4/12/09

Network Marketing Distributors Won't Survive a Bad Economy?

Have you joined a network marketing business? Are you thinking that Network Marketing distributors won't survive a bad economy? If you are at rock bottom, ready to quit...Don't! Let me help you! I'll share with you how you can succeed in the network marketing industry.

I wanted to share some pearls of wisdom I learned from reading Robert Kiyosaki's #1 Bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Think about this...

So many people are fixated on working their way up the corporate ladder. Why in the world is this so appealing? Why not own the ladder? Robert's "Rich Dad" encouraged him to always remember who you are working for...who are you making rich?

As a mortgage planner, even with this bad economy I am still making a living, if I stick with it and keep working hard I can continue to make a living. Doesn't sound that exciting does it? Sure, I can make a good living...but I know for a fact that I won't become wealthy. I want to make money even when I'm not working on my business. But, if I continue on my course, I will seal my fate as being stuck in the rat race.

Robert talks a lot about the rat race in his book, and basically that is working for a pay check, giving a hefty portion of your money to the government in taxes (sales tax, property tax, fuel tax, income tax, capital gains tax...), then what you have left you spend most and save a little (and of course you'll be taxed on what you save). Even when you start making a little more money, you find yourself spending more money, giving more money to the government, perhaps racking up some credit card debt to pay for the high price of tuition, gas, living expenses...It's a never ending cycle. As a mortgage planner, I see what happens to the average person who works their whole life, and saves a little money. They leave a bunch of bills, funeral expenses, etc. and they have little to no money to give to their family.

I am fortunate to have realized over a year and a half ago that I could easily end up in this situation if I didn't make a change in my life. I am willing to bet that this may be the situation many of you could be facing as well.

The good news is there is another option. You CAN get out of the rat race. Robert says "every day, with every dollar, you decide to be rich, poor, or middle class". I think this is true with every decision you make regarding how you spend your time as well. Time away from building your business moves you closer to a future in the rat race.

You can re-commit yourself to building your MLM business. If you pushed the business to the side because you thought that network marketing distributors won't survive a bad economy, put that behind you. Now with this bad economy is when people are really looking for a change. The credit card bills will be arriving shortly showing us how much we have really spent over this tough economic times. The nation’s recession is leaving millions of Americans working fewer hours than they would like — and taking home less money than they need — as their employers try desperately to trim costs. Now more than ever most people are looking to make money in network marketing and direct sales, and that's where you come in!

Don't let this high-season of Network Marketing pass you by. Attraction Marketing can help you get there! If you want to get out of the rat race, and start building your business like I have, without cold-calling leads and chasing around family members and friends-you can if you go here now.

Copyright 2009. Roxana Castillo. This article may not be reproduced or altered.

2/17/09

Social Bookmarking as a Network Marketing Promotional Tool

Social bookmarking provides the ideal way of promoting your network marketing business: in fact a means of promoting just about any online business once you understand the concept. Before discussing that, though, let's look at what is needed to effectively promote your network marketing enterprise.

The success of the type of business broadly described as network marketing depends by definition upon recruiting as many members into the program as possible. To achieve that you have to use as many means as possible of putting your message in front of as many eyes as you can. You can use every regular means at your disposal:

• A regular website
• Blogs
• A Squidoo lens
• Forums
• Pay per click (PPC) advertising
• Traffic swarms
• Rotators
• Article marketing

Plus a few more. However, that is no longer enough, and this is where social bookmarking comes into its own if used properly. Note these last three words: 'If used properly'. Most people are aware of social sites, some being social networking and others bookmarking sites, and each is different. OK, some are clones of each other, but most people use them as if they were all clones, or all intended to be used in the same way.

That is not the case, and each site has its own strengths and weaknesses which you can exploit to your advantage. Digg is a great way to promote your content whether that is an article, blog, video or anything else. StumbleUpon is ideal for bookmarking on the fly when you come across an interesting page when surfing. Others have their own uses and benefits.


Competitors or Employees?

Most online entrepreneurs regard everybody else as competitors; people from whom your activities should be hidden, and so they might regard social bookmarking as being too revealing of their business.

Well here's news for you - that's not the way it works with network marketing. In general, although social bookmarking can be used to put you that important step ahead of your competitors, in network marketing it is not beating competition that is important, but getting your message across to as many people as possible. Others doing the same as you might not be competitors, but unknown to you be members of your downline, and hence your virtual employees.

How it Works

Let's look at what social bookmarking can do for you in general, and in what way these benefits multiply through search engine exposure. The term social media marketing is often used for this way of using such sites.

Basically, social media sites are used to store links to web pages that you want to revisit, and also that you want to bring to the attention of others. 'Web pages' here refers to any entity on the World Wide Web, not only website pages, and including blogs, lenses, landing pages and so on.

These links can be organized and searched, generally by the use of 'tags' or keywords related to the link. The bookmarks can be shared with others interested in the same subjects as you are. Users interested in a specific topic, or niche, will search using these tags, and when they come across your link, click on it, and if they like what they see they too can bookmark your page giving you another link.

In that way your bookmark can also be bookmarked by others in much the same way as other websites can carry a link back to a page on your website and so improve your Google Page Rank. The more people sharing your link, the more relevant to the tag, or keyword, a search engine will regard the page it leads to.

This is a very significant way of bringing your web pages to the attention of search engines. It is infinitely preferable to have your web page discovered by search engines in this way than by you submitting it. For starters, it can take months for your page to be listed through submission, but hours by means of social bookmarking links. The term 'page' here means a normal web page, a blog, Squidoo lens or any other web presence.

Quite frankly, anybody involved in network marketing that is not using social bookmarking is missing out on a massive amount of traffic, and if there is one thing that such programs thrive on, it is traffic.

Ways in Which Social Bookmarking Can Help to Promote Your Network Marketing Business

• You have a link back to your site from another website. Such back links are valuable in raising the relevance of your page in the eyes of search engines, and can lead to a higher listing and so more exposure for your business.

