I miss ALL of you! I’ve been extremely busy working on something that’s going to BLOW YOUR MIND! No joke. Be on the look out for an IMPORTANT announcement from me next week.
Man what a day!!! Over the past 12 hours i’ve read a dozen posts on “Twitter vs Friendfeed” and “Everyone is leaving Twitter” blah blah blah.
FriendFeed enables you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. It offers a unique way to discover and discuss information among friends.
It’s interesting cause a lot of people have been chatting about Friendfeed over the last week. Michael Arrington from Techcrunch wrote about it, iJustine who is the Internet wrote about it, TechTicker wrote about it, & several other posts & “influencers” in the Social Media world have talked about it. Jeremiah Owyang who is a Sr. Analyst at Forrester Research also wrote about that actually inspired me to write this post & do the Video below (more about his post below).
Techcrunch talks about how much more interesting the conversations are on FriendFeed vs Twitter (which to me are a HUGE part of Social Media), iJustine is talking about “who will go mainstream first - Twitter or Friendfeed” and “asks does it really matter”, and a few others are chiming in.
Check out my thoughts on this 8 Minute video on FriendFeed:
Its very interesting because with Social Media, things change so fast so you can’t focus on the “Social Technologies” but focus on the “Social Touch” side of things, the people, the conversations, the relationships, then figure out which technologies would best fit you.
There’s so many technologies out there and guess what, you don’t have to be on all of them to succeed in Social Media Marketing. I promise.
Listen, I LOVE Twitter, it’s really helped my business & I’ve made some tremendous advancements in my business just become of the little tool. This is NOT about who’s better. Twitter sure has been having some issues over the last few weeks & some of the functionality has been taken away for periods of time, etc. That’s inconvenient for the folks that spend 8 hours a day on Twitter. LOL
Not only is FriendFeed a GREAT solution for when Twitter is down, I think the concept and what FriendFeed is up to is pretty outstanding. They just “get it.”
So back to Jeremiah’s post about the “Herding Behavior on FriendFeed.” A couple more folks who are at Forrester (Charlene Lie & Josh Bernoff) wrote a book called “Groundswell - Winning in a transformed by social technologies” that talks about what Jeremiah referred today in his post. He talked about the Social “Technographics” which is a tool to allow people in business to examine and then create strategies based on the groundswell tendencies of any group of people.
The Social Technographics ladder represents a group of consumers more involved in the groundswell than the previous steps. Take a look at the image below:
Jeremiah says that…“aaside from aggregating content (you can see all my tweets, flickr, digg, upcoming, blogs on one stream) you yourself can be a creator, critic, collector, joiner, or spectator.”
It’s too soon to see who will go mainstream first, and if FriendFeed will do what Facebook did to Myspace, or predict any of those type of things, the one thing that is for sure is that FriendFeed’s concept is RIGHT ON. I think this is where social media is going as having all these tools, sites, etc in one place makes it easier to:
be more productive (not having to login to 20 different sites)
monitor you or your brand
research & staying ahead of the pulse
Who’s to say that Twitter or FriendFeed won’t go under tomorrow, that’s irrelevant, the point is that FriendFeed is onto something with their concept and if the influencers are attracted to it, there’s definitely something to say about it.
Over the next week or so I’m going to be playing with it & will write about my thoughts about it.
What are YOUR thoughts about FriendFeed so far?
Please make sure to also leave your FriendFeed URL.
Hey there folks! I have (2 BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THOSE THAT DIDN’T WIN)
First off I wanna say thanks so much for all those who entered into the contest. This was a very tough decision for me to make but I obviously had to choose 3. Because it was so hard for me I ended up choosing a total of 5 people to give the free seats to.
Here are the winners:
Ari Pietarinen
Deon Gordon
JoLynn Braley
Joselin Mane
Diane from PlatinumParenting.com
Here’s a quick video with with 2 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENTS for those that DID NOT a free seat. You can also look below the video for these 2 announcements.
For those that didn’t win a free seat, I’m going to do a couple things for you that I think you’ll appreciate!
