The Meaning of Giving Value to Your Social Network Friends

Lets start with the definition of value =

1. Monetary or material worth.

2. To consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance.

I like the second definition “to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness or importance”. So what is this telling us?

When we offer something to a friend we should have their welfare in mind. Think about when you first went on (example only) Facebook. You were brand new, just sign up as an affiliate with some company and they told you Social Media is great marketing tool. The first thing is that you start put yourself out there or we could say opening your life up to folks through your info page with hopes that people will befriend you and you can tell them about your business and they will join your team and you will gain a lot of distributors and make a lot of money and live happily ever after. Wake up, your dreaming. Ask yourself this question. Why are you any different than 10 other people on Facebook representing the same company? At this point your not, because that individual that is looking at you has a desire to do the same thing. What he is really looking for is someone who cares enough to show him how.

 Now this is where you come in with giving value to that person looking at you with the understanding that you are going to give knowledge with no immediate return on your efforts. Think about planting a flower, well it normally starts out as a seed that you have to water(feed helpful info), but just the right amount. Too much and you will drown it (too much info creates information burn out). Too little and it will fade away from lack of water (knowledge). Truly showing that you really care about that person’s success will come back to you 10 fold.

 What type of information to give? This is an often ask question. I can answer best by saying give what you were looking for. Example

How to build a website or blog. How to make and market videos. How to write a press release and article. How to use twitter for social networking,etc.

 You might be saying to yourself I don’t know all that. Well let me tell you a secret…..Google does, meaning you can do a Google search and find anything you want to know about on the internet.

 Now I hope I have enlightened you and not scared you. Most might say this looks like work. I say it is taking the time to build value that will help you to establish yourself as a leader. To get an example of what I mean, take a moment to visit my blog; http://bosscash77.com – take a look at the marketing tips section. I am by no means perfect. So if you have some questions email me at: bosscash77@gmail.com