Lessons
Promise of This Class
17:29 2Class Introduction
12:24 3Identifying Your Dream Customer
10:19 4How To Engage With Your Dream Customer
20:08 5Assess Your Marketing and Engagement
26:17 6How to Find the Gap in Your Market
13:27 7How to Create Content Your Dream Customer Wants
17:29 8How to Prepare for Your Social Media Branding Photoshoot
07:22What to Expect From Your Social Media Branding Photoshoot
38:40 10How To Create Real Time, Behind-the-Scenes Marketing
29:30 11Social Media Bootcamp Hot Seat
11:51 12How to Guarantee Social Media Success
47:41 13Audience Hot Seats
13:22 14The Secret of Growing on Instagram
33:10 15Branded Photo Shoot Tips and Tricks
21:51 16How to Start Building Your Brand on Social Media
19:25 17Q&A
15:44 18Social Media Aesthetics
13:31 19Branding Photoshoot Reveal
26:06 20Q&A
16:03 21Hot Seat - Building an Artisan Following
09:07 22How to Write Engaging Captions For Social Media
23:21 23Hot Seat - Multiple Instagram Accounts
08:08 24Q&A
14:54 25How To Plan, Organize, and Create a Month of Posts in One Day
04:00 26Why Facebook Still Is a Powerful Platform
22:53 27Hot Seat - Showing Benefits of Products
11:45 28Q&A
07:33 29How To Use Direct Messages - Turn Followers Into Customers
22:55 30Creating Your Direct Message Strategy
07:48 31Getting Results From Your DMs
05:52 32Q&A
07:57 33Photo Shoots - Product & Family
18:39 34Using Hashtags to Grow Your Business
16:25 35Hot Seat #1 - Alicia Tisdale
05:49 36Q&A
18:33 37Planning a Month of Posts in One Day
29:53 38Indigo Tide Market & Highway 3 Business Updates
05:42 39Q&A
12:32 40Your 45-Minute Social Media Workflow
15:37 41Q&A - 45 Minute Workflow
10:33 42Hot Seat - Kayla, Balancing Being a Mom and Having a Business
05:54 43Take Action
08:51Lesson Info
Creating Your Direct Message Strategy
Now that we have created a multi-color multi-tiered cake of social media strategy, we're about to put the icing on. It's like, one of the top questions I get asked is "Jasmine, how do I get more followers?" The second question is "how do I get more customers?" Well, we're gonna talk about how we can personalize our sales experience on behalf of our business, and we're going to do that one to one. There is power in the direct message, and we're gonna talk about direct message strategy right about now. I know, what's wrong Kaitlin, you look a little scared? Yeah, this is like, "ugh, cold calling, like, I already do that." Yeah no. Yep. No, no, no, I don't believe in cold calling, girl, I believe in warm hugs. Yes. We're talking about how we create warm hugs on Instagram. What we need to make sure is that we don't wish for business, but we create business. So often business owners, specifically in the newer parts are like, "Why aren't they coming to me?" They're not coming to yo...
u because, one, number one, they don't know you, and they don't trust you, and they don't know where you are, squarely, in the authority in your field. So, how do we create business? Well, we start the conversations that you want. If you're not getting the conversations that you want, you have to give the conversations that you want, so if you want people leaving comments on your Instagram account, you have to leave comments on people's Instagram accounts. Now, just as a point of clarification, not all comments are weighted equally. You wanna make sure that the comments you are leaving have more than four words. Emojis don't count as much as words do. So, if somebody leaves, if you're just like, "Nobody's leaving a comment," and then somebody decides to leave a comment and it's just, like, a happy face emoji, you... the temptation would be to like it. Just click on it and like it. But we have to train people how to talk back to us, so it's like, "Thanks so much, I appreciate it, have a good day." Now, obviously, if you have like 100 comments, you can't do that, but if you have one or two or three, yep, this is where it happens. One to one. One to one. So, starting the conversations that you want, because what's happening on Instagram is others are so concerned with going wide, but the people I coach, I wanna go deep. You wannna dance with the boy who took you to prom. You wanna dance with the girl who took you to prom. You've just gotta dance with the people who are there with you, because so often you're just like, "I want more, I want more," but if you're not serving and going deep with your current clientele, there's so much here that could be had, that sets a foundation so that you no longer have to sell your business, they're selling for you. So, let's break this down on how do we start personal conversations? Break this down in very simple... I like the number five, I keep going back, five. So know that every application will be three or five. I like odd numbers. Okay, so, when it comes to starting personal conversations, I don't believe in cold dams. I don't believe you should be, "hey are you looking for a personalized blanket?" No. "Hey are you looking for an Amazon specialist?" No. Like I get hit up... It's so awkward. It is awkward, and people immediately are repelled from it, so how do we break this down? Well, I believe that there are five types of direct messages that we can start cultivation toward a sale strategy. Number one is the conversation starter. This is gonna be where you start building a relationship. This is literally, "I saw that you were in the Bahamas. Loved it," like, "love you photo," like... Or "which part of the Bahamas did you go to?" Yeah, absolutely, "do you have a recommendation?" Yes. Yeah. "What airport did you fly into?" That's simply starting a conversation. I always say that social media is like a cocktail hour on the Internet. If you walked into somebody and said, "Hi, I'm an Amazon resale specialist, how can I help you?" I'd be like "whoa!" If I walk into a cocktail party and be like, "I saw you went to the Bahamas, what airport did you fly into?" Oh, people will talk back to you. That's social media. Social media is a real life conversation. The second type of DM is an introduction of yourself. This is where you acknowledge them and start building trust. So this introducing of yourself could be, so, right now, Kaitlyn has a couple followers. When Kaitlyn gets more followers, how easy would it be for her to respond and say, "Hi, I'm Kaitlyn, I noticed that you followed me. Just want to introduce myself." People would be like, "What? This is crazy, this doesn't happen." "This doesn't happen," but they feel good. Absolutely. Your strategy might be a little bit different, because you guys have so many followers, you guys are getting a