Just thought I'd drop this here today - it's about a company that has 20 (?) or so FB groups that it's currently trying to grow. The interesting thing about it is that they actually use members within the group to help them grow it, so that the burden of it growing isn't all on the admins/owners of the group alone.

I'd be interested in trying something similar, if we had enough people interested.

Here's the video overview:

https://www.loom.com/share/e7273248f6af4f5992b90523fc03caf3

tagging @ohnoo_not_her in case you're interested in trying something like this.

On further investigation, this is exactly what happened to me, even with a 2 step verification that I had installed, and apparently Facebook still hasn't fixed this problem: https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/28/facebook-users-lose-accounts-due-unknown-linked-spam-instagram-accounts/

Apparently, there is nothing I can do now, also because I don't live in the US.

I sincerely hope this will never happen to you, as it happened to large business profiles as well, as you can see in the article :-(

Take care!

Lizzy

Anyway, what I wanted to correct, again, is Jay saying that you should NEVER place your own website links on other groups.

Although I generally agree and it will probably depend on the niche: there ARE SEVERAL groups where I place at least ONE link per week to my Youtube channel or blog. Either they are private groups or public groups.

JUST READ THE RULES OF THE GROUP FIRST! Lot's of them do NOT MIND if you follow the rules and only place a link on Tuesdays only, for example, or in the weekends only. Of course, don't be ridiculous and start to SPAM a group (multiple links a day/per week), because no one likes that. 

But group moderators are just people like you and me ( I have 2 groups myself), who make their own rules. And lots of them are really helpful to the community (within limits)

This way, it happened to me before that a certain video of mine could get VIRAL from my Youtube channel, because people got engaged to it for some reason and then the algorithm pushes it up in the group! That was fantastic!

I keep wondering why Jay on WA sometimes says things that go against your chances of making money, it drives me mad.

Take a look at this screenshot for example, where I'm a member of, she even says once a week: place your links today! More than 700K members in a public group: why would you NOT do this?

(no one will 'report you' or anything like that, because it is clearly allowed and reporting you wouldn't make sense at all)

But once again: read the rules CAREFULLY!

Lizzy 

Here are the last month or so growth stats:

This group is growing at around 2K+ a day, so it's definitely going to be fun to experiment marketing to this group.

How This All Came About

Interestingly enough, both of us were in another FB group (about creating memberships) and she asked about needing help to start a membership with her decluttering group. I commented, saying I was in the same niche and was interested in collaborating/ sharing what I already knew about FB groups, if possible.

Long story short, we talked a little, and then I sent her a quick video (okay, probably 40 minutes long, haha) of a bunch of stuff I would recommend doing with her FB group (pretty much everything that I've shared with others on how to market on FB).

I literally told her that I just wanted to provide her with as much free and valuable advice as I could (because at the end of the day if what I share helps someone become more successful, then I know I've accomplished my job, regardless of whether I get any financial return out of it).

It was pretty simple stuff like how to optimize your FB group description, how to get your post seen/more engagement and more email sign ups, as well as showing her the funnel that I had and how I optimized it.

She implemented what she learned and was impressed enough to video chat with me about helping her start/partner a decluttering membership with her (which I now need to build out for her and create by the end of July, lol).

Anyways, we were messaging back and forth about something, and I jokingly (sort of, not really, haha) said that I was actually interested in buying her FB group from her, and her response actually sort of stunned me:

I like you and I feel like we csan really do something with this group. Tell me what percent do you want and for how much. You can do some now and later or as we go. I do not want to give up more than 40%.

I mean, honestly, I was pretty blown away. I probably spent the next 15-30 minutes talking with my wife how much we should offer.

After I made her an offer, she counter-offered, which I accepted, and here we are (okay, well actually then I had to quickly use AI to write up a contract that we agreed too, and now here we are).

What's The Point Of All This?

Lead with making CONNECTIONS before trying to make some CASH.

At the end of the day, whether this 40% ownership brings in more revenue or makes me go bankrupt isn't really the point.

The main point is that when I first contacted this FB member, I really had no expectations. At the end of the day, it was someone who needed help business-wise, and I stepped up and helped provide solid answers that she was able to implement immediately (which she did).

And now less than a month (?) later, we're looking at a partnership that will probably span a couple of years (if not longer) and rake in a few hundred thousand within that time frame (if I market it correctly).

This has happened time after time, in more ways that I can count.

It was just earlier this year that I shot a video review of someone's FB groups (who is in this forum), and a few months later she was actually my first web design client (which I'm still working on that course I told you I would create!)

Another lady reached out for potential collab with one of my niche sites (fashion), and while that didn't work out initially, I kept the connection open, sent her a one or two video reviews of her site and products, and then a few months ago pitched a simple idea - that she create and run a membership and I push my audience to it (and we're actually in the middle of the founding member promotion right now).

Let's even use Partha's latest Parasite SEO course. The main reason most of us purchased it was because of how helpful he was for the past 3, 4, 5+ years, giving out free advice whenever and where-ever he can.

So start building those connections!

As you continue to build out your sites (excluding your parasite SEO campaigns those of you running them), make sure to network and help other people in the niche as you are.

You'll be surprised what may just happened if you do.

Thoughts?

Now, in canva, I could have a link inserted in the actual picture/cover, but when I upload it to my facebook page, it isn't clickable anymore.

Does anybody know if it is even possible to have a clickable link in your cover?

thanks!

I want to promote as much possible my tool and scale convertor.

Lizzy