How to Maximize Ad Groups

To be honest, when I first started in Networking Marketing, I didn't post in Ad groups.  I looked around some, but I never saw any interaction or interest.  I saw a lot of pictures of money being flashed around and promises of outlandish income.  And I thought it was kind of hard to distinguish a scam verses a true opportunity.

If you have a Network Marketing Team, there are ways that Ad groups can be used to your benefit. What turned me off, is the exact thing you will be working to change.

• Research which ad groups you would like to participate in.  Try to pick groups that are between 20,000 and 1,500 members.  In any group of 20,000 or more members your posts will get buried very quickly.  Those particular ad groups really won't help you grow your business influence at all. In groups of 1,500 members or less, interaction is better, but not as many
  
  people will see them.  
• So now, make sure everyone on your Networking Marketing Team are members of these same groups.   
• Make a post introducing yourself.  
• Comment on others posts.  Post about how you like their graphics or their ad copy.  Try to stay more on the leadership qualities instead of their company or products.
• Post a few tips.  Post some encouragement.  Create graphics of a tip of yours or a team members.
• Establish leadership, positivity, and team spirit.
• All along, let your Network Marketing Team comment on your posts, share your posts, hold conversations in public.  Do this for all team members.  This will increase each members influence in the ad group.  Also be sure to respond to the people commenting.  Seeing these engagements should encourage others who are not in your network to start making connections to you.  
• Then post an ad.

The key to success is not how many ad groups you are a member of. It is how effective you are

within the groups you are members of.  Are you supporting your team members?  Are you interacting and share other team members posts?  Are you posting material that isn't ads?

You have to have a strategic plan in place for this to be successful.  Being concentrated in a few groups (10 or under) is like being a sniper.  If you are in too many and everyone is not being active in all of those groups, then it is hit and miss, probably mostly miss.

One important note.  If you see someone trying to post links in the comments, when your post did not request them, state in the comments about how that is not proper etiquette.  Let more of the team comment in the same way.  Show people ya'll know the proper way to do it and you are not afraid to show people the right way.

For other amazing information, check out these great blogs:

RJSatHome

Superhero Networking

IPA - Internet Information Curation Tools

Your time is valuable.  There is only so much of it to go around.  So how much time do you spend researching topics for blogs or posts that could be spent on more productive things like with family?

How would you like to have your own Social Media Assistant?

There are two apps I have found that can speed up this process in no time.  Both of these apps curate internet information based upon parameters you enter.  You can have several groups set up to pull information related to your Network Marketing Company and Network Marketing Tips or anything else you can think of.

One is Hootsuite Suggestions.  This is an iPhone app only.  I have searched high and low for an android version but I haven't been successful.  You can find it on iTunes.  Since I can't actually download this very useful app, I don't know the exact price, but I have been told it is free.  Hootsuite itself is $14.99 per month though, so you may have to have Hootsuite to get Suggestions.

By entering parameters that you use to Google a subject, Suggestions will search the internet and bring back the most popular items.  You can share straight from the app or you can schedule it to post at a later time.  The scheduling function is built right in.

The other is Crate.  Crate has the same functionality as
Suggestions, but it works on the computer with no mobile. After you set up an account, you create a New Crate.  By entering in the exact parameters that you need to look for and naming your Crate, it will build a list of the most popular items for those parameters.

Crate is built for Twitter, so you will need a Twitter account to signup.  But a great benefit is it also connects to Buffer.  You will be able to push the Crate information straight to any account linked to Buffer including Twitter, Facebook Groups, Pages, and Profiles.

Crate does have a scheduling function built it, but it will only post to Twitter.  There is a free version for you to try, but it doesn't connect to Buffer.  But it still saves a bunch of researching time. The next tier up is $19.00 a month.

Now you have two more apps to chose from in helping you automate your Networking Business.

