How to Share the Social Media Love and Exponentially Grow Your Network in Six Steps

How to Share the Social Media Love and Exponentially Grow Your Network in Six Steps

So you’re new to the social media realm, but not new to offline networking.

You’re probably looking at social media… excited about the possibilities yet frustrated at the misunderstandings that often come with it when first getting started. If that sounds like you, this post will be a perfect fit. It’s the ideal starting point for social media success. You can use social media to exponentially grow your network, and today that’s what we’re going to focus on.

This blog post will bridge the gap between online and offline networking by dramatizing the daily actions we already perform offline to explain how it “looks” online.

Furthermore, this article help you … especially help you if …

You’re new to social media and trying to get it all figured out.
It will help you understand the human-side of social media.
It will provide more meaning when you perform an action (or have an action acted upon you) in the social media space.
It will also help you “break into” communities that you might want to be a part of.

Online networking can be similar to offline networking when you look at it in the way I’m about to explain. For many of you, that will help you “figure this social media thing out” a little quicker.

Enjoy this, and share it. Also, comment if you can think of anything I left out.

Here’s How to Share the Social Media Love and Exponentially Grow Your Network in Six Steps

1. Nod of Acknowledgement

Offline The nod of acknowledgement is a standard way to let the person know that you see them, without having to resort to using words. The nod of acknowledgement is a wordless conversation.

Online Equivalent Retweet, Share or Like on Facebook.

Retweeting (Twitter), Liking and/or Sharing (Facebook) or Giving a Thumbs Up (YouTube) for an article or video on a social networking site is considered the head nod. You’re saying, “I liked this, and I have no problem letting everyone else know that.” Often this action goes unnoticed but not unrecognized.

2. Open Hand Wave

Offline Saying hello by waving your hand.

Online Equivalent Repetitious Retweeting, Liking and Sharing on Facebook & Leaving Comments.

If you find or discover a person’s content that you like and share it many times over with commenting, that’s a wave. It’s “Hello, I’m here, and I like your content.” Do this often and consistent, and you will be noticed by the content owner.

3. Eye to Eye

Offline Agreeing. Seeing eye to eye. Being on the same level.

Online Equivalent Still more commenting and more sharing. As you do this more and more, that wave becomes eye contact.

Expect a “thanks.” You’re now “seen.” It’s possible that this reciprocates itself – albeit probably to a lesser degree. Nonetheless, the content owner you’ve made “Eye to Eye contact” with, will certainly take a look at what you are doing. But don’t make that an expectation. Just understand that you’re now on their radar.

4. The Handshake

Offline A short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other’s opposite hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands. In many cases to signify an agreement.

Online Equivalent Now you’re in the groove because you’ve repeatedly done all of the above, and have kept at it for awhile.

The content creator whom you’re Retweeting, Sharing and Liking and Thumbs Upping have seen you around long enough that they have a feel for who you are. They can now “place” where you fit into their community. By now, there should be mutual acknowledgment — comment for comment and share for share.

It’s possible that you’ve exchanged comments on Facebook, or personal Tweets on Twitter or a Thank You via private message. This shows they are following you too. Consider this a welcoming into the community because others in the community will see you too.

NOTE: Keep following all of the steps above and watch how it’s reciprocated for you.

5. The Introduction

Offline You come together, convene or arrange to meet with the other person and/or a segment of their network.

Online Equivalent You receive public acknowledgment.

This happens in the form of Retweets, responses back to Tweets and comments at your blog and/or Facebook. This is either a formal or informal introduction with open arms that welcomes you into the entire community and/or network.

6. The Hug

Offline A hug is an expression of warmth and friendliness with arms outstretched around the other. Hugs are used as an expression of love, kindness, sympathy, friendliness, greetings and used sometimes to say goodbye.

Online Equivalent Maintain being “cool.”

Acceptance and trust is now firmly established. Keep it. You’re now friendly and converse online regularly. Your community is mutually supportive and sustaining. Your network is exponentially growing. This is the seed from which joint ventures, masterminds and business deals grow.

