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I used to create those ugly sites with 10k pages of Google Ads – while keeping my identity hidden.

It works, to a degree – but it’s just no fun – and has no lasting results.

Getting Social, and going public has been great fun. But more importantly, I’ve connected with experts in each of my separate niche’s.

Within separate social networks for my hobby and profession, I’ve created online social contacts that I have been instrumental in teaching me something vital to the next step in my learning or my projects.

Build a Presence – Interact – Be Yourself.

BUT, does that make you feel uncomfortable? Do you doubt if you have something worthy to offer and so you hang back, or only make tentative steps toward Social Marketing? You will benefit to Read and Follow @stevepavlina.

Cheers All!
@douglaslampi

Sam – Yes, there are more minor details, but the base of marketing through social media is being social. Most of the things you mention make you easier to find through different sites, but being social is always the core.

David – Very true. However, what if the clerk referred a customer after purchasing to the store next door for additional products? Even better, the store then recommends something your store has and the customer is spending more at both places. Plus, you helped them find something they need. It’s very effective.

John – Get in touch with me bro, I can always find time for something like that

Exciting yes? This line in particular appleals to me: “The truth is that you should see yourself as so good that there is no such thing as competition.”

Man. That is HOT!!! I just HAVE to get you on my TV show.

Jonathan

You are right on in your direction here.

There are many aspects to making social media work for one but among them two very important ones are massive proliferation across many sites, and communication (being a friend).

Mix in some other technical stuff (like proper tagging, linking, theming etc.) and you’ve got the ingredients for success.

Onward & Upward!

Sam Knoll

As usual, you hit it right on the head. Social media is the perfect way to become best friends with people you might never have met. I found that by joining twitter after your workshop in Sarasota, that I could build a relationship with awesome people like Simon Leung, Lee and Robin Collins, Eric Farewell, and more that I would never have been very close to except that I exchanged dialog on twitter with them.

Social media takes it a step further, because you become friends with their friends. While Frank Kern and I are friends on twitter, he still wouldn’t recognize me at a party. But that doesn’t matter, because we can still interact on twitter. I laugh at his jokes when they are funny, and I shoot him off a joke when it relates to one of his tweets. But from Frank Kern I became friends with Jason Moffatt on twitter. Again, we had seen each other at seminars, but he wouldn’t remember my name. With the interaction of people on social sites like twitter, we open our circle of influence.

So thanks for being one of my closest friends who hardly ever communicates directly with me…lol. With twitter, we are still close, and we know what each is up to and going through. Without the social in social media, twitter would be one big spam engine. But the social component makes twitter much better suited for interaction and friendship building than advertising.

So keep up the great work, but don’t work so hard, we all need you to stay healthy and be around for years to come. The “immortal” Ross needs to stay that way!

Have an amazing day!

Micheal Savoie
http://twitter.com/michealsavoie