 For more information check out these articles: 

Supercharge your Social Media – Use a Content Curation Strategy

700 Hours to Victory

Wellness Wednesday - Gut Health and Depression

Growing up, I don't really remember too much about people being depressed.  Either the people around me weren't depressed or it just wasn't talked about.  Now, it seems like everyone suffers from some form of depression.  

I ran into my bout when my husband died.  I still kind of classify myself as a functioning depressive - my term.

Did you know that depression is as dangerous as obesity?

Depression causes 1 in 5 heart deaths.

In the article Head Rules Your Heart

Lead researcher, Professor Karl-Heniz Ladwig, from the Technical University of Munich, said: “There is little doubt that depression is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. 
“The question now is, what is the relationship between depression and other risk factors like tobacco smoke, high cholesterol levels, obesity or hypertension?–– 

“How big a role does each factor play?”  
Prof Ladwig said: “Our investigation shows that the risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease due to depression is almost as great as that due to elevated cholesterol levels or obesity.”   Lizzie Parry, Digital Health Editor, The Sun

Their findings were published in the medical journal Atherosclerosis.  The risk rankings differ for men and women, but these are among the top for both sexes:

• Diabetes 
• High Blood Pressure
  
• Smoking
• Depression
• Obesity

Fifteen percent of the of cardiovascular deaths are depression related.  

Is there anything you can do to help depression?  There is research to support the belief that gut health impacts depression.  In last weeks post, I explained about Candida Yeast Overgrowth, listed a few ways that our environment can affect overgrowth and listed some of the symptoms or issues that it can cause.  

Since the medications used to treat depression can have serious side effects, many doctors try to get to the root issue before prescribing anything.  Candida ranks high on the root issue list.  

A good probiotic along with a gentle cleanse and a diet that cuts out sugar are great ways to get your gut healthy.  

Do some research on probiotics.  Choosing the right one will make all the difference.  That along with changing your diet.

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 For more information check out these articles: 

The Effects of Candida on Mental Health

Depression is as Dangerous as Being Fat

Branding

When I started in the Network Marketing field, I busied myself with promoting my company.  All I cared about was making sure people knew that I was selling and what my products were.  They were the ones paying me, right?

Since then I have seen what happens when you start to become your company.  

• You start to be seen by the public as a product of your company, not as a leader.  They don't see the true leadership qualities that is needed to become successful in this market.
  
   Some people do become successful this way, but they probably already had a network in place.  Their network followed them into the company.  
• When a company dissolves, for whatever reason, there goes your name, or brand.  It will take more time and effort to rebuild you as another company.  
• If you decide to move to another company, for whatever reason, you will have to start building your team from scratch.

If you work on branding yourself and your Network Marketing Team members as leaders, you will begin to see a better outcome and more influence in the industry.  

How do you brand yourself as a leader?  It takes the work of your Network Marketing Team.  Come up with a business strategy to promote each team member as leaders, not just representatives of their companies.  Talk up their leadership skills, their heart, their skill for copy writing or graphics.   

• Make friends outside of your company.  
• Promote your Network Marketing Team members companies.
• Collaborate with your Network Marketing Team to become
  
  better at marketing your respective companies.  
• You are becoming a loose marketing firm that actually gets influence and results.

Before you know it, people will be seeing your brand instead of your company.  And your whole Network Marketing Team will be seeing the same.

For other amazing information, check out these great blogs:

Superhero Networking
RJSatHome

How to Promote Each Other to Success

I have posted quite a bit about developing a Network Marketing Team.  I do this because it is your greatest asset. Having people outside of your company commenting and sharing your posts carries more weight than if other representatives from the same company brag on the products or you for that matter.

So the first step is to make sure everyone is on the same page with this because it is a strategy in which the whole team will ultimately benefit.  Just one person doing it won't make as much of an impact.  Comment and share posts, blog posts, pictures anything that your team members create that touches you, makes you laugh, inspires you and teaches you.  Carry on conversations in public.  Let others see the conversation and join in.  Don't just comment or like and go away, at least not all the time.  If you don't have time to write a comment, you can add a sticker.  Anything.  I would discourage just clicking Like/Love, but instead write something or post a sticker.

