How To Turn Followers Into Customers - with Jerry Potter
Feb 9, 2024
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Jerry Potter, social media marketing expert and founder of Five Minute Social Media, discusses strategies to grow social media following, choosing the right platform, converting TikTok followers into customers, podcast discoverability, impactful books, and the importance of promoting through email for selling courses and memberships.
Focusing on one social media platform can drive more people from being strangers to becoming customers, as scattering efforts across multiple platforms can slow down the buyer journey and lead to a fragmented marketing strategy.
Success on any social media network is possible by considering where your target audience is, whether you want to compete in a crowded space or a smaller pond, and enjoying the chosen platform to make content creation consistent and authentic.
Deep dives
The Power of Focusing on One Social Media Network
Jerry Potter, a social media expert, shares an underrated social media hack: focus on one social media network. Many people try to be present on all social media platforms, but by narrowing your focus, you can drive more people from being strangers to becoming customers. Jerry explains that when you scatter your efforts across multiple platforms, it slows down the buyer journey and can lead to a fragmented marketing strategy. Instead, by concentrating on one platform, you can nurture your audience and guide them towards making a purchase more effectively.
Choosing the Right Social Media Platform
Jerry suggests that success can be achieved on any social media network, regardless of stereotypes about age groups or demographics. Instead of following popular choices or industry trends, he advises considering where your target audience is hanging out. Additionally, it's important to assess whether you want to be in a crowded space with competitors or differentiate yourself by being in a smaller pond. Lastly, Jerry highlights the importance of enjoying the platform you choose, as it will make your content creation more consistent and authentic.
The Date Framework: A Buyer Journey Applied to Social Media
Jerry introduces the Date Framework, which is a unique approach to social media marketing that helps guide people through the buyer journey. With the stages of Discovery, Acquaintance, Talking, and Enchanted, the framework tailors the content and communication to effectively move strangers to buyers. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the phase your audience is in and customizing your messaging accordingly. Jerry also explains how different social media platforms cater to specific stages of the buyer journey, and highlights the limitations of platforms like TikTok when it comes to guiding users along the path to purchase.
Avoiding the Mistake of Treating All Audiences the Same
One of the biggest mistakes Jerry sees in social media marketing is the tendency to talk to everyone in the same way. He emphasizes the importance of segmenting your audience based on their stage in the buyer journey. Customizing your content and messaging to cater to each phase, from strangers to those enchanted by your brand, can significantly improve engagement and conversion rates. By understanding where your audience is on their journey and speaking to them accordingly, you can create a more effective and personalized social media strategy.
Welcome to "The Art of Selling Online Courses" podcast! Today's guest is Jerry Potter, social media marketing expert and founder of Five Minute Social Media.
While employed at a marketing agency, Jerry faced a crucial decision: either discover ways to achieve significant social media outcomes with minimal effort or risk termination.
Thankfully, he managed to retain his job and began disseminating his insights on YouTube, establishing Five Minute Social Media.
Today, boasting a subscriber base of over 150,000, Jerry has successfully empowered nearly a million individuals globally to undertake their own social media marketing endeavors, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency.