3 Reasons Why Social Media Will Destroy Your MLM Business

  Written by Darren Spruyt on Nov 3, 2011 3:21 pm

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Are you thinking social media is the best solution for your marketing efforts in helping you to get more leads for your business? This post is going to reveal the truth to you that social media will indeed DESTROY your MLM business and why it is so. If you don't believe me, read on.

MLM Destruction #1 - It's really a waste of time

Social media is a big waste of time. I'm serious, stop wasting your time and go market your business. Are you getting on to Facebook and finding yourself chit chatting with people or are you building new relationships every day? Or are you at the very least connecting with people and maintaining your relationships with them? Sites like Facebook and Twitter are extremely distracting when you are getting new notifications every single minute about someone posting on your wall or sending you a message. How can you really concentrate where there is so many things going on at one time, especially when our attention span seems to be getting shorter and shorter?

MLM Destruction #2 - It Takes Time

First I say it wastes time, next I say it takes time? What do I mean? Simple! Social media is all about building relationships. If you really want to build and are serious about your MLM business, you need to create a relationship with the people you are connecting with and this takes time. So many network marketers assume everybody wants what they offer and they start introducing their products and opportunities first even before knowing more about you and introducing themselves! People want to know, like and trust you before listening to what you have to say. If they know that all you care about is money and not about them, why should they even listen to you? Creating a good relationship with someone can take from somewhere between 3 to 6 months, do you have that time to wait till you see any form of result?

MLM Destruction #3 - The Constant Introduction of New Social Media Platforms

First it was friendster, then came Facebook, then came Twitter... Now there's Google+?!?!? When is this ever going to end? Think about it! Just when you told yourself, you are going to sit down and master one social media platform, a new one pops up. That's not the worst thing! You never know when everyone is going to move on to the next platform, and when the "popular" one is going to die out. How can you possibly keep up with the trends and make sure you become a master marketer at that platform right? You would have to learn that new platform from scratch all over again, understanding it and finding out what are the best ways to reach your target audience. You would also want to get ahead of the crowd and become the known "Guru" if you really want success right?

The Truth About Social Media

It doesn't matter which social media platform you are using as long as you understand the fundamentals of using them. In fact, social media has always been around in a different way.  Are you making these 5 Deadly Mistakes That Could End Up Getting You Ignored In Social Media? If you avoid these mistakes and focus on relationship building, your MLM business is sure to succeed even if you are not a "Guru". In addition, the best way to avoid wasting time on sites like Facebook is to set daily targets for yourself to achieve. For example, add 20 friends a day and send them a personal message. It could be as simple as that, and start finding out more about them when they get online by chatting with them or sending them messages. If you are really serious about building your MLM business and are looking to build more leads for it, make sure you check out My Lead System Pro and how it can help your business.

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