When you share, talk about the person, not about their products.  It is the person that needs the promoting.  Sometimes you can do both, but the person is what needs to be elevated.  You can share a company ad that they post, but describe what a good representative they are of the company.

You can also look at comments they make on posts to see if they have made a good point that you can create a graphic for.  Or create a graphic of a post they did.  People love to share graphics.  It is easier to share.  Make sure to note the person being quoted in the graphic and make sure your hashtag is on the graphic.  Both of you will get credit when people share it.

The above steps are building to the next step.  Once you get used to sharing and building each other up on your own timelines, start sharing in the Ad/Spam groups.  Talk about the one being promoted as a "Great Leader", "A Rising Star" of the industry and say some uplifting words about them.  In this step, everyone on your team needs to be posting to the same Ad/Spam groups - but not neccesarily the same thing.  If you are not concentrating your efforts like a sniper, then you are shooting with buckshot.  You are hitting the target, but it is spread too thin to make a difference.

Another advanced step, which works best after the above has been in place for at least a few weeks to a few months, is to actually ask

the one to be promoted a networking question or a question about their products in the Ad/Spam groups or on their time line.  They look like a leader and they get to provide great tips to help others.

Our team found it is best to come up with a schedule of promotion.  Choosing a person to be promoted for a day, week, two weeks or longer, but make sure you rotate people to promote so the whole team benefits.  You can promote others during this time, but the "chosen" one should be promoted more.

After doing this for a few weeks, it will come as second nature and you will look forward to edifying others.  During this phase, continue to work on branding yourself and trying new things like setting up a blog. If this sounds overwhelming, take it a few baby steps at the time.  And before you know it, the whole team will be benefiting from this strategy.

For other amazing information on Branding and Blog setup, check out these great blogs:

Andrea Bunyea's Blog Andrea Dreams Pink 

Bob Swetz's Blog JRSatHome

Wellness Wednesday - There is More to Getting Healthy Than Just Losing Weight

Welcome to my first Wellness Wednesday!  I am really looking forward to discussing getting well from the inside out.

I want to start this series with a topic that is just beginning to be discussed when talking about weight loss - Candida.  Candida albicans—tiny yeast organisms like fungi and mold—may seem harmless but when it overgrows, it affects almost all bodily systems.  

Everyone has Candida.  A little bit of trivia for you, it is needed to decompose our bodies when we die.  In its right amount, it doesn't cause any problems.  But, because our environment encourages Candida growth, most people have overgrowth and don't realize it.  The following list contains a few things that can cause Candida growth.

• Taking antibiotics
• Taking steroids
• Taking birth control pills  
  
• Using chlorinated pools or/and Jacuzzis  
• Eating a high-sugar, high-carb diet 
• Using antibacterial soap   

Do you have some health issues that just won't go away?  Many can be rooted in Candida overgrowth.

• Being moody
• Depressed
• Brain fog
• Headaches
• Post nasal drip
• Rashes
• And trouble losing weight

The good news is there is help!  Probiotics can counteract the overgrowth and start healing your gut. 

Do some research on probiotics.  Choosing the right one will make all the difference.  That along with changing your diet.

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Here is a great recipe from the blog of my good friend and blogger Melissa Lyn!  I hope you LOVE it.

Spicy NingXia Red Soup

For other amazing information on Candida, check out these great articles:

Is This the Cause of All Your Health Problems? - Shape Magazine
Yeast: The Hidden Cause of Your Exhaustion - Dr. Oz show

  

Income Producing Activities Part 2

Network Marketing is advertised as making money while putting in very little time.  "How would you like to work only two hours a day?"  But, to be successful, a lot more time and effort needs to happen.  If done right, it will push us out of our comfort zones and make us learn new skills that at first seem unnecessary.  So today, I thought I would go through one of the things that I consider Income Producing Activities that aren't taught by most companies or uplines.

