One of the weirdest things that I see happen in the network marketing industry is when someone asks you to do them “a favor” by going to look at their business opportunity.

HUH? Since when did “them doing you a favor” benefit them in the form of a real, life changing business? If someone does you a favor, it is just that. There is no intention of the person to buy or join anything. I know you many use this approach because they think that if they can just get that other person to the site, they will see how great the biz is for themselves and be interested. Well, not so fast soldier!

This little tactic may have worked back in the day..but no so much now.

See, so many marketers still don’t understand target marketing and attraction marketing. When you offer someone the very thing that they are looking for, they don’t have to do you a favor, in fact, they are doing themselves a favor! And that is how you find and build leaders. This way you answer the “What’s In It For Me” question and not envoke the “What is this all about” question.

I’ve even had people who needed what I had, asked me for it and actually purchase from me. Ironically they have then gotten upset with me because I would not do them a favor and buy what they had in return.

But what if I don’t want or need what you have? If I bought every darn thing on that principle I wouldn’t be able to find my bed at night due to all the useless products I would’ve purchased.

The best thing is to give people what they ask for. If they don’t ask for it, and through questions you don’t uncover that they need it..let them go!!

As a professional in this industry I recognize a newcomer a mile away! Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being new. At some point we all were new. But the approach that the newbies are being taught will just repel the sharks they want away from joining their team. An oxymoron at it’s finest.

So what does a newcomer do?

- Well first, stop asking people to do you favors. No one in this business owes you anything..especially out of the gate.
- Second, get to know people and find out what their wants, needs and desires are..genuinely.
- Third, if you have a solution to an identified problem, offer it.
- Fourth, point them in the right direction to obtain the solution and let them take the first step..whether it is to opt in or subscribe or whatever.
- Lastly, move on to the next prospect and repeat.

If you use this formula for network marketing success, the sharks you want will be jumping out of the water to work with YOU!

I was surfing around the net today looking for something interesting and “post worthy” to share with you today and here’s what I found.

My good friend and mentor Daegan Smith had a very detailed way to generate leads that he shared and since it made complete sense..I wanted to give you access to the same info as well! Enjoy!

How To Create A “Lead Booby Trap” From Scratch

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What is Branding?

Since the advent of the Internet as a communication tool, people mostly spend their time online to find information, make purchases, or communicate on a daily basis. But for companies establishing their presence online, it consequently expands their ability to reach a wider market and generate more sales. As much as you take measures to brand your company, you must also do the same for your online business. In fact, it is an even more pressing issue that you need to look into given the several existing competition on the internet.

Your brand identity will enable you to create that distinction from among other businesses within your niche. Provided that you are able to build relationships amongst your target market and established a trusted reputation, you will find that you are able to connect to more people with minimal effort. This is because the brand speaks in behalf of your company, which is why it can often make or break your business efforts as well.

Three Ways To Successfully Brand Online

Effective branding on the internet is a combination of several factors. There are three essential aspects necessary towards creating a successful brand online: a compelling brand, quality website, and efficient marketing strategies.

Below are three of the areas you need to work on to enhance your brand’s capacity to represent the company and attract more people to your business.

Identifying Target Market

One of the essential first steps toward a successful branding effort for your online business is identifying and focusing on your target market. Indeed, how can you brand your business if you’re not even sure of who you are trying to attract. This will also enable you to cater your brand for use later on in advertising efforts and other marketing campaigns such that it would appeal directly to your business’ target audience. Consequently, your ability to recognize your target market will enable you to review what methods your competitors use to attract them. That way, you can look into other more effective techniques of creating your brand that can bring in more people into your business.

Brand Definition

Another essential aspect of a successful online brand is its ability to showcase to your prospects what business you do and how you do it. This stage lets you dig deeper into the company’s branding effort wherein you need to establish how you can get a holistic message about your company through your brand. It might also affect other aspects of the company such as reputation and trust among the customers. Therefore, it isn’t just about coming up with a unique name or visually appealing logo but more of your ability to deliver the results you claim to produce.

Powerful Web Design

The last and most crucial aspect of your online branding effort is the website itself. As a business, you need to aim for a certain level of professionalism when coming up with a web design. Make sure to incorporate more of your brand into the design for consistency and emphasis such that your prospects will be able to establish that trust.

It is important to create that sense of security given that the internet is infiltrated by scammers. Also, never fail to consider the user when designing your website so that the experience of navigating through your page would be a delightful one. As with any brand, you want to make sure that you offer only the best experience to your customers at whatever area of your business.

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Tracey Walker is an Expert Internet Network Marketer who hates rejection and chasing dead-end leads.

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What is Internet Video Marketing?

One of the more popular marketing tools used today is internet video marketing. This particular tool reinforces the idea that utilizing interactive methods of advertising and promoting on the web is becoming the choice of the new wave of online marketers.