Social Media Stats You Can Sink Your Teeth Into

Facebook increased by 100 milion new users. Now at 600+ million and growing. Each month 30 billion pieces of content (links, notes, photos, etc) are shared on Facebook.

Each day 2 billion videos are watched on Youtube. The average Internet user watched 186 online videos per month (USA). Every minute 35 hours of video is uploaded to You Tube.

In 2010, users sent 25 billion tweets and added more than 100 million new users. There’s over 600 million search queries on Twitter each day.

Recently LinkedIn has been in the news. Their CEO said that their gaining one new member every second. We’ve ignored LinkedIn up to this point, but not for long (only so much time in a day right?) 100% of Fortune 500 companies have execuatives using LinkedIn.

People that use their blog for business attract 55% more website visitors than non-bloggers. It’s also, of course, a great way to get your content out there and to talk one on one with your target audience. People that blog have more Twitter followers and Facebook fans. Makes sense, there is a huge synergy between having a blog as a hub and using Facebook and Twitter as spokes.

stats from Pingdom

What’s Your Most Burning Question About Social Networking?

You’ll notice Ann Sieg’s comment (below in the comments area) … I think it’s worth repeating here what she said,

“…network marketers are in the information business. The higher the quality of information the more people will pay attention to us. That’s a daunting task to keep up with. That’s where sharing other people’s information can be tremendously helpful.

Some people may think they have to be the sole information producer. But the reality is readers like different points of view. And you keep your position of authority when you’re given the capability to reflect off someone’s information.”

With that said, let’s be sure to share our thoughts and information in the comments area. Leave your thoughts, questions and knowledge in the comments area so we can all gain a better perspective. Talk to you all in the comments below. Head down there now.

In Ann’s free ebook, The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto, she offers 133 different ways to create content that attracts interest in the forms of leads and new customers. Click the graphic below to get your copy.

Book Review: Bushido: The Soul of Japan

As a lover of books, yes, the kind that you hold, earmark pages, highlight and underline, and, here is the kicker, smell. Do that with your ebook reader!

My bookshelf will never stop growing, it’s bigger than any TV anyone could ever buy, and yes I should own stock in Amazon, that and Half-Price Books here in Houston.

The book I am currently reading, Bushido, The Soul of Japan
by Inazo Nitobe, is a book worth reading to learn the basics of Bushido.

My goal with reading this book is to learn the tenants of Bushido, of the Samurai, what motivated these unique individuals, what brought them to such prominence in both history and folklore.

The Samurai were masters of their trade, fighting men, protectors, but it was more than simply physical training that allowed this legend to endure for centuries, it was their ethics, the moral principles, their code.

Bushido means literally ‘Military-Knight-Ways’, the way these fighting nobles will lead their lives, every day, no matter whether at war or at peace, in their work or their relaxation.

Bushido, then, is the code of moral principles which the knights were required or instructed to observe. It is not a written code of moral principles; at it’s best it consists of a few maxims handed down from mouth to mouth or coming from the pen of some well-known warrior or savant.

The author, Inazo Nitobe, has compiled this book from many sources, as his study on this subject is far reaching, and well known to readers of the history of Bushido.

Let us move on to the first precept in the code of the Samurai…

Rectitude or Justice

This, above all others, is the ultimate goal of the Samurai, to insure justice for all.

For any of us that have said the “Pledge of Allegiance” that last part may sound quite familiar.

To the Samurai nothing is more loathsome than underhand dealings and crooked undertakings. A well known bushi (a term for Samurai) defines it ‘as a power of resolution’.

Rectitude is the power of deciding upon a certain course of conduct in accordance with reason, without wavering; — to die when it is right to die, to strike when to strike is right.

Mencius says “How lamentable is it to neglect the path and not pursue it, to lose the mind and not know to seek it again!” Furthermore, Mencius states “Righteousness is a straight and narrow path which a man ought to take to regain the lost paradise.”

