Social Traffic Espionage

We talked to 12 Social Media Traffic Experts To Discover “The Truth”…Now You Have A Chance To Be An Insider Too!

Finally its here…. Its been 8 months in the making , BUT its HERE!  The complete collection of  12 Social Media Experts caught on tape spilling the secret tactics and strategies they use to make 6 figure incomes without spending one cent on marketing or advertising.  The mover and shakers of the Social Media world shared valuable information with us and now we would like to share it with you.

Twitter experts , LinkedIn experts, Blogs experts, Podcasting experts,  StumbleUpon experts, MySpace experts, Forums experts, Squidoo experts and more… Ross Goldberg, Mari Smith, Frank Sousa, Leesa Barnes are just a few of the experts who shared there secrets with us. Click here  to see  the complete list of experts.

Listen carefully as Ross Goldberg (aka  Mr Traffic) reveals how he gets a 30% conversion rate using just one of his many Social Media Traffic Strategies… I bet you could profit from a 30% conversion… 

Too many people spend too much time and they get too little traffic. They don’t know the secrets to Social Media Traffic. So what happens is that they end up spending all day on twitter, all day on Facebook, all day on MySpace and at the end of the day they have no money in their bank account.
 
Social Media traffic is some of the best   and easiest traffic to get and   best of all its completely free. However there is a catch – if you don’t know what you are doing Social Media Traffic is like navigating a jungle without a guide. 

Wouldn’t you just love to learn from the experts how to conquer these traffic blasting social media sites?Couldn’t you do with the inside scoop on social media…

Isn’t it time that you used a little Social Traffic Espionage? Click here to get instant access to the experts.

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How long has social media been around?  Most people think of social media as beginning with Facebook, Myspace, twitter, Youtube, Squidoo and other social media sites. So social media must be a relatively new phenomena right? Wrong!! The answer will surprise you. Are you ready for the truth about social media and social traffic?

Social media has probably been around since the beginning of mankind. In fact we have evidence that social media has been around for at least 40,000 years. Watch the video below and discover how social media was used 40,000 years ago. Join us at  Social Traffic Espionage as we guide  you through the history of social media and give you a glimpse of the its future.

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Twitter, Facebook, Squidoo, blogging, podcasting,  myspace, wetpaint…. Ahh  the list goes on and on. There are hundreds and hundreds of social media sites and millions of people use social media each day.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone could demystify the most popular Social Medias and tell you how and when to use it. Yep sounds like a great idea to me.  In fact this idea sounded so great that we at Social Traffic Espionage decided to just DO IT!

We gathered all the information you could possible wish to know about the popular social media sites and transformed this information into what we believe is the ultimate guide to Social Media  “The Social Traffic Intelligence Manuscript“.

It’s pages are jam packed with must have information. It reveals the basics of the most popular Social Medias, exposes their strengths and weakness’s, explains how you might use social media to generate FREE social traffic, market your product, promote your business or to just make a difference in the world by supporting causes like  saving the whales.

BUT WAIT!!! There is more… The ”Social Traffic Intelligence Manuscript” is FREE. Interested? You can grab your copy of the  ”Social Traffic Intelligence Manuscript”  by simply clicking here.

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Its been almost 6 months since Social Traffic Espionage began their social media journey. Its been a wild ride! Along the way we have gathered heaps of information, tactics, strategies, tips and hints about all of the Social Media’s. If you are a regular visitor to our blog you will know that we have shared this information in previous blog posts. BUT wait  that’s not all…

Behind the scenes we have been involved in an awesome project. We had the privilege of interviewing 12 Social Media Experts; the movers and shakers in Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo, YouTube, LinkedIn, Forums, Podcasting, Social Bookmarking, Blogging, MySpace, StumbleUpon and more!

Interested? Watch the video and stay tuned…

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MySpace has got mail! Thats right its official MySpace will begin the debut of its new mail service.  MySpace mail has been in development since last year and it was one of the few projects that  survived the management transition at the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). social network.  MySpace are certain it will enhance  MySpace’s popularity amongst social media devotees.  Talk about delivering a project on time…The planned global rollout of the project is only one week late of the planned date.

MySpace has nearly 130 million users and massive amounts of  it’s site traffic each day is generated by messaging accounts.  In real figures MySpace estimates  that messaging accounts for nearly 20 percent of its site traffic. By entering into the mail category MySpace has the  potential to be the second largest mail provider in the U.S. and the fourth largest globally.

With so much at stake,  MySpace is  approaching the roll out with the utmost care and  plans to roll it out to all global users within the next couple of weeks.  We all know the type of  publicity a bad  product brings to a company and it is for this reason that the MySpace email will initially carry a beta tag.

Of course there will be lots of questions that MySpace users and others will have as they become aware of  the MySpace  email service.  We at Social Traffic  Espionage  thought it would be useful to reveal a couple of the more obvious aspects of the email service.  

 1.Vanity URLS
Dont panic MySpace have got this one covered.  For those MySpace users who have vanity URLs,  and hey nearly 70 percent of the network’s users do… They have reserved addresses with that user name @myspace.com.  However you are not locked in to this arrangement you also have the option of changing  the URL to get a different mail address in a one-time offer. While others can get a vanity URL when they sign up for e-mail.

2. Spam And Privacy 
The good news is that MySpace have promised users a spam free mail service.  They have given careful consideration to the  issues already faced when it comes to privacy and online safety.  MySpace mail service also has  a feature that allows users to only receive mail from their MySpace friends.

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Facebook recently passed the 250 million milestone.  Thats a lot new people  joining  Facebook everyday.  When you join Facebook, one of the things you will want to start doing straight away is sharing information with your friends. You know what we mean… It might be an article of interest or  that  funny article you found online that you are certain will have your friends in fits of  laughter?

How do you share these great articles?  Facebook makes it easy… Just follow these  simple directions below and you will have your friends waiting on the edge of their seats  for your next article.

1. Click The Facebook Icon
You see  it here,  you see it there  – “The Facebook Icon”.  Most articles online  have a Facebook icon nearby.  Simply click on the icon and you will be automatically directed to sign into your Facebook account.  Once you have signed in just follow the prompts and a link to the article will appear.

2. Use A Note
Included in  the  row of icons under the ‘what’s on your mind?’ text box, there  is a link icon that looks like a note.  If you place the mouse over this icon the word link pops up.  Simply  highlight and copy the article  link you want to share, and then  click on the little link  icon.   Paste your link into the additional box that pops up  under the ‘what’s on your mind?” text box.  Click the attach button, complete the security check  and hit the share button.
    
3)The Direct Approach – Post It On A Friends Page 
Visit your friend’s  Facebook page.  Simply  highlight and copy the article  link you want to share, and then  click on the link  icon ( remember it looks like a little note).  Paste your link into the additional box that pops up  under the ‘what’s on your mind?” text box.  Click the attach button, complete the security check and hit the share button.

One more tip before we go. It’s  Facebook etiquette to write a comment in the ‘what’s on your mind?” text box that accompanies your link.

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Traffic, Traffic Traffic!!  You know  just how vital traffic is to your blog, website and your business. You can’t make money on the Internet without traffic.  For some  people getting traffic to their  blog or website is a  challenging  and daunting activity. Where do they start?  What do they do? How do you get FREE  traffic? As we have mentioned  in previous blog posts there are many ways to get FREE  traffic. One of these is Social Bookmarking

How does Social Bookmarking work?  The basic idea is that instead of  saving bookmarked website links to your  home computer, you save them instead to an online account. Bookmark links in this online account exist in public pages on the website, so a link to your blog or website on a social bookmarking site counts as a backlink.

There are some great  features associated with Social  Bookmarking. These sites usually have a high pagerank in Google so your  Social Bookmarking  backlinks are high quality links. Social Bookmarking sites are places where  people share their bookmarks. So FREE Traffic can often arrive at your bookmarked website or blog  when people explore other people’s bookmarked links. Yeah for viral Traffic.

There are heaps of Social Bookmarking sites that you can join, StumbleUpon is one of the more popular sites.  Usually you just sign up on these sites, then download and install a Social Bookmarking toolbar in your browser.  As  you explore the  bookmarked websites or blogs  if you come across one that you like or wish to promote you simply click a toolbar icon and it will create a bookmark link for you.

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Have you ever been unfollowed on Twitter  and wondered why? Want to know what you are doing wrong and how to fix it?  Stay tuned we are going to reveal  ” 7  Reasons Why People Unfollow  On Twitter”.