• Other users of Digg, Blinklist, Technorati, Facebook, etc. will click on your link and find your web page. That is good, targeted, traffic.

• Other users will bookmark your links so multiplying the effects of the above benefits.

• Social sites of any type consist of web pages that can also be listed on Google and the other search engines such as Yahoo, Ask and MSN: that increases the ranking value of your links, and also brings them to the attention of search engine users.

These are very important benefits to your network marketing business that is nothing without good targeted traffic to your sales or registration page. Social bookmarking offers you a source of free traffic that will not only complement that from you regular advertising campaigns, but also tie them together into a unified business that can only be to your significant advantage.

As previously mentioned, not all social bookmarking sites work the same way and there is an effective way to use each of them in network marketing.

If it is too obvious to the search engines (or people monitoring this) that you are using social bookmarking solely to promote your own Internet marketing links, you can be penalized on the search engines and lose the benefits of social bookmarking as a means to increase visibility to your content.

If done too obviously, it is considered spam and can have adverse effects on the search ranking of your content.

In order to avoid social bookmarking pitfalls in your Internet Marketing you need to create a natural bookmarking behavior; have interests other than just your business 'money making' sites, show a broader range of interests by bookmarking sites of other topics. Also, bookmark sites that are not yours. And, bookmark only your best stuff when you are posting your marketing content. The search engines, as well as the people at the bookmarking sites, will reward you for it with 'traffic' -- lots of it!

To gain access to our free training tutorials and a click-by-click visual help setting up your accounts and effectively using social bookmarking to generate more prospects visit: www.networkmarketingbuildsmart.com. Our training tutorials will set you up in a big way on the Internet.

Copyright 2009 ©. Roxana Castillo.

1/28/09

The Renegade System - Getting Started

Just getting started with The Renegade system?

After reading The Renegade Network Marketer ebook, you'll want to set up your Renegade System to start generating leads and cash-flow as you build your business in the new network marketing model.

Get your Renegade System set up...

It takes some time on the front-end, but it's exciting once you start to build your prospect list and get into a positive cash flow situation.

The Renegade System is the most empowering tool I've seen for beginners ready to get started in the new network marketing 'attraction' model.

Where do you begin? Read more...

1/27/09

Renegade Professional Is Closing Its Doors To Reopen With An Upgraded Version In Late March

Renegade University Professional is closing its doors, to reopen with an upgraded version in late March. If you're already a member you will continue to have access to all the current training, plus additional Live and recorded events they'll be providing to you.

When the University reopens the price will be increased to $49.95/mo, the $1 Trial will go away.

Renegade University Professional will still be the lowest cost/highest value training in town by a long shot. For all members the price of $39.95/mo will remain forever... as long as you remain an active member with your current account. You will continue to be able to refer others to the University to prepare for the next phase of launch in March, and you will continue receiving any commissions you've earned. They will give us more information later this week.

During the period the Renegade University Professional is closed, they'll be spending a lot of time with members to prepare us for what will be the biggest wave to hit the networking and work-at-home industry EVER. Mike Klingler will give us all the details as soon as the University closes...He says it is big.

Click here to sign up for the Renegade University Professional, you can still take advantage of the $1 trial for full 7 days.

1/26/09

Social Networking is an Important Aspect of Your Network Marketing Leads Generation Strategy

Social networking is a strategy in which you create profiles on web sites designed for networking purposes online. Through these web sites you are able to communicate with other people with similar interest to you. By utilizing these social sites you can network with people that could possibly become prospects for your network marketing business.

Want to know more about Social Bookmarking and Social Media Marketing and how to use it for your Internet Network Marketing business? Get a free Renegade University account and click on Step 3 to upgrade to the Professional system.

1/15/09

Internet Marketing Does it Work Without SEO?

Search engine optimization (SEO) should be considered a critical element of any Internet marketing campaign. Failure to optimize your website or blog for search engines can result in a substantial loss of free advertising which is gained from ranking well with search engines.

SEO optimization is a strategy in which a website is designed to obtain favorable search engine rankings from popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo. The main elements to take in consideration when attempting to optimize your website or blog include: keyword density, prominence, META tags, titles and inbound links. Keyword density is one of the most commonly known SEO strategies and essentially involves using relevant keywords often in the content of a website to demonstrate the relevance of these keywords to the website. This is important since search engines are likely to reward websites with optimal keyword densities with favorable search engine rankings in an effort to provide Internet users with the most relevant websites for particular search terms.

The prominence of keywords should also be taken in consideration. This includes how close the keywords are placed to the beginning of the website. The common mistake with this strategy is to believe the first opportunity to incorporate keywords is in the first line of visible text on the web page. This is not true because search engines crawl the code of a website as opposed to the visible content on the website. This means there are multiple opportunities to incorporate relevant keywords long before the actual visible content on the website. This may include the code for the title as well as the META tags. Network Marketers who realize the potential for incorporating keyword into the code gain an advantage over competitors who only incorporate keywords into the content on their website.

Another very important area of concern for an optimal SEO campaign is inbound links. Inbound links are actually links which reside on other websites and direct traffic to your website. The major search engines place great value on inbound links because they are for the most part an example of one website recommending another one. However, when obtaining inbound links it is crucial to do so from websites which rank well with search engines because the major search engines take in consideration the rank of the original website when determining the value of the inbound link.

Internet users highly value the results of search engines and are likely to only visit ranking websites when they search for a particular keyword. Internet users trust search engines to serve the most relevant content first and are therefore not likely to visit websites which do not fall on the first or second page of search results. This means websites which rank well are receiving a great deal of free advertising from search engines such as Google and Yahoo which place their website in a key position. Network Marketers who do not invest time into optimizing their websites miss out on a great deal of free web traffic.

If you are not satisfied with your search engine rankings you need to know that in order to have good results in terms of Internet marketing and advertising it is required at least some degree of SEO knowledge. Your website will perform better and receive more traffic shortly after you begin to implement standard optimization tactics.

