Etiquette on Social Networking Sites

According to Wikipedia social networking sites started as early as 1995 but were used at that time mainly for friends to reconnect. It began to flourish as a component of business Internet strategies in 2005. So here we are today, only three years after it was first introduced as a business strategy and it is pretty much accepted as mainstream as social networks connect people at low cost. This is beneficial for both entrepeneurs and small businesses as they look at expanding their contact base.If you are not on social network sites then you are not in business.

We are all excited about the home-based business that we promote, but sometimes we tend to be a little over zealous when it comes to promoting on the social network sites that we belong to.

There are a few things to keep in mind when you join a social site.

When you join a social group of any kind please remember to be social. Yes it is even in the name. So many people come into a group and you never hear from them. I have tried to add people as friends and they do not respond to me at all. Either accept a friendship or decline it but by not doing anything it tells me that you are one of those people that sign up for things but never do any more then just that.

Never accept someone’s friendship and then bombard him or her right away with your business opportunity. That’s not being a good friend. If you did that with people you meet face-to-face I am afraid that you really would not have many friends. This holds true on social sites also. Chances are if you send your information off to someone right away they don’t even look at it. It will be a quick delete because they do not even know you.

People do take the time to post blogs and start discussions on all the social sites that I belong too. There is fantastic content within those posts from many people who have walked the walk of multilevel marketing. Please take the time to read those blogs. Maybe you cannot read them all, you may have to pick and choose but there is valuable information within those posts. Please, whatever you do, DO NOT add a comment to any blogs or discussion that have nothing to do with the content involved. This IS NOT the place to put an advertisement for the business you are offering.

There may be no such thing as etiquette on social networking sites and maybe there are no rules that are set in stone but if we could all have the same consideration on social sites as we do when we meet people everyday then we will all have a much more rewarding experience.

Suzanne has a successful home based business and is a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.

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How to Be Self Motivated

You’ve probably heard the saying, “If it is to be it’s up to me”. No one else can achieve success for you, it’s a decision and a choice you have to make every day. Everyone experiences challenges and days where you just don’t feel motivated. How do we rise above that and stay focused?

Here are seven Self-Motivator reminders for you to review on a regular basis: (by Brian Tracy -- excerpted from the Success Mastery Academy)

#1 - Get Serious. Make a decision to go all the way to the top. Up to now you've thought about it. Up to now, it's passed your mind. Many of you made the decision, and you've made up your mind to go all the way to the top, and your lives have taken off. It's the most extraordinary thing.

#2 - Identify Your Limiting Step to Sales Success. What's your limiting step? What's the one skill area that's holding you back? Ask other people. Find out what you need to become good at.

#3 - Get Around the Right People. Get around winners, positive people with goals and plans, people who are going somewhere with their lives and have high aspirations.

#4 - Take Excellent Care of Your Health. That means good diet, good exercise. If you're going to work hard 5 days a week, go to bed early 5 days a week.

#5 - Positive Visualization. See yourself as the very best in your field. Remember, all improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.

#6 - Positive Self-Talk. Say I'm the best. I like myself. I can do it. I love my work. Talk to yourself the way you want to be, not the way you just happen to be at this moment.

#7 - Positive Action. Get going. A sense of urgency is the one thing that you can develop that will separate you from everyone else in your field.

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Suzanne has a successful home based business and is a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.

Your Home Based Business and Online Marketing

When it comes to the internet knowledge is power.

Many people decide to turn to their computer when they are ready to take their home-based business to the next level. If you are new to online marketing and are a little leery of tackling the World Wide Web you may get easily overwhelmed.

The first thing that you should do in order to save a lot of valuable time and frustration is invest in a few good tools. They have to be new products that are easy to follow so that a beginner can not only read them but also can understand them and put them to use. If you can get a package that has a mix of products without a hefty price tag you can get your online business off to a quick start and get into profit quickly.

Something else that is very valuable to help you online is finding a mentor. This is important so that when you run into a roadblock you have someone to call that can help you over the hurdles in a timely manner so you are not wasting valuable time and energy trying to solve a problem. When looking for a mentor you need to find someone that has built a business online, not just someone who has talked the talk but has walked the walk, and who will be available to help you 24/7. There are programs all across the Internet but the one that I recommend was created by Nadira Haniff and it is called 180 days to greatness.

Remember, we can all take our multi level marketing businesses to the Internet and succeed online but like all other areas of business you need to remember that you have to invest in yourself. Get the education that is required, which needs to be ongoing, and invest in a mentor that will make sure that you will not be lost among everyone else on the Internet. Put this all together and your Internet business will be a very rewarding experience.

Suzanne has a successful home based business and a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams

BLOGS AS A MARKETING TOOL

To blog or not to blog that is the question.

Have you asked yourself that question before? If you have you are among the many small home based business owners that are confused about marketing yourself and your products online?

In this time when the economy is no longer about what is happening locally we all have to change our way of doing business. This is now a global economy and what better way to get your knowledge and your expertise out to the masses then investing a bit of time and energy into blogs as a marketing tool.

When I first started my own blog a few years ago I just wrote little paragraphs here and there about things that I thought people may want to know. I am sure that the search engines did not even notice me as I was not using any of the many keywords that they look for as far as content in my written blog.

