Serious Entrepreneurs Mind Their Social Media Manners
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Let's face it. If you're an entrepreneur, you'll know that using social media is a great way to promote your business. It's fast, it's simple and, best of all, it's free!
However, If you don't know what you're trying to do, then most likely you are doing it wrong. You might have pissed off Google and other people who thought that you were their online "buddy". You might even have your accounts on Myspace, Facebook and Twitter canceled.
Why? Simple. It's because you've reached the evolutionary low of Internet personalities. You've become a SPAMMER.
Online social networks are one of the blessings of Web 2.0. Plenty of people use them to stay in touch with their friends, meet new people, make work-related connections and more. Unfortunately, it seems like you can't have something good on the Internet without someone coming along to abuse it, and that's as true of online social networks as anything.
A blog is web 2.0 (for the blogger), Facebook and MySpace are web 2.0, Flickr and Twitter are web 2.0, and social bookmarking sites are all web 2.0.
As the Internet became more popular and more people started using it, businessmen came to realize that they could promote their business through the web and thought, "This is free? This is soooo cool!"
Problem is that it's not cool!
Social media is a broad word that encompasses many kinds of sites, but there's an online etiquette that dictates which web 2.0 sites allow you to have a slice of the Internet property for yourself and your business - without ticking off the wrong people and causing you to lose your reputation as a serious entrepreneur in the network marketing industry.
Let me explain it this way:
It's the weekend - time to forget about work, catch up with old friends, make some new friends possibly. So you go to a party. You're having a great time. Then someone comes up to you, introduces himself, and immediately tries selling you on some business opportunity.
How much of a turn-off is that? That is exactly what happens when you use certain social media sites for purposes they are not intended for.
If you're going to succeed in the Internet jungle of business, you have to understand that it's not about making money but about making connections with people. Even if it's on the Internet, you should conduct business the same way you would in person - with dignity and respect. Business has it's time and place, and social media is generally not one of them.
Remember, force-feeding usually results in up-chucking. If you want to build a solid business, do so on a solid foundation of respect and friendship for each other's person, even if you're just online.
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