Social Media Examiner | Monetising Social Media | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/feed/ Monetising Social Media - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:47:20 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14418<![CDATA[Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14418 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:29:13 +0000 Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @donpurdum Hi Don, I am with you on the young company thing! I am in exactly the same boat as you and want to concentrate on building an audience first. If you have not read Mike's book yet, I am sure it would […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14305<![CDATA[Don Purdum replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14305 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:23 +0000 Don Purdum replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @chatmarketing - my feeling for a young business like mine is that building an audience is a delicate thing. You companies don't have a track record, and don't have the ability to prove their service or product […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14252<![CDATA[Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14252 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:22:38 +0000 Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @Jennifer Swanson... I find that folks will buy a lot even when you don't pitch if your content is really good. We all struggle to find the balance. It's an inexact science.The good thing is to attend webinars […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14212<![CDATA[Jenifer Swanson replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14212 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:21:14 +0000 Jenifer Swanson replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business I love your approach @sandraangelo! and agree completely. I'm just not into the hard sell especially when i'm weak on the subject matter. 

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14181<![CDATA[Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-14181 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:05:51 +0000 Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business Hi Everyone,
Thanks very much for your comments on this issue! I just wanted to clarify a couple of points. Firstly I am a big Mari fan and have bought her two books and very much enjoyed watching her webinars in […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13732<![CDATA[Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13732 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:20 +0000 Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business A good business person identifies a need or burning desire and creates the product
that will solve that person's problem.If you can show people how your product will solve their problem, you don't even have […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13731<![CDATA[Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13731 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:17 +0000 Sandra Angelo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business A good business person identifies a need or burning desire and creates the product
that will solve that person's problem.If you can show people how your product will solve their problem, you don't even have […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13511<![CDATA[Durk Barton replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13511 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:24:22 +0000 Durk Barton replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business If we are to all be perfectly honest with ourselves we can expect a level of selling. If the product is as facile as it proposes it will bear itself out. We don't want to be sold to, but we want the facility. At […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13427<![CDATA[Jenifer Swanson replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13427 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:30:13 +0000 Jenifer Swanson replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business I consider myself a newbe to social media and joined Mari's webinar yesterday -  disappointed. While she was delightful and I love her accent, there was very little info. I was hoping for so much more on the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13406<![CDATA[Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13406 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:32:42 +0000 Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @rich-brooks You're right about finding the balance that works for you.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13405<![CDATA[Don Grandy replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13405 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:27:25 +0000 Don Grandy replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business Hey, sorry about the incorrect name used earlier, I meant Mari not Lori.  I think Amy and Mari are excellent faciltators and their product knowledge is amazing.  I do expect to get pitched at some point but not […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13401<![CDATA[Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13401 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:02:04 +0000 Caroline Chen-Whatley replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business Great thread.  I saw Mari's presentation and I took away from it that she's trying something new her and trying a new tactic and game to see how it will unfold for her.  Perhaps it will work, perhaps not.
I […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13400<![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13400 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:15 +0000 Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @rich-brooks I agree with you. You said it best: charge for the webinar, then there should not be any sales pitch. Maybe that's why Mari's webinar was so sales-driven yesterday - because it was a free webinar. […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13398<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13398 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:49:02 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @chatmarketing @fredericgonzalo @dongrandy @debbielynnava @melissaagnes (whew! wish there was an easier way to @all)I have a couple of thoughts on this:While I don't see myself as an SM guru, I am a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13393<![CDATA[Melissa Agnes replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13393 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:33:10 +0000 Melissa Agnes replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business

Great thread guys! I have mixed opinions here - and I didn't attend Mari's webinar last night (but I do have a tab open with the replay to watch later), […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13391<![CDATA[Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13391 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:20:34 +0000 Debbie Lynn Butler replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @chatmarketing You have to know your ideal customers. Are they more likely to buy because you share so much valuable content (that they then feel obligated to buy) or will they buy because you've worn them down […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13368<![CDATA[Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13368 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:41:54 +0000 Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @dongrandy Hi Don, I have not come across Lori before. Who is she?

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13364<![CDATA[Don Grandy replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13364 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:06 +0000 Don Grandy replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business I also follow Amy, and more recently Lori.  I find that they both take too long to get to the topic of their webinars.  They could be 30mins and they would be just as impactful and still leave time for their sales […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13363<![CDATA[Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13363 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:27:50 +0000 Alan Martin replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @fredericgonzalo Thanks for your observations! I have watched a number of Mari's webinars in the past and I did feel that the selling was a bit OTT but then maybe that is just because I have attended previous […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13361<![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/monetising-social-media/#post-13361 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:55:23 +0000 Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic Monetising Social Media in the club Small Business @chatmarketing I completely hear you on this one. I attended Mari's webinar yesterday but did not make it till the end. Honestly, I love her stuff, her Facebook page, and have attended webinars with her in the […]

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