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Don't spam groups and communities with identical posts

1/10/2015

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One thing you don't want to do when marketing on social networks is be marked as a spammer. Obviously you risk that happening if you aggressively promote products and services, particularly using the internal e-mail functions.

But there are other practices that may seem quite benign that can get you categorized in the same way. You have to be careful of these because you could wind up being suspended or even banned simply because you were being overly enthusiastic. 
Link dropping

Take posting links to multiple groups and communities. A lot of bloggers do this with their latest blog posts. Many would say that doing this is inherently a bit spammy. I'd have to agree. But I suppose the extent to which it can be seen as such it depends on how much you've engaged with the other community members first.

If it's the only thing you've ever done in the groups in question, then yes, it's spam pure and simple. But it's not so bad if you've been an active participant in other ways beforehand. And it can get a few clicks coming in that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise. So bloggers keep doing it.

Google Plus different to other networks

And each social network seems to have a different take on it. If you drop your links on many Facebook groups in quick succession there doesn't seem to be any internal flag you're raising -- at least not one that might have ramifications for your account status. But if you do that on Google Plus the internal algorithm will automatically mark the posts as spam. So obviously you want to avoid doing this on the site.

The other thing that occurs when you do this is that all those identical posts to Google Plus communities will appear on your public profile. That makes you look desperate and spammy to people who have found your profile and are considering circling you. And that may well result in them deciding not to do so. This pitfall also applies on Linkedin, which is known for having the most discerning and choosy members.

For these reasons I think it's best to post to only one community or group on these two sites in particular. If you do want to repost it at others then give it some time, and make sure that the introduction you're using is unique on each.


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Social media tip: Keep going and don't give up!

1/5/2015

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I know this is stating the obvious a bit. But I just wanted to reiterate how important it is to keep going and never give up. I've discovered that the longer I persevere the easier it is to draw traffic to my blog and attract quality, engaged followers on social media.

That's partly because the more you do something, the better you are at it! So you learn increasingly effective methods of getting your blog posts found via search engines as well as getting noticed -- and ultimately followed -- by other social media users.

More blog content to be found

But it's also because the longer you've been active in these ways, the more content you've got out there to find. The whole process is cumulative because pretty much everything you write or submit stays up there online.

Remember that Google ranks website pages separately. And each blog post is seen by it as a distinct page. So the more frequently you blog (being mindful of SEO and including your chosen keywords in the content -- titles especially) the more likely you are to appear in relevant searches.

I like to equate blogging with fishing. Every post is like a new line cast into a different part of the river. Surely the fisherman with many of them out over a wide expanse of water will have more success than the guy with just one line in, fishing close to shore.

Also, the longer someone keeps fishing the more fish he'll land. Same with blogging. Even if you get discouraged and feel like giving up you should still leave your blog up there. You might eventually change your mind and get back into it at some stage. Then you can pick up where you left off. You might even be pleasantly surprised by how much search traffic those "aged" posts are getting, too.

On social networks perseverance pays off differently

On social networks the benefits of keeping at it over a long period of time are a bit different. Unlike with blogging, a lot of the stuff you share gets buried pretty quickly even if it's still online. But some of it does remain visible for ages and occasionally a person who wouldn't have found you any other way sees it and joins your network as a result.

Hashtags can facilitate this process, particularly if you vary them. While it's good to include popular, relevant ones for instant results they'll usually lose their effectiveness after a few hours. But if you sprinkle in some lesser known hashtags you can sometimes hang around at the top of searches for them for months. Each one of these long-lived tweets may only draw in a couple of followers over an extended period, but if you've got many of them up there the numbers do add up.

Then there are Twitter lists. The longer you remain active on the site, the more of them you get added to. I've been on the network for several years now. I'm getting included in them to at an increasing rate. Actually, it seems to be happening every few days! I think this is where a lot of people are finding my profile, then following me.

Over to you. Can you name any other benefits of carrying on regardless and refusing to throw in the towel? Or do you have a different view completely? Either way, please feel free to add your comments below.


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