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7/10/2012 6:09:04 PM EST
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Social Media is not what you think
social media, network marketing, building relationships, information, sharing, business opportunity
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I have been online promoting my business opportunities for several years. I can remember when I first got started, I had just completed an eight month basic computer course. I purchased my first computer and set down at my desk wondering what could I use the computer for mostly, and how valuable it was to me. I checked my email and to my surprise I had more email messages than I ever would have imagined. Where is it coming from? I don't know many people who even own computers why are there so many messages? I started opening the messages and noticed most were from companies, several from people I did not know, and a few were promising me I could make money online, and much of it. Well my answer to one of my questions was answered in regard to value. How could this be? I can actually make money online using my computer! I was excited. I began to join some of the group sites and several group members participated in these by the thousands. So many people I thought to myself. This must be a popular way to make money! So I began to read the posts and some I replied to. Not many would respond. Wait a minute! I don't even have a product to sell. At least these people are introducing products. So what I began to do is check some of the product sites out to see if there was something I would be interested in. I found one and started flashing links like links were being flashed at me. Nothing happened. No one was interested in my product. I looked for yet another product and found one that was promoted in such a way I just knew it would bring me an income. I joined. I also joined several groups like MSN, YAHOO, and a couple of other individual groups. To my shocking surprise my inbox was flooded with thousands of email. I shut my computer down and went to bed trying to arrive at a remedy for handling so much email. It took me three days at 4 hour intervals to keep my email under control. This was after I withdrew from the groups. Email was coming from every direction of every friends friend and more, and then some more email. At first It made me feel important. That was no longer the case, now I'm fed up. One of my online friends told me after sharing my flooding and overflowing email problem told me not to delete them. He advised me to keep them there. He said he thrived off these type email. He also shared with me some of those emails are from newbie's. They do not know to keep their email address out of the mailings. I was advised to look through them carefully and sort out those with phone numbers and email addresses and save them designated file. This seems like a lot of work I told him. He said have you ever lived off of Spam? I said yes, it is one of my favorite sandwiches. I like mine toasted with lettuce and tomatoes and cheese. Oh, no, he said I love spam, I thrive off of it. That is why I do not have my spam filters on. Now I'm totally lost trying to imagine why he would have to filter his spam sandwich. You see, he continued. Most people hate spam. I said I know. No, he said. Spam is unwanted email. That's why they call it spam. He told me if I would sort them out and forward them to him we could make a lot of money. so this is what I did. I joined with him in his business opportunity, and he helped me build my team from Poland. I learned much from him. He taught me what building relationships was about. He taught me how to set up my email accounts. He also showed me how to use spam for reverse marketing. He helped me earn an income of $300.00 to $400.00 per week in less than three months. Now I know it takes longer than three months to start up from scratch. He was established and took out time to share with me what he was doing. He kept in contact with me often. One thing he told me to always do. Always respond to his messages even if it was just a thanks. He said this let's me know you are interested, and as long as I know you are interested I will keep you informed.
Today we have social media. I remember then when I was working online with my friend from Poland how the mainstream advertisers put down social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. They are most of them still reluctant. It takes time to build lasting relationships online. If you do not have a brand that is popular you have to work for your money. Many advertiser know this. As an Independent Advertising Representative in start up you must realize you are going to have to work hard for at least 6 months to become successful. This is what separates the true from the fool. Many sign up for your offer, but they are not willing to work at it even if you show them how. I can remember another online friend I met. He stated he wasn't making any money. He admitted he had a website, but was not making any money. I assured him a website does not make you any money. It took me several minutes to break him away from his myth. He actually thought all he needed to do is have a website and people would come there and buy his products. After I convinced him he need to drive traffic to his website he quite his opportunity and joined me. He felt ripped off because his sponsor did not tell him how to make money.
Social media is a great opportunity, and many of the resource found on several aid in building lasting relationships. If you are not going to take up time to build relationships with members of these sites, you are not going to take the time to work with them after they join. Just that simple. I started a turnkey home business opportunity in the early part of 2012. At this present time I have 4,021 customers and a twelve member sales team. Way more than what I want to work with. Building relationships and the fact that I selected a great opportunity are the main contributors. I prefer to work with a maximum of three new members at a time. trying to maintain more would do me and my new members a huge disservice. Huge numbers are good if they can be sustained or retained. Keeping your membership enrollment rate under control is very important.
Finally I want to add this. Sharing information is another way to build relationships. Responding with a reply is another way to build relationships. Just clicking the like button is great if that is all you tend to do. I have found if you like something, it should also be followed up with a reason why, and if you really like it share it. does this make sense? Never is your response appreciated more than when you add a comment expressing your reason for liking a post by a friend and even strangers. It give them a feeling of appreciation, and they will return more often to check out your activities and share with you much more. They even may check out your business opportunity and join you. I try to share what I really like with my connection always. I may even re-post them on several of my other networks. This method of sharing I find few online marketers doing. If I read your blog I will take the time out to share it, and I'm hoping for the same, but don't expect it because most feel they are only going to support their own. If you like it share it. Not just for points, share it and tell why you shared it if you really like it. You will begin to see your own numbers grow.
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