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.
Your domain is your power when it comes to the GDI opportunity, but use the link to your domain wisely. We encourage sharing your link in places like social media sites, emails and at the end of videos, but do share with substance. Think of emails you get or posts you see that tell you a little something about a site and encourage you to click on the link. This is what you want to be presenting. Simply posting your link and your link only on social media or in an email will be a sure way for it to not get clicked and also risk it being removed from social media sites.
Don’t Disappear
We encourage you to join networking sites like Twitter and Google+ to reach out to other affiliates and network marketers as they are great ways to do so. Once you’ve taken the time to register for these sites and reach out to people, don’t forget about them. You can appear very sketchy and untrustworthy if one day you’re tweeting potential team members and then aren’t back on Twitter for a month. The same rings true for current team members. Don’t disappear and stop responding to emails once someone joins your team, now the real work begins, working as a team and towards Income for Life.
Don’t Hold Back Too Much Information
While it’s important not to share all of your secrets when marketing GDI, you don’t want to hold back too much information. Try your best to answer as many questions as possible from potential team members. Many people need all of the information in front of them before they can make a decision, and it’s your job to present it.
We talked earlier this week about the steps GDI takes to help you secure those missed sign ups. But did you know we also take the steps to ensure you can get to the missed sign up too? We do. Just check your email.
Anytime someone goes through the sign up process with you, but does not complete it, GDI will send you an email not only letting you know this happened, but sharing the name and contact information of this missed sign up. This gives you the perfect chance to follow up with this person and answer any questions they may have. We recommend you tailor this follow up, but also have a few tips for what you can say when you reach out to your missed sign ups below.
Ask if they have any questions and answer them. This person may not have signed up because they still have a few lingering questions and need the answers.
Ask them what their pushback is. If all of their questions are answered but they are still unsure about signing up with you, ask why. Try to respond to their hesitation with your personal stories of experience and success with GDI.
Talk them through the beginning process. They may be unsure what to do right after they sign up. Take the time to go over the steps to getting started with GDI, interjecting what you have learned along the way.