Hey, if you are marketing on a shoe string budget you are most likely on a lot of social networks making all sorts of friends because that is how you were told you should market your business/product.

Unfortunately you might be doing more harm then good to your business on these networks because you are committing the greatest sin you can… spamming.

If you are wondering why you aren’t having success with social networks then you should definitely read this post on BetterNetworker.com.  Click on the below link to go to BetterNetworker.com and read the Post.

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Social medial marketing is has turn out to be the major way of marketing in the last few years.

Media sites like Twitter, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook have entered in to the main-stream and developed into the most trafficked internet sites in the world. Facebook draws in more traffic every day then the biggest search engine Google. Nothing like this as ever existed that permits regular people like us to their message to the world at no cost through just a computer and internet access.  That is why interactive media marketing is so desirable.

Nevertheless there exists a unpleasant reality to interactive media. For certain it’s free  to use, but you sacrifice something ultimately more valuable, your time.  Most home business owners are without a clue on how to exercise social media marketing strategies well and in an competent manner, if they are knowledgeable in interactive media strategies, some may comprehend  how to exercise it in a useful manner but not in an efficient manner.

These are the facts as to why social media sites have turn out to be huge time wasters for lots of network marketers and a road block to creating their mlm success.

Now don’t misread, I’m not attacking social media, I for my part adore interactive marketing media.  In truth it’s not the interactive media that is the challenge, it is how interactive media is used unproductively by a large amount of marketers.  There are a lot of home business owners pitching their opportunity and products to an audience that truly don’t care about business opportunities.

The community on social media don’t couldn’t care less about your business opportunity or how fantastic you compensation plan is.  Social media is interested in learning about you, who you are, what value you offer, , how you can stimulate greatness.

The best social media marketing strategy is to promote yourself through offering value, sharing the good and bad with your followers.  When you build your business around you, your name and create a following of like minded people interactive media marketing will work.  That’s because social media is a technology that is totally based on that practice of growing relationships and that why it’s taken the internet by storm.

Your solution to creating you mlm success story can be found in the closely controlled use of these interactive media marketing as a means to build trust and rapport with your other marketers.

Take into account that social madia and marketing is not about your mlm opportunity its about YOU!  Are you the one who can motivate greateness and mentor someone to reach success, being someone who gives value is of significant importance when attempting interactive media marketing strategies.

If you really plan to grab the social media bull by the horns I advise you go out and start learning added information regarding internet marketing. Start making short instructional videos, not on the subject of your company or products but based on marketing, tips and tricks you picked up from marketing, personal development or about your lifestyle.

Even if its something simple as being with your family on a mid day in the week while everybody else is stuck at work.  Make an effort to at all times have a strong call to action at the end, that tells your audience what you would like them to do, this way you will attain your mlm success.

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Facebook marketing can be powerful and a lot of marketers are making sorry attempts at marketing on facebook.  They go out and start marketing their business opportunity to all their friends.

They post their business opportunities on group walls, on friends walls and send messages with offering their business opportunities.  Many are working very hard to promote their business opportunities and products with little or no success.

The failure with Facebook marketing is due to the fact that they are not marketing on Facebook but spamming.  That’s right, you’re not getting leads from Facebook because you’re spamming people.

The following are examples of spam massages:

Example 1.
“Hey thanks for connecting.  You seem like a very nice person.  I would like to share with you a fantastic opportunity.  The compensation plan is the best in the industry and the products are amazing.  Blah, blah, blah…”

As soon as I get to the “opportunity” I stop reading and delete the message.  Trust me I’m not the only one.

Example 2.
“Hi, I want to share with you this fabulous business opportunity, its the best compensation plan and it cost nothing to join.”

Guess what, this message is quickly deleted.

Example 3.
“Hi, you want to join a business?”

I’ve have received these types of messages, I just delete them as quickly as possible.

If you ever sent any of these types of messages or posts on your friends Facebook  you actually spammed them.  This is a mistake that even the best network marketers have done in the beginning but quickly learned that this is not a way to market on Facebook and other social media sites.

You should ask yourself this question.  Why should any one join you or your business?