If you feel like you are not comfortable using complicated SEO programs then you want to sign up for a the Renegade University Tutorials. There you will learn the fundamentals that will allow you to spend less time banging your head against your keyboard and more time building your business. Another option is taking an “Introduction to SEO” course online.

Either way, you need to acquire these basic Search Engine Optimization skills.

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Roxana is an Internet & network marketing business coach. She is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to attract prospects to them and create a cash flow while building their MLM business. Contact Roxana through: www.roxana-castillo.com.
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1/13/09

Renegade University Positions You in Front of Millions of People Who Are Seeking Guidance in The New Attraction Based Network Marketing Model

Renegade University positions you in front of millions of people who are (or will soon be) seeking guidance in the new model. Renegade University gives you the tools and know-how to jump in successfully. You’ll be ideally positioned to attract other network marketers to you as if you’d been at it for years.

You can build your team with quality prospects who come to you, who already know network marketing and are searching for a business opportunity.

You can attract large numbers. You can have them literally paying you to get onto your prospects list because you’ll truly have something more to offer than just a ‘sales pitch’ or the same old song and dance your competitors are playing.

You’ll become a true solutions provider. Renegade University shows you how.

While many people spend a lot of money to get ‘bad’ leads, Renegade University shows you how to get paid to build a list of incredible prospects. This completely removes the financial (and emotional) stress typically associated with Building a Network Marketing Business.

Renegade University Helps You Excel in 3 Easy Clearly Defined Steps:

Step 1 Introduces you to the new model of attraction-based marketing (if you already read The Renegade Network Marketer course book you can skip step 1 in the University and go to step 2 and 3 right away).

Step 2 Shows you how to set up your first ‘training wheels’ system (The Renegade System) step-by-step so you can be “list building” within days (literally). They even help you set up your marketing at a free location to start building your list and confidence without risking a dime.

Step 3 You learn to specialize in your favorite Internet marketing methods to create a daily constant stream of prospects who come to you, while generating income and building your network marketing business in a far more attractive way.

At the University you’ll have clear step-by-step instructions (1, 2, and 3) with vivid video tutorials to start list building in days. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Take your Free Tour and Test Drive at the University today! See you on the other side.

Partners in success!

Click here to Take a Free Tour of the University

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Roxana is an Internet & network marketing business coach. She is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to attract prospects to them and create a cash flow while building their MLM business. If you are not attracting prospects who want to partner with you, contact Roxana through: www.roxana-castillo.com
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1/4/09

The Best Network Marketing Training Available Online

Renegade University is The Best Network Marketing Training available online. This is hands on training, a step-by-step video tutorial that walks you through completely setting up your attraction marketing campaign.

The Renegade Network Marketer educates you on the attraction marketing concept, but after reading the book many people are disoriented not knowing where to start. Renegade University teaches how to implement and apply the techniques and strategies you've learned throughout the book.

With the Renegade Network Marketer University you will be able to:

*Build your list not someone else's

* Profit from multiple income streams

* Have complete control over your email messages

* Attract qualified prospects to your network marketing business

* Promote and brand you as the leader. Not the system’s creator

* Customize the system to promote your primary business opportunity seamlessly

Once I found The Renegade Network Marketer eBook, they explained that if I worked persistently for a few months, I would begin to see people joining my business. I was told that people would inquire about my business and I would not have to purchase any leads, make cold calls, or pester friends and family. I didn’t think it would really work, but I held on to the hope, and it started happening. Faster than I ever imagined. So I keep that statement in mind and I get strength from it on the slow days, and so now I am passing it on to you.

My downline increased tremendously and I never approached any of these prospects, they contacted me for information.

I now have people joining my business on a regular basis without having to make cold-calls, go to hotel meeting, pass out sizzle cards, or get on 3-way calls with my upline. I have people that join my team without ever speaking with me on the phone. I no longer have to deal with 100 no's to get a yes. I no longer have to answer the questions: Is your company a pyramid scheme? I don't have to teach my team how to handle objections- because they don't have to! My MLM experience has been much more exciting now that I don't deal with the traditional problems facing most network marketers, and let me tell you- it feels great!

When I found about this new powerful way to build a business on the Internet after I had experienced the awesome results I couldn’t stop myself and started looking for a system that would allow as many people get the foundational introduction to this model and be able to do what I did.

People call me out of blue and ask me “Can you show me what you do, can you show me how to do it? Will you be my coach?”

The whole Network Marketing industry is changing and there is no way back. It’s up to you when you are going to catch up with it. I am glad I did!

I am very inspired and committed to spread the word about it and hope you will too once you have tested it yourself.

This is why I joined the Renegade University.

If you are already advanced in building your business this new way, and you are already attracting a constant flow of prospects to you and you have a team of network marketers in you mlm downline then you should use the Renegade Network Marketer University to funnel your prospects and your team to get educated/trained and get moving forward like you are. The Renegade Network Marketer University is going to help you leverage your time and yourself by positioning you as the expert and their guide.

Join the Renegade Network Marketer University at: www.networkmarketingbuildsmart.com. Get your copy of the Renegade Network Marketer ebook. Start Setting up your Renegade System and continue moving ahead in the process of marketing your business. See you at the University.

The Renegade Network Marketer - Attraction Marketing

Anyone who has ever been shunned from activities with their family members and friends has obviously used Distraction Marketing techniques. Thanks to Attraction Marketing, the days of chasing disinterested prospects and cold calling are over...at least for me. I now have prospects regularly contacting me asking me about my business. I now have people who join my team, without ever speaking with me on the phone!

An old school ,"Distraction Marketing", sales process typically goes something like this: You introduce your family members or friends to your latest business with a great deal of enthusiasm, which is likely to be greeted with a great deal of resistance about nine out of ten times. That is the ratio that you can expect when using old school network marketing techniques. One out of ten people you talk to will be interested in joining your business, maybe two out of ten, if you're really good. This ratio leaves you with eight or nine family members and friends who may want to avoid you like the plague for the next month because they don't want to feel pressured into joining your business, in other words they don't want to be "distracted" from their activities by your sales pitch.

"Attraction Marketing" as described in the Renegade Network Marketer book, offers a much different process and outcome. This type of marketing uses on and off-line strategies to build a constant stream of interested prospects. To implement this type of marketing plan, a network marketer begins by offering valuable information to their prospects, which lays a foundation to establish an identity as a leader. By making yourself an indispensable source of information, you will literally have people calling you with credit card in hand, ready to join your business. With attraction marketing, you don't waste your time bothering disinterested prospects.

By implementing a system that allows your prospects to get to know and trust you, review your information, then contact you when they are ready, you are no longer wasting your valuable time dealing with people who have no desire to join your business. Instead, the people you talk to are well informed and ready to move forward with your opportunity.

Proponents of old school network marketing techniques often cite the fact that network marketing is a numbers game. Using the Internet to market yourself, enables you to sort through far more people than you could ever talk to personally, and with the right system, you can develop relationships with these people and build a duplicable business that will allow you to live the lifestyle of your dreams.

If you are ready to stop chasing family members and friends, and put away the cold-call lists you need to download the Renegade Network Marketer . This highly acclaimed book will introduce you to this new smart way of marketing a business online.

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Roxana is an Internet & network marketing business coach. She is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to apply attraction marketing online to attract free qualified leads and to create a cash flow while building their MLM business. Contact Roxana through:
www.roxana-castillo.com.
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12/29/08

The Renegade Network Marketer and Renegade University

By now you’ve probably heard of Ann Sieg and her highly acclaimed book, The Renegade Network Marketer. This is the course book for the students at the University.

If you already read The Renegade Network Marketer—that’s great—the University will help you set up your Renegade System and start attracting prospects onto your team. They don’t only show how to do the marketing, but also what to say and do as these prospects come to you.

If you have not read The Renegade Network Marketer e-book, you’ll have an opportunity to do that after you enroll (at Step 1 in the University).

Are You a Student of Magnetic Sponsoring?

Of course there are other great books available about attraction-based marketing. If you’ve reviewed any of the books available from Mike Dillard like “Magnetic Sponsoring” or “MLM Traffic Formula” Renegade University helps you put these “attraction marketing” concepts into action before the end of next week, without all the guesswork or trial and error.

Even if you’ve never heard about attraction marketing before in your life, you’re in luck because this is the first time anyone has offered the kind of tools and step-by-step instruction (and support) you’ll need to get going quickly.

Renegade University builds you up in stages at first, there’s no need for you to fuss with putting together lead capture pages, auto-email campaigns or the other necessary tools. They’re provided.

But as you advance, your campaigns and tools can be modified by you, and you can create variations of your own system, so your system grows with your knowledge and skill.

This is very unique, it’s all here to empower you to take your business as far as you want it to go with attraction marketing.

The system becomes your system. It is uniquely designed to promote you and not the creator.

There is a huge migration taking place in network marketing from the ‘old school’ of MLM to this new model of attraction based marketing. Read More...

12/23/08

How I Build My Network Marketing Business Without Cold Calls or Hotel Meetings

Many readers of this blog are already in a network marketing company , so I wanted to write on a topic that addresses the timeless question: "How do I build my business after I've exhausted my warm market?" When I joined my company more than a year ago, I started just like most people, excitedly telling my family and friends about my new business venture. It was such an easy concept- the product practically sold itself, right? Wrong.

Turns out my friends and family wanted to see results before they leaped in head first, so I started looking for other answers.This lead me to printing out "sizzle cards" that said "Tired of Living Paycheck to Paycheck?" and "Are You Making More Money Than You Can Spend" with my website address on it. Then I proceeded to blanket the city with my yellow "sizzle card". Gas pumps, bathroom stalls, inside books at the bookstore, on grocery store shelves, I left them for waitresses, bank tellers, you name it.

Then I tried to print up pretty flyers, advertising a home-based business. I put these flyers on what felt like every apartment complex bulletin board in the city and on cars in strip mall parking lots. Never mind that I was crazily blanketing the city with bright flyers in freezing temperatures- I was on a mission...one which once again led to people who were interested at first, but ultimately didn't want to spend the money. I was tired of rejection, and spending my weekends strategically putting flyers and cards all over town. It occurred to me that maybe "selling" wasn't my thing...maybe I wasn't presenting the business right.

Determined to make the business work, I started looking for answers. I needed a way to build my Network Marketing business without cold-calling, sizzle cards, flyers and hotel meetings. I found a solution, one that surprisingly many people do not know about. It's called "Attraction Marketing". Basically, I've experienced two types of marketing: "Attraction Marketing" and "Distraction Marketing"... Read More

11/29/08

Network Marketing - What Are The Top 7 Factors to Your Business Success?

What will it take to succeed in your network marketing business? It will take determination, commitment, time, some money and consistent action from you to build your business. If you're serious about earning money online, then you must learn and apply these 7 steps.

1. Education/Training. Network Marketing education and training is the most important factor to achieve success. Build your network marketing business through education and training.

2. Lead Generation. Learn how to generate your own leads. Without it you have no MLM business. Build your business smart. Learn how to put your business in front of the people who are looking for what you have to offer.

3. Leverage Your Time. You'll never get rich trading dollars for hours. The wealthy let their money` and other people work for them. You may only be able to work 10 hours a week, but you can leverage the work of 1,000 other people to create a 10,000 hour work week. That's the way to become wealthy.

4. Use a System. Guess what? The number one reason people can't make it in business is because they can't or don't like to sell. The solution is to simply set up an automatic selling system where lead generation, sifting, and selling, is all done for you. Find a system that's already working. Then just jump in and follow it. Just do what already works.

5. Find a Personal Coach. Every top athlete has a coach. In fact, many of the best have two or three coaches. They're there for one reason... to help them be the best they can possibly be. A coach will help you set your course. They'll help keep you on track. They'll take you from where you are today to where you want to be.

6. Build a Residual Income. Don't just sell a product one time. Find a way to earn a residual income from anything you sell. Sell something today. Earn an income on it every month for the rest of your life. This is how you build real wealth. It isn't by selling a one-time item and finding a new customer for it every day. Work hard today and earn an income forever.

7. Set goals. Most people live paycheck to paycheck all their lives. They hope Social Security will take care of them when they get older. That's a mistake. Social security isn't enough for people to live on today. It definitely won't be when you have to rely on it. You have to make a plan today...or you'll end up in desperation tomorrow.

It's your choice. You can stay where you are right now in a never-ending spiral...or you can turn the corner and experience the money and dreams you've always wanted.

Are you interested in getting your Network Marketing education? If the answer is yes, start by reading this eBook.

After you are done reading the eBook, if you are really serious about succeeding in network marketing, this training will definitely change the direction of your business. Renegade University is for the beginner, or the leader with ‘beginners’ on their team or list. They are going to show you, step-by-step, how to get your personal marketing process set up like a Professional. Visit: www.networkmarketingbuildsmart.com and sign up for a free account.

11/27/08

Are You Still Wondering How You Could Ever Achieve Success In Network Marketing?

Success in Network Marketing comes from taking the time to learn how to market your business effectively, it’s all about marketing. If you don't know how to properly market your business, nothing will ever change.

I have read multiple network marketing eBooks, but my favorite one is The Renegade Network Marketer by Ann Sieg. After reading this highly acclaimed book, I learned all about the powerful psychology behind the "attraction marketing" strategies that would later help me to attract a steady flow of prospects to me.

What is attraction marketing? Briefly, is the concept that by providing value and solutions to other people’s needs, prospects will be attracted to you and they will contact you to join your business.

Are you fed up with having the frustration of calling leads and bothering family and friends? Are you tired of watching others succeed while you don't? If you want to learn how to build your business effectively there is system that can teach you and guide you how do it. You can build your business with quality prospects who come to you who already know network marketing and are searching for a business opportunity...Read More

8/31/08

How NOT To Prospect...Hopefully You Aren’t Doing It This Way...

If you are a network marketer, it is my hope that this ugly experience will save you from making these fatal flaws in your business.

A week ago, I got phone call from someone pretending to be interested in joining my business. When I returned her phone call, she promptly told me that she too had looked into joining my company eight months ago.

I gulped- knowing that not only did this lady have no intention of joining my business, she wanted to sell me on joining a competing business. Worse than that, for the next 7 minutes and 49 seconds she proceeded to give me testimonial after testimonial about how great her company was, how quickly she "retired", and how her son was making $25,000 in residual income in just three months. And she went on, and on and on and on and on! I actually started worry that she might pass out from never taking a single breath!

Fortunately, 7 minutes and 49 seconds was the limit for this woman...had to take a breath. Sheer curiosity about the depths this woman would go to try to sell her business kept me on the phone up to that point....but when she paused, I told her thank you and that I wished her the best of luck with her business.

What went wrong? Let me count the ways...

She found my website which also had my phone number. She then took it upon herself to contact me during dinnertime about joining her competing company. Not once did I indicate any desire to leave my company. Not once did I show the slightest interest in her company. Despite these facts, she chose to call me- that was Fatal Error 1.

Fatal Error 2 was not even bothering to ask me if I was even happy in my current business (which obviously I am). She made no effort to get to know me, my goals, my concerns, no attempt to build rapport with me whatsoever! How in the WORLD does she expect me to trust her, when she has shown so little concern for me? It was clear within the first 32 seconds of the phone call that she was out for one thing- HERSELF! That is no way to build a team of business owners. In fact, it is contrary to every business building principle I hold dear!

Fatal Error 3 was the fact that not only did she launch into an unsolicited sales pitch, she did so for nearly 8 minutes. She spent 8 minutes of her valuable time reciting a canned sales pitch to someone who couldn't have cared less about what she was selling.

Fatal Error 4 was her incessant use of "hype". I seriously doubt that someone who is making so much money that she was able to "retire" would A) have the time to waste talking to someone who didn't even request any information on her company; and B) is so desperate for a sale that she would try to recruit people in a competing company. If the company was so great and she was so successful, she would have people joining her business like I have- 5 people, 3 days, 2 countries- 3 of which I had never spoken with prior to their joining my team.

If you are a Network Marketer you should be very careful with what you do while trying to create business for yourself and your mlm. There is a whole new science called Attraction Network Marketing that uses the internet as a tool. You can significantly improve your overall MLM business results by knowing about it. You can even create multiple streams of income while building your Network Marketing, but you've got to know how and what is right and what's wrong to do.

Learn how to build your business smart by visiting: www.networkmarketingbuildsmart.com. Sign up for a free course that will teach you and show you step-by-step how to market your business and get results.

Copyright 2008.

8/18/08

Network Marketing Lie #2: Anyone Can Do This!

At best, this statement is only half-true. In my opinion, the value of the truth contained in the statement is far outweighed by the sheer number of people it misleads.

Well, whether we want to admit it or not, not all network marketers start their business on equal footing. Some come into the business with substantial advantages, while others come into the business with substantial disadvantages. Don’t believe me?

Let’s say 2 people want to start their business with Company Z. Person A has been in network marketing for the past 10 years, was a top money earner with Company Y; and he’s been a network marketer full-time for the past 6 years, and has a faithful downline 1,000 strong. Person B works 60 hours a week at a dead-end job, has bills up to his eyeballs, and has never been involved in network marketing, but he’s heard that “anyone can do it” so he’s ready to get going and get himself out of the financial rut he’s been in for the past 5 years. Who will be the first person to reach let’s just say $100,000 in 6 months? I’d be willing to be the farm that it’ll be Person A. Why?

Person A has significant advantages: he’s been in network marketing for 10 years (read: he has substantial experience); He was a top money earned (read; he has money to spend to grow his business; he is a full-time network marketer (read: he has time to build the business); and he has a faithful downline (read: customers);

Person B represents a large percentage of people who find their way to network marketing. Person B is at a significant disadvantage in starting with Company Y. Person B works 60 hours a week (read: he won’t have much time to devote to the business); he has bills up to his eyeballs (read: he has very little money to build the business); and he has never been involved in network marketing (read: he has no experience).

Am I trying to discourage people who resemble Person B from getting into network marketing?

Absolutely not! There are plenty of people out there that were just like Person B and who are now millionaires. That’s what makes network marketing the incredible business model that it is. However, Person B is going to have to do a lot of face-to-face presentations to get his business really going, and $100K will likely take 1-2 years, not 6 months.

The point is, that everyone is on a different timeline. There are so many factors that determine how quickly and easily people start making money in network marketing. One of the most important factors is skill level. That is why it is very important to provide network marketers with step-by-step instructions and training to ensure that beginners begin learning the skills necessary to succeed as soon as possible.

Another important factor is money. Although companies’ start-up costs vary widely, one thing that remains true for all companies is that you will need a monthly marketing budget. You don’t need a big budget, there are many good tools that make Internet marketing easier for everyone. But, the reality is you will still need some money to market your business to its full potential. Big money earners won't tell you that.

Why do you need a marketing budget? Well, without money, you won’t have a constant stream of fresh prospects that you need to build your business. There are two ways to get leads: buy them or generate them yourself. The ones you generate yourself will be far more qualified, but it costs money even to generate leads yourself.

The other main factor is time. Yes, you can start building your business with little time, but the more time you spend the quicker your business will grow.

When Person B approaches me about joining my business, I have an honest heart-to-heart with them about the reality of this business. I take them down off of the “Anyone can do it” cloud, and let them see the reality that they will be facing.

Other people sadly are out for the “Quick Sell”, they wouldn’t mind if a guy spent his last dime on becoming part of their network marketing team, only to have 0 money to market his business. I don’t think that the Quick Sell is the way to build a business. In the short term, it’s great- more sales. In the long term, it’s a long list of discouraged, broke, and angry people.

The moral of this story: please be honest with your prospects. Tell them what it really takes to succeed in this business, and you will be rewarded with happy, successful business builders, which will in turn take you to the top of your network marketing company!
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8/15/08

The Renegade Network Marketer-Learn How to Attract Qualified Leads to You

The Renegade Network Marketer by Ann Sieg, is a highly acclaimed book that teaches you how to succeed at Network Marketing.

In this book you'll learn some of the guarded secrets of the mlm industry that were previously only enjoyed by the top 3% of all earners. You will also learn how to attract pre-qualified leads to you rather than chasing people down.

Network Marketing, as described in the Renegade Network Marketer book, is about un-learning the tire old recipe that frankly, doesn’t work in today's world anymore and learning the techniques and strategies real marketers use to build their business.

It's about positioning yourself in a way that attracts people to you almost effortlessly, allowing you to end the everyone is your prospect game.

It's a step-by-step road map that shows you how to setup a marketing pipeline that provides you and your team with a steady flow of qualified prospects.

This is what you'll be able to do with The Renegade System and The Renegade Network Marketer E-book.

Get your copy of the Renegade Network Marketer ebook. Start Setting up your Renegade System and continue moving ahead in the process of marketing your business.

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8/10/08

Tired of the Traditional MLM Recipe? Learn How To Market Your Business Effectively

How can you learn how to market your Network Marketing business effectively? You may have learned the hard way that chasing friends and family or inviting strangers to meetings is far from following a practical business plan.

Many old school network marketers view the Internet with skepticism. But like it or not, the Internet is the future of network marketing. The Internet allows prospects the opportunity to research every detail of virtually any company in the world, with just the click of a button. This paradigm shift has created an opportunity and a necessity for us to differentiate ourselves from the masses, while allowing us to expose our businesses to a much larger audience than ever before. The Internet has also created an avenue for us to build our own "brand” as a network marketing leader, and in the process shift ourselves from the hunter to the hunted.

I just read something today that really made me mad. Apparently, a highly respected veteran in the network marketing industry, sent out an e-mail that was bashing what he called “Network Marketing” gurus for teaching people the skills of self-branding and independent lead generation.

This guy said that 99% of network marketers don’t want to know about how to brand themselves in their business or learn the skill of lead generation and, he said, that people didn't have the mental capacity to do it. I was appalled. How cynical. How insulting to the 99% of network marketers in the industry.

The ironic part of it, that this was coming from a guy sending out an email to a list of subscribers he had created through personal lead generation and self branding.

This veteran’s view was eerily similar to a guy I studied in college- Karl Marx. You may have heard of him, the Father of Communism. Karl Marx believed that people are too stupid to make their own decisions on how to spend their money. Thus, it was the job of the almighty government to tell them how to spend their money. This guy’s idea that 99% of network marketers don’t have the ability to learn how to brand themselves is not much different that Mr. Marx’s.

It doesn’t surprise me all that much though, when you think about it. This guy made his money the old-fashioned way. Talking to everyone within a 3-foot radius. He knows how tough it is to build a business that way. That’s exactly why only approximately 3% really make money in network marketing…that is…until now.

With the Internet came the ability to talk with a person across the country with the click of a mouse. With the Internet came our ability to grow a business much faster than the Veterans did. And the people who figured out how to use the Internet to achieve this feat became instant MLM leaders, and this doesn’t make the “old school” guys very happy. They are miffed that someone could build an organization equal in size to theirs in less than half the time- without cold calls, hotel meetings, and coffee appointments. So they will naysay it until the very end. They don’t want the competition for the leadership roles! Shame on them!

Considering that these folks preach from their stages in hotel meeting rooms, on conference calls, and at conventions about how their company offers the “average” person the ability to make millions. Yet, when others try to teach their distributors how to make millions, but in a different way (and a faster and much more efficient way I might add) they criticize their efforts.

If it is true that 99% of network marketers aren’t interested in self-branding (branding themselves as a leader) and generating their own leads instead of paying $5 per lead, then we’re all in trouble because the high attrition rate in network marketing will stay the same. I don’t believe that is the case at all.

Actually I believe that our industry is filled with highly motivated and innovative individuals that don't want to be given a job to do without personal thought or insight. The “old-school” way of network marketing tells people to: Take people to a hotel meeting. Meet them at a coffee shop. Answer their objections with these canned responses. “Edify” your upline. Close them using one of 5 methods.

It’s a job. It’s not a business. If it was a business, you would be able to infuse creativity and your own thoughts into the system. If it was a business, you would be a true leader and offer truly valuable information to your downline, not the tired old recipe handed down from generation to generation.

Yes. You can get people into the business using the traditional recipe. But you have to go through the time-consuming, emotionally draining recipe thousands of times to even build a small organization. If they say 1 out of 10 will join your business…Then after talking with 100 you’ve only got 10 people. That sounds like a pretty darn inefficient way to run a business... Read More

With Internet Marketing You Can Become A Leader By Educating Yourself And Helping To Educate Other People

With Internet marketing you can become a leader just by educating yourself and helping to educate other people on how to build a business. With internet marketing, you build a group of people who trust you, and want to do business with you.

With Internet marketing you aren’t limited to talking with people in your hometown or in cities within driving distance.

With Internet marketing people come to you to learn information. Now what’s so wrong with that? Why should we be resigned to being the hunter instead of the hunted? You shouldn’t.

I believe that Internet marketing offers the ability for people to learn how to become leaders, for them to become leaders, and for them to get rewarded for their efforts in helping others.

Network marketing offers people like you and me, who don’t have hundreds of thousands or millions to invest in a brick and mortar business, the opportunity to become a millionaire within just a few years.

I believe that you have that future waiting for you.

How do I know?

Because I started from nothing, and if I can attract people into my Network Marketing business without using the tired old recipe, so can you. If I can have multiple people join my business in just a few weeks without ever having spoken to them about my business, with just a minimal amount of internet marketing experience, so can you. I believe you can even if you don’t.

There will come a day when you'll have a thriving organization that grows without effort, and a lack of money is no longer an issue. I believe that the day will come, just a few years down the road, when you look at yourself in the mirror and say . . . "How did I get so lucky? Do I really deserve all this?"

The answer is . . . Yes you do!

And if you want to do it online I'm waiting for you so that I can teach you the REAL way to become an independent business owner and network marketing leader, not the traditional old recipe of pestering everyone in your path, but instead one where you rise up as a leader, help others attain their dreams, while at the same time attaining your own.

Click here to get started!

To Your Success!

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Roxana is an Internet & network marketing business coach. She is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to apply attraction marketing online to attract free qualified leads and to create a cash flow while building their MLM business.
Contact Roxana through: www.roxana-castillo.com.
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8/6/08

The Renegade University - A Step by Step Training System for the Networkmarketer

Renegade University is a training system that is set up for beginners who are getting started with Internet Attraction Marketing who are looking for a simple, easy to follow path to start seeing results as quickly as possible. If you are a beginner and you really want to get full understanding of this new model of building your Network Marketing business, this system will give you the best overview. Read More...


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8/3/08

Are You Learning Internet Marketing The Hard Way?

There are two types of people who learn Internet marketing the ‘hard way.’

1. Some learn on their own with hard-knocks “trial and error”… picking up e-books and training packages along the way, which are helpful but often incomplete.

Learning by “trial and error” might get you there after passing through a lot of struggle, and sure, almost any training package can help if you’re going it alone…

The problem with most training is that it only takes you half way (at best)… the rest you have to figure out by yourself. Or, it just costs too much!

A training might share a powerful concept that gets you excited, but it rarely takes you to the next level where you see exactly what to do in simple ‘click here, click there’ terms. That could shave months—if not years—off your learning curve.

2. Then there are the people who don’t bother learning anything—they put their faith into ‘free systems’ designed to promote the system’s creator more than actually helping others build a prospects list or team of their own. That never works for anyone but the system’s designer…

So what works?

Getting great results comes from having access to complete step-by-step ‘Show Me How’ Training… with the proper tools to promote you (and not just the creator of the system).

Learn exactly what to do next…Renegade Network Marketer University will show you how to generate cash & leads in the new attraction marketing model.

Renegade University provides step-By-step support for Network Marketers.

You may have learned the hard way that chasing friends and family or inviting strangers to meetings is far from following a practical business plan.

Maybe you’ve tried the “cold-calling” game?

For most, cold-calling is a fast-track to complete burn out, and it usually burns a huge hole in your wallet while you’re at it.

If your business is based on either of these two models you’re working way too hard and wasting a lot of money and time… and you’re probably working harder on your ‘belief’ system than anything else just to stay on the treadmill another day.

Maybe you thought online advertising would be the answer?

You might have tried online marketing but you’ve learned success is more than putting up ads, promoting landing pages, and blasting out emails to your list—the formula is more specific.

Yes, Internet Marketing can be simple and it certainly can be lucrative. The question is do you want to learn how to do it the hard way… or the fast way?

Click here to get on the fast-track now and get access to our free Internet Marketing Training.

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Roxana is an Internet & network marketing business coach. She is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to apply attraction marketing online to attract free qualified leads and to create a cash flow while building their MLM business. Contact Roxana through: www.roxana-castillo.com.
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7/31/08

Whether You Are Marketing on the Internet or Face-to-Face Remember This

Whether you are marketing face-to-face or on the internet, remember this: you don't need to convince ANYONE to get into your business. It's a waste of your time and energy. In fact, I am now building my business using this motto:

No one is worth my time until they've shown an interest in what I am offering.

It doesn't matter how qualified you think a person is, or how great you think they would be at the business. Surprisingly, it isn't even enough if a person wants to start their own business. Until they take action to get more information on how to do it, they're nothing more than a bystander. They aren't a player in the game, so they aren't worth your valuable time and energy.

As a business owner, it isn't your job to convert people into business owners. As business owners we need to get the maximum return for our time and effort. That means talking with people who are, for the most part, already on your same wave length. They believe in network marketing, and understand that the business is just that, a business, and not a job, which requires effort.

By following the "everyone is a prospect" mentality, you may be making things harder on yourself than need be. Why spend your valuable time trying to force a business down someone's throat? Why do that when there are millions of people out there who want to start their own business, and who are willing to come to you for advice on how to build the business. They are the ones who deserve your time and attention. They are they are the true prospects.

And THAT is why the primary focus of an attraction marketing campaign is providing valuable information to others. If you are just quoting pre-printed material issued by your company, you aren't offering value. Your prospects can read that for themselves. How can you get a person to join your team or company over another one? Well, the answer is two-fold:

First, by being visible on the Internet, because that is where people go for information. This is why you use the free marketing tools at Renegade University. If you are on page 56 of a Google search for your business, people can't find you. If they can't find you, they can't ask you for your help.

Second, by offering your prospects valuable information that others aren't. I've had prospects tell me that they would prefer to be on my team because I didn't just try to make the quick close.

Through my articles people learn more about my business than through the glossy sales material everyone else is giving them. They want to be with the person that sets themselves apart from the rest of the pack.

So, how do you learn how to start an attraction marketing campaign? How do you get valuable information to give others? The Renegade University will take you step-by-step through the precess.

Renegade University is a training system that is set up for beginners who are getting started with Internet Attraction Marketing who are looking for a simple, easy to follow path to start seeing results as quickly as possible. If you are a beginner and you really want to get full understanding of this new model of building your Network Marketing business, this system will give you the best overview. You can join Renegade University Free.

After you join the Renegade University you need to make sure that you truly become a student of success.

Stay tuned for Myth #2...

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Roxana is Renegade Network Marketer and Attraction Marketing Coach. Roxana is teaching Network Marketers from many different companies how to attract prospects to them and create a cash flow while building their MLM business. You can contact Roxana through: roxana-castillo.com
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7/25/08

The 7 Great Lies Of Network Marketing - Have You Been Telling This Network Marketing Myth?

Ever since I discovered the concept of "attraction marketing," I've become a student again, constantly studying e-book after e-book to gain valuable information to pass on to others. One of my favorite ones is Ann Seig's 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing, I just couldn't wait to share what I 've learned form this great free resource. And those are some of the biggest myths of network marketing.

I'll be sharing these myths with you over the next week or two, in the hopes that you will pass them on to your downline, so that together, we can stop the attrition and start creating millionaires!

Myth #1: Everyone Is Your Prospect

This belief is what fuled the "3-foot rule" that I just couldn't bear to follow.

This myth causes folks to talk to every waitress, gas station attendant, Kinko's clerk, stranger in the mall, you name it. This is the belief that everyone is a prospect.

Why is this a myth? Think about it...

Not everyone is looking to start their own business.

Not everyone is your prospect. Not everyone has the time it takes to build a business. Some people don't have the patience. Others don't have the money. The fact is there are people in the world who want to own a business, and those that are happy with their 9 to 5 job. Other people just don't have what it takes to be an entrepreneur...and that's okay. As a society we need doctors, we need chefs, we need farmers, we need teachers. The point is, civilization works because of our diversity.

Now, this doesn't mean that you shouldn't talk to your warm market about your business, and it doesn't mean that you shouldn't talk with leads. It also doesn't mean that people haven't succeeded using the 3-Foot Rule, but, for me, those traditional methods never really worked. So, I turned to internet marketing...Read More


7/20/08

Why Do You Need A Capture Page?

A lead capture page is just a single page with sales copy and an opt-in email sign-up form. The idea is to “capture” the web surfer’s contact info and eventually to generate a list of targeted leads that are interested in solving a niche problem.

There are three main reasons you need a capture page. They are:

1. It is the only way to build your list.
2. It establishes your online identity.
3. It pre-sorts the people that come by, allowing the tire kickers to keep moving.

Now you can contact people who have expressed interest in home-based business, MLM, money-making, extra-income opportunities.

Your List Is Your Most Important Asset In Business

Whether you’re new to making money online or not, I am sure you have heard that building a list of email addresses is key to your success.

Your list is your most important business asset whether you are in network marketing, Internet marketing or retail marketing. Your list is made up of the people who - at one time or another - raised their hand and said “I am interested in what you have to say”.

Your list will become your personal warm market, even if you never meet them in person.

In order for people to “raise their hand” and let you know they want more info, you have to have a place for them to enter their info. A capture page will have a “form” that the surfer will complete, providing you with both the means to contact them, and permission to do so.

Since a capture page is also the very first “impression” of you and your services/products, it n needs to look good, work right and intrigue them. Although it’s important to make a good impression on your capture page, don’t overly obsess about what it looks like in the beginning. You will refine it over time. Your prospects/customers will tell you what is working and what isn’t. No, they won’t dial the phone and tell you outright, but they will tell you just the same. It will be in the number of “opt-in’s” you get with a new headline verses the old one or when you add bullet points.

A good lead capture page can generate a responsive list of prospects that can be turn into customers with a good email follow up strategy.

Your Capture Page Is The Gate-Keeper

Let’s say you are offering a free eBook in exchange for someone’s contact info. The capture page will explain the offer, and ask for their info. If they aren’t willing to provide it, there is nothing else they can see or do on your site, so they move on. Don’t add any other links to your capture page, other than the “Get More Info” or “Send My Report” link or button. That should be ALL they can do. Opt-In or move on. Period.

Listen, it takes time to build up trust. Your best friend didn’t become your best friend overnight, and your prospects will need time to warm up as well. Your list gives you the time to build a relationship with them. Show them you are someone they can trust. Someone worth listening to.

And the only way to build a list is with a capture page.

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Roxana is an Internet and network marketing business coach assisting beginners and leaders with creating positive cash flow using principles taught in the highly acclaimed book, "The Renegade Network Marketer," by Ann Sieg. You can contact Roxana through roxana-castillo.com
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