The 12 days of follow up - Day 10

We're now entering our final week of following up!

One of the best ways to follow up with your clients or prospects is to buy from them, if at all possible. It may be difficult if they are a realtor and you're not in the market to buy or sell, but even then you can send referrals to them.

Especially if they're a small business or network marketer, you should buy from them whenever possible. Get your insurance from the insurance agent who had enough faith in you to become your customer, buy your household products from the network marketer who needs the money to live on and will really appreciate your business month after month, as opposed to Walmart where I'm sure the Walton family appreciates you adding to their billions of dollars of net worth, but they don't really care about you or your business.

Buy your greeting cards from the SendOutCards distributor you know, your household products from the person who sells Melaleuca, your makeup from Mary Kay or Avon, get your legal advice through LegalShield, save money on your energy with Ambit Energy. Buy and sell your real estate with the realtor who buys from you, get your insurance from the agent who is your customer or prospective customer. Whatever you need, buy it from someone who does business with you or that you would like to do business with you.

Remember to buy from a local business whenever possible.

And if you haven't downloaded the SendOutCards app, go ahead and do so. It's free and if you're not already a SendOutCards customer or distributor the first three cards that you send are on me!

Here are the links to the posts in this series on the 12 days of follow up:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 
Day 7 
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12

Interesting days

Today - Appreciate A Dragon Day, Nothing Day, Religious Freedom Day and International Hot and Spicy Food Day

Tomorrow - Kid Inventors’ Day, Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day and Cable Car Day

Next Monday -  Handwriting Day, Pie Day and Measure Your Feet Day

February 16 - Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day, Almond Day, Innovation Day, Tim Tam Day and Do a Grouch a Favor Day

The Funday Sunnies

Interesting days

Today - Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Hat Day

Tomorrow - Appreciate A Dragon Day, Nothing Day, Religious Freedom Day and International Hot and Spicy Food Day What's your favorite hot and spicy food?

Next Sunday - Answer Your Cat's Questions Day, Celebration Of Life Day and Hot Sauce Day Hot food twice in one week. I love it!

February 15 - Singles Awareness Day, Hippo Day and Gumdrop Day

Your weekend guide to interesting days

Today - International Kite Day, Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, Organize Your Home Day and Dress Up Your Pet Day

Tomorrow - Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Hat Day

Next Saturday - Hugging Day, Granola Bar Day, Squirrel Appreciation Day and International Sweatpants Day

February 14 - Valentine's Day, Extraterrestrial Culture Day, Pet Theft Awareness Day, International Book Giving Day, Ferris Wheel Day, Donor Day and Cream-Filled Chocolates Day

Chocolate Dipped Mint Oreos

Detailed Description:

We start by taking delicious mint Oreo cookies, cover them in delicious Fernwood milk chocolate and then top them with crushed peppermint candy. This incredibly delicious flavor combination is a treat for everyone to enjoy, especially mint lovers!

Check out these and other Valentine's Day gifts here.

The Friday Fishwrap

All the news that's fit to wrap around a dead fish

The week in review

Monday - "The 12 days of follow up - Day 7" Promoting a client's business

Tuesday - "How you can celebrate #CutYourEnergyCostsDay" A demonstration on how to promote a client or prospect's business

Wednesday - "The 12 days of follow up - Day 9" Some thoughts on yesterday's post

Thursday - "Let's share #TBT" The difference between liking, commenting and sharing

Interesting days 

This week

Saturday - Bobblehead Day, Tempura Day, Old Rock Day, Fruitcake Toss Day, Harlem Globetrotter's Day and I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day

Sunday -  Earth's Rotation Day, Joy Germ Day, Bubble Bath Day, Show & Tell At Work Day and Argyle Day

Monday - Balloon Ascension Day, Clean Off Your Desk Day, Static Electricity Day, Play God Day and Apricot Day

Tuesday - Peculiar People Day, Houseplant Appreciation Day, Cut Your Energy Costs Day and Bittersweet Chocolate Day

