Dave Cupples Affiliate Summit Keynote 2012- 7 Secrets to Using Social Media and Affiliate Marketing to Live Your Dreams #ase12

Dave Cupples FatCowBusiness.com Tweets LIVE #ASE12 - Retweet, Comment, Share! @FatCowBusiness FatCowBusiness Slides: FatCowBusiness.com/ASE12BOOK: FourYearOldEntrepreneur.com

While in School in 1999 … Image: onechickennugget.wordpress.com

Secret #1 It’s not about you, it’s about themBe an Entrepreneur, pick the gaps in the market & give people what they want Image: rosencoaching.com

Low Hanging Fruit and Gaps in the Market• Invest your time, money, resources on the best opportunities → the low hanging fruit• Pick the GAPS in the market: ↑More Searches / Demand ↓Less Competition / Websites Image: marspec.com

Google Insights - http://fcow.co/GI Check Image: zacjohnson.com

Top Searches & Rising Searches

Scrape Google Suggest → Übersuggest• http://fcow.co/US

Question & Answer SitesVIDEO: Top 10 Q & A sites for affiliates → http://fcow.co/QA

• Quora → Social Q & A site for influencers who share and retweet These are the questions people are demanding blog posts and videos about!

Give Journalists what they want:• SourceBottle and HARO

Using hot topics for PR – iclothing.com.au

Secret #2 - Learn from other people and at least learn from yourself Image: drog.me

Success leaves clues …Don’t reinvent the wheel … Reverse engineer what is working for your competitors Image: ifun.ru

Find competitors’ top pages & backlinks • Open Site Explorer Example: problogger.netExample: incomediary.com VIDEO: Spy on competitors’ top pages & backlinks → http://fcow.co/OS

How to steal competitors’ customerinformation to laser target Facebook Ads LIKES Female Aged 35-50+ High Income College / Grad School QuantCast How to steal competitors’ customer information to laser target Facebook Ads → http://fcow.co/QC

Secret #3The Key to any Successful Business is Repeat Customers & Relationships It is far cheaper to market to anexisting customer than to a new customer Image: simpsoncrazy.com

First time customers Questions, Scammers, Timewasters, Hassles … NO TRUST Image: gottatopic.com & swing-smarter-baseball-hitting-drills.com

Compare to repeat customers …• The value in a business is all about relationships• E.g. Zappos: 75% of orders → repeat customers Image: flickr.com/sharynmorrow Image: merchantstand.com

CatchOfTheDay.com.au 2 brothers = $200 millionCustomer just placed their 89th order … their #1 customer has 246 Orders

• You don’t want customers that just need what you have … • You don’t want workers or partners who just have the skills you need … You want people who believe what you believe What How Why“People dont buy what you do,they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek Image: igossip.com

Many levels of customers / relationships1) Build a list of end users / customers2) List of JV Partners / Affiliates to leverage and grow your business fast3) The ultimate customer who will buy your business. Strategic Value – Ask “who can make more money from your business than you can?”

Spreets.com.au10 months = $40 million

Secret #4 – Nothing will happen unless you make it happen Call to Action + INCENTIVIZE! How to Incentivize Social Media Followers like Cows → http://fcow.co/CW Image: braincram.co.uk

Mint.com / Strongmail Split Test• 3 different incentives to refer friends to join A – Competition to Win iPod Nano B – No incentive (control group) C – Beta access to exclusive featuresSource: strongmail.com - http://fcow.co/ST

How to supercharge email opt-ins• Incentive → free eBook / video / digital content• Email subscribe form BIG, BOLD, TOP RIGHT THIS is the business asset you are building! Screenshot: johnchow.com

• PopupDomination → increases signups 500%• Top Feature Box → increases signups 500-1000% more than sidebox, without popups Screenshot: chrisbrogan.com Screenshot: ryanlee.com

