How To Initiate A Conversation With A Friend Using Facebook Chat
OK, let’s be honest. How many of our friends do we really know? I have over 4700 friends on Facebook. Do you think I know them all personally? Absolute not! So, if you are looking to use Facebook to build you mlm business, then you need to start to get to know your friends! The best part about this is that if you have no marketing budget to use to build you business, this works GREAT! So, no more complaining that you don’t have any money for marketing because you don’t need any!
So, how do we start…
First: Make sure that your Facebook IM is set to online, so you can see your friends that are also online.
Second: Go select a friend that you want to chat with! Do not be intimidated by what their profile says at all and do not prejudge. You can even make it into a game even by selecting someone that’s profile intidates you and see what happens!
Third: Say Hi! Act like you are talking to a friend. Say something like the following:
“Hi, John, what’s going on?”
“Hi John, I love the quote you posted on your wall!”
“Hi John, I see you love the TV show called XXX! Did you watch it last night?”
I think you get the idea.
Now, when initiating a conversation with someone, there are many different scenarios that can happen:
1). You have a great conversation and they are interested in watching a presentation about your company
2). They respond with very short answers and they don’t ask anything about you. Honestly, if they are giving you short answers, I would end the conversation and unfriend them. (If you are close to being maxed out on friends). I mean, seriously, Do you want someone that doesn’t like to talk to others in your network marketing business anyway? Probably not!
3). They may not even respond at all. A couple things here…maybe they aren’t at their computer when you sent them an IM or maybe they are ignoring you…you never know here. I usually would give it one more chance and see if they respond the next time.
What I love about Facebook IM is that you can hold more than 1 conversation at a time. People sometimes step up and walk away from their computer for a second, so chats can take sometime, so instead of waiting on one person to reply…go contact someone else! I have had 4 conversations going at the same time and that was a lot to keep up with because they were all pretty active conversation. So, I wouldn’t recommend having more than 4 conversations
I challenge you to have a chat with 5 people this week and see how it works for you. Using this strategy, I have had MANY people watch my company presentation, I have many on the fence about joining my company, and I have had people join my company! So, it works! You will not feel a connection with everyone, so just keep that in mind when you are doing this.
As you can see my marketing works that is why you are on my page. If you are not generating leads and exposing your company presentation to 5 people every single day, then you will fail. 
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Excellent examples on how to initiate a conversation on fb as well as the responses you will get. Love that you keep it real and challenge others to step up! Thanks for all you do Kim! Great stuff!
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Hi Kim,
thank you so much for the great tips.
I didn’t know that you could have more than one conversation going at a time.
I suppose when people are on there and do have the ‘green’ button they don’t mind being contacted via chat.
Love and Joy
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Yorinda
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Hi Yorinda,
You are welcome! I will be honest and say that some people do not respond or they respond in 1 word answers. If they won’t hold a conversation with you, then do you really want them in your business anyway? I wouldn’t!
Take Care,
Kim
Hi Kim,
I think it is great that you have signed folks into your business by creating a relationship using Facebook’s chat. You have found something that works for you and you are sharing that knowledge with others as a t\rue leader does. Great job!
I agree that you should not waste your time or feel rejected when someone responds very minimally or not at all. It’s all part of the game and the more “NO”s you get, the closer you are to success. Also the faster you get the “No”s the better so using Facebook chat is an excellent suggestion.
Thanks for your tips!
Dawn and (Dave)
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Hi Kim,
I think it’s great that you have signed folks into your business by using Facebook chat to create the relationship. You have found something that works for you and you are sharing ti with others like a true leader does. Great job!
You are right not to waste time or feel rejected by someone who responds minimally or not at all. That’s just a “no” and we need as many “no”s as possible to succeed. The quicker we get the “no”s is better too so using Facebook chat is ideal! Have you read “Go For No” by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz?
Thanks for your tips!
Dawn and (Dave)
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Hi Dawn!
Thanks for the comment! No, I have not read that book, but it is on my list of many to read! Facebook chat is AWESOME! I especially love it when people initial the chat with me….9 times out of 10, I get them watching my business presentation.
But, as you know….you HAVE to build the relationship first! Many people don’t do this and wonder why they aren’t succeeding at this strategy.
Thank you for the leadership and you Dave provide! You both are model leaders!
Kim
Kim
Hi Kim,
Good tips on initiating conversations on FB. I would add that if folks don’t answer or are giving you very short answers, that they could actually be in the middle of doing something else that requires their attention. Naturally they could tell you that but might not. Thanks for the post.
Hi Kim,
Great post! Sometimes people forget that making connections on Facebook is very similar to the way we make connections off-line. Be courteous, be interested and move on if your interest is not reciprocated.
I hope you’re having a great week! Allegra
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Hi Kim,
FB chat can be a very useful tool in getting to know people. Just one comment on the short answers, though… Not everyone is talkative before you have established a relationship with them. Maybe they are better with email or the phone or Some people just like to take their time in getting to know you before they will open up. It doesn’t necessarily mean they are unfriendly…
In my own experience, strangers who strike up a chat with me have often done it only to pitch me on their business opportunity, without finding out first if I’m even looking for one. I’m sure you don’t do that, Kim, and you’re probably talking about people who could at least be a little friendly. But I thought I’d throw that out there for consideration.
Willena Flewelling
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