Messaging Your BN "Friends"
Group: Better Networker Newbies Guide
Read More: "I am not one to spam BUT . . ."
A word of advice.
If your private message starts with the above line, or that thought is running through your mind when you are writing a private message, DO NOT hit the send button.
You will not win friends and influence people by sending messages like that on Better Networker.
I like getting private messages - I do not like getting sales pitches.
What is the difference?
if the whole reason you send a private message is to include an affiliate link, then you are sending spam. Do not do it.
There are places on BN where you can post affiliate links. These would be your Forum signature, under Opportunities, and in an Article.
If we are having a private message conversation and at some point you think you have something that will add value to me then by all means include an affiliate link. I believe in supporting people who have helped me in some way.
If you send spam I will remove myself from your friends list and we will not be networking in the future. Sorry, but this forum is too valuable a tool to let it degenerate into the spamfest that many others are.
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It's hard when you're a newbie, and you're excited about your product or something that's changed your thinking, to not understand why the world and his dog wouldn't want to share in your excitement.
And that's why we have the opps section, the signature lnks, etc. And Dean's right. Feel free to let your passion about your product run riot in those areas. But only in those areas.
Don't risk damaging your reputation before you've even built it.
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You have a free Ebook?
yes Sure I will take a look at it. Juanita Waterman
I couldn't have said it better myself!
I agree 100% Dean--that's one of my pet peeves as well! After all, isn't the whole point of Better Networker to learn and share with each other without constant sales pitches?
Spam Busters
Good idea to reinforce this point here in the Newbies group. To pinch someone elses quote "Everyone likes to buy, but no-one likes to be sold".
Since Carl the Cop came back on duty, surfing around the BN site has been so much more enjoyable. Filtering out all the blatant self promotion & BS was too much like hard work. It's a shame that adults need to have an authority figure looking over their shoulder, but the difference is tangible.
Obviously some folks weren't paying attention in Attraction Marketing class!!
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You are right Susan - enthusiasm is a great thing and I know what it is like to want to share some really cool stuff with everyone.
I guess I am just on too many lists and get more than my share of sales pitches every day. And I don't want to see people here ruin their chances of making contacts that could be very valuable for the sake of a couple of dollars commission.
If you must PM me with something amazing - try a non affiliate link. I will be more likely to look at it, and I will think you are trying to help me rather make a couple of dollars. Who knows what other ways we may end up working together down the line.
We Need More Examples...
I think we need more hard core examples of what spam is. If we were to make screen captures identifying exactly with part of the message/post is relationship building and which parts belong in: "How to Loose Friends and Annoy Leaders".
No one thinks that they are spamming you when they are giving you something "for free"... But if its unsolicited it is spam. If we have no rapport no relationship how could you possibly know what I want or need regardless of if its free or fee.
I'm absolutely certain that if I send Dean or Susan or any of my friends a link right now that say "you've gotta check this out" based on our relationship they will at least click to open it. I've received links that will forever remain UNCLICKED that say the same thing from people I don't know, like or trust... I hope you get that from Deans post.
Malika
P.S. Thanks Dean and Susan for including me in this newbie group project, it's been a blast! and we've only just begun...
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This is a great idea
AAGG,
Ok, will try again, lol
Blessed computers.
Ok, what I was trying to say in my last post.
If anyone doesn't have screen capture software, they can simply hit the 'print screen' button on the keyboard, which takes a picture of your computer screen. Paste this into Paint or Word, crop away the parts of the image you don't want, and save as an image file, which you can then insert into your message, as below. (lol, if it works this time).
Well Done
Good 2nd attempt Susan.
See it must be easy even Susan can do it :D
Examples of Do's and Dont's
Hi
As a relative newcomer to the social marketing arena, I quickly picked up the need to give value and not spam anyone- but, as Malika says, it's not always easy to know exactly what is spam and what is not.
I have sort of formed a core rule in my mind "if it is what the person wants- and you are pretty sure about that- it's not spam".
How do you know what they want? You check out the forums and add value to the discussion by giving relevent information (yours or others stuff), they opt into your list, they send you a message letting you know what they want, or you have entered into a private discussion (Written or telephonic) with them where they let you know what they are looking for. Basically, you've built a relationship or the person has asked you for more information (by opting into your list).
Having read this discussion thread, and Malika's words "I think we need more hard core examples of what spam is" I thought I'd include this article which cites some examples of what not to do and the approach to take.
6 Social Etiquette Tips to Use at Social Networking Sites are some of my conclusions and some helpful tips about what to do and what not to do at (mostly) FaceBook and BetterNetworker.
Hope you enjoy them.
Tania
Good Advice Tania
Great examples of what to do and what not to.