How to Incentivize users to LIKE yourFacebook Page using an iFrame Reveal TabBEFORE clicking LIKE AFTER clicking LIKEScreenshot: facebook.com/redbull

Free app - Static HTML: iframe tabs• Add Reveal Tab Tutorial → http://fcow.co/IF

How to incentivize visitors to share on Facebook & Twitter• Cloudflood – create free share button to access link• Social Easy Share – Unlock content by sharing - Build Email List from Facebook App How to Incentivize Users to Share → http://fcow.co/IN

• PunchTab – Uses Facebook Connect, earn loyalty points for liking, commenting, sharing• List Eruption – No app access needed, Reward sharing special link on Social Media with gifts

Comparison Effect – People buy based on what is next to it• Which orange circle is bigger?

Psychological framing – 3 Options• Question becomes not “should I buy” but which one?• Show them what to do → suggest most popular option Screenshot: basecamphq.com

How I made my first $100 and learned the most amazing lesson in life Secret #5 Give Value First Image: flickr.com/33623636@N08

Rent the eyeballs vsOwn the eyeballs Image: flickr.com/skrewtape

How Facebook and Social Media differ from Search Marketing• Facebook says “find users before they search”• Earlier stage of sales funnel• Different approach → more “soft” sell• Give value first and create desire• Not “hunting” but more like “fishing” Image: designdamage.com

Case Study – Aquabumps.comStarted by a surfer who posted photos of Bondi Beachevery morning to cheer up mates in the office …

Social Media Fans are a lot like women … Image: desktopdolls.blogspot.com

How do you make someone want something? Image: bellevuechristiancounseling.com

Split Test: Do Testimonials Increase Sales? • Wikijob A/B Test with Visual Website Optimizer Which page had the most sales? A – Original (No Testimonials) B – Testimonials AddedSource: VisualWebsiteOptimizer.com - http://fcow.co/WJ

Secret #6 – The Real Magic of Social Media is Connecting, Partnering & Leveraging off other people• Find influencers with similar target market• Leverage other databases- reciprocal mail outs• Sharing on Facebook / Twitter• Paper.li – mash up other RSS feeds & tweet• Interviews, Testimonials, Reviews, Comments Image: totalmerchant.net

Guest Blogging: Write Content - Get Links• MyBlogGuest → connects Guest Bloggers to websites looking for Guest Posts, Technorati.com How to find top sites seeking guest bloggers + Top 20 IM sites seeking posts → http://fcow.co/GU

Spread your content to other websites• Zemanta – Firefox Add-on http://fcow.co/ZE Spread content to other websites with Zemanta → http://fcow.co/ZE

Tools to find Influencers• FollowerWonk – search keywords in Twitter Bio• Klout – Measure influence & reach• WeFollow – top influencers in each category How to find top influencers in your niche→ http://fcow.co/TI

The Age of People Discovery – Removing barriers to connect with people Image: hra.ca

The Age of CreationYour audience now has an audience Image: venturebeat.com

Meanwhile in Australia … PLANKING!!

Thank you Incentivize.com by CPAWay- $1500 Charity Donation• Support Incentivize.com by CPAWay• Vote + submit YOUR fundraising pages to DonateSponsor.org Recommended: GiveThanksWalk.org

Secret #7 – Focus on what you do have and what you can do … and do it!• Nick Vujicic - NickVujicic.com

Every change is a massive opportunity …• People want free → but will build your business free• Content Recommendations + Social Personalized Search Image: flickr.com/annebb

Take Action“Choose, don’t react. Don’t take what’s given toyou by the environment that you walk by eachday. Decide precisely what you want … andmake that happen”Anthony Robbins Image: flickr.com/lorilove

Thank YouSlides, Videos, Tutorials free at: FatCowBusiness.com/ASE12Book: FourYearOldEntrepreneur.com FatCowBusiness, DaveCupples @FatCowBusiness, @DaveCupples Dave@FatCowBusiness.com

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