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Learn effective strategies to attract customers to your website through content marketing. Discover the power of Q&A sessions, videos, and curated content to engage and captivate your audience. Get tips on outsourcing and utilizing resources to lighten your workload.
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SELL MORE PRODUCTS ONLINESTEP FOUR ATTRACTING CUSTOMERS TO YOUR SITE PART 2 jane hamill
CONTENT: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Posted August 26, 2011 and still in the top 2 for organic traffic to my site
BEST STRATEGY #1: Q&A, #ASK • You answer questions from your community • My favorite strategy EVER – it’s the easiest in many ways • Never have to come up with content, they give it to you • Easy to do in ANY format – video, written, podcast, screenshot videos • People LOVE it 5
BEST STRATEGY #2: VIDEO • Can be live or taped • Can be talking head or screenshot • Less prep time than writing articles • Use bullet points and just start talking • You’ll get a LOT better with practice • YouTube, Facebook, FB LIVE, Periscope, always get posted to your blog 8
CONTENT: THE POWER OF VIDEO • Made this ONE video • Uploaded it to YouTube on Feb. 1, 2012 • Never touched it again • Consistent traffic to this day with NO effort • 750 Likes • 117, 854 • views!
how to use it for YOUR business
23+ million views 304,000 subscribers Marie Forleo - Marie TV
STRIVE FOR PROGRESS / BE REALISTIC • “I did MarieTV for over a yearbefore we really started to see significant list building and viral sharing happening from our videos.” • “Consistency” • “Don’t give up” • “Focus on quality over quantity”
BEST STRATEGY #3: LISTICLES / CURATED CONTENT • Consider the idea of NEVER needing to come up with brand-new content at all • You can become a curator of other people’s content and still provide terrific value and info for your community • Only YOU can interpret what happens around you in YOUR way • That has value! It has the KLT factor (know, like, trust) • You save people time and energy – you’re the sieve • Why not get the info from YOU? If I think you “get” me, I’ll get it from you 15
LISTICLES 19
GETTING HELP Keep asking yourself… “What can I NOT do?” 23
GETTING HELP Resources for getting help and outsourcing • Fiverr • Upwork • Task Rabbit (real people in your city) • Clarity - get expert advice by the minute • YouTube Space – certain cities only 24
GETTING HELP You don’t have to do it all yourself! What can you outsource? • Research • Formatting and posting blog posts • Editing • Video and audio editing • Photo research, sizing and uploading • Creating graphics for your site, blog or social media • Formatting documents and PDF’s • Creating Infographics • Photo descriptions (3 different places to describe the photo –for SEO) 25
UPWORK 26