Hey, what’s up?
I have come to the first 10 days of my pledge and I’m so eager to share with you the progress! I’m actually trying to document the process of how I achieve the goal that I set in day 1, and to share my thoughts with you especially what works, and what does not, so that we can all learn together how to grow our audience.
For this first 10 days, I basically focus more on growing the followers in Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest, without paying for sponsored posts or advertising (given the shoestring budget.
While I was kept wondering/worrying why our Twitter account only gained a few followers despite the effort put in by posting regular and relevant content, and I received this email from Twitter: .
Okay.. Take the initiative to follow the People who are in the relevant field whatsoever, and Follow Back those people in the relevant field, who just followed you. This is a way to get more followers. If possible, shoot them a tweet and say Hi {First name}, Nice to e-meet you here. Have a good day! Make your message a personal as possible to grow the relationship. Avoid hard selling anything in this first greeting message, instead, if you think you have some great free stuffs or sharing, try to make it in a soft tone, e.g. “I have just put up my e-magazine with invaluable sharing of business success stories that might interest u. Enjoy. {link}”
I tried and it works! I just grew my Twitter followers by 3% in just 2 days. Oh.. I really wish I could start it earlier!
HOW TO RESPOND THE FOLLOWERS MORE EFFICIENTLY?
I might have mentioned in a few places about how user-friendly it is for the app called Evernote. And I actually also use this to save a few key messages so that I can copy and paste, to make my life easier. Below is a snapshot of one of my note in kept in Evernote. And I use this pre-drafted message, copy it and tweet it to all new followers, or people whom I just followed. I would make certain personalization, depending on the situation.
RESULTS – TARGET OVERSHOOT
Bravo! I can see with the right strategies and tools used, I’m attracting the right audience who are all serious in doing their business. I will look forward to seeing the many collaboration ahead!
LINKS & RESOURCES – THAT REALLY WORKS! (A recap)
- Photo Gallery Plugin – Photo Gallery Widget on WordPress
- Shareaholic Plugin – Social Media Sharing Button on WordPress
- Aweber email marketing system
- HARO – Free Publicity opportunities
- LinkedIn – Grow the connections via email contacts
- WordPress Plugin – “Pinterest Pin It Button for Images”.
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Pinterest Board – Create a widget as a banner to attract audience
For the next 10 days, I will need to focus on how to grow the email list! It will be a challenging task but as I said, I’m documenting the entire process. So i sincerely welcome you to follow me along, no matter if you have decided to run your own business or just curious how I’m doing (though I really don’t know how far I can go), please go to here and follow me!
Day 1 – A well defined goal with self-discipline
Day 2 – Here comes the sales leads
Day 3 & 4 – How to use photos and sign up forms to grow the audience
