we are half way through the first full week in 2009 it is time to identify your focus for the year.

I am sure that make money is on that list — but is that really what your focus is?

Being involved in network marketing in my opinion is soooo much more than just making money, however that is something that if you do it correctly is a benefit and a result of being involved.

As I have been spending some time on looking at my goals for the year and what my focus is here are two things that I have decided to focus on this year (among others)

• Build stronger more meaningful relationships with others -

I would like to learn a little bit more about everyone that I connect with on my mailing list, on Twitter, on Facebook and other Social Networking sites.  I want to learn who my connections truly are and what goals and plans they have so that I can help them reach those goals

• Provide value to everyone I connect to without looking at what is in it for me

Often in the past I have focused on doing things based on what is in it for me and what level of income will this bring me.  This year I have thrown that out and am focusing on providing value to others - regardless of what is in it for me.  I feel that by doing this first I will strengthen the relationships I have and ultimately will end up earning more

One thing that is easy to forget when you out in network marketing is that it is a people business.  It is about helping people grow and learn and achieve the goals they have.  Keeping others in mind will help you grow yourself and those around you and ultimately will grow your business.

Happy Networking
Stefanie

Using Teleconferences can be a great way to build your business.  They can allow you to do training calls as well as recruiting calls.

I have used several different services for these in the past, some paid and some free.  I recently came across a new service that offers some both paid and free option s that I wanted to share with you.  It is Simple Event .

I hope that you find it useful.

I came across something that other day that I found very useful and wanted to share it with you.  It is call 777 Self Help and it is a give-a-way that is going on from 12/19/2008 till 1/18/2009.  It is a give-a-way full of Self Help and development products.  All for FREE.

The only catch is that you will be required to provide your name and email for each product.

You can check this give-a-way out by clicking HERE

I hope you enjoy it.

I came across this great blog post today and wanted to share it with you.  It does a great job of talking about social networking and the benefits.

What I found most useful is a great schedule for your activities:

This complete post can be found here

My Social Network Schedule

Once you have tried out a social network you can discover your own rhythm. You don’t have to live in social media like Chris Brogan or Robert Scoble to benefit from it

Right now the main social networks I am involved in are:

• Conversation - Twitter - Few times a day
• Bookmarking - Digg and StumbleUpon - Daily
• Groups/Social - FaceBook - Few times a week
• Business Contacts - LinkedIn (chris at chrisg dot com) - Weekly
• Pictures - Flickr - As and when

I find I can spend maximum an hour a day on these quite happily with only a positive impact on my business.

By sticking to this schedule, and the guilt-free policies outlined above, I have found I can maintain a large and growing network quite happily. People send me messages, I mostly reply to them, but not necessarily right away that second. People are aware and not too insulted that I don’t take part in FB games and applications. It’s all good.

As with anything Social Media, take advice (even mine!) as a guide, there are NO RULES. Do what works for you. If people do not like what you do or how, they can un-follow.

The complete post is found here

I hope you had a wonderful week.

Here is this week’s list of posts that I read and wanted to share with you.  I feel that these posts will help you in your business building efforts.

Aweber Shared a Great Article on Christmas List Building
Aweber is a Great service to use for your list and it is what I recommend if you do not have an autoresponder service yet

Ten Top Twitter Tips

Why and How I use Twitter

Building Your Brand

Choosing A Personal Development Plan That suits You