I need to get something out of the way…I am a Twitter fanatic. In fact, it would come as no surprise to me if my wife was spending every minute she has in order to learn how to become a hacker so that she could take it down and have her husband back (I’m really not that bad, but you get the idea).
So considering that fact that I spend a lot of my time learning how to master the art of Twitter marketing and that I’ve even created my own Twitter products, what I am about to say might be a little too close to the bone – even for me.
However, the truth is the truth and we can’t hide from
it: 99% of the affiliate marketers on Twitter have zero idea how to market correctly.
Furthermore, many of those that don’t get it are teaching new users how not to get it too, leading to a cycle of spam, crappy auto-DM’s, and accounts that get suspended or marked as spam before they have even had a chance to flourish.
If you want to sell an affiliate product on Twitter, you cannot expect to be able to do it in 140 characters, and yet, that’s what many marketers try to do. Their Twitter streams are filled with blatant sales pitches, so much so that you start to wonder if there is a real person behind the curtain.
Look, if I don’t know who you are, I don’t know where you are linking to, and I don’t see anything but pitches in your Twitter stream, then I am not going to click through. If I do, if you get lucky, you will see me hit the back button before the page even finishes loading.
You cannot take over someone’s DM’s (Direct Messages) and have them send out spam on your behalf. Aside from the fact that it is extremely annoying, it takes advantage of people that don’t know any better. You are actually hurting your customer in the process.
Hit-and-run business tactics are shameful and will not help you in the long run.
Creating a product that only teaches people how to make money on Twitter by promoting your “make money on Twitter” product is, well, just sad. Sure, you might make a few bucks, but what does that get you?
Again, it is this type of short term thinking that turns Twitter into a madhouse and creates an environment where marketers are no longer trusted. At that point, you’ve ruined it for all of us.
Perhaps the most blatant offender is the reply spammer, which is relatively new to the scene.
These people reply to popular Twitter users with an affiliate link, and try to trick people into clicking. These reply spammers also try to trick the popular person’s followers, because at first glance, it looks like the Tweet is coming from them. Considering most of these tweets look identical, I simply click the block button and move on. Get blocked often enough and you’ll be suspended.
So Why Are They Doing It?
Most affiliate marketers on Twitter are doing this because they are too lazy to learn how to effectively sell affiliate products. You shouldn’t try to sell someone in a PPC ad; you bring them to your sales page so that your sales letter can do the selling. It’s the same with Twitter. To do this, though, you’ve got to be relevant, which means that not everything you say can be a sales pitch. When it is, though, it has to address the needs of your list.
Sending out blanket replies just doesn’t work.
Sadly, many people buy systems that tell them that these methods work. To make matters worse, many of them use viral friend adders that help them get recognition and more marketers promoting their products.
Eventually, regardless of how faulty the system is, it spreads like wildfire. Everyone gets caught, no one wins.
They aren’t interested in helping people. The last category is comprised of marketers that use the same tactics in other venues. They use software to generate new accounts by the dozens, so they don’t care if they get suspended. They aren’t interested in helping people – they simply want to make an easy buck.
So How Do You Sell on Twitter?
I’ve written about this extensively because it is a matter that I am extremely passionate about. I am tired of shady marketers ruining it for everyone and more importantly, I’m tired of seeing new people get taken advantage of.
So here’s the truth:
If you want to sell on Twitter, you have to build relationships and create targeted lists based on interests. Once you learn how to build these networks (which really is easy to do), you can link to relevant affiliate offers without having to worry about getting unfollowed or blocked. The key is to let the content, not a Tweet, do the selling. If everything you say on Twitter is a pitch of some sort, it won’t work. However, if you learn to be relevant and helpful, your random pitch will not only be noticed, but will be appreciated.
People love to buy…we love to consume great content.
However, we have to be warmed up before we do it. On social networks, it’s the relationships that sell, not the message. It’s really up to you, though. You can spam people and make a quick buck (maybe), or you can build credibility and build a successful business. In my opinion, taking the latter route is much more efficient.
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Google’s new algorithm de promotes excessive link building. Slow SEO is what pulls websites ultimately. Google’s new algorithm is turning all the present SEO practices wrong. Off page optimization practices is in a high level for present SEO companies. With the arrival of new Google’s algorithm, SEO companies have to rethink their sytrategies unless thay already are doing slow SEO. Rub The Web wont do spamming.
These are the common thinking about off page optimization until now.
Following are some of the off page optimization techniques use
* Link building
* Directory submissions
* Article submission
* News and press release
* Blogs
* Social bookmarking
* Social networking
While on page optimization can help your rankings, it is the off page optimization that is crucial in the quest for the top spots. Although on page optimization is important for you to understand, it is the off page optimization that will really propel your website to the top of the list.
Link building
Although there are many different things that you can do in order to improve your search engine rankings, the most popular and most effective is through obtaining inbound links to your website. These links can take on a variety of different forms and they can come from a number of different areas but some of them are much more effective than others. That is links from relevant sites are much more important.
Directory submissions
Manual submission to directories are very important off page SEO technique. There are nay directory submission tools available in web. But search engines only like manual submissions.
