Make Money Effortlessly with Facebook

Facebook is taking the world by storm...It's being dubbed as the 'must have' marketing strategy, and many marketers and businesses are claiming to be using this as a very profitable strategy.

But how do you stand out on Facebook, when it's already congested with internet marketers trying to sell their latest product, course or mentor programme? How do you go from someone whose friend requests are ignored and your status updates reported for being too 'spammy' to someone who is really able to cash in on this amazing interactive database. I can tell you in five simple words "Be human and give value".

If you're constantly sending out friends requests to strangers and updating your status updates with direct calls to visit your landing page, you'll be a long time waiting to see results from using Facebook as a marketing tool.

Firstly, you have to be human...you have to show people that there's a real person behind your profile. So upload some photos, join groups and tell people about the real you. Show some information about your hobbies, football team, country that you live in etc. People connect with people, so ensure that you're interacting like one.

Secondly, actively participate on Facebook regularly. If you are using this as a marketing tool, you need to allocate time daily to interact with your Facebook friends and groups. You need to update your own status at least daily. Other guru's would recommend that you update your status numerous times every day, but the jury is out on the optimum level of activity in this area. If you do it too infrequently, nobody gets to know you...therefore doesn't trust you. If you do it too often, it's seen as being quite annoying and monotonous. You also need to comment on other friends status updates, join groups and participate in discussion and debates that arise.

But finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to 'give value' to your friends and followers on Facebook. You need to answer questions, help find solutions and share information on helpful resources. This is the key to really using Facebook successfully to make money. It is absolutely true that you have to give before you get. If you give real value and help your Facebook friends, you will build a reputation as a person of knowledge, skill and integrity. This will become a major conversion tool in helping people to decide to visit your landing page and find out more about you, and we all know that this is exactly what needs to happen in order to helping people decide that they want to do business with you.


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Aileen Gallagher is an award winning business coach who helps people achieve their goals.
She specialises in internet marketing training and works with a successful community of online entrepreneurs to help
others start and grow their own online business.