In addition to SFI, my "real" business is helping small businesses use social media properly. One of the first things I tell my clients is that people are not on Facebook to be sold something.
So my first, best advice is to anyone who wants to promote a product or service - or SFI - on Facebook or Twitter is to FIRST build relationships. Watch what your friends post and figure out where your interests intersect with theirs, and then give them what they like! Be so winsome that people fall in love with you and want be involved in whatever you are doing! Trust me, THEY will ask you about your business - you won't have to chase them.
Create a fan page where you talk about SFI and include great info about the products, and you can gently direct your friends to check it out after they are already hanging on your every word!
It is true that there are many entrepreneurs' groups that you can join that allow promotion, and you will want to check those out. But if they are open groups, your posts in those groups will show up in your news feed where your friends can see them, and there is nothing like constant promoting that turns off everyone ELSE on your friend's list! You don't want to be reported for spam, which reflects badly on you and on SFI.
And by the way, I wouldn't bother with LinkedIn for SFI. Network Marketing just doesn't work all that well there and your time is better spent elsewhere.
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In addition to SFI, my "real" business is helping small businesses use social media properly. One of the first things I tell my clients is that people are not on Facebook to be sold something.
So my first, best advice is to anyone who wants to promote a product or service - or SFI - on Facebook or Twitter is to FIRST build relationships. Watch what your friends post and figure out where your interests intersect with theirs, and then give them what they like! Be so winsome that
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