[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/","headline":"50 Tips on How To Make Money With Social Media","name":"50 Tips on How To Make Money With Social Media","description":"If you are working with social media and aren’t sure why it’s not making money, why you can’t measure a return on investment or you just cannot track it, here are 50 tips on how to make money with social media.\u00a0 If you have any other things you’d like to add to this list, please […]","datePublished":"2013-06-17","dateModified":"2013-06-17","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/#Person","name":"Adam Riemer","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/author\/adamriemer\/","identifier":2,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda62f751f2a6c2ec2b079fedff69720852e4a65633212ffb11832454c29160a?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/arm-logo-2.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"url":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/","commentCount":"4","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2013-06-19 08:28:34","description":"Hi Guarav,\n\nI'd be happy to in a future post.  I'm going to break most of these out and eventually do a post about each one.  \n\nAdam","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2013-06-18 19:40:22","description":"Can you explain briefly that \"how can i use my space to get traffic for my SEO,  blogging and make money niche blog?\" Can you give me an article or a short message, so i can use this platform too for marketing purpose.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gaurav Sharma","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2013-06-18 06:33:51","description":"Thanks Gail.  This post was a brain test for me.  I gave myself less than 1 hour to write and publish it.  I sat down and started typing 1 through 50 off the top of my head and hit publish.  I'm definitely going to use it to go into more details and break it out by category.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2013-06-18 00:53:30","description":"Great tips, Adam. I definitely agree with #50 and wish my collaborators would remember to do that more often. You don't always get to choose when something goes viral and the faster you push it the better it will do. Your window of opportunity is not very long. \n\nWe could use how-to posts for #3 and #20.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gail Gardner","url":"http:\/\/GrowMap.com"}}],"about":["Social Media"],"wordCount":2555,"keywords":["how to make money with social media","make money with social media","making money with social media"],"articleBody":"If you are working with social media and aren’t sure why it’s not making money, why you can’t measure a return on investment or you just cannot track it, here are 50 tips on how to make money with social media.\u00a0 If you have any other things you’d like to add to this list, please feel free to leave a comment below.\u00a0 Later on I’ll do a more detailed post breaking out a lot of these points and going into more detail about how to make money with social media.1.\u00a0 Use clear images that load into all channels.\u00a0 Click on your own share buttons and also copy and paste the url of your page or blog post into each major social media site.\u00a0 If your images aren’t loading or pulling, figure out why they aren’t getting pulled and get them too.\u00a0 Images can help to grab attention and drive more click throughs.2.\u00a0 Watermark your images.\u00a0 People will grab the images, spread them around and use them if they like them.\u00a0 Watermark them with your url or twitter handle or something else so that once people start stealing them, you still get exposure and credit as the person that created it.3.\u00a0 Thumbnail your videos.\u00a0 Not all social sites pull in videos.\u00a0 Others will use thumbnails in search results like Google next to your ranking.\u00a0 Make sure to have or create a thumbnail for all videos and include them in your rich snippets.4.\u00a0 Set all sharing information on every page to be shared the way you want it.\u00a0 If you have a blog or a website and you have twitter, facebook, linked in, etc… sharing, set up the share buttons when you are done creating the page or post to include the link back to your site and the wording and hashtags you would like the person to use.5.\u00a0 Make sure you recommend people share your content.\u00a0 If you don’t ask them too, some people may not think to share your content or take the time to do it.6.\u00a0 Don’t put non relevant social icons on your site.\u00a0 Page space is valuable.\u00a0 If you’re product isn’t for consumers, don’t worry about Pinterest.\u00a0 If it isn’t for B2B or business people, don’t worry about LinkedIn.7.\u00a0 Use url shorteners with tracking.\u00a0 With sites like Twitter you are limited in space.\u00a0 Affiliate Networks like Share a Sale offer url shorteners where you can track sales and clicks. \u00a0 Other shorteners ones like Bit.ly can give you more tracking and show you where people are sharing and clicking through your links.8.\u00a0 Use descriptive words that are to the point and describe what you are sharing.\u00a0 Instead of repeating the title of the post, talk about why the person should click through and what they will find.9.\u00a0 Try to gain attention with the link.\u00a0 Try to let the person know why they should click.\u00a0 If it will help a specific cause, why it’s important to you, why you are sharing, etc…10.\u00a0 Use images and videos.\u00a0 People like to look at images and videos.\u00a0 By using them with everything that is relevant you may be able to increase the click throughs on your posts.11.\u00a0 Try to make it as interactive as possible.\u00a0 My client Viewbix lets you add clickable links, newsletter sign ups and other things to your videos and when they are shared you can measure the effectiveness, etc… They also offer a free version of the player if you want to try it.12.