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Business Network Marketing For Newbies!

How to Do Social Network Marketing

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Social Network Marketing can be lucrative provided you use the right tools. Here are some steps to follow if you want to try your hand at it. By implementing these steps, you will begin to create relationships with many people who trust you and will trust your business!

Steps

Facebook

1. If you’re just starting out, it’s recommended you create your own personal profile. Here's an excellent guide to learn how: Create a Facebook Profile.
2. Now you just need to add some friends. Facebook allows you to import your existing friends, add suggested friends and/or search for friends either by name or email address. This will allow you to build a large network of friends quickly. Once you have friends and have built a relationship with them, it’s easier to let them know about your website and your business.

Use Facebook Events As you start to grow, it’s a good idea to host an event to promote your business. Many Facebook users enjoy attending events if it matches their interests. Once you’ve come up with the best event concept, let’s see how to put it out there in Facebook land.

1. Go to the events page by clicking the calendar icon at the bottom of your Facebook page. Here you will see any events you have been invited to as well as an opportunity to create your own event by clicking “Create an Event” highlighted in green.
2. Now you can create the event with basic information. Be sure to add the street address! Then click “Create Event.”
3. A pop-up page will appear allowing you to publish your event to your Facebook homepage. This also allows your friends to see your event without sending them emails. Very convenient! You can also add details of your event (highly recommended) to give your potential guests a chance to know more about your special event. Adding a picture is also recommended because people remember pictures more than words and it stands out amongst a sea of posts!
4. Send invitations. What’s an event without friends! Although you already posted your event, not everyone checks their Facebook everyday. By sending an invitation, each friend will receive an email about your event. You can select All to invite all your friends to your event or choose a select number by either highlighting their picture or typing their name. Adding a personal message is optional, but adds a nice touch. When they receive your email, they can choose: “Attend” “Maybe” or “Not Attending.”
   • Voila! Your event is all set and everyone is informed! You can always go back and make changes if needed, promote the event using Facebook advertising, add pictures and videos to make it more appealing, etc. Most importantly, try to have fun with this. If you enjoy it, so will they!

Twitter Twitter has captured the attention of celebrities, Presidential candidates, businesses, street vendors and everyone in between! Twitter is a microblogging tool that allows you to send quick messages to anyone who is interested in what you have to say, “followers.” You can also “follow” others and see what they have to say. This is also a great way to promote your website and your business. Again, be careful not to over do it. If people feel you’re just out to sell something to them, they will drop you. But if you genuinely want to help others, they will reciprocate! So let’s get started.

1. Learn how to use Twitter. Here's an article to help you: Use Twitter.
   • If you have built solid a follower-base, then marketing via Twitter is as easy as posting a message up to 140 characters and hitting the 'Update' button.
   • Here is video for you to enjoy.

Digg Digg is an extremely popular bookmarking site. If you’ve ever came across a webpage you really liked and wanted to bookmark it, perhaps you bookmarked it to your browser. The only problem is you can only access your bookmarks from that computer. However, social bookmarking sites such as Digg allows you to bookmark any page, access it from any computer and share with everyone! As a website owner, you also would like your pages bookmarked by others. Believe me, having your website on Digg, especially the front page, can open the gates to traffic!

1. Start by joining Digg. Go to http://digg.com and click "Join Digg."
2. Fill out the necessary information, including Digg’s verification form and click “I agree,. continue…”
3. That’s it! Just go to your email account and open the email Digg sends you. Click the verification link and you’re ready to start bookmarking pages. Of course, you can start by bookmarking your pages, but you definitely want to check out other sites and promote them if you feel they are that good. Trust me, they will return the favor!

StumbleUpon StumbleUpon is another social bookmarking site, similar to Digg. “Stumblers,” those who actively participate in finding and bookmarking the latest news, can rate their favorite web pages. A toolbar can also be installed to make bookmarking even easier. If one of your pages get “StumbledUpon” viewers can check out your site and vote to rank your page upward or downward. Make sure your website offers valuable content and a good look and feel that viewers crave and you will see your website fly up the ranks. This, of course, will add more traffic to your site. Try keeping your site fresh with new content and people will continue to stumble your pages. Be sure to return the favor! So let’s get started!

1. Go to http://stumbleupon.com and click “Join StumbleUpon.”
2. Fill in the necessary information and click “Join Now.”
3. The greatest feature of StumbleUpon is the toolbar. After you join, SU automatically download the toolbar, which will allow you to vote and/or stories you StumbleUpon.
4. In order to give you stories that interest you, SU offer categories from which you can choose subjects that you would like to read about. Tick your favorite categories and click “Save now & Stumble.”
5. Browse through the list of stories until you find something that grabs your attention and click the headline link.
6. Here’s the fun part. You can vote whether you like it or not, or share it with others from your email accounts, Facebook or Twitter. The power of StumbleUpon can be great! Create some content for your website that can really help others, unusual or controversial. The key is to attract attention to your site, but make sure it’s the kind of attention that will positively affect your business.

AddThis Before you start to feel overwhelm with so many avenues and wonder how are you going to manage all this, we have one more invaluable tool – AddThis. As you create content and people come to your site, they could feel so impressed with your profound thoughts that they want to tell everyone! Excellent! Let’s make it easy for them to do this by adding a button to your website in two steps.

1. Go to AddThis.com and follow the four steps they provide. Choose the format of your site. Tick the style you like. Decide if you want analytics (you must then register your site) or not. Finally, click “Get Your Button.”
2. Copy the code they provide and add it to the code between the body tags in your website. That’s it!

Related wikiHows

• How to Use Facebook to Market Your Next Event
• How to Use Social Networking Sites to Help Your Business Grow
• How to Use Twitter to Promote Your Website

Sources and Citations

http://www.webcoursesbangkok.com/blog/social-network-marketing/ - Original source, shared with permission.

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Rejection Is Apart of Life..

