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Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking

Five Ways You Can Build Your Reputation With Social Networking
By Bob Jenkins

Are you using social networks to build your reputation online? Whether you already are or you are just getting started with sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Ning, building your online reputation is your biggest responsibility.

Here are five ways to make sure you do it right.

#1: Be Proud Of Being You

The first thing is, you have to be yourself. You have to be who you are. Because although you can get away with being fake for a little while, as soon as one person realizes that you’re not who you say you are, your reputation is destroyed almost instantly because of the power of social networking.

So be yourself. And don’t be afraid of being yourself. Realize that you have some gifts and some knowledge that people need to know about, and those that want to learn from you are going to gravitate towards you. Those that don’t think you’re worth listening to are basically going to ignore you. And it’s at their peril, so don’t worry about them.

#2: Transparency – Never Hide From Your Audience

The second thing about your reputation is you should try to be transparent at all times. This means you keep everything real with your audience.

For example, over the last year, I used social media to show you my move from Maryland to North Carolina, including drama with the movers, picking the house, and getting it set up. I also pulled back the curtain to show what it takes to run a product launch.

When I did my last product launch, I was Twittering every day what I was doing to get ready for this site. Most of the gurus out there would keep everything under lock and key, and I was being very clear, saying, “This is what I’m doing to get ready for this launch.” It actually helped me have a better launch, even though I told everybody exactly what I was going to be doing.

They didn’t think that they had some surprise or whatever like most people teach; they just were excited to be part of it and part of the story. So be transparent. Let people know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, and they’re going to learn how to trust you.

#3: Be Positive For Positive Results

The third way to build your reputation is to be positive.

There are folks out there who generally can do a good job of being negative. I don’t know about you, but I don’t find that to be a very long-term profitable strategy.

It may get you some attention at first and spark some controversy, but that’s not the way to go. Be looking forward to the optimistic of your industry, of your business and what the results are going to be.

It would be easy for you to go onto Twitter or onto Facebook and talk about how you’re having a bad day or this product sucks or this week sucks or this relationship sucks. But you’re not really there for a support network, per se.

You’ll find some of that. If you have something bad happen in your life, sharing it with your followers will be very therapeutic for you and you will get a lot of support back. But when you’re just blasting negative things out, you’re going to get negative things in return, usually.

So try to be positive as much as possible and look for the opportunities that are out there and look at them from that positive perspective.

#4: Build Your Reputation And They Will Come

The fourth thing you must do is to be patient. This is because, initially, your reputation is going to be built only by yourself and the first initial people who get to know you. But as time goes on and you get more followers and you build a larger network of friends and peers, your reputation will solidify to allow your business to grow.

Once it hits a tipping point, your reputation and business accelerates at a very quick pace.

So be patient and let it happen. Don’t try this stuff out for a week and then come back to me next week and say, “Well, it didn’t really work. I didn’t really get any results yet.” You’ve got to let social networking play out over a few weeks and then a couple months and so on. A year from now your business is going to be tremendously different compared to where it is right now.

#5: Contribute To The Conversation – Every Day!

The fifth thing about your reputation is you need to be someone that people look to as a contributor, not as a leech, not as a mooch, as a contributor.

You have to be willing to be involved in the conversation, and you have to be willing to give as much or even more than what you’re going to get in return. The people who do that are growing so fast it makes my head spin.

I feel that I’m a pretty giving person but I see some other folks out there that just keep on giving, giving, giving and they just build up a huge following and that social capital is a real asset to your business. So you need to make sure that you’re contributing as much as possible to the conversation.

I don’t mean that as just go around randomly and try to help people. Within your specific task, your specific industry, the things you know well, you need to be at the forefront of letting people know how to do what you know how to do without charging them money at first.

They’ll come and find your site and your products and they’ll pay you for that as time goes on and their needs grow. With social networking you need to be building your reputation up first.

If somebody has a question, you should be one of the first people who answers and you need to answer without reservation not just, “Oh, I answered that in my eBook; go buy it”. They’re going to find your eBook if you just talk to them and give them solutions to the problem they are struggling with at that moment.

