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How To Get More Out Of My Social Media Efforts – Josh Spector
Josh Spector offers comedian Zarna Garag tactical advice to get the most out of social media.
► Should I post about trending topics
► How to turn social media followers into newsletter subscribers
► How to convince brands to pay to reach your audience
“The professional network has more than 850 million users but a dearth of non-cringey content — a huge content arbitrage opportunity versus other social platforms.”
Big Idea: Humour is a way to win on boring platforms like LinkedIn
How Tim Stoddart is Building His Social Media Empire
Tim Stoddart of Copyblogger and SoberNation runs several profitable businesses.
He’s now going all in on content creation. He is quickly growing his newsletter and podcast while building a following on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn. This is how he does it all.
Big Idea: The top creators invest a lot of time and money into building their audience.
How to Grow Your Email List with Social Media: 10 Experts Share Their Best Tip
“Social media and email marketing… are they two competing channels, completely separate? Or complementary channels that can amplify each other?
We say they can amplify each other. Big time. And so do ten of the top social media experts.”
We reached out to each of these influencers because they are experts in a specific social media platform. They know their stuff, cold. We asked them for their best tip on how to grow an email list with social media right now.
These aren’t the general, tired tips you’ve heard so many times before. These are the proven, under-the-radar stuff that actually works – the same tactics these influencers have used to grow their audiences to hundreds of thousands of followers and email subscribers.
24 Social Media CTAs That Will Boost Traffic, Engagement & Sales
“In this video, I’m sharing with you the social media strategy I followed to grow the @CopyPosse Instagram account by over 17k followers in less than 6 months (and keep it growing at a steady rate of 2-3k followers a month ever since)…”
How To Write High-Converting Social CTAs For Social Media
“Social media might be one of the BEST PLACES to generate new leads, drive traffic to your website, and cash in on conversions. But it’s not as simple as asking people to sign up for your email list or buy your products & services… If you want to use social media as the conversion tool that it is… Then you need to start paying EXTRA attention to the CTAs you’re using in your captions. Or in other words… You need to start following the Rule Of Three: TLS.”
300k Twitter Followers in One Year
“Trung Phan managed to grow his Twitter following by 300k in just one year. I spent 10 hours studying how he did it. Here’s everything I learned.”
“When you’re trying to build an audience, you need to understand who out there could be interested in you and your work. Before you can attract the right people, you must know where they are already gathering.
“Here is an approach that I have found incredibly fast and effective: you “draw a map” of the community you’re serving. You start with an outline. You mark the most prominent mountains, the most significant cities. Then, you add the details and the connections: rivers, roads, and everything else.”
“90% of that growth came from 9 threads – which on their own generated 20,000,000 views. So here’s a recap of those 9 threads (and what they can help you with):— Dickie Bush”
How I Averaged 200,000 Views per Post on LinkedIn in 2021
And got a record number of email subscribers, many who bought courses.
Tim Denning shares his advice for mastering Linkedin.
“Starting a YouTube channel is, hands down, the single best thing I’ve ever done in my life. Here are my 10 top tips.” Former medical student, Ali Abdaal has 2.5 million YouTube subscribers. He shares his advice for success on the platform. “The average channel with 1k to 10k subscribers has made 152 videos. So until you’ve made 152 videos, you don’t really have the right to complain that you’re not growing on YouTube. “ Related article: Why one creator quit their job in the medical field to create videos full-time |
Tori Dunlap on Building an audience of millions on TikTok
Tori Dunlap is a nationaly-recognized millennial money and career expert. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over 800,000 women negotiate salaries, pay off debt, build savings, and invest.
Good advice on just getting started, the importance of narrowing your niche, how to use TikTok, and more.
How a former financial analyst now makes $100/day as an NFT YouTuber
“The unusual journey of a Wall Street financial analyst turned no-code entrepreneur turned YouTuber. We’re inspired by Aprilynne Alter’s courage to build in public, share her journey, and lean in to the chaotic world of entrepreneurship and content creation.”
Big Idea: It’s much easier to grow if you focus on a rising trend. One of the best examples is Anthony Pompliano‘s shift to crypto topics.