How to Handle Rejection

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Any kind of rejection, no matter if it's in love, your career, friends, a book proposal or anything else, is not something that should affect how happy you are. Rejection doesn't feel great and sometimes it feels unfathomable but it shouldn't be something you permit to take away happiness from your life. The reality of life is that rejection will form a part of it––there will be occasions when your job application, your date request or your ideas for change will be rejected by someone, somewhere. It is a healthy attitude to accept that rejection is a part of life and to acknowledge that what really matters is finding the way to bounce back and try again.

Steps

Dealing With the Immediate Aftermath

1. Have an appropriate grieving period. You are going to feel upset because of a rejection, whether it's having your manuscript rejected, an idea rejected at work, being rejected by a potential romantic partner. You are allowed to be upset about that, and, in fact, it's healthy for you to give yourself some to time to process and grieve.
   • Take some time out of your life to process the rejection. For example: if you can take the rest of the day off work, do that. Or if you were planning on going out that night, stay in and watch a movie instead. Go for a walk after an upsetting letter rejection, or allow yourself to binge on that chocolate cake.
   • Make sure that you don't go overboard and spend days sitting in your house wallowing in your misery. That will only make you feel worse in the long run.
2. Talk to a trusted friend. Now, this is not to say you get free rein to shout your pain about the rejection from the rooftops. This will only tell people (your potential publisher, that girl that you liked, your boss) that you're whiny and dramatic and can't handle life. So get a trusted friend/family member or two and talk it over with them.[1]
   • The friend you want is the one who will tell it to you straight. They can help you sort out what went wrong (if anything; sometimes there aren't things you can change and you should just let it be). They can also make sure that you stay on track with your grieving period so that you don't start wallowing.
   • Avoid getting on social media to air your grievances. The internet never forgets and when you're trying to get that fab new job, your employer might check the internet and see that you don't handle rejection well. No matter how upset or angry you are, just don't.
   • Don't complain too much. Again, you don't want to wallow in the rejection, otherwise you're going to work yourself up into a state of righteous (or depressed) fervor. Don't start in about your rejection every time you're talking with your friend. If you think you've gone overboard, make sure to ask them "Am I dwelling on this rejection too much?" If they say yes, adjust accordingly.
3. Accept the rejection early. The earlier you accept the rejection and attempt to move on from it, the easier a time you're going to have. It will also mean that you won't let rejections in the future absolutely flatten you.
   • For example: if you get don't get that job you were really hoping for, allow the appropriate time to be upset and then let it go. It's time to start looking for something else, or examining what maybe you could change for the future. It's good to keep in mind that when one thing doesn't work out, something else usually will and usually in a way you didn't expect.
4. Do not take rejection personally. Remember that the rejection says nothing about you as a person. Getting rejected is part of life and it is not a personal attack. For whatever reason the publisher, the girl, your boss, wasn't interested in a particular thing.
   • Rejection isn't your fault, per se. The other person (or people) was rejecting something particular that didn't work for them. They were rejecting the request, not you.
   • Remember, they can't reject you as a person because they don't know you. Even if you've gone on a few dates with someone, that doesn't mean they know everything about you and are thus rejecting you as a person. They are rejecting a situation that doesn't work for them. Respect that.
   • For example: you asked out that girl you really liked, and she said "no." Does this mean that you are worthless? Does this mean no one will ever want to date you? No, of course not. She simply isn't interested in the request (for whatever reason; she could be in a relationship, she could be not interested in dating, etc.).
5. Do something else. You need to get your mind off the rejection after the appropriate grieving time. Don't immediately get back to work on whatever it was that was rejected, because you'll still be dwelling on the rejection. You need a little space and time from it.
   • For example: say you sent a novel manuscript off to a publisher and it got rejected. After grieving for a bit, move on to a different story, or take some time trying your hand at different writing (trying out poetry, or short stories).
   • Doing something fun can be a great way to get your mind out of the rejection and to help you other focus. Go out dancing, buy that new book that you really wanted, take the weekend and go to the beach with a friend.
   • You cannot let rejection bring your life to a screeching halt, because you are going to have lots of instances of rejection in your life (as everyone does). By moving on with your life and doing other things, you aren't letting rejection run your life.

Dealing With the Rejection Long-Term

1. Re-frame the rejection. Remembering that rejection is not about you as person, it's time to re-frame your rejection into something else. People who talk about "being rejected" tend to take rejections more poorly than people who re-frame the rejection into something that focuses on the situation itself, not them.[2]
   • For example: If you ask someone on a date and they say no, instead of saying "they rejected me," say "They said no." This way you aren't framing the rejection as something bad about you (they aren't rejecting you after all, they are saying no to a proposition you made).
   • Some further examples of ways to re-frame the rejection are "the friendship grew apart" (instead of a friend rejected you), "I didn't get the job" (instead of "they rejected my job application"), "we had different priorities" (instead of "they rejected me").
   • One of the best ones to use is "it didn't work out" because it removes the blame from them and from you.
2. Know when to quit. When something doesn't work out, that doesn't always mean you should give up, but it's important to recognize when it's time to give up and move on. Often not giving up, actually means, moving on from that particular instance, but trying again in a more general sense.[3]
   • For example, if you asked someone out and they said no, not giving up means not giving up on the idea of finding love. Move on from them (do not hound them to give you a chance), but don't give up on asking other people out.
   • Another example: if your manuscript gets rejected by one publisher, it is good to stop and reflect on what it was that didn't work for them, but you should keep trying with other publishers and agents.
   • Always remember, you are not entitled to a "yes" response. Since it doesn't invalidate your existence to be rejected, don't turn it around and blame someone for the rejection.
3. Don't allow it to control your future. Rejection, as has already been said, is a part of life. Trying to avoid it, or dwelling on it will make you unhappy. You need to be able to accept that things don't always work out the way you want them to and that's okay! Just because one thing didn't work out, doesn't mean you're a failure, or that nothing will work out.
   • Each instance is unique. Even if that one guy said no to a date, it does not mean that every guy you are interested in will say no. Now, if you start to believe that you will always be rejected, you will! You will set yourself up for failure each time.
   • Keep yourself going forward. Dwelling on the past rejections are going to keep you mired in the past and won't let you enjoy the present. For example: if you keep thinking about the number of times you were rejected for jobs, you're going to have a hard time sending out resumes and pursuing different avenues.
4. Use it to improve. Sometimes rejection can be an important wake-up call and can help you improve your life. The publisher might have rejected your manuscript because you still need to work on your writing (it might not have been publishable, but that doesn't mean you'll never be publishable!).[4]
   • If you can, ask the person who rejected you to give you some feedback on why they weren't interested. For example: maybe your resume wasn't up to snuff and instead of going off in a huff and saying no one will ever hire you, you ask the potential job what you could do to improve. They may not get back to you, but if they do they might offer you valuable insight for your next attempt.
   • For a relationship you can ask why they aren't interested in dating you, but it could be something as simple as "I just don't see you that way." There's nothing you can do to change their mind, so the lesson here is how to deal appropriately with that disinterest and how to keep being positive about the potential for a relationship in your life (even if it isn't with that person!).
5. Stop dwelling on it. It's time to let that rejection go. You've already given yourself time to grieve, you've talked it over with a trusted friend, you've learned what you can from it, and now put it in the past. The more you dwell on it, the bigger it will become and the more you'll feel like you can never succeed.
   • If you find yourself really and truly unable to let go of the rejection, you will need to seek professional help. Sometimes thought patterns ("I'm not good enough," etc.) get entrenched in your psyche and each rejection only furthers the entrenchment. A good professional can help you move past that.

