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Practical Tips in Becoming an
Influential Blogger
Janette Toral
http://www.influentialblogger.net

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Building Tribes
• Tell a story • Lead a movement
– Who are you upsetting? – Who are you leading?
– Challenge the status quo – Establish a culture.
• Connect a tribe • Everyone is important.
– Who are you connecting? – Being a leader gives you
– Stage 1 to 5 charisma.
• Life sucks
• Make change
• My life sucks
• I’m great – Commit
• We’re great
• Life is great

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• Bring out the best in others.
• Get recognized.
• Outperform.
• Overcome life's challenges.
• Enjoy better health.
• Be a top choice (win life's popularity contests: job, relationship, friendship).
The Likeability Factor by Tim Sanders

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Social influencers
• People who have influence on their peers
heavily influenced by the quality and volume
of content they share online to their peers.
– Referent influencers
– Expert influencers
– Positional influencers (peers)
Source: Social Media Marketing for Dummies
(Shiv Singh)

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Effectiveness Web 2.0
• Search
• Talk or Write
• Share

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Mindmap by Janette Toral
http://www.bloggingfromhome.com

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Mindmap by Janette Toral
http://www.bloggingfromhome.com

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Twitter 101
• Account / Handle • Retweets (RT)
– Ownership of brand – Explicitly request
• Following – Valuable info
– Follow back if objective – Articles about Twitter
is building relationship (and social media)
– Twinfluence.com and • Direct message
WeFollow.com
• Replies
– Provide helpful advise
– Don’t be defensive

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Twitter stream

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facebook

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http://developers.facebook.com/plugins

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Source: Flowtown.com

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Source: Flowtown.com

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Source: Flowtown.com

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Mindmap by Janette Toral
http://www.bloggingfromhome.com

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Challenges
• Question to self
– Can you conquer yourself?
– Will you be a better person?
– Will you be mature enough to admit your mistake and
rectify them?
• Taking things to the next level
• Can you do better than the last time?
• Will you be willing to sacrifice your own interest for the sake of
the community?
• Can you help others who are still starting?
• Can you help others when they are down or at their weakest?

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Building Power and Influence
• Pick a niche
• Share what you know
• Be different and stand out
• Forge alliances
• Be featured
• Appear in search engine results

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Experience joy when others succeed.
(in whatever value you provide)
(whether you get recognized or not)

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Thank you!
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