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Man…I had fun with Part 1 of the “Things You’re Doing On Facebook That Are Killing Your Business.”

I got up on my soapbox a little bit, but I also think it was a productive soapbox to be on.

I really hope that people take these tips to heart and mind, because as the title states, you can really kill your business if you don’t pick up your game and follow some really stupid simple rules.


Looking Back

Looking back at the comments I got in Part 1, “Not Replying to Messages or Comments” seemed to be a common point that a lot of people felt the same about, and admittedly, many also said they were slacking on and letting slip in their own Facebook marketing strategies.

I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that we all get busy and we let answering messages and replying to comments slip to the back burner.

But as you know, this is the part of your FB profile that is absolutely necessary to build your brand and your relationship with potential leads.

I can’t emphasize that enough!


Onto The List for Part 2

(Click Here if you missed Part 1)


5. Facebook Games

LOL…I really don’t know what to say here other than these games are crap!

Farmville, Fishworld, Yoville, etc., etc.

If you want to be productive and build your business online, who in the world is going to take you serious if you’re asking someone to come and help you harvest your corn field?

Or those damn snowball fights that always show up in the winter time.

I swear, if I get “hit’ with a snowball this winter I’m deleting you from my account.

Seriously though…these are such suckers of your precious time.  Why are you focusing on how big your building your “virtual farm” instead of building your business to buy your own acreage out in the country to build your dream house?


6.  Tagging

Now, I wavered back and fourth on this one because I occasionally use tagging myself, but you need to use it wisely.

If you are tagging people in a video because you want to have them watch your business opportunity presentation video, well, good luck!

Or if you tag people in a note or update that they have NO part of and are in no way related to it, you might want to reconsider your game.

BUT…

If you create a post referring to a friend that wrote a blog post, or created an awesome video, that’s cool!  Way cool actually!  Tag away!

“Hey, check out this cool new post my friend, Yo Le,  just posted on his blog.  It’s about the 3 Reasons you should join a tribe.”  And then I would simply tag Yo in the note.

Or if you’re in a group pic from a live event, and you’re friends with others in the pic, feel free to tag them as well.  It shows a relationship and helps to brand you with them.

As a general rule, if you have friends in your Facebook network that are included in the video, picture, note, etc, feel free to tag them.

One more spot to use this is in a welcome video.

If you have a short 20 second welcome video where you welcome your new Facebook friends, feel free to tag them in that too.


7.  Facebook Groups

Facebook groups are a WISE marketing strategy to use within Facebook.

It’s a little like a Fanpage, but really not.

And in reality, a Facebook group is really another list to utilize like your auto-responder list.

With a Facebook group, you can blast one message out to your entire group with the press of a button.

You can also create “events” within your group and invite people to them from your group.

I personally use my group to provide blog and article marketing tips and strategies to my members, and help drive traffic to my blog my sending a message with a link to the blog post.

But, groups can easily be abused.

If you invite me to a group you created, it better live up to the purpose that you created if for and stated within the description of the group.

If you invite me to a group that talks about blog marketing, you better not use it to slam me with a business opportunity or product pitch.


I’ve Rambled Long Enough

There are plenty more issues to bring up that you may or may not be doing on Facebook that is killing your business.

But, I’m keeping these next two ideas for a later date because they are big enough that I’m going to create a specific post for each one.

But, I promise you that it will simplify your time on Facebook and help you to drive more traffic to your blog and websites.

Until then, I’m going to direct you back up to the top of the page and click the green Retweet and blue Facebook share button.  It’s a simple automated click that will take you about 5 seconds for each one.  Thank You ahead of time!


Leaving No Network Marketer Behind,

Other Posts You Might Find Useful:

• Things You’re Doing On Facebook That Are Killing Your Business – Part 1
• How To Automate 90% Of Your Facebook Marketing
• Webinar Recording – The “New” Facebook Marketing Webinar
• To Tag or Not To Tag…That is the question.
• The “New” Facebook Marketing Webinar