What would happen to your business if you weren’t on social media.

Published: Wed, 03/02/22

Aloha Friends,

This week I did two things I haven’t done in two years.

I drove to Hilo which is 55 miles away! Hilo is a quaint little town and is a gateway up to see the Volcano erupting. It’s also the home of the Big Island Candy company that sells their incredible chocolate dipped macadamia nut shortbread cookies.

I also went out to dinner with friends! My what a new idea! I missed sitting around a dinner table having intelligent conversations, laughing, making eye contact and having a thoroughly delightful time. I bought gifts for my hostess from the Big Island Candy company and got home thinking about how much we miss not having home parties with hostesses for two years. Here are the creative cookie boxes for the “Year of the Tiger.”

It made me re-think about how much social media is sucking a lot of our time when we could be meeting people, having face to face conversations, making eye contact, smiling at each other, and building stronger relationships.

In fact, the real reason I’m writing about this subject today is because I hear from so many people who are getting OFF social media, or taking a short break from it.

Their reasons? Many are getting locked out of their accounts. Many are getting hacked and have no recourse to get their old accounts back, so have to start over. You are building your business on platforms you don’t own and could go away tomorrow. The algorithm keeps changing and who knows who is watching or reading. And, it seems like you have to PAY (use ads) if you really want to be seen.

What I had at my dinner party, was what we call the “human connection” meeting people and having a delightful “experience.” I recently read the average amount of time Americans spend on social media is 144 minutes per day! WOW! Here are some reasons to think about running your business without social media.

Instead of spending time posting and scrolling on social media, you could use that time to talk to a customer and find out if she loves your products. You could use my 20 connects weekly system to connect with the “FABULOUS 5.”
You could join an offline networking event and practice introducing yourself meeting people face to face.
You could spend 30 minutes a day reading for personal development. My latest read is “Discipline” by Daniel Walter (A great read!)
You might enjoy privacy for a while, not letting everyone know what you had for breakfast, lunch and dinner or producing a reel that shares TMI!
You could host your OWN party. Keep it small and do it consistently every week. There are so many friends to connect with from the past two years.
You could build closer relationships with prospects who are thinking of joining, but hold back because they not savvy on social media.
You could host a Launch party for a new recruit in their home. (Old fashioned concept.)
You could meet someone for coffee and get to know them better. This was my go-to strategy to be a top recruiter.
You could write your OWN customer email newsletter. (Email marketing far outweighs social media marketing.)

I’ve just given you 9 ways you could grow your business today without social media.

Don’t get me wrong, I love all the new technology, but don’t caught up in spending ALL your time on social media when you could be using that time to work directly with customers, hostesses and prospects who are ready to join your team.

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It’s MARCH! It’s a month to GO FOR THE GOLD because you have 31 days to conquer your goals and grow your business. Pay attention to how much time you spend on Social media versus time spent on actually making sales and getting more bookings.

Stay tuned for a special FREEBIE coming your way next week!

Sending Love and Aloha from Hawaii today…

Gale Bates, Your “Make the Leap” Mentor

PS. Are you team building in March? I teach my clients an exercise how to work with their team. How to work with the go-getters who wanted to team build. How to work with the people who want to only sell and not interested in team building. How to appreciate the people who just want to sell to family & friends because their contribution even though it is small matters. How to value everyone’s contribution!

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