Handling Rejecting a Proposal

1. Remember you are allowed to say "no." This can be a hard one for a lot of people, especially women, but you are under no obligation to say "yes" to something you don't want to do. Of course there are caveats; when the flight attendant says "sit down" you do so.
   • If someone asks you on a date and you don't want to go with them, you can tell them in a straightforward manner that you simply aren't interested.
   • If your friend really wants to go on a trip that you don't want to do/can't afford, it won't destroy their world if you say no!
2. Be direct. One of the best ways to reject a proposal is to be as direct as possible. Don't be cagey or talk around it. Direct does not equal mean, although some people will take it that way. There isn't any way to reject someone's proposal (of anything: a date, a manuscript, a job) without giving some pain.
   • For example: someone asks you out and you aren't interested. Say "I'm really flattered, but I don't feel that way about you." If they won't take the hint, get angrier and tell them in unequivocal terms "I am not and will not be interested and the fact that you won't leave me alone is making me even less likely to ever be interested."
   • From the second example above, when your friend proposes the trip say, "Thanks for thinking of me! I really can't afford to go on vacation, even for a weekend. Maybe next time." This way you don't cut off possibility of future fun, but you tell your friend straight up that you don't want to go without saying "maybe" and things like that.
3. Give specific reasons. While you don't owe anyone an explanation, it can help the person whose proposal you're rejecting if you're specific about why you aren't interested. If there are areas of improvement (especially in things like a manuscript or a resume) you might mention those as things that could work on.
   • For a relationship one, simply tell them that you're not interested and you don't feel that way about them. If they press for more reasons, tell them that attraction and love aren't things you have control over and that they need to accept that you're not interested.
   • If you're rejecting someone's poem from your magazine (and you have time), explain what about the poem didn't work for you (poem structure, cliches, etc.). You don't have to say that it was terrible, but you can say that it needed some work before it was publishable.
4. Do it quickly. By doing the rejecting as soon as possible you aren't letting emotions build up and fester. It's like ripping off a band-aid (to use a cliche). Within a short period as possible, explain to them that the proposal (a trip with a friend, a date with someone, a person's manuscript, etc.) doesn't work for you.
   • The more quickly you do it, the more quickly they will be able to get over it and use the experience to improve.

Tips

• Find a way to unwind after a rejection. Some people turn to their faith, others to a hot bath and meditation. Find ways to clear your mind, get over the bad feelings and restore your equilibrium.
• If someone rejects you from love, it does not mean you should feel poorly of yourself or feel bad. It just means that they didn't feel the attraction. And you cannot alter that.
• Just because someone said no to whatever you are trying to get them to say yes to does not mean they don't see the good in you, so rather than focus on the no shake it off and focus on the good in yourself.
• Most achievement and acceptance is about hard work. Sometimes we're not as willing to admit to ourselves that we still have more work to do before we're as polished as we need to be. Do be enthusiastic about your chances but also be realistic that there is still some learning and experience needed. Throw yourself into getting it sorted rather than pining over rejection.
• Seek professional help if you keep feeling depressed after rejection. Do not turn to alcohol or drugs, even if they seem to help in the short run. In the long run, they can be extremely destructive forces.

Warnings

• If you keep taking rejection extremely personally, consider speaking to a counselor or therapist––if you are suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental health issues, you might not have the resilience needed to cope with life's ongoing pressures and need added support. It's nothing to be ashamed or afraid of––every person needs a compassionate guide in life now and then.
• People won't always get back to you when you ask for feedback on rejection. That's life––sometimes they're too busy, other times they're at a loss for words as to how to explain something in a way that won't sound too critical or personal. And sometimes, they truly can't be bothered. Again, don't take it personally––see if you can find someone else you trust and who does have time to go over what happened with you, to try and see how to make future improvements.

Related wikiHows

• How to Get Over a Break Up
• How to Get a Boyfriend
• How to Get a Girlfriend
• How to Find a Hobby
• How to Deal With Rejection Letters

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://eegilbert.org/rejection.html
2. ↑ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-attraction-doctor/201107/dealing-rejection-part-1-handling-others-rejecting-behavior
3. ↑ http://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/why-avoiding-rejection-actually-opens-you-up-to-more-why-its-not-always-rejection/
4. ↑ http://thewritepractice.com/how-to-handle-rejection/

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Getting Auditions You Want?

How to Find Acting Auditions

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If you want to be an actress or singer the first thing is you have to audition for a play. Here's how you have to find auditions or casting calls.

