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Attraction Marketing and Personal Branding

by Julieanne on August 18, 2010
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If you’re new to Internet Marketing, and trying to put all the pieces together, this post should help you do that.  All the things you’re learning, like what websites to use, how to use an auto-responder and how to build your list are really important.

However,  we need to fit all these  pieces together, kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. And, what brings all those different pieces together are two concepts called “Attraction Marketing” and “Personal Branding”.

One thing really stands out in this industry, and especially on the Internet, and, that is – There can be 2 people taking similar actions and generating say 3 leads each day, and yet they have an entirely different sign up rate. The biggest difference between those 2 people is “the person themselves”.

Now, I know that sounds weird, but this is what happens with Attraction marketing. People will sign up in an MLM business with those they are attracted to.  However, it’s more than just having a common interest or liking the person. That IS part of it, but not all of it.

Hear me out okay :-)

There’s some physchology around why someone chooses to join one person and not another, even if they’re in the same company. There are some kind of phsychological triggers causing a person to sign up with a particular sponsor over all the other people they could’ve signed up with in that company.

If one person is generating leads but not following up with their leads (and I don’t mean calling and “closing” the leads) and the other person IS following up, then it’s going to make a huge difference.

By “following up” I mean teaching people valuable things that will  make a difference in their lives.

Attraction Marketing is all about attracting people to you.

Instead of you having to go after people  and create  interest and chase them, people will be coming to YOU and to join up with you. Their decision will be based on the information you’ve given them and it ties into personal branding because a big part of attraction is being able to create that brand for yourself. It’s about you establishing yourself as someone who has VALUE to offer your prospects.

Offering value to people’s lives is the way You Attract people to YOU

Giving value is a very important part of Attraction marketing and personal branding. Take Nelson Mandela for example, he gave everything he had (even by giving up years of his life with family and friends) for his country. When he was finally released from prison, his fellow country people eventually elected him as their President. He was seen as a leader because of all the value he gave to people, and that caused people to be attracted to him.

Nelson Mandela is an extreme example, but it shows that people respect those who give value to them. Have you ever felt like giving to someone who’s selfish? Probably not. However, those who ARE giving and unselfish will attract value to themselves, it’s the way the universe works.

So, if you’re new to the internet, you might be asking what can you give to your prospects?

Giving value could mean teaching your prospects about things like personal  development or mindset, about leadership development, or principles about relationship building or about how to generate leads or some kind of marketing strategy, or traffic generation.

Whatever you learn about, write that in your own words and send it to your list. There aren’t many leaders who come up with new ideas themselves, instead they teach things they have learned elsewhere. When you write it in your own words, you’re creating your own brand.

Whatever value you are giving people, they will remember that and realise that it’s you who is causing different changes in their lives, and causing them to be able to do something they couldn’t do before. People will see you as a teacher and a leader, and they’ll realise you’re giving them a lot of value.

And, many of those people will want to work with you because they know you can help them do whatever they’re wanting to do at that time. If you’re consistently offering value to people, they’ll realise you’re the one who can help them.

The best part about all this, is that it’s soooo easy. Remember I wrote about autoresponders in another message, and how easy they are to use. Once you have an auto-responder, you can easily just write up an email about something you just learned, and send it to your prospects. As you learn new things, you can write about it, and pass it on. Or better still, create a video of yourself teaching people about this new concept you’ve just learned.

This will all fall into place easily for you. Even if you’ve failed at everything you’ve done before, you still know a LOT. You know what doesn’t work and you can share that with people.

Think about what you’ve been learning lately, just by reading blog posts and whatever newsletters you are getting.   How many other people in the world don’t know what you’ve just read  about attraction marketing. You can package it up in your own way, and share it with others.

If you give lots of value to people, naturally it comes back to you. So, if you want more people signing up in your business, then give value to people and the universe will reward you by giving back to you.

There’s a lot of resources where you can learn more about using attraction marketing and branding yourself. And, you will find as you learn that it will all piece together nicely. Just focus on learning and sharing your knowledge with others, and you will build your own brand, and attract people to your business.

Click here to learn more about the best program I know of,  teaching about marketing and lead generation, using Attraction marketing principles.

I always love to see your comments.  Do you agree that Attraction marketing is mostly about giving value to people?

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Steven Suchar

Hi Julieanne!

Thanks for inviting me back to your Blog…it’s always nice seeing you. :)

I love to GIVE value to others by visiting their Blog & acknowledging their creative works, idea’s etc. A simple comment speaks volumes doesn’t it? Ooops, I just did it again!!

Have a highly inspired day…your tribal friend Steven Suchar

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Janette Stoll

Hi Julieanne,

Terrific post! Dealing with people is always complex because everyone’s different. The trust and like-ability factors are paramount to one’s success. It’s not what you do but more who you are that can make the difference. We all like to work with genuinely nice and kind people. I really enjoyed this post!

Janette

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Julieanne van Zyl

Thanks for your feedback Janette. Yes, “who” you are makes all the difference!

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Richard Goutal

Hi Julieanne,

I am certainly on the attraction marketing bandwagon. Is attraction marketing mostly about giving value? Not sure, it depends I think how it is defined. You mention teaching things. And it is true that everyone has this to share. You mention Mandela. You mention people who have failed a lot. Ironically, there were plenty who felt Mandela had failed a lot. Looking at only the fact he was in jail would not be looking deep enough though!

But coming back to marketers. Some actually have a lot of value to share. They are successful and experienced. They are also abrasive, rude, and insensitive. In my book they are not attractive even though they have value to offer. (Of course, you might enlarge the idea of value to include positive personal traits.) But, I feel that attraction marketing is part giving value and part (for lack of better word) personal traits like friendliness and a positive encouraging spirit. They all go together.

I appreciate posts like this than stimulate thinking about the important aspects of what we do.

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Julieanne van Zyl

Hi Richard, looks like my post left LOTS of room for different interpretations:-) I certainly don’t think attraction marketing is mostly about value either. Back in the days of internet marketing when none of these social media sites were used, and it was easy to work with purchased leads – we “attracted” people to our business through writing newsletters (sometimes with hardly any value to offer) and through showing people our photos of stuff we loved doing! People were attracted by “us” our personality. And, that still applies today.

So, I agree – it’s personality coupled with value that attracts certain people.

Same with Mandela – it was his personality as well as what he did for his country that attracted people.

Thanks for your post Richard, it’s good to see that I should be more careful when writing and put down “all my points of view”, not just the one:-)

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