\u00a0 Find ways to curate content easier and quicker.\u00a0 Finding tools that let you curate content and schedule posts is a huge time saver.\u00a0 My other client Pagemodo has a new tools for Facebook that can help with this.\u00a0 I also use stumble upon’s toolbar and other things to help find posts and articles to share.13.\u00a0 Use a scheduling tool.\u00a0 You can find tools that let you schedule posts and some have a dashboard like this one that will let you respond and post to multiple channels at once.14.\u00a0 Don’t forget about smaller sites.\u00a0 If you are in a specific niche and there is a social site with your audience, remember to use it.\u00a0 They won’t have as much traffic as the larger ones, but the audience can become fans, followers and can help to drive sales at a higher conversion rate.15.\u00a0 Use MySpace and other sites.\u00a0 MySpace still has a ton of traffic.\u00a0 Don’t forget about it if you have a product that could be a good fit for sites like MySpace.16.\u00a0 Build lists for posts.\u00a0 People love lists.\u00a0 They share them, recommend them and sometimes link to them.\u00a0 This can help drive sales, build backlinks and drive more traffic.17.\u00a0 Relevant landing pages.\u00a0 Make sure your landing pages match the theme of the post you are sharing on social sites.\u00a0 If you talk about one thing and your landing page doesn’t match, you may not keep them on your site.18.\u00a0 Newsletter sign ups.\u00a0 It is important to have a way to market back to people again once they’ve found your site.\u00a0 Make sure to have things like comments and newsletter sign ups on your page.19.\u00a0 Include social sharing on your landing pages.\u00a0 Make sure your landing page allows people to share it if they like the content they found.\u00a0 This can help you to drive more traffic from social media.20.\u00a0 After a post is shared, recommend other people and posts.\u00a0 You can sell ad space on your social icons.\u00a0 After someone shares on Twitter, recommend following someone else and sell the space to them for the amount of time, impressions, shares, etc…21.\u00a0 Don’t forget to respond to people.\u00a0 If someone asks a question on Twitter or other sites, don’t forget to respond to them.\u00a0 It can help build a following, make them happy and could help them to start sharing more of your content.22.\u00a0 Use it for customer service.\u00a0 If someone is complaining, their followers and friends may see it.\u00a0 By making them happy and getting them to post about it you can help to gain more attention and possibly drive more traffic and sales.\u00a0 This is a great way to make money with social media.23.\u00a0 Build a list of influencers.\u00a0 Build a list of the top influencers in your niche and try to build a relationship with them.\u00a0 If they join your following or fans it can help to boost your followers and drive more traffic.24.\u00a0 Keep everything relevant.\u00a0 If you have a Pinboard or a niche, make sure everything within it is relevant.\u00a0 If you start posting things that aren’t relevant then you may lose your readers and following.25.\u00a0 Trying doing a giveaway to get people active again.\u00a0 If you’ve noticed that your following is getting inactive, try running a giveaway to see if you can get them active again.26.\u00a0 Run a survey to find out what they want to read or hear about.\u00a0 If you’ve noticed you are getting less of a reaction on social media sites, survey everyone to see what they want to hear about.\u00a0 You can also add a prize to the end of the survey to help get more people to respond.27.\u00a0 Guest post on other sites.\u00a0 One way to build a following is to guest post on other blogs and websites.\u00a0 By being mentioned or getting a guest post on another site, you gain access to their readers and followers.\u00a0 If their followers like your content, they may follow you as well.28.\u00a0 Make sure you have clickable links back from all of your profiles.\u00a0 If someone looks at your YouTube Channel, Twitter account, FanPage, etc… make sure you give them a way to find your site.\u00a0 It is great if they follow you, but if they can get to your site then you can help to sell products and remarket to them over and over.29.\u00a0 Share your competitors posts.\u00a0 If your competitors have good quality content, share it.\u00a0 They may start sharing yours as well and you could form a relationship with them.30.\u00a0 Offer discounts.\u00a0 If your goal is to drive sales, make sure you offer discounts for the products you are talking about.31.\u00a0 Don’t always offer discounts over and over.\u00a0 If all you do is post discounts then people will get tired of them.\u00a0 You may also lose full priced sales if you constantly promote discounts on products.32.\u00a0 Don’t just post about your products and services.\u00a0 Although people are following you because they like your content, make sure you talk about other relevant things.\u00a0 If you only talk about your company or your site then people get bored and may become inactive.33.\u00a0 Don’t buy fans and followers.\u00a0 If you buy fans and followers, they may not actually have an interest or actually exist.\u00a0 This could cause advertisers to see that your audience isn’t active and that you may not be worth working with.\u00a0 It could also show the social sites that something is wrong with your account.34.\u00a0 Don’t incentivize people to follow you.\u00a0 If your goal is to make money with social media, incentivized people aren’t always real followers with an interest.\u00a0 They followed you because you paid them to or offered something for free.\u00a0 You may have more followers but they may not be relevant or shop.35.\u00a0 Use infographics and solve problems.\u00a0 Use infographics that help to solve an issue or explain something.