Steps

1. Hire an agent or manager. An agent or manager can get some auditions for you. If you hire an agent, after getting your job you have to pay your agent 10% of your salary. If you hire a manager, then you have to pay them 15%. To get an agent, look at the 'Backstage' newspaper.
2. If you don't have an agent or manager, then try out some casting calls. You can find them in your local newspapers, websites, TV, radios and elsewhere.
3. Create your account on some websites like www.exploretalent.com, www.laauditions.com or www.actoraccess.com. At first go to the sites, sign up and post your head shots. Maybe, you can get a contract!
4. Contact your local film office.
5. Read the 'Backstage' and 'Variety' Newspapers.

Warnings

• Be careful of scams! Don't pay your agent or manager before getting a job!

Things You'll Need

• Head shots
• Resume
• Agent or manager
• Casting calls
• Magazine

Sources and Citations

• http://www.backstage.com
• http://www.variety.com

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Connecting Your Profile To LinkedIn

How to Use LinkedIn for Business

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LinkedIn is a social media site that links professionals. You can find jobs, connect with friends or colleagues and create an interactive resume. However, LinkedIn is also a powerful tool to promote a business, whether you are a consultant or part of a corporation. Find out how to use LinkedIn for business.

Steps

Create a Professional Profile

1. Treat LinkedIn as your online resume. Even if you intend to mainly promote your business, you can show your authority by becoming a LinkedIn professional and expert.
2. Create a new account by clicking the "Join Today" link on LinkedIn.com.
3. Follow LinkedIn "Profile Organizer" to expand your profile. This will include adding past and present jobs, a summary, hobbies, skills, education and more.
   • Make your profile public to ensure that you are being connected to your business on search engines. Use your name instead of "I" or "My" to improve your search engine results.
4. Go to the contacts tab. Add connections in a number of ways.
   • Request LinkedIn connections through your email account. If you type in your email, LinkedIn will suggest email contacts who are active on LinkedIn. This is the fastest way to grow your connections. The more connections you have, the more information you will be able to share about your business.
   • Look through the "Suggested Connections" in the "Contacts" tab. LinkedIn will also suggest "People You May Know" on the right hand column of your screen.
5. Complete your profile as thoroughly as possible. Add a photo that is clear and professional.
6. Begin asking for recommendations. Email people to ask for recommendations on your profile. Complete endorsements for other people to strengthen your connections.
   • Complete your skill section, so that you can be eligible for endorsements. Colleagues and friends can attest to the skills you have without writing a recommendation.
7. Update your profile regularly. Every time you add a new duty, job, organization or other aspect to your profile, LinkedIn will update your friends. This increases your job and professional visibility.

Create a Company Profile

1. Go to the "Companies" tab. To the right of the search bar, you will find "Add a Company."
2. Ensure that you are the official representative of the company. If you are not, appoint someone at the company to create the company profile and update it.
   • Use your company email to prove you are the official representative for the company.
3. Fill out the 5 company sections. You can adjust your marketing info for a professional and creative social media environment.
   • You will need to fill out the Overview, Careers, Product Pages, Employees and Statistics sections. Make sure you have this information before you begin a company profile.
4. Include a "Connect on LinkedIn" or "Recommend us on LinkedIn" button on your email signature, email newsletters and website. Try to connect all your social media and database channels, if possible.
5. Send alerts to ask current employees to list the company profile on their profile. The listing will link to the company profile page.
6. Add "Special Offers" to your "Products and Services" page. This will deliver special announcements or discounts to people who recommend or view your page.
7. Return to the company page to view insights. These analytics will tell you who is viewing your page. You can experiment with targeting posts and messages to different groups of people.

LinkedIn Status Updates

1. Post an update about your business to your personal account each week. Make sure it is relevant information or expert advice, rather than spam.
2. Post links to your company website in your personal updates. Backlinks improve the search engine optimization (SEO) of your website. You are likely to generate leads from this practice.
3. Become a blogger on your company website. An expert blog posted to your LinkedIn status update and linked to your Twitter and Facebook accounts will improve your connections, authority and web traffic.
4. Post regular updates to your company page. You should include info about press releases, new promotions, new products and industry information. You may even choose to include info about new hires or excellent employees who have connected with the page via their own LinkedIn profiles.
5. Post events to your company page. Invite people from your contacts and company connections to attend.
6. Send email newsletters and messages to your professional contacts. Target certain people, like clients or former employees, with especially pertinent news from a blog or site. Go to the "Compose Message" section.

Start/Join a LinkedIn Group

1. Search for several professional groups that you can join from your personal LinkedIn page. Every time you post to a forum, people will see you and your job/company title.
2. Start your own expert group. Creating an expert group allows you to network and communicate with people who may be ideal customers.
3. Increase your expertise through your LinkedIn group. These groups should serve to increase industry knowledge and communication, not directly promote a product or business. The more quality content and discussion you have, the larger your group will get and the more people will see your business online.
4. Send announcements to group members. In the "Manage" options of your group, choose "Send an Announcement" up to every 7 days. Make sure your announcements are valuable, posting industry training sessions, events and more, instead of simply promoting your business.

Things You'll Need

• LinkedIn professional profile
• Profile picture
• Company profile
• Company email
• Email contacts
• Blogs
• Links
• LinkedIn groups
• Recommendations
• Endorsements
• Status updates
• Special promotions

Sources and Citations

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-small-business/post/how-do-you-use-linkedin-for-business/2012/05/04/gIQAmWPg6T_blog.html
• http://www.copyblogger.com/linkedin/
• http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/04/12/linkedin-small-business-tips/
• http://www.nextavenue.org/blog/6-ways-small-business-owners-should-use-linkedin

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Networking Without Prior Experience?

How to Succeed in Network Marketing

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Are you interested in network marketing? Read this article and you will be a successful network marketer.

