Welcome to this month's edition of Marketing Magic. In last month's newsletter we discussed on establishing a social networking platform for your MLM business.

This month we will continue our online marketing series and talk about social networking and what it could do for your business.

Marketing Magic's Contents

• What are Social Networking sites?
  
• Functionality of Online Networking sites
• Benefits of Social Networking sites for a business owner
  

Online networking is made possible by Social Networking websites that provide the opportunity to interact with Internet users all over the world. These online communities are extremely popular as they provide an excellent platform to discuss common interests or activities. With the advent of newer and efficient technologies in communication; networking in the cyberspace using social media sites has become quite common. Every day the number of Internet users is steadily growing and this provides a great opportunity to access people beyond boundaries. Though these sites carry a multitude of information, they are extremely user-friendly and simple to use thereby making it easy for people to network.

What are Social Networking sites?

Also known as Social Media sites, they provide the channel to promote your website or business through various media channels that can be accessed globally. This powerful strategy will get you the network contacts, links, attention and a large amount of traffic to your business website. It acts as an effective & economical promotional process that has the ability to showcase your profile and hence your business to a large number of people. The tools of communication used for networking are blogs, e-mail, newsfeeds and instant messaging. Some of the popular Social Networking sites include Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Functionality of Online Networking sites

The basic structure of a Social Networking site consists of creating a user profile. You can create a group of contacts consisting of friends and other like minded people. It is easy to update their contacts on current happenings and status updates on a regular basis. You could posts blogs regularly and leave comments for other users. This helps you stay active and get noticed as a regular user. There are many widgets provided by these sites for added functionality. These can be added to your business website and enables viewers to see that you are involved in Social Networking. Subscribe to hot feeds on the websites on which you have contributed. This helps you and other users stay in the loop on updates. Click here to find out more

Benefits of Social Networking sites for a Network Marketing business owner

• As a business owner, it is extremely important to create a network of friends and contacts through common interests. These contacts can then generate future prospects and leads
• Social Networking can help your Network Marketing business to connect to a highly targeted segment of online users to visit your business site. Using the various tools on social media websites, you can increase the visibility of your business on a global scale
• Social Networking sites are one of the cheapest ways of marketing your business online
• Most of the Social Networking sites are straightforward enabling everyone to use the social networking tools
• As a great alternative to ads and banners, you can a good rapport and conversations with potential prospects and clients on a more personal level
• One of the most important features of Social Networking is increased visibility of yourself and your business. This can be achieved by keeping in regular touch with your contacts

As a network marketing business owner, you must use a soft and a slow persuasive approach to educate your contacts about the business and its products. Expansion of business and sales are made possible using Social Networking sites by having slow and steady approach. Pushy marketing tactics and short-term sales pitch would hamper your chances of business expansion.

Before you embark on the path of Social Networking, you must have a plan in place to utilize this tool for your business.

• List out the sites that you are comfortable with and consistently keep your contacts updated on your day to day activities
• You can study the potential market by sending regular updates of your business to know their views. This helps you gauge the reaction of the target audience on your business and its products
• The Social Networking audience may not like the direct business approach; rather, a friendly outlook and general discussion will create a level of trust and understanding in the initial stages
• The main focus should be to create a good rapport with your contacts that would help you and your business grow in the long run. The contacts created through these social networking websites are your future prospects
• Never be aggressive or pushy to sell your business or products online on Social Networking sites as they may be rejected, ignored or criticized

Social Networking is a powerful resource for Network Marketing. You have the ability to create a new set of friends and contacts. It also helps you reconnect with old friends and converse on your business and opportunities. The traditional method of Network Marketing involves a lot of cold leads, but with the Internet and the Social Networking websites, you can easily connect with people and establish a lifelong association which would in turn benefit your business.

Use Social Networking sites to create strong associations and friendship rather than focus on finding prospects alone. It makes Network Marketing a lot more fun and effective in the days ahead.

Until next month....Happy Networking

Troy Rocavert

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