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Today I got my own personalised copy of a new Ebook by Jordan Schultz, Facebook Marketing Secrets Exposed that I want to share with everyone who reads this post.

This ebook will give you a blue print to generate 20 – 30 leads a day for your business.

So what’s all the fuss about and why am I excited to be part of this marketing training involving Facebook.?

Well to be honest I have learnt a lot about Facebook over the last year. I had 2 of my previous accounts closed down, change the way I use Facebook, setup a blog to complement Facebook and link that into a tribe setup of a fan page.

Some of the stuff I was doing I learnt before reading Facebook Marketing Sercrets Exposed but some of the new things I have learnt will blow you away and take your marketing to a new level.

From the book I have set up a fan page in the form of a tribe where other blogger from all over the world come a post their content on the wall. Now you may be thinking big deal anyone could that. Well they can but can anyone add images and video and HTML to their fan pages?

One thing I changed was what I posted in groups and on the walls. This is such a simple change that has made a massive difference to my business and it involves a blog.

These are just too small examples of what you will learn from this book. It is jam packed full of fantastic training that will take you head and shoulders above all of your competition out there.

Claim you copy of “ Facebook Marketing $ecrets Exposed Tristram Lodge “ today and start see the benefits immediately.

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In my last post I talked to you about my 3 favourite WordPress Plugins that with allow you to interact with your readers. These are some of the best ways that your readers can comment, ask questions and join your mailing list.

Today I want to talk about get more exposure for your content and how that can happen with these 3 little plugins. They are of course the Wordpress social buttons that you see at the top and bottom of peoples blog posts.

But first let’s look at why having these plugins are so important. I mean if somebody liked your post they could copy and paste the URL and send it to their friends.  That’s never going to work, would you spend time do this……no!

Yet I have seen some blog, not many but some that don’t have any social buttons on them, so there is no way to share that content.

And that’s what you want, to have your content shared on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, the list goes on but the more shares you have the better it is for you, and here is why.

One of the plugins I use and a lot of people use shows the number of times that the post has been shared around the internet, check out the top of this page. You see the Facebook, Twitter, Digg etc icon well it has a number and that the amount of time my content has been posted to one of those sites.

Second the more times it gets shared well that must mean it a good piece and people trust the content and are happy to share it with their friends. This increase your brand visibility, which in turn positions you as a leader and somebody that can be trusted.

OK, let’s look at the social buttons, or plugins if you like. These are just the ones I use but I would love to hear about the ones you guys are using and the benefits you have from them. Here we go.

Digg Digg Wordpress Plugin – This is a cool little plugin which sits at the top of each of my posts. You can select up to 18 different social buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and a load more. Check out the picture below, see the numbers, that lets everyone know how many times that post has been shared.

Fixed Social Plugin – This is a plugin that sits either at the top or bottom of your page or at the side. It is used for two things really which is why I have added it to the page. First it allows some content sharing and also it allows people to connect with you on different social networking sites. I have added an image below, I have put it on it’s side but it is vertical on the blog and you can see on your right.

OnlyWire – This is a new one for me and I have only had it for a few weeks but love it. You can submit your content to over 40 different sites at the click of a button. It takes a bit of time to set up accounts with all of them but I believe its well worth doing. I am watching the results from this one but the early signs are encouraging. This one is free to use as long as you have it visible on your page. Also people can share your content through their Onlywire account.

That’s my 3 favorite Wordpress social buttons and you can download all of these buttons in the Wordpress back office and just set them up and activate them.

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Last week I read a great post by Fontella Williams where she is fighting back about the spam that she and everyone receives on Facebook when they get a friend request.

Check out Fontella’s blog post “Warning: YOUR Facebook Requests Are Being Denied!!” and please leave a comment and share her post as it is well worth reading and I guarantee that your Facebook friends will love it.

This got me thinking and yes I am going to get on my soap box here because everyday people are posting the same ads for the same business opportunities in the same groups.

Before I get into the spam and what it really says about you as a network marketer if you can be called that is why on earth would you want to do this type of marketing.

Firstly, you post these ads in groups where there are 100s if not 1000s of other network marketers. Those network marketers, for the most part will have their own business already and they will more than likely be happy with that business.

Now what makes you think that they would give up what they are doing, drop everything and sign up with you?

You don’t offer anything that they already have. They will still have the same problems and the same trials to overcome.

Think about what you are offering, it’s like trying to sell ice to the Eskimos!

Check out these ads below and read what they say in their ads. I have blanked out the names to protect the ignorant.

So what do you think this says about the people who post these types of ads in groups on Facebook. Here is what it really says:

“Hi, I am a new network marketer and I have no interest in you or building a lasting working relationship with you. All I am interested in is how much money you are going to make me. I am completely lazy as I can’t even be bothered to learn how to build relationship with people. I have found this great opportunity that you can make me a lot of money and if this one does not work out don’t worry because I will find another scheme next week to join which I know will let you make me a lot of money. So how about whatever your name is, let’s get started”

Check out the bottom ad, 160,000 people in this person’s smart line! That’s 160,000 lazy people that this person has attracted to him. You post stuff like this and you will attract like minded people.

Attraction marketing works like this even if you have no idea what attraction marketing is because you will attract lazy people to your business and people who are desperate, needy and hopeful.