Steps

1. Choose the right company for you. Do some research to determine which company is best for you personally.
2. Choose the right sponsor. This is crucial to your success and the right one will help coach you to your success.
3. Realize that it will take time. Network Marketing or M.L.M (multi level marketing) is real business and not a get rich quick scheme.
4. Have a game plan. Literally, write out your plan for building your business. You will have greater success than those who don't.
5. Read books by those who have been successful.
6. The why is most important. Why are you getting involved? Better lifestyle or Freedom or Financial security. Now, define what that means to you.
7. Set written goals.
8. Attend company meetings and training calls.
9. Study your products and learn them well.
10. Share your products and opportunity at every chance you get.
11. Employ a strong recruiting and prospecting system so that you don't run out of prospects.
12. Enjoy the journey.

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Tips

• Get training by completing personal development courses, taking classes and attending seminars & conferences.
• Seek advice from those who have succeeded in network marketing.

Warnings

• Many people may want to discourage you based on a lack of abundance of their own, but be strong and just ignore the criticism.
• Sponsor people at your level or above for the best success.
• Remember, Multi Level Marketing usually requires an outlay of cash for your products, audio tapes and other items that the "company" sells to it's sales reps.

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Entering the TV/Film Industry?

How to Break Into Television and Films

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Building a career in TV & Films is rewarding, challenging & entertaining but it can also be frustrating and demoralising. Do not enter the TV/Film industry expecting to make millions and do not expect your job to be glamorous, those days in TV/Films are well and truly over, programme budgets are tight and are only getting tighter. Working within TV/Films takes dedication, commitment and most of all a lot of hard work. Here are Media Managers' Top Tips to break into the worlds best industry ever ... fact!

Steps

1. Network, Network, Network.
2. The UK TV and film industry is still all about who you know, not what you know. Harass your friends and family for people they may know who have contacts in the TV and Film industry, and then start harassing them (stalking is not advised!). Attend as many networking events as possible to widen your social and business circle.
3. Build a database of companies.
4. Build a database of companies you would like to work for and contact the hiring manager on a monthly basis, email your CV ensuring you follow up with call a few days later. Keep a record of what was said in calls & emails to refer too when contacting them again.
5. Tailor your CV to each company.
6. Producing a generic CV and covering letter to send out to all the companies in your database is lazy and counterproductive, employers can spot a generic covering letter & CV a mile off and it will probably just end up being deleted!! Tailor each application to the employer, DO YOUR RESEARCH!
7. Keep up to date with industry news.
8. Read industry news on a regular basis to keep you informed on what's happening, when you are interviewed many employers will test your knowledge! Also industry papers/websites such as 'Broadcast Now' will often have information about new commissions, contact these companies and sell your talents.
9. Don't underestimate the power of the internet. Many people get their first big break by getting discovered by industry professionals online.
10. Keep your chin up! There are times when you will feel deflated and dejected but just keep your chin up and keep on going. Remember every small "no" is one step closer to the big "YES"!!

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• How to Get Your Small Band Famous for No Money
• How to Make Yourself Famous on YouTube
• How to Act

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LinkedIn, The Largest Professional Social Network Arena..

How to Use LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is the largest and most dominant social network in the professional arena. Totally different from the likes of Facebook, it is used for maintaining a professional persona and brand. Other uses for Linkedin include finding a job, networking, recruiting new employees, getting sales leads and even getting your business news.

Steps

Signing Up

1. Join LinkedIn at their website. Click on the link, add your relevant personal information, and click "join LinkedIn."
2. Create your profile. Your profile is the condensed picture of how the professional world sees you. A great, detailed profile projects someone who is successful, thorough, and connected. A thin or outdated profile projects someone who doesn't care or who can't be bothered. Make sure your profile says the thing(s) you want to project.
   • LinkedIn's profile wizard will take you through the steps of entering your region, industry, company and current job title.
   • You will also be asked whether you are employed, a business owner, looking for work, working independently or a student.
   • This information completes your basic profile.
3. Confirm the email account you used to create your profile via the link provided. This will help you efficiently complete the next step, which is finding connections.
4. Add your connections. Connections are professional contacts whom you know or wish to know. The connections you add on LinkedIn become part of your social network.
   • LinkedIn will prompt you to search for connections by crawling your email, which you give LinkedIn access to. You can use this to see who among your email connections already has a LinkedIn account and invite them to become part of your professional network.
   • You may opt to skip this step if you prefer to add connections individually.
5. Continue to build your profile. Enter your previous employment details and your education information. Then enter a brief summary and/or headline. A brief summary or headline stating who you are professionally in a few sentences. This headline should give a sense of your most outstanding professional attributes.
6. Upload a profile photograph. Unlike other social networks, this picture should reflect you at your most professional. No pictures of binge drinking, girls around the arm, or smoke wafting from the background, even if it's a really good picture. Choose an illustration that represents your professional image. This can be a traditional head and shoulders shot, a shot of you at work or a copy of your logo.
   • Use a clear, vertical rectangular image.
7. Add specialties to your profile. Including specific skills or specialties, such as veterinary dentistry or congressional campaign communications, allows other users can find you more easily.
8. Add your website or your company's website and your Twitter or blog information. The more ways there are for people to find you, and access information about you, the more valuable your LinkedIn profile will be.
9. Invite connections suggested by LinkedIn based on your employment and education listings.

Starting Out

1. Ask for recommendations. LinkedIn allows you to ask connections for recommendations and post them to your profile. You will see the recommendations and approve the postings. This feature reinforces the information in your headline summary and specialties sections. Prospective employers and clients browsing your profile will see these recommendations, as will the connections of those who have recommended you.
   • Linkedin recommendations are known for being overly positive and therefore not especially exciting. Focus requests for recommendations on people who can talk best about your skills, such as ex bosses and customers.
2. Ask for introductions. Asking for an introduction to a person from a connection you already know if a fast and friendly way to grow your network. On the free version of LinkedIn, you have 5 free introduction requests.
   • If you browse the connections of one of your connections, you may invite them to become your connections. Only do this if you know the person professionally. You may also ask your connections to introduce you by sending your profile and a note to someone in their networks.
3. Join and participate in LinkedIn groups. You can increase your network and your visibility by starting and contributing to discussions. Local groups will inform you of networking activities and events.
4. Maintain and update your profile on a regular basis. This is your most visible professional profile. It will usually rank at the top of search engine searches for your name.
   • All of your information should be current and you should add occasional updates in the space provided.
   • Members of your LinkedIn network will be notified when you update your profile or add a new contact.
5. Continue to build your network on a regular basis, adding new connections with a personal note of invitation. A good rule of thumb is to only add those connections who you could envision giving you a good recommendation. Think twice before adding connections who aren't too fond of you or any of your companies or businesses.
6. Stay in contact with your connections. Respond to their updates by sending them notes of congratulations on a new position or achievement. The most important connections to nurture are the ones from previous jobs, or other people you haven't spoken to in years.

