LinkedIn

I had signed up for LinkledIn in 2003, just about the time that it launched. I thought it would be a great way meet others in the Bay Area that are in business.

The challenge was however I had to ask someone who already knew me to introduce me to someone they knew. I had 0% success.

Then about three months ago I caught up with a business associate in San Jose and he told me how he had learned to use Linked in and I was blown away.

I did about two months test run on his method and then I was truly blown away. I joined several groups whose topic related to one of my blogs and answered several questions for those who had posted and included a backlink to my blog.

I ended up with 339 hits to my blog in 24 hours, 225 the next day and stayed over 200 for more than a week, then I posted another comment and have kept the hits up over 300 ever since.

LinkedIn is an audio program you can download to hear the actual steps it takes to transfer files from your computer to your website/blog.

Social Media

Almost exactly two years ago to the month, John Bonner asked me to add him as a friend on Facebook. My first reaction was “not another social media site to take up my time!” I had 4 friends at the time and never used it to do anything other than posting my profile because my Social Media consultant said I should.

I was about to launch my 6th book and I thought I’d get around to it, but didn’t see the benefit.

So, after 30 seconds of contemplation I added John as a friend and then decided to see who his friends were. Wow! Was I ever surprised! His friends are Deepak Chopra, Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Robert Kiyosaki, and a major number of heavy hitters as well as authors and well known speakers.

Okay, I was hooked! I stayed on Facebook for an hour requesting all of the big name personalities on John’s page to add me as a friend. When I got up the next morning I had 95 friends and they were all well known people.

Now what I did was what 99% of all Facebook users never do. I called them, emailed them, thanked them for adding me amd kept up the dialogue. Even now two years later I still keep up with those who are open to communicating with me.

I had been on LinkedIn nearly since the beginning in 2003 when I met the founder Jake Swearingenat San Jose State while I was taking their Masters in Business program. But honestly I never gained any business nor any contacts that I didn’t already know there. The barrier of having someone having to introduce someone I didn’t know kept me from meeting anyone new.

So I listened to my Social Media consultant Claudia Guzman from GetGlobalAssist.com and started a Twitter account, moved my flip videos to YouTube.com and focused my activity on MySpace towards well known authors and speakers.

Social Media is extremely powerful when you use it correctly. I’ve recorded a segment on helpful hints in using the major sites, please right click on the link and listen, and then use the techniques.

Social Media is an audio program you can download to hear the actual steps it takes to transfer files from your computer to your website/blog.