Facebook is a hugely popular social networking site and is surpassing its competitors like MySpace at a noticeable rate.  Folks choose Facebook.com as their choice for social networkng because it is simple to use and packed full of  features.  You can send a friend a rose,  pass drinks around, throw a snowball an play games.  In addition to the fun stuff, there are tools for online business owners like you to promote your sites to all of your friends, facebook community and internet.  Facebook profiles are indexed by Google and the other search engines.  They do have a lot of privacy settings so you can choose what you want to be public.

I am sure at this point, this is old news to you and you probably have your own account, but when you logon later, take a look at Pages.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

You can create pages for yourself or your clients by adding a logo, website, description. You can post events and links and notes for all to see, share with your friends by becoming a fan.  Once you become a fan, then you your friends will see the message when they login.  Don’t be shy, share you pages with your friends!! I just started posting some of my sites, including this one.  You can find it here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Work-at-Home-Mom-Site-TWAHMS/55423263391

Dorothy had recently contacted me to help her setup up her Mac computer so she can begin marketing her business online.  She was helpless and needed a lot of consultation and ideas as to how to make the transition to the internet as smooth as possible.  Dorothy previously made a great living without computers and no internet by relying on her down line and obtaining leads through word of mouth.  She is a  great motivator and really believes in her product. Great ingredients for success.

When I pulled up to her beautiful home in Sayville, New York for her consultation,  I could see she was living luxuriously.  The first thing I noticed was her BMW and behind it , a beautiful home, inside was no different and she admitted to me that she has been enjoying the last few years traveling a lot and relaxing.  She explained to me that she attended many seminars, held parties at her home, and recruited a huge down line that she could basically live off of.  The problem was her down line was starting to dwindle and she had to do something different to maintain her income.

I showed her the many aspects of the internet and how she can market her product on line.  She was amazed and astonished to see another successful distributor in her company appear on the first page of Google.  He had his own web page in addition to his company page, advertised on Google adwords and was in Yahoo groups.

I think I helped Dorothy realize how she could greatly improve her business and become successful if she were to use the internet.  A good internet presence is essential to any business because you can attract a broader audience.  She now has email setup and is starting to develop her own web page.  She may be new to the internet but she has great experience from the years of  running her business the old fashioned way, which many do not have.    I think Dorothy has the best of both worlds and can use this new knowledge to her advantage.  She will be very successful.