Give people your input, your encouragement for them to get better at what they are trying to do.

Any little quick free advice you can give, give it.

Actively Build Your Reputation With Social Networking And Reap The Rewards

You’ve got to be in this for the reason of having fun and really building that relationship. Dollars will come, there’s no doubt about that. But first, connect with people and really help them out. Understand that they’ll become loyal followers of what you do and see you for who you are.

Follow these 5 steps to building your reputation online and you’ll not only beat your competition, you’ll have more fun doing it!

Bob Jenkins teaches business owners how to use internet marketing strategies effectively to attract more customers and get more sales without spending a fortune on advertising. Get more free social networking lessons at www.DiscoverSocialNetworking.com.

How To Choose The Best Autoresponder – Deliverability Matters

How To Choose The Best Autoresponder – Deliverability Matters

TrafficWave Delivers

(By the way, I have a very special offer for you below.)

I was going to write a piece about this myself, when I came across this article by TrafficWave TrafficWave Delivers. The fact is, EVERY company, large or small, MUST HAVE an autoresponder. You need to work efficiently – autoresponders give you the freedom to do just that.

I use TrafficWave (TW) myself – I actually have two accounts – and very good it is too.

There’s a lot more to TrafficWave than just an autoresponder. (An autoresponder is a program feature that sends an automated reply to incoming email. For example, when customers send email to your sales@yourdomain.com address, a standard message could be sent back to them. It also lets you send out regular messages to a list of subscribers as well as ad hoc ‘broadcast’ messages.)

As well as an autoresponder, you can set up your own FFA Ads Site – like this one: ACMEAdvertising

Do you want to track your ads? Well, TW has an AdTracker for you.

TrafficWave lets you set these up at no extra charge. It even tells you why you need them – and for the FFA site the answer may surprise you. Lots of tutorials and articles to show you how to do things and their support is top notch too.

If you have an autoresponder, check out TW, you may find they are a better deal. They will even help you move subscribers over.

If you are looking to get an autoresponder, then you need to see what TW has to offer before you commit. (Don’t do what I did and use another program, only to have to transfer everything to the better TrafficWave later.)

Oh, and they have a great affiliate program too, so it could mean you don’t pay anything at all for your autoresponder.

Here’s the link to their main page: TrafficWave Main Page

SPECIAL OFFER

If you sign up to TrafficWave through one of my above links and contact me to tell me that you will use it long-term, I WILL PAY YOUR FIRST MONTH’S SUBSCRIPTION!

But you must commit to doing the same for your downline too.

It’s called ‘Matrix Buster’ and uses the PAY IT FORWARD concept.

Why would I do this? Because I’m looking for people like you that are ready to work with me to create a Fast Track to the kind of income most people only dream about. By working together as a team we can all benefit a lot more (ie make money) than if we do it alone. find out more about the Matrix Buster plan with TrafficWave –>> CLICK HERE.

To your online success

LyndaH

How To Create Top Quality Web Graphics

How To Create Top Quality Web Graphics

Hello fellow marketer

Are you like me and struggling with how to create
top-quality web graphics to promote your latest and
greatest product?

You know that you need top quality design templates
to use, but if like me, you don’t have that creative
flair, then it can be difficult and whatever you do looks
a old-fashioned and mundane.

The AdKreator system was designed for everyone, from
the greenest Internet Marketer to the List Building
Expert.  AdKreator even hosts all your work on their
blazing fast server!

AdKreator makes you feel like a professional designer.
That’s not marketing fluff, I challenge you to see it
for yourself!!

You really don’t need to read the rest of this email.
If you understand the power of this idea, you would
click this link and put the AdKreator system to the
test today.

AdKreator – ->> CLICK HERE

* You know the Secrets to Advertising Success and
AdKreator Delivers! Industry experts always push three
key points for advertising in Traffic Exchanges…

1st: BUILD A LIST.

Wow, how many times have you heard the money is in
the list? Now how many times have those same people
told you just use a system and you’ll have a massive
list only to find out 3,000 other people are using
their same exact looking squeezepages?

adKreator’s got you covered!

