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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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I first set up my Twitter account around 2 years ago and to be honest I really could not see the whole point of it. I just didn’t get what was going on. People selling, pitching and promoting every 5 seconds. I mean how would anyone see my tweets and would they really care?

Move the clock forward 2 years to today and let’s be honest not much has changed. No I don’t mean I still don’t get it but have you noticed how much spam there is on Twitter?

Every 5 seconds or so the next big opportunity is posted to Twitter. Every now and then somebody posts some V.A.C (Value Added Content) which is a relief from all that spam. So really how hard is it to post V.A.C to your followers? Not really to tell you the truth, you can get at least 5 to 10 great post per day.

The first and this is a new one on me is to join a blogging tribe. Which is basically a group of people who work together to syndicate their blogs. I was introduced to this concept a couple of weeks ago and have been blown away by the results in less than 2 weeks.

Check out this great aricle by Jordan Schultz about what a tribe and blog syndication is all about. Also here is a list of Tribes to join.

• MLM Worldwide Power Tribe
• The Unified Tribe
• MLM Global Mastermind Tribe
• MLM Alphas Tribe
• MLM Power Tribe
• MLM Magic Tribe

Join all of the above tribes, watch the short introduction video and see how you can boost your blogging power and Twitter power.

The second is when you read a great article hit the Retweet button and share that content. Your followers will love this and see you as somebody who wants to share valuable information with them and not just how much money you can make from them.

The third and another that I get great response from is to post motivational quotes.  Where can you get these quotes from, well head over to http://motivateus.com/ or http://www.motivationalquotes.com/ to get a great selection of quotes you can post daily. People always love to read a good quote and you can also post them to Facebook as well.

I have also found that the time of day you send your tweets is important. I live in the UK so I tend to send my tweets between 6pm GMT and 8am GMT as I have followers from around the world but most are in the USA or Europe.

I love setting thing up on autopilot and I use Socialoomph.com which is very easy to use so you can schedule your tweets for the time of day that would suit you.

By doing these little things you will start to build that all important trust which you must have at the start of any relationship.

So get on Twitter and start posting great quality content.

Thank you for reading, I hope you found this post useful and please leave a comment.

Tristram Lodge

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This is the next in a series of articles I am writing for Facebook training and how to use it to generate good quality leads and business prospects for any MLM opportunity.

Facebook is a great way to make new contacts with people all over the world. However so many people can get this first contact wrong. I’m sure we have all had a new friend ask us to check out the latest product or opportunity.

When making new friends on Facebook or any other social networking website there are a few do’s and don’ts to take into account when you make a connection. If you want a long and prosperous relationship with people on these sites just follow these simple rules and you won’t have problems.

Remember these same rule apply to any social networking site not just Facebook, as they are essentially the same platforms.

Let’s look at the do’s and don’ts then.

Do add a message, including the person’s name when doing a friend request.

Do thank them for accepting your friend request.

Do add something that you find interesting about their profile, maybe you have the same interests, like the same books or films, and it shows you have made an effort to find out something about them.

Do add a welcome video and tag their name so it show’s on their profile.

Do send them a welcome email.

Do send them a birthday message through a video. This is great because everyone else will write a message. A video is different, you will stand out.

Don’t add links for you website or capture page and post them on their wall on the first introduction, think how you would feel if this is done to you. In fact never do this.

Don’t ask them to check out your opportunity in an email the first time you meet them.

Don’t ignore them when they accept your friend request, how would you feel?

The person you have connected with may get in first and spam your wall or post you an email spamming their opportunity to you. Simply remove the spam from your wall and thank them for passing on the info.

This can be a great way to help them out, find out what their struggles are and if they need help. You never know, you may get a new business partner as long as you don’t push your system onto them.

Sometimes you may get people spam your wall who use the same system as you. I have people in my group who have the same system as me and I belong to their groups and we do get the same info but for someone to spam their system on your wall just proves they have intention of building a relationship with you.

Now you don’t have to do all of the do’s when connecting with someone, pick one you like or mix and match it’s up to you. After you have made your connections check out the status updates on your home page to see your friends update and post comments. It’s a great way to build rapport with everyone.

This is very easy to do, just follow this Facebook training and other’s as I post them on the blog and you will start to build a great relationship with all your new contacts.

Have a great day and thanks for reading.

Regards

Tristram Lodge