Tribe Syndication

Resilience and Social Media

Posted on23. Jun, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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Resilient: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Now those are words to live by! I have been reflecting on my Social Media and Tribe Syndication career for the last several days, sometimes it seems like I am going NO Where! I am taking action; I am Syndicating my Tribe members content; I am adding to my Tweeter followers; I am making new friends and relationships on FaceBook, and I am trying to recruit in to my primary business. I am spending several hours a week learning from the people that are successful in this industry. But as I look at my current position I am not seeing much positive results? No one can relate to that I bet? [...]

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“Meekness Isn’t Weakness”

Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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In today’s society “meekness” is considered to be someone or something that is defined by Webster to be “deficient in spirit and courage: submissive” Now there are some qualities that we should all strive for? I don’t know about you but that is not the qualities that I would hope that people would see in me as a person. “There goes Doug; he is one of the meekest people I have ever known”. Doesn’t sound like something you would be very happy to hear now is it? Well let’s take a closer look at the virtue and see what we can fine out. [...]

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LOVE, LANGUAGE & LEADERSHIP

Posted on24. May, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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I attended a very special horse training event this weekend put on by Pat & Linda Parelli. Now you are properly thinking why do I want to know about horse training anyway? Well just hang with me for a bit and I will explain. I was invited by an old friend from Portland to attend this event at our local Epxo Center. I didn’t even know that he had interest in horses; I knew that his wife had a horse, but that was about it? Well they came over Friday night and sent the night and we had a great time catching up, it had been a couple of years since our last meeting.

We were up early and off we went to the Expo Center! When we arrived I was surprised at how many cars were in the parking lot. Well once we got inside there were people milling around everywhere, from what I understand there were over two thousand people there! [...]

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OPPORTUNITY

Posted on27. Apr, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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Opportunity: “a good chance for advancement or progress.”

As I continue on my Social Media journey and am creating more of a presences on the Internet, it seems that I am getting more and more opportunity? Now as the definition above states: “a good chance for advancement or progress”. What I am wondering is this a good chance for advancement or progress for me or the person that is offering the opportunity? It seems that I am bombarded daily with emails and webinar invitations from Facebook, to the latest and greatest opportunity, that is either going to change my life or make my business run on autopilot and make my life easier? I am sure you can relate.

As I have said in other posts, I have started several of my own businesses and have had success and failure in doing so. One of the biggest things that I have learned over the years is that you must do your due diligence, before perusing that Opportunity. In the present day that can mean from joining the latest and greatest online business opportunity to buying a software package that is going to bring you a flood of new leads. One of our biggest triggers to purchasing some thing is our emotions. Most sales are made because we begin to think from a emotional stand point rather than a rational mind set. For example “if you join my new business opportunity today you will not only be part of the greatest opportunity available today, you will receive the following bonuses worth $2000 dollars, so actually the $599 you are spending is making you money! But this is for a limit number for my favorite internet friends and will be available for only a short time!” Makes you laugh when see it in this light, doesn’t it? But in reality we receive these emotional charged offers daily!

What we need to do is set back and evaluate these opportunities for what they are, do your due diligence. Take your emotions out of the equation as hard as it might be and look at that new opportunity for what it really is. If it is a business opportunity; are you truly interested in this opportunity, or how much money they say you can make, with the “fast start” program? Is this new business something you will enjoy doing? Will the product or service truly benefit your client? Think about these things logically! I know that this can take most of the fun out of the equation, but this is about making a sound business decision not about emotion.

If you are looking at product to help you with your business, you need to use the same fundamentals. First and foremost you must remove your emotions from the purchasing equation. Will the product truly benefit your business? Is there other products that will do the same thing for less? Are you considering buying the product for its value to your business or do you want the value added bonuses? What kind of support is available for the product? Is the 60 day money back guarantee for real?

These are just a few things to consider when making this kind of a decision. My biggest piece of advice is to take your time and keep your emotions as far away from your decision making process as possible. If the opportunity is for a “limited time only”, than more than likely there will be another “limited time only” offer coming your way with yet another new and improved product or opportunity in tomorrow’s email!

I hope you enjoyed this post, if you did please pass it on.

Sincerely

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Creating a Fan Page on FaceBook

Posted on21. Apr, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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Here is a short video on how to create a fan or business page on FaceBook

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HubzeCards

Posted on20. Apr, 2010 by Douglas Richardson.

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What is all the buzz about HubzeBusinessCard?

HubzeCard is the up and coming technology for maximizing your Social Media efficiency. I have been following HubzeCard for several weeks now and I must say that I was apprehensive about the new concept; it is currently in beta test mode and has yet to be released to the public. There has been quite a bit of buzz on the facebook groups that I belong to.

Last night I attended my second webinar on this new concept; and I must say that this is going to be a huge help in time efficiency for us Social Media folks. Let me give you some ideas as to how this system is going to work. First of all this will be a personal electronic business card that will have your contact information (If you choose). The whole electronic business card will be totally customizable to your personal preference. You will have complete control as to what is on your HubzeCard and what information that you would like to share. One of the benefits discussed was the ability to create a database that we can access from any internet connection to find people and they will be able to update their business card as to their current location and contact information, such as for military personal and people how have moved to a new address.

The HubzeCard will be open architecture, so applications can be created and shared to benefit the entire community. Like “widgets or plugins” in WordPress. Also HubzeCard will connect to all your Social Media sites, and show icons that are attached to these sites on your business card, if you wish. Another feature is to connect all your Social Media sites together in your BackOffice, so you can send and receive information in one central location. Imagine the benefit of being able to write a response or comment and post this information at the touch of a button to the sites of your choice. Also they plan on integrating your blog into this format! Wow! Everything in one location, I don’t know about you but I send quite a bit of time going from site to site reading and replying to posts and messages?

Here is the best thing about HubzeCard, it is FREE! Right now they are not charging for this service. Eventually I believe they are going to create a premium service that there will be a charge for, and within that there will be other features. But there will always be a FREE version also. Here is the link to sign up for the new platform, What Do You Have to Loose? It seems like a no brainier to me? I look forward to seeing you on the new HubzCard site soon. What a great way syndicate our content! If you find this content valuable, please share with your friends. Click here to sign up now!

Sincerely