Hi,

I met an interesting wolf the other day.

He was fury, wasn’t a good looking young man that turned into a wolf at any given moment, he was the
Wolf From Wall Street author Jordan Belfort.

Here is a quick introduction.

Jordan has had a very interesting life to say the least but what I like about him is his never say die entrepreneurial spirit.

I have created a squidoo lens for you with a series of Jordan’s videos based on a speech with Virgin Australia he completed in 2009.

Its called A Lesson For New Online Entrepreneurs: ‘Don’t Judge A Wolf By its cover’.

Watch the videos from the squidoo lens and let me know what you think of Jordan as an entrepreneur.

Dedicated to your success,
Alison Bova

Hi,

If there is one thing I would like you to take away from my blog posts and articles is…you need to be the leader who naturally draws people to you and your business. You lead by inspiring others, allowing them to choose to work with you. This creates an intense loyalty amongst your customers, a loyalty that won’t be swayed by other products, people or services like a devoted fan who only listens to their favourite music groups and travels far and wide to see all their gigs.

I created a blog post at betternetworker.com for you called Why Is Leadership Skills Important For Your Online Business?

Let me know if you relate to leadership and owning your own online business in the same way as I do? If you don’t, how to do relate leadership to owning your own business?

Dedicated to your success,
Ally

Hi,

i have created a new post at Better Networker called ‘Seven Reasons Why Its Time To Ditch Your Corporate Job and Work For Yourself’

I think the most important part of the message I want to share through this post is there is no right or wrong way its all about creating your way. If your in a corporate job and extremely unhappy then do something about it, you do have other options that may suit you.

Do you think generally that people are unhappy with their jobs and are looking for different alternatives?

Dedicated to your success,

Alison Bova

Your at party, the music is loud and most importantly your having a great time. You take some photos of you and your newfound friends and think it’s a good idea to post them on Facebook later when you get home. It will be great for social media friends to see you living ‘la vita loca’.

Have you done this or the thought crossed your mind? I know I have.

It’s what I like to call the lure of the most silent but deadly trap there is for an online entrepreneur productivity? Thinking your being productive as you waste time on Social Media sites.

It’s called the Social Media Trap.

Diane Darling who wrote ‘Networking for Career Success’ defines networking as ‘the art of building and sustaining mutually beneficial relationships.’

I believe there should be no difference from ‘real life’ to online networking. If your spending more than 30mins a day on social media and are getting under ten free leads you may need to access your approach altogether.

The trap with Social Media is a new online entrepreneur can get all excited and distracted with the total amount of friends, the volume of feedback being received. People can spend a lot of time daily keeping count of all this instead of stepping back and putting Social Media into perspective.
What’s your return on investment in relation to time spent on Social Media and quality leads to your business?
What are the amount of leads you would like to receive per day and how many should be flowing through via your social media channels?

List of Social Media do’s and don’ts for an online business owner;
Don’t
There is only two but these two along will make people remove you from their group of friends and I promise you, they will never buy from you if you behave this way.
Don’t spam your friends with unrelated sales pitches messages constantly in any format. You will look needy and unprofessional.
Don’t create groups and include people without offering an invitation first. (They should decide if they want to be a part of your group). Why would they want to join your group, your being pushy.

Do’s
Start a conversations by asking open ending questions i.e. What, where, when, how and why about what’s important to you.
Find ways to genuinely help your friends online so you can create meaningful relationships.
Share your opinions on any topic and ask for your friends opinion.
When providing a link for your affiliate product/service, explain how it has helped you.

Now there is a fundamental behaviours that underline why the don’t mention impact the way you are perceived and I will discuss this in more detail in my next blog post.

Here is a video from Seth Godin in relation to mixing Social Media and business.

What is your advice for a new online entrepreneur?
What are you top do’s and don’ts when interacting on Social Media?

Dedicated to your success,