Finding a Job

1. Know when LinkedIn can help you find a job. LinkedIn is at it is best when you know exactly what you want to do, and just need to find the right people to talk to.
2. Make sure your LinkedIn profile is accurate, updated, and showing you in the best light. Spend the most time making sure your profile has a concrete list of your achievements and notes the special skills, qualifications, publications and such that you have. If you have been quoted in the press, have a patent, or have a similar "wow" in your background, state it on your profile.
   • Lying on a resume is never a good idea, but it is worse in LinkedIn. Potential employers can use your own LinkedIn connections to check up on you.
   • Do not worry too much about filling out the recommendations and skills on your LinkedIn profile. Employers pretty much discount recommendations as being sappy and always positive. The skills are only useful for keyword searches.
3. Know that an up-to-date profile can bring the jobs to you. Building out your profile with the right skills can on occasion make highly qualified jobs come to you, instead of the usual other way around.
   • It is still unlikely to get hit up out of the blue for a job, but it can happen. It mostly happens to people who have specific skills an employer is looking for.
4. Find jobs posted on LinkedIn. You can simply go to the Jobs tab on LinkedIn to find jobs that may fit your preferences.
   • LinkedIn job postings are helpful, and you should look for them. Compared to free message boards, they tend to have higher quality jobs, and it is very unlikely that you would find anything unsavory or dangerous. Still, they are "just a job board."
   • LinkedIn searching is best if you have a specific skill that an employer is hiring for. You may find an employer looking for someone exactly like you.
5. Consider signing up for LinkedIn Job Seeker premium. Job seeker premium is best for helping you find specific people and/or specific companies. It costs between USD$20 - USD$50 per month.
   • Job seeker premium lets you see the names of people at companies you might be interested in. Better yet, it lets you contact them directly via LinkedIn messaging (known as InMail.)
   • LinkedIn gives you only a few of these premium messages a month, so it is useful if you know exactly what you are looking for.
   • The other benefits of Job Seeker premium are not as helpful. Getting a badge as a Featured Applicant can actually be counterproductive, since recruiters might see it as you being desperate. So, again, better if you are looking for a specific position rather than just looking around.
6. Use Linkedin differently for jobs that are less specific. If you are looking for a job where there are a large number of people with similar skills (example: sales, office manager, CPA), you may find Linkedin less effective.
   • For these kinds of less specific jobs, the key to using LinkedIn is to target specific companies you might want to work for, or use it to find people in your network to contact.

Recruiting

1. Know what kind of candidates can best be found via LinkedIn. LinkedIn is very good at helping you:
   • Find candidates with very specific skill sets
   • Target people from specific companies
   • Reach out to people who are not currently looking for a job. (Passive job seekers.)
   • Hit up contacts of contacts. It is good for helping find friends of current employees.
2. Know what kinds of candidates for which LinkedIn doesn't work as well. You won't do as well using LinkedIn to find people with:
   • Very general skills.
   • New college graduates
   • Hourly employees
3. Ensure your company profile is set up and looks good. When you contact someone via LinkedIn, it will be natural for them to check out your company profile first thing, so you want them to find the information there helpful and putting the company in the best light.
   • Search LinkedIn to see your current company profile. For example, the Wikihow entry is here: http://www.linkedin.com/company/wikihow. Look at the "Careers" section in particular.
   • If the company profile is not to your liking, ask the right person at your company to update it. Your marketing people may have specific thoughts as to the content, so you want to keep them in the loop.
   • If there is no company profile, set it up from the Companies>Add a Company. You can then follow the prompts to verify your identity and fill out the sections for Overview, Careers, Product Pages, Employees and Statistics. Obviously, the part you want to flesh out is the "Careers" section.
4. Post a job on LinkedIn. You can simply pay to list a job on LinkedIn without a recruiter account. It is not cheap, but will get you applicants. The quality of the applicants will be somewhat better than what you can find on Craigslist.
   • Similar to Craigslist, a job posting will be not as effective to recruit people in very high demand.
   • It will be effective if you have a specific skill set that lends itself to keyword search. As an example, if you want to hire a copy-editor in Sydney, you will find people can find you easily and apply. You have to ask yourself if you will get too many applicants (Salesperson in London) or no applicants (actuary in Marfa, Texas.)
5. Sign up for a LinkedIn Recruiter Account. Recruiter accounts are very effective if you are trying to reach out to specific people. They are rather unmatched if you are trying to find people who are not currently looking for a job.
   • Recruiter accounts are expensive. The most powerful version approaches USD$10,000 per year.
   • You can find just the right person you are looking for, and contact them with a "LinkedIn InMail." InMails are opened most of the time; much more frequently than regular emails. Some people don't check their LinkedIn, though, so you probably want to follow with a regular email or phone call.
   • Reaching out to people who are not looking for a job can be amazingly effective in finding highly qualified candidates. Naturally, it will take longer, but you may find better people.
   • You also will see who viewed your profile, so you can tell which candidates are interested and you can follow up with them.
   • The hillbilly version of using LinkedIn for cheap is to find the person you are looking for on LinkedIn search, but then to contact them off of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is making that harder by hiding the family names of the people you are searching for. With a recruiter account, you see the person's full name and can contact them directly with an InMail.
6. Know that LinkedIn is very effective in background checks. You will be amazed how quickly you can find people who know any candidate.
   • Check up on the references your candidate provided, to ensure they are who they are who the candidate said they are.
   • Find "backdoor" references using LinkedIn. Search for people with similar jobs at the company your job candidate came from, and you can find and reach out to people who can give you the true scoop about him or her.
   • Ignore the recommendations about your candidate on LinkedIn. They are useless; in fact, glowing recommendations mean nothing more than the candidate has been trying to get good recommendations.
   • The skills and expertise section is rarely helpful. It can be inaccurate, it might give you clues only if the candidate is stressing a skillset they don't really have.