Wednesday -  Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day, Milk Day and Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day

Thursday - Marzipan Day,  Kiss A Ginger Day, Poetry At Work Day and Pharmacist Day

Today - Peach Melba Day, Blame Someone Else Day, Make Your Dream Come True Day, Skeptics Day, Rubber Duckie Day, Sticker Day and Public Radio Broadcasting Day

Next week

Tomorrow - International Kite Day, Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, Organize Your Home Day and Dress Up Your Pet Day

Sunday - Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Hat Day

Monday - Appreciate A Dragon Day, Nothing Day, Religious Freedom Day and International Hot and Spicy Food Day

Tuesday - Kid Inventors’ Day, Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day and Cable Car Day

Wednesday - World Religion Day, Winnie the Pooh Day and Thesaurus Day

Thursday - Popcorn Day, Women's Healthy Weight Day and Tin Can Day

Friday - Day of Acceptance, Buttercrunch Day, Disc Jockey Day, Cheese Lovers Day, Camcorder Day and Penguin Awareness Day

 

Next month

February 7 - Ballet Day, Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day and Send a Card to a Friend Day

February 8 - Kite Flying Day, Molasses Bar Day, Opera Day and Laugh And Get Rich Day

February 9 - Safer Internet Day, Read In The Bathtub Day and Toothache Day

February 10 - Umbrella Day and Plimsoll Day

February 11 - Pro Sports Wives Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Get Out Your Guitar Day, White Shirt Day, Satisfied Staying Single Day, Make a Friend Day and Peppermint Patty Day

February 12 - Lincoln's birthday, World Marriage Day, Plum Pudding Day, Darwin Day and Lost Penny Day

February 13 - Get A Different Name Day, Tortellini Day, Radio Day, Madly In Love With Me Day, Clean Out Your Computer Day and Employee Legal Awareness Day

Let's share #TBT

This is a blog post from last year. This was before Facebook launched the new emojis. Here is an updated post that covers the new emojis.

This post is about the difference between sharing, liking and commenting on Facebook posts.

Liking a FB post is very easy to do..you just click on Like and that's it. The fact that you liked a post will appear on your newsfeed and others can see it, but it takes very little effort and it's reflected in the ranking of Likes vs Comments vs Shares.

The ranking is figured into the EdgeRank algorithm that Facebook uses to control who gets to see your posts. The more that someone interacts with your posts, the more that they will see.

According to Antonio Calero, if a Like is ranked as a 1, then Comments are ranked as a 7. If you take the time to actually comment on a post, then that indicates that the post is of more value to you.

And clicking on Share is twice as valuable as a Comment and 14 times more valuable than a Like. If you click on Share, you're telling your friends that they need to check this out. And you will see more of the posts from the person whom you shared their post.

When I share a FB post, I will usually thank the person who posted the item that I'm sharing and then include a comment about the post. By putting their name after the @ it will do two things...my friends will be able to see who originated the post and maybe follow them and the fact that I shared the post will appear on the originator's newsfeed and their friends may in turn want to follow me.

Here's a recent example:

 

Now my friends can see that I like what Marie had to say and that she may be somebody worth getting to know and Marie's friends can see that I'm awesome enough to like what she has to say and that maybe they should follow me.

So, if you like this blog post, please share it with your friends! 

Interesting days

Today - Marzipan Day,  Kiss A Ginger Day, Poetry At Work Day and Pharmacist Day

Tomorrow -  Peach Melba Day, Blame Someone Else Day, Make Your Dream Come True Day, Skeptics Day, Rubber Duckie Day, Sticker Day and Public Radio Broadcasting Day

Next Thursday - Popcorn Day, Women's Healthy Weight Day and Tin Can Day

February 12 - World Marriage Day, Plum Pudding Day, Darwin Day and Lost Penny Day Celebrated, appropriately enough on Lincoln's birthday. When I was a kid, Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays were separate holidays that were nefariously combined into Presidents' Day 

The 12 days of follow up - Day 9

I hope you had a chance to look at yesterday's blog post promoting my friend's business. If not, here's the link to the post and here's the link to the Facebook post I tagged her in.

