Gather Traffic through Social Media Influence

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Nov 3 · 3 min read
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Over the last couple of days, I have discussed how to create ads that will perform best, so that you can scale them to make BIG MONEY.

You can see those posts through these links:

SPLIT-TESTING (Blog or YouTube)

SCALING (Blog or YouTube)

I mentioned yesterday that you don’t necessarily have to PAY for advertising, even when you are first starting out. I say this because I know how scary it is to put money out and hope that it comes back to you.

When you do this, you feel like you are gambling and you’re very much afraid to lose — and rightly so.

It should be scary! But then you have to remember that SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS!

WHY NOT YOU???? That’s the question that I always myself and of others!

So here’s some information on how to begin your advertising for free.

Be warned — this will take some time! But it’s worth it.

You can start by creating a social media presence. If you are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, you many have already established a social media presence. If so, that’s great! You’re ahead of the game.

If you haven’t, go ahead and get started!

My suggestion is that you start with one platform and get it going. I made this mistake when I started, and I’m struggling to keep up. I started a Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and a website all at once! Then I added a blog.

At this point, I’ve let go of Instagram, but I have posted a blog and a YouTube post for about 120 days in a row!

At any rate, start simple!

Let’s say you’re looking at Instagram. Start an Instagram profile and use it to see what other people are saying and doing. Look for people or groups (in the form of hashtags) that have to do with affiliate marketing. When you start posting, you can reach a lot of people through hashtags.

As you do this, you’ll notice that there are profiles that have 1,000 to 10,000 followers. I believe that 10,000 is technically called an “influencer,” but for our purposes, anyone with more followers than you is someone you want to work with.

So, here’s what you do…

Find a profile or person who has less than 1,000 followers (or however many followers would be appropriate to your situation). Watch their profile carefully and see what they are saying. React to their posts by following them liking them, and commenting on what they say! It’s called SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A REASON!

Once you’ve established a presence in their page, they will realize that you are interested. They may follow you back and start interacting with you. If they do, great. If they don’t, you can go to the next step regardless.

The next step is to start a conversation with the person. You can message them and ask how they are doing. Compliment them on their page and let them know that you have been interacting with it.

Make the person aware of your existence.

After you’ve done that, you can start a dialogue about collaborating with them. You can ask if they would like to trade stories, or offer shout-outs. You would do this to boost their following and yours! It’s a great way to get you started on the path of building a solid following on Instagram.

There are a lot of other things that you can do with Instagram. I’ll talk about them in tomorrow’s post!

Thanks for reading! I appreciate you!

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