I’ve got a simple tip for you that you can use to propel yourself to social media super success. I’ve applied it and it work spectacularly. I’ve watched many other big name bloggers use it successfully as well. It’s a simple concept that merely requires that you do it.
Make Friends with the people who comment on your stuff!
This includes your blog posts, facebook notes, youtube videos, tweets, hub pages, and any other social content that visibly allows you and other people to connect their thoughts to your stuff.
Why is this important?
Your credibility largely is determined by how many people comment on your stuff. This video about avoiding getting banned from facebook has gotten over 120 comments on facebook. The reason why I’m seen as an authority on facebook and social media is because I get tons of comments on my stuff (far above average).
When you publish a blog post or other piece of content and you immediately have 20-30 people thanking you and agreeing with you, it shows that you have influence.
How do you get this to happen?
Make friends with the people who comment on your stuff! If someone has taken the time to comment on your content, they are an excellent person to get to know. Chances are, they’ll comment on other things in the future. Getting to know them a little bit is extremely helpful to growing your social media presence.
My current average number of comments per post is 23. For everything that I’ve ever blogged, I’ve gotten an average of 23 comments. This is largely because I’ve interacted with the people who commented on my content.
So what does "making friends" mean? Interacting with & supporting the people who comment on your stuff is a way to form a solid relationship. Here are 5 ways you can do this easily:
- If they have a blog, follow their blog by adding their RSS feed to your reader (watch the whole video). This will allow you to follow dozens of blogs easily. Comment on some of their posts regularly.
- Follow your commentors on twitter. Retweet their tweets and engage in conversations with them by @ replying. Watch this mini twitter crash course if you’re new to twitter.
- Create a friend list on facebook of all the people who comment on your facebook content. Then use the list to stay in touch with people who are likely to comment on your content. This builds a relationship. You can create a friend list by clicking "Friends" from your facebook account and the selecting "create new list."
- Share links to your commentors content. Everyone who produces content is looking to have it shared with others. When you see a piece of content that one of your friends creates that you feel is good, link to it or tell your network about it.
- Help them. Spend a few minutes writing an email that gives an explanation of how to solve a problem. spend 20 minutes on the phone walking someone through something. Create a screen capture video for someone to show them a solution to their problem.
If you can get an average of 30 comments on every piece of content that you create, you’ll have an extremely valuable asset that can be monetized for exceptional amounts of income. This network of commentors will also be accompanied by an invisible force of readers who simply pay close attention to you, but don’t comment.
Don’t let the simplicity of this strategy fool you. Try it for 30 days and you should see amazing results.
Aloha,
Brian Campbell
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Hi Brian,
Very interesting. Thanks for this info. It makes a lot of sense.