Are you feeding the funnel?
If you’ve ever seen Greg Swann and I do our push/pull routine, you’ll watch a “somewhat scripted” debate between Slimo, the really pushy sales guy on the internet (played by me) and Webbie, the kind-hearted, unwilling to offend practitioner (played by Greg). It’s a twenty-minute gig that lasts about ten minutes. At midpoint, someone raises his/her hand and asks “Isn’t it a balance between the two ?”. Jim Lee, of the Cyberprofessionals, was the smartest kid in our last class. Obviously, Greg and I are playing roles to get the audience to the epiphany Jim Lee had.
Use the visual of the funnel because internet marketers are always talking about it. The funnel is a disqualifying machine, always trying to get people to “raise their hand” , each time information is offered. If they don’t raise their hand, they opt-out or ignore you. Traditionally used in serial e-mail marketing, its efficacy is diminishing and consumers tolerate less “spam”. What’s a Slimo to do, then?
Adopt an approach that allows them to “opt-in”, daily. Social networking is one way to do that.
In this webinar, offered by Top of Mind Networks ( TOM President Mark Green is attending BloodhoundBlog Unchained), I discuss how to use “old skool” principles of referral prospecting on Facebook, the mid-sized nation of 175 million people. What you’ll be watching is a raw recording which will eventually become part of a course in social media marketing, offered by BloodhoundBlog Unchained. It’s about an hour long.
I’d love your feedback. Victoria Del Frate, of I Can Coaching, offers hers with: Meat-n-Potatoes of Social Networking
DISCLOSURE: I am a paying client of Top of Mind Networks’ “Surefire” product. Mark Green is a fully-paid, registered attendee for BloodhoundBlog Unchained. I was not compensated for the webinar.
The webinar is linked below in both audio and video formats. The video requires Windows Media Play and the GoToMeeting codec.