How to pay it forward online [#57]
[In the car, Brisbane]
Here’s how we can pay it forward online!
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Hi folks, Adam Franklin. And I just want to share with you the concept that we often apply in real life, which is paying it forward with no expectation of anything in return. And, look, this is so effective in real life and it also obviously applies online.
It’s often people, when you’re reaching out to strangers particularly in a marketing sense or a networking sense, in the back of our mind there’s always what does this person want from me? Why are they connecting? What are they then going to try and sell me? All of that.
So if you can diffuse that and turn it around from the start, and actually go about it from a place of generosity, then it’s going to just work wonders in my experience. So, for example, if you were to connect with somebody in your area who’s a business person and just reach out and say, “I’m growing my network. I’d love to connect.”
But then, because they’ll be thinking, “Okay, what’s this Adam guy trying to sell me?” But if you can then turn it around and say something like, “I’d love to know about your ideal clients because I talk with hundreds of business owners in the area, and if I know the types of people that you work with then I can hopefully refer your business.”
Then from that point, you’re coming from a place of generosity. You’re surprising them because you’re offering to help them rather than sell them something. To me, that is a way of paying it forward. You don’t expect anything in return. You just want to know more about the business owner so that you can hopefully help refer them the right types of people. So pay it forward online as well as offline. I hope that helps. Talk to you later.
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