I have to start out by telling you that I am a
HUGE believer in Network Marketing, and I have been
my entire adult life.
However, I can't condone the outdated and 95% failure
approaches of the past in this industry.
Many "Gurus" in the industry are still spouting off about
the same old techniques that only work 5% of the time
(probably even less now).
How many times have you heard "Make your list of 200 friends
and contact them all" or "Just sign up 2 and the system will
start paying you huge money" or maybe it was "With my new
and improved system, you will NEVER have to talk to
anyone!"
This last one is my favorite! If I have learned anything
about successful networking, it is that this is a
"Relationship" business. If I never talk to someone, how
strong a relationship will we have developed? The answer is
that it will be WEAK, and any person I sign up that way will
be gone and onto the next new deal before the ink dries on
his application.
Today I want to focus on some emerging trends involving
Online Network Marketing that are turning this industry on
its head!
More specifically, I want to share with you how to harness
the power of the internet age to accomplish things like:
- Never Having To Spend Money On Prospects
- Having Interested Prospects Contacting YOU
- Where To Go For Assistance and Support
Make a DECISION to do things differently.
If you are already successfully bringing in 20 new members
to your group each month, than ignore what I am saying. But
if you are among the 95% of entrepreneurs that are
struggling to apply what your sponsor may have told
you...This is directed at you.
I worked VERY hard to implement the strategies suggested by
some people in various Network Marketing companies. I even
created a couple of great teams of people and a good
supplemental income. I just grew tired of passing along the
same old useless information that I had been fed. I am not
blaming any sponsors or leadership here. I had every choice
in the world about who I listened to, and I chose to take
their word that their methods would work for me.
Eventually I just got FED UP with the minimal results and
the mandatory Auto-Ships, and the phone-calls and the
webcasts, and the purchased leads, and the whining
distributors, and the penniless prospects that couldn't
start a lemonade stand...
Get the point? I just became fed up and decided that there
had to be a better way to go about this business.
Frustration Catapulted Me To Do 2 Things
First, I made a decision to find a better way to work
my business.
Second, I took full responsibility for my business
and the results it produces.
Once I made the decision to find a better way, things got
interesting very quickly...
I found out that there are hundreds of "Gurus" online
professing to have found "THE ANSWER" to all of my marketing
problems.
There are affiliate programs - Mostly Garbage
There are a million E-books - Mostly Garbage
There are a ton of hyped-up, over-promising and
under-delivering programs and systems.
I began to get extremely OVERWHELMED. Fortunately one of
the first programs I bought was a 16-minute speed reading
course. (It actually did help) Because for the next two
months I immersed myself into the vast amount of information
available on the internet to help me grow a huge
downline...All the while my downlines were actually
shrinking due to my lack of focus!
There are literally millions of ways to grow your
business using the internet
For the sake of time, I will not cover ALL of them here.
I discovered a few good resources and decided that I needed
to put something into ACTION.
One of the greatest tools I discovered is what I am doing
right here...Writing articles and submitting them is a great
source of advertising and branding.
Start out by reading a lot of other people's articles. See
what gets your attention, what interests you, what strikes
you as pertinent or relevant...
Once you have discovered your "Niche", begin seeking out
reliable and straight-forward people within that niche.
I will tell you who two of my favorites are...
Jimmy Brown - He has a tremendous amount of expertise in
article and ad writing. As a matter of fact I am using an
article creation program of his to write this.
Jonathan Budd - I chose Jonathan Budd as my "Virtual
Sponsor" to help guide me through the process of getting
started online. His direct and to-the-point writing and
videos resonated with me.
Tapping Into The 8th Largest Country On The Planet
204,000,000 people are estimated to be on MySpace. That
makes it the 8th largest nation in the world. This is only
one of several LARGE Social-Networking sites out there.
By learning how to tap into this type of site, you will be
able to generate an ENDLESS stream of interested prospects,
who want to do business exclusively with you.
Using technology to develop relationships and build your own
list of hungry prospects is so much easier to do than I
imagined.
You can learn more at:
The Simplest
System
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Save yourself a TON of time and money by latching onto
this concept
Learn to use the power of the internet and specifically the
social-networking craze to build your business.
The possibilities for growth online are limitless!
If you don't...Then who will, If not NOW...then when?
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Author: Mark Hartle Company: Your Freedom Source
Website: http://www.TheSimplestSystem.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/markhartle
(c) Copyright 2008 Mark Hartle
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Occupation: Professional Technical Trainer
After 15 years of training and writing on the most sophisticated UAV systems in the world, I have recently transferred my writing and teaching skills to the home business industry. I have over 22 years experience in various home business opportunities.