In this particular type of marketing strategy, videos are used as a medium by online businesses for promotional material on the company’s products or services to help generate bigger sales. It is certainly one of the most diversified approaches at marketing, provided, of course, that you are able to create a compelling and highly interactive video presentation.

Why Should You Opt for internet Video Marketing?

Whether you are new to online marketing or not, there are five good reasons to opt for internet video marketing as an effective sales generation strategy.

Click the link to read the rest of the article ==> Internet Video Marketing

What is MLM Lead System Pro?

MLM Lead System Pro is an efficient marketing system for beginners to the online industry. With a $47 monthly fee, members can have access to list building capabilities offered by an autoresponder account, personal branding opportunities online, and other customizable features. Indeed, this system is a major leap from the automated systems previously employed in the online industry.

Subscribed members of the MLM Lead System PRO offer effective branding mechanisms for online marketers using basic platforms. There are also lots of expansion opportunities, as members can access several resources from the back office, like training videos, tutorials, personalized autoresponder emails, and other tools that will increase leads and cash flow.

Pro’s

• As a of MLM Lead System PRO, you benefit from having an updated list of information and resources — be it through a series of webinars, tutorials, or other massive amount of resources available within the system.

• If you are able to refer new people into the system and they can convince others as well, you can be assured of not just a residual income but multiple streams of income for maximum earning potential.

• There are three areas of focus in MLM Lead System PRO that ensure a holistic marketing system: building a list, positioning, and a smooth flow of cash.

• MLM Lead System PRO is named as such because it stands out mostly for its ability to generate a massive list. Plus, the leveraging efforts of creating leads through social networking sites offer optimum result for your business.

• This particular system targets two aspects of online marketing that many online businessmen wish to attain but fail to realize: building quality leads and increasing income generation. Therefore, it places much
emphasis on the need to target leads for increased possibility of turning them into sales, instead of merely gathering names and contact information that are irrelevant to your business.

Con’s

• There is a mysterious aspect to the MLM Lead System PRO. Members are not fully aware of which organization is being promoted in the system’s front end. Most people looking for an effective online marketing system want transparency because it is also crucial in building trust within the online community. At its core, this system really does look similar to a pyramid scheme.

• Unlike other online marketing systems, MLM Lead System PRO’s trial period comes with a $1 fee.

• This system targets people who have previous background on the industry, thus, eliminating the hassle of trying to establish the basics of this industry. Therefore, this particular online marketing system is
offered only to a limited scope instead of being accessible to the great majority.

Overall

If you’ve been doing online marketing for a while and cannot seem to figure out the right formula to use for an effective online marketing campaign, the MLM Lead System PRO does make a legitimate claim in helping you attain the kind of success you’ve always dreamed of. First off, there are several ways to generate income, such as the affiliate programs and monthly commissions you get either from new members to the program or when anyone makes a purchase on new products or tools.

MLM Lead System PRO also utilizes attraction marketing, which is one of the fastest rising and most successful methods employed on the internet nowadays. Indeed, every online marketer knows that establishing relationships is one of the strongest ways you can build your list and boost sales.

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Tracey Walker is an internet network marketing coach who teaches networkers the strategies of network marketing’s top earners. If you would like to learn more about the exact system that she and other industry leaders use to generate 50-60 leads a day, follow this link ==> MLM Lead System Pro Facts & Information

The network marketing model is one that has significantly changed over the years. The old school methods of chasing friends and family to join your business just isn’t as effective as it used to be.

The world had evolved. The internet has become the chosen source of information. Almost any network marketer who is interested in lasting longer than 5 more years has began to learn the strategies of the net. So why the transition? Mainly because Web 2.0 has created an environment where building networks and keeping them is as easy as 1-2-3.

It would be unreasonable to share with you why network marketing is surging on Web 2.0 without first going over what Web 2.0 is. When the internet was in it’s infancy, the websites were pretty plain and static and users could only read what was on the screen. Now, the overall user experience has drastically changed.

To read the rest of this article, click here ==> Web 2.0 Article

Many people get stumbled when they are asked this horrible question, “Is this a pyramid scheme” or “Is this one of those pyramid selling structures?”

When someone asks you this question, you must not fumble or stutter… in fact, you must be very happy that they ask this question because it shows genuine interest on the part of the prospect because better to have a passionate, negative prospect than a lukewarm person. A passionate, negative person can be turned into a passionate positive person who will go all out for your team, but only if you handle the pyramid objection intelligently.

Firstly, a pyramid scheme is often confused with network marketing or multi level marketing. People feel that the guy who starts FIRST is often the one who gets all the money while the downlines do all the work. Others would associate the MLM company as being illegal.

You see, MLM generally pays over a multi-tier compensation structure and you can earn money up to many levels deep. However, it doesn’t mean that the person on ‘top’ will generally earn more money than the downline.

