One of the little things I do is to reach out and make friends. Depending on what I do ever week, I gain anywhere between 10-20 more people that either become friends or followers. I now have close to 3K friends/followers. But this does not mean I have sales!! In fact, it just means that I have 3K people that I can grow my relationship with and then maybe later it will result in a sale. See, not everyone is ready, willing, and able to buy. Their buying cycle may not be in that "go" position; they may be in 'idle'. So this is why we give value throughout the whole cycle of friendship. We build our brand, our consistency to give value, and as we grow that, we grow our following. They will begin to really know, like, and trust us. One sale is good, but raving fans are better!! Your activity in that area may be something you are keeping an eye out. You might try different things to see the different results. We are always in test mode. Just keep in mind that just because you made a friend, it doesn't mean they will ever buy from you... So, make sure you give them the value that they seek so they don't go looking elsewhere!

Do you remember when you were kids? We learned how to walk, talk, and do some pretty amazing things. We found out that gravity works, how to pick up bugs, lizards, frogs, and snakes, and even how to ride a bicycle. (That's pretty amazing in itself!) We were fearless!!! We were all superbeings that could do anything!!! But things changed. We grew up. We started to tell ourselves that there were things we couldn't do. We started to tell ourselves the wrong stories!! We started to use words like maybe, might, and try instead of "yes I can". As entrepreneurs, what we tell ourselves is what we believe. It will make our minds do backflips to make it happen. So, telling yourself you will "try" to do something gives your mind that availability to fail and back out...I mean you tried, didn't you?? But telling ourselves that we "can" do it, our mind does that same gymnastic jump to make that happen! Mindset is the most important thing you can work on in your business. We were not taught this mindset as adults. We had this mindset as children. Relive your childhood and go back to invincible! Tell yourself you can!

Do you know the 'who' you are talking to?? One of the must underused question out there is WHY! - WHY would someone want your product? - WHY is their current situation not to their liking? - WHY would they even consider you as someone to buy from? Lots of WHYs. And it can be frustrating to hear the word 'why' all the time. But, we are talking about your perfect customer. If you don't know them, how do you talk to them? How do you relate? Don't get too frustrated and really dig into who your perfect customer is. It will help you a lot!

So, I wanted to let everyone know how you can be more visible online. It's real easy...simple even! What is it you ask???? Post, post often, give value, and be real! When you comment on another's post, thumbs up doesn't get you more eyes nor does it give value! Make sure that when you comment that you are giving a bit more value to that post. It might be a post you agree with, but if you can add more to it, giving it more value, you are not only making the person who wrote the post feel good about what they posted, but you are riding the coat tails of all the people that that person has met. By showing value, those people start to look in your direction. And more eyes mean more discussions means more commissions. When you post on your own feed, it's not nearly enough to post once a week. I mean, how are you getting people to know you if they briefly see a post you wrote a week ago and then nothing more? So, you have to post more often that that! Different posts, too. You should include what's going on in your world. You are helping to show that you are a real person and hence growing your trust with them. Always include value, though. Your posts should not be memes that give nothing to the reader! SPECIAL TIP: I have found that with a video, you get a better reach. People watch them and they do get shared!! Just make sure that your video has value to the viewer. I know I keep mentioning value. That is the key to it all. If you are giving value every time you post, whether it is on your own feed or someone else's, more people start to know you. Once they see your posts, they will know that you give value and will read them. They will like to see your posts. After a bit, that trust will grow because of it. This is our goal, isn't it? To help our prospective customers know, like, and trust us??

I had a complete beginner tell me how they "didn't want to grow a community" or "coach people and stuff". So you wanna make F.U. money but you don't want to add any value to anyone's life? Got it... good luck with that... 🙃