A Few Web 2.0 / Social Marketing Tools Just a quick post to let you all know about a some Web 2.0 / Social Marketing tools to make your internet life a little easier and maybe a bit more effective.
First off is Social Marker. This is an interface that will allow you to move straight through each of your Social Bookmarking sites automatically signing you in, and autofilling most common fields.
I especially like their widget, which you can see at the bottom of each of my posts, right after my digital signature. Well worth the time to check out and use as they are hooked into 46 different Social sites and services.
Very simple to use. Just fill in your username and password for each of your accounts once, and allow it to verify your data and you are ready to roll.
Today I got an email from Willie Crawford (always a welcome event) with a video so full of valuable content that I just had to share it. I even left Willie's affiliate link in place at the bottom so that you can get the discount he is offering.
Frankly, the info is phenomenal even without the product offered so watch the video and learn!
If you can't create traffic with these methods, then you just aren't really using these methods! The automation software offered would definitely kick it into overdrive, but very respectable results can be achieved without it. I plan to kick off this type of campaign tomorrow AM, first thing. I have about 3 or 4 niches all picked out...
The Little Something Extra:
When you clicked on the link above to see the video, you should have noted a couple of things:
First that the link took you to a url that looked like this:
Most people are less put off by shorter, less "Affiliate" looking links. Also it is good for the link to look like it originated with you, or at least like you are in a JV with the originator.
Heck, it just looks a bit more professional. Admittedly, Willie's link wasn't too bad, just a bit too long...
The next thing you may have noted was that the page had a very thin ad ribbon across the top. This ad is viral, and totally free to implement, as is the ability to cloak your links to look more professional, and less "Affiliate"-like.
In the backroom you can turn those long affiliate links into shortened "LinkBrander" urls. That is already a step in the right direction, but let's take it one step further:
Now go and use my HTML Cloaker, totally free of charge, and not even in a backroom: Click Here to use it Free as often as you like!
Input your "LinkBrander" url in the field for Your Target Web Address, and give it an appropriate title and push the button. That will generate a little bit of code that you can put in a text document like NotePad, and then save as a .html file. Now upload it too you WebHost, and there you have it!
It's short, it looks like you own it, any affiliate links are cloaked and best of all everytime someone looks at it, you are earning more traffic to the ads you set up in your LinkBrander backroom.
You can make the whole thing even more viral by promoting LinkBrander through Russell's Second Tier Affiliate Program.
Little things like this make your whole approach look more seamless to whoever is reading your webpage. Professionalism is something that is mostly noticed when it is lacking, and frankly a few little things like these can make a huge difference in conversion rates.
