Wednesday, March 21, 2012

social media and network marketing 261x300 My Social Media and Network Marketing Rant

Social Media and Network Marketing - What's your strategy?

There is no denying that we are now living in a network world and that there is no longer barrier to connecting and communicating with those far away from us physically; all thanks to social media networking sites.

Having said that, one would expect social media and network marketing to go hand in hand, however, that is not the case as so many people that are involved in network marketing are doing the wrong thing with social media and that really bugs me!

I can not thank the organisers of the 100 Days Biz Builder Challenge (Jordan Schultz and Adam Chandler) enough, as getting involved has made me more visible on social networking sites especially Facebook. I have received more friend requests in the last two weeks than ever before and the requests were not from just the people who are involved in the challenge but also people who came across my contents on Facebook.

Whilst this is a good thing, it really bothers me that as soon as I accept some of this friend requests, I get messages asking me if I am interested in this opportunity or open to that opportunity. Common! I’ve only just met you and you want to walk me down to the altar? Forget that I’m already married! [Continue Reading]

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