Social networking is an ongoing process and requires a certain level of time to do. It’s also a mindset… A mindset of consistently and consciously keep tuned to opportunities. Opportunities you can take advantage of when ever possible.

Success Focus Strategy Key #3 of the Thinking Outside the Clock mindset - Focus on Relationship — Increase Opportunities

Last week I mentioned when you apply this mindset to your business you can use the R=M³ relationship formula.^TM

Relationships = More Clients = More Money = More Time

R=M ³

Keep These Keys in Mind to Make the Most of Your Social Networking Opportunities

1. Commitment - invest time to develop the relationship

2. Giving and Getting - both sides need to receive a benefit, either now or later

3. Follow Up - do what you say you are going to do, when you say you will do it.

4. Remembering - people, ideas and resources… stay up on current trends and events so you can share information

5. Patience - results don’t happen overnight or all at once so give your social networking activities some time.

6. Believing in what you do - let your passion and experience show.

7. Involvement - become active in your social network or groups by posting useful content on forums.

8. Listening - pay attention to what others are saying… take notes if necessary

9. Be Courteous - treat others as you wish to be treated

10. Be a Connector- introducing your network to other people when you think someone who would be a good fit.

Make social networking a part of your marketing plan. Time commitment and consistency are key to seeing results that will grow your bottom line.

Facebook changed it’s profile look this week. I’m getting use to it. Actually I discovered I can get through Mari Smith’s Recommended Daily Activities Checklist much quicker.

Except for one little thing… The Ignore All button is gone… poof…. vanished. It took me 3 times longer to process requests this week. I’m not the only feel this pain… Jim Turner wrote an excellent note about the Disappearance of the Ignore All Button.

I already started blocking certain apps that I’ll never use but I noticed it’s often the same group of people sending app request. So I created an Application Acceptance policy. So from now on when someone sends me more than 2 frivolous applications, I exercise the option to ignore invites from this friend. It’s up to you to determine what you consider a frivolous application.

You can find this option right below the Accept/Ignore buttons

This DOES NOT block them as a friend… it only blocks you from seeing the application invite and they don’t know you are ignoring their invites.

Since implementing this policy, the time to process requests reduced dramatically and at times I can go for 24 hours or more without on application invite. Less time I use in processing app requesst, means more time to invest in connecting and building relationships.

PS.

My Mentor and Friend Mari Smith is hosting an impromptu Q&A Webinar on July 29 @1:00pm EST to review the new Facebook design, answer any questions you may have, show you a few cool things…. PLUS talk about some Twitter strategies. This is a PRIVATE webinar of the Facebook for Professionals program members.

If you want to increase your visibility and following on both Twitter and Facebook, furthering your branding, get more subscribers and most importantly TOP paying clients! Go MyFacebookProfits.com and Join Us.

I’m going to reveal a secret from our Flip Your Time System…

The top money making activity you can do… develop relationships.

When you Focus on Relationships you increase your opportunities. Today the internet, through social networking, makes it easier to reach out and connect with people.

Yet so many entrepreneurs view social networking as a waste of time.

Bottom line…. Social Networking is a money making activity… when done correctly.

The days of building a huge list and blasting your followers relentlessly with one sales pitch after another are gone. Business are built on relationships. Always will be… When you focus on relationship first, you don’t need a huge list.

Social networking starts out slow because.relationships take time to develop. So you may become discourage when you don’t see immediate results . Once it kicks in, the opportunities and results explode.

When you learn to maximize your social networking time, you can build those relationships without it taking over your day.

All the checks I ever received in my life came from relationships. It relationships that produce more results and with more results you are able to buy more time. Ironic huh… you invest time in relationships to gain more time. Sounds like a time flip to me.

While you have more time… you develop even better relationships… better relationships produce better results which allow you to buy even more time.

Wednesday June 25, I’m hosting a special preview teleseminar where I’ll share 5 Secrets to Maximizing Your Social Networking Time to Increase Contacts and Cashflow which you can attend for free as my guest.

These secrets are from my upcoming "Social Network Formula Workshop"

You are just 1 relationship away from an incredible opportunity. But must willing to change your mindset about social networking is a money making activity and start focusing your attention on developing your very best relationships.

• Is social networking taking a big chunk out of your day?
• Not seeing the results for the time you put in?
• You learn great strategies but don’t have in your day to do them?

You are not alone…

I hear it often… Social Networking takes time. A lot of time. With all your other business activities, you find yourself feeling overwhelmed.