To follow the path was Giri, literally the Right Reason, it is what all Samurai believed; it meant duty, pure and simple, duty to our parents, to superiors, to inferiors, to society at large…

The second precept of Bushido is…

Courage, The Spirit of Daring and Bearing

Confucius defines Courage as “Perceiving what is right, and doing it not, argues lack of courage.”

Prince Mito says “It is true courage to live when it is right to live, and to die only when it is right to die”

Rushing in to circumstances, not looking at situations at their whole, then rushing in to action, or death, is not courage, it is a ‘dog’s death’.

Courage is knowing, judging a situation through knowledge, experience, coordination with other enlightened individuals and then making the right decision because it is right, this is true courage.

The third precept of Bushido is…

Benevolence, The Feeling of Distress

The supreme virtues of love, magnanimity, affection for others, sympathy and pity are deemed the highest attributes of the human soul.

Let but a prince cultivate virtue, people will flock to him; with people will come to him lands; lands will bring forth for him wealth; wealth will give him the benefit of right uses.” Mencius

The fourth precept of Bushido is…

Politeness

Simply courtesy and urbanity of manners to all, no matter their station in life, is the spiritual discipline of etiquette and more than mere outward appearance, but an inner wholeness of being. These fine manners is power in repose, strength in character, and the cultivation of one’s mind to sit quietly, even in the face of bores.

The fifth precept of Bushido is…

Veracity or Truthfulness

“To thyself be faithful; if in thy heart thou strayest not from truth, without prayer of thine the Gods will keep thee whole.” Polonius

The Samurai was always truthful, to swear an oath was never necessary, as the Samurai spoke and acted only in truth in all of their affairs. They never worried about hurting anyone with their words, as through their actions there was never an act that would hurt another.

The sixth precept of Bushido is…

Honor

Honor is the vivid consciousness of personal dignity and worth, a person’s character and reputation.

Anger was unworthy of a Samurai, as they were superior men, men that lived their lives above pettiness, meanness and disregard of others.

The Samurai held their head high, knowing they were living to a set of codes that were believed, were a way of life.

The seventh precept of Bushido is…

The Duty of Loyalty

This code of chivalrous honor, this loyalty is of paramount importance. In feudal times this was loyalty to one’s superiors, one’s king, today this is loyalty to oneself, to one’s cause, to one’s chosen life, to one’s family. This is unwavering, there are no circumstances that will change what the Samurai believes in, and will carry themselves accordingly in all life’s dealings.

These are the precepts of Bushido, of the Samurai, they are briefly explained, but give you the general idea of how the Samurai lead their lives.

Inazo Nitobe‘s Bushido, The Soul of Japan continues, but this is the basics of what I wanted to learn and cover here in this review.

Overall this is a good book, make sure you have a dictionary handy as the readability of the book is challenging. I will continue to look for and read more books on this topic as this book has only whet my appetite for more.

6 Ways To Create Flagship Content At Your Blog

6 Ways To Create Flagship Content At Your Blog

This post is especially for you if you aren’t using your blog as a tool to create stand-out, valuable content that gets you noticed, builds positive word of mouth, grows your audience, and builds your list.

If you want to know how you can make your blog a vital resource that people actually want to read and feel compelled to subscribe to, be sure to read this post.

Today I want to give you six specific ways to create Flagship content, and how creating flagship content can attract more attention to your blog.

Let’s get started…

Q: What will distinguish your blog from the others? A: Flagship content

What Is Flagship Content?

Flagship content is any form of content created on your blog that has the potential to do some very important things. These important things include:

Bring new readers and new links incoming to your blog (which is a good thing for Search Engine Optimization).
Again — more readers. Flagship content MUST be evergreen so that over time you can continually refer to it even if it’s in the deep archives of your blog.
Eventually it can bring traffic from search engines (this is IF you do proper keyword research, and your Flagship content is really that good).
You can create a special section or category at your blog so that your Flagship content can easily be accessed and your value clearly demonstrated. Sometimes it can be labeled Start Here to ensure that your readers are consuming your best stuff from the time they land on your blog.

