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April 6th, 2009
Network marketing impacting retail markets By Dr. Keith B. Laggos
Last issue I asked, “What’s new?” I commented on the increasing number of companies who offer a nutritional beverage/juice and energy drinks. I stated it was about time for the network marketing industry to find new products and explained that the network marketing industry is renown for introducing innovative products. Although I mentioned that these juice and energy drinks were superior to those in the retail market, I failed to explain the impact that they are having on the retail market. Just because I would like to see new innovations, it does not mean that there is anything wrong with any of the products we now offer. Quite the opposite is true.
February 12th, 2009
In April 2006, the FTC released a sweeping proposed change in its FTC Business Opportunity Rule. The proposal was immediately and strongly criticized by representatives of and experts in the MLM, Direct Sales, Direct Selling, Network Marketing and Party Plan industry. The process to a completed Rule was expected to last 18 months to 3 years. For extensive analysis, text of the actual FTC Proposed Business Opportunity Rule and ongoing updates, please visit www.mlmlegal.com.
December 11th, 2008
The MLM Network Marketing Sandwich Shop Conversation By Anders Gustavsson
Customer service is often a topic that is overlooked in network marketing training. Since most companies have their own customer service departments, most networkers feel it is not their duty to ensure their customers happiness. This article represents a simple concept that you can learn from retail sales, that can exponentially boost your commission check.
April 21st, 2008
Don't "Do A Little Bit Of Everything" With Your Website
Years ago, Peter Drucker wrote: "Concentration is the key to economic results. Economic results require that managers concentrate their efforts on the smallest number of activities that will produce the largest amount of revenue...No other principle is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration...Our motto seems to be: let's do a little bit of everything."
March 20th, 2008
Five Characteristics of Successful Distributors By Elaine Cayron
Network marketers have to invite people to local meetings at hotels or living rooms and handed out company literature. Marketers before were excellent storytellers. You needed to be a dynamic, attractive storyteller with a charismatic personality to become a leader. Personal computer introduced average ordinary people to a powerful world, they had denied access to in the past. People were allowed to be more efficient and get more done. But it took some time before the computer made a difference in the network marketing industry.
February 9th, 2008
Building a Big Network Marketing Business Today and Beyond By Brian Garvin and Jeff W
Network marketing books provide an insight view to the network marketing business. They aim to provide you with sufficient knowledge and ideas so that you can either start your own network marketing business or improvise your existing network marketing business prospects.
January 28th, 2008
What Is Your Daily Method Of Operation? By Michael Thompson Jr
It's funny how so many home based business owner don't establish a daily action plan and stick to it religiously. In this industry we get paid for results, we do not get paid by the hour, and sticking to profit producing activities is the only way your going to produce results that actually get you paid.
January 23rd, 2008
In this brand new presentation, bestselling author Seth Godin outlines 14 trends that are changing businesses forever. He talks about how the new
marketing landscape represents nothing short of an industrial revolution, and highlights the organizations and brands and products that are taking
this new world by storm.
January 17th, 2008
How Do Recessions Effect Home Businesses? By Chuck Huckaby
How do recessions affect home businesses? Whether you
believe one is likely or whether you believe that - at
least personally - you've already been in one, it pays
to think this through.
December 8th, 2007
MLM: AN OVERVIEW OF AN EXCITING INDUSTRY By Jeffrey A. Babener
Hard Facts About a Growing Industry
Every week, more than 55,000 people in the United States alone sign up as network marketers - 150,000 per week worldwide.
November 19th, 2007
Are Social Networks the New Networks? By Ian Schafer, The ClickZ Network, Nov 16, 2007
Since the VCR disappeared into irrelevancy, numerous
new things have become part of our daily lives. One
includes the emergence of social networking Web sites.
Whether it's MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, LinkedIn, Plaxo,
or any of hundreds of others, these sites have become
major forces in the battle for consumer attention
spans and are changing the ways we communicate and
connect.
October 22nd, 2007
How can someone be effective and make a lot of money in Network Marketing if they can't organize their life so that they are productive?
They can't!
October 19th, 2007
Three tips to stop putting your friendships at risk by Kim Klaver
Here they are, ladies...
1. Use the magic question with everyone you meet,
anytime, day or night.
2. To get the magic question, read Tips #1-6 in
"Friends, Lies and Network Marketing" free download
here. Work up your script to do that. If you need
help...review the script creation section in the book,
"If My Product's So Great, How Come I Can't Sell it?"
"If My Product's So Great, How Come I Can't Sell it?"
here.
October 15th, 2007
Three tips to stop putting your friendships at risk by Kim Klaver
Here they are, ladies...
1. Use the magic question with everyone you meet,
anytime, day or night.
2. To get the magic question, read Tips #1-6 in
"Friends, Lies and Network Marketing" free download
here. Work up your script to do that. If you need
help...review the script creation section in the book,
"If My Product's So Great, How Come I Can't Sell it?"
"If My Product's So Great, How Come I Can't Sell it?"
here.
