Overview of how to use social media to generate sales, build a tribe and more

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Social Media: Use Content
To Educate Customers and
Drive Sales
Ramon Ray, Entrepreneur
Founder, Smart Hustle Magazine
@ramonray

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3. EVERYONE IS DISTRACTED

4. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU or
YOUR BUSINESS

5. ATTENTION IS CURRENCY

6. YOU MUST EARN ATTENTION

7. Every business owner
must be a publisher
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Build A Tribe Not Sales
Build Your Personal Brand

8. Entrepreneur, global speaker,
best selling author

10. Expert Witness to United States Congress

11. Tweet @ramonray

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Why Social Content Marketing?

13. People are searching for entertainment
or information
People are connecting (engaging) with
each other (news, funny videos, etc)
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14. Conversation Marketing
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Traditional Sales

15. Every business owner
must be a publisher
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Build A Tribe Not Sales
Build Your Personal Brand

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Money will come after you build your
brand, build your tribe and add value

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Convert tribe members to customers.

18. 9 Social Content
Best Practices
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19. Give, Give, Give, Take
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More Value Wins Every Time

20. Lowes fix in Six
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Use Social Media for Insight on
Your Market & Customers

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Listening posts….
•LinkedIn Groups
•Twitter Hashtags and Trending
•Facebook Social Graph
•Instagram, Pinterest Engagement

23. Good Headlines
•Short
•To The Point
•Descriptive
•Search Engine
Friendly
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24. Be Responsive
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Your content should
be engaging.
Should catch the eye.

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HAVE FUN
WITH YOUR
CONTENT

27. Tell a Story
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28. Story Ideas
1. Your customers
2. Your industry
(news, best
practices)
3. Your community
4. Your products and
services
5. Thought
leadership (advice,
inform, educate)
6. Personal tidbits
(gently)
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29. Babies do not
belong as profile
images

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Mobile Rules – 3” + Screen

31. The Power of
Audio and Video
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Humanize Your Brand.

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33. 3 Types of Video
•Sizzle Reel
•Education Video
•Personal Video
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Live Streaming - VIDEO

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Paid Advertising on Social Media

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1. Fail/Succeed Fast
2. Quickly gain insight
3. Test advertising copy and offers
4. Leads/Sales/Follower
5. MEASURE, MEASURE, MEASURE…

39. Hiring Social Content Expertise
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40. Social Expert Hiring Tips…
1. Don’t hire because you can’t do it.
2. Don’t hire because you don’t have the time
3. Interview several people, get referrals
4. Agencies vs Consultants
5. Is Your Expert LISTENING to YOUR needs
6. Is Your Expert an Expert or an Illusionist
7. Social Production, Marketing and
Advertising Are Different
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41. Content Curation
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42. Content Curation
•Get content from content creators –
newsletters, blogs, news sites
•Create list of content sources (bookmarks,
RSS feeds)
•Follow interesting people
•Use Pocket App – to “read stuff later”
•Use A Social Scheduling App – Buffer
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43. 4 Deceptively Easy Ways To
Social Content Marketing &
Education Success
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44. Frequent
Relevant
Engaging
Analytics
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45. EVERYONE IS DISTRACTED

46. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU or
YOUR BUSINESS

47. ATTENTION IS CURRENCY

48. YOU MUST EARN ATTENTION

49. Every business owner
must be a publisher
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Build A Tribe Not Sales
Build Your Personal Brand

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The ONE Secret to Social
Success…

51. Take Baby Steps
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Don’t Wait for Perfect
Be Yourself

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Social Media: Use Content
To Educate Customers and
Drive Sales
Ramon Ray, Entrepreneur
Founder, Smart Hustle Magazine
@ramonray

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Visit www.SmartHustle.com
Get insight to start and GROW
your business.
Hear and learn from other
business owners!