This is important to mention again, but Flagship content is NOT dependent on time. This means in twelve months, your Flagship content is still be relevant.

The result of all of the above is you will be providing your best value on the topic in your niche. This creates authority.

Authority creates exposure. Exposure will create more traffic. More people will visit your blog to read your Flagship content, and if you have an offer that is congruent with your Flagship content, it’s likely your list will grow and grow and grow.

If you don’t understand the importance of creating Flagship content at your blog be sure to ask your question in the comments area of this post. (I suggest this be the first content you create at your blog).

How Do You Create Flagship Content?

There isn’t just one way for creating Flagship content. But there are certain characteristics and types you can work on right away. This will help you even if you’re NOT intending to create Flagship content.

Here are the typical Flagship content types that you can post to your blog:

“How-To” Blog Post

Think about your industry and write an article that teaches how to do something. Be certain to only write how-to articles on topics you genuinely understand how to do and have experience with.

Examples:

How to market a network marketing business on a budget of $125 a month.
How to choose an appropriate midwife for the birth of your child.
How to publish a book without going through the mainstream publishers.
How to prepare traditional American holiday dishes.

It should be obvious which how to topics will be popular and relevant to your audience. Make it a point to create your how to posts in story form.

Definition Blog Post

Does your industry have key concepts which might seem like a foreign language to those who are new to your industry? If so, then a definition post is perfect.

If there is a concept that’s complicated, produce a definition post that defines the concept, clearly explaining what it means and how it can be implemented along with a glossary of key terms.

What may seem simple and obvious to you usually isn’t to the newbies. So define things in simple terms and create a resource.

I mentioned a glossary of key terms. If there are a handful of key concepts in your industry, list the key terms, and the concepts that go with them. Then provide a one-paragraph definition for each. Doing so makes a great reference post, and will often be referred to by others.

Theory or Argument Blog Post

Isn’t this what Ann Sieg did with The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing?

The important thing here is to present some unique thought. Give your opinion on a major issue in your industry that you suspect your readers will take an interest in.

Don’t rehash what others have already said, or if you do, really make an effort to put your own spin on things, or speak of your unique experience and/or tie it all into your own story.

It’s important to say these once again … make sure your theory or argument is independent of time.

Make an effort with this post to spark a conversation, maybe even a little controversy.

Free Report, Whitepaper, E-Course, Boot Camp

Okay, so this one is probably the most important. AND… it’s not something I recommend you publicly post on your blog.

Yet, you need to know about this aspect of Flagship content. If you don’t, all of your Flagship content creation will be in vain.

Here’s why:

You’re going to use the Free Report, Whitepaper, E-Course, or Boot Camp for list building. This is key. You must build your list. Leverage your Flagship content to do that. Make this aspect of your Flagship content a focus. Try to give away your best stuff in exchange for a name and email.

Consider how you will present this Free Report, Whitepaper, E-Course, or Boot Camp

You have a few options:

Create a PDF which your readers can download.
Type the content into several blog posts and interlink them together. If you’re using WordPress for your blogging platform, I know that you can make it so the posts are private, and only those with a direct link can find it on your blog.
If you can’t decide what the best method for your free resource could be, my suggestion is to offer it in as many modalities as possible. These include PDFs, video, audio, written form on your blog, physical mail pamphlet.

Can you think of more other multi-media?

The important thing with this content is to create a complete all-in-one solution to a common problem.

List Article Blog Content

This is by far one of the most popular Flagship content types.

You’ve seen these at other blogs – everywhere.

The usual titles are “Top 7 Ways To…” or something like “10 Tips To Improve…”

These will always work well and here’s why –

Lists are easily digested. Especially those who skim and scan, and most web readers are skimmers and scanners.
Articles that are between 300-700 word range with clear bullet-point lists and a compelling headline are good traffic pullers.
Lists provide actionable lessons and people love to share lists with other people. Also list blog posts are often linked to by others.
Be wary of doing lists of topics well covered by other people or on really simple concepts. As usual, the more “you” included through stories and a unique style, the more attractive your list blog content will be.

