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[Lynda Cromar Company: Empower Network, LLC Contribution Level: 9]

We probably all have our nightmares. We have all done a lot to build who we are. What would you tell a newbie. How would you get them started using social media so they can have success right out of the gate. I would like to keep this generic, not about specific companies, but how would you train them, where would you start them?

[jeremy cox Contribution Level: 1]

i would teach them how to get leads on Facebook and twitter and just be there for them

[Richard Bravo Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 9]

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I would start by grabbing them by the shoulders and screaming STOP!!!
OK, maybe not that crazy, but I would get the point across as sharply as I could.
Here's what I mean:

Social media ...
tweeting, posting, commenting, checking in, liking, retweeting, syndicating, sharing, bookmarking
yada yada yada. NONE OF IT will do you any good if the foundation of your business sits on nothing more than excitement about some new "strategy" you just learned on a webinar on how
to get more leads, or more followers or more traffic.

None of it will do you any good if you do not have a product or service to sell through a converting funnel.
Something to generate revenue when all that traffic and leads come pouring in.

So my advice is before you do ANYTHING with social media, you must have a funnel
of some sort in place, with a high converting offer, that takes that traffic through
a sales process and puts cash money in your bank account.

How do you know if your offer is "high converting?"
You have to put one together and get in front of that audience and test it.
Which goes back to building the foundation first.

If you do not have that foundation in place, then you have no business wasting time on social media.
In fact if you do not have that foundation in place .... you have no business.

~RB
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[Lynda Cromar Company: Empower Network, LLC Contribution Level: 9]

Wow great tips so far, keep them coming!

[Daniel Attard Company: Neways Worldwide Contribution Level: 3]

Definitely don't waste time. Focus on delivering a ton of value. Never pitch ever, ever. Just build a following by offering pure content. I would def tell a newbie to learn copywriting before social media.

Daniel Attard

[Roger Aburto Company: Talk Fusion Global Contribution Level: 4]

Lynda.Hi!

Do you know that your name means Pretty in Spanish?

Anyways back to the point...

I would recommend them to spend half hour in this site :

http://www.wildfireapp.com and have them to comment about their findings...If they do not get it...I would not spend to much time trying to convince them to get on board with the new wave.

Be well,

Roger Aburto

[Lester Diaz Contribution Level: 2]

I would say get on YouTube & Twitter The two fastest ways to get visitors to any website guaranteed..

[Joyce Penner Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 8]

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I would start by grabbing them by the shoulders and screaming STOP!!!
OK, maybe not that crazy, but I would get the point across as sharply as I could.
Here's what I mean:

Social media ...
tweeting, posting, commenting, checking in, liking, retweeting, syndicating, sharing, bookmarking
yada yada yada. NONE OF IT will do you any good if the foundation of your business sits on nothing more than excitement about some new "strategy" you just learned on a webinar on how
to get more leads, or more followers or more traffic.

None of it will do you any good if you do not have a product or service to sell through a converting funnel.
Something to generate revenue when all that traffic and leads come pouring in.

So my advice is before you do ANYTHING with social media, you must have a funnel
of some sort in place, with a high converting offer, that takes that traffic through
a sales process and puts cash money in your bank account.

How do you know if your offer is "high converting?"
You have to put one together and get in front of that audience and test it.
Which goes back to building the foundation first.

If you do not have that foundation in place, then you have no business wasting time on social media.
In fact if you do not have that foundation in place .... you have no business.

~RB
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That depends Richard I think on where people want to go or how high they want to go may be more appropriate. From what I've seen and heard most people's funnel is get on the sites, connect with people, build relationships, develop a "Know, like and trust", provide lots of value and hopefully these people will eventually start asking about your MLM business and what you do and then you make money if they switch to your company. The danger to that is it's a lengthy process with slow returns and the fundamental business training is neither taught nor learned.

Then there is a different group of people who are going to take that extra and much bigger step of developing their own products and/or JV partner to create funnels with upsells to the bigger ticket thousands of dollar sales. Rinse and repeat as many times with as many different avenues as you choose.

Correct me if I'm wrong there Richard but I think it's two totally different groups of people with the second group a much smaller percentage than the first. The second group, I would think, grows mostly from the first when the goals become larger than the potential of any MLM and the skills of business ownership become clear. Or when someone with the business knowledge, strengths and talents you have, can bypass the usual learning curve and go straight to the value based upsell offers.

Joyce

[Roger Aburto Company: Talk Fusion Global Contribution Level: 4]

Hi you all!

Unfortunately I do not recall the name of the gentleman who explain Social Media for Business...he went on to say " That Social Media is like if you are invited to big party--would be a huge mistake if you go around giving away business cards and just talking about what you do for a living--instead you start finding groups among the atendants that more or less share your same goals and points of views...and once you find some of them that worth the while to spend more time in a more intimate environment...you can go ahead and Invite them to your house to have a more friendly conversation".

In business is the same...you engage with the best Social Media sites...and you invite to your Blog/Offer/Opportunity...only those that would be interested in learning more about you and what you do for a living...and better still if they would like to know in which ways can you help them to solve their problems.

In my Facebook personal page I have a gentleman whose last name is Midura that is driving me crazy with four to five business messages every single day--I tried to delete him from my page but I could not find the way to do that...in a party he would be the drunk guy that is pooping in the party.Please teach your partners not to do that....I have to admit that seems that his aggressive approach is paying...he shows you photos about him counting lots of money...

Be well,

Roger Aburto

[Lynda Cromar Company: Empower Network, LLC Contribution Level: 9]

Hi you all!

Unfortunately I do not recall the name of the gentleman who explain Social Media for Business...he went on to say " That Social Media is like if you are invited to big party--would be a huge mistake if you go around giving away business cards and just talking about what you do for a living--instead you start finding groups among the atendants that more or less share your same goals and points of views...and once you find some of them that worth the while to spend more time in a more intimate environment...you can go ahead and Invite them to your house to have a more friendly conversation".

In business is the same...you engage with the best Social Media sites...and you invite to your Blog/Offer/Opportunity...only those that would be interested in learning more about you and what you do for a living...and better still if they would like to know in which ways can you help them to solve their problems.

In my Facebook personal page I have a gentleman whose last name is Mandura that is driving me crazy with four to five business messages every single day--I tried to delete him from my page but I could not find the way to do that...in a party he would be the drunk guy that is pooping in the party.Please teach your partners not to do that....I have to admit that seems that his aggressive approach is paying...he shows you photos about him counting lots of money...

Be well,

Roger Aburto

That is a good way to put it. Now if you are teaching someone to do that, they may not get it just from telling them that story. I like your analogy about the drunk. You can I believe block him.