How to use the # tag on twitter (and chat to others while you listen to our tele-seminars)
Filed under: Facebook, Featured Speakers, Social Network Sites
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Loading ...Here is a really handy tip for using Twitter which was shared with us by Nancy Marmolejo on an awesome interview today. I love it so much, I suggest we use it during every interview we do with Wonderful Web Women.
So let me tell you what it is, why it is great and how to make the most of it…..
What is a hash tag?
If you aren’t a member of www.twitter.com yet then get over there and sign up. It’s free and it is shaping the future of marketing on the Internet. Be warned. It’s addictive.
Basically you share 140 character “tweets” with others on what you are doing, thoughts you have, questions, business tips, links to blog posts etc.
You may notice at the end of some posts people add something like # followed by a word or letters. This is called a hash tag. For example, the new tag we use for Wonderful Web Women is #wwwomen
So why is a hash tag great?
Twitter can get very busy and it is hard to find the actual conversation threads you are looking for. Once you know a hash tag you can search for all tweets that use that hash tag so you can continue a conversation with people with the same interests (or on the same tele-seminar). It’s like tuning into the right radio station when all you heard before was white noise.
Below here, I show you step by step how to sign up for twitter, search on a hash tag and join a conversation. It’s really pretty easy.
How to make the most of it
Every time we have a life tele-seminar with Wonderful Web Women from now on, we will have a parallel conversation happening on twitter. That way I can concentrate on doing a great interview and answering the questions you send you through to me on the web cast page. You can be taking notes but also sharing ideas, asking questions and sharing tips with other people who are on the call listening. How cool is that?
That way you can all help each other make the most of what you are learning. There is also a great chance you will find your next client or joint venture partner on twitter during these conversations.
Convinced? Give it a go and see what you think.
There are 4 web addresses that will help you:
1. www.twitter.com
2. www.tweetchat.com
3. Nancy’s free report:
“Why Social Networking: 4 Remarkable Strategies to Grow Your Business, Expand Your Referral Network, and Increase Your Visibility”
4. Nancy’s excellent product to automate heaps of the stuff you do on twitter and facebook so you look busy when you aren’t
Now, step by step photos on how to do this. It is really very easy.
Step 1: Join Twitter
www.twitter.com
Step 2: Log in and see all the chatter happening
logged into www.twitter.com
Step 3. Click on the search link at the bottom of the twitter page
scroll to the search link at the bottom of the page
Step 4: search on #wwwomen
search for #wwwomen
Step 5: See where all the really cool people from Wonderful Web Women hang out. Remember, make sure you add #wwwomen to any conversations you have about Wonderful Web Women, especially when you are on one of our tele-seminars, so your conversations will show up here too.
What you see after you search on twitter for #wwwomen
Another option:
Instead of Using Search, you can try Tweet chat
Step 1: Log into www.tweetchat.com
www.tweetchat.com
Step 2: search for #wwwomen
Search for #wwwomen
Step 3: Hang out where the really cool people are 
(make sure you add #wwwomen to your comments so you show up here as well)
Follow and Add to the conversation. make sure you put #wwwomen on your messages
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4 strategies for Facebook, Twitter & co.
Filed under: Facebook, How To Get Traffic, Joint Ventures, List Building, Social Network Sites
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If you’re not using social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter yet it’s probably because you don’t really understand how incredibly powerful these tools are to grow your business. If you don’t know how to use them strategically you can end up wasting an awful amount of time and even worse, losing potential customers instead of attracting them.
Next week I interview Nancy Marmolejo who is a world recognised expert in using social media to boost your business. All I can say is….BE THERE Read more
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7 step-recipe to turn an article into Web 2.0 Traffic
Filed under: Article Marketing, Facebook, Featured Speakers, How To Get Traffic, Internet Basics, Podcasting, Social Network Sites, blogging
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Over the last few weeks we have heard from a few speakers about different ways to use social networking to grow your business on the Internet. Today, Michele Pariza Wacek showed us how to tie it all together into a Web 2.0 strategy.
Over the next week I will be sharing with you a few of the concepts Michele introduced. Today I’d like to share with you a concept that is close to my heart – “Leverage”.
Michele’s 7 step recipe for Web 2.0 traffic
Raw Ingredients:
Prepare beforehand: 1 great quality article, 500 words in length that gives great content on your topic
Step 1: Include your article in your email newsletter / ezine.
- Send your newsletter at least once per month. Michele recommends once per week
- This develops a relationship with people on your list
Step 2: Post the article to your blog
- Your blog is central to your Web 2.0 strategy.
- Blogs are favoured by educated, affluent people (ie, good paying customers)
- Use Wordpress software on your own domain (free with Wonderful Web Hosting). Michele also has a hosting and blog facility for $100 / yr. Her contact details are below)
Step 3: Add your blog to your social networking sites
- You can actually import your blog into Facebook in the notes section of your profile
- Facebook gets more traffic than Google and the average age is 39 (not all teenagers)
- I have just added this to my Facebook account. Be my friend? I’ll show you later this week on this blog how I did this.
