Blogging should always be fun! If it becomes a tedious, tiring, boring or frustrating passtime, put it aside and evaluate what is happening. I have being hobby blogging for a little over two years and business blogging for a little more than a year. I love the interactive process!
Making the blog interactive serves two major purposes. First, friendships are established that are meaningful and great for self-actualization. Your self-worth is enhanced as you share with a faithful audience. Second, an interactive blog is great for determining what design revisions are needed as well as what content directions you may need to pursue.
A good technique for making your blog more interactive is to share how you got started and ask your mailing list to share their story also. This is fun and many people will love telling their story.
The Internet is moving at incredible speeds today and none of us can afford to be lost or left behind. In fact, in the social media arena, never-never-never ignore someone who takes the time to address or speak to you. I have had several people to write blog posts about me and copy articles of interest from my blog onto theirs and thus giving me a lot of unsolicited, free traffic. I love it! Social media is about being social. Inter/Intra-personal communication using Internet technology is far superior to any other medium of social exchange. There is a wealth of information about anyone who is someone, and it takes just a few clicks to obtain the scoop. I have said all of this because “You Know” why! That is, I want to alert you to a social media tool entitled, “Yoono.”
Straight from their website they tell us who they are:
Yoono is an easy to use sidebar for your browser that allows you to connect to all your social networks and instant messaging services – in one place. Get all your friend updates, update your own status, and easily share stuff with your friends.
The title of this post should help you remember to check out the advantages of using Yoono. It truly is a great social media tool!
Don’t you just love to see all the beautifully wrapped presents under the Christmas tree? Or how about the ones you receive for your birthday? Some people are masters at creating the most beautiful packages, aren’t they? When you see a gift, beautifully wrapped and decorated, does it benefit you? As long as it is sitting on a table or under the Christmas tree, you can’t derive any benefits or pleasure from it…other than maybe appreciating the wrappings.
The first thing you must do is to accept the gift. You can’t stop there!! You must open it to find out what is inside and then use the gift you have been given. As excited as I would get about getting a gift, I still can’t enjoy or appreciate it until I accept it, open it and use it. Larry knows that I love jewelry and you better believe I open my gifts and wear them right away (jewelry or clothes), spritz them (perfume), read them (books )…you get the idea. Those gifts don’t do me any good if I store them in the closet.
A business opportunity is somewhat like this. The most wonderful business opportunity can be right in front of you. It can offer all kinds of benefits. Will those benefits do you any good? No, not until you decide to become a part of the business—accept it.
Okay, now you have become a part of the business opportunity—it that it? No, but some people seem to think it is. The next step is to ‘open’—or find out what is contained—what the benefits can be and learn how to achieve them. Then get busy—use them to the max!
What I am trying to say is that MaxPro offers a fantastic opportunity for those who get involved—for those who use the trainings, forum, support, marketing, etc that is made available to them. This means more than just listening or reading or even posting at the forum. Those are the first steps, but you must move beyond that and actually be proactive in your own business. Do it!
Our wish is for every member of our MaxPro family (that is you!) to meet with great success. When we tell you that your success is our success, we mean it! There is great excitement in the office when we hear of your involvement…the steps you are taking toward success…and ultimately your success stories.
I love the Max Pro Forum and thanks so much for visiting and leaving comments. However, this post relates to a marketing tool to drive traffic to a web site or a blog.
I was assigned a forum to leave comments on as a means of driving traffic to our site. It is time consuming to read forum threads and leave meaningful comments with appropriate links. Nonetheless, it really works as a short- term traffic driving strategy. My email box is inundated with responses to forum threads that I have commented on recently. An added bonus to this process is all the valuable information that is learned from the forum(s) and those respondees.
Summertime in Florida means lots of rain. I love the rain. I discovered as a child, that Larry would not melt and I could play in the rain. Today at age 62, I can still play in the rain with as much delight as I did back in my childhood. However, you and I can use some spiritual showers as well.
Back about 20 years ago there was a southern gospel chorus entitled, “Send Down The Rain Lord,” that became very popular in our local congregation. From that time point up to today’s major summer downpour, I am reminded that we need the showers of God’s blessings to come down upon us too. In fact, that chorus reminds us that we need the showers, “the former and latter rains ” to come together. We do need the rain of seed time (former rain), showers of blessings that come when we plant or begin our marketing ventures, as well as the harvest time (latter rain) showers. Let them both come and in abundance, as we need the rain! May you be blessed!
Refunds….You might as well acknowledge that they will happen. We all know that any product or opportunity is not right for every single person. That’s just the way it is. You might hate my favorite restaurant….or maybe you would never go to my favorite movie. You do all love Snickers, don’t you? We are all different. It’s better just to accept that the products you sell on your Internet Site will not suit every person, and some people will request a refund.
You will also find some people who purchase only out of curiosity. They will see the refund policy and think: “What have I got to lose?” Some of them are ‘professional refunders’. Does it make us happy? Absolutely not. Can we change it? NO! Several years ago when I became the ‘Queen of Refunds’ in our business, I was almost personally insulted or felt attacked when someone returned a product and asked (sometimes not so nicely) for a refund.
I understand from some of you that you are receiving emails from your customers and they are requesting a refund from you. You don’t have to get personally involved in the refund process or feel responsible. That is what we are here for. It’s just one of the little perks in maintaining your Zoomica membership! We will help you if you need us. We are also here for your customers!
Please understand that each product or service has a refund policy which the customer is aware of before he/she makes a purchase. You don’t have to state the refund policy, give instructions on returning the product, or do the refund. The Zoomica Staff will take care of all of this.
If you are asked about a refund, the best thing you can do is to instruct the customer to put in a support ticket at iipsupport.com—to the billing department. We will direct them in obtaining a refund or in canceling a service. As you know some of the transactions go through Clickbank…others through Priceless Possiblities…others through Zoomica Solutions or Cool Net (Momentum Media Global). If the customer will state exactly what they wish to refund or cancel, we can better help them by giving the correct instructions.
There is never a need for a customer to feel panicky! We maintain our Help Desk at iipsupport.com Monday through Friday. In most cases, support tickets are answered within 24 – 48 hours unless the request is more involved or we need help from our bosses. Please remember that we are real, live people in an office and we care! We do not, however, work 24/7. You will find us at our desks Monday through Friday…and out enjoying the Florida sunshine on Saturday and Sunday!
Don’t feel battered or beat up by refund requests. Just move on and focus your attention on the customers we can help to move forward with their own Internet business. Remember to keep your focus on what you want—not on what you don’t want.
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Hi!
I love the Max Pro Forum and thanks so much for visiting and leaving comments. However, this post relates to a marketing tool to drive traffic to a web site or a blog.
I was assigned a forum to leave comments on as a means of driving traffic to our site. It is time consuming to read forum threads and leave meaningful comments with appropriate links. Nonetheless, it really works as a short- term traffic driving strategy. My email box is inundated with responses to forum threads that I have commented on recently. An added bonus to this process is all the valuable information that is learned from the forum(s) and those respondees.
Larry, Resident Article Expert
www.maxprosystem.com
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