Why you should always ‘Like’ your own Facebook posts

If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you have probably noticed that many people “Like” their own posts just as soon as they post them. While this could be viewed as a form of vanity (I mean really, is it cool to “Like” your own posts?), in most cases it isn’t vanity at work at all.

Facebook has made numerous changes to their user interface of late, and one of the most reviled changes of them all were changes to the news feed and the introduction of the Ticker. Now, instead of seeing all of your friends’ posts, you only see a selected few (selected by Facebook of course) showing up in your news feed. Under the new “Edge Rank” system, friends that don’t “Like” and comment on your posts usually stop seeing them altogether before too long. 

In order to compensate for not showing your posts in some of your friends’ news feeds, Facebook added the ticker – a box in the right-hand column that lists the activities of your friends as they happen. This is where “Liking” your own posts comes into play. When you “Like” a post, that action is noted in your friends’ ticker boxes, giving them a chance to at least be made aware that you have posted something even if it doesn’t show up in their news feeds.

So the next time you see one of your friends “Like” their own post, they probably aren’t giving themselves a pat on the back. Instead, they’re giving you an opportunity to check out a post that might never make it into your news feed. I recommend that you “Like” your own posts as well!

Theme Party Ideas

One issue with selling a product that basically does the same thing is that some guests might not be ready to book "the same party" over and over again.  If you're afraid that might be the case, you might consider throwing "theme parties" with fun gimmicks or discounts (I recommend 10% with the purchase of a Buy 3 Get 1 FREE set).  Here are a few that might help you fill your calendar:

• Ice Cream "Sundays" - Bring one of those 5 gallon buckets of ice cream and have each guest bring her favourite topping.  All your hostess has to have is bowls!  After your initial demonstration, have your guests make their own ice cream sundae.  Have a vote and give a prize for the best sundae.  Point out how long they would have had to wait to dip their ice cream if they painted their nails!
• Margarita Mondays - If you need some additional bookings during the week, come up with a theme for each day!  You bring the mix and salt, the hostess provides tequila and glasses.  Everyone can sip margaritas while they try their nails.  Suggest a drink limit to your hostess to prevent drunk buyers' remorse.
• Nail Polish Graveyard - This is one I learned in Mary Kay.  Have your guests bring an old nail polish to put in your "graveyard" [read trash can].  They have to say why they're getting rid of it, and you can provide a reason why Jamberry shields are better.  Offer a discount on 1 product for each they throw away (3 nail polishes = 3 discounted wraps).
• Pedi Party - Have your guests come ready to try wraps on their toes.  Point out they don't need to wear sandals!

Another fun idea is to visit this fun site to discover what little known holidays are coming up.  I thumbed through it, and here are some ideas I came up with.  Post yours in the comments below!

January

• January 2 is Personal Trainer Day - Have each guest bring their trainer (if they have one).  Discount Fitness wraps (Cheerleaders, W.O.D., etc).
• January 5 is Bird Day - Decorate with all those discount bird ornaments you find right after Christmas.  Discount bird-themed wraps (Early Bird, Peacock, Take Flight, etc.).
• January 10 is Cut Energy Costs Day - Find some alternative ways to heat the wraps and show them off!

February

• Romance Party - Have a party by candlelight to help everyone get ready for their Valentine's date.
  
• February is Library Lovers Month - Everyone should bring her favourite book!  Discount reading or writing-themed wraps (Alphabet, Newspaper, etc.).
• February 7 is Bubblegum Day - Bring gum for the guests or have them bring their favourite kind to share.  Figure out a special for the Bubblegum wrap.

March

• March is Cheerleading Saftey Month - Decorate with pom-poms and show off your Cheerleader wraps!
• As Easter is in April this year, you can bring Easter Eggs with booking prizes inside them for your centrepiece!
• March 2 is "Old Stuff" Day - Encourage everyone to wear vintage clothing.  Discount one set of wraps that matches her outfit.

April

• April 7 is No Housework Day - Really, you don't have to think of anything special.  Just give them a day off of Housework!
• April 11 is A Day Without Shoes - Have everyone bring an extra pair of shoes to donate to the needy. 

May

• May is Photo Month - Have everyone  bring their favourite digital photo and make custom wraps.  You could also offer a discount on Snapshot for the month.
• May 17 is Bike to Work Day - Vintage Bicycles is a great promo for this!

June

• June 5 is Running Day - If you have an active bunch, they could try on their samples and then go for a run.  Running Girl wraps are a great promotion!
• June 14 is Blood Donor Day - Offer a discount for anyone who can show proof they donated blood that day!
• June 18 is Sushi Day - Have sushi brought in for hors d'oevres.
• June 21 is Flip Flop Day - Everyone wears their flip flops.  We have a wrap for that too!
• June 23 is Pink Day - Everyone should wear pink.  Discount pink wraps!

