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There you are.
A hungry digital crusader with endless fire inside – enough energy to melt the North Pole, but no clue how to effectively expand your online presence !
I used to endure the same struggle, but in my conquest for mass influence, I have discovered a great method that let’s me spread faster than the flu.
This works so brilliantly that in fact bloggers told me that I’m EVERYWHERE nowadays, when in fact I’m just commenting on 6 – 10 blogs a day.
How can you be everywhere ? You can’t, at least not in the beginner state.
Remember, perception is everything.
The goal is not to BE everywhere, but to APPEAR to be everywhere.
And the way to achieve that is by focusing your precious energy on a strategy that works. This is how I do it:
PHASE 1: Pick your targets
Browsing randomly can be a fun ride, but if you want to spread your online presence – you have to be more strategic. Instead of wandering aimlessly around the net, think about which spaces you want to invade.
Pick your favorite 5 – 10 (semi) influential mavericks according to your taste and niche. Make sure that you like their stuff, and that it has some connection to your own. You can only network awesomely with someone who’s riding a similar wave of taste. If you have found them – proceed to phase 2.
PHASE 2: Be active and dominate their trails
You have found the right people, now what ?
You become more active then Radioactive-Man and follow their trails.
- Be a regular on their blog, and comment and retweet their work.
- Go to their contact page and write a personal compliment, be specific:
Hey Mars, I luv your blog – especially the latest post where you talk about that weird marketing technique ! Your style is awe-some.
- Monitor their tweets and find the places they usually hang around. If they use Disqus, it’s even better. Click on their avatar and dive into their profile – you will see the blogs they frequently visit on the left sidebar:
You visit these blogs and leave a comment, on a consistent basis. Same thing here – make sure you actually like these blogs and add valuable messages.
Rinse and repeat. Become an active member on their blog and the blogs they visit.
PHASE 3: Be a consistent child of a gun
You know this isn’t a one time thing – being persistent (but not obsessive) should be your daily morning mantra. In the first days or weeks, you might not see a difference – but after 2 – 3 weeks you’ll have invaded your target’s consciousness. The person will have no choice but to notice you, and he or she will think: Damn, this blogger is everywhere nowadays –who is he ? What is he doing ?
Booom.
Mind infiltration successful !
Now is the moment where the true magic happens – you can engage in twitter conversations, propose a guest post or do whatever you want to do.
It’s a human principle that the more you show up, the more people get used to you. Even if you own the most outrageous blog, and craft the ultimate killer-content – when you start out you are just a stranger, just like everyone else.
You have to gain respect and trust first.
Instead of visiting random blogs, be more strategic – the fun way.
By picking your influential targets and dominating their trails, you will spread your influence faster then an Ipad launch.
To them, it will look like you are EVERYwhere, when in fact you have just invaded their part of the web space. Don’t spread wildly, concentrate your precious energy on the important ones.
Happy invading.
What do you think ?
And please RETWEET and share this method !
