Just me being me :)
Today’s blog is going to be a bit different and LONG.
When I first decided to get back
into Online Marketing and wanted to see how it had changed, the new trends and
the buzz on what was working and what was not. I followed my Mentors verbatim-
as I know the old rule find a successful person find a leader and copy them 
But what I found online is
if you carbon copy everyone else you do not stand out, so who chooses the new
kid on the block?
If we are all alike we will blend together so yes’ you need to follow tried and true nuts and bolts of how you build your business plan, but you also have to not lose you in the process.
We discussed branding earlier and it not just about your name, but your style with that in mind I reverted back to some of the old ways I did it in the 90’s with my kennel and online businesses “which made my name and brand” at the time, before we had a lot of fancy names for how we used Marketing .
But what I did not do then nor am I going to now, is change who I am, the way I write the way I take care of people and how I operate. So I threw out the bathwater but kept the baby!
When I started this blog I was instructed to keep my blogs in the 125-250 word range or they will not read, but the way I convey information and educate, how I write is what garnered me the following I have had since the mid 90’s was because I can write and write and grab people with my ability to use wrods and convey information that had no word count limit.
I was told the old end your post with a warning and a call to action I even wrote about it here and did it myself. But that is not me- you use it if that is you, me I am done threatening you to get you to act. I am not here to threaten I am here to help and I offer a great deal of ideas and a wealth of information that will help you if you sign up for our Call To Action family. And also just read my blog.
As I am sure you already know if we do not keep up, if we do not stay ahead in this industry we will lose our customers to others who have- I do not need to tell you that. So I stopped, anyone who has followed on this new blog has noticed I dropped that in my last few blog post. And am writing more like I did for the Labrador world as my greatest strength with people is how I connect and build relationships.
So like branding is important, like attraction is important, like response is important- as are all the standard rules in Network Marketing. It is also important that in your niche you be the only one who can serve it the way YOU do.
I have discovered I am not alone there the more I have read the more I have embraced then discounted, agreed with and disagreed with successful Network Marketers- I have found many that take the same path I chose to use, which is I am gonna let you be you, and I am gonna be me.
I am sometimes going to write shorter I am sometimes gonna fill the page I am going to bring who I am from love of Labs to a Marketing and Business Major and Life Coach. From a mom to a writer and artist to someone who was married 21 years and divorced without warning who had to start over from square one 11 years ago.
I am here offering my time and my experience free of charge. And I may also inform you about things I am using if I think they would benefit you, but I will be up front and tell you if I would receive commissions on them, or not as well should you make a purchase. And like every business I have a portion of anything we bring is will always go to Labrador Rescue as well as Breast Cancer.
But I will never promote anything I do not personally like.
I will occasionally change direction and I may go back as well. I will teak my business which means I will teak my blog- you will get to see it all, and if you want something you are not getting let me know.
As I said before I would love to have you sign up Call to Action there are lots of cool ideas and tips we share as well as my Marketing Report that offers a how to, of laying the foundation to building a successful business- So sign up now!
- Like usual there will be no blog this weekend- see you Monday
WE make the future- it is up to each of us what ours will be
To Your Success
Take Care
Sandy Metcalf
