social media how toWant to know how to grow your email list?

Are you using social media to support your email list growth?

If you’re thinking of marketing tactics such as email and social media as two separate entities, you’re missing out on a lot of benefits.

In this article you’ll discover tips for using social media to improve your email marketing.

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Discover how to improve your email marketing with social media.

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social media how to Do you want to learn how to market yourself and your business on Twitter?

Are you looking for a resource to guide your Twitter marketing efforts?

Whether you’re marketing on Twitter as an individual or as a brand, these expert articles will help you network with colleagues, generate leads, deliver effective advertising and measure the return on your activities.

Each of these articles will help you understand and master a specific part of marketing on the Twitter platform.

Generate Leads and Sales on Twitter

How to Find More Customers With Twitter: This article shows how to find customers on Twitter with FollowerWonk, IFTTT, SocialBro and Socedo.

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Tools and tips to help you find more customers on Twitter.

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Do you use social media to promote your product, service or events?

Are you wondering how you can use Twitter to help get more visibility and sales?

To learn how Twitter can be used to encourage others to promote for you, this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast gives you insight into the subject.

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Social Media Marketing Podcast w/ Michael Stelzner

The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner.

It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.

The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting).

In this episode, you’ll discover five different ways you can use Twitter to promote what you have to offer.

Share your feedback, read the show notes and get the links mentioned in this episode below!

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social media how to Are you interested in learning more about advertising on Twitter?

Have you followed the latest on Twitter ads?

Twitter has many paid options to help you gain more exposure.

Keep reading to discover three ways to use Twitter ads to grow your business.

Why Twitter Advertising?

When Twitter released their advertising platforms, there was a huge lack of functionality when it came to targeting your ads toward specific audiences.

While it’s still not as detailed as Facebook or LinkedIn advertising, Twitter has come a long way in making sure your advertising reaches the right audience.

In this post, we’re going to look at how to create a high-performance Twitter ad campaign for your business.

#1: Gain Visibility With Promoted Tweets

One of the most popular uses of Twitter advertising is to promote a specific message (tweet) on Twitter. For example, if you search Twitter for a particular keyword, you’re likely to see a promoted tweet at the top of search results.

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Example of a promoted tweet from Buffer.

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social media how toAre you struggling to generate leads on Twitter?

Wondering how to display richer data in a tweet?

In this article, I’ll show you four steps to getting more leads with Twitter lead generation cards.

Why Twitter Lead Generation Cards?

There are 500 million tweets sent every day (according to Twitter’s recent IPO documentation).

That’s a lot of noise to compete with.

Enter Twitter’s lead generation cards.

Lead generation cards work directly within your promoted tweet to collect users’ contact information in exchange for your offer.

What Are Twitter Lead Generation Cards?

Is your business using promoted tweets on Twitter? Would you like to get more from them?

Twitter lead generation cards increase conversion rates by capturing in-app form-fills from your followers. Think of them as embedded landing pages within your tweets, except they’re much more concise and require much less work from your followers.

Here’s an example from The Barista Bar.

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A short, yet punchy and attractive lead generation card.

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Do you use Twitter for business?

Are you wondering how to use Twitter to increase traffic to your blog?

To learn how to use Twitter to grow your business, I interview Kim Garst for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.

More About This Show

Social Media Marketing Podcast w/ Michael Stelzner

The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner.

It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.

The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting).

In this episode, I interview Kim Garst, CEO of Boom Social, a company and blog that specializes in social media marketing. One of Kim’s areas of topical expertise is Twitter marketing.

Kim shares how she uses Twitter to promote her content and offers.

You’ll learn about what type of content works best and how frequently you should share it.

Share your feedback, read the show notes and get the links mentioned in this episode below!

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social media how toHave you thought of using social media contests and sweepstakes to build and engage your audience?

Previously I wrote How to Run a Successful Social Media Contest outlining some important foundational steps: be clear on your marketing objectives, know your audience, understand different promotion types and plan ahead!

If you’re looking to gain even more traction with social promotions, here are eight additional tips to enhance your next social media campaign.

Ensure Your Promotion Doesn’t Get You In Hot Water

It’s difficult to run a successful campaign if your promotion is blocked, removed or challenged in a court of law. So before we get to the fun part of marketing, there are a few logistical tips to keep in mind.

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social media how toAre you looking for fresh ideas to improve your Twitter marketing?

We sought out hot Twitter tips from the pros. Keep reading for inspiration.

Now’s not the time to let your Twitter marketing go stale.

Twitter has already grown more in the last 9 months than in the last 5 years and this trend is expected to continue.

How does Twitter fit into your social media marketing? Here are 17 Twitter marketing tips shared by Social Media Examiner’s writers.

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social media how toThere are a lot of social media experts out there—including the ones who claim there’s no such thing as a “social media expert”—and they’re telling us how social media works, how it doesn’t work, and how we all must behave in the social media arena.

Much of this advice is framed as “universal truths” that every business must follow. Unfortunately, a lot of it is based on the expert’s personal experience.  And that may not be appropriate for you. Even the most well-intended advice is often off the mark when it comes to your business.

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