They don’t know you, don’t trust you and most people on Facebook really don’t care about your business opportunity.

Think of Facebook as a social party a get together with friends.  You have interesting conversations, share useful information, network and socialize with other marketers.   When you try to sell to everyone you encounter you will become the person to be avoided and risk getting blocked or banned for Facebook if people start complaining.

Facebook marketing is about growing your brand, not branding your business opportunity, its about sharing value with your friends and build trust and relationships.  You friends will appreciate this and start trusting you as the person who is not just another network marketer promoting an opportunity but as someone giving away valuable information.

Stop annoying people on Facebook and stop spamming, concentrate on promoting yourself as a leader by sharing valuable information that many marketers need to start creating success.  It is the only way to market on Facebook to create results.

Branding yourself is essential to marketing successfully on Facebook, but you first have to educate yourself in internet marketing and social medial marketing.  Click on this link now to get a free 1 hour webinar showing you  Facebook Marketing Secrets

It is hard to promote an MLM business.

Many are looking to go through the Internet to make their connections. This is a wise choice but there are a few things to avoid when trying social media marketing.

1. You never want to announce your business right off. It is important to gain friendship and respect.If you go straight to the Business Opportunity you may be blacklisted on your Facebook, or Twitter site. Always send interested people to your blog or Youtube site first.
2. Don’t immerse them straight in the company you are representing. They want to know what you are bout first, not what your company is.
3. If someone shows interest in your business, then don’t discuss it in the open forum, talk about it through messages that others will not see.

Avoid these 3 pitfalls and you will be able to market effectively on social media.

Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter and My Space, are fantastic places to generate leads for your MLM or home business opportunity.

They are free and there is a lot of traffic that is generated each day on those sites and they can be a powerful tool for your opportunity.

However most network marketers make fatal mistakes on these sites and end-up failing to generate any leads from social media because they do not know how to do it properly and end up being perceived as nothing more than spammers.

The one thing that has to be realized when using Social Media is that people are very sensitive to someone trying to sell them any MLM opportunity or product.

Twitter, Facebook and My Space is not a place where you promote your business opportunity it is where you promote yourself first, by branding yourself and building connections with people and never ever pushing your MLM business on any one you connect with unless they ask you about it and even then it should just be mentioned in a causal way just to create more interest and curiosity where they ask for a link to your site and put their name on your list.

You may ask yourself  “How am I supposed to promote my business if I can’t do it on Social Media?” The answer to this is us your blogs where you have lots of useful information that will interest people that click on your website links. Never ever send people directly from Twitter of Facebook to your capture or company page.  Send them to your blogs or YouTube channel.  On those websites you can have links to your business capture pages and other money making opportunities that you may be promoting.

Another thing to remember on Social Media sites, is that its mostly about branding yourself as an expert and a leader.  No one on those sites cares about your business, most of the people there have their own businesses and are trying to promote those.  You have to stand out of the crowd as a person of interest that has something of values to offer not just an MLM distributor that is trying to get his/her hand in their pockets.

You have to remember that people join you not the business, the business is just an avenue to make money.  Lets face it being up front and promoting your business opportunity doesn’t work on your friends and family why you think it would work on total strangers.  People do business with people they trust, that is why you first have to build connections and relationships with people on social medial networks.

If you want to promote your business upfront do it in classifieds where people are actually openly looking for MLM or home business opportunities.  That is expected on these sites and that’s what people are looking for, but not on Twitter or Facebook.  If you do promote your business openly on these sites using  DM’s or privet messages or tweets you will be seen as a spammer and lose your following of friends, that is a price you don’t want to pay because these are powerful lead generation tools if you do it right.

So remember become a person of value and brand yourself not your MLM home business, drive traffic form Twitter and Facebook to your blogs or YouTube channels that contain useful information and where people can get access to more information about you and that is where you want to have links to your capture pages.  This way you are less threatening, you will build trust and be branded as an expert and leader. 

That is when you will get more and more leads for your business and you will have prospects calling you with credit card in hand wanting to follow you, a leader, and join your business opportunity.

Remember to leave your comments or share your experiences on social media marketing or just let me know you are alive and kicking