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Why Your Online Home Business Might Fail

This is straight talk about why your online home business might fail.

No sugar coating this time. Nope!

Your online home business will fail because of you.

Not the company, not the system, not the tools.

It’s you.

Now, that’s pretty rough talk for someone who has the passion and vision to help others succeed in this industry.

It comes straight from experience, from my heart and from the hundreds of conversations I’ve had coaching teammates and clients.

The coaching session is usually prompted by this statement:

“I’m not making any money. I need you to help me.”

And as the conversation continues, I begin asking questions that will give me clarity on where the issue lies … and it’s almost ALWAYS a matter of not being plugged in.

For example, here are the questions I ask:

1.  Have you been through the training in the back office?

2. Have you plugged into the private Facebook group for daily updates and new training?

3. Are you attending the free training webinar each week?

4. Have you invested time to see and understand the products/services/resources you are selling?

5. Are you consistently creating content?

The answers I receive to these questions are not a definitive YES.  The answers are, “No, I haven’t, not completely.”  “No, I don’t.” or “No, I haven’t gotten around to it yet.”

And the old familiar saying comes to mind immediately …

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

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You can’t MAKE me! 🙂

 

The issue that surfaces so often in online marketing that causes you to skip the valuable training steps is the sense of urgency to make money.

It’s usually so urgent that people jump in and start sharing their link without investing time to study exactly what the products are and they do not take the time to go through the training – to learn how to effectively market online.

It’s the culture we live in – the push-button, lottery ticket mentality that makes people want it all NOW, or sooner.

But, an online home business is not a lottery ticket and unless you invest in the time to learn how to build your business the right way, you will be calling me with the familiar plea for coaching because you are not making any money.

You joined an opportunity probably because you saw or read that others were having great success, earning a great extra income … so you were eager to get going and get to that level also.

You probably jumped in so excited that you began to pitch your business on Facebook like you see so many others doing.

You skipped the training and went straight to the pitching.

And the results?   Zip! Zilch!    That translates to OUCH!

I certainly understand the urgency that most people feel to start earning some cash flow.

But, it’s not going to happen unless you truly plug in and invest the time to learn the steps … to learn marketing skills that work … to engage with teammates and develop skills from watching what the leaders are doing.

You can do it your way … and end up calling me… at which point I’ll take you back to the questions, back to the beginning.

Or, you can do it the right way so that you start building your online business step by step so that you are building something that stands on solid ground, not sifting sand.

You’ve been led to the water, to the fountain of training … but I can’t make you take one sip of the water.

This is the #1 reason why your online business might fail.

Plug in or peter out!

This is the #1 reason why your online home business might fail.

 

 

 

 

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Why Social Media Marketing Fails and What You Can Do About It

Why social media marketing fails  …

 

With 1.39 billion monthly active Facebook users worldwide,

and 890 million people logging onto Facebook daily …

why is it that social media marketing fails to deliver the results expected?

Do You Market in the Year We Actually Live In?

The variable for success in social media marketing is marketing for 2015 instead of 2005.

Technology has ushered marketers into a new age and many businesses have not caught up – both online and offline.

As Gary Vaynerchuk shared in the video, smart phones are the most utilized means of connecting to the internet.  If your website is not mobile optimized, you are losing.

Additionally, Google just recently implemented their new algorithm which is designed to feature only search results from optimized websites when searches are done on smart phones or tablets.  (read about “Mobilegeddon” here)

You can test if your website is mobile friendly here.

Some great plug-ins to optimize your WordPress site are recommended in this article.

It’s not too late to catch up and make sure your site is mobile optimized.

Are you seeing how Mobilegeddon is affecting your mobile searches?

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P.S.  The other side of the issue why social media marketing fails is the  misleading training that leads online marketers, especially newbies, into an ugly pit of pitching and spamming.

We do it differently in Simple Freedom.  We keep it simple and real, we teach attraction marketing, we help you get set up and growing in a few simple steps.

If you know the value of Facebook and other social media platforms and have not generated leads or sales from your efforts, come on over to Simple Freedom.  (you’ll thank me later!)

 

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New YouTube Card Feature Adds Clickable Call to Action

The new YouTube card feature adds clickable call to action boxes to your YouTube videos.

 

This is a great tool for your online marketing.  Now your viewers can easily click the box and be taken to your blog.

Here’s what the new card looks like on your video:

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See how easy this is to add to your videos:

 

This new YouTube card feature provides a great way to add a CTA (call to action) to your video.

For more video tips, you can get my series of tips and training for Facebook video marketing.  Subscribe here.  

Let me know how you like using the new YouTube card feature.

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Facebook Embed Video Feature is a Great Timesaver for Bloggers

The new Facebook embed video feature is a great timesaver for bloggers.

 

In the past, if you wanted to include a video on your blog, it required you to upload your video to YouTube  to get an embed code.

