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I have been an active IBOToolbox member
since September 2011. I love the many
tools offered to us free and how, by participating on IBO, my business, my name
-my brand are distributed widely by other members and IBO.
Although the new version of IBOToolbox
looks dramatically different, I haven’t found much different about how to use
it or the tools available. There is nothing wrong with the new version, it
simply doesn’t seem that “new” to me. I
might be missing something.
I have noticed a couple different things that
are not, in my opinion, necessarily improvements. Now, when we prepare a press release, depending
upon what software you use to type your original text, when you copy/paste it
into IBO, the formatting changes. Unfortunately, it appears that many IBO
members do not look at their final product once published. I have noticed that there are many PR’s with no
paragraph breaks, and the title has no spaces.
If we look at the completed PR once published and discover these
formatting errors, we can go back to IBOToolbox and revise the formatting.
To create paragraph breaks, AFTER pasting
the PR into IBO, put an extra space between each paragraph, and an extra space
between each word on the title. It only
takes a couple seconds, and it solves the problem. (I do not believe this formatting problem
occurs if you type your PR in WordPad. I
personally prefer using MS Word although I realize IBO recommends that we not
do so.)
Another change I have noticed is that individual
folders within our associate lists are no longer available. I contacted IBO, and I was informed that
people found it too confusing. I used
those folders to categorize my associates.
For instance, I had a folder for my team members so I could be sure to
read their posts each day. Now, I have
to look for them through the list of nearly 1000 associates I have. I have discovered, however, that we can sort
the list by "last post" date, which does narrow down the search a
great deal.
One-thousand associates may not seem a lot
for someone active on IBO for so long.
However, what I have always done is periodically review my list of
associates. Some with whom I have
associated never complete their profile or have only one star after months as
an IBO member. To keep my associate list more manageable, I un-associate with
those people.
I have had some people new to IBO ask me how
much time they should spend on IBO each day.
The answer varies, depending upon whether the member is working their
business full or part-time. I work my
business full time, and I have been active long enough to have many people that
I follow and many who follow my posts. Considering that a big part of IBO is to
drive people to our company websites or our IBOSocial profile pages, I set a daily
goal for myself. When my daily IBO stats
show at least 200 profile visits, I know I have put in a good amount of time
and effort for that day. For those who
work fewer hours, they could set a goal of 25, 50 or 100. It is, for me, a good way to measure my
activity each day.
If anyone else has tips that make using IBO
easier, it would be great if you shared them as well.
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