September 10th, 2007
Federal and state multilevel marketing and anti-pyramid statutes are components of a comprehensive consumer protection umbrella. These laws are designed to protect individuals from being defrauded through illegitimate programs which lure participants with the promise of easy money by compensating them from the investments of additional participants rather than from legitimate product sales. These programs have been called "Ponzi schemes," "airplane plans," "pyramids," "chain letters," and many other names. Although known in the United States only during the twentieth century, such programs have cost their participants hundreds of millions of dollars. Federal and state regulatory agencies have sought to proscribe such illegal activity in multiple ways, including the use of anti-pyramid, mail fraud, business opportunity, franchise, lottery, and securities laws.
September 6th, 2007
Experts - Mobile Marketing Advice and opinions, by and for marketers Sponsored by Clickatell
Mobile's no longer marginal, nor is it just limited to cell phones, which have achieved near-ubiquitous penetration levels worldwide. Mobile now includes everything from SMS to podcasting and video-on-the-go. What are the best tactics for marketing to consumers on very small, and very personal, devices? How do you sort out the tangle of technology formats, carriers, standards and a whole new lexicon of jargon? How do you even start a mobile marketing campaign? This is where you'll learn all.
August 24th, 2007
Tim Sales- How Much Are You Making?
"You've been in the business for a few weeks. You're talking to a prospect, telling them about your opportunity and they say, "If this is so great - how much money are you making?"
Oh gosh - isn't this objection annoying?
It's annoying because it hits you right in the gut because you've thought the same thing. Even more, you've been hoping that no one would ask you that! But they do and it hurts. Now what?"
August 22nd, 2007
From: BizwareMagic's Internet Marketing Newsletter The Joys Of Affiliate Marketing
Owning and running your own affiliate program gives you 1000's of affiliates promoting and selling your products for you. Basically you have to be on the other side of the equation to make the big bucks.
August 21st, 2007
Alticor Media Blog is the official news weblog from the Alticor family of companies. We terminated Orrin Woodward yesterday, along with several other leaders of his field organization, named Team. We'll post our formal statement when it's ready. Informally, here's the story: We terminated Orrin Woodward for philosophical reasons. We did it for legal reasons. But the main reason we did it is because the way Orrin Woodward ran his organization was a disgrace to every person who's ever tried to build a Quixtar or Amway business the right way.
August 11th, 2007
Candidate's Campaign Fundraising MLM or Pyramid Scheme?
An Associated Press story originating from Mobile, Alabama on February 1 reported that Jim Zeigler, a Republican planning to announce his candidacy for the state auditor position on February 9, was ordered by the attorney general's office to immediately halt his fund-raising campaign, labeling it a pyramid scheme.
August 9th, 2007
What you need is a simple, clear, quick insight into whether the marketplace is sufficiently receptive to your offering. In short, what you need to do is to conduct an analysis.
August 7th, 2007
Written by Andre Best
President, Ultimate Results, Inc.
http://www.Is-MLM-For-You.com
If there's one thing that is coming ever so clearer to me about MLM regarding a factor dictating a persons success (or not), it's about a person's habits in life.
What kind of habits that person has about M.L.M. will literally define the level of success they have.
Think about it.
July 25th, 2007
This I promise you... Here's a promise you can make and keep - to anyone looking at your business.
Through the verbage of MLM Mentor, MLM Consultant, MLM Software with all the vital MLM espertise, some tend to forget the most valuable MLM asset: You!
"I can show you how to do network marketing: namely, 1) find new customers and 2) find recruits."
Isn't that what you bring to the table? Isn't it the value you add?
Yes, the company offers the network marketing opportunity. But you can offer the training to show them how to do it - a picnic table of methods, online and off.
And you don't have to be an expert in all of the tools and methods yourself. You need to know what and where the resources are, be familiar with them so you know they're genuine, and let your new babies know. You can take them by the hand for the reaching out methods you know well, and for others, encourage them to work with people in the group that like doing those.
July 20th, 2007
The Mastermind Group By William Carolan
This MLM article is brought to you by YourSolutions.net a MLM Software, MLM Consulting and MLM Solutions provider
Having a Mastermind Group is A HUGE factor in building your business. In Napoleon Hills ( Think and Grow Rich ) he talks about the power of two minds that come together for a common cause. When 2 or more people put their minds together and mix this with belief the results produce 100 fold.
July 8th, 2007
Texas Sues Mannatech Over Claims By SUZANNE SATALINE
From the Wall Street Journal yesterday, July 6:
The Texas attorney general has asked a state court to bar Mannatech Inc. from allegedly illegal sales and marketing practices, saying the dietary supplement seller is falsely claiming its products cure, mitigate, treat or prevent diseases such as cancer, autism and Down's syndrome, in violation of state and federal laws.
July 7th, 2007
The Law of Dissatisfaction: How To Motivate Prospects By Jerry Bader (c) 2007
The 7%-38%-55% Communication Rule
Dr. Albert Mehrabian, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UCLA is
best known for his 7%-38%-55% Rule that states 55% of
communication is attributable to non-verbal behaviors like body
language and facial expressions; that 38% of communication is
attributable to voice including volume, tone, pitch, cadence,
and quality; and only 7% of communication is attributable to the
words used.
Despite this persuasive evidence, companies continue to pile on
the Web-text in the vain hope that search engines will index it
and that someone might actually read it, even though the reality
is 70% of website visitors merely scan for headlines, bulleted
points and captions.
July 6th, 2007
How To Put The Marketing Into Network Marketing By Jonathan Budd
"...virtually every business out there knows they need a marketing budget, knows they need a way to acquire new customers, new distributors, new prospects, new sales reps, or whatever.
