Almost everyone on the planet today is
connected to some form of website and many of the cosutmers we are selling totoday is online, working with SEO consultants have become so important.
These are sites that let people interact with their friends and family
no matter where they are in the world.
They are also the spark that lights the powder keg to make something “go
viral across the globe” What happens
when something goes viral is everyone who sees it, tells their friends about
it, who tell their friends, and so on until it has crossed the threshold from a
local story into national or world news. The website very quickly became a viral hit with South African across the world. Only social media has the ability to make this happen. If you want to get your crowdfunding campaign
out to the most people possible then using social media is a must. But not all social media is created equally. Here is a list of some of the best social
media sites to use to get your project to go viral and raise your business finance before you know it.
If you walked down the street asking random
people “Do you have a Facebook account?” more than half of them would say
yes. It is the largest single social
media, networking site on the planet and something you must tap into to be
successful with your crowdfunding campaign.
The first thing you need to do is have something, a story or better yet
a video, that people are going to want to share with everyone they know. It has to tell your story and tug at their
emotions. Simple saying “I need money to
become an artist” is not going to cut it.
You have to sell yourself. Tell
people the struggle's you've been through, the sacrifices you've made for your
craft, what will set you apart from others in your field, what good to society
you plan on bringing with your work, etc.
These are things that not only open up people's hearts but their wallets
as well. Post this on your Facebook page
and invite everyone you know to watch it, ask them to “like” it and share it
with their friends. Before you know it
you will have hundreds of people spreading the word for you.
Reddit is known as “the front page of the
internet”. If you can get your story on
Reddit and have people vote it up (basically the same concept as like on
Facebook), you will have thousands of people reading your story. They will then start to spread it among their
social networks and before long you will have to buy more bandwidth for your
server because so many people will be visiting your site. But be aware, Reddit readers can be a tough
crowd. If they think for a moment that
you are not being sincere or don't “buy” your story, then they will down vote
it completely off the site. The morale
of the story is make sure you have your story/video perfected before you start
your social media campaign. You only get
one chance to make a first impression with people, don't let yours slip away
over a shoddy pitch.
Twitter is the latest incarnation of the
original text message. With Twitter you
can send a text message (up to 140 characters) to millions of people at
once. Of course to do that you need to
get people to first follow you on Twitter.
This is something that takes time and effort. You need to search through Twitter's profile
list for people that have the same interests as you or are in the same
field. Start following them. Many times they will follow you back. Then you need to start conversing with people
regularly throughout the day. Don't just
“tweet” about your project. This turns
people off. Talk about what's happening
in your field. Be an authority on your
subject. This will get more people to
follow you. Then you can start
“slipping” in tweets about your project.
It's all a matter of gaining people's trust first.
