Facebook is a social community. In order to thrive in Facebook, you must socialize and participate in this community. Start applying these simple facebook training tips to generate free targeted leads.

You want to be sure to:

1. Add Value,

2. Be Honest, and

3. Do Not Pitch Your Business

Just remember, if you are too aggressive, Facebook will ban your account.

INVITE FRIENDS YOU ALREADY KNOW

A great way to start building your friends list is to invite people you already know. Even though you don't think they would be interested in what you have to offer. You never know if maybe one of their friends might be.

Think all the way back to high school. Dig out that old yearbook and see if your classmates are on Facebook. Don't forget your college buddies, as well.

Also, think about past or present clubs, sports team, church groups, or organizations you belong to.

Reconnecting with people you already know will establish you as a trusted friend in the Facebook community.

JOIN GROUPS WITHIN YOUR TARGET MARKET

Join as many big groups as you want. About 30 should be plenty. You want to join groups that falls within your targeted market.

There are 2 ways you can locate groups to join.

• Use search box. In the upper right hand corner of Facebook, is a search box. Since I am a network marketer, I will use MLM as a group type. Type in MLM and a list of groups will appear. Use the filter to show the groups based on size - highest to lowest.

• Accept group invitations. On your Facebook Homepage, look at the upper right hand corner under Requests. Any group invitation will appear here. Click on the invitation icon and a list of groups that sent invitations will appear.

You want to join groups with like minded people so be sure to check out the group's info page and see if it is really a group you wish to join.

This process does not take long to do.

START YOUR OWN GROUP

Having your own group brands you as a leader.

Here are a few points to setting up your own group.

• Use your domain name in the title if at all possible.For Example, my domain name is "Prospect Attraction Marketing" and this group's name is "Top-Notch Prospect Attraction Marketing Methods Generate FREE Leads".By using your domain name as part of your group name, helps with search engine optimization.

• Add a good photo.Use PowerPoint to add text beside your picture. When people sees your group, having text and being different will draw more prospects to you.

• Invite your friends to your group.Facebook is very strict so you want to be sure to keep it simple and only invite no more than 50 friends per day. Send a personal message asking them to join.

• Start posting to your group wall as if it was your blog.Make sure that you post value. You want to be sought after as a leader.

This process should only take you about 5 minutes. By inviting 50 friends per day, you should get on average about 10 members per day.

INVITE NEW FRIENDS

Now that you have invited friends that you already know, it is time to start inviting and meeting new friends.

There are 2 ways to find people you want to target.

• In the search bar, type in MLM, just like you did when you joined groups. A list of groups comes up. Find a group with lots of members and start inviting friends.

• In the search bar, type in a guru in your industry. For example, Mike Dillard. You know his friends are network marketers and your targeted market (if network marketers are your target). A lot of the big dogs hang out here.

Invite about 30 to 50 friends per day. You do not need to worry about sending a personal message, however, that is up to you.

You want to build up your friends list so that you have more people to invite into your group.

This process only takes about 10 minutes per day.

BROADCAST EMAILS TO YOUR GROUP

The power is in the list. Now that you have a list of member in your group, you want to give them value.

What should you be broadcasting to your group?

• Invite your members to FREE training calls.

• Direct them to your new YouTube training video.

• Send motivational videos.

Bottom line is to send content with value; do not pitch your business.

Do not broadcast out on a daily bases unless you have something fresh and new to share. Every other day works well.

WALL POSTS ON OTHER GROUPS WALL

Most post are done on the Discussion Board. Start a new discussion in the group. Make sure your post offers value.

Remember, this is social marketing as well, and you do not want to pitch your business opportunity.

However, you can place ads on walls of company groups, such as Herbalife or Amway. They should have high number of friends/fans.

Create curiosity and interest. For example:

Struggling to generate MLM leads?

I was too until I found this...

http://www.yourdomain.com

That's it! Just enough to get people to click on your link.

Post on about 10 - 15 Group Walls every day.

WALL POST ON FRIENDS WALLS

Here is a time saving technique to post on friend's walls.

Create a Note and tag your friends. By tagging friends, you are renting their friend's list. Not only will your friends see your note, so won't many others.

Your note does not have to necessarily be business related. Let your hair down and share anything that is of interest to you. Remember, the only thing you should be promoting is YOURSELF. Let people get to know the personal side of you.

Connect with your friends and start building a lasting relationship.

POST VIDEO ONTO GROUP WALLS

Some groups will allow you to post video. Do so, for this is prime online real estate. Create your own how-to video and share with the group.

Cannot stress this enough -- DO NOT pitch your business opportunity.

CROSS POLLINATE WITH OTHER GROUP OWNERS

Find a group with several members. Contact the Group Owner and ask if he/she would suggest that their group members join your group. You will then ask your group members to join the other group.

That is the basic tips on building your followers on Facebook.

Be creative on ways to connect with people and start building a relationship.

Your next step is to work up a marketing plan. A marketing plan is just a list of task that you follow on a daily basis. It may seem tedious at first, however, once you get the hang of it, you should spend no more than an hour a day in Facebook. Move on and work on other aspects of your business. DO NOT get hung up in Facebook.

Here is a Weekly Rhythm Register to download that will help you set up your marketing plan.