Tommie Powers – InStream Traffic System

Warren Buffett is one of the richest men on the planet and that’s not by accident. He’s also a huge philanthropist and was said to have given away large chunk of his wealth.

While doing a podcast interview over at Entrepreneur On Fire with John Lee Dumas, he made me realize that I’m cut from the same cloth as Warren Buffett when it comes to how I approach buying traffic online. Not in the financial sense (I’m not rich by any stretch of the imagination!), but in terms of the way I think for gaining a competitive advantage. I’m the type of guy that likes to zig when everyone else zags. I like doing the opposite of what the majority thinks is conventional wisdom. Come to find out, Buffett thinks the same way in terms of how approaches investing.

Here’s the quote that John shared with me during our interview when I told him the zig versus zag analogy:

“Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful”

The premise of that quote is exactly how I decided to approach pay per click marketing way back in 2007 when I was first starting out. I wanted to find an opportunity where nobody was looking because my gut told me an opportunity existed if I looked hard enough. When I made up my mind to tackle Adwords head on, I started reading every blog, book, and course I could find and/or afford to buy.

About 95% of all the people I was learning from all told me to stay away from the Google Content Network (Now called the Google Display Network) because it would suck dry whatever little money I had left in my rapidly dwindling bank account.

But I didn’t listen. I followed my gut and it told me the gold was in the Google Display Network because everyone else was digging in the same places where the people selling shovels were telling them to dig.

Long story short, I found a ton of success early on in the Google Display Network and I’ve been making a full time living online ever since.

Fast forward to 2013. That’s when I decided to take YouTube Ads very serious. I had been watching the space and tinkering around prior to that. But finally one day I made up my mind that it was absolutely necessary I master YouTube Ads and add it to my traffic buying arsenal. My gut (the gut strikes again!) was telling me again that there was gold to be found there. And with YouTube being such a massive traffic source, I could no longer ignore it.

Nearly 2 years later, I’m now considered one of the top experts in the world on the subject of YouTube Ads (Other people really do say this about me. I’m flattered!).

Why is that? Why is it that others think so highly of my knowledge of YouTube Ads that they brag about me to their friends, colleagues, and clients to the point I’m getting flooded with requests for podcast interviews, speaking engagements, client referrals, etc.?

The reason is because I choose to zig when everyone else zags. It’s because I’m greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy like Warren Buffett. That’s why I know Warren Buffett would crush it if he was an online media buyer and ppc specialist like me.

And right now in 2015, he’d be crushing it with YouTube Ads just like I am. Because he’s not afraid to follow his gut and do the opposite of what everyone else is doing.

Everywhere I turn, all the rage is Facebook Ads. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Facebook Ads. As a matter of fact, a large percentage of the ppc budgets we manage are for Facebook Ads.

But while everyone else is zigging on Facebook Ads, my team and I are also zagging on YouTube Ads.

If you’re like me and Warren Buffett, you know the way to getting at least one step ahead is to do the complete opposite of what everyone else is doing. That’s how you get an early mover’s advantage.

I believe if Buffett was a digital marketing expert specializing in pay per click marketing, he’d tell you you’re crazy for not doing YouTube Ads is 2015 if you truly want to grow and/or jumpstart your business online.

And if you’re as smart as I think you are, you’d listen. Here’s what I’ll say:

Click here to register for my YouTube InDisplay Advertising Masterclass so you can start zagging on YouTube Ads before it explodes in popularity among the marketing crowd. If you wait too long, the advertising costs are going to be steep. You’ve been warned!

If you aren’t running ads on Bing & Yahoo, here’s your chance to get $50 for FREE.

All you have to do is signup with a new account using the links provided below. This will allow you to start targeting people who use Bing and Yahoo search engines.

This offer will expire June 30, 2015 at Midnight Pacific time. It’s available in the US, UK, and Canada.

Here’s the links:

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Now go put them to good use and you can thank me later!

P.S. I get nothing for sharing this with you. Just thought it would help you out.

Whether you’re doing Youtube Ads, PPC, Google Adwords, Media Buys, Facebook, etc., there’s one piece of the equation you probably haven’t heard many other people talking about that can take your efforts to the next level.

I’ve been doing paid media for almost 7 years, and it wasn’t until about 2 years ago that I starting focusing more on this piece of the puzzle.

I wrote about it on my Facebook Page as you can see in the embedded post below. You need to read this if you’re looking for a breakthrough.

P.S. At the end, I give some great resources for further reading.

 

 

 

 

In this video, I’ll have an in-depth conversation with you about the concept of tracking your ads and understanding your numbers as they relate to key metrics that matter in terms of being able to profitably acquire traffic to your website.

Very often, I run into clients and potential clients who struggle with these 2 critical concepts. Many times, they understand these concepts when I explain them but they’ve never had anyone to take time to break it down or maybe they’ve never dealt with other providers who knew enough about these concepts to help them with it.

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions and also tell me if you like these sort of videos. The positive (or negative) feedback will let me know whether I should keep doing videos like this or not.

Have you been looking for a way to streamline posting content to your fanpage? Are you looking for ways to improve your Edgerank? If so, keep reading.

