You will find that you can get pulled in many different directions because there is much to learn and do! When you set up good habits in the beginning you are setting yourself up for success. Here are 5 practices that I have found thru trial and error that have served me well!
Do your research – The type of information and links that you post on your social media sites reflect who you are. Too many people just blindly post links to information where you can tell they did not actually look at the information themselves. One day I saw a link from a trusted source and was simply going to retweet it, lucky for me I did not, I clicked on the link to watched the video. I am very glad I did as the video was full of swearing and vulgar language. Not something that reflects who I am. I did not post the link.
Be Consistent – Where I had challenges in beginning of my social media adventure was that I wanted to do everything but didn’t have knowledge, time or resources. I wanted to be posting on all of the sites multiple times per day, unfortunately at the point in my learning that was just not possible. As a result my presence on the web was inconsistent. Give serious consideration about how much you can do each day and set yourself a realistic target. As you learn more you will be able to do more, give yourself that gift of time.
Do not fall victim to do as I say not as I do mindset (something my father used to say often as I was growing up) You need to be doing exactly what you tell your customers and clients to do. You want to build commitment and contagious enthusiasm for your product and brand. When you “walk the talk” it translates your good intentions into predictable practices.
Respond to your contacts, customers and clients, consider social media your first initial conversation, do not ignore anyone who reaches out to you and comments or likes something that you have done. This practice is done by very few and the first time it happened to me I was very pleasantly surprised. I had just found Jeff Herring on Twitter, was interested in writing articles and wanted his information. I RT’ed something he posted and he came back and thanked me for it, that made me feel real good, like I was providing something of value to him. Stop and think about how you like to be treated as a customer and provide that type of service to your customers, clients and new friends.
Keep your promises – there are so many people on the internet today who just willey nilley go out an post affiliate links. No support or service behind what they offer, do yourself a favor and be different. Keep all the promises you make, and I do mean all of them. Remember when you post an offer for a product, workshop or teleseminar what you plan on delivering is out there for all to see. Do not promise something you are not capable of delivering.
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