You can now use their system and “secret design
weapon” to get skyrocketed results. Not only can you
design custom looking pages, Justin has included a
unique drag and drop opt-in form tool.

No longer are you stuck with a boring generic squeezepage
that forces you to have an optin box in a certain spot.
Just enter your auto responder code, drag & drop and WHAM!

A one of a kind, fully hosted squeezepage you can start
using immediately!

2nd: BRAND YOURSELF.

You have to get your name and your photo out there. I’ve
used templates and other services only to get the same
looking page as everyone else using them.

You’d have to be a designer to make those products and
in some cases you can’t do anything to standout other
then adding your picture and name.

Justin has made it so simple to stand out in a crowd. I
had full control of where I wanted my photo, name and
content. It was so easy I ‘kreated’ my first, fully hosted
splashpage within the first 5 minutes of using the system!

3rd: PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS.

With AdKreator you can start with a professionally
designed template, add your own custom images or use
the ones included inside the designer. You don’t have
to download an add-on graphics package just re-upload
them into your design.

The best part is all the images they provide have
transparent backgrounds. This really made a huge
difference to me.

* You don’t need a four-year degree or four-figure
software to kreate! AdKreator allows anyone to be a
designer and kreate top-quality promotions. If you
can navigate the web, point, click, drag & drop you
have what it takes.

* In addition, the service is run over the internet.
You will be able to log on and ‘kreate’ from any internet
enabled computer without the worry of bulky or confusing
software to install.

* No need to start with a blank slate. This is single
biggest stumbling block people face with doing their
own advertising. Designing from scratch is a talent.
Why do you think good designers are so expensive?

* AdKreator gives you that design jump start with it’s
professionally designed templates in various shapes,
sizes, and concepts.

Now, here’s something which is hard to find out
before you register. Me, I like to be up-front about how
much things cost. The free level lets you have 1 page
design with hosting. Upgrade at $14.97 per month
for unlimited number of designs with hosting.

I don’t want you to just take my word, though. The
best way to experience the power and ease of this
system is to just do it!

Go ahead and CLICK HERE to find out more.

– Lynda H

P.S. WARNING – AdKreator is highly addictive!! I’ve
been using it all day!

How To Get Listed On The First Page Of Google In Under 24 Hours

How To Get Listed On The First Page Of Google In Under 24 Hours

I just came across this interesting blogpost from LeadsLeap. No point in paraphrasing it all in here again – so here’s my  short-link:

http://cli.gs/aNHXLd

All the best

– Lynda H

PS LeadsLeap is a great lead generating and advertising system – but you may also be interested in T.O.A.N. – which is a great way to advertise whatever you want to – and get your advertising spend back! (This goes to a page with video): CLICK HERE

Why Are You Trying To Reinvent The Wheel?

Why Are You Trying To Reinvent The Wheel?

I’ll keep this simple…

You know the single most crippling mistake

that almost every beginning online marketer

makes?

Trying to blaze their own trail…

There are dozens of proven ways to make an

excellent living online… and yet so many

people insist on making it a lot harder

than it needs to be.

Look, you don’t get bonus points for

creativity in marketing… you just get

extra headaches and it takes longer before

you make money.

The pioneers are usually the ones with the

arrows in their back.

Why not just relax and do it the easy way?

=>=> http://cli.gs/cbpirate

It used to be a long, grueling process to

put together a money-making online system.

* First, you had to design and create a

product that you hoped people would want

to buy.

* Then you had to write and design squeeze

pages, sales pages, order pages, and thank

you pages – format them and upload them

online.

* Next you had to write a series of email

autoresponders to promote your product.

* Finally, after all this you still had to

figure out how to get traffic to your

website.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a nice, complete

turn-key system that would do all this for

you?

Now there is…

=>=> http://cli.gs/cbpirate

It’s true that the first online marketers

had to blaze a trail and do it the hard way.

But there’s no reason for you to work that

hard, when they’ve done most of the work for

you.

Just go to the link below and you’ll

immediately see what we mean.

=>=> http://cli.gs/cbpirate

To your success,

Lynda H