Social Media Wasting All of Your Time

With all of the great social media websites, one must wonder, "Why spend my time on these sites when I can be building my business."

Let's face it, the serious business owners acknowledge social media as a great vehicle to build their business, but it is not the only means by generating business. So many business owners are using the social media websites for the wrong reasons. You'll see people on there wishing their friends with "Happy Birthday Wishes" or messing around with their profile page, and these people think this is helping them grow their business.

This will not sustain growth in their home business! That's just the way it is.

Definitely do not let social media waste all of your valuable time. Now don't get me wrong, social media websites are great, but how you use them for your purpose, is key. Especially for the business owners. Find yourself messing around and not providing value to your audience, then watch and see how you're setting yourself up for failure.

While using the social media websites, be sure as I just mentioned, provide value. Sure you can still have fun or act as you are. It's just that you don't want to let it consume your time. If you do, you'll look back months down the wrong and wonder why social media has done nothing for you.

Tip on how to use social media websites - Make sure what you are doing is contributing to the growth of your company. Provide articles, post your blog, provide videos, etc. Just be sure it's helping your business move forward as well as others.

If you're not using social media as a means of building your business, then you don't need to worry as this only applies to the serious entrepreneurs.

Your thoughts

What's your best kept secret on how to effectively use social media to build your business? What's one tip you have found to be so helpful that you are willing to share? Please feel free to share your take on this topic by replying to this blog post here.

Dedicated to your Success,


Jerome Ratliff
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2,175 Leads in One Year

Wouldn't you like to have that many leads literally knocking down your door to join what you have to offer?

Anyone with the right mind would love to attract that many interested prospects. But, in a sea of controversy and skepticism, how can anyone stay focused and pull in those kind of numbers?

As Earl Nightingale once said, "All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord." What Earl is saying here is stay focused on your destination and the results will follow. Well, generating over 2,000 leads per year has everything to do with knowing where you are as if you've already seen the results.

When I first pursued generating leads it was a learning curve. I started from very little. But that very little thing, "determination" kept me focused on the end goal. Once you have the determination to succeed and you stay on the track of reaching your goal, creating interesting leads is a given.

As Earl had mentioned, "...the answers will come to you of their own accord." So many people are looking for the immediate answer rather than working on the task at hand, "generating leads", that people get distracted from achieving their goals or finding the answers. This is why knowing where you will end is vital to your success.

What needs to happen to ensure you are pulling in leads is that you are doing the things which will allow you to fulfill that goal. In today's market, that means providing value to two types of people. The first one is someone who is in the market for which you are in. Either it's attracting "home business seekers" or "consumers of your products". The second type is someone currently in the market. A knowledgeable lead who already knows about your home business building techniques or products.

When you provide value to those two types of leads, you are fulfilling one aspect of how you can generate thousands upon thousands of leads on an annual basis. Now at first, there will be a learning curve. A rather big learning curve. That learning curve will consist of effective marketing, training, education in your business or product, and effective recruiting. These are only touching the surface, nevertheless, they demonstrate when you become a reputable source and begin sharing that information, attracting leads will follow.

If there is any doubt in your mind right now, then what you need to do is curb that doubt. All of us successful network marketers know this. If there is doubt, it will show. In that case, you'll never get the opportunity to generate any lead, period.

So right now, start with providing value to your target market. And be sure you are continuously educating yourself on your business or product. Otherwise, you're like a doctor without his/her doctorate who subscribes medicine. No one trusts that.

Build the trust of which you desire and you'll have an unlimited number of interested leads pursuing you.

Your thoughts

What kind of "provided value" do you think will pull in the most leads to anyone's business? What are some of the techniques you've used in your business? Please feel free to share your take on this topic by replying to this blog post here.

Dedicated to your Success,


Jerome Ratliff
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What's The One Thing To Move YOU Forward

Have you ever wondered, "What's the one thing I can do to move my business forward?"

Do you know what the answer is?

No one thing by itself will move your business forward. As irritating as that may seem, let me explain and I'm sure you've heard of the phrase...


"It's the little things that matter"

What's The One Thing To Move You Forward

In Jeff Olson's book The Slight Edge, he best describes the little things as...

Imagine you have this large spin wheel which weighs a few tons and you have to turn it around one revolution by yourself. And, once you begin to move it just moves a few inches. You continue to push on, and it moves a few more inches. The next, it moves a whole foot. The next move pushes it 90 degrees. And, before you know it, you have turned the spin wheel one revolution.

Which push do you think made the difference in making the one revolution turn? The first one, the second, or the last? Well, there is no particular push that made a difference. It's all of them that mattered.

Each and every push that turned it just the slightest amount, led to one full revolution. With your business it is the same thing. Everyday you are doing the little things, which may seem insignificant. But, with the power of compounding effort, those continuous small tasks lead to success.

So, if you are still wondering, "But, what can I do?" Here it is... Do everything, every single day of that which will contribute to moving your business forward. For the networkers, that means contacting prospects day in and day out, even though each one may not turn into a distributor. Those efforts will not go unrecognized and they will eventually lead to success.

So, keep on keeping on.

Your thoughts

Why do you think most people are looking for that one thing that will get them over the hump? Do you think it is the lack of understanding that each and every little thing matters? Please feel free to share your take on this topic and what you've found to be helpful in moving your business forward, by replying to this blog post here.

Dedicated to your Success,


Jerome Ratliff
JeromeRatliff.com



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