Social Networking - What is Your Purpose? By Irma White

Have you ever joined a social networking site and immediately noticed no one desired what you offered? After all, you thought a social networking site was a great place to find people - right? Right. It is a way to find people and a place to socialize. Thus, building quality relationships is crucial to your success.

Here a a few tips that will enhance your social networking experience.

Things to do when customizing your profile:

1. When building your profile, post your picture. It makes your site more personable and inviting. People relate to you better and people do business with those they know, like & trust.

2. Although you want to share a little about yourself, keep your profile simple (uncluttered) and short. If it's too cluttered or too long most people won't stay long enough to find the important info.

3. When customizing you profile, offer some type of free service that will benefit them. In other words, your site should not be just about advertising your product. If people don't know you, it's not likely they will buy from you just because they visited your profile. In what ever way you can, be of assistance to your visitor. Provide them something of quality that they will find use.

Things to do to build relationships:

1. If you're new to a community or network, people can easily find you. However, after you've been a member a while, you need to do something to get traffic. You do this by making comments on other people's sites, whether it's someone new to the community or new to a network you've joined. Find a common interest and add your comment or sign their guestbook based upon that. Don't post a generic comment, show genuine interest.

This will do two things:
1) bring them to your profile and
2) bring their visitors to your profile. This is cross-trafficking.

In addition, if you've made friends and know their birthdays, be sure to extend birthday greetings. They would surely appreciate you for that.

But remember, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, leave an advertisment on someone's guestbook. That is netiquette 101. Your sig file is not the place for that. Use your sig file in emails or on blog/forum posts. You can, however, link to someone or something of interest or humorous (just remember to be professional).

People hate spam. Your objective at the social sites is to build relationships. If you join social networking sites for advertisement purposes only, you have little chance of succeeding. But, when you build those quality relationships, your business will grow.

You will notice social networking is "work" but well worth it. You will have to be an active user of the site. To be active, join a few networks and participate in a few of the forums. Just be careful not to let it consume all your time. Devote a couple hours per day to this activity and you will be well on your way to building your empire.

These are the same techniques I am successfully using to build my business. They can do the same for you.

Happy Social Networking and Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart

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Developing Your Critical Thinking Skills

I received another chain e-mail today, you know the kind...the ones that distort the facts for their own political or racial agenda and tell you to pass it on. I use to forward these on to my family and friends and have been embarrassed when I learned the information was false. Now, since I have learned to be a critical thinker I check out the facts which I often find to be misrepresented.

Next time you get an email that says you should "pass on to everyone you know" no matter how good the cause sounds check it out. Think FIRST, before you hit Send. Trust me: that's not too difficult.

Developing sound critical thinking skills will not only save you from embarrassment in passing on misleading e-mails but it is also crucial for your success as a professional network marketer. Critical thinking involves skillful judgment as to truth and merit and is a life-time endeavor.

Most network marketers who develop sound critical thinking skills save themselves years of failure and frustration. But some never take the time to develop these skills and continue to embarrass themselves by promoting MLM businesses that will never bring profit to their independent distributors.

Are you a critical thinker? Or do you jump into and promote those MLM business opportunities that promise you quick and easy money just to be embarrassed when they don't deliver on their promises?

If you are tired and frustrated with the "get rich quick" MLM lies that are being fed to you then download Michael Dlouhy's free e-book Success in 10 Steps. Everybody is talking about how it has changed the way they think and promote their business.

Be the Critical Thinker You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor With a Servant's Heart
lidiegray@gmail.com

Add Significance

Most network marketers have the tendency to come off as pushy sales people, and offer people a dream without first building a relationship. They don't take the time to find out what their prospect's dream is before they start to promote their product or service.

As a professional network marketer your first commitment MUST be to your people, NOT to your personal gain. As a leader in the MLM industry it is essential for you to do everything you can to make your prospects and partners feel so valued and cared for that they will be loyal to you forever. Give them the personal attention and respect that they deserve.

You add significance to peoples lives by simply encouraging them to identify and act on their dreams...

“Moishe Rosen teaches a one-sentence mental exercise that is an effective tool in helping a person identify his dream. He asks a person to fill in the blanks:


If I had __________________________________,

I would ___________________________________.


