YouTube is great for conveying your brand and business without words. YouTube can also literally show the face of your business to give potential team members an authentic feel and see who is behind your team. YouTube videos do not have to have a huge production. To share the message of your business opportunity simply share your story. Why did you join GDI? What success have you found? Answer these questions in your video.
How It’s Unique
NO WORDS! Blogs and articles are great, but some people just don’t have the time or desire to read, read, read! Since YouTube is an open platform, you also don’t have to be a professional director or editor for your work to fit in. Anything on YouTube has the potential of going viral because video is easy to share and quickly watch. Not many blog posts go wild. YouTube videos are also extremely easy to embed into just about anything including your GDI site.
Ways to Use It
Use YouTube to give your business opportunity a human face. Film and edit short videos offering education and marketing tips. You can even members of your downline to share their own in video form and share it on your website and YouTube page. You can share these video success stories on YouTube and Facebook and anywhere you can embed video.
People are more apt to watch a quick video than read a lengthy blog post, so give YouTube a try.
As a GDI affiliate, you know that new business and new sign ups don’t usually happen just out of the blue. Leads are very important to signing up new team members and generating business. So, how do you get leads? One way is to win our GDI Premium Lottery where each day 3 Premium members are randomly selected and win new trial sign ups who do not yet have an affiliate sponsor. You can also purchase leads through GDI (and receive 10% off if you are a Premium member). But of course, you can always generate leads yourself, which many of you do every day with your custom built site or replicated site. Read on for two specific ways to generate your own leads online.
Your Website and Contact Form
Adding a contact form to your site is a simple way to generate leads. People can easily input their information that will go directly to your email, allowing you to follow up with anyone who has reached out to you through your site. Simple ways to get people to fill out contact forms are asking them if they would like to learn more or to leave any questions. Get creative with your contact form but don’t overstep your bounds.
Free Education and Reports
This is something you may have seen on many websites and not thought twice about it. But free reports, information, and education that you have to sign up for are usually lead generating tools for these sites. So take advantage of it for yourself. Create a small breakdown of what you have learned working with GDI and how others can benefit and offer that as a free report to anyone who requests it. You will be getting contact information from the requester and helping them to get started. Any bit of education you can offer can count as a free report, so start creating them and sharing them with your new leads!
LinkedIn is a great way to establish yourself online with a profile that is essentially your online, ever growing resume. Your profile is free to build and can showcase your special skills, experience and past and current positions and can even be synched to social media sites like Twitter and your blog.
What it’s good for
LinkedIn is great to connect with other network marketers and people interested in new marketing and business opportunities. You can create or join groups that may be related to GDI, affiliate marketing or just new business opportunities. Groups can help you with tips from people who have been there and gives you the chance to ask questions of other professionals. The best aspect is that these groups can also be used to directly connect with others just like you.
How it’s unique
LinkedIn is unique in that it focuses more on professional networking rather than just social networking. LinkedIn gives you a chance to have nay business contacts in one place, kind of like and online rolodex.
Ways to use it
Utilize your profile to post updates about your work and accomplishments just like you would on Twitter or Tumblr. LinkedIn is a great way to connect with other affiliates, even the ones that haven’t joined GDI just yet. LinkedIn will show you degrees of connections with other professionals. Someone you may think will be a good contact may be a contact of one of your connections. Simply ask to be introduced and you can start a great dialogue and connect with tons of new people that may be helpful in building your business Lastly, LinkedIn can replace all those business cards floating in your wallet and connect you permanently with contacts you have met in person. The bonus of this is that you can stay with a contact as they change jobs as well.