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This video is called, Quora For Business Course – Updated By Mike Pitt. If you want to subscribe to our YouTube channel, you can . Mike Pitt is the Founder of Marketing Fundamentals Ltd, a B2B Content Marketing Agency in London.

In this video, Mike Pitt discusses, Quora For Business Course – Updated. You can sign up for the course here. 

This video will be of interest to business owners, B2B marketing managers, Content Marketing professionals, Social Media Managers and anyone who uses the Quora website to promote their B2B business.

Quora For Business Course

In January 2016,  I first published published my Quora For Business online training course. The course demonstrated how to use Quora to help people and promote your business. So far,  over 1400 people have taken the course. This month, I have added some new lectures to the course.

My updated course is available on Zenler.com. Zenler is an educational platform, you can sign up for my updated course here.

Course Updated

In this video, I explain the updates in Quora For Business Course – Updated. Click here to watch the video.

Have you started to use Quora to promote your business? What have been your best achievements on the platform? Let me know in the comments section below.

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This blog post is an answer I gave on Quora to the question, What Unusual Social Media Accounts do Bloggers Use to Promote Their Blog? I decided to share it here because I believe it will give you new ideas for blog post promotion. There are many alternatives to the usual choices of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest. In my answer I listed some of them.

Unusual Social Media

Hello

Thanks for the question.

I have a few suggestions for you but I should start by stating that unusual social media is fairly subjective. My assumption is that your list of usual would include Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google + and Pinterest. With that clarification, here are my suggestions:

1. Mix.com  ( Think of Mix.com as StumbleUpon 2.0). If these words mean nothing to you this post will help, StumbleUpon is Dead.
2. Flipboard: News for our time – Technically it’s an app and not a Social Media platform.
3. Steemit – Steemit definitely is a social media platform and it is one that is powered by Blockchain technology. It is the largest of the social media platforms powered by Blockchain technology.
4. If you would like more information on Blockchain technology or the 12 other social media platforms that use Blockchain technology you can read my post here, The New Wave: 13 Social Media Platforms Powered by Blockchain

You can use all the platforms above to promote your blog but your first step would be to identify whether your intended audience uses those platforms.

Good luck and best wishes!

Quora

Do you use Quora? It is the perfect platform for you to ask me a question; we could then start a conversation that could result in a meeting or phone call if you are overseas. I look forward to hearing from you on Quora.

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This video is called, I’m Back on Quora By Mike Pitt.   . Mike Pitt is the Founder of Marketing Fundamentals Ltd, which is a B2B Content Marketing Agency in London.

In this video, Mike Pitt explains that he’s Back on Quora; Quora is a Questions and Answers platform. Hear Mike’s thoughts on why he took a break from Quora and what his approach will be now that he is back  in the video.

This video will be of interest to business owners, B2B marketing managers, Content Marketing professionals, Social Media Managers and others who use Content Marketing and Social Media to promote their B2B business or organisation.

Back on Quora

A couple of years ago, I was very active on Quora. I was answering two or three questions per day and then I had to take a break. I took a break because I was getting inundated with questions that were asking me to complete projects and to give detailed answers to strategic questions. Questions that really should come through my business, Marketing Fundamentals Ltd; people were being cheeky and asking for a full scope of work on Quora. I did not want to give out free consultancy via Quora, I was happy to give out guidelines and pointers but not to complete chargeable work for free. People were asking very specific questions about their own projects rather than general questions.

Now that I am becoming more active on Quora again, I will make a judgment on a question by question basis in terms of the information being requested. If you are considering using a B2B Content Marketing Agency, Quora is the perfect platform for you to ask me a question, that could then develop into a conversation and a subsequent meeting or phone call if you are overseas. I will see you on Quora!

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This is blog post 328. This blog post is an answer I gave on Quora to the question asked in the title,  How Important are Hashtags on Twitter in 2015? It is an interesting question. There is a general feeling among non users and light users of Twitter that hashtags are no longer relevant. As a Social Media platform Twitter is constantly evolving and the general consensus seems to be that hashtags are somehow passé. This point of view that hashtags are ‘so 2012’ is conveyed brilliantly in this sketch from Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake.

Image Credit: The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon – NBC

There was a time when hashtags were being overused and by that I mean too many being included into one particular tweet. In some cases tweets were being composed entirely of hashtags but poor usage on the part of some Twitter users did not mean that hashtags had become irrelevant.

In actual fact hashtags are still important in 2015 because they enable Twitter users to join conversations other Twitter users may be having around the same topic that you are tweeting about. This still works today.

Consider one of the most famous hashtags of recent years #BringBackOurGirls. This was a hashtag created after around 300 Nigerian schoolgirls from Chibok were kidnapped in mid April 2014. There was a slow response from the Nigerian government to the kidnapping by Boko Haram and a series of international protests were held around the world. At the same time #BringBackOurGirls began trending on Twitter and by 11th May it attracted 2.3 million tweets. Clearly, the hashtag helped to spread the news of the kidnapped girls.

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Two online resources will help you track the popularity of any particular hashtag. The first is called hashtags.org . This resource will confirm tell you how many tweets per hour have been sent using a particular hashtag. Simply type your hashtag into the search box at the top of the home page. The second great resource is Hashtagify.me – Search And Find The Best Twitter Hashtags – This site helps you find the best hashtags related to a particular topic. Both resources can be used for free. We use them to identify the most effective hashtags for our clients’ tweets.

Best practice use of hashtags is not to include too many in a single tweet. One or two is better than three. Use the tools above to research the hashtags that are likely to give you most traction and extend your reach on Twitter.

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Quora v LinkedIn Groups: Which is More Effective? By Mike Pitt. This is video No. 136 and blog post number 326. Mike Pitt is the Founder of Marketing Fundamentals Ltd. Marketing Fundamentals Ltd is a B2B Content Marketing Agency in London. In this tutorial Mike Pitt assesses the benefits of Quora vs LinkedIn Groups from the perspective of a professional services firm intending to establish its thought leadership credentials and build its reputation. Quora is thought to have has approximately 100 million monthly active users (no official numbers have been released) and LinkedIn has 300 million monthly active users.

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1. Who uses Quora?

High profile users include:  Michael Bublé , Stephen Fry  and Ashton Kutcher  who is an angel investor for many technology companies as well as a successful Hollywood actor.

2. What sort of questions are asked?

Here’s a fairly typical question on Quora:

Startup Advice and Strategy: What is the best advice for a young, first-time startup CEO?

When you click on the link above you’ll see the detailed answers I referred to.

3. What is the opportunity for professional services firms?

To use the words of Mark Twain, “People do business with those they know, like and trust. ” Quora is a great opportunity for you to demonstrate your company’s expertise and integrity by answering questions relevant to your business or enterprise. In doing so you will build your profile and a level of trust in the minds of your target audience. There is also probably less activity from your competitors on Quora than there will be on Twitter and LinkedIn, for example.

4. What should you do on Quora?

Create a profile with links to your business site and Social Media profiles and begin answering questions. You’ll find that the more you answer the more you’ll be asked to answer directly . When relevant it is acceptable to mention a resource (book, course or workshop) that you have created providing it answers the question being asked. Best practice in that case would be to give an answer to the question and then refer to your available resources. It’s important that you remember that you are on Quora to create relationships and build trust so steer clear of overt sales messages.

We hope this information has been useful to you. Do you need help creating an effective strategy for your business or organisation on Quora?  If you’d like to talk to us about using Quora to connect with your target audience give us a call on +44 845 2264 247 or email us via mail@marketingfundamentals.com

Best regards,

Mike Pitt

Founder & CEO

Marketing Fundamentals Ltd

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