\u00a0 By helping to solve an issue or show how to do something you help to show that you are an expert and can drive more shares and traffic.36.\u00a0 Don’t post just to post.\u00a0 If you are posting because you feel like you should, your followers will notice.\u00a0 This could end up causing them to stop following you or lose interest in you.\u00a0 Make sure your posts are relevant and something that will interest them.37.\u00a0 Include a call to action.\u00a0 If you don’t include a link or a call to action, you don’t give your followers a way to convert into a sale or lead.\u00a0 Make sure you always give a call to action if you want to drive traffic or get a response.38.\u00a0 Don’t get angry or leave negative responses.\u00a0 Make sure that you always try to give a positive response to people.\u00a0 Being friendly and helping to resolve an issue will help to make people see you or your products aren’t bad and that it is just one or a few people.39.\u00a0 Keep track of negative comments and make sure you follow up.\u00a0 Keeping track of negative responses online and making sure you follow up with them is a great way to show you are active.\u00a0 It also lets people know that you are dedicated to helping your customers.40.\u00a0 Use social media for press releases.\u00a0 By sharing news and new things about your company, your followers may enjoy being the first people to hear about them.\u00a0 They may also share them more often because they are the first to find out.41.\u00a0 Build a list of influencers you have a relationship with.\u00a0 When you have something new to announce, let them announce it first.\u00a0 It can help to keep them following you, give them something unique to share and can help them to become more active with following you.42.\u00a0 Don’t follow people just because they follow you.\u00a0 Anyone can follow you if you follow them back.\u00a0 This doesn’t always create a real or active following.\u00a0 Try to make sure the people following you are actually following you because they are interested and not just because they want you to follow them back to grow their numbers.43.\u00a0 Let people know where you’ll be speaking or which tradeshows or events you’ll be at.\u00a0 By letting them know where they can find you they may come up and talk to you.\u00a0 This is a great way to put a face with a name and make them feel closer to you.\u00a0 If they feel like they have a bond with you they may be more likely to share your content and continue to follow you.44.\u00a0 Develop a personality for your account.\u00a0 If you give your accounts a personality, people can start to bond with it and like it.\u00a0 If you have multiple people posting under your accounts, make sure they use the same tone and personality.\u00a0 This helps to build consistency and something people expect which can help to build a stronger relationship.45.\u00a0 Try to create conversations.\u00a0 A great way to get more people active and to build followers is to start a conversation with your followers.\u00a0 By having a conversation other people might be curious and join in.\u00a0 This could get you in front of more people and help get them to follow you.46.\u00a0 Cross promote other relevant sites and products.\u00a0 A great way to increase your click throughs and drive more sales is to cross promote other relevant products or products that have the same demographics for people that shop for them.\u00a0 If you notice your followers have a common interest besides what you talk about or promote, try sharing products or services that they might also want to buy.47.\u00a0 Include social sharing on emails and press releases.\u00a0 Make sure your emails and press releases have a way for people to share your information.\u00a0 You can also include links to follow you on other social sites.\u00a0 This is a great way to get exposure to new people who could become customers or follow you on social sites.48.\u00a0 Thank people.\u00a0 Don’t forget to thank people and other websites for mentioning you.\u00a0 This helps to let them know you saw it and can help to drive traffic to them.\u00a0 It could also help to make them want to share your content more often or build a relationship with you.49.\u00a0 Use long tail keywords and hashtags when you post.\u00a0 Using long tail keywords and hashtags can help your posts to stay towards the top more often and let the search engines know what your content is about.\u00a0 You may not get as much instant traffic, but you could get traffic for a longer period time and the traffic could be more relevant.50.\u00a0 If something is going viral, help to push it.\u00a0 If you notice a post or something on your site is going viral, make sure to reach out to your influencers, local media and other channels to see if they would share it as well.\u00a0 This could help give it more life and get you more traffic and sales.Learning how to make money with social media can seem tricky.\u00a0 The most important things to think about or remember are to be relevant, keep your followers and fans active and to always make sure you have a call to action when you want to drive a sale.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have an active following that trusts you and you can get them to want to share your posts and click through when you post a link, you have a good chance at building trust and being able to make money with social media.\u00a0 Thank you again for reading and please feel free to share your tips and advice by leaving a comment below or by sharing this post."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Social Media","item":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"50 Tips on How To Make Money With Social Media","item":"https:\/\/www.adamriemer.me\/social-media\/50-tips-on-how-to-make-money-with-social-media\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]