There are several other things I could've done with the post:

• I could've interviewed Deanna (don't be surprised if an interview show's up in the future...I'm planning on doing a series of interviews of business owners soon)
• I could've given a written or a video testimonial (again...don't be surprised)
• Or I could've reviewed her business

As you can see there are several ways of accomplishing the same thing, so over the next few months you'll probably be seeing one or more of these ideas implemented. This way I'm helping Deanna with her business and I'll also be top of mind when she comes across others who could use SendOutCards.

As we wrap up week 3, I hope you've gotten some value from these posts. And be sure to leave a comment below or send me an email if there's anything in particular you'd like to see next week or if there's anything you'd like to comment on up to this point.

And if you haven't downloaded the SendOutCards app, go ahead and do so. It's free and if you're not already a SendOutCards customer or distributor the first three cards that you send are on me!

Here are the links to the posts in this series on the 12 days of follow up:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 
Day 7 
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12

Interesting days

Today - Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day, Milk Day and Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day Here's a Morse code simulator for you to learn what your name looks and sounds like 

Tomorrow - Marzipan Day,  Kiss A Ginger Day, Poetry At Work Day and Pharmacist Day

Next Wednesday - World Religion Day, Winnie the Pooh Day and Thesaurus Day

February 11 - Pro Sports Wives Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Get Out Your Guitar Day, White Shirt Day, Satisfied Staying Single Day, Make a Friend Day and Peppermint Patty Day Even though this day is about the candy, let's not forget Chuck's friend by the same name

How you can celebrate #CutYourEnergyCostsDay

Most of us want to be able to cut our energy costs and my friend Deanna Crichton can help you do that. How can she help you cut your energy costs? She's a Marketing Consultant with Ambit Energy.

From Deanna's Ambit webpage:

Ambit Energy provides electricity and natural gas services in deregulated markets across the United States, primarily marketed through a direct sales channel of more than 250,000 Independent Consultants.

Based in Dallas, Texas, our company is focused on being the finest and most-respected retail energy provider in America, offering cost-effective choices for today’s energy consumer.

In 2010, Ambit was named #1 Fastest-Growing Private Company in America by Inc. magazine, and we continue to pick up steam as the fastest-growing company in the retail energy sector today.

Ambit can save you money on your monthly bill, as well as possibly even getting your energy for free.

A lot of people only know Ambit for our low, competitive rates. While we’re proud to give our Customers the consistent savings they deserve, those who really know Ambit understand low rates are only part of the story. With great service, loyalty rewards and the opportunity to earn Free Energy, Ambit is an amazing overall value.

So compare for yourself and see why more electric and natural gas Customers throughout California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C. are choosing Ambit Energy as the best choice in energy today.

 As well as offering solar:

We always keep our Customers in mind as we come up with innovative ways for you to increase your savings. Ambit has joined forces with Sunrun, a leading solar provider, to offer affordable residential solar options to Customers. Solar service is available in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. 

And there's also a business opportunity available:

Start a Business with Ambit Energy

Learn how Ambit Energy Consultants are discovering financial freedom by offering Customers a great value on something we all use every day. It all starts with this video.

Almost every one of us uses electricity or natural gas on a daily basis. That’s why Consultants who start a business with Ambit Energy have a strong advantage over traditional network marketing opportunities. Simply by helping friends, family and new contacts save money every month on their energy bills, Ambit Consultants begin earning residual income immediately.

So, check out Deanna's webpage and find out how easy it is to cut your energy costs.

Interesting days

Today - Peculiar People Day, Houseplant Appreciation Day, Cut Your Energy Costs Day and Bittersweet Chocolate Day

Tomorrow -  Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day, Milk Day and Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day

Next Tuesday - Kid Inventors’ Day, Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day and Cable Car Day Sounds like a good day to hang out in San Francisco and ride the cable cars

February 10 - Umbrella Day and Plimsoll Day