Technical Blueprint Blog Content

A technical blueprint is focused on the technical aspects of a problem. It might involve the use of graphs, spreadsheets, images and/or video to demonstrate how to do something.

Key thing to remember here is that it’s step-by-step and visually enhanced to communicate exactly how to complete a task.

You can apply the principle to almost any industry that has common tasks which may be complex to understand.

Final Thoughts About Creating Flagship Content for Your Blog

That covers some of the most basic and powerful types of Flagship blog content for you to apply to your blog. If you write an article each week using one of the concepts above, you will have a solid foundation for a successful blog.

All you will need to add to the mix is effective marketing which is another topic altogether. Just remember you must have content if you’re going to market in the first place.

Last thing that is important to remember, which I’ve already stressed a few times throughout this post … be sure your Flagship content is timeless, original to you, solves a problem solving and is applicable to your audience.

Just the act of doing this alone will set you apart. Do it well and you will have created a valuable blog that grows your audience and grows your list.

If This Was Helpful to You, Here’s What To Do Next…

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Thank you to Eric Walker for sharing this great article!

Your MLM Blog – First Week Checklist (with the smart beginner in mind)

This post about getting your MLM Blog started doesn’t cover the pre-requisite tech stuff such as …

Choosing a Domain
Setting up Hosting
Changing Nameservers
Installing WordPress
Settings and General Cleanup
Creating Your First Post
Creating Your First Page
Basic Plugins
Choosing Your Theme
Controlling Blog Spam
Using Widgets
Installing Banners

… but our flagship MLM Blog product with Ty Tribble DOES, plus a whole lot more especially if you’re just a beginning MLM blogger looking to use a blog for leads, sales and sign-ups. Get more information about the most reliable way to generate leads, sales and sign-ups for any MLM with these free videos.

Today, I want to help those of you get started with your own MLM blog. We’re going to break the process into small parts just for your first week (six days) of MLM blogging. Use this as a checklist that immediately applies to your MLM Blog marketing.

This is what you do on day one for your MLM Blog -

First you have to flesh out your ideas.

Aim for 25 blog post ideas. Keep an ongoing folder for fodder on your desktop just for ideas. A notebook works fine too. Once you have your first 25 blog post ideas, use it to plan your second week of content, third week, fourth week, etc. If you publish two posts per week, you should have your first 12 weeks planned out.

As you move beyond your first day, and first week of blogging, make brainstorming topics and developing ideas a regular part of your day – even if just 10 minutes per day.

I mentioned two posts a week… that’s what I recommend you start with.

Blocking off time to regularly brainstorm post ideas and add them to your folder fodder along with committing to a posting pace. More frequent blog posts bring greater traffic and leads by 62% according to the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing study.

Find your rhythm. Be consistent.

After a few weeks or a month of publishing two posts per week, review your publishing schedule to see how well it suits your lifestyle and your readers’ level of interest – though if you’re just beginning, you will not necessarily have a good gauge of reader interest yet because you might not have a lot of readers yet. But you will have a feel for how well the schedule’s working and whether it needs adjusting.

Start with a “launch post.”

Your launch post is the first post you’ll publish to your blog. In most cases, it should:

Introduce the blog and you as the blogger
Explain why you created the blog
Identify the types of things you plan to talk about

Publish your launch post. Share it with your list (if you have one). Share with your Facebook friends. Tell the world.

As soon as you do that, begin the process of finding a blogging buddy. This might not happen on day one, but set your mind to finding a blogging buddy.

This is what you do on day two for your MLM Blog

The second piece of content that you’re going to create is your “My Story” post:

Include how many years or months you’ve been interested in the topic of your blog.
Think about how you can display evidence of your passion for, or expertise in, the topic area, including links to other work you’ve done or related projects you’ve been involved with.
Write a brief, heartfelt explanation of your motivations for starting the blog
Include how you anticipate your blog will meet the needs of visitors and who your blog is perfect for.

