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Why do influential,
social media savvy bloggers
share what they share?
Do they share YOUR blog posts about your business? Will they share your business Web site – and if not = why not?
What have I learned in 34 years in computers and 17 years online working with small businesses?
One fortunate small business is about to find out exactly what applied experience means to them – provided they are willing to let me share all their questions and what I recommended to them as a testimonial here on GrowMap.
Here’s your chance to share with my 22,956 Twitter followers plus the followers of all the influential bloggers – many who have 40,000+ followers – who will tweet what I write about your business.
When is the last time there were 99 tweets -
many by influential users – about just ONE of
many posts that feature YOUR business?
Has that EVER happened for you?As of Mar 7, 2012 99 tweets is now 362 tweets!!!
Click this link >>> TOPSY current Retweet count.
You don’t have to take my word for that. When I tell you something I SHOW YOU where and how to verify it. Paste ANY url (web page address) from anything I have shared on Twitter into the search box on Topsy to see who else shared it.
Click the image below to see just one of many examples of
highly valuable, researched posts that feature a
deserving small business making a difference.
Click the image to go to Topsy and see who tweeted that post. You can click though to Twitter and see how many followers they have.
Domino the Great offers much needed and highly recommended bullying prevention programs for schools and groups. Because bullying has touched so many people’s lives, his message is of widespread interest.
How many influential bloggers do you know who would tweet about your business? Here are just the most influential of those who immediately come to mind who have shared about his:
- @mmangen ~ 41,760 followers
- @AskKim ~ 41,738 followers
- @SeoSmarty ~ 21,290 followers – highly influential according to Topsy
Q: WHY would these bloggers be willing to share what I write?
A: Because I don’t write advertisements for businesses or publish canned press releases. I compile valuable research and statistics on important issues and include resources that benefit all who read them.
If Domino were just another magician, the only people really interested in his message on a random basis would be people who wanted to be magicians – which would only be his target audience if he were teaching magic or selling magic props.
Because he uses his talent to do something that benefits others
- beyond just entertaining them -
his business makes a difference in people’s lives.
Before he started doing anti-bullying school assembly programs, he focused on creating in young people as passion for reading – what he calls his Read to Succeed programs.
Are you beginning to see a pattern here? Domino doesn’t do programs just to earn a living or simply for entertainment – he makes a difference in people’s lives and creates a better world.
That is why I am willing to devote far more hours to promoting what he does than I could possibly ever charge him – which in the beginning would be more than the increase in business what I do could generate for him – but in the long run will be more than he dreams of now.
What is YOUR business doing that makes a real difference?
Maybe you provide healthy food or are wise enough to sell only quality products people need instead of the useless junk big box stores are selling today. Perhaps you offer services that improve people’s lives.
Every worthwhile business IS doing important work –
they just haven’t highlighted it yet!
As I said at the beginning of this post, I am going to choose one fortunate business to do a complete free consultation – including creating a customized Content Marketing and Social Media plan - provided they are willing to have that plan published.
This will be the same type of consultation ethical businesses can obtain through my Small Business Mentoring with one exception: actually making it happen.
The consultation is free: having unlimited access
to me to make it happen is not – but it is ridiculously priced.
A one-time flat fee of $570 which – if money were my God -
would be that much PER MONTH.
And if your ethical business working to create a better world
can’t even afford that – you can pay it out over time.
MAKING IT HAPPEN is where almost all ebooks, plans and goals fall down – you don’t ever actually ever get it done.
The reason so few get that far is because so much time and continual promotion is required that only the already wealthy can usually afford mentoring so most people offer an affordable – but poor – substitute they can sell:
- eBooks
- White papers
- eMail autoresponder series
- Paid membership forums
IF the person offering those things is REALLY good at clearly laying out step-by-step how-to information (they rarely are) and IF you are REALLY committed to making it happen, those things CAN help the few who will struggle through and figure it out alone.
Commitment is necessary because
over and over you will get stuck.
If you had direct contact with someone you could immediately get the answers you need – but most of the time all you get is FAQs and forums that suck up your time where it takes far too long to get a straight answer – IF you ever get the answer you need at all.
The only solution is access to unlimited amounts of mentoring – and THAT is what the select few businesses I work with get from me. All the hours they need – every answer they must have (if I don’t know it I DO know someone who does who will help).
- They have me to actually do whatever needs doing only once. It is not worth your time to learn to do what only needs to be done once – and it would take me longer to teach you than to just do it. (Sometimes it is worth paying someone else to do a specific task.)
- And they have me to teach them to do what they will need done over and over: like how to use WordPress or how to get the most out of using Twitter or how to recognize opportunities.