Why should network marketing be any different? The truth is, the "old school" methods we are taught about network marketing are a very inefficient way for us to acquire new distributors in mass numbers."
July 4th, 2007
For SEO Beginners: Twelve Definitions You Need To Know By Mike Tekula (c) 2007
SEO is a trade that exists solely on the internet, and even then
it is comprised almost entirely of the hot air of so-called
"expert opinion." Plenty of it blowing around these days as
search maintains position as one of the most important
marketplaces in the modern business world. Many DIY webmasters
will end up searching for blog entries, articles, informational
web sites, etc to help get them up to speed. The problem is that
in most cases certain key terms are flung around like household
names while the people doing the flinging are way out of touch
with the average web browser. What some of us don't realize is
that not everyone knows even the basics of SEO.
July 3rd, 2007
Think Like a Network Marketing Millionaire By Joe LoBalsamo
The most important attitude for financial success in network marketing is long-term thinking. Successful people think a long way into the future and they adjust their daily behaviors to assure they achieve their long-term goals in their network marketing business.
June 29th, 2007
MLM Distributor Rights Association ....News & Free MLM Training
MLM-DRA, a not for profit organization, has instituted a weekly call series to familiarize more folks about the DRA, it's mission and it's current activities. In addition to how you and the DRA can work together to provide a more professional business arena to work in, the calls will also offer important information and tips applicable to your business interests.
June 28th, 2007
How to Build a Successful Direct Selling Company By Jay E. Leisner, Sylvina Consulting
In the United States, almost two million new businesses are started each year. People with good ideas and good intentions decide to put their best foot forward. They open their doors for business and hope their businesses stay alive and grow.
There are several hundred direct selling businesses that are launched each year. Some of them are funded well at their birth, others are launched with bridge funding, and many begin with a critical shortage of investment capital at the outset.
It's a rough world out there. Half of new businesses don't make it past their first year and most don't celebrate a 5th anniversary. The odds don't scare many away, so don't let them scare you away. A healthy dose of fear, however, can be a good motivator to do the right things to increase your odds of staying in business.
Here are some smart things you can do when building your direct selling company:
June 27th, 2007
Increase Search Engine Traffic With Quality Content! By John Dow
The number of opinions and "experts" on ways to increase search
engine traffic is overwhelming. And regardless of what anyone
might tell you, they're all guessing. The search engines
themselves don't divulge how their methods work for one simple
reason. As soon as anyone figures out the method, there's a mad
rush to implement changes based on the method.
June 26th, 2007
Although network marketing isn't for everybody, millions of people from all walks of life consider it to be the right opportunity at the right time. The fact is becoming an independent distributor can fill important needs and fit within the time and money limitations many people face.
June 25th, 2007
The Renegade Network Marketer Forum
All of you Renegade Network Marketing aficianados...and those just curious....now have a public discussion board dedicated to exchanges of ideas, insights, encouragement, assistance, and tips. I also have it on good authority that Ann Sieg herself will drop by ocasionally to contribute to the discussion.
June 24th, 2007
After-Sale Follow Through A Juggling Act That Pays Off By Tony Alessandra
After-sale follow through is a never ending balancing act. It requires communication, a sensitivity to the other person's needs and a commitment to grow together. As a salesperson, you need to exert an extra measure of effort to ensure the continuation of your performance. Unlike an act, however, your client can walk out on you anytime he feels dissatisfied or doesn't like your performance. So visualize yourself as a command performer for your customers and you'll find they appreciate you more because of it. This will undoubtedly result in numerous encores with your current clients and their referrals.
June 21st, 2007
Kathryn Lively relates her experiences and successes with eBook publishing: "More opportunity for money, more input, and more support are among the benefits of producing your manuscript through electronic means. As we further delve into a new age of publishing, eBooks lead the charge into a new dimension of entertainment for readers and productivity for writers."
June 20th, 2007
It is an unfortunate fact that conducting a proper due diligence of an MLM program, before joining it, is a rarely performed process. Even those few who attempt it do so in such a way that they are begging to be mislead. Due diligence is one thing - a proper due diligence is quite another.
June 19th, 2007
What's the Story on PageRank? By Donald Nelson
A lot of website owners are upset or puzzled when their website's Google PageRank goes down or does not rise. Is it worth losing any sleep over changes in that green line and number that appear in a Google tool bar at the top of your browser? I think that excessive worry or thought about PageRank is not constructive, and it is better to put it all in perspective by taking a rational look at what PageRank is and what it is not.
June 13th, 2007
Using Social Media Marketing to Promote Your Specialist Information Website By Miles Galliford
Before I get started, it is worth defining social media. It has become a widely used and abused term that means different things to different people.
My definition of social media is:
'online technologies and practices that people use to share their opinions, insights and experiences with each other. Information can be shared as text, images, audio or video via blogs, message boards, wikis, RSS, podcasts and social networking sites'.
At the heart of social media is the ability of individuals to interact with other people so that they feel involved and part of a community. A big part of this phenomenon is the activity of finding, sharing and recommending products, services, events and experiences to like-minded people. This is where social media crosses over with marketing. (c) 2007 sitepronews
June 12th, 2007
allure. n. The power to attract; enticement.