1. I’m going to give those that entered into the competition 3 free months of the Successfool.com Premiere Membership that is launching in Sept/Oct.
What’s included in the Premiere Membership:
Private Interviews I’m not making public
Private Videos on tips, and some of the new technologies in Social Media
Private Masterminds that you’ll be able to listen in on as my friends and I discuss where this industry is going
Private Webinars that only Premiere members are going to have access to
2. I’m going to DROP THE PRICE of the Social Marketing Rockstars program from $497 to $349 for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. ALSO, there’s 2 spots left for the First Movers Advantage which includes:
You’re going to get a 30 min private phone consultation that we will record on whatever topic you would like and you get Master Resale Rights to that recording
Private Mastermind for the 8 weeks: 10 Lucky folks are going to spend an hour a week with me as we discuss the latest strategies & Social Media technologies (this call will include some of the top marketeting friends I have) - Priceless
LIFETIME Access to Successfool.com’s Premiere Membership (Launches in September) Over $200 a year Value
Free Successfool.com T-Shirt (coming in August/September) $15 Value
A Free Ticket to the Illuminate Conference (First EVER Christian Internet Marketers Event) $397 Value
A free more unannounced Bonuses (These are too hot to share now)
Thanks so much for those that participated in this contest. Everyone is a winner here at Successfool.
I appreciate all of you and look forward to building relationships with each of you.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TIL TUESDAY JUNE 17TH (a couple of the promoters - promoted it late & i wanna give their people a chance to enter)
***YOU MUST WATCH THE VIDEO IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE RULES OR YOU’LL MISS OUT!***
***I’M ANNOUNCING THE WINNER TO MY LIST SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE SUBSCRIBED***
So you wanna become the LEADER in your community…keep reading…
I’m am crazy insane excited right now.
That’s because I have created a new contest that’s going to give 3 people a chance to win a free ticket to my Social Marketing Rockstars 8 week coaching course that I’ve been working on for a while now.
NO ONE on the internet is teaching Social Media Marketing & Networking the way I’m teaching it. I don’t say that to impress you but press upon you the fact that you’re going to have the opportunity to use the same simple yet crazy effective strategies I’ve been using to have massive success online.
Because of the things I’ve learned in Social Media, not only have I created a 6 Figure Online business but a lot of my close friends have also benefited from the strategies that I’ve shared with them.
I’ve created a contest that all you have to do is answer 2 simple questions and you could potentially one of the 3 lucky people who wins.
Think about this for a minute. If you invest just a few minutes of your time to answer the two questions above, you could potentially walk away with a free seat to one of the hottest Social Media Marketing Coaching Programs. Not to mention, you’ll learn tons of skills that could pay you thousands of dollars this year and in the future.
To enter, here’s what you need to do. Simply post a comment below and answer these two questions:
1. WHY should you be chosen to be a part of the 8 Week Social Media Marketing Coaching Program??
2. HOW will the Social Marketing Rockstars Coaching program help you?
If you can answer these two questions, you have a shot at winning the prize.
What exactly will you win? Simply this…
Social Marketing Rockstars - the 8 Week Coaching program on Social Media Marketing - $497 Value
A once a week Private Mastermind with 12 others where we will discuss the latest strategies & social media technologies
You’re going to get a 30 min private phone consultation that we will record on whatever topic you would like and you get Master Resale Rights to that recording - $250 Value
I’d say that’s a fair trade, wouldn’t you?
Here’s what I want you to do now…
Scroll down to the section below that says “Comments.” Be sure to add your full name and email address so I can contact you in case you win! Answer the two questions. It should take you no more than 5 or 10 minutes. But the pay-off could be huge…
IMPORTANT: You might also subscribe to the Successfool newsletter in order to be notified as I’m announcing the winner on my newsletter. So enter your First name & Email to be notified cause you have to respond within 24 hours. (if you’re currently subscribed - don’t worry about entering in your information again)
Make sure to go check out the information page for Social Marketing Rockstars here:
Gary Vaynerchuk Lesson 2: “Getting Ahead of the Pulse”
Last week we talked about the “Hoopla Factor” and how you’ve gotta find that thing that separates you from the rest of the world. That God-given talent that makes YOU who you are.
