Online Social Networking--How to Boost Credibility and Exposure to Your Network Marketing Business

Online Social Networking--How to Boost Credibility and Exposure to Your Network Marketing Business
Copyright © 2008 Ontarian Ke'Chan Hawkins
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Online social network marketing communities are popping up all over the internet, and are becoming very popular to internet enthusiast. In fact, Myspace has started a big trend with millions of users and more added daily. One question I would pose is what's the big attraction and why are so many business professionals drawn to these communities. The truth of the matter is every business owner online is interested in growing their business by any means necessary, and what a great place to get tips, tools, and potential business partners than social business communities. As a business owner, these communities are vital and can be gold mines to help you grow your business if they are used correctly. Here are 3 reasons why business owners should consider joining these types of communities

1. Peer-to-Peer Networking: This is what makes a online social network marketing community so exciting. Networking is not hiding behind your computer hoping someone will join your deal, but actually taking the time to get on the phone in order to get to know a person on a personl level, and sharing ideas and advice with each other. One thing that has to be understood is no one cars about your business. They are only interested in building their business not yours. Make the most of your networking opportunities. Build a relationship first, share your opportunities last.

2. High-End Prospects: Once you begin to network and learn about the people you're communicating with inside of a online social network marketing site, trust starts to develop. And along with trust comes an open-mind. Maybe the person who you're talking to isn't successful with their current business, and wouldn't mind taking a look at other options. Don't beat them over the head with your opportunity, because more than likely they will ask you what you're into and then you can explain to them your business. I have come to the conclusion that the best business builders are those who are already in a network marketing business. They are versed in business concepts, compensation, marketing, etc. These people also understand the true power of networking. These are the people you want and need in your business, but don't push it. Be patient and serve first before receiving.

3. Marketing tools: A few of these online social network marketing communities offer different advertising tools to help you grow your business while networking. Some of these tools include blogging, classifieds, forums, list builders, youtube features, audio, etc. This is "icing on the cake" when it comes to building a successful business online making it much more easier to increase your business by at least 50% or more.

In conclusion, we all could use advice and tips to help grow our businesses online. online social network marketing communities are known to help you connect with like-minded people who are also in the process of building a business. On the other hand, what a better place to build solid-strong foundational relationships of which could very well potentially develop into a solid business partnership for life.

Ontarian Hawkins is an established internet network marketer and business coach that teaches various pillars of marketing. To find out how Ontarian can help you with your marketing efforts go and pick up his FREE Zombie Code Marketing Report
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10 Secrets to Using Twitter to Attract More Followers and Get More Clients

10 Secrets to Using Twitter to Attract More Followers and Get More Clients
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I do wonder at times if some Twitter users have any time to get any work done. Several of the more prolific ones that I follow swear they spend no more than 30 minutes a day on Twitter, but I really find that hard to believe. Many times it seems they are twittering just to say something, like "Good morning Twitterverse" when they begin their day, give more details than I want to know about what they had for lunch, what their children said to them, or when they take a nap.

I realize that this is part of the "like, know, and trust" process that enables people to get to know each other, but sometimes it's simply too much information..LOL. I'm Twittering primarily to market my business. Consequently, I try and limit my personal twitters to no more than 2 per day. My clients, who create Twitter accounts for marketing, as well, tell me, "I'm signed up. Now what in the world do I Twitter about? How do I market my business with this tool?"

Here are 10 strategies that I use regularly to marketing my business and my expertise via Twitter. Remember, you have only 140 characters for your tweet (Twitter post).

1. How you're helping clients. Talk about specific ways that your business helps clients and use their Twitter ID if you have their permission, i.e. "Just finished @clientname brainstorm great Internet marketing plan for 2009" or "Finally finished setting up Quickbooks for local hardware store -- now they can invoice their clients"

2. What you're doing in your own business. This is a perfect time to tell others when you're blogging, writing an article, creating your weekly ezine, recording your podcast, i.e. "Had great interview with Jane Smith today on speaking to grow your biz. Great ideas! Subscribe to podcast & listen here "

3. Useful tool or resource you've found. I run across these all the time in my daily activities, and Twitter is a perfect place to share,. i.e. "Found great new Firefox plug-in to monitor & check multiple Gmail accounts at same time at " or "Read great blog post on working at home with kids under 5 at (URL here)"

4. Ask a question. Need some ideas or some quick brainstorming? Twitter is an ideal place to gather opinions, i.e. "Help! Desperately seeking new laser printer. Recommendations?" or "How do I find training organizations online?"