1. Spam, Spam And More Spam

Ok so you have a blog and guess what,   you just added a post. Most people appreciate you informing them once, informing them twice is sure to get their attention but telling them more than  5 times  a day is just plain annoying and desperate. Keep an eye on your tweets and develop relationships with people instead of  annoying them.

2. Keep It Clean

Don’t swear… Swearing in tweets will get you unfollowed faster than you can hit the update button.

3 .  Tweet About How Many Followers You Have

It doesn’t matter how may Twitter  followers you have, its tacky to tweet about it. OK  we know its exciting to reach milestones but tweeting this information is  a big mistake. It sounds like you are bragging and indirectly sends out a challenge to people to unfollow you.

4.  Links, Links And Nothing But Links

We love clicking on links in Twitter, you can learn about really cool stuff , but we also like to know the topic of  link. It’s important to put some content with your link. You have got 140 characters, which is enough space to add a phrase or couple of words that indicate what the link is about.    

5.  It’s Called  Microblogging  For A Reason -  people!

Twitter is not an article writing social site.  A post on Twitter is  140 characters. It’s a limit, and should be respected. OK their might be an exceptional circumstance when  you need to send a tweet that is made up of two 140 character tweets, but this is the exception not the rule. Clogging up the Twittersphere with tweets that are 2 – 3 times more than the 140 characters  is self indulgent and will result in people choosing to unfollow you.

6.  Extreme Tweeting – It’s Not  A  Sport

Have you ever checked your twitter stream, only to find that one person has filled up an entire screen? Twitter is not a one person show. It’s about everybody contributing and developing relationships. Stop being a Twitter hog, don’t tweet 50 times a day and spread your tweets throughout the day.

7. Constantly Retweeting

You see an awesome quote and want to spread the word, so you retweet  it to your followers. Nothing wrong with that… Retweeting has it’s  place in the Twittersphere. Retweeting becomes a problem however when it’s the bulk of your tweets. Fellow twitterites don’t want to follow a person who is always regurgitating or  echoing other peoples thoughts and ideas. Make sure you mix in the retweets with you own ideas and thoughts otherwise you will have your followers hitting the unfollow button.

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In a previous post  “The 3 Most Popular Social Media Sites“, we revealed that Facebook, twitter, and  LinkedIn are the 3 most popular Social Media sites currently used by Internet marketers.

Most people are familiar with the concept and layouts of  Facebook and twitter, LinkedIn however remains a mystery to most people. LinkedIn has a reputation for being a Social Media site for professionals but this reputation is old fashioned, today LinkedIn is  a legitimate business tool use by a wide variety of people and probably best described as  a social network for business opportunities. On LinkedIn, people don’t chat about music or what they did on Saturday night, but instead focus on opportunities and how the network can help you. And that’s a winning formula. Here are just some of the most common and productive uses of LinkedIn.

So, give us your attention please as Social Traffic Espionage  reveals 8 ways to you can use LinkedIn.  

1. Connect With and Find People.
By now you know that Social Media is all about developing relationships. LinkedIn is no different, it’s a great place to look for old friends, old business colleagues, former employers or employees. Simply do a LinkedIn search and you might be surprised who you know. Remember part of the way you develop relationships with people is by helping them. So don’t miss out on this great opportunity. You can use LinkedIn to promote others, link to with others, recommend other LinkedIn members and of course answer their questions.

2. Boost Your Business
What do all business’s want? Customers of course. So if you are a small or large business you want to generate more customers. LinkedIn can put connect you with those people who are interested in your products. It can increase your chances of hitting that big deal that puts your business exactly where you want to be.

3. Research Companies and Business’s
If you are looking for a specific business, wanting to discover business trends, find an expert in your field, or need to contact people for further information then LinkedIn is a great place to start. Using LinkedIn’s advanced search option you can quickly connected with the information you seek. Take the unknown out of a job interview by looking up the person interviewing you. Checking the LinkedIn profile of the person who will be interviewing you will give you some important information about their work experience, interests, education and more.

4. Get Free Publicity
LinkedIn can be used to generate publicity not only for your business but when you launch a new product. At times it can be difficult to contact media or top bloggers. But many of them have a LinkedIn profile, and you can contact them through the profile. You can get FREE targeted Social Media Traffic for your business by sending them a press release or a quick email letting them know about your business or product launch.