The idea is that if you had anything you wanted – unlimited time, unlimited money, unlimited information, unlimited staff (all the resources you could ask for) – what would you do? Your answer to that question is your dream.

Everyone has heard the story of Isaac Newton’s discovery of the law of gravity after observing the fall of an apple. What few people know is that Edmund Halley, the astronomer who discovered Halley’s Comet, is almost single-handedly responsible for Newton’s theories becoming known. Halley challenged Newton to think through his original notions. He corrected Newton’s mathematical errors and prepared geometrical figures to support his work. Not only did he encourage Newton to write his great work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, but he edited the work, supervised its publication, and financed its printing, even though Newton could easily afford the printing costs.

Halley encouraged Newton to act on his dream, and it added immeasurable significance to Newton’s life. Halley received little credit, but he must have gained satisfaction in knowing he had inspired revolutionary ideas in the advancement of scientific thought." Excerpt from Developing the Leaders Around You, by John C. Maxwell

Add significance today...ask someone to share their dream with you.

Lidie Gray
A Mentor With A Servant's Heart
lidiegray@gmail.com

P.S. To learn more about how you can help others identify their dreams download Michael Dlouhy's free e-book Success in 10 Steps.

Life Works Best When You are You!

"Ken Klemm sold seashells door-to-door as a kid. He had a paper route, a lemonade stand, and the heart of an entrepreneur. But nothing prepared him for the tough times he found in network marketing. He seemed to be way off-base.

Then Ken discovered "Success In 10 Steps." He realized that he is perfect the way he is, and that when you just be yourself, you can make network marketing work for you."

Read Ken's story at: Ken Klemm's MLM Success Story

Download Michael Dlouhy's free ebook Success In Ten Steps to learn how you can make network marketing work for you.

To Your Success,

Lidie Gray
A Mentor With a Servant's Heart
lidiegray@gmail.com

About to be Fired?

Have you noticed that a lot of people who work in the corporate world are getting "downsized" out of the company?

Does that make you a little nervous.

Might make you look for Plan B.

Even after Walter & Julie Reade got involved in M-L-M, they had years of failure. Then they managed to turn it all around with the Mentoring For Free system.

Read their story here:

Walter & Julie Reade's Story


To Your Success,

Lidie Gray
lidiegray@gmail.com

Hate Cold Calling?

Do you hate cold calling as much as I do. Well I'm very happy to tell you that there is a better way. It is called the "Color To Success".

So you are probably thinking what do colors have to do with your success level?

How can understanding colors allow you to potentially see up to a 300% increase in your response rate?

"Color To Success" is a unique approach to helping you have success in contacting prospects. Most people think it is all about having a great ability to close the deal but they really miss a vital key to long term success.

What is the key to having long term success?

First you must understand the type of business you are promoting. Many people believe it is all about having the best product or service. Others think it is about having a fancy web site or a 20 page full color brochure.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

It's not about what you are "selling", but it is something so simple that most people miss it. In fact, once you understand the simple principles of "Colors to Success", you will be surprised at how easy it will be for you to hear "yes" rather than "no".

If you are ready to discover what you are really promoting and to get the prospects to enjoy your calling them, then download Michael Dlouhy's free E-book Success in 10 Steps. You'll find the answer in chapter 5.

To Your Success,

Lidie Gray
lidiegray@gmail.com

Key to Success Is To Be a Finisher!

How many times have you started something only to drop it when the first thing didn't go your way? The frustration of the fact that you had to keep recruiting new associates into your MLM business opportunity became so overwhelming that you felt like quitting. Did you know that people are natural quitters? That's right! They quit their healthy diet, they quit marriages, they quit football teams, they quit exercising, they quit jobs, they quit…I think you get the picture.

So what is the key to be a finisher and not a quitter? To discover the key read Tony & Melissa Casteel's story.

Most people quit because they lack the knowledge and understanding to stay the course. Once you understand what training tools and skills you need to succeed in your MLM business opportunity, you too will be a finisher in everything you do. The first place to start your MLM training is with Michael Dlouhy's free e-book Success in 10 Steps. Reading this e-book will put you on the right track to build your self-confidence so you will be a finisher, not a quitter.

If you want to go the extra mile and plug into these MLM tools and training skills, then download Success in 10 Steps now and of course read it.

Be The Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
lidiegray@gmail.com
A Mentor With a Servant's Heart