Same thing if you wanted to include a video that was relevant to the content you were publishing.

It took time to go through the steps to upload the video to Facebook.  And when it all comes down to it – time is money to online marketers.

Additionally, with the recent changes in the Facebook algorithm that now gives native videos on Facebook more promotion, this added feature is making it even easier for bloggers to include their videos on Facebook as well as their blogs.

See how easy this is:

 

This should save you some extra steps.

Make use of this now in your video marketing.  Utilizing Facebook’s new algorithm and now this new video embed feature is one of the most impactful actions you can use right now in your business.

As always, be sure your videos provide value and service to your audience.

Be sure to keep them short and always remember to grab your viewers’ attention in the first few seconds of recording the video.

Would love to hear how this Facebook video embed feature is going to help you in your marketing!

 

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How to Leverage Your Presence on Facebook

One of the best ways to leverage your presence on Facebook is to be sure you don’t neglect adding information to your “about” section on your personal profile and your Fan Page.

 

Too many people neglect this hugely valuable asset that allows people to find out more about who you are and what you do.

In today’s article, I share tips for your personal profile settings.

Take time to complete your “about” section as shown in the image below.  Utilize the “Details About You” to promote yourself and add a link to a capture page or to your blog post.  

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When completing the “work and education” section, list your fan page as your current place of employment. 

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This is how it shows up on your personal profile.  It’s front and center advertisement for your Fan Page. 

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Additional Important Settings for your Personal Profile.  

Be sure to allow people to follow you on Facebook.  Not everyone will send you a friend request – and truly, having followers is just as important as having friends.

 

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Check these privacy settings:

You can access these settings from the drop down in the upper right corner as shown below.  Remember, you are on Facebook to be seen.  Make sure people can actually SEE what you’re posting!
Shown below are the settings I have chosen for my personal profile.

 

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Take control of your personal profile.  As your presence and credibility increases on Facebook, a common practice of others who are trying to leverage your popularity is to post on your page or tag you in their posts.

The best way to keep control of this is to limit who can post on your wall and to always approve any post you are tagged in.  These settings have worked well for me to keep control of my own wall.

 

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Start now to leverage your presence on Facebook

These settings are what is working for me.  Take time to check all of your settings and find the ones that suit your needs.  Most of all, be sure that you are available and easily found on Facebook.  People want to get to know you!

In tomorrow’s article, I’ll share tips and tweaks for your Fan Page.

Sometimes, it’s the simplest little things that have been missed that are having a huge effect on your ability to leverage your presence on Facebook.

Got any other tips that have worked well for you?  Share them in the comments below.  I’d love to learn from your experiences.

Happy tweaking!

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P.S.  If you’re not utilizing Facebook – meaning, you are not yet using Facebook to build your business, we can help.

Dozens of our teammates are increasing their sales by just posting pics and simple copy that creates intrigue and curiosity – instead of
posting the usual pitching and spammy ads you see all over the place.

We’ve cracked the code on this … we’ve got it down to a few simple steps and it’s working beautifully.  If you’re tired of chasing people, copying and pasting those annoying chat messages – hoping to get someone to sign up – let’s talk.  Message me on Facebook.

 

This one Facebook strategy to increase your network absolutely works.

Facebook Strategy to Increase Your Network

This one Facebook strategy to increase your network absolutely works.

 

Perhaps you’ve noticed Facebook changes its rules and algorithms about as often as the weather changes in Missouri.

Not too long ago, everyone clamored to get as many friends as possible.  The ultimate goal – then – was to get to 5,000 friends.

Now, we’re being instructed to unfriend those who don’t engage on our page.  To remove the “dead weight.”

I agree that the number of friends doesn’t determine your level of success.  This is true especially when you understand that many of those profiles who have the abundance of friends used a 3rd party service to acquire them.

So, if the numbers don’t matter, what does?

Engagement is what Facebook likes and what Facebook promotes.
The more people you have engaging on your posts, the more your posts will show up in your friends’ and followers’ Newsfeed.

Your content should be relevant, helpful, thought provoking and definite value driven – that is, if you are building a business by using the Facebook platform.

The next question is – what Facebook strategy works to increase your network.

In this video, Diane Hochman teaches the better way to network on Facebook.

Facebook is such a great platform for marketing and it starts with building relationships with people – real relationships that give both parties the opportunity to communicate and network without pitching each other in every message.

Use Diane’s strategy to increase your presence on Facebook.

Here are a few suggestions of great leaders to follow:

Frank Kern
Eric Worre
Rob Fore
Franco Gonzalez
Diane Hochman
Ray Higdon
Mike Dillard
Ben Settle
Ash Ambirge
Darren Hardy
Kimberly Castleberry

As more people become aware of you through this Facebook strategy, you will attract the right people to what you have to offer, in a natural, non-threatening way.

What other strategies do you use to network on Facebook?

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