Jeff Bullas may well be Australia’s leading expert on how businesses can embrace social media marketing. No longer do you, the motivated small business owner, need to view the likes of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIN as evil, bright shiny objects that distract us from getting on with business. Social media marketing can be effective. Can generate leads. Can help you build a tribe. In my fireside chat with Jeff, you’ll discover exactly how this impossibility is actually possible.

During my fireside chat with Jeff Bullas, you’ll discover:

• A fantastic definition of social media
• The type of content that is prone to going viral on social media
• The power of turning text into images
• Why you should attribute copy and images
• How to use guest blogging to improve your social media footprint
• What the most amazing thing that’s happened to Jeff as a result of social media
• Why social media plays in to the hands of the small business owner
• Why helpful marketing is an ideal platform for social media
• How to extend what you offer from a physical product to a digital product
• The power of multi-channel marketing
• How a B2B social media strategy differs to a B2C strategy
• Who the big hitters are in social media
• The hub and spoke model
• Why Facebook is now pay-to-play
• Jeff Bullas’ secret to standing out on Facebook
• What the curiosity-gap is and how to use it to increase engagement
• How the social web is driven by email messaging
• How to choose the right social media channel for your business
• What Jeff Bullas’s favourite social media channel is
• Why tweeting every 15-minutes is critical, as is scheduling your social media
• Why evergreen content is smart marketing
• What if someone criticises your business on social media

Plus I share an exciting idea from long time listener and Forum Member, Ben Mutoli of Geelong Cable Locations. It’s a ripper and is aimed at helping you grow your business. Thanks Ben!

Yep, it’s another big show. Let’s get stuck right into episode 229 of Australia’s #1 marketing show. Go!

Episode Timeline

• 00:30  Welcome and overview of today’s episode
• 01:47  Time to check-in and see how your business week has been
• 05:18  A little sponsor love for Netregistry & 99Designs
• 07:39  A listener shares an idea that will impact your business positively
• 10:55  I introduce social media expert Jeff Bullas
• 12:55  Interview with Jeff Bullas
• 56:02  My top 3 learnings from my interview with Jeff Bullas
• 58:15  Motivational marketing quote of the week
• 58:58  Wrap-up and next week’s guest

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Resources & links mentioned in this episode

• Jeff Bullas official website
• Upworthy & BuzzFeed have cracked the social media code
• Social Oomph – What Jeff Bullas uses to schedule his social media activity
• The Motivation Manifesto – The book I’m reading by Brendon Buchard
• Need a marketing speaker? Book Timbo.

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My Top 5 Marketing Tips from my chat with Jeff Bullas:

1.  Social media is the intersection of technology and humanity. It’s simply people having conversations online!
2. Jeff’s hub & spoke model where the hub is your website which should contain all your wonderfully helpful content, and social media channels are the hubs enabling your messages to get in front of the right people.
3. Build an email list – social media marketing isn’t all about social media!
4. Tweet every 15-minutes; and tweet the same content more than once. Who would have thought!?
5. Create evergreen content that never dates.

Over to you!

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