lot of followers all the time. You might not be able to do that for everybody. But what if you just sent five? Five a day, randomly, randomly. It's doable. It is. The third type of direct message is a thank you. You wanna compliment them, and start a one to one conversation. Right now, Kaitlyn doesn't have engagement, so if somebody did like a photo and didn't leave a comment, she can go to her likes, choose three people from her likes, and be like, "hey, I noticed you liked my photo, I'm starting a new account, it means so much to me." What? Now right over here, people who are using your hashtag, they might not have tagged you, they might not have mentioned you. Yeah, we've had that a lot. We actually do, like, and it's more people who are leaving either really, like, go out of their way to really leave, like, nice, meaningful comments, Good Or captions or whatever, and we will, like, send them a DM. That's great. Good. We need to make sure we do that all the time. And, or, creating a system, because you might not be able to do it for everybody, but it's like, what little steps can we do, everyday, to systematize it for our team. Yes. The fourth one is a collaboration. Now this is where everybody wants to go to. Listen, you cannot send a collaboration DM until this person, like, knows you, like, that's just straight out. You wanna set the foundation for collaboration opportunity. You're not going in and being like, "hey, you do baby bottles and we do baby blankets, let's collaborate." No, it's "hey, I noticed your bottles are so great." "Hey, I noticed that one of our clients just had a baby, like, you might wanna check her out because she's an influencer." "Hey, we just did a collaboration with a blogger, this is what she charged, this is what we got, thought you might wanna pass it along." And people are like, "Oh, that's great." And later on, if the end up collaborating, "We saw that you collaborated, it looked so great. If you ever wanna do a collaboration or giveaway, we would be more than loving to do that." So what do you suggest with more like, a blogger, like, same concept? Yes, like, follow them. Just the exact same? Yes, follow them, care about their life, leave comments, like their photos, go real deep with them. Talk, send them Dms about Superbowl. Send them Dms about whatever their talking about. Send them Dms about "oh, I loved your vegan cupcake recipe. I'm not a vegan but you almost tempted me." That's what we usually go in with, an icebreaker. Absolutely, but the icebreaker has to be multiple times before you go in for the collaboration. Okay, last one is to give value. This right here, these are the most powerful direct messages for brand extension. This is when you see a mom who is a follower, and she used the hashtag with another mom who's a follower in the same area, like, "hey, have you connected with these two?" Or you see a mom and she's going to Saint Martin for vacation and be like, "we just heard from one of our followers that this particular baby lotion is nonallergenic and it's 35 SPF, you should check it out." And people are like, "you have a business, and you're sending us, like compliments, like," You guys have a product where you guys can systemitize, like, the best all natural laundry detergent for the blankets, the best SPF, because you guys are doing the towels. You guys can have a set set of things that you can systemitize for your social media manager, so that when somebody posts a picture of their towel, you can be like, "hey, I see that you're packing for your trip to Vegas, you should check this out." And people are like, "whoa," that's really incredible. Cool. So, your homework will be to send each of these direct messages every day for a month. Yeah, okay. It's a lot of work. You're like, "awesome." And we have a checklist for you to keep up to date. So there's no reason to fake the bunk, there's no reason to lie, you've just gotta do the work, and we're gonna ask for you to see what those accounts are, because nothing would make me more excited than, in the course of 30 days, collaboration happens. A big customer happens. People, your accounts growing faster. Your accounts, like, more people being incentivized to share. So, the good news is that we are going to be giving you Social Curator direct message templates. We have five templates that fall right into this. You just customize, copy, paste, put them in. We're gonna make sure that you guys have that so we can, again, create a system, so that we save you.
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Nancy
AMAZING!!! Jasmine Star is not only an inspiration but also a GREAT teacher! Her system works!! I have benefited so much from her previous courses and I am SO excited to implement what I have now learned in this course. Thank you Jasmine for all you do! Thank you for caring about the success of others. You empower others to overcome their fears and need for perfection. You also empower them to reach to the next level in their business. Thank you, Thank you!! -Nancy Pauline Photography-
a Creativelive Student
And incredible class, so meticulously worked out & prepared to make it as legit as any online class can ever be. The amount of work CL team & J* has put into making this workshop is mind blowing. The idea of picking 2 businesses, working on their social platforms for 30 days exactly on the lines of what she has taught here and then presenting the stellar outcomes as proof is just incredible. I guess there is rarely any tutorial out there on the web that has put up such efforts to walk the talk & show that it is doable. And the way J* has laid it out makes this doable by anyone! Jasmine isnt the nerdy type, she knows the rules of game & plays it with heart & wins it like a boss. Am a super fan of her for exactly this reason. However, max content is focused on Insta, and little focus on FB. Her energy is vivacious, you cant doze off while she is talking. She talks like Ferrari on nitro boosters, even when she is giving impromptu suggestions or replying questions on the fly. Thankyou so much CreativeLive for everything you do and Jasmine you da boss! Wrote a lot, but this class deserves. The 1st day's lessons alone are worth the class price. Highly highly recommended.
Corrina Paterno
That was so cool.. What a great learning tool and knowing you not alone in the world of " LETS DO IT " Thank you so much and yes I would totally recommend (balling on a budget right now but will get this a.s.a.p. when done) thank you J" your the best XOXO ONE GIRLS PARTY
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