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Now these virtual pin boards are much like a corkboard of sorts where you are building a collection of images based on certain topics of interest. But know what you want to do and don't go crazy about doing just any ol' topic that you find interesting for yourself.

If you're doing a personal account, then I would say go for it...Choose whatever topic you like. However, you may want to be more calculated when it comes to your business and what you're trying to build with your brand. The only exception to this is if your name is the brand so a personal account is one in the same.

And the best word to describe what you should focus on when creating your boards is to think...Lifestyle. You don't want to be overbearing about what you are offering. What you do want to give your visitors is the experience of what you do or what your company does.

So speak more to the lifestyle of your business. The results of being a part of your company or the inner workings of what happens to the people involved with your business.

If it is just you, then great, show pictures of yourself. You can also show images of what you do inside the business. But you can also feature activities outside the business as well. Again, give Pinterest users the full experience.

What does it look like to be you? What does it look like when you're running your business? Bring people into your world visually and you'll be on the right track.

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As a website flipper, your main objective is to build websites that will generate consistent profits, but you also need to look at the bigger picture, growing your online business.

One of the easiest ways to do this is by building a newsletter around your website releases. Incorporate an opt-in box so that visitors can sign up for notification of upcoming websites, as well as receive discounts for repeat purchases. Not only will you be able to maximize your sales but you'll dramatically reduce the time it takes to sell your site.

But building a list is far more beneficial than just giving you the opportunity to connect with your target audience.

You can actually collect incredibly valuable information from those that join your list, such as what types of websites they are most interested in, what themes, topics and styles.

You can also run 'custom offers', where you are able to generate business from those who are interested in hiring you for private developments, a common way for new flippers to maximize their income, while building up a portfolio of websites they've sold.

Keep your squeeze page simple, with a strong headline, bullet-point listing of the benefits of joining your list, and your opt-in box. You can also add a privacy page and contact page should visitors be interested in asking you questions.

For maximum exposure, consider adding a thumbnail with a direct link to your website listings each time you post a new site so that visitors to your squeeze page can quickly see what you currently have available.

You also want to make sure to keep in touch with your subscribers, even during periods where you are not developing sites, so consider emailing them with useful content, tools that can help them with their business, tips, and resources to continue building that relationship and your brand!

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Chapter 5 Other Facebook Marketing Strategies

Given all of the information mentioned in the past sections, you may already be thinking that everything that can be said about Facebook marketing has already been said, but this is far from the truth, as there are other Facebook strategies that you can use to generate traffic and increase lead conversion. The important thing is for you to engage your community and encourage them to participate in any events and activities that you plan on hosting, even if these events are only online.

Create Facebook Groups

Facebook Groups is actually the predecessor of the Facebook Fan pages. While it’s true that Groups does not provide as much interactivity and flexibility compared to fan pages, these still have a certain appeal, especially if you’re interested in developing a community within Facebook.

Like fan pages, Facebook Groups allow the group members to interact with each other and discuss topics that they are interested in, share photos, videos, and links, and other such activities. Unlike fan pages that only allow the members themselves to become followers, Facebook Groups allow members to invite those in their network to join the group, thanks to Facebook Groups’ built-in “Invite” feature, and it even allows you to send messages directly into the inbox of the members of the group. Another perk offered by Facebook Groups is that the groups a person is a member of will appear on his or her profile page, providing an opportunity for more clicks, since other individuals can click on the group’s link on the profile page to see what the group is about.

The downside of FB Groups is that it limits the number of members who can be part of it. Currently, groups are allowed to have a maximum of 1,500 members. Should it surpass that number, Facebook will automatically remove the group owner’s ability to send messages to the group, practically rendering it unusable.

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As a blogger, you can make money by promoting affiliate products on your website, by growing a list that you can promote your own products and services to, and you can even make money by joining blog project databases, where you are paid for writing about new launches, providing feedback on company products, or in offering paid reviews for other new bloggers who are interested in gaining traffic from you.

Of course, how much money you can make will ultimately depend on how much traffic you are able to generate to your website.

The more traffic, the more lucrative your blog will be to potential paid sponsors, and of course, with consistent traffic you can make money through commissions from affiliate products that are purchased through your referral.

As someone who has been blogging for over five years, I always recommend to new bloggers that they focus on growing traffic before ever trying to monetize their blogs.

You need to build a reputation within your market, generate as many back links as possible, and push your website out in front of as many potential prospects as possible before you focus on making money from your blog. You need a captive audience, a loyal following, and return visitors who find your website informative, useful, interesting and worth returning to time and time again.

Once you have solidified yourself within the blogging community, you can then take it a step further by implementing money-making strategies into all areas of your blog, but you need to lay the groundwork first and focus on generating a steady stream of traffic to your website.

That being said, even from the birth of your website there are a few things that you should do that can be monetized in the future. One of these things involves building a list.

While you may have an RSS subscription option on your website, you need to take it a step further by implementing an autoresponder opt-in form on your site that captures your visitors information and lets you stay in touch with your subscribers.

By doing this, you are able to grow a relationship with your target market, and once you have developed that relationship, you can begin to make money with direct offers, affiliate products and referrals even before your blog is generating a lot of traffic.