Introducing a Social Media Conference in Mexico | Engage Mexico

The Back Story

 

If you keep up with me online, you know I am part of a very cool group of authors.  One of the authors, Lon Safko, connected us to this wonderful little social media conference he presented at last year.

This year they wanted to take this thing out of the box and really expand the promotion.

I think they have done that!

Engage Mexico Social Media Marketing

LinkedIn Confusion? I Got the Tour of LinkedUniversity — Recommended!

LinkedUniverity logo

LinkedIn Relief

When I teach my 8-week local classes on social media marketing, week 5 is on LinkedIn. I ALWAYS hear a sigh of RELIEF from my students when they finally get to experience a GROWN-UP social space. I always get a kick out of that, as I’m happy in all the social spaces, but my students generally love exploring and using LinkedIn more than Twitter, Facebook and YouTube!

I don’t get to teach my local and online classes as much as I’d like, so I’ve been searching for a space online where I can direct people. There are MANY courses and products to choose from, but this one: Linked University is REALLY nice.

 

Touring Linked University

I got a little tour on the inside of this space and I was impressed. So impressed I decided to join with a good friend of mine, Ellen Finkelstein, and host a webinar with the founder of LinkedUniversity where YOU get to see how this works, too.

The creator of LinkedUniversity is Josh Turner and in this interview Josh and I discuss how businesses are using LinkedIn to create more business. :-)

During this webinar Josh will show you:

  • How to use the LinkedIn connections you already have to rapidly grow your database, get more leads, and increase sales.
  • What one business owner has done to generate 90 leads and $465,000 in additional sales, all off LinkedIn in just 8 months!
  • The EXACT SCRIPT that one of our clients has used to generate $3 million in sales in 2012 alone, all off of LinkedIn.
  • How to utilize LinkedIn to build a MASSIVE email list!!
  • The LinkedIn strategies one business owner used to secure international distribution and equity investment for a brand new product.
  • How to improve your Google rankings by utilizing little-known LinkedIn tactics.
  • The secret to utilizing LinkedIn groups to grow your business, even for B2C companies!

Everything Josh is going to show you will include case studies of his clients and people JUST LIKE YOU that used these same methods for big success.

Don’t miss out on this one, you’re absolutely going to love it, especially if you like grow-up social spaces and a focus on expanding your business.

 

Register now and reserve your seat

 

Replay of the event will be provided to all registrants, so even if you can’t make it live, be sure to sign up!

I’m SO happy with the INSIDE of this product that I decided to become one of Josh’s affiliates. His LinkedUniversity is going on my “Interactive Reference Chart” I’m building, under the section for LinkedIn.

I feel THAT strongly about this system!

WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:00 PM Central Time

 

Love to see you there! Spread the word to your friends who want to use LinkedIn the way it is built to be used.

 

Social Results Summit – a Facebook Vortex

Social Results Summit Phyllis Khare

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be speaking and leading training sessions at the Social Results Summit, May 17 – 18. 2013, in Dallas, Texas.

Here’s the promotional text from the event and at the end of this post I have another BIG announcement…

Facebook Marketing authors Amy Porterfield, Phyllis Khare, and Andrea Vahl come together on stage for the first time ever to bring you a truly expert led Facebook summit.

Hosted by social media strategist, Isaac A Wardell, this event is designed to affordably equip you to increase your effectiveness on Facebook.  Connect with the authors of Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies in Dallas and take your Facebook presence to the next level!

Here is what is in it for you:

  • Expert led sessions with strategies that have been tested and proven in the real world to take your Facebook presence to the next level
  • Extensive networking with other small business owners and social media consultants
  • Fun and Discovery at the Gaylord Texan Hotel which boasts over four acres of gardens, winding water ways, shopping and exquisite dining

 Here’s a little video I made for the event:

And here’s the BEST part!

Every single person who signs up from this link –> Social Results Summit <– will be invited to join a PRIVATE Facebook Group where I will continue to answer questions even after the Summit! I’m literally giving away hundreds of dollars of consultation fees here! I am happy to help as much as I can. See you there!

2013 Predictions from a Psychic Grandma in Iowa

Psychic Grandma - Phyllis Khare Keynote Speaker
I had the opportunity to interview a woman in Iowa who says she knows the future. Being the skeptic I am, I decided to hear her predictions and then do a little investigating. Here are a few of the crazy things she told me.

Psychic Grandma in Iowa says:

  • G+ Communities will be a cool place to hang out.
  • Facebook will change something.
  • Twitter will try to get our attention.
  • YouTube will get rid of  in-stream ads (one can hope).
  • LinkedIn will create something cool for business presentations.
  • Pheed will be THE place for members-only video webinars.
  • Network TV will erase the line between cable and online viewers.
  • If you don’t show up well on mobile you will lose business.

Let’s take these predictions one by one.

G+ Communities will be a cool place to hang out.

Where do you go at the end of a day? Most people go to Facebook and scan the stream and try to make witty comments, or give advice or console the broken-hearted. But Psychic Grandma says she feels a move in the matrix and people are looking for a deeper conversation. She feels they will find it in the new G+ Communities. I tend to agree with her, as I am already finding that to be the case. Now, at the end of my day I go to G+ first, then scan through Facebook.

Facebook will change something. [Read more...]

Are Pinterest and Instagram Useful for Authors?

What about Pinterest and Instagram? Are they useful for promoting a book?

 

Yes and No.

 

I hope I’ve made the case for the need to have a visual marketing strategy in my previous posts. We are moving into a visual learning world and you can see that clearly with the rise of infographics and sites like Pinterest. Our brains are changing to be able to absorb information with images.

The two largest, and most interesting visual sites right now are Pinterest and Instagram. Are they useful for authors? Does it depend on the subject of the book? [Read more...]