Money Secrets

With the increased focus on using social networking sites to grow your business and find prospects, some folks are getting a little lost with just how to do it right. Now if you remember I talked about social networking previously right here on this blog.

But I’m still seeing increasing numbers of marketers setting up accounts at Twitter or Facebook or MySpace and then posting nothing but links to their own content/products/opportunities.

If you have to promote your own content all of the time and nobody else promotes it for you, if you are the only person hitting the ’share this’ link, then that should be ringing alarm bells in your head. And if it isn’t, you obviously need to go away and rethink your whole social networking strategy.

Social networking starts with making friends and how do you do that? You do stuff for people. You ‘bookmark’ their stuff, you comment on their postings, you share a laugh with them, you take the time to find out their interests and point them in the best direction (not in your direction)to get more information.

Social networking isn’t about ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’. Far from it. Though if done correctly this is usually what happens! But somebody has to scratch first - and if you want to be top of the social media buzz, then that had better be you.

Perry Belcher did a really cool video on social media, and if you like partying,( ), you should be able to get this message real clear. And the fact that I’m sharing this video with you, proves that this stuff works, if you do it right.

To Back Scratching
Susan Coils
P.S. If you’ve got a really cool ‘itch’ you’d like some help with scratching, let me know.

I’m not the most technical of people. I’m the first to admit it, so you don’t need to jump all over and tell everyone about it. But have I cracked the SEO code, or is Google just at a loose end these days?

I kid you not, when I’m looking at my stats lately, something has definitely happened. A week ago, Google (and a few of her robotic mates) dropped by maybe 10 - 20 times a day. Now, all of a sudden they’re never away from the place.

I mean it. Like they’re dropping by between 200 - 300 times a day. Have I changed my coffee brand? Maybe they like the new air freshener? Perhaps it’s my new hairstyle? Thankfully, they bring with them lots more of their ‘human‘ friends. Let’s face it, robots aren’t the most socially engaging visitors to have are they?

Now I confess I’ve been following the advice of some very close friends. And while my technophobia means that I’m very limited in what I can put in place and what I can’t, and even though I know these guys know their stuff, I still find it hard to believe that the simple little changes I’ve made around the place can be accounting for such huge upsurges in robotic interest.

I would love to think I’d cracked the SEO code. If only I knew what it was?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It’s not ‘what you know’ that counts. It’s ‘who’! And lucky me, I just happen to be on first name terms with the number one SEO expert in the world. I know you’re shocked.
But really you’d be more than a little surprised at some of the names I could drop if I was the kind of girl to show off!

However, if you would like to have Google and her friends (robotic and human) visiting you and serving your content up all over the place as food for those ravenous searchers, go check out SEONetworker.com

Just don’t tell them I sent you. I’m not too sure this is supposed to be let out of the bag just yet. But hey, what are secrets for if not for sharing?

To Your Success
Susan Coils