By the time you’re finished reading this quick post, you’ll be able to take the tactics I’ve posted below and tweak them for your own use the next time you’re stumped about what to post on your fanpage that will actually engage your fans and help improve your edgerank all at the same time. More organic reach means less money buying ads. So feel free to come back later and just swipe them, edit them, and boom!

First off I have to warn you. At my core, I’m really just a guy who just loves buying traffic and analyzing data to convert that traffic into positive ROI. So although I’m an expert a buying and converting traffic, I’m no expert at fanpage engagement or social media.

What inspired me to create these ‘templates” for creating content for social media is that recently I’ve been asked by some of my clients to help them get more traffic and sales from their fanpages and social media in general. So that’s where this is all coming from. Stuff I’ve helped them with that has worked. I figured if it was valuable stuff them, it’s probably valuable to you as well.

I’ve sucked at this on my own personal page for so long because I’ve always been of the mindset that if I want traffic, I’ll just buy it. So I saw helping others with this as a challenge (I love challenges!) and an opportunity to expand my skillset.

What I’m sharing below are proven tactics you can use to help boost engagement and ultimately get more traffic, leads and sales from your fanpage. I know you’re already smart enough to know why you need to engage your fans, so I won’t bore you talking about that.

But here’s another warning. These are just tactics and should only be a small part of your overall strategy to generate revenue and a positive ROI from your fanpage. The main purpose of using the stuff I’ll share below is to get in your fans’ newsfeeds more often so that when you post revenue generating stuff more of them will see your posts and click your links. You also have to be warned that just getting them off Facebook doesn’t mean sales will magically happen. You still need to know how to convert traffic whether it’s generating the lead to close on the phone or getting someone to purchase your products and services online.

So now that I got all that out the way (whew!), here they are:

 

The “Rank These In Order” post tactic

The idea is to have your fans rank something that’s relevant to them in order of importance. For example, I’m in the digital marketing arena and I’d want to use something related to what I do.

Here’s an actual example I’ve used that worked really well: Comment below and rank these 5 traffic sources in order of importance to your business: Google Adwords, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Youtube.

 

The “Hypothetical Question” post tactic

This one is pretty straight forward. You want them to pick the best option using a hypothetical question. Here’s an example of a fill in the blank template: Would you rather ____? -OR- Would you rather _____?

Here’s an example of how to use it: Would you rather have 100% ROI on your marketing with a limited reach? -OR- Would you rather have a 10% ROI with unlimited reach potential?

As you can see, the question makes them think. It’s a hypothetical question and doesn’t necessarily have to have a right or wrong answer. But in the example above, the way someone answers that question would be a way for me to qualify them as a potential client. I like people working with people who think like me. Choosing 10% ROI with unlimited reach potential is having the ability to scale and make way more money. My top clients all have this mindset and because of it I can make more money working with them.

 

The “Quote” post tactic

People love quotes! Someone who use the strategy very well is Sandi Krakowski. Below I’ve embedded an example of one of her posts using this tactic with one of her own quotes embed in an image. You can do this without an image and it works well. You can also borrow a quote and put it in an image and be sure to give proper credit. Lots of way to leverage this one.

 

The “Fill In The Blank Teaser” post tactic

You’ve probably seen one of these before. Someone asks asks you to finish a sentence by typing your answer in the comments. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably completed a few of these. It’s a quick and easy way to boost engagement as these type posts get lots of responses quickly whether on your fanpage or personal profile.

Here’s an example: It’s Fill in the Blank Friday. This weekend, I’m looking forward to ________ !

 

The “A vs. B Question” post tactic

I’ve seen these posts get crazy engagement. You basically have one thing versus another thing. You ask a question that you already know the answer for and get people to comment what they think A or B. You then promise to reveal the results in the comments.

I saw one of my friends do this on his fanpage and after seeing the response he received when his fanpage had a much smaller following, it made me take notice. At that point, I swiped the concept and have since helped others modify it to fit their particular situation. Works like a charm!

 

The “What’s The First Word You See Image” post tactic

This one is epic, which is why I saved it for last. I got the original idea from a thread on the Warrior Forum. You have to be a member to view the original thread found here. If you’re not a member, here’s a link to an screen capture image of the post. I’ve embedded the actual FB page post below:

 

I’ve tested this and I can tell you it works like gangbusters! Here’s what I did to create my own version:

1. Go to Puzzle Maker dot com (it’s free) and click on “Word Search Puzzle”
2. Enter the Title and Subtitle.
3. Enter at least 4 words you’d want people to see. I say four because the more words you add, the bigger the puzzle size and you want it to be a decent size. Make sure they are relevant to your niche. Preferably, they are words that are associated with the outcomes your product, service, etc provides.
4. Click “Create Puzzle”
5. Take a screen capture of the puzzle it generates with your favorite screen capture tool. Then crop out everything except the puzzle itself.

Once you’ve created your own version (or just swipe his from the thread), use the template like the layout in the Warrior Forum thread link above, post it to your fanpage, and watch the magic!

Do you have or know of any other fanpage engagement boosting tactics that are easy so swipe and deploy? If so, post them in the comments below.

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