Finding automation tools.  I spent a lot of time during the day doing

repetitive actions, like posting to my Facebook page.  So some days I would post a lot, and some days the only thing that I had time to post were ads.  So my timeline looked real spammy.  I am pretty sure Facebook was making sure my page and ads were not showing up in peoples newsfeeds.  Here are a few tools that I have fallen in love with, but of course there are plenty on the market to suit your fancy and all of these have free versions.

• Buffer -   Buffer is a great tool to schedule your posts.  It connects to Facebook, Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+.  It has several different levels of which one is a free version.  With the free version, you are restricted to how many accounts you can connect to and are limited to 10 posts per Social Media account.  I upgraded to the Awesome account so I could schedule more posts, up to 100.  So now I spend one day a week loading up Buffer for the next week.  
• Hootsuite - Hootsuite is like Buffer on steroids.  You can
  
  connect to the most popular Social Media accounts Their free 30 trial is limited to 3 Social Media accounts.  The price point is close to Buffer's.  It does have an added benefit of Hootsuite Suggestions. It searches the internet for content that is related to parameters that you set up.  So instead of you spending time to find articles on Candida, for example, the Suggestions will do it for you.  Cool feature.
• MailerLite - This is another one of my favorites.  If you want to start collecting leads, you have to create a Landing Page or some kind of Contact Me page.  This app makes it really simple to create those web forms and to place them in Facebook or you blog.  You can set it up to send welcome emails with links so you can offer downloadable freebies to your new leads  
• IFTTT - The anagram name stands for If This Then That.  Computer programmers understand this very well.   The basics of the program is you create Recipes.  You pick the Social Media or Blog site to connect to, tell it the action to look for (like a new blog post), and then tell it what to do (post the link to a Facebook page or your timeline).  On of the things I wanted it to do was to post to Facebook Groups.  It won't do that, but it does post to my timeline and Pages.  

When you find yourself doing something repetitive that seems like there should be a better way, it probably is.  Do some research through Google and you will find a long list to chose from.

This is Carla signing off for now!

Try my services and product.  Observe the results.  Love the Outcome.

Making Custom Graphics

Today I have two subjects I want to introduce.  The first is the benefits of creating your own one of a kind graphics.  The second is a new feature I will be introducing next week.  EEK so excited on both counts.

When you are posting ads about your company and products, you want to stand out from the crowd.  You don't want your ads to look just like every other sales representative.  You also don't want your ads to look spammy.  Either you will blend in with the crowd or friends will start ignoring your posts.  Eventually you will drop from their newsfeed entirely.

Don't be overwhelmed about trying your hand at creating.  Start off simple.  If I can't come up with something that sounds quotable, I

look for quotes in Google search.  I try to find something that pertains to what I want the potential customer to feel.  For Health and Wellness, look for healthy lifestyle quotes.  For jewelry, look for quotes on how jewelry make you feel confident etc.

Once you have a quote, look through a site that has free images to download.  There are more than you think it would be. Pixabay and Pexels are two that have a ton of pictures.  Canva and Desygner are graphic programs that have free pictures to choose from too.  Look for an image that stirs up the emotion you are looking for.  It can be more than one picture.  More on that later.  

Next go to a graphic site. There are several to use right from your PC.  I use Canva. Others are PicMonkey, iPiccy, and pixlr. There are phone apps too.  For the iPhones, there is WordSwag, Word Dream, Photophy, PicStitch, PiZap, and Polyvore.  For Android phones, there are Photofy, PhotoGrid, Instaquote, PicGrid, Polyvore, PicsArt, PiZap, and Word Dream.  There are others, but these are the most popular.  Experiment and find which is the easiest for you to use.

Either upload the pictures you picked from the free picture sites or go with one that is already in your graphic program. The graphic programs have a ton of different elements to arrange the pictures in different arrangements, add text, and some effects.  You can also crop your picture.  I have also uploaded a picture to PicsArt, used the filters to get the desired effect for the background picture, then saved it and uploaded it to Canva to use as a more unique background.  Make sure the text compliments the background but that it stands out.

