From Cold Weather to Social Media Marketing Before it Was Called SMM | Ep. #64 - Q&A Selling Online - From Amazon FBA to Shopify, Digital Marketing and Facebook Ads
Summary: From Cold Weather to Social Media Marketing Before it Was Called SMM<br> Social Media Marketing!<br> Yes, I was doing social media marketing back in 2010 and I never even thought about it until I got today’s question.<br> I started by letting everyone know how happy I was to have plus 10 weather.<br> When I say plus 10, I mean Celsius, not Fahrenheit, that is about 50 F<br> Having such a high temperature this time of the year is not normal in this part of the country.<br> For 10 years I worked in Fort McMurray, Alberta where the winter has an average temperature of -40.<br> Yes, minus 40.<br> Actually for those that don’t know, – 40 is the same temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit!<br> I remember being on an Oil site rigging in some water pumps with -56 degrees C, and it was very windy!<br> Wind is a real killer when it starts blowing at temperatures like -56.<br> Well, that was a very hard day of work, trying to work in 5-minute intervals and running back into the pickup trucks that were left running 24×7!<br> Well, enough about the cold.<br> I still have time to read a question today.<br> The question comes from Erich:<br> I would like to start a free WordPress blog on the WordPress site (not my own domain) but I don’t like the themes they provide. Can I use a downloaded theme on there? I have seen some WordPress hosted blogs with different themes, so it looks like it’s possible…<br> Back in the day, I used to run a blog like that…<br> Actually, I went and pulled up that blog and realized I had a few!<br> One, from 2005 about me and my friends doing crazy stuff and partying a lot.<br> Another from 2006 about Poker<br> And finally, a DJ blog promoting me, as a social media promoter for a website I used to own in 2010.<br> The website was called Idol Booster and the domain was <a href="http://idolbooster.com">Idolbooster.com</a><br> Wow, I just checked and the website was completely changed but it still offers the same services!<br> What I did back then, is now called Social Media Marketing, or Social Media Promotion.<br> I would rank bands on Myspace and through comments, mentions, and glittery landing pages, promote them to all audiences.<br> I remember one band named Until Dawn, that I was able to generate 19,000 new fans in 1 month on myspace. These days that is not unheard of, but back in 2010 to promote businesses or even products, we had myspace, Google and a few million people on Facebook<br> This brings back so many memories that I even forgot to reply to Erich.<br> Since I don’t really know the answer to that question Erich, I will get you to contact me again and we can pick a domain name for your blog, I’ll buiy it and host it on my server for free.<br> Let me know if you like that idea, and please get back to me<br> <br> That is all for today<br> Please don’t forget to listen to episode 45, where I talk about <a href="http://qasellingonline.com/merch-by-amazon/">Merch by Amazon.</a><br> That was some of my SMM Social Media MArketing experience back in 010, I may talk about some experiences I had back then, in a future episode.<br> <br> Thanks<br> Quin<br> <br>