5. Conduct a survey. What do your Tweeps think about a particular issue? Ask them via Twitter, i.e. "Quick poll: Do you get more clients from Facebook or Twitter? Respond at (URL here)"

6. Report on live events. The latest Twitter trend seems to be tweeting what's happening at conferences or workshops. In order for Twitter users to follow a particular event, it's usually referred to by a name preceded by a # sign, as in #JVAlert, for example, to make it simpler for people who want to follow those posts. So, if you were at an event, you might tweet "#JVAlert John Smith speaking on affiliate programs. Just got great idea on training affiliate managers!" Just don't get so wrapped up in tweeting that you ignore the content delivered in the conference!

7. Product or service launch. If you're about to launch a new product or introduce a new product, let your Twitter followers know, i.e. "Pre-launch pricing for new DVD set about how baby boomers can start an online biz. Get $100 early bird discount at (URL here)"

8. Responding to others with advice or answers. The way to build professional relationships on Twitter is to help your tweeps. So, if someone asks a question, comments about something to which you have a response or an idea, or you want to ask a followup question, this is the perfect place to do so.

9. Acknowledging new followers. I've noticed a recent trend of acknowledging people who've decided to follow a Twitter user in the past day or so. I initially thought that others were doing this as a measure of popularity, but what I've come to realize that it's actually helping out the new followers because it exposes their Twitter profiles to others who may have never heard of them and who might like to follow them. So, to thank your followers, you'd tweet, "Welcome new followers @twittername, @twittername, etc."

10. Automate your tweets. Many of my tweets have been automated and connected to other things I do. TwitterFeed turns all of my blog posts into tweets. aWeber turns each ezine issue into a tweet. EzineArticles.com tweets my followers every time I publish an article through their service. Typically all that's involved here is connecting the particular service to my Twitter account. Once all the services are connected, I get free and automated Twitter posts with no additional effort on my part.

Twitter can be a great time-waster or a wonderful way to market your business and leverage your expertise online. Follow these 10 strategies and you'll begin to attract more followers and get more clients through social networking.

Online Business Manager and Online Business Coach Donna Gunter helps independent service professionals learn how to automate their businesses, leverage their expertise on the Internet, and get more clients online. To claim your FREE gift, TurboCharge Your Online Marketing Toolkit, visit her site at http://www.OnlineBizU.com . Follow Donna on Twitter: http://twitter.com/donnagunter

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Get Paid To Socialize On Facebook

Get Paid To Socialize On Facebook
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If you are like most people that spend time on the Internet you have discovered the Web 2.0 Revolution. The real attraction to these sites is the fact that it provides the members a sense of community. It seems that new social networking sites are popping up daily. My Space and Facebook have taken the Internet by storm.

Amazingly these communities are free to join, but each does have its own set of terms and conditions. Many casual Internet users enjoy places like Facebook as a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Business owners have found that social networking offers an opportunity to share and learn from others.

Facebook has an enormous community and it is said to double in size about every six months. As of February 2008 Facebook claimed a membership of over 75 million users. A nice feature of this community is that there are networks and groups within the membership.

This allows a member to be in contact with other people that have similar interests. Although the majority of users of Facebook fall in the eighteen to thirty-five year age range, you will find members there of all ages. But an important note is that the 18 - 35 year olds are the perfect audience to market to.

So now we can talk about the advantages Facebook provides to business owners. As mentioned earlier, this is a great way to get to know others with like interests, thus providing a place to share and learn from each other. But Facebook has provided much more than that to business owners.

Strangely few people know how to use the many features available to them to the maximum potential. It really is possible to substantially increase your income while having fun on Facebook. But you have to learn about the features and set your profile and settings up appropriately to enjoy these benefits.

Details of how to do this is beyond the scope of this article but a suggestion is thinking carefully and having a plan before you begin setting up your profile. You really need to know what you want to accomplish with your membership.

Your profile allows others to read and see what you are all about. So if you simply tell the viewers that you are a wife and mother you will not necessarily be seen as a business person. And if you say that you are into horseback riding and that you have a range you are likely to be seen as a horse-lover and be contacted by people with similar interests.

But if your goal is to make money with Facebook you will want to include information that will assist in the endeavor. Facebook provides many features that can be useful to business owners and others. Joining networks and groups will enable you to find other people with similar interests. You can also learn about particular demographics of a group or network. Obviously Facebook can be used to advance the growth of a business and to actually generate money. But there are particular methods that a member should use if he is to receive maximum advantages from this social networking community.

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