- Most important of all they have the benefit of my connections. I can guide them in who and what to avoid at all costs and who can be trusted and is worth hiring. And to support what I write about how YOUR BUSINESS contributes to the greater good.
If you want to be considered as the chosen business, leave a comment or use my direct contact information found on the contact tab at the top of this blog. Don’t wait – DO IT NOW – there is no reason to delay.
Twitter: webisodestudio1
says:
Its difficult to have interesting and informative tweets when trying to promote other businesses (I do SEO for a living). Some of my clients’ business are really dull cut and dry and so I am faced with a problem when trying to make my tweets about their business interesting. Any suggestions?
That is right, awesome things go always viral after little promotion. All great tools are nothing without ideas and great content.
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Twitter: jesicawillss
says:
@mmangen ~ 41,760 followers, @AskKim ~ 41,738 followers, @SeoSmarty ~ 21,290 followers. It is very big amount of followers. It is not very easy to get followers in Twitter. I am using twitter for last 1 and half year but I could not get much followers. Thanks for this article.
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22,956 Twitter followers! That is such as big amount, could you please share how long it took to reach that amount? I have only recently started using twitter and I found that it isn’t that easy getting new twitter followers. And just randomly adding strangers is a bit strange I reckon..
Twitter is an amazing resource nowadays. It’s amazing how the face of seo changed from SEO to more Inbound Marketing.
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Twitter: tophatmoney
says:
this sounds great, really looking forward to reading and following all their questions and what actions are recommended to them. Please keep us updated when the testimonial goes live here on GrowMap.
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These are some great tips. I have been having a real hard time trying to get my business going but I am pretty sure that with these tips I will get it out there to the world. Thanks a lot
!
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Twitter: anadixis
says:
I have a twitter account and I always promote my website with the help of Twitter but I never tried with any plugin control. I was also told that just twitter will not enough and I don’t know how I can generate traffic with it. One of my friends told me and I think that was a good one..if only we spend more time on social media websites we’ll be able to get some traffic. is that true ?
Twitter: elliepowell1912
says:
I am new to both blogging and to Twitter. I can see how a ‘Twitter presence’ could have significant impact on the success of my blog. Thanks for the information.
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Twitter: treatmytinnitus
says:
I was wondering if using any of the twitter plug in’s mentioned above would be of help to sell my affiliate ebook? Right now my blog is set up so that my most recent post are updated to my twitter page. I have not yet seen any of my post go viral. Any good suggestion would be much appreciated. Thanks
Twitter: GrowMap
says:
What you are doing on Twitter will not work. You must have an Avatar instead of the egg because that default makes people think “spammer”. And you can’t just tweet your own content or what look like advertisements all the time.
See the tips and posts in my Twitter Best Practices post to understand how to use Twitter effectively. If you need personal assistance contact me and I will explain over chat or telephone.
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Twitter: treatmytinnitus
says:
Thanks for the help, I am going to make those changes right away, as well as read your twitter best practices. I’ll get there sooner or later Thanks Again
Dori
Twitter: Loco4SEO
says:
Good post, I have found two good tools to find influential people on twitter. 1. archivist.visitmix.com
2. followerwonk.com
Yes, it is important to find influencers on twitter, but there is a whole lot more to it than a tweet and a facebook post. There are legal issues, such as intellectual property concerns, metrics and measurement. To be good at social media take a look at the University of San Francisco’s advanced social media training courses, to gain perspective.
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says:
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Preparing to go viral and you’ll fail. Prepare to be ‘awesome’ and you’ll go viral!!
Good luck in 2012 business owners.
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Interesting post. Every small business need not just quality product to sell but they should make a difference. I am happy that you choose that type of businesses that are really making difference in people’s life. And they need a constant mentoring and taught by people like you whatever needs to be done by doing once.
Twitter: sanjanbikram
says:
I have 257 twitter followers but i did not got any traffic from twitter. Is there any special tips to increase followers.
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Twitter: webisodestudio1
says:
I’m trying to figure out how to gain more Twitter followers but so far it hasn’t been easy. I started following many people but they wont always follow you back. Thanks for the helpful info.
Having a good mentor can really be what small business need to make it.
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That is impressive I have never tried to go viral though.
I am planning to launch my first wordpress blog site in February 2012. Do I need to use the plugins that can help me in promoting my content on social media sites like facebook and twitter since the very first day? Or do I need to use these plugins only after I get fair traffic on my blogs?
Twitter: willyanderson87
says:
I am positive. People can understand for twitter is best for blogging.
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