Today, is one of those days where I woke up ready to run through a wall and crush a goal, but walked away disappointed. I'm hard on myself and although not athletic by any means, I have an athlete's mentality when it comes to my Orangetheory journey. I'll speak to that more in my @actifit post later today.
With that said, I am jazzed up about my HIVE activity and the joy of seeing so many of us on HIVE embrace the LISTNERDS platform.
It sets up an enticing bridge for those who are ListNerds members, but not HIVERS and providing HIVERS with an excellent engagement tool with endless possibilities.
For what it's worth, I came back into online marketing with different expectations; based on what I knew online marketing was and what it took to succeed.
So, CTP being one of those options for marketers; looking to go about it the right way, was a no-brainer. Not to mention, I was still a member after years being away from marketing.
I dabbled in a few familiar programs, but it was inevitable; I was going to go all in on CTP at some point.
Upgrading at CTP, joining the Telegram Inner Circle, subsequently being introduced to HIVE and a slew of other things is crucial to my journey on this blockchain.
Now, here is the kicker.
I came back into online marketing, knowing many of the pitfalls, making sure not to fall into the same negative patterns that screwed me up, the first time around; but still approaching it the same way.
What I mean by that, is that although I knew the importance of branding, building a list, etc. and I was actually doing that and still am; but I was still doing it the same old tired way. Astonishingly, it still works to a certain extent. Folks were still signing up, I was still making commissions and I was building downlines at other ad sites; I was promoting.
Those tactics lack long-term views, if you use the same antiquated ways.
Now, where the heck am I heading with this?
Ok, I believe that I've gradually transformed from a selfish marketer into a community-minded marketer.
Don't get me wrong. I have aspirations. I want to generate a long-term income - online, I want to be my own boss, I want to choose the location and time I put in that work. I want to do it on the beach, in a resort, on a plane, in the Caribbean, at a ballpark, wherever and whenever.
But, at the moment; I care about the growth of this blockchain and what I can do to contribute to it's growth and having access to the CTP universe of tools; I'm armed to the teeth to do just that.
ListNerds, being one of those tools came along at the right time for me, because I didn't want to feel like I was abandoning what I put effort into the last two years off-chain.
But, something else happened along the way and in a very short time. With the ListNerds relaunch, it opened up an avenue that I truly didn't expect; because my mind was still entrenched on old school email marketing tactics.
In marketing, you are supposed to know who is your audience.
The moment the CLICK.TRACK.PROFIT team put ListNerds on the HIVE blockchain (IN MY MIND), there is no way; can I use it the old way. It actually forced me to step back and re-think my approach.
So what are those approaches?
I have three that I want to stick to at the moment:
ALERT - let folks know about your HIVE blog posts. Guess what? Folks do it off-chain all the time and they are probably the most successful marketers. The difference? They do it through their subscribers list. Why not do the same with your ListNerds' mailings? I believe some influential HIVERS had already mentioned this early on, so knowing that; made me doing it - a safe bet.
INFORM - don't just try to pitch or sale, but provide context, information, use cases. Guess what? So many folks do that on their HIVE posts all the time. Their goals, their Splinterlands journey,etc. You can send out a mail to get an extra set of eyes to those posts.
SHARE - this is the most unselfish thing anyone can do on any platform and it's key in the traditional social media space, so using the ListNerds platform to do the same; can help with community building.
When you share another person's blog post or a message that you truly believe can be helpful to the community; that is golden. Folks, will appreciate you ten-fold and it helps with your influential growth.
Don't just share to share. Put some effort into why you are doing it and let folks know why you are sharing it.
Link to a productive survey you set up, that will help with community growth
Ask for suggestions in a mail
Offer to help
Gently invite folks to your live or recorded calls, podcasts, video shows
Remember, you earn many ways on the HIVE blockchain and now ListNerds is another platform on HIVE to earn from without having to sell anything and if you are selling, earn our trust first. Folks will buy more from who they know and trust.
I'll be honest, I haven't done a handful of the things above- YET, just ideas of a growing list, I have jotted down, but I know what would stop me in my tracks; as I'm looking through my ListNerds inbox that will get upvotes from me.
Also, some of the actions that I've taken mentioned above has help me earn:
and put me in a position to earn. all the emails on the list below has been verified, meaning I will earn from each email including the one's I'm most proud of the Sharing mails:
If I put on the subject line: "It's Not About Me" then it's a share...
I know my format and how I present things are clunky and not juicy enough, but I always hope, that at the very least; my readers get where my head is at on this stuff and it helps somehow.
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