I hope you are now encouraged enough to try your hand to stand out from the crowd!

Now for the next item.  Starting Wednesday,

I will be having a feature called Wellness Wednesday.  I will be posting health information, recipes, encourage- ment, diet tips and maybe even some exercise tips (those will probably be coming from someone who actually exercises LOL).  I hope you will enjoy this feature as much as I am excited to be bringing it to you.

Try me.  Observe the results.  Love the outcome!

Guest Post - Carrie Lumley "Does it Pay to Boost your Facebook Post?"

When I read this blog post, I knew I had to share it with ya'll.  Carrie Lumley is on my Networking Team and is rocking her blog.  This one is great.  

Does it Pay to Boost your Facebook Post?

Hey Guys!

All of us that have business pages on Facebook know that Facebook will boost the post for more to see it.  This of course comes for a fee.  These boosted posts come across the news feeds of many people as an advertisement.  Does any of us really pay any attention to these paid ads?  I know I don't.

I have tried boosting several different posts and have had no results.  Sure more people saw the post but nothing came from spending that money.  I set the limit low so it wouldn't cost much.  Sure I reached 500 plus people, but interaction on my posts was minimal if anything at all! 

From this experience I will not pay to boost posts anymore.

I can tell you that I have tried something different and it is FREE!  I get more exposure and people are

viewing my page on their own!  This is exactly how it should be!!!  I want people to see my business and my personal page on their own.  

I want people to see and connect with me, the person.

How is it, you ask, that I am doing this for FREE?

Well let me explain.  

I have an awesome networking group of people that share, comment and like my posts, whether personal or business related.  I return the favour by sharing, commenting on and liking their posts.   The more interaction you get on your posts the more Facebook will pick up on that and have it show up in others news feeds.  Pure genius right?  

Create for yourself a network of people that interact on each others posts!  Not only do you get to know those in your network better but you help boost each other!  You don't need to be in the same business or even the same type of business.  As long as all are willing to put the effort in, this will work for all of you.

Start interacting more with posts from your friends and family.  This will also get you more exposure! 

You don't need long and well worded comments.  Even just a sticker will suffice!  

Get networking!  Build relationships!  Relationships will last longer than the odd sale here or there.  Save your money!  Comment, like and share.  It's as simple as that!

Until next time ....

#makeupnnailsgal

#boost #postboost #facebookpost #post #free

How to Choose the Right Network Marketing Company

Did you know that the Network Marketing Industry has a 98% failure rate?  One reason is because people jump into selling without understanding how to make a knowledgeable decision on if the company is a good fit.

Some of the factors that need to be considered are:

• Quotas.  Does the company have monthly quotas that have to be met for you to stay a representative?  Many companies have have quotas for you to be paid, but you stay a representative and you keep your web site.  Are you satisfied with filling the quota every month?
• Take a look at the earnings.
• Commission structure.  100% commission or higher is not sustainable.  The company has to make money or it won't be in business.  
• Income claims.  Any opportunity that claims you will make so much money a week is not a good opportunity.  If they say it is a possibility to make a certain amount, then that is a more true statement.
• Never go with a company where the representatives only post graphics of cash.
• Never click on just a link in the ad/spam groups.  These are probably viruses.
• Look at the products.  Are they good solid products?  Are they reasonably priced?
• Research the owners.  See if they have any connections to any previous network marketing companies that have gone bankrupt or sued.  
  

The question you should be asking is not will I make money, but is the company sound.   I have said in previous posts that your Network Team will make or break you.  Here is where that comes into play.  Take your new opportunity to them for their opinions.  Some of them may want to join your opportunity right at the start.

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Bad Tactics 2

This post is meant to be a warning for those who frequent Spam ad groups.  Have you ever seen the following type of posts?

• Name a good company
• I'm looking for a company
• What company are you with
• Need to know a good company that is not a scam
• I'm looking for a new business.  Post your company link below.

I bet you see hundreds of responses and I bet you might have answered a few too.  