Let’s take Amway for example. If you want to ‘Go Diamond’ you will need to build up 6 teams.

But if you want to go Double Diamond, you need to personally build up 9-12 teams (as an example). So if you build 6 teams only but your DOWNLINE, builds 9-12 teams, does it makes sense that your downline should earn more money than you? Sure your downline is part of your team and he is helping to expand your group, but since he put in more hard work in personally building a team, it makes sense that the downline Double Diamond earns DOUBLE of what you should make even though you are on top!

Next, if you consider that network marketing is a business about helping people, you can’t try and sponsor as ‘wide’ as possible (e.g. personally sponsoring 20 yourself) but you don’t help any of them succeed. You are no longer building a network but you are creating a recruiting job for yourself! And if they don’t succeed, you can bet your next commissions check that you will be sponsoring people over and over again for the next few years.

Most compensation plans pay you well only when your downlines succeed. Hopefully you are prepared to HELP your people.

So in order to handle the objection, consider that – network marketing is a LEGAL network building business that MOVES PRODUCTS through many levels and the one who works the hardest will get paid the most (contrary to a corporate pyramid where the CEO might not necessarily work the hardest compared to the clerk, but the CEO gets paid the most nevertheless).

Striking gold in MLM is not easy unless you work very hard to build networks. Execute a ‘small’ plan and you will get small results. But if you play it big, the risk will pay off when you find the right kind of people to network with.

This goes without saying that when you try and network with other MLM list builders, you will make more money with the same amount of work.

However, MLM list builders are very protective with their lists. They will not do an ad swap or a promotional email blast just because you ask them to. So what is the best way to tap into their inner circle?

Firstly, don’t act like an wannabe. Most network marketing leaders are so busy with their marketing activities and taking care of their downlines that they barely have any time left to deal with every single wannabe that grovels for their time. It is a big turn off so make sure you try and carry yourself in a very professional way.

Next, if you can’t become their friends directly, always try and get to them through their various networks and contacts. For example, if your target leader is a very good friend of a particular marketer, you can try and network with him first, become his friend, work on projects with him and when the time is right, bridge the connections. It is sort of like a teenage guy going after a girl way out of his league, but he can succeed if he becomes close friends with HER friends and try and wedge his way into her ‘inner circle’.

Another way to ensure that you will have successful joint ventures is to observe the following tips.

Never ask for a joint venture opportunity at the last minute. People are busy and they are most probably not going to re-arrange their schedules or do special favors for complete strangers.

When you pitch your joint venture offer, make sure you offer good and valuable products related to their niches. If they teach their downlines about list building, you will have better chances if you ask them to promote good list building tools. Most important of all, you have to make sure your products provide good value to their subscribers.

You can also subscribe to their mailing lists, and REPLY directly to their newsletters using the RE subject line of the newsletter issue. This will definitely grab the attention of the list builder.

Remember, at the end of the day, JUST ASK. The worst that can happen is that they will say no or ignore you… but it is worth it because you will always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

They say that driving traffic to your MLM websites is the biggest key towards dominating the market. This statement holds a lot of weight as lead generation and building your names list are the lifeline of your network marketing business.

But what happens if you do not have enough existing traffic? What if your blog is virtually dead or your mailing list is smaller than other people’s downlines? How do you get a jump start and get ahead of all the other traffic buyers especially if you do not have money to pay for expensive banner advertising or Google AdWords?

The answer is in the following.

Submitting quality content to websites!

Submission is one of the single, most important ways to leverage on high traffic user generated websites and targeted enough to draw in large crowds of network marketing prospects. It’s sort of like a mouse, riding on the shoulders of an elephant moving at fast speed!

The theory works well because…

Google considers these sites as high authority sites and getting good quality back links from sites like Ezine articles will give you a huge boost in search engine rankings and hence, more traffic.

You can leverage on the traffic on those sites and by sorting through the right categories, you will get the right kind of traffic.

You also get viral traffic when people like your content and they republish it or they share it with their friends through emails.

So what are the different types of content you can submit to and get traffic?

There are Articles (written content about 250 – 600 words).

Audio recordings (you can read out an article or a transcript and submit them to podcast sites)
Video sites (YouTube, Viddler, Metacafe and many other sites accept video recordings… you can record yourself or use Power Point to make one).

You can compile all your articles into an E-book or a special report and submit them to E-book sites (you can also give the book Master Resell Rights or Private Label Rights and watch the book go viral).

RSS submission (you can submit your blogs to lots of RSS sites and pick up traffic)
Blog directory submission (submit your blogs to sites like Blog Catalog and Blogflux)
You can also submit your sites to Social Bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumble Upon, Mixx, Mister Wong, Reddit and many more).

Finally, you can also submit your content to Facebook and other Social Networking sites and build a community.

Make sure you submit to as many sites as possible and do it as consistently as possible.