Getting Sales Leads

1. Know that LinkedIn is very powerful in getting sales leads. In particular, it can help you if you:
   • Belong to a company that is not well known
   • Can't always find the right person at a large company to sell to
   • Are looking for leads for big ticket items
   • Are selling to companies where nobody picks up a phone any more
2. Know when LinkedIn cannot help you.
   • LinkedIn selling is somewhat limited if you are selling to individuals.
   • LinkedIn is great for finding leads. But if you already already in contact with the right people at prospect companies, it won't be very helpful.
3. Consider signing up for a Premium LinkedIn sales account. The Premium accounts will help you find the right buyers and contact them.
   • When you search with a Premium account, you will be able to read the full name of the people you find in search.
   • Premium account holders can also send a limited number of "LinkedIn InMails" directly to the sales prospects they find. They are "guaranteed opened," meaning, if the person you are trying to contact does not open the message in seven days, your credit is refunded and you get to try with someone else.
   • Sales accounts cost USD$ a few hundred to USD$1000 per year.
4. Determine the job titles of your sales prospects, so that you can search for them. LinkedIn search is pretty user friendly, but it still takes a bit of practice to get the right people to come back on the search.
   • You probably already know who the economic buyers for your product are, but you may not know their job titles are.
   • For example, if you want to set up meetings with materials managers of food manufacturing companies, you simply set your search filter to show you people in food manufacturing with title material manager.
   • You may need to specify additional keywords to get the exact list of people you are looking for.
5. Contact your prospects via LinkedIn InMails. InMails are messages sent via LinkedIn to the prospect you want to contact.
   • Consider hand crafting the message to the prospect. LinkedIn only gives you a limited number of InMails, and charges you for them, so you want to make each one count. LinkedIn fits the VITO letter model a lot more than the smile and dial model.
   • Remember that putting in a personal note referencing your connection to the prospect increases your success dramatically.
6. Don't waste your InMails. Since you only have a limited number of InMails, you may want to use other ways of contacting prospects that you can find without LinkedIn. You can try:
   • Guessing their email address.
   • Using a lead database.
   • Phone call
   • Facebook messages. Facebook also charges for premium emails, but sometimes it is pretty cheap.
7. Use LinkedIn for reference selling. LinkedIn lets you see the contacts of your contacts, some of which could be sales prospects.
   • Make a list of your happy/reference customers who might introduce you to their friends.
   • Add these customers as connections on LinkedIn.
   • Browse your customers' connections. You will find some connections that could also be sales prospects for you.
   • You can approach these new prospects in several ways. You can hit them with an InMail, do a LinkedIn introduction request (which does not count against your InMail quota), contact them offline, or ask your customer for an introduction.
   • Note that adding your customers as your connections can have risks. A clever competitor sales rep might be able to see who you are connected to unless you set your privacy correctly. You can avoid this by hiding your connections.

Building Your Personal Brand

1. Appear on Google and other searches. LinkedIn displays how often your profile appears in search, and what people are looking for when they find you.
   • By adding more details about what you are doing, you can directly see how many more people are finding you online.
2. Don't add people you don't know, but continue to build out your contacts. The more contacts you add, the more people will see your updates.
3. Post updates to your LinkedIn contacts periodically. They tend not to be commented on like a Facebook post, but they are widely read. Use the same caveats as in any social media posting.
4. Contribute to the right LinkedIn groups. The most important posts you can make to spread your personal brand are to LinkedIn groups that consist of professionals like yourself. They are most likely to be interested in what you post, and take action (should you want them to.)
5. Know that the most visibility you can get is if LinkedIn designates you as an "Influencer." Influencers can have followers and their posts can be featured on LinkedIn Today.
   • Influencers also can write mini blog posts that include images, which also boosts your readership.
6. LinkedIn's criteria for becoming an influence has been changing, and is currently officially closed.[1].
   • There are ways to show LinkedIn that you are an influencer. You can tie your personal blog to LinkedIn so LinkedIn knows your readership carries over to Linkedin.
   • If you want to try to become an Influence, you can email to influencers@linkedin.com. Another good method is to hit someone who works at LinkedIn with a LinkedIn message.

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Tips

• LinkedIn reports that users with complete profiles (photos, resumes, specialties and recommendations) are 40 times more likely to be offered opportunities through the network.
• Basic LinkedIn membership is free. Additional levels with increased features, such as enhanced profiles, are available if you wish to upgrade.
• Write your LinkedIn profile statement, description of previous employment and specialties using keywords that prospective employers or clients would be likely to use in a search.

Warnings

• Select connections with care. Your connections will be able to see who's on your network and will take that as an implied endorsement of that person. Additionally, you will dilute your network if you add people indiscriminately to build a large list.
• Avoid "spamming" connections with constant updates that will not be useful or relevant. This will make you an annoyance rather than an asset to your LinkedIn connections.
• Keep information on your profile professional. Use other social media venues for hobbies, family updates, political discussions and other personal use.
• There are people who call themselves "LIONs" who seem to enjoy accumulating tends of thousands of connections. It is annoying, because they obviously don't know the people they are connected to.

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Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36307

• https://www.linkedin.com/reg/join?trk=hb_join
• http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2006-10-03-check-up-usat_x.htm

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Working Towards Career in Acting

How to Start and Build Your Acting Career if You Don't Live in New York or Los Angeles

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Okay, you want to be an actor. But you don't live anywhere near New York or Los Angeles. It can still be done, and it's easier than you think.

