Ecademy – A part of my marketing strategy
Facebook, Ecademy, Myspace, Xing, LinkedIn, Bebo… and many more.
The generation of networking sites has been around for some time each appealing to it’s own genre of people… and I’ve been addicted to all of them at one time or another. Now, it’s Ecademy!
Ecademy, coupled with BNI now forms the main part of my business strategy. Ecademy is daunting to use for a beginner but it’s easy to focus on getting to grips with the control that grabs you the most and move forward one step at a time exploring each aspect. Ecademy has tools for blogging, messaging, watching educational videos, listing adverts and much much more. Ecademy is also loved by Google so anything you post is on Google within around 20 minutes!!! Unfortunately, it also drops off fairly quickly, so regular contributions are a must.
In three months of using the site, I’ve had 391 Ecademy people read my profile, 110 of them talked to me, and not too many were direct sales. I’ve found a great local businessman who wants us to work together and potentially share an office later in the year. I’ve found energetic people telling me how great I am, and I’ve had the opportunity to help a large number of people. I get to advertise any special offers and people do actually read them, and often this generates leads. I get to post general information/questions or just ask for advice, and at least 3 people reply with the right answer.
In these months, I’ve gained around 8 leads in total through Ecademy, and 2 good clients. I have a small network of people I could call for advice, including a copyright lawyer, graphic designers, marketeers, accountants and many more
Ecademy is mainly a paid-for service. But it’s cheap for what it gives to me and my business. The paid service means all the Internet loiterers aren’t involved.
Ecademy is a large, constantly changing site and Google loves it! This means a link from Ecademy to your website (on your profile, blogs, adverts etc etc etc) will boost your site through the rankings. You are rewarded for contributing!
What’s the catch with Ecademy? Occasionally you get someone trying to ‘spam’ your inbox with direct and unwelcome sales literature. This has happened to me and still I turned them into a valuable contact and potential future lead.
Ecademy, like all forms of networking does of course need you to work at it, work doesn’t fall into your lap without giving some time and effort to it. But Ecademy works. You can put as much or as little effort in as you like. You can also gain as many or few leads as you like. Get onto Ecademy Now and see what I mean!!!!
Also see my Ecademy HTML Cheat Sheet – Download the cheatsheet to print and help you add some html styles to your profile, blogs and Marketplace listings.
Or upload images for use on ecademy (and even get the code! upload Ecademy images)
Ecademy Rocks!!! I dare you to try not making some good contacts!
Tags: bni, Business, ecademy, Networking
