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Grab Attention in Facebook and Stop Being Annoying!I’ve been a little annoyed with all the DUMB people on Facebook lately. So I’m telling it like it is so don’t be offended if this is you, just change your tactics.

Sometimes it seems that we get lost in the sea of 500 million Facebook users and that it’s impossible for people to notice us!

We see the same people over and over again who seem to be engaged in good conversations and are always talking to other marketers like they’re lifelong friends!  But why don’t you have this same rapport with other people?

I’m going to show you what to do every day that will get TONS of people checking you out and wondering what you do!

When I first got started, I worked hard at getting my name all over Facebook.  I joined groups, added tons of friends, and even made some really close friends. 

People were coming to me and telling me how I was all over Facebook and they like my stuff!  I hadn’t been on for more than a few weeks.

So how can a newbie like I was generate interest and curiosity from those around me?  It really only takes about an hour or two a day, but it’s every day.

A few “rules” that I follow when I’m on Facebook:

Treat others like real people.  If you treat them like an ATM machine where they are only useful for giving you money, you’ll never attract people to you.  You’ll never make friends or have meaningful relationships.  I hope you’re not thinking “I’m not here to make meaningful relationships, I’m here to make money!” because then that means you don’t understand this business in the least.

It’s in the name! Network marketing is about networking and connecting with people.

Be active in conversations.  Try to talk to as many people as you can, whether in the chat, sending messages, or see other conversations.  When I add friends, I always add a little note asking a question about them, and they usually respond.  I feel like I know a lot of my Facebook friends better than most marketers, and I have almost 2,000 of them.

Only promote your business if someone asks you.  There is a real art to “reeling in the fish” as you could say.  It takes practice to entice people enough about your business without pitching.  It involves asking the right questions, but it also takes a GENUINE interest in who that person is.  Find out who they are, try to answer their questions and help them, and many times they will be interested in what you do.

Don’t tolerate stupidity.  This is a funny one, but it’s actually important to your business.  Sometimes people send me messages or chat with me and say REALLY dumb stuff, or they just stuff a pitch and a link into their messages. Who’s going to respond to a chat message that is just a link to who knows where?!

Sometimes I ask a legitimate question to get to know the person, and their only response is, “I have a video, go here.”  Great, that’s just great. Do these people know how to have a real conversation?! I mean by the time they find the right link they want me to go to, which I hardly ever watch the videos, they could have answered me like normal people do. I didn’t ask for a video, I asked a question. If they aren’t willing to type out 2 sentences explaining a little about what they do, they aren’t worth your time.  If they’re bad enough, I delete them as a friend.

The other thing that really bugs me is when people send hate mail to you. If they don’t like what you’re sending out in your group, which I send out some good stuff, then all they have to do is leave the group. They don’t have to send you a message basically saying your marketing strategies suck and please remove me. If you join my group, you’re gonna get messages from it! Isn’t that common sense?! I tell them, remove yourself you dim wit! LOL Usually in a nice way of course.

Or one thing that really gets me going is the tagging!! In the real world of Facebook, tagging means that you’re in the picture or movie right? In the business world of Facebook, tagging means hey I want you to check this out. Don’t get all riled up because you got tagged and you aren’t in the movie or picture! Once again if you don’t want to be tagged, simply just remove the tag. It’s so stupidly simple!!

Of course, it’s different if you already know them, but when that’s the first and only way they answer your message, they clearly don’t want to get to know you. More than likely they are also failing in this industry.

Post your blog posts on Tribes and Groups.  When I’m surfing around Facebook, the only things that catch my attention are links to blog posts or some kind of training that have an interesting title and description.  I don’t look or click on links to people’s businesses because I don’t have time for that and they probably don’t know what they’re doing either cause I’ve tried that and it didn’t work!

I’m looking for ways to improve myself, and only informative blog posts and trainings do that.  Watch what you’re posting on Facebook, you should only put up stuff that you would click on and actually could help people learn something.

By following a few rules and being active, it’s pretty easy to get noticed and attract attention on Facebook.  It’s time to stop laying low.  This is your business and nobody else is gonna build it for you. 

Now you have to make the decision whether you are going to get out there and talk to new people and jump in conversations, or are you going to stay where you are?  This is one of the easiest ways to market, but you have to put forth some effort to get anything in return!

By the way, I’m working on a new product that spells out every step of the way to transforming your social media experience. Stay tuned!! Still working out the idea Grab Attention in Facebook and Stop Being Annoying!

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