International Connections – How Social Networking Linked Me

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Using MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram, I got myself linked to many people who are clearly interested in what I do. That being said, I will not be talking about how, but why connecting to many people works its way automatically and gets your chances higher in the numbers game. Okay, I might talk a little bit about how, as well.

What is the numbers game?

Possibilities. The numbers game is taking the success percentage, and using that piece of information to do more. If out of every 100 Facebook friends, you get one client per month, try raising that number to 200, and notice if you do get two clients per month. You didn’t get luckier. Your work didn’t get better. You, simply, raised your chances. Every single place you share your work will gain you supporters who like your own style. When you have “friends,” “followers,” “fans,” and “subscribers,” you’re guaranteeing yourself that those people are a click away from viewing your next project. Those people made the commitment to believe in you and want to see what you have to offer next.

Don’t disappoint them.

When numbers add up, your percentage of possibilities might change, but you will still be gaining more. Once you get a hold of the best method to get new fans who want to see more of your work, which is entirely on you, you need to start publishing work.

According to Facebook and YouTube statistics alone, my fans are from the USA, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Armenia, Russia, United Kingdom, Belgium, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, France, UAE, Mexico, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Poland, Morocco, Brazil, India, Spain, Japan, Estonia, Austria, Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Lithuania, Indonesia, Romania, Kuwait, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Luxembourg, Iran, and Palestine.

What do these countries do for you?

Well, each country I mentioned above has at least one person following my work. Basically, when I release a music video, someone from all of those countries will actually be NOTIFIED that I have a new video, or new work published! That, alone, is amazing. The numbers are way higher than one person per country, by the way, but you do get the point. Now, if I used this to my own benefit, I could dedicate each of my pieces for one of those countries, and have the fan base there expand by having those people living there re-posting the work and their friends seeing it all. Facebook allows people to “like” your content. When the content is liked, their friends will get to see that “action” in their “activity” feature built-in on their Facebook homepage and be linked to your content. A random person will log on to Facebook, see your picture on the homepage, decide to view it hopefully, and will be making that physical choice of clicking on your work!

Needless to say, if your work is good, those new people will not only “like,” but real-world like your work, and you will get the extra fans that way. Using what you have and what’s available to you, you can push your name way higher than you even imagined it to be. You also need to understand, if we’re talking 10% action, out of the 100,000 people who “pass by” your work, 10,000 will consider following, and only 1,000 might follow. Out of the 1,000 followers, 100 will check your next project. Out of the 100, 10 might be interested in the project. Out of the 10 interested people, 1 might buy the product. That is something you should consider and understand; just because someone has 10,000 followers doesn’t mean they make $10,000 a month. You can only count so much on that, but again, this is the numbers game. When you push that 100,000 I mentioned earlier to 200,000, you might have a chance of getting two, not one buyer. Never forget those are hypothetical numbers based on a fixed percentage rate that DOES NOT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. Some people might have a 25% action takers, while others might have to deal with 0.1%, if not 0%. Know and appreciate what you have, and build it. The higher you go, the better your chances.

Maximize your potential clients number by doing what you have to do to get them. Link and move around. Talk to people. 100,000 isn’t an easy number on networking websites, especially since your most famous celebrities are barely having a million likes, if they do reach to that number, on their Facebook fan pages. Work hard, and believe in yourself. When your percentage of activity is something as low as 0.1%, don’t sit and try to add more people, but try to see what the problem is with your own method and work, instead. Once that numbers gets higher, consider maximizing your NUMBERS, instead of the percentage, at that time.

Do people in other countries really buy products?

Some do. Believe it or not, just like wherever you live, there are different class levels in every country. The same countries that a genocide occurs, there are people who can afford buying your city entirely, unfortunately. That knowledge, however, is for your own work. No, you shouldn’t support and do business with unethical people. However, that was an extreme example. Simply put, if you think one nation might be too poor to order your product, you’re wrong. Somehow, they do manage to purchase what they want. So be ready for it. Don’t offer anything to countries you can’t ship to or support customer service, by the way. That would be a hassle when you advertise to people in some country, and when you get 100 phone calls in that country’s language, asking you for help about why they haven’t received their product, it will not be a good day for both of you.

Do good. Stay good. And hopefully, this will give you the chance of maximizing your revenues as well. If it does so, please consider donating some of it to the needy. Remember, not everyone has access to information and knowledge as you do.

Another good day,

Apo Avedissian