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If you've used facebook you've likely been spammed...hard! It seems that as soon as you're added as a friend, it's unleashed... the beast A.K.A the "endless stream of unsolicited offers". These come often and unwanted, not unlike in-laws. After that... those new contacts start sending you farmville requests, mafia war requests, and every other time wasting application imaginable. I purge my in-box every day of useless spam. And I refuse to impose "the beast" on others. So the question is: How can you make your time on facebook (or any other social networking site) efficient and profitable? There are many paths you can take, and applications you can use that will make your mind swim. Here's the basics - the proven methods that don't require re-invention of the wheel to get you started. I'll assume you've already set up your profile page with photos and info. This is what's next. 1. Most important... don't endlessly promote your opportunity. Never, ever lead with your business opportunity. Your posts must provide value that makes you stand out from the rest. Provide a 95% give away, and 5% take away. Give away beneficial information, and then invite your readers to learn more by visiting your web-sites. If your plan of facebook action is to endlessly push your ACN, or Trump Network, or MonaVie opportunity -or whatever other business you belong to, MLM or otherwise - you'll get ignored, reported and likely slapped. Your weak mlm building efforts will be spit out before you see any return. Realize this: direct marketing won't work well. People don't buy direct off the internet. They want a relationship - a face and a personality with whom they can build trust before they decide to buy anything. 2. Obviously you're on facebook to network, and to that means you have to create a friend list. You don't want to do this to aggressively - maybe 40-50 friend request per day. I'm not a big fan of automated programs like FriendBlasterPro. You can get flagged for too fast and/or too much activity, and repeat offenses lead to the slap. Include a personal note in your friend requests. This slows the process down some so you're not as noticeable to facebook's detection system. I like to copy and paste messages,, add the person's first name, and ask them to respond on your profile page... 3. Where to find friends. I primarily work on MLM networking, so you would think the first place to visit is any group or fan page with the subject of MLM. Wrong! Find other entrepreneurial sites and fan pages. Less saturation there, and many of them are fellow networkers. Find an author like Napoleon Hill's fan page and begin there. Think of other books people with similar interests might like, and find a fan page, then follow step 2. Make a personal connection, build a relationship, and offer value in the way of education, training, words of wisdom, inspiration... it's your call based on how you choose to brand yourself. 4. Video tagging. There are not many people that know how to or care to use video on facbook, but they are the most powerful means of creating a bond. If a picture is worth a thousand words, whats a video worth? Taking 30 seconds to introduce yourself and your personality makes you stand out in the crowd of people just typing messages. You want to be noticed, videos will do that. 5. Find your niche, build a group and invite people to join. The biggest advantages to managing your own group is that you are now in the position of marketing guru, and you can send messages to your group subscribers, instead of one at a time like the struggling masses you are emerging from. This becomes a super platform to advertise your affiliates from. Remember, as the leader of the group, you're the most knowledgable. A lot of your suggestions will initiate action and you'll find your affiliate commissions take a good turn for the better. 6. Market events. When you have webinars, and/or company webinars, you can send out event invitations to your group. If you're using an auto-responder you should build a new campaign for events and have people sign up for those via that campaign opt-in form. This puts them into your lead funnel. 7. Stay the course. There is much to learn on marketing, and you have to remain committed to your efforts for several months before you'll get much response. Remember, you're offering value, and building relationships. That will take time. I've seen too many people start up, spend 2-3 weeks at it with little result and give up. If Rome wasn't built in a day, neither will your marketing platform. Be patient and stick to a set plan of action for at least 6 months - a year is better. I purposely didn't get into other facebook advertising methods, like connecting twitter to your facebook account to automate your tweets, using bookmarks, or paid advertising. Such methods are more advanced, and you need to learn to swim before you jump into the deep end. They'll be there when you're ready. The basics will build your following by generating your value in the eyes of your online friends. Always remember what facebook is for: creating and building relationships first. Be a resource, a sounding board and attract people to you. I encourage you to visit my training site, where there's more training on effective facebook marketing, as more. Drop by and visit me at http://mlmgrowthexplosion.com Warren Smith 406 490-2556 warrenbsmith1 (skype)
Article Source: http://www.bharatbhasha.net Article Url: http://www.bharatbhasha.net/multi_level_marketing.php/206095 Article Added on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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