Comments on: Sell Social Media So That Your Clients Can Buy It!

By: Daily Internet Marketing Links for May 27, 2008 | Maria Reyes-McDavis

Daily Internet Marketing Links for May 27, 2008 | Maria Reyes-McDavis — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:00:48 +0000

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By: al

al — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:26:44 +0000

Social media ,digg and others are the way of the future, but we also need to remember traditional advertising, radio, tv etc,

By: Wii Boy

Wii Boy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +0000

I am staggerd..70K visits from one article that the Digg community take under their wing?

Presumably you wont some good, paid hosting if you are going to handle that sort of traffic.

I can only dream….

By: Top Rated

Top Rated — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:15:45 +0000

Don't forget, that Digg can have a long term bonus as well. The number of organic links that are gained from the original spike of visitors will last long after the initial flood is over.

By: Jennifer Osborne

Jennifer Osborne — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:43:14 +0000

Nick, Wayne – Agreed – Digg is not the best vehicle for conversions. It is great for links though so longer term the organic benefit makes the effort worth while.

By: Jason Peck

Jason Peck — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:20:11 +0000

Nice post. I agree with the earlier comments. Traffic from Digg and StumbleUpon is ok, but it converts horribly. The main thing social media should be used for is building relationships and influence. So that when someone in your network needs advice on something you provide, they'll turn to you for it, since you're the expert.

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:43:11 +0000

This is a good primer, Jennifer. Ideal for what I call the "educate and resonate" tactic of selling into businesses to sell on internally.

Nick makes a good point. We all now how poorly Digg traffic converts. But the after effects of getting to Digg's front page is often secondary, more "profitable" successes elsewhere.

I wrote a Plugin for WordPress which still does really well and converted very well at the time I got to the front page of Digg.

So clearly there's potential for success, so long as there's some instant hit for the visitor…

By: Make Money Blogging

Make Money Blogging — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:49:07 +0000

A nice article you there. I'm trying to find ways of lowering my bounce rate with the traffic I receive from Digg and Stumble. If I could convert 60 percent of that traffic in to leads and profit, I'd be making a killing.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:12:44 +0000

A good resource to help find niche social networks is the search engine http://findasocialnetwork.com

By: Daily Internet Marketing Links for May 27, 2008

Daily Internet Marketing Links for May 27, 2008 — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:40:44 +0000

[...] another post on the power of using social media marketing (SMM) to build a following of customers and clients. Just make sure it's not your only source of [...]