Today I am embarking on a new project with my friend, Michele Valencia. We are going to track our social media activity for the next 6 months to see if our online presence increases with consistent, focused effort.
We have developed a social media plan. We are also going to be posting a lot of video. In fact I’ll be posting a video that I did a few days ago of me describing how to use a pen. I know that has nothing to do with what I do but it is fun and shows that it’s not necessary to put up professional video to get exposure.
To begin I am going to list below my current “stats” on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube & Klout. As well as the result of a search of my name on Google, Yahoo and Bing. Finally is my current Alexa ranking for my site http://billwalker.com.
Social Media Presence – July 1, 2011
- Facebook – 896 Friends
- Twitter
- Tweets – 833
- Following – 577
- Followers – 572
- LinkedIn – 91 connections
- YouTube
- Videos – 0
- Videos Views – 0
- Klout Score – 51
- Google Rank
- Search for Bill Walker – Top of 2nd Page
- Search for Bill Walker Publisher (Musician) – Top of 1st Page
- Yahoo Rank
- Search for Bill Walker – Top of 2nd Page
- Search for Bill Walker Publisher (Musician) – Top of 1st Page
- Bing Rank
- Search for Bill Walker – Top of 2nd Page
- Search for Bill Walker Publisher (Musician) – Top of 1st Page
- Alexa Rank
- 9,840,687
- Sites Linking in – 4
The goal is to post at least 1 blog per day and 15 videos per month. I know this is very aggressive, especially when compared to my lack of blogging the past several months. I’m also going to post a minimum of one status update on Facebook , Twitter, & LinkedIn as well as comment/reply to a minimum of one person every day.
The biggest goal for me will be to try and increase my Alexa ranking several million spots by the end of the 6 month experiment. I would really like to be in the top 1 million sites by Dec. 31st. This is very ambitious but will be a lot of fun!
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