I have 5000 friends (FaceBook)

I have 50,000 followers (twitter)

I have 2 million connections (LinkedIn)

Yada, Yada, Yada.

Well I just discovered that I have 200,000,000 contacts.  Yes you read that right 200 million.  Don’t believe me here is the link http://bit.ly/156jzx

The reality is that for 99.999999999% of you, your list is has about as much value as the white pages.

If you have built your list using list generating tools or by just randomly friending and accepting everyone as friends, realize that those people are probably doing the same.

As well as a result of these reckless, meaningless list building technique you end up spending your time reading advertisements for list building, mlm and sex.  Talk about real value.

Good Friends Are Like Diamonds. Hard to find. Precious. And Extremely Valuable.

Prior to the invention of the Internet we did not try and create thousands upon thousands of meaningless relationships.  We worked hard and tried to cultivate deep, long lasting connections with a few people.

So why are we doing the total opposite on-line?

Your argument might be that you are trying to build a business and you need more contacts so you can make more money.

How is that working for you so far?

Let me show you the power of the Core 100

Lest take a look at Bill and John.  Bill has 100,000 twitter followers/following that he got by using various list building tools.  John has 100 followers/following that he spent a year cultivating solid relationships based on values, vision and conversation.

On a daily basis Bill has 10,000 tweets to read through. The truth is that most of those tweets are spam and because there are so many garbage tweets even if there is a conversation worth getting involved in, Bill ends up not seeing it. As well when Bill sends a tweet, no one reads it because the followers are either inundated with spam tweets and miss his, or he is just tweeting to a bunch of followers that are spammers set up with auto tweet and auto respond.

John on the other hand never gets a spam tweet and if there is a tweet from those he is following he knows that there will be some value there.  As well when he tweets he knows he is going to be read and responded to because his followers are people that know him and want to be connected.

A Product Of Value.

Bill and John both have a quality product that people would find beneficial.

Bill  and John each put together a website to market and sell the product.  The price of the product is $10

Bill goes to his twitter account and sends a tweet, excited by the amount of money he is going to make if even 10% of his followers buy.  But as you guessed he doesn’t make a single sale. In fact the analytics show that only 3 people came to his web page. Needless to say Bill gives up.

Now John tweets to his followers.  Remember these are people that have a relationship with him and trust him.  The majority of is followers check out the site and 50% buy because it is something they can use.

50 buyers at $10 = $500

But it doesn’t stop there.

Because John’s followers are real relationships, they want to help him further and those 100 RT John to their 100 and John gets a 25% return in sales from that tweet.

Ready.

John’s 100 Followers Tweet their 100 followers (100 x 100) = 10,000

25% buy  (2500 x $10) = $25,000

WOW!

It Doesn’t stop there.

John continues to get RT by the next level and the next level, he also generates leads from the people that buy and benefit from his product.

I think you get the picture.

Deep down you know that the model that Bill used is a waste of time, but it is so easy to do. So you try and hope that for you it will work.

Here’s the amazing thing.  With a bit of planning and some consistent effort you can achieve success that can even surpass John.

If you would like to take your business towards real success.  I would be glad to spend 30 min with you on Skype to help you get the ball rolling.

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I Received an @Reply to one of my auto tweets and felt that I would like to answer it at more length.

It was from Angela Campbell. Below is her comment.

AngelaVCampbell@Rob_Moshe I suggest doing your own posts instead of autoresponding. People like a personal touch!27 minutes ago from web in reply to Rob_Moshe

I partially agree with Angela. There is nothing like a personal touch, human interaction is a key to good health.

I am quite new to twitter but I see that Twitter fills many different needs. Some people want to talk politics and finance. Some want to talk philosophy and spirituality. Others want to talk business, growth and success. And  there are some that want to talk about every action in their day, like doing laundry and going to take out the garbage.

I will be honest with you. I am so not interested in talking about the mundane actions of my day. I don’t like wasting peoples reading time with unimportant stuff. “But wait Rob, If those people care about you, don’t they want to know about all these things”?

That is true but I also care about them, so if I am going to tell someone something, its going to be about what I’m doing to make a difference in our world. I value my followers time so I try to only share and ask for value.

What I am here to do on Twitter is to help YOU achieve YOUR personal vision of YOUR best self. It’s not who I think you should be. It’s about “Who YOU Be”

I’m also here to share ideas and insights that I have learned over the year, and to learn from others, so that we can all grow to our best.

In that light I feel the need for a dual approach.

When you have thousands of people following you it is hard to have a conversation with everyone. It is also difficult to always be online at the same time or on line period (I still have to do some work).

I’m here to interact with people that want to grow in Life in Business and Online. So I created two auto tweets that help me connect with those people. I alternate them every half hour, because I feel I won’t be annoying that way. I am making the assumption that people are not spending hour after hour on Twitter (If you are, you might want to do some deep reflection on goals and value), and that every half and hour there are new eyes online that didn’t read my prior tweets.

This approach helps me to connect with those that are interested in the same thing.

Once they have connected with me there is an opportunity for rich and valuable conversation.

That leads us to the personal tweets. Once people enter my space I better ad value. If I was all Auto Talk and no Personal Action. I would end up being the only one reading my Tweets (and my mother too. You can always count on Mom)
But I make sure that once someone enters my space I am there to give them value. I work to give solid information and insights and ask questions that wake people up. I back up automation with personal substance. And I let anyone put me to the test.

You can search my @Rob_Moshe to see the great personal conversations I have.

Some Tips On Auto Responding.

1. Do it sparingly – avoid the temptation to repeat the same tweet more than 12 times a day.

2. Give Value -  If all you are doing is trying to get people to buy your product and are not interested in creating a relationship I might suggest newspaper adds or adwords. People are here for value, you tweets should lend them selves to creating good conversation.

3. More Personal than Auto – Again this is about being social, even if this is about business, you are here to network with other, to get to know what each other is about. If all you do is Auto Tweet all day and then say “Hello everyone don’t you just love my product”, only Mom will be responding.

4. Days Off and Vacations – We all need down time (a take my Sabbath rest seriously). If you feel that you must maintain your presence while away, be sure to really vary your auto posts. Let people know that you are taking a break but keeping it interesting.

Again I would like to thank Angela for helping to initiate this post. I hope you found it valuable.

All the best,

Rob

Quality Products And Services By Twitter Followers Of @Rob_Moshe

I am setting up this page as a venue for my followers on Twitter to Post their quality products and services.

In the comment section:

• Post Your Twitter @User_Name
• Your Product Or Service
• Your Product/Service Description
• Any Promotions You Might Be Running

I will also try to make recommendations on Twitter on an occasional basis.
Please keep in mind that I will remove anything that is morally inappropriate (by the standards that I hold to), and anything that is too “Get Rich Quick” or “Scammy” (again my discretion)

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