Do you typically get a glazed look when you tell someone what you do?
Or when you tell someone what you market?
Followed by a polite "Oh how nice" - the one that a 4-year-old child gets along with a momentary glance from a busy mom?
Have you ever wondered if you could learn a few words to say that would cause the person to pause after hearing what you market, reflect a moment, and say: "Gimme that!"
June 11th, 2007
Accounting System Tips For Your Home Business By Gordon Milton
A lot of home businesses fail because they lack the necessary financial system to monitor the flow of their money. Typically, home based business owners dislike keeping their books of accounts, thinking that as long as money keeps coming in, they will be alright. Unfortunately, things are more complicated in relation to your business. If you want to remain in business long term, running an accounting system to keep track of your financial flow for your own peace of mind and for taxation purposes, is unavoidable. Note that if you do not keep track of your income, sooner or later you could be in serious trouble with the tax department.
June 9th, 2007
Confucian or Confusion? By Ed Hirsch
To keep this a fun and readable article, "Confucius also say - Money doesn't buy happiness- but it's a great down payment! Case dismissed. Next!"
Applying Confucius to removing Confusion from marketing and leadership, I am suggesting organized systems which allow YOU, the Successful Business owner, the basic understanding to the correct lessons to achieve your most heartfelt aspirations.
Leadership is an extension of Marketing because if your marketing is effective, other's will be led to follow in your path. They will do exactly as you do, or have done, to achieve what they want, providing that they want what you have achieved.
June 8th, 2007
After you have shared your network marketing home business opportunity with a prospect, he or she should be able to easily make a decision in 24 hours or less with no ?I need to think about it? comments. How is this possible? It?s all up to you to make this easy for them.
June 7th, 2007
Herbalife to Invest in India From the Economic Times:
Ty Tribble directs us to this report, "Ever thought what’s driving big ticket investments by MLM (multi level marketing) companies such as Amway, Herbalife, Modicare, Hindustan Lever Network and Forever Living into India? And why they are churning their product mix and what’s their new focus area?
Feel the pulse. Indians are getting more health conscious and it’s nutrition and wellness products that’re raking in the moolah for major direct selling companies operating in the country now. This, in fact, is also luring new entrants into the market."
June 5th, 2007
On The Road To Becoming A Renegade Network Marketer
From FreedomFire Communications:
.......Did You Download Your FREE Report?.......
"Who is Ann Sieg?"
Well, I've known about Ann for a while now. She is an ultra-successful network marketer who has taken the industry by storm over the past couple years (particularly online), building enormous multiple streams of income in a very short period of time.
But, more important to me... She has helped many of her students and associates do the same.
June 4th, 2007
Network Marketing Recruiting Secrets You Must Know By Joe LoBalsamo
Network Marketing Recruiting Secrets You Must Know. Getting started in network marketing a while back was one of the most exciting decisions I ever made. Network marketing allows anyone the opportunity to be a massive success in areas of their lives. Plus it gives everyone the power of leverage and duplication for financial and time freedom. Network Marketing Recruiting is one of the most challenging skills for any new or veteran network marketer to learn. It sure was for me. However after two years of paying the price for success. Network Marketing Recruiting became much easier for me and can for you as well.
June 3rd, 2007
Feds Use Identity Theft Laws To Jail Spammer by Chuck huckaby
You know how people steal your email address and then send out spam under your email address as the bogus “reply to” address?
They caught one of the world’s Top 10 Spammers because doing this, the feds decided, was “identity theft”.
June 2nd, 2007
Marketing: How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog by Erica Johansson
Driving traffic to your site is not always an easy process. Follow these steps to get more visitors and boost your ranking.
June 1st, 2007
Free MLM Traffic System Questions By Daegan Smith
I received this email recently from Donnese Tyler and I thought the answers to these questions would be interesting to you.
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Good Evening, well I guess I should say Good Morning Mr. Smith. I just finished listening to your FREE M'LM Traffic System. I'm blown away and ready to make it happen today, June 1, 2007!
May 27th, 2007
Advertise With Homemade Postcards By Kevin Nunley
There's a little-known marketing method out there that is almost too cheap and simple to be true--but it works. We all know that postcards can be an effective marketing tool, but what about making them yourself?
May 26th, 2007
Priceless Search Engine Marketing Tips By Steve Waganer
Search engine marketing tips are not a difficult thing to be found. With so many online sites one just needs a few hits with the mouse and the information will be displayed to you. The only thing which one needs to be cautious is to make sure that they do not end up following and implementing the improper search engine marketing tips to market their goods and services. Listed below is some search engine marketing tips which will help a business in progressing towards the target that has been set.
May 25th, 2007
MLM Professional as a Freedom Fighter
Author R.G. Srinivasan writes, "We all are fighting one of the major tyrannies in the world. The tyranny of poverty. is the primary target of any network marketer. Not only for himself but for hundreds of others who are part of the team of any independent networker because in this system of enterprise, your success is intricately linked to success of your team and down-line members. All network marketers are...establishing one of the best and most democratic free enterprise system in the world. This is the only system in the world where, the opportunity is equal for every one irrespective of nationality, education, skills, religion, and gender. A free enterprise system where there are no barriers to entry except that you must be an adult."
