Grouped: How Small Groups of Friends Are the Key to Influence on the Social Web

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We live in a world of exponentially increasing information which we can't consume anymore. Consequently, we gradually increase our reliance on our social networks to make decisions. In other words, people spend less time interacting with content, and more time communicating with other people.

What role do the social networks, and especially Facebook and LinkedIn play in this transformation? How can we leverage them to grow our business?

Paul combines product design experience at Google and Facebook with an outstanding skill to lay out complex topics in a simple and easily understandable language. That unique combination of experience and skill ideally positions him to write a book about social networks and about the best ways to use them for business growth.

He makes three key points that have profound implications:

The Web is being rebuilt around people and moving away from being built around content.We can now measure social interaction.Independent small groups of friends determine how people are influenced (not the influencers).

The application of Paul's points to marketing and advertising are straightforward: Permission-based marketing trumps traditional advertising or interruption-driven marketing. Precise peer-to-peer based advertising is the most effective and efficient advertising. Marketing campaigns need to support conversations instead of merely sharing content. Advertising content must rely on people remembering relationships and not - details. For example, using experts in marketing campaigns can lead to over-promising and under-delivering.

On the other hand, effective permission marketing seeds multiple groups with ideas and avoids targeting a few trendsetters. It focuses on emotional arousal and gaining trust through word-of-mouth endorsement. Marketers need to focus on preparing content that is "shareworthy," customizing data around people's social connections, reinforcing their message by having multiple people within the same group repeat it, and then showing others' behaviour to influence people.

A separate chapter focuses on helping people change their behaviour:

Change people environment: trying new things in a new environment is easierMinimize cost of change - break it into small manageable tasks making the new behaviour easier to perform, and so more likely to be repeated and therefore forming a new habit.Ensure that people observe others doing the desired behaviour and then see the rewards

Other ideas focus around choice reduction and helping people to feel that they are getting something for free and now.

All-in-all, a great and concise book for marketing professionals and business owners looking for modern ways to grow their business.

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Internet Marketing - If I Knew Then What I Know Now

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Internet Marketing - it's a business where most who dare go, fail.

Someone asked me today if when I first became involved in Internet Marketing I knew then what I know now, would I still have joined the industry - the answer was a quick NO!!

However, before you click away thinking to yourself "see I knew this was no good" I have to say that I am glad in a way that I didn't know. Because that's exactly right - I would never have dived right in like I did, I would have been overwhelmed by the failure rate, overwhelmed by the learning curve, overwhelmed by the hard work it would take to become successful.

I would never have believed that I could be that person, that person who could succeed in this business. I would never have become the person that I am today. I would never have achieved the growth that I have achieved.

So do I have any regrets about joining the Internet Marketing Industry?
No way. I am a bit like that - I jump into things with blind faith. I'm not one for reading the small print, let alone a bit of research. So I couldn't wait to get started, let me in, what is it all about, I want to know it all!!

And I have learned slowly - no trailblazing here that's for sure. I did it the hard way. But I have found my way, challenged myself to learn things that I never thought I would be capable of doing. It took me a long while to realize what it actually took to succeed and for me to accept the amount of work that was required. Once I had that realisation, I was on a completely different path - the right path.

Would I change anything? Yes, of course. Even though I wouldn't have wanted all the facts, I do wish that I had been given a bit more direction, more structure when I first started - guidance I guess. I remember how this was, so I can make sure that my new team members are not left floundering! I have an entire system and community of people to support me now.

I also wish that I had been given more information than I was given when I first joined Internet Marketing. As I said I am not a facts and figures person, but I could have handled a little bit more of the truth!!

So it is with that in mind that I give this information to you - or anyone considering getting into the internet and/or network marketing industry:

It is tough and yes, many people barely make any money, some none, lots lose moneyIn the beginning it takes real dedication to create success - you will be tested!You need to be teachable - it doesn't matter what you know already, just that you can learnDetermination is your best friendSupport is absolutely key to your success. Training, systems, mentoring - that guidance that I was lacking at firstAccept that you will need to work on yourself - grow and develop as a person, your mindset is another key factor here

Internet Marketing is a great industry and the possibilities are endless. You can be a success or a failure and that is basically a choice that is yours.

My recommendation? Jump in with all you've got!! But be prepared to work hard, be frustrated, doubt yourself and reset your expectations at times.

Fore-warned is fore-armed. This is not an industry for the faint-hearted, you will need to give it all that you have and more. So if your dream is big, then go for it. I always say "Don't die wondering".

Internet Marketing could just be your dream job!

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