I discovered yesterday  a  ‘GHOST WRITER’ in me!   

Have you ever struggled to create content for your blog or video channel?   Finding yourself looking at a blank screen…

It all seemed so simple. Create content and they will come. Ever heard that phrase?  Where’s my CONTENT!?  or It’s a Marketing Strategy that works. 

If you don’t have CONTENT you have no RELATIONSHIPS!   

You need to “grab the prospects’ attention and build a relationship”. You need to be on the front page of Google.

It’s true.

But HOW?

Creating content seems to come easily to some people.

“Why not me?” I can hear you say.

Well, some people are naturally creative, they get a constant flow of ideas that they transform into a never-ending and well-structured marketing campaign.

They’re the lucky ones!

The top internet marketers do it on automatic pilot.

They get IT!

What about the rest of us?  

Is this YOU!

Time – The most important commodity you’ve got!

• All the top search destinations under one convenient umbrella.
• Ideas are thrown at you at breakneck speed.
• Automation always saves time – just write your keyword once and it pre-fills all the sites.
• Benefit from my years of “search” learning curve and become a “master” searcher.
• You get maximum ideas in the minimum time for your content and marketing campaigns.
• The time you save generating ideas leaves more time for creating and promoting your content – Time is Money.
• It’s a completely intuitive tool with a virtually zero learning curve.
• Rapidly become an expert in any market.
• Use with your favorite browser. We’ve tested it with Explorer, Firefox, GOOGLE Chrome, and Safari.

It’s all content.

Comments are Content!  So yes comment back to your readers….. 

As you do your research for content….   Here are some valuable tips: 

1.) Add Rss feeds of blogs you find in your niche/industry to your reader.

2.) Check the headlines/body daily to see if anything strikes you that you can comment on.

3.) You only need a sentence or two plus a link to your site.

4.) Find forums and leave comments.

5.) MY FAVORITE !!!!  Find Content you don’t agree with, and write or make a video about it!

Ok ok to PERSONAL BRANDING 101  

Register your YOURNAMEDOMAIN for a lifetime!, oh ya and GODaddy.  

cuz Your worth it…. 

I have just spent all day trying to rekindle my domainname.com  

 cuz i let it expires for 5 days. 

 Holy shit i was stressed… 

Everything i do on-line is connected to my name…  

How many social sites ru on?

for business?

for pleasure?  ok we all are both! 

Lets face it we can get our needs met her on-line so be who you are and first and foremost be real! 

ahhhhhhhhhhhh   find me on facebook its my office! 

 http://www.facebook.com/aimiewallace

Puzzled about it all?!?!  

Which brings me back to social media sites. When you’re giving the masses the ability to submit, vote on and promote any sort of content from across the entire web, what do you think they’ll do?

Sure, some people will want to know about the latest news in the Middle East while others are interested in Obama, and lots of people are are paying attention to Jerry O’Connell’s ‘Life in a SPEEDO’ wtf, howabout the economy, and other relevant or non-valuable information.

And yeah, niche social media and social news sites will have a focus (Digg leans towards technology, BallHype is sports-oriented, and Linkswarm focuses on Pop Culture & bizarre news).

But when you sift through the crap most of the general social media site that allows anyone to participate, you’re gonna see a lot of mainstream, general crowd pleasing stuff. Pictures you can easily glance at and laugh about stupid rants that have no discernible point and won’t make any sort of positive impact other than the fact that they made you smile or laugh for five minutes out of your busy, hectic Facebook day.

Similarly, great content still exists on the web just as it’s always existed, and it’s easy to find it if you know where to look.

Don’t take a cursory look at social media and reduce a vast, entire Internet’s worth of content to the stuff you see being featured on LinkedIn, Stumbleupon, Facebook, and MySpace profiles, etc.

Just because the “crappy” stuff now has a magnifying glass being held over it doesn’t mean it didn’t exist before or that the “good” stuff  is drastically declining.  That’s the beauty of the Internet–it’s a comprehensive resource created by humans, for  humans.  And it’s for every and all kinds of people–freaks, snobs, dummies, juveniles, women, men, geeks, liberals, conservatives, and porn stars.

Today, I’m wondering why you engage in social media marketing -  is it personal, on behalf of your company (or clients), or some combination of the two?

Why do you have social media accounts?

What do you use them for?

Agreed, there are a great deal of social news sites on the internet, sometimes too many.  Most of them are dormant and no longer active or you forget about them and the usernames and passwords, perhaps it’s largely because they are poorly marketed and hence, never had an active community of users in the first place!

Just my opinion but most of them are a waste of your time: they are riddled with spam and possibly will never attract a critical mass of viewers and participants so know your sites and don’t bother.   hmmmm

YOU don’t have alot of time on your hands.

YOU want a community that gives you fresh news on topics that appeal to you.

YOU want somthing that sends prospects and traffic while ‘branding‘ your website or business.

YOU want a social news site with a long term return on your investment!

Here’s my TOP  5 General Social News Websites in no particular order..

1. Reddit-popular social news website with a large user base. Covers a wide range of news. Includes several topical sections called subreddits, which focus on specific topics like programming, science, politics and business.

2. Digg - the largest and most popular social news website on the internet. Covers all topics including politics, entertainment, technology and general news. Includes a separate video and image section.

3. Propeller – A social news site that covers all topics from technology to politics and entertainment. Operates in a similar fashion to Digg.

4. Fark – A community news site which allows users to comment on news articles. User submitted links will be posted on the main page once they are approved by the administrators.

5. Slashdot – primarily a tech news site, Slashdot also covers topics like books, games, politics and entertainment. Users can submit stories and they may be published after editors approve it. A popular site that can send a large amount of traffic.

But don’t take my word for it try them yourself!