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3 Problems That All Newbies Face With Social Media (And How To Fix Them)

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Social media is powerful. With social media, small businesses and entrepreneurs are given a stronger presence than at any point in history. Social media is a powerful tool that can cause any unknown business to become the next big thing.

It is possible, and it’s easier than many people think. There are 3 top problems that people face on social media, and I will provide solutions for each of those problems.

  1. Getting more followers. You have to be patience in order to get more followers. There are plenty of ways to get more followers such as tweeting frequently, engaging in conversations, and so on. My next blog post will list 10 universal ways to get more followers with any social network.
  2. Quickly becoming overwhelmed. There are too many people who are thinking Competitor A has over 100,000 followers, Competitor B has over 50,000 followers, and I just started using social media. These people may not even know much about using their social network, yet. That last word, yet, is the most important word in the sentence. You will learn a lot about social media by subscribing to this blog, but I encourage you to explore other options as well. Business2Community, Social Media Today, and Techcrunch are some of the many places that you can find valuable resources and posts about all of the social networks. However, don’t try to do too much in a single day. Take social media one day at a time until you have learned a lot about your social network and others as well.
  3. No sales or clicks. What’s the point? You will start to see those sales and clicks when you get more followers and engage with them properly. However, people are worrying about their sales, clicks, and the ROI (return of investment). You’re not spending money in this investment. You’re spending time. After a couple of hours, there aren’t any sales or clicks. Remember that becoming successful on any social network requires a lot of patience. It’s my go-to piece of advice that I would give anyone about becoming successful on social media. If you have the following, but you still aren’t getting any sales, try the 80/20 rule. Tweet about other people’s content 80% of the time and your content 20% of the time. Better yet, when you tweet your content, tweet about your blog 15% of the time and one of your products only 5% of the time. People don’t want to see your product unless they trust and respect you. I finally bought Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow. I have been subscribed to his blog for more than a year, and I finally decided to buy the book. Some people will take months to build trust while others will take a year. You don’t get the return on investment right away. It takes time.

The Picture Perfect Solution For Your Blog

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If you are wondering how to increase traffic to your blog, you should add more pictures to your blog. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and they will catch the eye of your visitors. The picture will also give your visitors an idea of what your blog post is going to be about.

The problem is that when people read a blog post, they may scroll down and forget to read the title. It does happen. The picture is a reminder of what your blog post is about.

Pinterest is also becoming a more popular social network which I have been talking about a lot recently. In order to build an audience on Pinterest, your blog needs pictures, and with pictures, your blog posts look better on other social networks as well.

If you’re trying to get more traffic to your blog, it might have something to do with pictures. If you don’t add pictures to your blog posts, that’s the change you need to make.

Why People Cheat

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People cheat so they can get an edge on the competition. People cheat because they want to become elite. People cheat to make themselves look bigger than they really are. When you see someone with over 10 million followers on Twitter, check how many fake followers they have (Twitter Audit and Status People Fake Follower Check are the services I use to check), and you’ll be shocked. Buying fake followers is a way to cheat the system. It makes the consumer look more popular on Twitter than they really are.

People still cheat even when they know about the punishments that come in store…if they get caught. Those last 4 words, “if they get caught,” are the words that encourage a lot of people. They think they won’t get caught.

No matter how many hours they spend hiding their tracks, cheaters always get caught. The system we live in filters out the cheaters and rewards the winners.

The Mind Is Greatest

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We’ve all heard of the expression that the pen is mightier than the sword. Some of us may recall the commercial where the man signs a piece of paper with a pen, takes out a weapon, and uses it against the ninja with the sword. The ninja with the sword loses.

The pen is a powerful tool. Many people stop at the pen is mightier than the sword. What many people overlook is that the mind is mightier than the pen. You need a good mind to use the pen to its fullest potential. Your mind control who you become.

You decide who you become by thinking of who you become. If you think of yourself becoming successful, you will become successful. If you think of yourself struggling, you will see yourself start to struggle.

Your mind makes all of your decisions. Your mind has made you into what you are. Your mind can give you a fresh start or a disastrous ending. You decide how to use your mind, but remember that the mind is greater than the pen.