You hear about all these wonderful success stories, yet nothing seems to happen which leaves you feeling frustrated.

Every day it seems like a new network pops up on the radar

• You fill out profiles… more time out of your day. 
• You checking your friends’ updates… taking even more time (a lot of time you have a lot of friends). 
• Creating network presence takes time (uploading photographs, updating status, posting etc.

Staying active in a social network can turn into a full-time job…

How Would You Like To Get Control Over Your Social Network Time?

Social Networking is High Performance Marketing activity and one of the best things you can do to gain new customers and increase your cash flow.

Join me Wednesday June 25 at 7:00 pm EDT
(That’s 6:00 pm Central, 5:00 pm Mountain, 4:00pm Pacific.)

…Where I’ll share with you
"Five Secrets to Minimize Your Social Network Time"
from our upcoming Social Network Formula Workshop.

You can use these 5 secrets right away to increase your results without turning networking into a full time job.

Just fill out the form below to reserve your seat for this free Teleseminar… and don’t forget to share your biggest Social Network Challenge.

Looking forward to hearing you on the call

This week on twitter @QueenofSpain and @DaveTaylor started a lively conversation about where are the women speakers at conferences. Last year at Blog World all the keynote speakers were men.

Over the past few years, I hear more and more women complaining about the same thing.

I like to make a few disclaimers before going any further….

1. Nothing against guys. I’m married to one for almost 24 years. He is totally awesome.

2. Some of my best mentors are guys and I’m eternally grateful to them. I wouldn’t be where I am today if they didn’t take me under their wing and shared their knowledge.

3. My top clients are guys and I wouldn’t be in business without them.

With that said I too have become frustrated with the "good ole boy network" that appears to dominate the internet.

According to eMarketer women now outnumber men using the internet and The US Census bureau posted these figures on women business owners:

6.5 million -The number of women-owned businesses in 2002, up 20 percent from 1997. (The increase among all businesses was 10 percent.) An estimated 916,768 such firms had paid employees, with receipts of $804 billion.
$940.8 billion - Receipts for women-owned businesses in 2002, up 15 percent from 1997.

Those are some pretty impressive figures. So I decided to quit spending money on "good ole boy network" products and services a couple of years ago when I encouter the following:.

When I visit a web page and see nothing but guy testimonials or guy speakers, it says two things to me

1. Your product doesn’t work for women or your service isn’t for women.

2. You don’t need my money.

The earlier days of the internet didn’t give you much of choice. Let’s face it, guys were the earlier adopters. They were the one with the information. I learned a lot from them. But the demographics of the internet is changing.

Today there is no excuse. There are some very powerful and knowledgeable women on the internet including:

Deb Micek
Mari Smith
Denise Michaels
Alexandria Brown
Lori Morgan-Ferrero
Terri Levine
Melanie Benson-Strick
Anita Campbell
Penny Haynes
Donna Fox
Loral Langemeier
Stephanie Frank
And there are many more…

So why are women still being ignored?.

Here is my opinion and feel free to share yours

1. Habit.

Guys are just in the habit of looking within their circle of buddies for speakers, testimonial etc. I don’t think guys realize the subliminal message they are sending to women. At one of our Toastmaster meetings, a guy gave a speech on exception people. All people in his speech were men.

When it came time for his critique every women notice the male dominance of his speech. He lost 50% of his audience. His response… he wasn’t even aware of the message he was sending. He was also very grateful for the insight.

2. Bottom Line

If you promote an event virtual or real world with more women speakers, will people pay to participate?

Can women draw in the money or is it just perception that only men can draw in the big bucks?

Are women showing their support by spending their money for women dominated events?

Next week Adam Urbanski, of www.themarketingmentors.com/, put together a series of teleseminars featuring the top Social Networking experts.

Surprise… Surprise… all 5 speakers are women…. Kudos to you Adam.

This series is free… It’s a no brainer to sign up and attend.

I’m going to propose a challenge to all you women out there… put your money where your mouth is… upgrade and get the transcripts.

I believe women need to start supporting each other more not just emotionally but with purchase power. Men have supported each other monetarily for years.

Disclaimer: I make NO money promoting this!!!!!

Yes I did buy the transcripts to show support for my Coach Deb Micek and my mentor Mari Smith. I know these two will be sharing some incredible information and I can’t wait to here the other speaker too..

So Join us… The Contact to Contracts Seminar http://snipurl.com/0624