Article submissions
Writing articles related to your niche and sending them to hundreds of high traffic article directories can rapidly increase your site’s traffic and generate permanent one way links that will improve rankings.
News and press release
Though primary purpose of a press release is to share news about your company, we have found that it will generate links as well as traffic to the site.
Blogs
Blogs is another off page optimization technique that will give lot of links to your site.
Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking will help improve the rank in the SERP.
Social networking
This is a great way of bringing traffic to site as well as some back links.
Perhaps the worst thing that might have happened to you would be to have been born with the proverbial silver spoon in your mouth.
For had you been born into privilege, you would have been deprived of one of the world’s greatest gifts: the opportunity to reach the highest levels of success of which you are capable, solely on the basis of your own merit.
If you were born with less than most, don’t resent others who seem to have more advantages.
In truth, the real advantage is yours, for you will develop the self-confidence that comes only from meeting life’s challenges on your own terms.
How Not to Use Twitter for Affiliate Marketing
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How Not to Use Twitter for Affiliate Marketing By Nathan Hangen
I need to get something out of the way…I am a Twitter fanatic. In fact, it would come as no surprise to me if my wife was spending every minute she has in order to learn how to become a hacker so that she could take it down and have her husband back (I’m really not that bad, but you get the idea).
So considering that fact that I spend a lot of my time learning how to master the art of Twitter marketing and that I’ve even created my own Twitter products, what I am about to say might be a little too close to the bone – even for me.
However, the truth is the truth and we can’t hide from
it: 99% of the affiliate marketers on Twitter have zero idea how to market correctly.
Furthermore, many of those that don’t get it are teaching new users how not to get it too, leading to a cycle of spam, crappy auto-DM’s, and accounts that get suspended or marked as spam before they have even had a chance to flourish.
If you want to sell an affiliate product on Twitter, you cannot expect to be able to do it in 140 characters, and yet, that’s what many marketers try to do. Their Twitter streams are filled with blatant sales pitches, so much so that you start to wonder if there is a real person behind the curtain.
Look, if I don’t know who you are, I don’t know where you are linking to, and I don’t see anything but pitches in your Twitter stream, then I am not going to click through. If I do, if you get lucky, you will see me hit the back button before the page even finishes loading.
You cannot take over someone’s DM’s (Direct Messages) and have them send out spam on your behalf. Aside from the fact that it is extremely annoying, it takes advantage of people that don’t know any better. You are actually hurting your customer in the process.
Hit-and-run business tactics are shameful and will not help you in the long run.
Creating a product that only teaches people how to make money on Twitter by promoting your “make money on Twitter” product is, well, just sad. Sure, you might make a few bucks, but what does that get you?
Again, it is this type of short term thinking that turns Twitter into a madhouse and creates an environment where marketers are no longer trusted. At that point, you’ve ruined it for all of us.
Perhaps the most blatant offender is the reply spammer, which is relatively new to the scene.
These people reply to popular Twitter users with an affiliate link, and try to trick people into clicking. These reply spammers also try to trick the popular person’s followers, because at first glance, it looks like the Tweet is coming from them. Considering most of these tweets look identical, I simply click the block button and move on. Get blocked often enough and you’ll be suspended.
So Why Are They Doing It?
Most affiliate marketers on Twitter are doing this because they are too lazy to learn how to effectively sell affiliate products. You shouldn’t try to sell someone in a PPC ad; you bring them to your sales page so that your sales letter can do the selling. It’s the same with Twitter. To do this, though, you’ve got to be relevant, which means that not everything you say can be a sales pitch. When it is, though, it has to address the needs of your list.
Sending out blanket replies just doesn’t work.
Sadly, many people buy systems that tell them that these methods work. To make matters worse, many of them use viral friend adders that help them get recognition and more marketers promoting their products.
Eventually, regardless of how faulty the system is, it spreads like wildfire. Everyone gets caught, no one wins.
They aren’t interested in helping people. The last category is comprised of marketers that use the same tactics in other venues. They use software to generate new accounts by the dozens, so they don’t care if they get suspended. They aren’t interested in helping people – they simply want to make an easy buck.
So How Do You Sell on Twitter?
I’ve written about this extensively because it is a matter that I am extremely passionate about. I am tired of shady marketers ruining it for everyone and more importantly, I’m tired of seeing new people get taken advantage of.
So here’s the truth:
If you want to sell on Twitter, you have to build relationships and create targeted lists based on interests. Once you learn how to build these networks (which really is easy to do), you can link to relevant affiliate offers without having to worry about getting unfollowed or blocked. The key is to let the content, not a Tweet, do the selling. If everything you say on Twitter is a pitch of some sort, it won’t work. However, if you learn to be relevant and helpful, your random pitch will not only be noticed, but will be appreciated.
People love to buy…we love to consume great content.
However, we have to be warmed up before we do it. On social networks, it’s the relationships that sell, not the message. It’s really up to you, though. You can spam people and make a quick buck (maybe), or you can build credibility and build a successful business. In my opinion, taking the latter route is much more efficient.
Nathan Hangen writes about web entrepreneurship at:
http://nathanhangen.com/blog/
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