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Facebook Is Blocking My AffiliateLinks!

Yes, Facebook IS blocking my affiliate links – and they should be!

The main problem here is that anytime a new person joins SFI, or a new product or gatewaylink is created by SFI, “everybody ” practically RUSHES to Facebook to post their links allover the place. That is NOT the way to market your business on Facebook. Period.

The best marketers out there will always tell you to do two things – first and foremost – beforeyou start marketing your business.

START A BLOG.

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And not one of those free blogs either, because eventually they’ll shut you down for the samereason Facebook blocks the links. You’re getting the service for free and they’re not going tomake any money off of your free ads.

Facebook is NOT to be used as a free link exchange site. Period. It’s a free SOCIALNETWORKING site. Networking means relationship building, not shoving links into everyone’stimeline feed. You’re supposed to be networking, building relationships and providing VALUE.Links to join a business opportunity is NOT providing Value.

So how do you provide VALUE?

You BLOG about it. And then share your content – links to your blog post – on Facebook.

Then you share your blog post, which should contain Valuable Content across other socialmedia sites too.

We all need to stop listening to people who keep harping about using Facebook as a freeadvertising site. It’s Not.

Remember – whether it’s SFI or any other MLM, network marketing is a People Business, notan advertising and sharing links all over the place business.

You need to share Value. Period.

If you don’t want to set up a solid, professional blog with your own domain name and paidhosting, then use YouTube and start video blogging. You can share your links in your videodescription. But again, the video AND the description must also provide VALUE to yourviewers.

What About Cloaking Your Links?

As for cloaking affiliate links behind some free link cloaking software, I don’t agree with thiseither. It takes away from your personal branding online and makes it look like you’re tryingto hide behind something.

In my opinion, it’s scammy, and eventually if too many people start doing it, Facebook will

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start blocking those too.

Again, this is just my opinion, take it for what it’s worth. But if you want to succeed as alegitimate, professional business owner, you need to promote yourself as such.

And that is NOT done by constantly putting spammy looking links all over Facebook. UseFacebook to SOCIALIZE and NETWORK and build relationships. Let your blog provide thesubtle sales messages.