Social Media & Facebook Etiquette

We'd all like to attract, influence, and build more relationships on Facebook and other social media communities right?  We want more friends and connections that lead to long term relationships, yes?   We certainly don't want to be accused of harassing people do we?

Lesson #1 - Another person's Facebook wall or a corporate fan page is never a place for us to post links to our company, opportunities, marketing systems, online deals, Lead programs, systems, or affiliate programs.  Do NOT do it.   It's just as intrusive as walking into someone's living room and plopping down our products and business information on their coffee table without their permission.  Its old school, it's rude, it's offensive, and it just doesn't work or build long term relationships. 

Here's what happens when someone does this on Facebook and it applies to posting on anyone's Facebook wall -

1.  We realize people who may do this are either very new to the Internet and just do not know it's inappropriate, or when they continue to do this, it just starts to become rude and annoying, especially when we make it perfectly clear what company we are associated with.  When we have a Facebook badge with our company logo it's pretty obvious...

2.  Anyone who does continue to do this over and over after we've explained it we remember the name and we are not very happy about their behavior or impressed with them and most likely they become unfriended, blocked and sometimes reported if the behavior continues. 

3.  We use the delete button too when someone isn't listening...

4.  Doing this actually turns people off and doesn't help make more connections or produce any real relationships with people or anything positive, so it is not worth the time doing. 

5.  It's also not appropriate to troll someone's Facebook page and contact their friends about your opportunity, especially when they have asked for information from the person who's page they are on.  Anyone who continues to do this risk their reputation and integrity.  Remember what goes around comes around.

When a company has issues and a person with that company decides to move on, it's not appropriate for them to start trolling Facebook to send people who have decided to stay with that company, links to a new deal especially when they never requested the information.   If they contact you or if a company has closed down that's a different situation.  People will then most likely be in the looking zone and will be in touch with the people they have built relationships with.   Do not go onto someone's Facebook wall and post information or links to another business opportunity, affiliate or program, unless they have given permission.

Those who are interested and seeking information about a company, products or services, will connect with the people they have been networking, planting seeds, keeping in touch and building relationships with.

To Your Success!
Sue

Sue is a Network Marketing professional and business owner who has been networking, connecting and building relationships online since 1996.  She has created a full time career in Network Marketing and lives at Lake Travis in Austin Texas with her husband and two sons.  Co-author of the Direct Selling Women's Alliance book ?Build It Big' - 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts & trainer on their Mentored by the Master Series CD and contributing writer for The Network Marketing Business Journal, Home Business Magazine and TheNetworkMarketingMagazine.com.  She is passionate about helping others to achieve success in their business and interested in health/wellness/fitness and living a gluten free lifestyle.