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Social Networking’s popularity has now moved into the multi-level marketing industry.  This article seeks to explain why you as a home business owner should master the realm of social network and social media to attract new sponsoring to your business.

These two areas have in fact been interlinked for years however recently have merged online.  Today there are literally dozens of networking sites that business owners can use to meet and communicate with like-minded people on a global basis.  The remarkable benefit to this feature is that network marketers are no longer solely reliant on the “3-foot rule” and pitching friends and family.  The global nature of the internet opens up a whole new marketplace for people.

There are countless studies showing the continually increasing growth of online social networking.  MySpace currently gets over 50 million views a month and nearly 100 million people worldwide are using Social Networking sites collectively.  Perhaps some of this pervasiveness is due to the free or low-cost means of networking.  All it really requires is a genuine openness to tell your story and the desire to build mutually beneficial relationships.

When I first saw this, I didn’t think twice about it. As an MLM veteran and a successful online marketer, I dove in head first to experience first-hand how social networking could enhance my contacts and primary business’ team.  My status updates, marketing trainings, and article content have often virally spread throughout networking communities, which speaks to the power of this form of media.

Social Networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Youtube etc has become some of the largest and busiest websites online.  The future looks very promising for those network marketers who effectively leverage these sites’ ability to connect people together and grow long-lasting online businesses.