It’s likely that creating content is going to be new for you. Here on day two, be mindful of your publishing procedure. Make it a system that can be perfected with practice.

For example, I always start with my fodder folder. I choose one specific topic, and then flesh it out on a separate piece of paper. This includes topic research, keyword research, free-flowing hand writing thoughts I scribble in my notebook, and a description of what my ultimate purpose for the post, along with what I want you (the reader) to do as a result. The more specific you are, the better.

That’s all for day two. You’re done for the day. Rest, reflect, and schedule your window of time for your MLM Blog tomorrow.

This is what you do on day three for your MLM Blog

Begin developing your flagship content pieces.

Flagship content is any form of content created on your blog that has the potential to do some very important things.

These important things include:

Bring new readers and new links incoming to your blog (which is a good thing for Search Engine Optimization).
Again — more readers. Flagship content MUST be evergreen so that over time you can continually refer to it even if it’s in the deep archives of your blog.
Eventually it can bring traffic from search engines (this is IF you do proper keyword research, and your Flagship content is really that good).
You can create a special section or category at your blog so that your Flagship content can easily be accessed and your value clearly demonstrated. Sometimes it can be labeled Start Here to ensure that your readers are consuming your best stuff from the time they land on your blog.

“How-To” Blog Post

Think about your industry and write an article that teaches how to do something. Be certain to only write how-to articles on topics you genuinely understand how to do and have experience with.

Definition Blog Post

Does your industry have key concepts which might seem like a foreign language to those who are new to your industry? If so, then a definition post is perfect.

Theory or Argument Blog Post

The important thing here is to present some unique thought. Give your opinion on a major issue in your industry that you suspect your readers will take an interest in.

List Article Blog Content

This is by far one of the most popular Flagship content types. Here’s an example of a popular list post that has gotten a good amount of traffic for us.

Technical Blueprint Blog Content

A technical blueprint is focused on the technical aspects of a problem. It might involve the use of graphs, spreadsheets, images and/or video to demonstrate how to do something.

Key thing to remember here is that it’s step-by-step and visually enhanced to communicate exactly how to complete a task.

You can apply the principle to almost any industry that has common tasks which may be complex to understand.

Your goal for day three should be to map out two to five flagship content pieces. These will be the first posts that you work toward publishing for the next week or two.

MLM Blogging Tips To Keep In Mind When First Getting Started

TIP 1 – It’s a good idea to give yourself a 24 hour window to let your post sit. For example, write the post today and publish it tomorrow so you have time to review it with fresh eyes.

TIP 2 – In your posts, be sure to format them with subheadings, bullet lists and other formatting elements. Include images for each post. Consider including other media (like video or audio) if it’s applicable. Link to other websites or online resources in your posts.

TIP 3 – Blogging is about community. It’s about building relationships with your audience, and having fun exchanging ideas and information with them through the medium of your blog. It’s an opportunity for you to gather eyeballs.

TIP 4 – Put yourself “out there” even if you’re unsure. Take time to develop a process for researching your niche for content ideas, to expand your knowledge, to get to know others in the niche, and to gain a clearer picture of your target audience. This is an ongoing, essential aspect of any MLM blogger’s success. You can’t operate in a vacuum. Instead, see what you can gain by looking around the blogosphere. Use blog comments to generate content ideas.

Day Four – Begin to establish a social media presence for your MLM Blog

I’d recommend that you start with Facebook. Developing a Facebook updating strategy so that your Facebook friends can stay with what you do at your MLM Blog, and your business in general.

Look for like-minded individuals and conversations that are naturally occuring. To find conversations, contacts and groups that focus on the topic of your blog (or related areas) search the social networks you’re using for topic-related keywords. This is a great and simple way to find others who are talking about the things that interest you.

