| First off let me just say that the Social Media | | | | related to what your products are or whatever it is |
| phenomenon absolutely amazes me. Kids are staying | | | | that you are selling. If you are not selling anything, then |
| inside all day now spending massive amounts of time | | | | just be interesting.o Make Great Comments |
| on their computers socializing over the internet instead | | | | One thing that will greatly increase your brand and |
| of face to face. And with that growing trend many | | | | your trust with people on Social Media is leaving a |
| businesses have picked up on this as well. Realizing | | | | very interesting comment that will grab peoples |
| that social media is an incredibly effective way to | | | | attention and make them naturally want to find out |
| target various niche markets. | | | | more about who you are and what you're into.o |
| With that said, there are a number of Social Media | | | | Create Profiles Everywhere |
| Do's & Don'ts. | | | | Make sure that you pick out your favorite social media |
| I will list what I feel like are the 10 most important rules | | | | sites and create profiles with all of them because as |
| to follow when marketing through social mediao Don't | | | | people find you on one social media site they will |
| Spam | | | | naturally start looking for you on others.o Always Be |
| This means when you are one places like Twitter, | | | | Positive |
| Facebook, or YouTube don't just go out there and | | | | I'm a strong believer in what goes around comes |
| post a bunch of links to your affiliate pages and what | | | | around. Basically that means if you are rude with |
| not. This is a sign of a true amateur. Plus, nobody likes | | | | somebody on the internet somebody will be rude back |
| spam.o Blog Like Crazy | | | | to you. Or worse, maybe they post that comment or |
| This means you need to create a blog with something | | | | message all over the internet for all to see. That would |
| like Wordpress or Blogger and consistently update it | | | | truly ruin your internet reputation. Be genuine.o Keep It |
| every single day. This will bring you more traffic and | | | | Real |
| more name recognition.o Set Notifications | | | | You have to remember that people on social media |
| People will start talking about you on the Social Media | | | | sites are all real people too. So treat them like they |
| networks and it's important that you know who and | | | | human beings. They want to see transparency and |
| what they are saying. It's also very important for you | | | | authenticity. Show them that and you will prosper for |
| to participate in those conversations.o Upload Plenty | | | | the rest of time.o Be Yourself, Be Creative |
| Of Photos | | | | In the end, it all comes down to just being you. |
| You want people to begin to recognize your face and | | | | Because there is no one else like you anywhere in the |
| what your face has to say. This helps to create a | | | | world. If you can tie your passions and values into your |
| brand for yourself. You want people to know your | | | | social media marketing you will find out very quickly |
| face like they know Nike.o Upload Quality Videos | | | | that people dig who you are just because you are |
| Just like photos, you want to upload high quality videos | | | | being yourself. It's very powerful and very magical all |
| of yourself or of you doing something interesting | | | | at the same time. |