Hi Stranger! I want you to join my business and please upgrade!

Posted by Paula van Dun
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Hi Stranger! 
I want you to join my business and please upgrade! I do not tell you who I am and what my business is about, only that you can earn loads of money. Of course the best is to upgrade! 
http:/anunclickablelink.com
 
Think about it! Do you really expect this to work? Of course not.
 
Still this is the approach I see on many profiles, rev pages and blogs. Sadly this is also often the approach after people are accepted as a new contact thus making a lousy first impression.

 
Many members join, paste their opportunity on their profile and spend a lot of time posting links and/or earning credits/points/tokens what ever to post campaigns or adverts. And then wonder why few join and why the few that joined (mostly only to earn credits) do nothing.
 
This approach does not work in real life and it does not work in online marketing either.

People follow people. You will be surprised how many will follow you if you engage and contribute in a positive way. I.e. posting interesting/helpful articles, comment in a way that your comment ads value and share good stuff from others. Think about it, would you join an opportunity of someone you trust and value for his/her expertise or from a stranger with a blank profile? This being said I would like to point out that you should ALWAYS do due diligence, even if the opportunity is from your best friend. Because even your best friend can make a misjudgment.
 
When you are new on any social network you should give people the time to get to know you. Be helpful by giving tips on issues you know something about. At least you should know enough about the products/services you advertise to answer questions. If you do this people will check out your profile or signature link. So make sure your profile is the best it can be on any network.

My recommendations for social media business networks is Apsense and the networks Facebook, Linked In and Twitter.

When you have built yourself an online presence and you have found a good opportunity to promote it is time to start adverting your opportunity or business. Remember the best advertising is getting yourself a killer profile on the social business sites you are on. Don't join to many at the same time. Better to have only 2 or 3 where you are active than 20 where you seldom log in and engage.

Joining a co-op can save you a lot of time and money for your advertising. I recommend The Marketers Co-op that has plans for every budget and need. It has a affiliate program that is free to join.

Another program I can recommend is AdsActly. It has an advertising co-op but also offers affordable hosting plans with extras like an autoresponder, conference rooms and more. It is most important to brand your company with its own (paid) domain. Read here why.
You can also post ads for free on
AdsActly and earn from their affiliate program.