You can search for Facebook pages and groups. You can search for other MLM Blogs, and social networks like BetterNetworker that focus on quality content and genuine conversations about the MLM blogging. Of course you’ll also want to use Google reader and Twitter Search too.

Search inside of Facebook for “MLM Blog.” What do you find?

Understand that your blog is a product in itself

Put up your hand and say to your audience, “I have something valuable to contribute.” For many, that is a big step.

So, quite simply, HOW are you USING your blogging, and what are you asking it to do for you? And how are you measuring that it worked? This is going to be different for just about everyone, but be sure you’re clear on this for yourself.

Day 5 – Publish your next blog post

Sounds obvious, right? Many people never take it beyond their first post.

Preferably this post will be a flagship post. If not that’s okay. The flagship posts sometimes take longer to create. The important thing is that you publish another post.

Experiment with formats and headlines. Use different frames you can use to shape the key message in your article. A well-honed title can catch the attention of blog visitors, social media users and more. It can help move your post up the search engine results for specific keywords. And it sets users’ expectations about what you’re article will deliver.

Here is a method that is helping MLMers become better MLM bloggers if you’d like more information on specific formats and blog templates.

Day 6 – Publish your About page

Assess your About page and use these points as your guide:

Does it introduce you?
Does it include an image of you?
Does it tell the reader what your blog will give them?
Does it meet any other objectives you might have set for the page (for example, encourage visitors to sign up for your blog’s newsletter or RSS feeds, or to follow you on a social network).
Provide testimonials from respected peers, etc.?
Does it end with a call to action? Even something as simple as an invitation to check out the latest posts. Doing this can go a long way in keeping readers on your blog after they’ve read this page.

Take all of these actions for your MLM Blog’s first week and you’ll be on the FAST TRACK for making your MLM Blog the best representative of who you are and what you do.

When you’re ready to kick it up a notch, and go more in-depth, see our MLM Blog Secrets product with Ty Tribble.

Thank you to Eric Walker for sharing this great article with us!

How To Google Hangouts 101

Have you tried Google Hangouts yet?

If you are one of the many who have not be glad to jump on with you anytime, connect with me on Google+ by Clicking Here!

Once we are connected we’ll set up a time to get together, I’ll help you get comfortable with using it, then the world is open to you to do so many things – video chat, screenshare, collaborate, and more.

The ‘Videophone’ has been around longer than you may think, the first tests were done as early as the 1950′s, now a little over 60 years later we have Microsoft’s Skype, Google’s Hangouts and Apple’s Facetime, all companies with vast resources to develop these services as the demand warrants.

The leader of the pack currently is MS’s Skype, but with Google+ and Android, Google is adding users and with it’s ease of integrating the many features of the Google platform, it will be quite a challenge for the other players to keep up.

Video Chat

As the popularity of video chat increases, Hangouts make it easy and fun, to connect with others through your computer or your Android smartphone.

Video Conferencing

Connect with up to 10 people and see everyone in the conference on your computer screen, and with Google Drive, collaboration is easy. Work on Documents, Spreadsheet, Presentations and more.

Hangouts on Air

Now with Google Hangouts on Air you can share with anyone who has a computer anywhere in the world. You can broadcast your Hangout on Air on Google+, YouTube, Android phone and on your website.

And this is just the beginning of what Google will be doing with Hangouts…

With Google Glass we’ll be watching everything as it happens.
Live classroom education for everyone, anywhere
Automobiles equipped with cameras we will see where our children really are with the car, or where our fleet of trucks may be
the list goes on…

Our friend, Chris Pirillo, of the Geek Lifestyle, has a interesting 8 minute Google Hangout on his YouTube channel that goes in to many of the questions some folks may have…

Here is another YouTube, this one from Thomas Ballantyne, shows you how darn easy Google Hangouts is… Click Here!

And, I can not leave this article with out sharing with you POTUS’s Google Hangout, Click Here, so if he can do it I know you can!

See you in Hangout!
Bob

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