If you are unsure about having a written blog you can always tackle something that I love doing and that is a video blog that you post on YouTube. If you have an artistic flair or if you are like my mother, she cannot draw a straight line with a ruler, you will still be able to make a top notch video with pictures that you can use from the internet. But yes, you should remember to use the proper key words there also!!

I have recently discovered a program called 180daystogreatness that has taught me the skills that I need to market myself and my products online. I have also found other internet marketing tools that not only help me build my blog traffic but have helped me with my viral marketing campaigns, social networking sites and more!!

Whether you are a newby just starting out with your first MLM Company or whether you are a seasoned veteran looking at ways to rejuvenate an existing business, give blogging a try. With the proper tools and the proper coaching you will be surprised with the results and you will become an old pro in no time.

Suzanne has a successful home based business and is a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.

Your Network Marketing Business and Your Exercise Program

You are probably looking at the title to this article and think that I am totally off the wall. What the heck do these two things have in common? More then what you can ever imagine and I will share what I know from personal experience.

I ordered an exercise machine years ago, a great little piece of exercise equipment that gave me a workout just putting it together. I remember the day it arrived, I was all excited, just like a little child at Christmas. I ran, got a pair of scissors and frantically opened the box, tore apart all the Styrofoam just to get to the machine inside!!

Disappointment #1 I had to assemble the thing. I did realize that there was SOME assembly required but the word some was very understated. So in a very meticulous way I separated all the pieces, laid them out on the floor just like in the diagram carefully counting every nut and bolt to ensure that I could build it to the specifications in the book. I am not talking pamphlet here, I am talking a book!! After a very trying evening I managed to get this equipment together and there in front of me were spare parts on the floor. It looked good, it worked so I figured they must have shipped extra pieces just in case!!

I donned the shirt that came with the equipment looked in the mirror and low and behold disappointment # 2. I did not look like that lady in the commercials that wears this shirt. I bought this equipment, assembled it, wore the shirt what more did I have to do? Oh that’s right I actually had to set up an exercise routine and USE the equipment.

After a few days of looking at the book and rearranging my schedule I started the exercises only to find out, yup you guessed it disappointment #3, it wasn’t nearly as much fun as it looked on TV! There was actually work involved; trying to get in shape is work there is no fun there at all!!

Now let’s see what is involved in your network marketing business. Someone spoke to me about a product that is the best thing since sliced bread. Hypes up the opportunity and states that it will be fun and easy to build a six figure income quickly and then you can sit back and reap the rewards for the rest of your life.

Now this is how that played out in the real world. I got all excited about the opportunity so I ordered a starter kit that gave me some products to use and all the information required to start building my wealth. I anticipated the day that it arrived and when it did, just like a child at Christmas I ripped open the package (didn’t need scissors this time) and poured all the contents out onto the floor anxiously looking over the contents to see the start of my successful business and a whole new life.

Disappointment #1, there is hardly any product but a whole bunch of literature that needs to be read. Nobody said anything about ALL this literature!!

Feeling a little overwhelmed at this point I dutifully put all the product away so it will be ready for use and pile all the literature to read tonight after supper. The excitement does come back slowly and I call a friend or two and tell them about this great new business that I just got involved in and guess what, here it comes, disappointment #2. That’s right they laughed, how dare they laugh at me when I am only trying to better my position in life!!

I called my sponsor and they say oh don’t worry about them they are just dream stealers you just need to make more calls and talk to more people. So I do as I am told only to be laughed at more so I call my sponsor once again and here comes disappointment #3, I find out that they have moved on to the next best thing out there and they no longer want to talk to me about that old business.

So in my frustration I pack up all the product and the literature in the box that it came in and put it out of site for a while until I decide what to do with it. Heck I might as well put it on top of the exercise equipment because that is just gathering dust anyway!!

So now do you see what both of these have in common? Whether you are building an exercise program or a successful internet marketing business there is no success in life without a game plan, a schedule, clear defined goals and the ability to educate yourself on the tasks at hand.

There is a program that is being dubbed that most jolting program on the internet that will help you with a game plan, a schedule and give you clear defined goals. You owe it to yourself to take a look and see what all the buzz is about.

Suzanne has a successful home based business and is a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.

The Network Marketing Tipping Point

There is a certain point in your network marketing business that is known as the tipping point. If you can remember the old English District Scales that were perfectly balanced with what looked like a dish on each side you can maybe visualize what this tipping point may look like. You add the same amount of pebbles to each side but all it will take is just one extra grain of sand to make the scale tip like it is much heavier.

Your network marketing business is just like the scale above. You work at it sometimes for weeks, months or even years depending on the amount of time that you work your network marketing business each day. You work and work but it seems like it is going absolutely no where and then out of the blue it just starts to take off and gets to have such momentum it is like it has a life of its own. The problem is that it takes a lot of work and a lot of effort to get to that point. A lot of people do not see the results that they want and they think that they are doing all this for nothing and they give up just before that tipping point, just before their business is about to explode.

Just when you think that there is absolutely nothing more that you can do and you want to give up because your home based business is going no where you have to keep going, you have to persevere because the next person that you get into your business or the next function that you attend just may be the tipping point in your business that will cause it to explode to unparalleled growth.

So don’t ever give up because that tipping point may be around the next corner.

Suzanne has a successful home based business and a successful network marketer. She enjoys helping others become successful to live the life of their dreams.