May 24th, 2007
MLM-News-Blog.com 18 May 2007 DrinkAct.com rising to NEW Levels!
DrinkAct.com is now announcing another location/infrastructure in California. With this added infrastructure, we believe A.C.T. drinks will propel to a billion dollars in sales in the next few years.
In addition to our 140,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Dallas, Tx. we have acquired an additional 65,000 sq ft facility in Chula Vista, CA, for added operational and marketing support.
DrinkAct.com is the hottest business on the planet today! Here is a brief overview of the new internal support and marketing structure we have secured for your futures!
May 22nd, 2007
Ojeez.....Online Community Especially For Network Marketers
For those of you looking for an online community especially for network marketers....with tools and resources to help you "Market Yourself First"...your in search is over. Ojeez is here.
May 21st, 2007
A Dollar and Some Ambition by Jim Rohn
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less.
These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation.
May 20th, 2007
The Curse Of The Internet Gods
Jeff Davis's book entitled "The Curse Of The Internet Gods" is especially useful for beginning online marketers, but he puts the process of building an online business into nice perspective for all of us. Many have enjoyed the book immensely and have stated that the writing style is clear and concise, making for good reading and great information.
Jeff's book is not free, but the price is tiny, and the book comes with a license to resell it as often as you want at the same price you pay; AND if you don't find the information entertaining and/or useful, a cheerful instant refund will be provided.
Check it out at: The Curse Of The Internet Gods
Labels: Cognigen, Internet Marketing, Jeff Davis, Online Marketing
May 17th, 2007
Socially Responsible Selling Online
There's quite a bit of buzz going around the internet marketing groups about tapping into the online social networks to promote our products and services. As with anything else, there are a good ways and bad ways to go about this. Since I want to go about it the "right" way, which provides real value to those networks, I've been doing some ongoing research on how best to do that.TheCompleteMarketer.com
May 14th, 2007
"They'd never expressed the slightest interest before..."
During the ice breakers call last week, we discussed the importance of knowing something about the business you've chosen to be in. Did I say "know something about"? I mean, love the business you've chosen to be in. Especially if you'll be contacting people about it directly. Here's one reason, from the Washington Post last month http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/11/AR2007041102011 (thanks Kris):
May 13th, 2007
MLM LAWS IN 50 STATES STATE: MLM LAW/NETWORK MARKETING LAW/DIRECT SELLING LAW BY JEFFREY A. BABENER
"State MLM Laws - Important to Understand.
Although the federal government, through the SEC, FTC and U.S. Postal Service, has played an active role over the years in regulating MLM activity, the vast majority of regulatory action has come at the state level. Therefore, it is important to understand the patchwork of state MLM laws, both as they exist today and as they continue to evolve over time. Working with these laws is fundamental to the operation of an MLM business by a company or by a network marketing distributor."
May 12th, 2007
Whooeee! says Richard Dennis, "That is really simple. I love a simple product ... ideally, it would be just about self-explanatory. One look and BINGO!! They get it. Everything is clear. No explanation necessary.
It's especially wonderful and simple when it's a really, really hot repeat-order product in a HUGE, desperate market ... and you can afford to give out free samples! Man-oh-man! That's like taking candy from a baby, when you have a set-up like that"
May 11th, 2007
The Secret to Beating the Postage Increase (shave off up to 10% off your internet marketing budget)
Buy your stamps for 10% off.
Yes, it's pretty obvious I know, but 99% of the people reading this article don't think it is possible - "isn't it against the law for the post office to give discounts on stamps?" So what - you don't have to buy them from the post office.
I know it sounds too good to be true, I thought so too until I figured out how to do it.
Today's guest blogger is Dan Pritchett, director of marketing for Logos Bible Software.
May 10th, 2007
Mastermind Your Way To Home Business Success
One of the secrets to succeeding at home-based business is to surround yourself with others who will elevate you to heights you could never reach on your own. It’s critical to surround yourself with people who know more than you do, who think differently than you do, and have access to people and resources you don’t.
Benjamin Franklin was the father of the mastermind. He gathered together a small group of local tradesmen and together they created the first library, a university, hospital, firefighting brigade, insurance company and militia, all the while building each other’s respective businesses.
May 9th, 2007
How to Maximize the Benefits of a Networking Event? by Biba F. Pedron
Everyone needs to network: entrepreneurs, small business owners, job seekers! But does everyone maximize the benefits of networking?
The purpose of networking is to build relationships so you will get leads from someone you know, or from someone who knows someone you know. When you attend a networking event the purpose is to meet business people from various industries to get exposure.
May 8th, 2007
For Network Marketing Dane Carlson gives the following: "I advise everyone that asks me, and some that don’t, not to quit their day job until they have actually gone out, talked to potential buyers and had someone they didn’t already know pay for their product or service. Nine times out of ten, what you originally thought was going to be a big hit in the marketplace is a dud, and you have to go back and rework your product. If you spend all of your savings establishing your corporate presence, you won’t have any money left to pay yourself when you have to go back to the drawing board.
In addition to not quitting your day job, here’s my list of twenty things not to do before starting a business:..."
