Wild Social Media

When I first started blogging to build an audience for my book, I read Yaro Starak’s blog. He said that the way he got tons of website visitors and built up his traffic was by commenting on 10 blogs per night. So in 2010, that is what I did. I got tons of traffic and tons of sales when my book came out. Over the years that I’ve been doing this, I’ve come to realize that commenting is an art. You don’t want to make a spam comment. You want to make something useful, something that helps people Read more [...]

There are tons of social media metrics tools. And there are lots of people who want you to pay them to help them measure your results with social media. You could spend thousands of dollars a month on Radian6, Eloqua, and a host of other tools. But if you want to save yourself some time, I’ve already researched which tools are good for the small business just looking to get a handle on some basic metrics, and I’ve rated these tools for you. All tools are current as of October 20th, 2012. This Read more [...]

If you know you should work harder on your social media marketing, or maybe you’re just starting out in a new social media management position, this workbook is for you. It teaches you step by step how to find your target market, how to use keywords to get found in google, how to write compelling articles, how to get more traffic through commenting, how to dominate Twitter and LinkedIn in 30 days, and how to measure everything you’re doing. It also has worksheets to help you stay more private Read more [...]

When my friend Amy Sample Ward told me to get on Twitter in 2007, I did so, reluctantly. I was afraid that I was going to give up all of my privacy. I was afraid that it was going to be just a waste of time. I was so wrong! Twitter has helped me build friendships, new business partnerships, and it has helped me get thousands of dollars of sales in webinars and books. It also helps me get lots of website traffic every week. But like most social media tools, Twitter can be hard to get a handle Read more [...]

If you’ve wanted a website for awhile, if you’re stuck because you don’t know anyone who can help you get a website together, this excerpt from my new book tells you how to start your website, how to get exponentially more traffic to it, and how to get your twitter and LinkedIn accounts driving traffic to your website. It also teaches you how to set up your e-newsletter list, and start to build your momentum to getting lots more money for your business and traffic for your website. Here’s Read more [...]

Take it from someone who has blogged since 1999, blogging is HARD! It’s a lot of work and you have to do it every week. In November 2009 I started to blog for business, to market my book, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising. I wanted to build a platform to sell my book on, but it’s turned into a business, a place where people find community, and it has made me friends all over the world. From February 2010 to December 2010 I blogged Five. Days. A. Week. I got TONS more traffic but it Read more [...]

If you want to learn how to succeed in marketing your business or nonprofit online, starting from zero, this is the book for you. With hands-on, how to worksheets helping you get your web presence from zero to 60, you’ll learn in a couple of hours what it took me YEARS to learn! I started out in late 2009 with no connections, no web presence, no job, no money, nothing. No one had any reason to care about my opinion. I started to write my first book, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising, and Read more [...]

Would you like to learn how to get more attention for your business? How about how to get more Twitter followers, FAST? The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media will teach you how to market yourself or your business online. Two years in the making, this 220+ page book goes into detail on how to get tons more attention for your business or cause. It’s about how to arrange your website for maximum engagement with your customers. It’s about how to create the best newsletter. It’s about Twitter. Read more [...]

What is SEO? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is always changing because the way Google does its search engine rankings is always changing. You can’t just stuff an article with keywords, like you used to. The amount of backlinks that you have really matters more and more. So if your business doesn’t have a backlinking thing going on, you are not going to get as much organic search traffic. And you know, that’s okay. You don’t have to survive on organic search traffic. If you have Read more [...]