We love sharing motivational quotes on our Twitter account to get our affiliates fired up, so we figured why not share some on the blog. Enjoy your motivational Monday and share any of your favorites in the comments.
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.”—Napoleon Hill
“Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.”—Bill Gates
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”–Vince Lombardi
“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”–John Buchan
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”–John Maxwell
“I know what I have to do, and I’m going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I’ll come out a winner, and it doesn’t matter what anyone else does.”—Florence Griffith Joyner
GDI gives those interested a chance to become an affiliate and as such represent the company. Because of this, it’s important to respect GDI for the sake of yourself, the company, and your fellow affiliates. You are in the unique position of being a representative for a company and how you represent it is important. Making false claims and lying about your business can land you in hot water in many ways but also damage the reputation of GDI and hurt your fellow affiliates. Read our examples below and work to represent yourself and GDI in the best way.
You don’t have to share all your secrets
…but that doesn’t mean you have to be so vague people don’t know what they are signing up for. You can develop a great system that you want to keep for your personal GDI team, but you don’t have to be so quiet about it that people don’t know what they’re in for. Share what GDI is and some of how you have been successful. Don’t give away all of your trade secrets, but do be honest.
Share the promise of income for life
…but don’t make promises for huge sums of money that you can’t follow up on. With affiliate programs, you get back what you put into it and this will be different for each affiliate. Do not overextend yourself and advertise to potential downline members an amount of money you can’t promise. Be real with what you’ve worked for and what others might expect.
Social media gives affiliates an unprecedented chance to market themselves in ways never available before. You can connect with thousands of people on Twitter in a matter of seconds and build fans and friends on Facebook you never knew existed. But the ease of social media can be a double edged sword. Tweeting and posting all day and night will turn off followers and even get you marked as a spammer. Tweeting and posting in more manageable way isn’t any good either if you’re not sharing content others would be interested in.
To avoid these pitfalls, practice what is called utility marketing when it comes to social media. Utility marketing means using your voice in these forums in a way that would be helpful to others and offer them something they can utilize. This means your tweets and posts should always aim to be worthy of a retweet or share or spark some conversation. So before you broadcast your messages to the world, ask yourself what others can use or utilize from what you’re sharing.