Never Fear, the Fairy Godmother of Social Networking is Here

Once upon a time, Social Networks were for kids. You knew about them only from the teenagers in your life who wanted to tell the world about their favorite song, or who was dating who, or what happened on their fav TV show last night. You felt comfortable ignoring the Social Media because you had work to do and no time for that kid stuff.

Then one day you woke up and everyone in the marketing world was shouting from the rooftops about how Web 2.0 was the wave of the future. Suddenly everyone was talking about it. “Social Networks?” you said. “Aren’t they for kids?” But this time you got the blank stare instead of the knowing nod. That stare said you were a Social Networking Dummy. You were behind the times and missing out on something BIG.

And big it is. Hundreds of millions of people are flooding the Social Networks and those with marketing saavy are reducing their marketing budgets while increasing their marketing reach. They tout their Twitter Follower numbers and Facebook Saavy, and brag about getting to page one of Google. “How can I get in on this?” you wondered.

You gave in at that point, and you joined a couple of the networks and watched as a stream of seemingly meaningless chatter appeared on your pages from people you didn’t know… people sharing what they had for dinner, what happened on the latest episode of “Idol”, and what their favorite bands from the 80s were. ” How can this possibly help my business?” you thought. “And who can help me find out?”

So you looked around for someone to help who understands you, your important mission, and your Social Media predicament. But all you found were some hard-core hype peddlers. These folks may have known a lot about marketing, but they weren’t Conscious Entrepreneurs like you. They had marketing success, but they didn’t seem to care a whip about what they were selling or how it was impacting the world (much less the planet.) You tried studying their programs but they just made you feel worse, overwhelmed, and even more like a Social Networking Dummy.

So you closed your eyes and prayed. Yes, what a wonderful idea. That always worked in the past. “Please send me somebody I can trust who can teach me the basics,” you whispered, “someone I can relate to who can help me magically attract my perfect customers online.”

Then POOF, along came the Fairy Godmother of Social Networking carrying a magic wand, and she sprinkled Fairy Dust on your head.

Suddenly your Twitter numbers leaped into the thousands, and on Facebook your Fan Page was flocked. People read your blogs and praised you for enhancing their lives. Your phone line buzzed with requests from perfect customers who cried with joy and exclaimed, “I can’t believe I finally found you! You are the one I have been seeking.”

Do you want to know how this Fairy Tale turns out? Even more importantly, do you want to know what is in that Fairy Dust?

Then come along to the free teleclass Social Networking for Dummies on Wednesday, April 29th at 9am Pacific Time.

I’m Julia Stege, the Magical Marketer, and I will be examining that Fairy Dust for free. During this one hour teleclass I will tell you:

• How can Conscious Entrepreneurs best get started with Social Media?
• What are the major benefits Internet Marketers are getting from Social Networking?
• What are the best Networks you MUST get on now and who will you meet there?
• How many hours a week do you need to spend online to get magical results?
• How can you avoid the Facebook and Twitter Time Suck?
• How can you connect with folks of like mind and heart, and leave the others behind?
• What Networks will help your website ranking the most?
• What tools are there to help you save time with your Social Networking efforts?
• What the #$&Bleep*%? should you Blog about? And why?

To register, simply send an email to info@magiccalmarketingonline.com with the subject Social Networking for Dummies and you will receive the call in information for the class by auto responder.

PROLOGUE:

“Now I understand,” you said out loud. “I know all the best Social Networks to use to spread my heart-felt mission to the world. I know just how to attract those perfect customers who are seeking me. Thank you Fairy Godmother of Social Networking. Now I am free.“

Visit http://www.graphicgirlz.com/teleconference.html after 4/29/09 for a limited time to listen to the “Social Networking for Dummies” Podcast

©2009 by Julia D. Stege, MFA

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by Julia D. Stege, MFA

In traditional marketing there wasn’t a lot of room for joy. What with all that ‘lack mentality,’ competition, targeting people, innundating and brainwashing, true joy didn’t have room to breathe, not for the marketer nor for the customer. That paradigm for marketing wasn’t really about joy, fulfillment, or contribution at all. It was about selling something to someone who didn’t want it. It took a lot of work and there was quite a lot of stress involved.

But we know better now. As conscious entrepreneurs, we know there is no competition, and we know that what we are seeking is also seeking us. Those most perfect customers for us are out there looking for what we have to offer. We don’t need to brainwash them. They really want it, and they know because their intuition told them and has guided them to look for us. They will never recognize us, though, if we are operating out of any of those old paradigms of lack and competition. They will only recognize us when we are expressing our true joy to the world through our marketing.

