Social Media, Tips

Simple Free Tools for Affiliates

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smWhen building your business online, there’s never a shortage of new technology to know or ways to make what you do easier and simpler. Here are a few free tools we like to grow and manage your online business.

HootSuite

If you’re active on multiple social networks, or have multiple accounts, HootSuite is for you. According to their website, “HootSuite helps teams engage with audiences and analyze campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure web-based dashboard.”

HootSuite allows you to view interactions across multiple social networks at once, schedule postings ahead of time, shorten links, and create profiles. HootSuite rests right in your browser and makes it so you wont miss posts, tweets or interactions from all of your networks.

Codeacademy

Codeacademy is for anyone who wants to learn how to use HTML.  The company’s website says, “Codecademy is a team of hackers working hard to build a better way for anyone to teach, and learn, how to code. We’re determined to succeed in realizing our mission to turn a world of tech consumers into one of empowered builders.”

Codeacademy offers simple lessons and instructions to help you begin using HTML. Codeacademy can help give you the skills to create a better looking website and manage existing code.

FotoFlexer

If Photoshop just isn’t in your budget, there’s a myriad of free photo editing services online. We like FotoFlexer. Their tagline is that they are “The world’s most online image editor.” With tools and effects similar to those offered in Photoshop, the site allows you to perform almost any edit.

It’s user friendly and thanks to many users helpful tutorials and instructions are easy to find. Use FotoFlexer to edit photos you want to use on your site, blogs or even things like business cards and materials.

Contest, News, Social Media

GDI Around the World Contest

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Around3Where do you work from? We want to know! The ability to work from anywhere is one of the many perks of being a GDI affiliate. In our newest GDI Around the World Contest, we’re asking you to share in photo form all the places you can work from.

Have a local landmark you want to show off? Snap a pic! Traveling somewhere exciting? Show off! At the local library building your business? Show us! Maybe you’re halfway across the world–we want to see!

We want you to print out your .WS banner from your Marketing Kit and snap a picture of it in front of places all over the world. We want you to show off just how many places you can work to build your business from. The favorite photo stands to win $50!

How It Works: We’re asking you to check out your GDI Marketing Kit and print out the .WS banner included. The banner already has your site name on it, all you need to do is print. Maybe even print multiples to have on you just in case you see somewhere that deserves a photo. The banner can be printed on standard letter sized paper.

Now take that banner and snap a picture with it and your spot in the world in the background. Have fun with this a get creative! Take a photo in front of a landmark in your town, that waterfall on vacation or even in front the Sphinx!

You can be in the photo or not, it’s up to you, but the banner must be in it and it needs to be clearly shown. This means getting close enough so that people can read the domain on the banner, but not so close that viewers can’t see where you are. Once you have your picture, create a board on Pinterest named “GDI Around the World” and post it there. When you’re done, share the link with us on Facebook or Twitter.

We will collect all submissions and share them on our GDICorporate board with the same name. The pins will now be up for a vote. The pin with the most likes will win $50 from GDI.

How You Win:

Step 1: Take a photo with your site banner in front of an awesome background. Be creative!

Step 2: Log in to Pinterest. If you don’t have an account, you can set one up easily through Facebook or Twitter at www.pinterest.com.

Step 3: After you’ve logged in to Pinterest, create a new board named “GDI Around the World” and upload you photo to it. Title your photo with the landmark, town, state or country you’re in. Feel free to link the photo to your WebSite.

Step 4: Share the link to your new board with GDI on our Facebook page or tweet us. Use the hashtag#GDIAroundtheWorld if you’re using Twitter. We will collect all photos and share them at our “GDI Around the World” board at http://pinterest.com/gdicorporate/gdi-around-the-world/

Step 5: All qualified pins* will be up for a vote. Vote for your favorite “GDI Around the World” pin by clicking on the “Like” button above it. The pin with the most likes will win that GDI affiliates $50. GDI Corporate will also select an additional winner to win $50.

*We will not be accepting Photoshopped photos. We want to see you out in the world with your sign in real life. It only takes a moment to print!

*The submission period for pinned photos is April 15, 2013-May 31, 2013. We will select a winner after the final submission day.

*GDI reserves the right to refuse any pins. We want your pins to reflect places all over the world!

Affiliate, Marketing, Opportunity

Create Your Brand

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There are thousands of people interested in and involved with GDI. This means there are a lot of people out there to work with, but you need to stand out. One powerful way to stand out is to create and market your own brand. This doesn’t mean you have to sink money into advertising, it means taking the steps to find your brand voice, share it, and encourage others to do so.

Here’s how to do it:

Find Your Voice

When you talk to prospective downline members or post on your WebSite are you authoritative or friendly? Warm or straight forward? Big picture or right now? These are all styles of presenting information that create your voice. Finding the voice that fits you is step one. Go through your past posts and emails and see how you communicate or ask a friend or family member what they think your communication style is. Is your style effective? Do people respond to it? If you answered yes, then go on to step two. If you answered no, it’s time to find a voice that engages people and shares information effectively.

Stay Consistent Across All Mediums

This is step two. Use this newly indentified brand voice through all communications including video, email, blog posts and the like. People will remember your voice and associate it with your brand. You’ll attract people who respond to your unique brand voice, helping to build your team with like minded people.

Empower Your Team

Name your brand to give it more power. Think of a name for your team or you as a sponsor. Consider creating a logo. Build a team you a strong team and use your logo and name. Team members will be happy to share it. People want to be part of something successful, so give them a name to put to your team and empower them to share it. Have team members join a branded Facebook group, share their success stories on social media, or add your team logo to the website. Empower others to get the most out of your team and your brand.

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