This is called Reverse Recruiting.  The poster collects the information, after playing nice and playing a friend, to sell to Lead Dealers.  They also send the list to people in their own network.  In time, the people in their networks can identify their marks and thus showing them their opportunity.  The information being collected is along the lines of name, phone number, email and information on what the person liked.

Some quick money can be made, but it ruins reputations.  And isn't every business built on having a good reputation?  

Do not fall for these.  These types of tactics hurts people on both sides of the equation - the poster and the genuinely person commenting.  

Post only honest questions.  Teach everyone who comments the right way to network.  You are increasing their knowledge and

influence.  And you are growing your Network Team, while showing your leadership and knowledge in public.

Instead of getting a bad reputation, you will gain an increasingly good one.  You will be elevating your brand, be seen as a leader as you help others get established in the business.

Continue learning the right way to network, do the right way and teach the right way.  

Bad Tactics part 1

Almost every network marketer wants to see others succeed.  With their good intentions and lack of good consistent training, some things that seem like a good idea really are harming their chances.

One activity that new marketers are trained to do is to comment on each others posts.  While this will boost the post, these types of comments, to a casual observer, can be seen as comments from a potential customer, which is dishonest.  Commenting on each

other's posts requesting more information, asking for private messages, and posing as someone interested to generate more interest helps in the short run, but is very short sighted.

This tactic is used by people with no true leadership skill or understanding of business or a lack of training.

A stronger approach is one that builds individual posters' brand, not their company.  Your approach should be to make the individual more memorable, not the products.

Here are some tips.  

• Use their names sometimes.  For example, "Look at John Smith! I can't wait to see where this journey leads you."
• Mention something you know about the person.  For example, "A leader of value with a company of value!"  
• Mention if you are busy in a promotional way.  For example, "You should have told me sooner!  I'm busy with another team right now.  PM anyway so we can catch up."
• Inspiration.  For example, "You are rocking this promotion."
• Talk about how inspirational they are, how fast they are growing.  Highlight some of what that person teaches.  
• Share stuff from them. 
• If you are geographically close, have an evening out with them.  Take pictures with comments like "One on one leadership meeting with ______.  This is what happens when powerful people get together to discuss strategy."

These comments and activities build leadership credibility in the

public eye.  It makes your friend, the poster, more likely to be remembered.

Don't forget, this is what your Network Team is for, not always your Network Marketing Team.

Remember your Network Team is made up of people from different companies.  So when your Network Team starts promoting each other in this way, it brings more leadership credibility, since the comments aren't coming all from the same company.  If you can train your company Network Marketing Team to do this too, everyone is more likely to succeed.

More Company Team Building Tips

Recently my team member and blogger, Bob Swetz, made a very good distinction between a Network Marketing Team and a Network.  

Network Marketing, according to Dictionary.com, is "A marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other sales people and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team."  

A Network, on the other hand is "An association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like: a network of recent college graduates."  

This post will continue to give you tips on how to build your Networking Marketing Team, not your Network.

Many people cold call or cold message people to recruit.  If the first message I receive from you is a request to join your team, it will be an immediate ignore or "No".  Any further communication from you will be tainted.  It will be seen as a way of softening me up to do whatever you asked me to do in your first message.  The first message to anyone should be a introduction of you, not your company.  And it should never be an invitation to join your company.

Also, if someone posts about needing extra income, don't immediately post in the comments a link to your website.  This will always appear as spam.  I think it is OK to mention that you know of a job and send a private message stating a very brief overview of your opportunity.  Keep it to one to two sentences so you don't bombard the potential team member with too much

information that they didn't request.  If they respond, then answer their questions, but give no extra information.  If you give them too much information too soon, you will come off as pushy.

If you are just starting with a company, it is OK to let your friends and family know.  Just don't immediately start trying to recruit them!  If they are interested, they will come to you - the first lesson of Attraction Marketing.  

I can not stress the importance of building a stable, productive and growing Network Team enough.  Slow and steady really does win the race.