So what is it about your business that most brings you joy?

It is so important that we feel joy every day, and that includes while we are marketing. If you have fears about what to say to promote your business, if you worry about not being professional enough or not having the right message, please let that all go and focus on why you are doing your business to begin with. What aspects of what you do are most fun and uplifting for you? It’s likely that what you love to do has a positive effect on others too. And when you are genuinely having fun, people can tell, and your perfect customers will flock to you.

Share that! Whether you are writing your new web copy, or creating a blog post, or writing a short tweet to your social networks, make it something that is fun and fulfilling for you. Dig inside of your heart to find your passion and get your message out to the world. Just like life, marketing is meant to be fun!

Feel free to share links to your joy-filled marketing in the ‘comments’ section below.

©2009 by Julia D. Stege, MFA

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You’ve heard the Twitter buzz, and maybe you have even gotten on Twitter and found yourself confused by all the strange little @ signs and # tags and truncated words like “C U latr.” You may be asking yourself, “What does it all mean and how can I have a real conversation with people about things I care about?”

You may have also noticed there are a lot of senseless conversations about what folks are eating for dinner and what TV shows are on and how the weather is someplace. This is not what you thought you’d get by going on this famous Twitter. You thought you could attract some perfect customers there, but how?

I’m here to say there is a way! Actually, there are hundreds of ways to find and follow the exact right people on Twitter. There are boatloads of applications out there that will help you. I found one that finds folks I’ll be simpatico with and automatically follows them for me. I don’t even have to go on Twitter to have it working for me behind the scenes. And once I follow them, most folks in the Twitterverse will follow back. It’s Twitter courtesy.

The name of this wonderful tool? It’s called Twollow. Just visit http://www.twollow.com/ and put in your Twitter username and password to get started with a free 2 week trial. You get 5 keyword phrases to play with at a time. You enter words and phrases for Twollow to find on Twitter. It will search for folks using those keywords you entered, and automatically follow them – up to 15 people per keyword phrase.

I’m Twollowing folks who are talking about Law of Attraction, Consciousness, Social Media, Facebook and Twitter. After you set this up not only will you notice your followers numbers increasing, you’ll find the conversations much more interesting and stimulating. Who do you want to Twollow?

©2009 by Julia D. Stege, MFA

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One of the most fun applications on Facebook is the Photo App. Facebook makes it easy to upload, append, organize and tag all your photos, and to determine who gets to see them. Photos are a great way to interact with people and show off your stuff. Here are five fun ways I use photos to attract attention!

1) Display Your Artwork: If you are an artist, a photographer or a designer, create a portfolio of your work and make sure everyone can see it. I have created a portfolio of designs in my photo albums and when I tag my clients in them, the picture shows up on their wall. They love it, and the pictures get seen by a broader audience. It’s truly an interactive portfolio. I update the album occasionally to keep my work fresh on folks minds, advertise an upcoming launch, etc.

2) Pictures of Colleagues from Events: If you go to events and see Facebook friends there, take pics of them and post them in your albums. This is a fun way to follow up with folks after a great event and keep the feeling alive. Make sure to tag your friends so the pic shows up on their wall too. If other folks like the pic and comment on it, the photo will circulate to a larger audience.

3) Pictures from the Past: If you have great pictures from the past, it’s a fun thing to post them and tag your friends. Everyone loves to see the old pics and your old friends will be happy you remembered them and they’ll be touched that you cared enough to keep the pictures all these years.

4) Updating Your Profile Pic: Upload several profile pictures and swap them once in a while to stay on folks minds. Whenever you update your profice pic you will appear on all your friends’ walls, and you’ll be on their mind. It’s a simple way to nudge folks without having to write anything.

5) Pictures from Your Current Life: Your old friends want to know what you’re up to now, and your clients and colleagues love to hear about what’s going on in your life. Satisfy their curiosity with pictures of your house, your neighborhood, places you’ve travelled to. You can also post pics from your own workshops, events, booths, and other activities you do to promote your biz. Let people know what a wonderful life you lead and they’ll always be curious to learn more about you.

WANT TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR EZINE OR WEB SITE? You can, as long as you do not edit the article and you include this complete blurb with it: Magical Marketer Julia D. Stege, MFA helps people attract their perfect customers with a unique combination of Law of Attraction, wildly attractive logos and websites, and smart Internet marketing techniques. If you’re ready to start attracting your perfect customers now, get Julia’s free Magical Marketing Toolkit at http://www.magicalmarketingtoolkit.com