May 7th, 2007
How to Use Google Alerts to Boost Your Business by Donna Gunter
Google Alerts are a handy little email notification service provided by Google to let you know when new information in which you might be interested has been posted somewhere online and spidered by the Google searchbot. It's a no-cost way for you to determine what's been written online about both you and your competition, as well as to track any number of other terms that will aid you in your market research efforts. You can also use this system as a way to research market trends and market statistics and determine "what's hot" in your target market to give you topic ideas for future articles, blog posts, and product and service offerings.
Here's how to set up and use your Google Alerts account:
May 4th, 2007
Our team has a regular weekly brainstorming session, and some truly great ideas come out of this telephone get-together. And a big reason these brainstorming sessions work so well is, everybody understands the ground rule. New group members are quickly advised.
May 3rd, 2007
5 Steps To Optimizing Your (Network Marketing) Website For Google And Yahoo by Justin Maddox
Author Justin Maddox writes, "The mere thought of SEO is enough to send most webmasters into a flutter. A good ranking in the search engines is a sure-fire way to make money from a website, yet it is not an easy task. But while the exact ranking algorithm used by top search engines is one of the world's best kept secrets there are some basic principals you should always keep in mind:..."
May 1st, 2007
Green With Envy in the Google Game By Bill Platt
Beginning on April 14th, 2007, a firestorm blew through the Internet community with the search engine optimization (SEO) community burning the hottest. The embers were warm and waiting for a strong wind to blow and kick up the flames, but it took Matt Cutts, the Google engineer extraordinaire to fire the flames with an off-the-cuff comment about "paid links."
April 30th, 2007
How To Compete With The Big Boys By Jerry Bader
Author Jerry Bader writes, "Every business needs to do everything it can to stand out from the crowd, to differentiate itself from the competition. This is a major challenge for companies that sell substantially the same thing as their competitors.
The average business does not have the resources of a multinational corporation that often uses its substantial marketing muscle to buy market share or to drive competition out of the marketplace. Big business also uses its deep pockets to flood various media with advertising, making them a pervasive presence."
April 29th, 2007
"I didn't realize I wasn't telling the truth..." Heads up: read this in a quiet moment By Kim Klaver
We've had lots of conversations here about telling the truth.
The truth is not however, as easily definable or as objective as it might look. While we'll assume that no one here sets out to tell bald-faced lies, the truth in the rest of what we say is up for grabs. Here's why.
April 28th, 2007
Happiness as a Priority By Richard Carlson
One of the first rules of any venture is that in order to get somewhere, you need at least a general idea of how to get there and, at the very least, where you are going!
We’re really lucky in a way as learning to be happy is a very easy thing to do. In fact, happiness is our natural state. If left to our devices and if we could find a way to stop interfering with the flow, we’d be extremely happy right now. So while life did not come with a instruction book on happiness, it really didn’t have to. By following some really simple principles and also knowing how to get out of our own way, we can become extremely happy, regardless of our present circumstances.
April 26th, 2007
7 MLM Marketing Advantages of a Strong Team By Richard Dennis
As you build your MLM team, observe them closely from a marketer's viewpoint. Write down every way you see team members benefiting. Then use your observations to create a stronger presentation to your prospects.
April 25th, 2007
Make Your Online Store Easy To Use From Ana Rincon
Your Guide to Online Business / Hosting.
When creating an online storefront, remember that “usability” will greatly affect your sales. In this context, usability refers to the ease with which customers can accomplish a task on your site -- for example, finding a product, filling out an order form, checking shipping costs, etc. If everything else is equal, the site with better usability will sell more products. I’ve experienced this myself; if a site is hard to navigate or the check-out process is clumsy, I may leave without buying. I certainly won’t bookmark the site for a future purchase.
April 25th, 2007
Make Your Online Store Easy To Use From Ana Rincon
Your Guide to Online Business / Hosting.
When creating an online storefront, remember that “usability” will greatly affect your sales. In this context, usability refers to the ease with which customers can accomplish a task on your site -- for example, finding a product, filling out an order form, checking shipping costs, etc. If everything else is equal, the site with better usability will sell more products. I’ve experienced this myself; if a site is hard to navigate or the check-out process is clumsy, I may leave without buying. I certainly won’t bookmark the site for a future purchase.
April 24th, 2007
Hot Story: 20 Things Not to Do Before Starting A Business Simply Audiobooks Pumps Up the Volume
BusinessWeek:
April 24, 2007 by Rich
Back in 2002, Sean Neville had a hunch DVD mail-order rental biz Netflix was onto something big.
While taking a course to become a licensed securities broker in Canada, Neville had enjoyed listening to the audiobook versions of textbooks instead of reading them. Afterward, he would occasionally rent audiobooks from a store in downtown Toronto, but found it a hassle to get there, and expensive.
So Neville approached fellow Cornell B-school graduate and serial entrepreneur Sanjay Singhal with the idea of creating a Netflix for audiobooks.
April 23rd, 2007
Veteran VS Newbie - Whom To Prioritize? By Majelis Abu Hamid
This article questions the feasibility of recruiting veteran members of MLM as opposed to recruiting newbies. It further details the benefits and the disadvantages of bringing the two types of new members into your downline organization.
April 22nd, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions about MLM
Is MLM Legal? Is MLM Ethical? Is MLM the same as Pyramid Selling? Do I need to sell to succeed in MLM? Do I need to sponsor/recruit to succeed in MLM? What’s the best kind of reward plan? Can anyone really succeed in MLM?