You don’t need to post this kind of stuff, it will never do anything for you and if you want to build a successful business you really want to be attracting successful people to you to work with.

Now I going to get of my soap box and stop ranting!

Keep posting you blog content, motivational quotes and hints and tips that actually help people and their business.

You know who you are that’s posting this great content, let’s all stick together and educate the uneducated.

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When you start out on your network marketing journey you will have a “why” as to what you want to achieve from your business.

Now this could be anything from never working again to putting your kids through school. Whatever the reason it’s your personal destination and you have a long journey ahead of you.

For me I found it very difficult to go from where I was to where I wanted to be as it seemed so far away.

However, as with everything if you break it down into manageable steps it is a lot easier to plan out your future by setting smaller goals.

My upline introduced me to this great tool and I think it is a fantastic exercise to do focus on small goals to get to your final goal.

The first thing you have to do is write a list of the 50 things that you want to change in your life through your business. This can be anything, like never setting your alarm clock again, or taking the kids to the play park every day. Maybe you want to own a Ferrari or learn to fly a plane.

You decide it’s the things that you can’t do now, but that through building your business you will be able to do.

Once you have your list give everything a score from 1 to 5.  This is the time scale that you are going to assign to each goal with 1 being 3 month from the time you write the list, 2 being 6 months, 3 being a year, 4 being 3 years and 5 being 5 years from the time you write the list.

From this you can set small goals and work your way to where you want to be. By break things down in this way you can start to build a plan of action and a path for your journey to success.

Also I believe that when you achieve each goal you set yourself you will still focused and motivated to working towards your next goal.

Oh and I found it to be a fun thing to do, which at the end of the day if it’s not fun then don’t do it.

Of course after the 5 years is up and you have ticked off all 50 accomplishments you can start a new list and keep going!

Sit down and do your list, I promise you it will really get you thinking.

I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I would appreciate any comments and feedback that you have and please share this post on Digg and with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Tristram Lodge

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We know there are a lot of scams on the internet but if you check out my post “ Thinking of starting a home based business? – Read this first.” For some hints and tips on what to look for in an online business and how to stay safe.

In this post I want to talk you through 5 business formats you should be wary of and in my opinion why you should avoid them. I have listed them in no particular order.

1. 1.       The Forced Matrix is one that seems to be taken off over the last year or so. Please correct me if I am wrong about that but I don’t really recall them much until that time. So what is it, well basically it involves you registering people before a launch and any overspill gets put under you. You start at the top and find 3 people who go under you. If you find 4 or more they go under the 3 below you. This makes 1st level 1(you), 2^nd level 3, 3^rd level 9, 4^th level 27 and so on. You will also get people who you did not register put under you from other people in the matrix , this is called overspill. It sounds like a great system to build a business but hang on. If you don’t to register anyone only your first 3 and you can get people from over spill why would any of your downline bother to recruit people? Answer, they won’t which breeds a downline of very lazy distributor all hoping that the people below them will do the work. My tip stay well clear.

2.       New Ground Floor opportunities sounds like a great idea to get involved with a brand new company and potentially it could work out great. However, these new companies have no track record, could still have problems to iron out and may just be a scam. You are staking your personal reputation on a business that could fold within a few months. This could cause damage to your reputation that may not be reversible which will be disaster for your potential growth.

3.       Gifting programs , at least that’s what I think it’s called. I found out about this “business” in more detail earlier this week when I received a spam email. I have seen something like this before and can’t believe that anyone would get sucked into this kind of scam.  Here is an extract from the email as to how this works:

        wk 1   Send $2 to 3 people.  Send out on Mondays
          Receive $2 from 14 = $28   Keep $7
        wk 2   Send $7 to 3 people
          Receive $7 from 14 = $98   Keep $8
        wk 3   Send $30 to 3 people
          Receive $30 from 14 = $420  Keep $120
        wk 4   Send $100 to 3 people
          Receive $100 from 14 = $1400   Keep $800
        wk 5   Send $200 to 3 people
          Receive $200 from 14 = $2800   Keep $2050
        wk 6   Send $250 to 3 people
          Receive $250 from 14 = $3500   Keep $2750
 

                You then repeat Wk 6 over and over each week. They tell you who to
                send to in your Eagles Den. If one of the 3 drops out, the admin will replace
                them. Never send money through a like this as i fail to see how this can work only for the person at the top.

4.       Surfing Credits are when you sit in front of your PC clicking on averts and watching a timer count down before moving onto the next ad. You earn something like $0.01 per advert viewed. The timer can last anything from 10 to 20 seconds so lets take a 15 second timer. That’s $0.04 a minute or $2.40 an hour. Your time can be much better spent so don’t get sucked into the glossy ad for these sites.

5.       Home crafts which I’m sure everyone has seen these companies everywhere. A company asks you to assembly a product, like a picture frame, dolls house or just about anything. They send you the kit and it will either be so complicated you need a degree in engineering to assembly the thing or you can put it together but when you send it back it won’t meet the companies strict quality standards. It does not matter how well you put them together you will never meet the guidelines. You end up with a load of products that you and noone else wants.

These are just some of the dodgy business opportunities that are out there with 100s more that I have not mentioned. So if you are looking at working from home do your research first and check out the business.

I would like to thank you all for reading and would love to read your comments and feedback. Also please share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Have a great day.

Tristram Lodge