July

• July is Ice Cream Month - What a perfect time to have Sundae parties!
• July 7 is Chocolate Day - Have each guest bring enough of their favourite type of chocolate to share!

August

• August 4 is Sister's Day - Have every guest bring her sister and pick out one wrap for her!
• August 4 is also Friendship Day - You can have them bring a friend and a sister!

September

• September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - Hold parties to bring in donations for your favourite ovarian cancer foundation.  Donate a portion of every teal wrap's cost to the same.
• September 8 is Literacy Day - See February's Library Lover's Month, but instead of just a book, bring a book to donate to a literacy programme
• September 13 is Stand Up to Cancer Day - Pick a cancer and hold parties to earn donations for that cancers' foundation.
• September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day - Bring eye patches (get them on sale after Halloween) and hold the party while you talk like a pirate.
• September 22 is Wife Appreciation Day - Have your guests bring their husbands.
• September 29 is Heart Day - Hold a party to raise awareness of heart disease and strokes.  Provide lots of red food.

October

• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Hold parties to bring in donations for your favourite breast cancer foundation.  Donate a portion of every pink wrap's cost to the same.
• October 5 is Teachers Day - Have each guest bring her child's favourite teacher (or her favourite teacher if she's still in University.)
• October 10 is Cake Decorating Day - Have each guest bring cake decorating items.  Bring cupcakes.  Everyone gets to decorate her own cupcake.  Cupcake wraps!!
• October 18 is Chocolate Cupcake Day - Do the same thing.  You have 2 chances!
• October 27 is Mother-in-Law Day - Have each guest bring her mother-in-law.

November

• November is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - Hold parties to bring in donations for your favourite prostate cancer foundation.  Donate a portion of every moustache wrap's cost to the same.
• November 11 is Origami Day - [After Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day events] Have guests learn some origami with their new wraps on (you can't do that with fresh nail polish!). 

December

• December 8 is Brownie Day - Bring brownies!
• December 16 is Chocolate Covered Day - Bring fruit and crackers and melted chocolate for hors d'ouvres.
• December 27 is Make Paper Snowflakes Day - Bring paper and scissors and have everyone make snowflakes!

So, there's a ton of ideas, and I'm certain you all have plenty more.  Write out your favorite theme party idea in a comment below!

Jamberry Scramble

Here's a quick and easy icebreaker game for a party...based off "scramble with friends"

Give each person the survey slip, flipped to the blank/back side and a pen.

Ask:  "How many words can you build using the letters in 'Jamberry Nails'?"

Set a time limit and then count the answers.  The person with the most words wins a prize.

After the game is a perfect time to have them flip over the survey card and walk them through it.

Name That Song & Wrap Game

From Misty Townsend-Litton

Here's a game I came up with for my online party!  This could also be used for an in home party by playing some of the song from a CD.

Name That Song & Wrap Game:

Instructions: Name the song and which nail wrap it goes with. Get all 5 right and win a prize! Ready, Set, Name!

1. Well now don't you tell me to smile, stick around I'll make it worth your while.

2. She makes a wish on every star she sees, yeah somewhere deep down she still believes.

3. Why are these lights so bright? Did we get hitched last night dressed up like Elvis?

4. But I wanna know for sure, come on and hold me tight.

5. In a cafe or sometimes on a crowded street, I've been near you but you never noticed me.
*This song is on a movie sound track.

Good luck and have fun!

ANSWERS :)

1. Intergalactic-Beastie Boys (Galactic)
2. Wildflower-Lauren Alaina (Wild Flower)
3. Waking Up In Vegas-Katy Perry (Vegas Baby)
4. Wild Thang (Wild Thang)
5. My Cherie. Amour- Stevie Wonder (Silver Lining) * this song is on The Silver Lining Playbook soundtrack

Jamberry to Jamberry Game (like Apples to Apples)

From Robin Welch

Getting ready to do my first real party... Here's a game I came up with because my hostess loves the game Apples to Apples and I love bad jokes!


Jamberry to Jamberry Game

The guests each get a number and blank papers with the corresponding number. After every joke, each person decides what nail wrap best fits the joke and writes it on her paper and puts it in the middle of the table. Then after I read each one, the hostess chooses which nail wrap best suits the joke.

Q: Why can't your nose be 12 inches long?
A: Because then it would be a foot!

Q: Why didn't the orange cross the road?
A: It ran out of juice.

Q: Why did the traffic light turn red?
A: You would too if you had to change in the middle of the street!

Q: Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun?
A: Because they're always a little short.

Q: Why don't they serve chocolate in prison?
A: Because it makes you break out!

Q: Why was the math book sad?
A: Because it had too many problems.

Q: What lights up a soccer stadium?
A: A soccer match.

Q: Why did the man with one hand cross the road?
A: To get to the second hand shop.

Q: What do you call exploding underwear?
A: Fruit of the BOOM!