We haven't tried to answer every possible question about MLM or Network Marketing here, just the ones that keep coming up. If you can't find an answer to a question or concern you have, please feel free to e-mail us the details.
April 21st, 2007
Marketing 101: The Fundamentals
Good marketing is critical to the success of your business. Marketing has many dimensions, including market research, customer service, advertising, targeting, packaging, pricing, e-marketing, and others. Investing in a good marketing plan will generate excellent returns.
Several free online courses are offered by the SBA to help prospective and existing entrepreneurs understand the basics about marketing and advertising. These self-paced courses are easy to use and understand. They will take about 30 minutes to complete. You, however, can exit a course at any time. Because most of the courses offer audio explanations, it is recommended that your computer speakers be turned on.
Before entering a course, you will be prompted to complete an online registration form. The registration process is simple, asks only a couple of questions and will take less than a minute to complete.
Marketing 101: The Fundamentals
April 20th, 2007
Free MLM Training Call....."The Ultimate Network Marketer"
Ric Thompson (of HealthyWealthyNWise.com) and Alex Makarski (of BizLeverage.com) are the founders of an enterprise called the Ultimate Network Marketer.
If you're up for nine sessions of great knowledge, resources and skills ideas, you can register here.......
April 19th, 2007
Win By Making The Other's "Case" First By Bob Burg
One of the most effective ways to positively and gently "disarm" a person with whom you are having a disagreement, plus win them over to your side of the issue, is to first, point out their side of the story. In other words, discover and vocalize to them, the areas in which you agree with them - that is, where you not only can understand how they feel, but where their view actually makes sense. When doing this you, in essence, say to them, "Hey, there are two sides to every story. You also have a reasonable argument - you have a view that is very worthy of consideration."
Bob Burg (http://www.burg.com) speaks on "Endless Referrals" and "Positive Persuasion." He is author of "Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales" and "Winning Without Intimidation: The Art of Positive Persuasion." To sample his popular ezine go to http://www.burg.com/newsletter.html.
April 18th, 2007
How To Get More Work Done In A Day By Zig Ziglar
Have you ever participated in organized team sports? Did you ever go home one night and say to your parents something like, "Mom, Dad, you won't believe the game plan the coach has worked out. Man alive, it is incredible. We're going to kill those suckers tomorrow. You can count on it." You were optimistic simply because you had a plan of action, and likewise you are optimistic that tomorrow you are going to be able to get all of the things done that need to be done before you can go on that vacation.
April 17th, 2007
Some SEO Hints - Insider Tips On How To Get A Higher Google Ranking For Your Website
A new post by FreedomFire suggests, "Google is trying to help you to make your site more relevant. Especially with the latest push of the search engines towards LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) and theming, having the insight to know what Google EXPECTS to find at your site with the keywords that you specified can be invaluable to your ranking.
Labels: Google, Keywords, Page Rank, Search Term, SEO."
April 16th, 2007
Marketing Your MLM Business Offline In 6 Easy Steps By Jeff Schuman
There is an often over-looked area of marketing that is ignored by many in network marketing. This area is offline marketing. While the Internet is a source used by many, there are also thousands of prospects that can be presented with your MLM business opportunity through offline sources. Here are eight offline strategies that you can use to expand your network marketing prospect, and, in turn, explode your business.
April 15th, 2007
Real Life Network Marketing Success Tactics By Jonathan Budd
Jonathan Budd simply likes to investigate the deeper things in life. He writes, "What works today and what doesn't? I’m going to be honest with you'll can't stand traditional MLM tactics to build a network marketing business. I think it's comparable to life before the invention of the wheel."
April 14th, 2007
There's been a lot of complaining recently about the state the advertising industry. Yes, my voice contributed to the rancor. But through all the strife, I think, "There must be a better way to move past it."
April 13th, 2007
How To Call MLM Prospects & Make Appointments....Free Training
Trainer Cynthia Sauer asks, "Want to make sure you're getting top-notch training on the best ways to call MLM prospects and book appointments? The more knowledge you and your downline have...the more money you’ll make!"
April 8th, 2007
Sunrider - More Than Two Decades of Success MLM.com's 50 Most Influential Companies
Today Sunrider sells product in more than 30 countries through millions of distributors, and has nearly 6,000 retail outlets in China alone. This is an amazing story for a company that started in 1982 as the dream of two people, Dr. Tei Fu Chen and Dr. Oi-Lin Chen.
The company we know as Sunrider International is the direct successor to Natural Life, a small herbal company in Orem, Utah. Utah County has become a hub of herbal manufacturing and Direct Sales companies: Natures Sunshine, Enrich, Nuskin, Usana, TwinLabs, Neways, 4life, to name a few. So it was more that a touch of fate when Tei Fu Chen, who had always been interested in herbs ability to “regenerate” the body, decided to move to Orem when he immigrated from Taiwan in the late 1970’s.
By 1982, Tei Fu Chen was working with Natural Life when he decided it was time to put into action his plan to create the company of his dreams. His first move was a good one. He purchased Natural Life and renamed it Sunrider. Even though Natural Life was small, it was stable, and had an established distribution network. this gave Chen a place to start<.> For the first couple of years, Dr. Dean Black, the President of Natural Life, stayed to help with the transition of Natural Life to Sunrider.
