Giving Back

  Throughout life and especially in the online world, people are always looking for the next big thing. They are looking for the “Golden Ticket” that will create success for them or rather, bestow them with success and fame and fortune.
  
  But the truth of the matter is, that there is no “Golden Ticket”. Most things that others tend to look at as a quick fix has become so overused that it is viewed as spam. Using those tactics will only result in people rejecting your product as garbage and giving you a bad name.
  
  There are ways around this, so you can provide a quality product and be seen as a reputable business person. The key is to NOT think about yourself or what is in it for you but instead, to think of others and what you can do for them.
  
  You are a servant to the people who visit your site. Your job is to serve them. When you do this, you are providing for them and giving to them. They will become a customer because you are providing for them.
  
  There are a few questions that you can ask which will build a different outlook on things that will help you to give to others, which will in turn grow your business. By asking these questions, you are turning the focus away from yourself and what is in it for you and putting that focus on your customers.
  
  The focus is no longer, “What’s in it for me?” Instead, the focus is, “What can I do to help people?” By helping others, they will come to you because you are providing what they need. As they come, you will receive what you are looking for.
  
  If you were to only ask them to give to you, without providing anything, they will reject you because they are seeking help and not looking to give help. You would have the process backwards.
  
  Instead, if you ask the question, “What can I do to give back?” You will be looking at what you can provide to others. By providing that which other people need, you are creating value. When you create value, people are willing to pay you for that value.
  
  To build value, there are a couple of other questions you can ask. “What can I do to better this situation (for others)?” and “How can I be the solution?” When you ask these questions, again, the focus is off of you and on your customer. But you are looking at the question through their eyes and how can you make things better for them.
  
  You are adding value to their needs. You are looking to provide for them and to give back to them. If you can provide the solution they need and make their situation better for them, then you will have a loyal follower.
  
  Once you have them as a loyal follower, as long as you nurture that relationship, you will not lose them as a follower. That is all because you decided to give back and to be a servant to others.
  
  

How do you serve others or give back?