America’s Most Beloved Ballpark

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Fenway Park has earned the title as America’s most beloved ballpark. Recently, I watched two games at Fenway Park. To my delight, the Red Sox won. I enjoyed walking through the stadium and being a part of the great atmosphere. Then, I thought about why Fenway Park is America’s most beloved ballpark.

  1. Fenway Park has been around for a long time. Over 100 years later, people are still attending games at Fenway Park and watching the Red Sox play. 21st century technology is not keeping Fenway Park intact. There are many columns that support the upper decks of the stadium.
  2. Fenway Park’s dimensions are different from every other ballpark. I’m not talking about the number of feet. Many ballparks are different in that regard. In right field, it’s very easy to get a ground-rule double. The walls are so small that in order to rob a homerun, a right fielder doesn’t even have to jump (if the baseball is close enough). Center field has a triangle and a bigger wall. Then, in left field is the famous Green Monster.
  3. The Red Sox are a good team. Although the Red Sox had that 86 year curse, they were still very good. By the end of 2013, the Red Sox will have made it into the playoffs more than 20 times. Many of those playoff appearances have been recent which lead to many sell outs at Fenway Park.
  4. Fenway Park has played host to many memorable events. The 100 year anniversary, Fisk’s home run off of the foul pole over the Green Monster, and the All Star Game in 1999 are just some of the few memorable events that occurred at Fenway Park.

Those were the reasons I could think of although I know there are many other reasons why Fenway Park is America’s most beloved ballpark as well. If you want a beloved business, be unique and stay around.

11 Ways To Get More Followers On Pinterest

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I am very impressed with Pinterest. I never thought I would be using it, but here I am today pinning as much as I can. Pinterest is powerful social network that is the perfect place to share your hobbies, products, and more. Here are 11 ways to get more Pinterest followers:

  1. Pin a lot. A majority of people with over a million followers also have thousands of pins. Don’t expect to get 1 million followers when you get your first 1,000 or even 5,000 pins, but just keep pinning. Don’t make it annoying for your followers though. Pin 3 times on one board and shift to the other. No one likes spam.
  2. Include pictures on your blog. This is one of the rare times this blog has a picture of it, but with a picture, you can promote your blog posts on Pinterest. I might even revamp some of the blog posts just to make my blog more Pinterest friendly.
  3. Comment on other people’s pins. When people look at a popular pin, they will see your comment. If your comment is the only one there, you get the spotlight.
  4. Pin quality pictures. No matter what you pursue, quality is essential. You need quality pins in order to get more followers. Make the pictures shocking, relevant, humorous, or meaningful. Quality beats quantity.
  5. Use Pinterest as much as you can. The Pinterest power users (all of those people with over a million followers) use Pinterest a lot. One person said she uses Pinterest more than she uses her email.
  6. Don’t talk about one thing. People aren’t going to follow someone just for social media advice. You are going to have to offer a wider variety of pins. If some of your boards are about food, create some boards about some of your favorite product. Then, create some boards about animals, architecture, sports, and anything else that you can think of.
  7. Be as specific as possible. Social media advice is not narrow enough. Social media advice is advice for Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and so on. Instead of creating one giant board, create boards with specific niches such as “Facebook Advice” or even better, “How To Market Your Facebook Page.”
  8. Use a lot of hashtags. When you use hashtags, more people will find you on Pinterest. When I pin about getting more Pinterest followers, I always use “#Pinterest” because more people will be able to find me. That board is also my most followed board.
  9. Spend most of your time on a few of your boards. The people who have over a million followers on Pinterest usually have only one or two boards that are actually being followed by millions of people. The other boards get followed by tens of thousands of people which is still good though. Focus most of your time on one, two, or three boards at most.
  10. When choosing the board to work on, look at how many people are following each of your boards. The most followed boards are the ones you should work on because people want to know more about that topic.
  11. Get to your first thousand followers. Once you get there, you’ll get a lot more followers. This applies for all social networks. It will take longer for some people to reach 1,000 followers than others. However, when you reach that milestone, more people will start following you. When my Twitter account reached 1,000 followers, I went from gaining about 10 followers a day to gaining over 20 followers every day.

 

You won’t go from 250 followers to 25,000 followers in 3 days (unless you’re Andrew “Oyl” Miller). It takes time to grow a big following, but with time, you will eventually have that big following you’ve always dreamed of.