Boobs, Trends and Facebook Money - feedback appreciated

[Rob Toth]

I wrapped up a new report. One that I had a lot of fun compiling and have been meaning to piece together for months now but never sat down for it.

"Boobs, Trends and Facebook Money:
Tapping the Disturbingly High ROI Potential of the Internet’s Largest and Most Visited Website"

It's free (and will stay that way). But for these first few days, it's also direct access. No squeeze page yet since I'm doing first round of promos internally.

This post is indeed a soft-sell for my freebie reading... but I also am genuinely curious on your thoughts. Namely: "was it a useful read".

Webpage: http://www.fbmoneyreport.com

(It JUST went live and you guys are actually the first ones I'm telling. I haven't even sent the email to my subscribers or posted it on my own Facebook yet.)

[citrus]

I've always been pretty resistant to the idea of using social networking sites as business tools. I don't doubt their efficacy...it's just not my cup of tea.

I agree with you on Twitter, btw...like the Dragons often say in the Den: "I just don't see the business, and for that reason, I'm out." The very nature of the site limits their capacity for adaptation.

Why tweet when you can just update your FB status? It's virtually the same thing, except you're not limited to 140 characters on FB and it's way more interactive.

You know what impresses me the most about FB though? Amongst (relatively) young people such as myself, FB has made traditional email communication virtually obsolete. NOBODY emails each other anymore...it's all FB messages and events.

But yeah, given all the benefits of FB as a business tool, I still don't see myself using it, at least in the near future, for my business. Heck, I don't even use it that much for personal stuff.

All that said, however, I loved the report. I've never really thought of creating a second profile for business use, but I may consider it now. FB ads are still out of the question for me though...baby steps ;)

Anyway, thanks for the report, Rob. Moar please!

(BTW - Did anyone see that Dragon's Den pitch for MoarBooks.ca? Hilarious!)

[Rob Toth]

>> (BTW - Did anyone see that Dragon's Den pitch for MoarBooks.ca? Hilarious!)

How far back is that? I might have missed it.

The Bucket List guys who were on there a month ago (??)... I know that entire little entourage. It was interesting seeing them on there.


NOTE regarding the report for "product launch" and JV Notify peeps...
check page 50 of the report.

[citrus]

Season 5, Episode 1 ;)

[ianlian]

Really amazing report.

I will try "create a Group and build that" for product launch in the report.

I'm glad to see you quote the $1 facebook ad tactic I posted here days ago.

Looking forward to your coming reports.

Ian

[Rob Toth]

@Curtis ... I just catch a few episodes here and there. Don't even know what season we're in, lol. Maybe I'll YouTube it to see if I can find the snippet.

@Ian... Definitely thanks for posting it in the first place. They didn't talk of actual ROI which, for their model, would be tougher to track either way. But it was a great example of how to use trending topics, relevant imagery to pull in massive volumes of uniques visitors for low cost per click.

[Phil Halloran]

Was already well aware of the marketing takeover of Facebook (I had a Writer's Craft teacher that functioned as a Marketing teacher, bless her heart). Any smart person with enough money to take advantage of Facebook should do it as soon as possible.

Can anyone say goldmine?

[Laurie Rogers]

Well as Scott Rewick has shown us Rob, FB is a pretty profitable place to be, even if you're not using it for your own business. I am certainly not complaining over here about the profits I've been making on there lately, even though they aren't HUGE yet, none the less I am pretty satisfied with my ROI's. With that said, Media Mentor's is definitely a program/product worth investing in along side FB.

Oh and P.S. Rob you are using my friend's boobie's on your page lol

[Laurie Rogers]

And just a little tid bit, if you're really iffy about investing money into FB for advertising, some hosting companies offer up some FB credits - $50 or $100 and play around with that for a bit before you dip into your own pocket. I logged into my hosting account last week after doing a webinar with Scott, to add another domain and saw the big banner staring right at me, $100 FREE Facebook credits, a light bulb went off in my head and thought, "hey I may as well use it up" .. I wasn't iffy by any means, because Scott is really thorough in media mentors, even the webinar Rob hosted with him the other night was really thorough and detailed, but if you're still skeptical look into your hosting company and see if they offer that.

[Rob Toth]

>> P.S. Rob you are using my friend's boobie's on your page lol

??

so does that mean I own your friend royalties for her cleavage?

That would be a fun invoice to show to my accountant.

[Dwayne K]

Thanks for the sharing Rob!

I Love the Facebook Vs. Porn stats.

DK

[Laurie Rogers]

>> P.S. Rob you are using my friend's boobie's on your page lol

??

so does that mean I own your friend royalties for her cleavage?

That would be a fun invoice to show to my accountant.


I am going to ask her to be sure, but I am pretty certain that is her picture taken a few years ago.

"and here is my boob bill for the month"


Some have worse lol

[vivek narayan]

Hey Rob,
It must say that it was an excellent read.Great research,nicely compiled.

I agree to the fact that Facebook and other social networks are where the future of internet marketing lies.Facebook,actually combines all the excellent features of e-mail,photo sharing and microblogging.Here Curtis is spot on in noticing that Facebook "Status Update" is much better than tweeting a message(which can have only 140 characters at the most and allows very little interaction).

Among the social networks,there is no player to give FB serious competition.LinkedIn is too professional,Myspace has almost died and Youtube is a little more specific. Last year Twitter saw an unprecedented growth and seemed to be inching ahead but now it's stagnating.The reason behind Twitter's stagnation is it's relative lack of flexiblity.Their restriction in the no. of chatracters one can have in his/her tweets ,plus the lack of interactive features ,take the personal touch out of their platform and make it almost mechanical. One doesn't have much chance to engage one's followers unless he re-directs them to a website or blog.

FB on the other hand has many viral features to allow one to engage a lot no. of people in his conversations.For now this platform seems perfect to increase brand awareness,build a loyal customer base and add value to your existing customers.

Now more and more people are using FB's private messaging facility to interact with their family,friends and professional circle and this has led to a decrease in the use of e-mail ,which is certainly going to have a severe impact on e-mail marketing in the near future.We are certainly going to be more dependent on FB to interact with our peospects in coming days.
Best Regards,
Vivek

[Laurie Rogers]

Here's an infographic that was just posted on mashable recently
http://mashable.com/2010/12/30/facebook-shares-infographic/
http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2010-addthis-trends-infographic.jpg

[Laurie Rogers]

sorry for the gigantic image everyone, it didn't look that big on their site or even when I grabbed the image url. But I did think it was useful for this topic.

[rhonnee1]

How many Facebook fan pages are we allowed to create?

Anyone had any experience creating more than 5 are have been not banned in the last 6 months?

[Dwayne K]

sorry for the gigantic image everyone, it didn't look that big on their site or even when I grabbed the image url. But I did think it was useful for this topic.


I'm at bit of a stat junkie and was not
thinking about the size of the images ;)

D

[chris keller]

i use fb ads to promote our product and website. its amazing how much traffic and clicks fb delivers. I like it because of the hyper geo targeting options. I can choose the smallest of niches to target. those who like real estate,donald trump,investing,etc. I have like 30 targets so i know the people who click it are serious about real estate investing and short sales.

good stuff and info,

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