What do you see when you join a social network?
When you find and join any of the social networks out there, what do you see? The answer to that question may explain why affiliate marketers get frustrated. For most, especially the new marketer they sign on to a network and immediately start rubbing their hands in glee at all the potential sales and sign ups they see around them. To them everyone on that network is a sale. They don't see other people they see dollar signs and act accordingly. They start posting ads. Then they start adding people to their spam list. No it's not a friends list if the only thing you plan to do is send them referral links and recruiting ads to your program. When these sign ups and sales don't materialize you get frustrated. But a few of them come on to the site and see something different. They see people. People who are potential FRIENDS. They immediately start looking around and seeing who is there, then they start adding them to their friends list. Yes for these few it is actually a friends list. These few aren't thinking about signing folks up but getting to know them. And then they look for ways to help their new friends. You have to realize that the vast majority of other networkers probably have no interest at all in what you are selling.....now. But as they get to know you they may know someone who does or just by getting to know you develop an interest. Too many affiliate marketers worry about building a huge downline, but what good is a huge downline when none of them are doing anything? However if your signups actually have an interest, they will be involved in the program. When they are involved they are active when they are active they generate profit. So take a moment to decide what you want to see when you join a network, dollar signs or people? If you consider them dollar signs what do you think they will think of you? |
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Comments (9)
Kari Carter9
Well as a mother with a two year old living 500 miles from her home, I don't know any other way to get customers to go to my Avon site. I can't go door to door I don't have a vehicle. Walk you say? Well, living where I would have to walk 2 miles just to get to 1 persons door, can you imagine that w/ a 2 year old? So, Andy, sometimes people just need a way to let people know they have a site to go to. There's a lot of women & men who would buy Avon, but don't have a representative because mo
Andy Anderson10
Owner Yuma Bloggers
When training marketers in social media I always tell them that once you leave your page, remember. Nothing else on the site is about you and you will do well. Social Media is selfish folks, it's in the nature of why people are here to begin with.
AKariBear in her move for branding proves one manner it's selfish in the fact we all seek to be known. That's why people go friend collecting and you see adders for all major social networks etc.. People like to at least feel famous. They also seek
Kari Carter9
Yea, I get what you're saying. What I personally do is try to get my name out there to as MANY people as possible. If we become friends then that's great. I'm polite & try to help them or ask them to help me. I know this is where most of my customers will come from. As of right now, I have no customers from joining these sites, but I have found 3 who are interested. Of course these are people I will do anything to invest my time in. Not the other 300 something "friends" I have. I guess t
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
well the new spam policy around APSense is going to give those with the dollar signs in their eyes a few BLACK eyes! Perhaps we will see more helping and less spamming from now on
Joan Maxymuik6
MLM Distributor, Trainer
I could not agree with you more. Helping people is the most important thing and if we are only concerned about the money, the money will not stay for long, great article
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Message sent!
Andy Anderson10
Owner Yuma Bloggers
Wow I have the perfect follow up to this but it would require linking to a post I did at IM Faceplate, on proper use of social media or linking in our guide to Kooii lol and I wont SPAM you comments my friend as either would benefit me.
Drop me a line and I'll PM them to you and you can decide if you wish to share either resource.
Andy
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
My first priority like yours is the relationship. I don't spam people with links and join my program. Yet everyday I check my messages and there's another link from another 'contact' who has not bothered to say so much as kiss my butt but they want me to join some program? Not that kiss my butt would make a difference but at least they would have at least opened a dialog first, even if it was the wrong one!
Dawie Bezuidenhout11
Systems Engineer I.T.
Hi Cheryl, This is very very true.
My first priority will always be friendship, and i have made some real close friends here at APSense including you.
I must say that most people tend to miss the importance of making friends, even in an online envirement like this.
And what you stated about the downline is also a fact.
I would Rather have a small downline that is active and works the system, whatever it may be, than 1000's doing nothing and expecting money to appear like a genie from a bot