I overheard a mother in the store the other day tell her daughter “God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth because we’re supposed to listen more than we talk…so be quiet!” That made me think about social media and how many hundreds if not thousands of ways to “listen” there are. It also made me feel like a parent when I tell my clients to ‘listen more’ and ‘talk less’ in their own social media efforts.
One of the first mistakes I see newbies make over and over again is pushing out content, telling people all about themselves or their products and completely forgeting how to have conversations. One of the easiest ways to get more conversation going whether on Twitter or Facebook or your blog is to ask open-ended questions.
So my question for you today, to start the mental juices flowing…“How are you incorporating open-ended questions into your social media efforts?” Please feel free to ‘answer’ this question by leaving a comment below.
Great Question: Maybe starting a blog which I have not practiced yet. I do place my email and phone number on every single page so that I am always available
John Salat: Reiki Master/Chi Instructor (949)235-4847
John,
On one of the pages of your blog, you’ll want to have information on how to contact you. You could leave it on every blog post BUT you might end up with some spammers and tele-marketers calling
Ideally, you want only qualified prospects calling you-so think about working on your marketing funnel to develop the relationship with prospects so that that when they are ready to buy THEN they call you! Giving away a FREE Report or Short Audio lesson on your website in exchange for an email address is a great way to do this.