Steps

1. Scout out community theatre in your area. Odds are, if you are within 40 miles of a town big enough to have a chain grocery store such as Kroger or Albertsons (or even IGA), you are within reasonable driving distance of a community theatre. Community theatres don't always advertise very well, and many don't even have websites. They may be sponsored by schools, churches, or simply an organization trying to bring the arts into your area. Ask a drama instructor at a local college or high school, they will most certainly know of options.
2. If you can't find a community theatre, organize your own. Most high schools will let you rent or borrow their auditoriums when they are not using them (i.e. in the summer). Post some bulletins, flyers, or even an ad on Craigslist.
3. Find independent film-makers in your area - There is usually at least a budding independent film-maker (or at least someone with a $200 video camera who likes to call himself/herself one) making some kind of movies (usually short ones - 7 to 10 minutes). Independent film-makers can be found EVERYWHERE - it could be as simple as a visit to Craigslist.org or Mandy.com. Also, find out if local colleges and universities have film students, or even a film-making club or society. Odds are, even if they don't offer film production courses, they have some kind of film-making club on campus.
4. Get your hands on as many stage plays as you can. At book stores and libraries look for complete plays (NOT just monologue books).
5. Read books related to acting. Barnes & Noble, Borders, and most other chain book stores have at least a small performing arts section. Scout it out. Read plays - community theatre groups tend to favour plays by Shakespeare, Noel Coward, Tennessee Williams, and Neil Simon for some reason, so if you can become familiar with their works, it can't hurt...
6. Get access to a video camera and a tripod if you can. It is best to buy your own, but if you can't do that, odds are, you know at least one person who has one. Videotape yourself rehearsing prepared monologues (prepared means "off-book" (memorized) and not reading from the script.) Post the videos on your YouTube page

Tips

• Many colleges and universities have some kind of theatre or film program. Scout them out, and check the bulletin boards for auditions.
• Be aware that community theatre does not usually pay anything, so you will have to have some means to support yourself while you build your résumé.

Warnings

• Never, ever pay to audition, no matter how promising it looks. It is almost always a scam.
• Be patient with your family and friends, but don't let them disrespect you. Your family and friends may question how serious you are about acting, or even think you are completely insane. Let them think what they will, but don't ever feel like you have to completely give up on your dream just to appease them.
• Don't quit your day job until you can afford to support yourself as an actor. Even many established actors in theatre and television often have other sources of income, either in the form of an occasional "day job" or "moonlighting", or investments.
• Don't be too quick to throw in the towel if you are initially rejected from auditions. Directors don't necessarily reject people to be mean, or because the actor is bad. There is a lot of competition, and they can only cast so many people. You probably will not get the first role you audition for, or even the first few roles. Be persistent, audition often, and always be prepared and on time. Even if a director rejected you in the past, (s)he may accept you for another part in the future, so don't automatically avoid an audition because a director who is holding the audition rejected you previously.
• Don't rule out the possibility of moving to a major production centre (New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, or London) one day if it becomes feasible to do so. But beware when you get there that the rules are much different than they are in your home-town.

Things You'll Need

• Self-determination
• Most likely, a day job, at least for a while
• Confidence

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Maintaining Your Social Network?

How to Be a Social Networker

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In today's digital age, it's not enough to be friendly in person.  Maintaining your social networks online is fun and engaging.  At first, a newbie to social networking might consider that online relationships are inferior to in-person relationships.  However, an experienced social networker knows that online relationships are personal and easy to manage.  Not to mention trendy.

Steps

 Before jumping into social networking, consider what your demeanor will be online.   Some social net-workers use social media to exchange exciting ideas in any area from tech to finance to cooking.  Others blog on emotional content such as dating and relationships.  Decide what information you are comfortable with presenting online.

Next, start living the exciting life of a social networker.  Begin with a free-access social networking site like Facebook.  Facebook allows its users to “friend” one another and share photos as well as other features.  Facebook is recommended over MySpace for a variety of reasons such as less advertisements and  larger monthly growth rate.

Once you are familiar with the content of sites like Facebook, you can move to more sophisticated and specialized social networking websites.  One way to do this is to pursue your interests and hobbies.  For example, if you are a wine enthusiast, you can join OpenBottles or ProjectVino if you like Australian and New Zealand wines.  You can also include your pets in the fun with sites like Catster and Pawspot.  Social networks are often great places to discuss the news. Sites like Digg allow users to vote on or "Digg" which stories they like.  Some social net-workers even participate in dating websites.  If you are interested in sharing other forms of content such as video, photos and music, YouTube, Flickr, and Pandora are all good sites. The goal of this step is to transition from your original friendship base constructed in the previous step to broader friendship bases of shared interests.

Next, build your online personality.  At this point, you likely have many online friends.  Maintaining a blog is a great way to disseminate news, opinions, or any message.  Sites like Blogger are a great starting point.   Go to here for steps in starting a blog.  If you are still not ready to start a blog, Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking service.  Twitter users post short status updates called tweets.  If blogging is too “out there” for you, online diaries such as My-Diary are a great place to privately write your thoughts.  Other websites, such as Me Too Campaign at Duke University allows social networkers their to post their feelings anonymously.

Lastly, some social networkers find that blogs are not interactive enough.  The final and optional step is to take your social network into the virtual world.  Sites like Second Life allow users to control their avatars inside of a virtual world where avatars meet, play and interact with one another.  Other sites like IMVU offer 3D avatar chat.  Virtual worlds serve as an extension of social networks providing users to share experience.

If you use Gmail, add your Twitter feed right into the sidebar. You can do this with the Twitter Gmail gadget through the labs setting in your Gmail account.

Warnings

Some employers investigate the social networks of potential employees .  If you have content, which might prevent you from getting a job, take that content down.  Also, you can temporarily deactivate your profile.  Some social networks even offer privacy settings.

While social networking is fun, not everyone you meet online can be trusted.  Occasionally you might friend a creep.  But don't let the occasional weirdo deter you from social networking.

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