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Worst 5 Mistakes Network Marketers Make On Facebook by H Kaneko
Today, Facebook is the most popular social networking sites in the world. In fact, it ranks as the 2nd most popular site on the web only to trail Google.com (according to alexa.com).
For network marketers who are always looking to meet and connect with people, Facebook is a goldmine and a lot of savvy network marketers who recognizing the opportunity and jumping on the platform. However, most of them seem to make these mistakes when they are on Facebook and they are all something you can learn from and avoid for yourself. Well, here they are:
1. Wasting time. You’ll find a lot of entertaining applications on Facebook that you may find yourself playing with, and before you know it, you may end up spending a couple of hours playing Scrabble with people on the other parts of the world. Always set yourself a time limit on Facebook and know how you’re going to measure your results from what you do there.
2. A.D.D. This isn’t unique to only Facebook users, but it’s all so common among beginning online marketers to hop on one tactic after another as soon as they learn something new from the latest and greatest that the gurus share every couple of days. This lack of focus causes people to dabble into many tactics without getting really good at anything. Stick with one or two mentors who have achieved the results that you want to achieve in your business and stick to them and only them. Chances are, they know what they are doing and following their footsteps, step by step, will get you similar results.
3. Growing too quickly. To prevent abuse of their platform, Facebook has set rules and limitations on users. For example, they have limitations on the number of friend requests one can send out as well as the number of postings users can make on people’s walls per day. Go beyond that, and Facebook will deactivate your account, sometimes without any warnings. Remember to always pace yourself and never go too crazy sending out 100s of friend requests per day. I’d say 20 to 30 friend requests per day should be fine especially in the beginning. The key here is gradual consistency. Allot five to ten minutes per day on Facebook to connect with people and send out friend requests, and over time, it will make a big difference.
4. Being too promotional. I see this all the time. People plastering a huge signature file with affiliate links and links to their business opportunity presentation sites or capture pages. This is nothing other than spamming and will not only risk yourself to be deactivated by Facebook, but even if you don’t get caught by Facebook, you will be seen as a spammer from your friends in your network and will do a lot of damage in terms of your reputation.
5. Getting stomped. You’ll often find people joining Facebook, putting some personal info here and there on their profile page, send out a few friend requests, and then get lost on what to do next. Not knowing what to do, they’ll leave their profile dormant and not engage in the social activities on the platform. Just remember that Facebook as well as other social networking sites are for just that: networking. Just as you join a party or an offline networking event, you want to proactively reach out and engage in conversations and be a friend.
H Kaneko is a recognized Internet Marketing business coach assisting ordinary folks create the internet lifestyle that they can truly enjoy. Learn how to market your business on facebook effectively and take your business to the next level.
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