In light of Halloween I thought I’d put together a fun little post on what we can learn from zombies. But first let’s look 
at what zombies are and when they can do.
Zombies are dead people that have come back to life that have an appetite for the human brain. Zombies are determined. They’re not fast, but they’re determined! They will do anything to sink their teeth into the human brain. In the movies you will see zombies with cut off limbs making their way to the living to eat their brains. You will even see zombies with no legs doing a military like crawl to their next meal. And if you notice once a zombie eats a brain their hunger for brains is still there. Zombies never lose their hunger!
You will also notice that zombies travel in packs. If you run into one zombie, sure enough, you will run into more. If they corner you then you’re pretty much done.
So how does this transfer into building Tribes? Well, let’s again understand the meaning of a Tribe. A Tribe is a group of people that have a shared interest and a way to communicate. In Social Media there is never just you! There is usually you and several other people…YOUR TRIBE. In our Social Media Tribes we travel around in packs to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, social bookmarking sites, etc. helping each other promote our content.
Like zombies we are not usually fast at it, but we’re thorough. We chip away little by little to get to our goal. A common trait for us Social Media Tribe members is that we’re determined and we’re going to reach our goal no matter what. Nothing is going to stop us and we will never lose our hunger!
Let’s talk about eating brains for a minute. Just like zombies we love to eat brains, but we’re just not as messy as zombies! When we go to other Social Media Marketer’s blogs and read what they are doing and gaining insight, knowledge, and strategies to better our marketing skills we are in a sense eating brains. We’re taking knowledge (what’s inside another person’s brain) “eating it (learning from it),” and digesting that knowledge so we can grow strong from it.
Then there are the mentally deranged humans that feed zombies. That would be people like me, Kary Rogney, and Ken Pickard. We’re feeding you zombies fresh brains for your enjoyment! Say what?? Let me explain…
On Facebook Kary, Ken, and I have put together business pages that promote other people’s content. If you have a blog then you are pretty much on the ball and have a good idea as to what you’re doing. So this means you probably have good content. You want that content out there, and you want that exposure. So all you have to do is go onto our Facebook business pages and post your link there and bam, you have instant exposure.
So getting back to our zombie analogy Kary, Ken, and I are feeding your brains to zombies so they can go on our business pages, click the link to your blog post, read your knowledge (eat your brain), and digest it so they can grow strong and make it to their goal.
If you want your brain eaten (if you want to post your link to your blog post on our business pages) just click the following links)…
Michael Feil’s Business Page
Kary Rogney’s Business Page
Ken Pickard’s Business Page
Ok you zombies! There’s a lot of great blogs out there! So eat up! Also Tweet this and Comment on it if you like it!
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17 Comments and Pings on Zombie Marketing: It’s Fun To Eat Brains
mmmmmmmmmmm… I love brains!!!!!!
LOL
This is great, Mike! It’s a perfect
analogy for the week we’re in, too!
Very creative and fun. Keep it coming
buddy!
Kary Rogney´s last blog ..Micro-Marketing Funnel In 4 Steps: Tools, Social Media, Promote Others, And Relationship Marketing
Brains… BRAINS!!!
I am feeling a little hungry!
Michael,
Great post and a great way to think out of the box. Which is exactly what we are doing with our fan pages.
Now back to the feeding frenzy…
Ken Pickard´s last blog ..Tribe Syndication The Accountability Factor
Awesome, FUN post…Tribe Zombie!!
Happy Halloween..it’s not as big here in Oz, but Zombies like to stick together!
LOL! Fantastic analogy, Michael!
I’m loving this Zombie Tribe…let’s go get us some more brains!
Heather
Heather Taskovics´s last blog ..Perfection: Letting Go Of The Myth And Allowing Creativity To Grow
Heather and Michelle, Zombie Tribe…it’s a “no brainer!” HA!
What a fun post…I love Halloween, dress up every year.
I thought this line was great -
“Then there are the mentally deranged humans that feed zombies.”
Love It…keep it coming
Sharlene
Sharlene,
Yes, this was a fun post to write. Obviously is was all in fun but I wanted to make some good points on our business and keep you all entertained during this holiday! Glad you liked it!
As a big Zombie Fanatic, I love this post and how it relates to our business relationships. Keep it up Mike you’re rockin!
Errol,
hey! I didn’t think Zombies related to what we do until I really thought about it, but it does make sense!
Mike,
Thank you so much for the tips!! I truly appreciate your leadership. It’s fantastic and I am TOTALLY going to take this advice!
Thanks man! Keep Rockin!
Eleni
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Eleni,
Thanks for the comment! I am glad you enjoyed the post!
I love eating brains…Brilliant…That’s what we are here for. The student becomes the teacher. It’s about time we implemented all of our strategies from the brain feast
Nick Logan´s last blog ..Blogging Tips…Your VERY 1st Step
Hi Mike,
Great to meet you. I’m currently working with Terry and wanted to drop you a line to say hi. Great blog you’ve got here, so keep up the fantastic work!
I’ve added your RSS feed to my reader so I know when you post new blog posts. I can then head on over here and drop you a comment.
I’ll be joining your tribe also.
Speak soon,
Thanks
Gavin
Gavin Mountford´s last blog ..I Am Now A Married Man
Hey Mike,
The Zombie Tribe, now that sounds like a great song in the making. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM
This is a great post that everyone should read and act on.
Content Syndication Partnerships are indeed a very powerful means to market. Thanks for the Mike. Now I think I going have some brains and eggs…
You have a choice so, make it a better than terrific day!
Terry
Terry Petrovick´s last blog ..Top 5 Productivity Tools for Network Marketers and Online Marketers
Good article blog. Thank you for your help!
I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. WoW
Just because halloween is long past does not mean that you forgot about us marketing zombies?
I found this post a bit late in the game but had so much fun reading it as I am an avid zombie movie and game fan! It was great how you related it to the way we use social media to interact and relentlessly pursue our goals. So many simularities, I guess we all have a little bit of zombie in us somewhere.
Glad I found your blog from doing zombie search because you have awesome information that I can use to help my zombie fan biz and you offer the info in a very easy to digest way (tips and Info… not Brains that is ) sorry I couldn’t resist
Thanks Michael,
Dusty zombie
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