By Iyabo Asani
Did you know that if you have any sort of Internet presence you are an Internet Marketer? Even if you do not charge anyone a dime, it is important that you understand that you are in the business of sharing information online. Even if you are a blogger, or you have a brick and mortar business, you want to know how the two big social networking sites can improve your visibility online.
I get that although I am a life coach I am an Internet marketer because I have a website and I am trying to sell my goods and services online. I have met so many other people online that do not get this very key point. My online relationships are as sacred as my offline relationships.
If you treat your online relationships as if they are offline, you will stand out from the crowd which will cause others to flock to you.
Just tap into your already existing social and law of attraction skills to create warmth, intimacy and authenticity by maximizing social networking like Twitter and Facebook this way:
1. You have been invited to a cocktail party and you are going to the party. The online party is Twitter and Facebook and this is your invitation. If you are not on there, you want to be on there. These are the hip places to be.
2. You get to the party and you begin to introduce yourself and say hello to others. On Twitter and Facebook, you begin to add friends and add or invite followers.
3. Hand out business cards and pick up the business cards of others. On Twitter, check out the profile of the person that you want to follow and see if they have a website. Go and check it out. On Facebook, read the profiles and learn about the people you are following. Quality trumps quantity every time.
4. Pick the few that you want to take your relationship with to the next level. Offline that means follow up with emails and phone calls to just stay in touch. Send them a tweet. Respond to their tweets and retweet their informative tweets. On Facebook, give them a thumbs up if you like what they said. Leave comments.
5. Maintain a relationship with people you meet. Keep exchanging comments and tweets and tell others about them.
6. Be interested and be interesting. Share information and goodies with them and from them.
7. Appreciate your sacred relationship with them. Do not pimp your followers out or ignore them or take them for granted in any way.
8. Don't just walk up to someone at a party and ask them for a job. Online, do not sell something to them immediately. Give something first and infuse your communication with a lot of good vibes, quotes, interesting things you are doing. Let your sales tweets or updates on Facebook be one out of ten as a good rule of thumb.
9. Introduce your newly met friends with one another so you can have more connections and interactions. Connect your Facebook and Twitter accounts so that you are consistent and you save time.
10. Be polite and say hello and goodnight to those at the cocktail party. Say good morning and good night on Twitter and Facebook and tell us what is going on in your life. It makes you more human.
11. Take your conversation to the next level. Plan to see each other again. Connect in real life with some of your connections on Facebook and Twitter by going to Tweetups and Meet ups. Better yet, make one happen. That is guaranteed to make you a popular person.
12. Celebrate your new friends lives with them. Make a note of people's birthdays and wish them "Happy Birthday." Try and be in touch with them on special occasions and holidays. Facebook will tell you your friend's birthdays. Do not miss out on that. Be sure to wish them blessings on those special days.
See, that was easy. You can do it and enjoy it as well. Be authentic and others will follow and like you.
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Love your post about this subject. I recommended something similar in "The LinkedIn Experiment" - especially regarding your item #8. Can't recommend that one enough. By "jumping into" Twitter and stating "I need a job" without some form of conversation first is a big relationship killer.
Thank you again for posting this information!
Kirsten Grant
Career Specialist
Kaplan University
Twitter Id: kgrantcareers
Posted by: Kirsten Grant | April 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM