Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Network Marketing Secrets....They Aren't Telling You

I'm sure you've been to your company's convention or on the conference calls where the so-called "heavy-hitters" of your company talk about success, and how to build your business...and yada,yada, yada.

They reveal to you the "secrets"that got them to where they are...or so they say. But what you may not know is how they really built their business.

If you're new to network marketing or you just haven't been able to "crack the code" to it yet, you must know that one component of success in your business is building relationships; if people like you and think that you have some value to offer them, they will join you.

In the case of heavy hitters, some have amassed a long list of people (other heavy-hitters, previous downlines from other companies etc..); this is who they marketed to when they joined your company, which is the reason why they rose so fast up the ranks.

This is true in some cases, but not all.

Other ways your heavy hitters rose their way up the ranks, is through information selling. They market information, mlm systems, products, training, and other retail products before they pitch their opportunity. Notice I said before.

This gives them the leverage to use the money from the retail products that they market upfront to fund their business (advertising). This is called a "funded proposal" system.

If you take a good look around, you will see top network marketing "gurus" peddling products, information, and systems to people- namely other network marketers.

Some people like information selling so much (it's lucrative too, if you get the right system) that they never go back to marketing their primary network marketing company again.

This is the biggest clue that marketing retail products to other network marketers before your opportunity is a valid system to use.

Here are the reasons why:

a. Get prospects into your marketing funnel so you can backend them into your opportunity.
b. Get prospects to pay you for training, thereby reducing your costs from acquiring them in the first place.
c. Make immediate money upfront to fund your marketing expenses.

This is the "secret" that a lot of "heavy-hitters" use, but don't reveal to their downline because is some cases, you are buying your training, tools and systems from them and making them wealthier and funding their business for them-so naturally they're not going to tell you that you are their funded proposal!

There's nothing wrong with that, but what is, is telling your downline that you're building your business one way and telling them to do the same, when in reality you are not building your business like that at all.

Information selling is the most easiest and lucrative product to sell on the Internet-whether you are in network marketing or not. Don't take my word for it, look around; what are the top network marketers in the industry doing? What are they selling?

Joe Schroeder, Mike Dillard, Ann Sieg, Randy Gage, Dan Calvert, Big Al, Robert Blackman, Dani Johnson, Jeffrey Combs, Aaron Rashkin, and on.....

The secret is out.

If you want to continue marketing the same way you have been by leading with your opportunity, keep doing it if it's working for you; chances are, it's not.

Ask yourself this: how long would you knowingly drive the wrong way down the highway before you had the courage to turn around and go the right way? Hopefully not long.


Thursday, November 15, 2007

Internet and Network Marketing-A Match Made in Heaven!

If you've been around long enough to remember the old Amway tricks (drawing circles on a napkin; surprise pitch at dinner etc..), i'm sure you can appreciate the fact that network marketing (MLM) has come a long way-thanks to the Internet.

There are many people who still prefer to market one-to-one, but those who have figured out the many benefits of using the Internet and network marketing together have reaped faster and easier rewards.

One reason for this of couse, is that you can market to thousands at one time rather than just one-to-one. The downside is that the Internet is cold and faceless; it takes skill, time and persistance to find out how to get have that personal feeling come through a computer screen. But it can be done.

Let's face it, most people have limited time on their hands to run a business successfully from home. If you're like a lot of people, you have your family, your job(s), your kids' activities and so on. Any little thing to help you save you time is a blessing. The Internet has become that blessing for a lot of business owners in network marketing.

Not only can you can reach your downline at the click of a mouse to let them know about the latest promotions, you can view your business activity and those of your downline from the company website within a few minutes on most companies sites.

And the best important aspect of the Internet in network marketing, is that you can market your business online without having to leave the comfort of your home. How's that for convenience!

The Internet can be your best friend in network marketing if you know how to use if effectively. One thing is for sure-it has made it possible for the average person to finally have success.
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Friday, November 2, 2007

Network Marketing Internet Systems

A way to build your network marketing business on the Internet.

Network marketing online? Who would of thought? Certainly not me!

It wasn't that long ago that these haunting words were leaked into my ear, "The only proven way to build a business is through your warm market!"

I remember I took a deep breathe as my mind raced back and forth as my upline said those words to me.

What did I ask my upline that produced such drivel? Hold on to your hats fellas…I asked him what kind of leads I should get! Uggg!

You see I didn't know about any online network marketing system back then. The only network marketing Internet systems I knew about were buying leads on the Internet.

I even had uplines infer that buying leads on the Internet is the same as building your business on the Internet. It's not.

Buying leads on the Internet is not the same as building your business on the Internet. Anyone that tells you it is trying to do a "play on words" at your expense.

Back when that upline told me there was no other way to build a business outside of bugging your warm market, I felt a sense of doom, a feeling of now what do I do?...a feeling of "I wish you had told me that before I signed up!" .

But I knew deep down inside there was another way. There had to have been because at the very least people were using leads to build their business. So there were other ways out there to build a business. He was plain outright wrong.

Fast forward a couple of years and here I am today. I know now there are network marketing Internet systems because people like Daegan Smith, Mike Dillard, Joe Schroeder and now Ann Sieg have used them-successfully.

When I say system, I mean a way to systematically get prospects to pay you for information before they ever join your business, if they ever decide to. I look at it this way: if people decide to join your business then that is gravy money on top of the money they spent to get educated information and training from you. That is a network marketing Internet system.

Some people call it a funded proposal, I call it good old business sense. It seems people lose their common sense and business sense when they join up with these network marketing companies. That's why so many people talk so bad about the industry. They are given inadequate information, training, and marketing techniques and they plum-outright fail!

The best way to build a network marketing business is to use the Internet. Especially if you are a busy person. You don't have the time to go to meetings and do presentations. However, that doesn't mean you can't use a mixture of other marketing methods-you should.

The best network marketing Internet system that I've found that is specifically for Internet network marketing is this Mlm Lead System Pro.