Today I'd like to share my Top 10 Facebook DON'TS For Your Business. Some of these things may be common sense to you, and others you may currently be doing. If so, no worries, we've all done them at one point or another (myself included.) I highly recommend that if you ARE doing some of these things, however, that you STOP doing them ASAP and see how your business improves. =) So let's get started, shall we???
1. Do NOT post on other people's facebook wall without their permission. Well, unless your goal is to lose facebook friends.... That's like sticking a yard sign for your business in someone else's front yard without their permission. Tacky! 2 Do NOT send out mass facebook messages. If you're not sure what a mass facebook message is, that's where you create a message and type in/click on more than 1 person to send that message to. Even if you specifically ask that no one replies to that message, some people will do it anyways. And EVERY person whom you sent the message to will receive EVERY single response. Talk about annoying! 3. Do NOT add people to groups without their permission. Even if you feel that this person will most definitely be interested in the information shared in the group, always ask their permission before adding them. Better yet, send them the link so they can join for THEMSELVES if they want to be included. Adding someone who is not interested in being a member gives the unnecessary annoyance and time-sucker task of figuring out how to turn off notifications or leave the group. 4. Do NOT tag people in your business posts without their permission. This goes along with #1. 5. Do NOT request information on someone else's ad, in an advertising group, just to pitch them YOUR business. Not only are you wasting that person's time, by making them send you info on their business...but you're essentially LYING to them (making them believe you're interested in their business) AND annoying them with unwanted information about YOUR business. Someone could offer me the GREATEST opportunity on the planet, using this sneaky dirty tactic, and I would NOT join them. If I ended up deciding to join that company, I'd seek out someone else to join under. Seriously, this is a major pet peeve of mine. 6. Do NOT pitch your business to a stranger. If someone sends you a friend request, you send them a friend request, they are a mutual friend, etc- don't just go pitching to them right off the bat. Your job is to discover if someone has a NEED for your business/opportunity/service/product. If they have a need, THEN you offer a solution. Would you just walk up to a fellow customer at WalMart and immediately ask them to join your business or buy your product/service? I'm hoping your answer to that was NO. If you haven't discovered that they have a NEED you can fill, don't pitch them. In other words, you have to take the time to talk and build a relationship with them, get to know them a little, etc before you will have any idea if they'd be even remotely interested. 7. Do NOT bombard your facebook friends with business posts. Yes, you are correct in thinking "Well it's MY facebook page- I'll post whatever I want!" BUT BUT BUT...people do not get on facebook to SHOP. They get on to be entertained, educated, or simply stay in touch with friends. That's why it's called Social NETWORKING. Not social SHOPPING. So when you're constantly posting about your business, that's going to turn them off (and maybe even make them unfollow or unfriend you.) You should certainly post business related things on your facebook page, but not 10 times per day...and don't make business posts the ONLY thing you post on a daily basis. People join and do business with PEOPLE. They want to know you're a real PERSON, just like them. So post some lifestyle things, graphics, useful content you've stumbled across, etc. Be a PERSON, not a billboard or commercial. 8. Do NOT post or participate in drama or negativity on facebook. Think about it, would YOU want to sign up under a leader who is negative and drama-fueled? Of course not! You'd want to find someone with their head on their shoulders. Someone who is positive, driven, and supportive. Not a whiny, angry, negative Nancy. Well, the same goes for your prospects! 9. Do NOT post about politics or religion on facebook. I personally do not follow the "no religion" rule myself. Jesus is a major part of my life and I am absolutely not ashamed to show it. The way I see it, if someone chooses to not do business with me based on the fact that I love and serve the Lord- I don't want them on my team anyways. However, I do NOT try to push my beliefs on others, talk negatively about other religions, get into debates about religion, etc. 10. Do NOT argue with people on facebook (and that includes feeling the need to defend the industry to those who don't understand it.) This goes along with #8. Not to mention, arguing with someone is a waste of time. Choose to spend your time on income-producing activities, not time-suckers. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this post. Knowledge is power! If you found value in this post, please "like" and share it on facebook! To share with others, simply copy and paste the following url: http://legitworkathome4you.weebly.com/free-training/coming-soon Best of luck in your business!!!! To Your Success, Melissa "Missy" VanMeter <3
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Hi, I'm Missy! I am a 29 year old work-at-home homeschooling Mommy, Wife, Animal-lover, homesteader, & Christian Ministry student. Categories
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