Step 4: Cut your article into bite size pieces
- Use these tasty morsels to answer questions in blog posts and forums
- Post these answers on other people’s blogs as comments
Step 5: Record yourself reading your article
- simply record yourself reading your article (use an MP3 recorder or record straight onto your computer)
- Add the audio to your BLOG using a wordpress plug in for podcasts (search Google for wordpress plugins)
- You can then take the podcast “feed” information that is given to you through this podcast plug in, and submit it to podcast directories such as itunes (search Google for podcast directories)
Step 6: Create a press release
- Use the 500 words you have written and create a press release
- submit this to press release directories on the Internet
- This will get you traffic but importantly will get you noticed in the mainstream media
Step 7: Submit your article to article directories / portals
- Spread the love. Your original 500 word article can now be submitted to websites that let people use your article on their own websites (with links back to your site of course)
As you can see, this is the recipe, but like any good cook there are gourmet techniques you need to master to create a true Web 2.0 degustation (how far can I carry this analogy?). This is where Michele comes in. She has created a comprehensive package that shows you how to do all these steps. It is not just information (though mind you, she has even loaded the recordings directly onto an Mp3 player for you). It includes checklists, excel spreadsheets, links to the directories she uses, how to write the articles, press releases and how to create a podcast and heaps more.
You can grab this here, and she even has a 4 part payment plan. After you purchase, email Michele at michele (at) michelepw.com and tell her you are from Wonderful Web Women. She will send you a $50 refund and also send you her digital book “Why Isn’t My Web Site Making Me Any Money? 10 Easy Steps To Make Your Web Site Go Ka-Ching!”.
You receive the digital version immediately and the physical version within the week.
I’d love to hear of your ideas on this strategy. Watch the blog this week. I’ll be sharing with you screen grabs of how I added this blog to Facebook and also Michele’s 3 reasons why people use the Internet (you must cover at least 2 to succeed).
Cheers
Janet
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Face Book and Joint Ventures
Filed under: Business Skills, Collaborative Projects, Facebook, Featured Speakers, Joint Ventures, Social Network Sites
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Mary Pat Kavanagh. MaryPat is known as “The Queen of Connections” and “The Queen of Marketing” because of her ability to help people create joint ventures (JV) to really grow their businesses. Today she shared with us the secrets to a successful JV and how to use social networking sites, especially FaceBook to find JV partners and develop business relationships with them.
Wow, there’s a whole new “parallel dimension” out there! I only joined Facebook yesterday in preparation for interviewing Mary Pat and what a revelation that was. At first I felt a bit nervous, a bit like you would if you were going to a party at a place you had never been to before and you didn’t know who else was there. You weren’t sure if you knew anyone but you were sure there were lots of clicks of people who already knew each other and didn’t need you. Do you know the feeling?
I only filled in the basics (I figured MaryPat would let me know what to do), followed the instructions and then found that Facebook actually suggested people I would like to meet and I knew some of them (how did it know?). I then discovered that I could use the technique my mother taught me when I started school – I simply asked someone to be my friend!
Ok. So do you want to be my friend? Just ask me here and you can join my growing network:
http://profile.to/janetbeckers/
How to use Facebook to find and nurture Joint Ventures
First, let’s define a Joint Venture:
A joint venture is 2 people (or more) getting together to create a new entity, a new venture. It’s a 2 way street in that each person contributes in the form of money, product, knowledge, contacts, hard work etc. Whichever of these they have to contribute.
It is different to an affiliate arrangement which is pretty one sided. You are not really working closely together and contributing to the finished product.
Examples of a Joint Venture
MaryPat and I are JV partners. We both created a product today together, the recording of our interview. We both promoted each other’s businesses and we are helping each other’s customers.
Another example could be where one person has a great idea and industry knowledge, but no time. The other person contributes sweat and hard work and contributes to the creation of the product etc.
How to use Facebook to find and develop JVs
- First of all, go to http://www.facebook.com and sign up
- Send me an invite to be my friend http://profile.to/janetbeckers/
- Gradually fill out information in your profile about yourself (books, music, hobbies etc). The whole idea is that people want to form relationships (JVs) with people they can relate to, so let them know a bit about yourself.
- Important. In your profile make a space to say “I want to meet people who… and my target customers (or I can help people who)…….. Be clear and specific
- When you invite someone to be your friend, include a personal note about WHY (eg, I really admire your work)
- DON”T go straight away and ask for help or say you are looking for a JV
- DO take the time to write comments to their profile, contribute to any discussion they may start and introduce them to people you think may help them (you can do this automatically through facebook)
- It’s like any relationship, you say hello and introduce yourself before you ask to go on a date!
- Do join groups in facebook on your topic. There are thousands of them, you don’t have to be invited to join and it is an excellent way to find contacts in your niche.
- Join niche groups: As well as a great way to find contacts (i.e. JV partners) it is also a powerful way to do your market research. If people are discussing problems they have, if you can find a solution to that problem, you have a business.
So go on, why not join me on Facebook and we can discover this parallel universe together? We can share our experiences over at the forum at http://www.wonderfulwebforum.com.
How Mary Pat Kavanagh can help you find JV partners
Mary Pat works with entrepreneurs to find them JV partners and coach them through creating these relationships. She has a unique program where she holds your hand, helps you find JV partners, helps you work out your scripts so you can approach them confidently and has an amazing new program which she runs through a private Facebook group. So you get trained on how to use Facebook for JVs, through Facebook. She has given an incredibly generous discount on her 6 month program just for Wonderful Web Women. It will cut your time to success. Here are the details:
http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/marypat1
Cheers
Janet
P.S. Will you be my friend? http://profile.to/janetbeckers/
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