First contacts - make a good 1st impression

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel."

This quote I have read a long time ago, I do not know from who this quote is but it hooked in my mind for ever and I think of it often . Because these are truly Words of Wisdom.

It is something you should also want to keep in the back of your mind in your online approach of new contacts or in comments you make on other people's postings.

There are things that make me feel irritated. It are  invitations to connect from strangers saying Hello + an affiliate link. Of course one of your objectives to make new connections is to do business in most cases. But I don't think the above is a good approach.

There are better ways. What you could do is sending them a short message like I am Jon from Italy and  I would like to get to know new people, along with the remark that they can read more about you on your profile. (of course your updated profile). Most people will except. They won't all take the trouble to view your profile at once, but that's ok. When connected they see what you have posted and they may do so in future.

Another thing what annoys  me is when people comment on MY article with an advertisement for their own opportunity. Unless it is an article specifically asking to post resources of some kind, I think it is rude.

Always try to respond in a polite way if somebody writes a comment you disapprove of. Writing a comment explaining why you disapprove is more constructive than calling this person a moron.

Social marketing is about being social and mainly promoting yourself and your skills. Just try to help others. You will build nice online relations, at long term your profile and ABC Business network and on some networks your signature, will do a big portion of the selling.

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