Q: What did the buffalo say to his son when he left for college?
A: Bi-son.


Q: What does a mermaid wear to math class?
A: An algae-bra.

Q: Why do melons have big weddings?
A: Because they cantaloupe.

Q: Why did Beethoven get rid of his chickens?
A: They kept saying “Bach-Bach-Bach!”

If you are not familiar with the original game of Apples to Apples, you can see the official rules here: http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-apples-to-apples-card-game-rules.asp

Recruiting tips from The Booster

We continue on our study of recruiting and discovering why it is that more people do not take advantage of the opportunity to truly build residual income in this business.
 

• REASON #1… “I don’t want to be PUSHY.”  Probably the most common fear associated with recruiting.
• Where does that fear come from?
• The consultant is thinking more about herself than the potential recruit.  Her fear of what that person will think of her exceeds the need to offer the opportunity.  Therefore she says nothing.
• Perhaps she had a negative experience with an “overly enthusiastic” sales person.  She would never want to be perceived in that way and therefore, she says nothing.
• Negative reinforcement from people in her life who she respects (relatives, close friends).  We’ve all been there…ah yes, here are some of the things I heard when I first began in the business…
• (from my sister)… “You are doing WHAT? Do you need money? I’ll give you money!
• (from my mother)… “Oh, certainly (that person I work with) is only buying from you as a favor to me!”
• (from a good friend)… “Now that you are in the party plan business, are you going to be bugging all of us all the time to sign up?”
• (from another good friend)…  “Oh, we won’t even talk to you about the business.  We had SUCH a bad experience with…”
• (from a variety of people) … “Oh you are doing THAT? Isn’t that one of those ‘pyramid schemes?’”

• Working through the fear, how do we filter out negative comments from important people in our lives in order to be able to hear green flags signs that someone is interested in the business?  Sometimes those negative comments are replaying in our heads so loudly, that we can’t hear when people say to us things like…
• “How’s that going for you?”
• “Did you have to buy all your samples?”
• “Did you have a good night tonight (translation, how much money did you make?)”
• “How many nights a week do you do this?”
• “How did you get started doing this?”
• “You look like you really enjoy what you do!”

There truly is a very big psychological component to sales.  And no matter how you hedge it, we are in the business of SALES!  There it is, we’ve said it aloud.  It boils down to your belief system.  Do you believe in what you are selling (your product, the hostess and the business opportunity?)  If you don’t, then you need to get your head on straight.  To our knowledge, none of the TSF subscribers are selling something illegal.  All of us are selling something that will benefit someone.  The key is remembering that.  Adopt an unshakeable faith in your company and your product and stick with it.  Do your best to develop a thick skin and not take things personally (and yes, this can be difficult with those people you care about in your life).  We sort, we don’t convince.  Our job is to ask good questions in order to see if our product or service is a good fit for our potential customer.  Once you learn to focus on what they need and not on yourself, you will find things go a lot smoother.    SWSWSW NEXT is your daily mantra.  SOME WILL, SOME WON’T, SOMEONE’S WAITING…NEXT!

If you are fearful that you will be perceived as being pushy, say what you fear most.  You might be surprised at the response that you get.  Many years ago, a very good friend joined my team.  This was someone I had grown up with and our families were as close as blood elatives.  She became a leader in my downline and was with me for many years and grew a very organization of her own.  Here’s the interesting part of the story – it took me SEVEN YEARS to recruit her.  Now, you would suppose that she would have written me off as a friend over that period of time or that I would have given up, right?  But, to this day, long after our business relationship has come and gone we are still very close friends – neither of us would have it any other way.  I worked all that time to recruit her because her need was crystal clear – she needed an extra income but is a mom of 4 active children. In my heart of heart, I knew it was a good fit for her and also that she would be great because she was a wonderful people person and a very hard worker (which I always told her).   From time to time (maybe 3-4 times a year), I would contact her about joining my team.  I would ALWAYS preface every phone call by saying – “Janet, I am really feeling like a pest here and you know our relationship is much more important than  my business.  Do I have your permission to tell you about what’s happening right now with my company?”  Her answer was always yes, and then for seven years there was always some reason or another why she couldn’t join right then.  I would always close our conversation with, “May I stay in touch, and can I count on you to tell me to buzz off when you are sick of hearing about the business?”  So you see, I always had her permission to check in and I always gave her permission to let me know when she was no longer interested.  Eventually timing for her family was right and she enjoyed many years with our company.

Summary

1. FAYC (Forget About Yourself Completely)
2. Have an unshakeable faith in your product, and your company
3. ALWAYS think about and STATE to your prospect
1. How they would benefit from your product or services
2. Why they would be a good fit for your company 

1. Say what you fear most – by being honest and forthright, your prospect will respect you and listen to what you have to say (in most instances)

Remember, we are in the SORTING not the CONVINCING business – it’s important to develop THICK SKIN!

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