5. Find Your Dream Job
OK you have a job, but it’s not really what you want. LinkedIn can help! Join LinkedIn, put yourself out there, search for companies that are looking for people to fill the jobs that you are interested in and contact them. To assist in promoting yourself to potential employers create a LinkedIn profile that serves as a resume, use a vanity url for this and then send people the URL. Your dream job could be just one click away.

6. Check Out Potential Employees References
If you are going through the interview process you want to make sure you have all the information possible at your fingertips. You can find out additional information about an applicant by using LinkedIn to search for others who worked at the same company at the same time. This way you are able to do a thorough background check in seconds.

7. Get Advice.
Questions, questions we all have them. You can find answers to most of your business questions in LinkedIn. Simply ask a question using LinkedIn’s Answers feature and get some great answers. There are some great experts on LinkedIn, willing to answer your queries.

8. Brand Yourself
Your aim in business, should be to develop a brand. It doesn’t matter what your area of expertise is, you need to develop your own personal brand. You want people to know instantly who you are, and what you do when they hear your name? A strong presence on LinkedIn reinforces your brand. Make sure you include a link to your website from your profile.

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Have you heard of Squidoo?  No it’s not a fancy type of calamari.  Squidoo is a Social Media site that is comprised of a collection of single web pages referred to as ‘lenses.’  These lenses are used by members of the Squidoo community to create content rich lenses on their favorite subject. Squidoo lenses come with Adsense included which means that you have the potential to earn  advertising revenue as well as any sales or commissions you might make. 

Social Traffic Espionage  recently had the opportunity to talk to Ross Goldberg about Squidoo and he described a Squidoo lens as a blog on crack – the search engines love them. So if you are serious about using Social Media, you can’t afford to ignore Squidoo.

Making a Squidoo lens is easy. Simply go to www.Squidoo.com  and join the community. Once you have joined Squidoo, you are given the option of making a lens using  an automated wizard. Most beginners chose this option whilst more advanced users usually choose to create their lens using a simple template. You don’t have to create all the content for your lens at once you can add, modify, optimise or maintain your lens at anytime.

What should your Squidoo lens contain or look like? How do you build a popular lens? These are great questions and we have included  7 useful guidelines below that should help you get started.

 1. One Lens,  One Specific Topic
Squidoo lenses are more efficient generating Social Traffic if their content is specific to what the visitor is searching for. For instance instead of a making a cat training lens, make one on training cats to shake hands.

2. Focus on Content – Useful, Appealing, Engaging, Concise and Unique
Build a lens that is full of useful content that is appealing, engaging, concise and unique. Your good content is what will bring your visitors and make them keep coming back. Provide excellent content that is infused with your passion, personality and knowledge of the subject. Your goal should be to become a trusted resource in your subject area. If you are not sure about what to include visit SquidU to learn how to make the best lens you can.

3. Write A Killer Bio
By now you know the drill. Social Media is all about creating relationships. So it’s important that your bio and picture represent you. Make sure you include a photo and a link back to your blog or any other sites you might have. Tell your visitors a little about yourself  let them get to know you.

4. Keywords and Tags
Write a keyword optimized introduction because a snippet of this shows up in the search engine results. Use tags to denote the lens topic. This also helps visitors from other lenses or related topics to find you and link to you. Linking of course will help boost your lens rank and relevance in the search engines

5. Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words
Include pictures to convey your message to your visitors. It’s easy to upload pictures to the modules, so don’t skip this step. Remember you want to develop a relationship with your visitors. Make your visitors experience enjoyable so that they will return to your Squidoo lens or share it with their friends. So include some pictures enhance their experience – you won’t regret it. Repeat visits and sharing the site with friends is a sure way to get viral social traffic

6. Squidoo Is Not An Island
Use good quality external links to other Squidoo lenses and outside resources. Provide a brief description of each link. The links you include in your Squidoo lens are important and one part of optimising your Squidoo lens for SEO.

7. Modules
Include a nice variety of modules to vary your site’s content. The youtube.com module is great because of the constant flow of new videos. There are so many great modules, and adding new modules is a great way to update your lens.

Squidoo like any Social Media Network does require you to learn the basics. But you don’t have to go far for assistance the Squidoo website and the Squidoo community are right there, on hand ready to give advice and guidence.

We hope that this post has given you a few Squidoo basics that you can apply to your Social Media activities.  If you have enjoyed this blog post feel free to leave a comment and share it with others.

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