I would like to share with you a trend I have been seeing online lately that makes me feel rather sad for the people that are doing it. They don’t realize what they are doing, and how much they are missing in their business, simply because they don’t know any better and have never been shown how to properly work their business online. So let’s start with a little background……
I am just like you, I have an online business, and build it over the internet. It does not matter what my business is, or yours, but I want to explain this trend I am talking about, we have all seen it, just not realized what it is maybe.
What I am talking about, is the people on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. (basically all the social media sites out there) using it to advertise their business. Here is what I am talking about…..Join my business now!! Work with the best!! Do this within 12 hours to get this, this and this…….Join Donald Trump in his latest endeavor……..
You know the rest, and sadly, it’s like getting beat over the head with an anvil, just to get your attention. Am I the only one that doesn’t care for this? Nothing personal against any celebrity out there, Mr. Trump included, but I don’t care for your offer, product, celebrity endorsement, whatever slant you may be using, because that is not what is going to sell me!!!!
What is going to sell me, is the lady or gentleman who originates the advertisement. As it stands right now, if you slam out your script, I don’t care one bit about it. In this day and age, it is not about your product, compensation plan, company, whatever you may have been told, it is about YOU!! If I have no dealings with you, no relationship, no credibility, I am going to ignore you. Plain and simple. If you need any proof of this, what was your reaction to the last tweet, or update, or whatever that you saw? Did you say, oh Donald Trump is involved I am going to jump onboard? I very much doubt it. You asked yourself, who is this person, do I know him, and knowing the answer was NO!! you ignored him or her. We all are intelligent people, and are able to make decisions by ourselves, and trust me, none of the above is what I make my decision on when it pertains to joining a potential online business!!
It is sad that so many people are unknowingly limiting themselves from more opportunity for their business’s growth, simply because they don’t know any better. So what do you do?
You make it about YOU. Yes, definitely use the social media outlets, but don’t slam the people over the head!! Take the time to establish conversations, get to know them, and don’t even steer the subject onto what do you do for a living. That will come all by it’s self when the time is right. People want to know about you and only you. This is not anything new. It is not even my idea, I was fortunate enough to find out whose it was. But believe it or not, fewer than 3% of network marketers know about it, and those 3% absolutely thrive by it. If you want to find out more about it, take the time to do some reading – learn from someone who has been where we all start – at the beginning. This man learnt from the school of hard knocks, put his lessons to use, and now teaches others, myself included, how to do this business the right way. If you take what you learn you can turn your results around and have people coming to you to build their business read on….
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Fantastic post Monica keep em coming.
How very true, if I don’t have any sort of credibility with a person, I will do nothing with them. Very good article, Monica!!
Excellent, this really shows how hard this industry can be… challenging every day… only if you let it be for you. Thanks for the tips.
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Interesting post i totally agree with the comments above. Keep writing
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