April 7th, 2007
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April 6th, 2007
MLM Residual Income Success - Are You Listening to Hype?
Wendy Weber, "The Singing Network Marketer" writes, "Do you want mlm residual income success - are you listening to hype? Are you tending to jump at any pre-launch, promise of big bucks right away, get in at the ground floor? I wrote about this recently and have receive a couple of comments saying that my article was interesting and then there was a link to a pre-launch. The interesting thing about all these pre-launches is that they use the fear of loss as a method of enticing people in, i.e., you must get in now to get the big bucks."
April 5th, 2007
You Will Know A Tree By Its Fruit! - Picking the "Ripe" MLM
Reported by ezinearticles.com April 5, 2007. "Per the Wikipedia, in a typical multi-level marketing (MLM), or network marketing arrangement, individuals are associated with a parent company as an independent contractor, or franchisee, and are compensated based on their sales of products or service, as well as the sales achieved by those they bring into the business. This is like many franchise companies where royalties are paid from the sales of individual franchise operations to the franchiser, as well as to an area or region manager. Fortunately in the orchard of MLM’s, one rotten apple does not necessarily to spoil the entire barrel. Setting the flawed aside, what are the marks of a good MLM, or network marketing company? It’s easier to discern than you think, so ask yourself the following:"
April 4th, 2007
I'm overwhelmed - where do I put my time? Kim Klaver Blog
"There is so much info sometimes I get overwhelmed with things and don't know where to put my time." So wrote NMC member Lynn today. How do you decide where to put your time, effort and money? When you're building your business, nothing you do has a guaranteed return. All marketing - online or offline, talking to people, emailing people, having websites, writing blogs, doing leads - none of these things are for sure going to make you money. What's for sure is that they all COST time and money. So what to do? Focus on two things that are guaranteed to make you money in your business:"
April 3rd, 2007
Sayers Media Group Launches New Website
BUFFALO, NY (PRWEB) April 3, 2007 -- Sayers Media Group, an Internet marketing, interactive voice response (IVR), and web based applications firm today announced the launch of the company's new website. The new website is designed to inform potential customers of the full suite of products and services that Sayers Media Group is currently offering, in addition to acting as an educational resource for anyone interested in Internet marketing, interactive voice response (IVR), and dynamic web based application development.
April 2nd, 2007
Leads to Wealth (LTW) Acquired for Undisclosed Amount
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 2, 2007 -- Leads to Wealth, Inc. (LTW), a Nevada corporation, was purchased by a private party for an undisclosed amount. The terms of the deal are not public, although the acquisition seems to broaden the holdings and reach for the new owners within the direct sales industry.
It's with great satisfaction that I witness the next phase for LTW. What started with so little has become an innovative business model that will continue to grow and reap the rewards for its new owners and their customers.
April 1st, 2007
Death of the cell phone charger
A Pennsylvania entrepreneur has developed technology that gives you all the battery juice you need directly from the air.
By Melanie Haiken, (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- How much money could you make from a technology that replaces electrical wires? A startup called Powercast, along with the more than 100 companies that have inked agreements with it, is about to start finding out. Powercast and its first major partner, electronics giant Philips, are set to launch their first device powered by electricity broadcast through the air.
March 31st, 2007
It Doesn't Always Take Money Honey! By Josh Hinds
If you buy into the old saying, it takes money to make money you're really missing the boat. In fact some of the greatest success stories ever told are of people just like you and I who started with little or nothing and grew their business idea into a masterful success. Would it have been easier say if these folks had had access to deep pockets when starting out on their business journey? Maybe, maybe not -- who knows for sure.
March 25th, 2007
Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don't Read in Traffic / By STEVE LOHR of The New York Times
Confident multitaskers of the world,[this includes you networkers] could I have your attention?
Juggling activities in Times Square. When people divide their attention, they react more slowly and make more mistakes, scientists say. Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital devices for a while.
March 24th, 2007
From Good to Great Content - Search Engine Marketing
Good content contributes to a site's overall visibility on a page-by-page basis. It engages users and provides an optimal path for easy navigation throughout the site. It stays on theme and naturally accrues inbound links over time.
Great content maintains all the essential elements of good content but produces higher conversion rates. It's action-oriented in that it inspires users to make a purchase, request more information, sign up for a newsletter, make a reservation, or set up an appointment.
March 23rd, 2007
Timeless Principles Of Network Marketing Success By Jonathan Budd
"I have been fortunate enough to network with the very big players in network marketing, as well as little players, and everywhere in between. What I have observed I have come to call the timeless principles of network marketing success. Here is what I have learned."
March 22nd, 2007
Getting Sentimental About Analytics By Shane Atchison
Welcome to the next great analytics frontier: customer sentiment. As we push the limits of data-driven clickstream analysis to the max, there are new opportunities to get into visitors' heads and better serve their needs. ...Sentiment can teach you worlds about your audience and help make the experience for everyone that much better.
March 21st, 2007
Top 40 NM Start-Ups: Week 12.
Kim Klaver again brings us: The current Top 50 Network Marketing Companies represents the most highly trafficked companies online, as rated each day and updated each week by Alexa.
Next update: Monday, March 26, 2007.
To make it onto that list, companies must be 1) highest ranked (most visitors) AND 2) five years old or more as of the day of the update.