The 2nd thing that Gary talked about is “Getting Ahead of the Pulse.”
“Reading trends is Death City, USA”
In Internet Business, if you just focus on reading trends, searching for the next best keyword, you’re going to have the same results you currently have. Some of you might get lucky, but the true key to making things happen is to get ahead of the curve & be innovative.
Bill Gates calls it the “First Movers Advantage.” Whoever is first wins. Take a look at him and “Windows.” Take a look at what Steve Jobs did in the Music industry AND in the Cell Phone industry. They were the first to put something out that was extremely innovative and ahead of its time.
Gary was one of the first if not the first Wine retail company to have a website back in 1997. When everyone was enjoying the “fruity” California wine’s, and saw an obvious “segue in pallets” as he calls it, and moved to where wine was more fruiy…Australia & Spain.
He understood these things and was able to get ahead of the pulse because he talked to every customer, he read all the emails that he received every day and was literally in the trenches. If you’re able to get ahead of the pulse in your industry or your niche, you’re able to know what’s coming next. If you know what’s coming next and people see that, it will be only a matter of time before you start to rise up in your community as the leader & authority on the subject.
So what next how do you get ahead of the pluse? Here’s a few places you can start:
1. Twitter: Start connecting with people and becoming aware of what the “conversation” is & you’ll start to see things
2. Facebook: Find out what people are talking about most? Find how who’s on the “Top Friends” section of people’s profile.
3. Forums: Don’t waste too much time here, maybe once a week. Find out what people are selling, what the issues & problems are within your industry
4. Turn the TV On: Watch the Hills…just kidding. What are people talking about in the world today? What are Baby Boomers up to? How’s people handling the current state of America.
Interact with people, be engaging, provide value to them, listen to them, be very aware, and soon you’ll find yourself picking up on things.
I’m working on something that NO ONE is really talking about yet. You got a glimpse of it when I was interviewed by Social Marketing Expert Michelle Macphearson last thursday night when I talked about “Influencing the Social Networking Sites”
Get out there and start touching people, kissing babies, mingling and just have crazy awareness of what’s going on. Good luck!
Alright check it. I’m about to give you the HOTTEST interview that I’ve ever given out so far. Michelle Macphearson who is one of the top if not THE top Social Marketing experts on the planets. I’ve been following Michelle for some time now but we’ve built a really great friendship in the last month or so because of social networking sites.
Check this out, she asked me a few days ago to do an interview on what I’ve been doing and how I’ve used social media and networking sites to connect with influencer’s, gain tons of traffic to my sites, build strong relationships with top entrepreneurs & make money online.
So I figured there would be anywhere from 30-40 people on this call but I was completely wrong. I started to advertise it on Twitter and because of my connections and relationships, my friends started talking about it and it started to grow virally. Before I know it, over 400 people were registered on the call and over 200 people stayed on the hour long call that we did. I’ve been on a lot of conference calls and for a 20 hour notice, those numbers are unheard off.
Here’s the recording to show you how I dominate the social networking sites using simple yet highly effect strategies!!! This audio runs 81 minutes.
I’d be very interested to what you liked best about the interview and any questions you still might have? Also make sure to follow Michelle @michellem on Twitter. Leave YOUR Twitter ID here as well so we can all connect!
So check it - I’m going to resume the Gary Vaynerchuk lessons either tomorrow or Monday as I’m working on 2 REALLY exciting things.
The first one one is something that you can actually benefit from TONIGHT!! You see I’ll be interviewed by one of my good friends and MAJOR players in the Social Marketing niche, Michelle Macphaerson! This is the FIRST time that I’ve actually processed my thoughts on how “Alejandro” uses Social Media to make buzz, make friends, & make money. Check it out here. Make sure you register!
