going 3, 4 or even 5 years later.

Lately I have been watching how coaches are using social networking web sites and have noticed the same phenomenon. Some coaches have created a following and attracted crowds of fans and prospects almost immediately, while others haven’t received much of anything, even though all of these coaches are spending similar amounts of time on social networking web sites.

The coaches who have created a following and attracted many fans and prospects are taking powerful action that is a part of their bigger social networking plan. Others are just taking random actions: posting updates that don’t mean a lot, not interacting with others a lot, and not promoting their expertise.

Here is how the successful coaches have achieved their social networking goals in a short period of time and how you can do the same:

– Have Goals. Before starting to use social networking to promote their business, do your research. Find out how to use social networking and set social networking goals for your business. This way you are not just using social networking web sites randomly. You are using them to achieve your business goals.

– Know Whom You Want To Network With. Know the people you want to meet on social networking web sites, so that you can look for them and network with them specifically instead of connecting with people randomly. Doing this alone can dramatically cut down on time you spend on social networking, while still helping you achieve all of your goals.

– Be Consistent Throughout Different Social Networking Web Sites. If you use more than one social networking web site, have a consistent message, brand and image throughout all of them. You will meet many of the same people on different social networking web sites, so you don’t want to confuse them about what you do.

– Have A Social Networking Plan. If you want to get clients, create raving fans and be seen as an expert on social networking web sites, you must take consistent, powerful action. The easiest way to do that is to create a plan that outlines the actions you need to take, step-by-step.

As you can see, the difference between doing busy work and taking powerful action is huge. If you continue doing busy work, you will find yourself in the same place day after day, year after year. Start taking powerful action today by creating your social networking plan and you will be able to get
more clients and create an army of fans in no time! To learn how to create a social networking plan for your business, get the Make Thousands Of Dollars With Social Networking Home Study Guide

Biana Babinsky

With social networking becoming more and more popular, many of my clients are asking me whether they should ditch their newsletter and use social networking web sites instead. Here is an email I have received from a client (she is a life coach) recently:

“Biana, I have been using all of the social networking techniques we’ve been discussing recently, and I am seeing great results! I recently signed on two clients, whom I’ve met through Twitter.

Since I am getting such great results with social networking, I am wondering whether I need to continue my newsletter? Should I stop sending out my newsletter and concentrate on using social networking web sites to connect with my target market?”

This sounds great, doesn’t it? You can stop sending out your newsletter, and you can spend the extra time that you now have on getting more done on social networking web sites.

While it certainly sounds good, you shouldn’t do that. You should not get rid of your newsletter and spend the time that you gain from not publishing it on social networking web sites. Not sending out your newsletter is a bad business decision.

Social networking web sites and your newsletter both play very important, but different roles in your marketing plan. Your participation in social networking web sites helps you let your target market know about you and your business. It also helps you invite your target market to join your newsletter.

Your newsletter is the next stage of your marketing plan. It helps you build relationships with your subscribers and invite them to take the next step with you: buy a product, attend a teleseminar, etc.

As you can see, social networking and newsletters are two different pieces of your Online Marketing Plan. Social networking helps you introduce yourself to prospects in your target market. Your newsletter helps you continue building relationships with them and let them know about your offerings. If you do not have a newsletter, you have a huge piece missing in your Online Marketing Plan, which helps you turn people you meet on social networking web sites into clients and customers.

Make sure to include both social networking and newsletters in your marketing plan. Doing this will help you see results from your marketing much faster. Learn how to create your social networking plan with the Ultimate Social Networking

Biana Babinsky

Hi,

After the How To Make Money And Get Clients With Social Networking last Friday many participants have been asking me questions about social networking, so I am holding a special Twitter chat to share more social networking tips with you!

Here is how to participate:

1. Get the FREE How To Make Money And Get Clients With Social Networking Audio Recording and listen to it

2. Follow me on Twitter at @BianaBabinsky to get updates on chat

3. At 2pm Eastern (NY) Time on Tuesday, April 21st join me for the social networking chat. Use the #gcsn tag to track chat, ask questions, and share your social networking tips. If you are not sure how to use the #gcsn tag for chat, I will explain how to use it on Tuesday. Just make sure to follow me at @BianaBabinsky so that you don’t miss any of the information.

That’s it – join me for the chat!

Biana Babinsky

Discover How To Make Money and Get Clients With Social Networking Web Sites Such As Facebook and Twitter!

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Lately, I have been hearing from many coaches and other business owners, telling me that social networking just isn’t working for them.

Here is a typical email I have been receiving:

“Biana, social networking just isn’t working for me. I have been spending an hour or two on Twitter and Facebook almost every day. I have many friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter; many of them are in my target market. But I have nothing to show for all these efforts. I haven’t gotten a single client from all these social networking web sites. Maybe social networking doesn’t work for life coaches? What other marketing strategies would you recommend for life coaches?”

If you are ready to throw in the towel and stop using social networking because it just isn’t working for you, listen up! Social media is a perfect technique for generating leads for any industry, and it can work great for coaches and other service professionals. I have observed thousands of coaches and service professionals networking using social networking web sites, and I have found that the ones who tell me that social networking isn’t working for them usually have incomplete social networking strategies.

Here are the two missing pieces in their social networking strategies:

Understanding Which Offers Will Get The Best Results On Social Networking Web Sites

Every day I see coaches on social networking sites trying to get service clients. They offer their services, and usually get no takers.

The reason for this is that people who you meet on social networks don’t know you well (yet!). So if you just met someone and start offering them your most expensive offering, your services, they will not be interested because they don’t know you yet.

Offer something smaller. Your no charge gift or a no charge teleseminar that offers value and gets people on your list. That way you will be able to build relationships with them and offer your services to them after they have gotten to know you. Doing this will get you many more service clients than just promoting your services on social networking web sites.

Not Directing Your Social Networking Traffic Correctly

The traffic that you receive from social networking web sites is very valuable. This is because the people coming from social networking web sites to your web site already met you and they are checking out your web site to learn more about you. These are warm leads and you should do as much as you can to help them take the next step with you and subscribe to your newsletter.

I see many professionals directing their social networking traffic incorrectly. They send this traffic to pages on their web sites that contain many different links and options. As a result, the people who come to their web sites from social networking get confused and leave without taking any action. And I get the e-mails like the one I cited above from professionals who receive traffic from their social networking efforts, but are not able to do anything with that traffic.

The solution here is to direct your social networking traffic to a squeeze page. Your squeeze page has one goal – to convert your traffic into newsletter subscribers. When you do this, you will get many more newsletter subscribers and clients from your social networking efforts.

Get started now – review your social networking strategy and adjust it as we have discussed above. Learn more about creating and using squeeze pages to get results from social networking get the How To Create Effective Squeeze Pages Study Guide. The Guide shows you the step-by-step strategies to get more newsletter subscribers from social networking web sites. Learn more about it at https://www.marketingsalad.com/sq.html

Biana Babinsky