"To avoid grabbing every business owner he meets by the shoulders and shaking them, millionaire maker Dan S. Kennedy has joined with marketing strategist Kim Walsh-Phillips to help business owners, private practice professionals, and professional marketers start making dollars and cents of their social media marketing. Daring readers to stop accepting non-monetizable "likes" and "shares" for their investment of time, money, and energy, Kennedy and Walsh-Phillips urge readers to see their social platformsfor what they are - another channel to reach customers and gain leads and sales for their efforts. Illustrated by case studies and examples, this No B.S. guide delivers practical strategies for applying the same direct-response marketing rules Kennedy has himself found effective in all other mediums. This book covers how to stop being a wimp and make the switch from a passive content presence into an active conversion tool; how to become a lead magnet by setting up social media profiles that focus on theneeds of ideal prospects (not the product or service); creating raving fans that create introductions to their networks; how to move cold social media traffic into customers; the role of paid media and how to leverage social media advertising to drive sales"--
Social Media is Not MarketingSimply broadcasting a message to millions by social media accomplishes little for most businesses. Millionaire-maker Dan S. Kennedy and marketing strategist Kim Walsh Phillips are here to tell it like it is: If you’re not focusing on converting social media traffic into sales, you might as well set your money on fire.Kennedy and Walsh Phillips teach you the customer-getting, sales-boosting direct response strategies you must employ with every social media campaign so you can stop accepting non-monetizable “likes” and “shares” as a return on your time. You’ll learn:6 direct-response principles that must be applied to social media marketingThe most powerful marketing tactic (per Google)How to get riches with niches and become a magnet to your customersThe monetizing magic of crafting effective emailsThe #1 way to prevent wasted marketing dollars5 ways to grow your list for FREE (before spending a dime on advertising)Turn passive content into an active conversion toolCreate raving fans who introduce you to their networksTurn niches into riches, laser in on your perfect prospects and ignore the “tire kickers”Harness the biggest secret in social media—offlineDiscover the principles behind successful marketing campaigns and start making dollars and cents out of your social media strategy.
Updated to fit today’s social media landscape with IGTV, Facebook Lives, YouTube Premium, and more, this new edition applies Dan Kennedy’s No-B.S. principles to Kim Walsh Phillips’ social media expertise in a no-holds-barred guide that prompts readers to invest only in the efforts that drive results and demand a measurable, proven, profitable, direct response.