Alright, with all the social networking sites and tools, I have a question for you…
What is the return on investment for you with those things? I really do want an answer, so please post your answer and thoughts.
I bring this up because there are a lot of us that follow each other on Twitter, we are friends on MySpace and FaceBook, BUT…
How well do we know each other? How many times have we truly been able to help one another out or do a joint venture? My guess is, not many of us. Sometime we try do everything on our own and I respect that, but the way I see it, there are a LOT of very qualified Networkers out there who have a lot to offer and no one is taking advantage of it.
So this brings me to my main point…
I thought we could all test something out and if you like it, you can duplicate it yourself. So drum roll please….
Presenting the MLM Empire Social Networking Site and the best news, it’s Free! You can join absolutely free and start promoting YOU.
The point of this whole site is, to connect each other so see if any of you mesh and possibly team up and make even more money together.
This should be a great way to give and receive good advice and training. Not to mention be able to promote all the cool things you are doing.
So please feel free to join and check it out. Look forward to seeing all of you there!
I just wanted to give you a news flash about Mike Dillard. I wanted to welcome Mike Dillard to the Blogosphere! Mike now has his own blog! I have been waiting for Mike to start one for a long time, so the time has come. You can check his blog out at: www.MikeDillard.net
I wanted to let everyone know that the Magnetic Sponsoring Community is now the BetterNetWorker.com Community. If you already had an account, you can log in the with the same username and password. I personally started a new account because I wanted my name in the URL, but that’s just me. Now I need to get all my friends to that account, oh well.
Mike Dillard and his staff have done a great job with the new site with all the new look and features. If you don’t already have an account, you can sign up for Free! Go check it out! J
As some of you know, I have been working on a Training/Community site that will be launching soon. I am very excited about all that we will be covering, it is truly a step by step training course that will grow your business, help you generate endless leads and multiple streams of income. Not to mention it’s a great place to meet like-minded people and much more!
Anyways, I bring this up because I have a favor to ask of you and I have something to give you in return…
If you are willing to fill out a nine question survey, I will give you access to this training site at a 50% discount!
There is truly no pressure, if you would like access to this cutting edge Network Marketing Training Site, click on the following link and fill out this short survey.
I would like to personally invite you to a live BlogTalkRadio show I am doing this Saturday. We will be discussing the basic of Social Networking in the MLM Industry. I want to get all the beginners up to speed on what’s happening in the MLM Industry. This will be www.MLMSuccessTalkRadio.com ’s first show, so it should be fun. I hope to see you there!
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Well it’s been a busy week with producing video tutorials for The Fusion Formula and continuing to write lessons as well. Plus, I have been focusing on retailing products this month. I have also been doing a lot of changes, upgrades, and tweaks here and there. From capture pages, auto responder series, and blogs. It’s kept me pretty busy…
But I did want to share with you another little project that I have put together in my spare time. (Spare time, what is that anyways?!) J
So may I introduce www.PaulCooleyMarketing.com! I am doing this for a few reasons, in which I will be sharing later. Mainly you will find audio and video training, tips and updates on what I have been up to. So I hope you enjoy that and learn a lot from it.
If you have enjoyed using Twitter, you will most likely enjoy Utterz.com, where instead of you leaving mini posts, you are able to leave audio messages. It’s a piece of cake to use, all you will need to do is set up an account and Utterz will remember your cell phone. When you call from your cell phone, you are automatticly log you into your account. Once logged in, it will tell you if you have any direct messages and/or replies from other followers. Or you can just leave a message and once you are done, you have the option to make it available for everyone to hear.
Some pretty cool features with Utterz.com are, you can put a widget on your site or blog which people can press play and listen to your latest Utter. Or you can have it set to where it plays automatically when someone enters your site.
Another cool thing is an option called cross posting. You can also have your Utters to go multiple blogs and have them entered in as a blog post, so everytime you make a new Utter, you have a new blog post on your blog with your new message. You can also pick and choose which blogs you would or would not like your latest Utter to go to.
Plus you can also have all your Utters, direct messages, replies, etc. go right to your cell phone if you would like.
Utterz.com it a great tool to position yourself as a professional, connect with other leaders in the Industry and keep in touch with your down line. You can check it out here: www.Utterz.com
How would you like to get paid to prospect? What I’m going to share with you is the way I have all of my Google Ad Words paid for each month and more!
What I am talking about it something called Funded Proposals which is a way to get paid to prospect.
So here is what I do…
I think it is extremely smart to have a capture page or more set up and use Google Ad Words. Which is what I do and have had great results because of it. (This is how I built the majority of my down line) But, I have found that many are hesitant to set something like that up, because they are on a major tight budget. Because they don’t know what to expect with using capture pages and Google Ad Words, most don’t ever try. I’ll be honest; building your own capture pages can be hard, especially if you don’t know HTML or how to write good copy. There are companies who will design them for you, so if this is a rout that you are thinking about taking, you may want to look into one of those companies.
The key to Funded Proposals is to have something by the opt-in box that says something like: “Fill out the following and receive two Free Marketing Gifts!” This also helps persuade people to submit their contact info. People like to get Free stuff!
Once they submit their contact info, they receive an email from me immediately, thanks to my auto responder! J
When they open my email, they get my thank you message along with my links to their Free Gifts. Now these free gifts have good marketing content, but also have a backend product that your prospect can buy if they choose to. If they choose to, you make a commission! Pretty simple huh!?
Doing this not only can pay for your advertising costs, but it also positions you as a professional and can built trust with you and your prospect. Plus, can pre-train and educate your future business partners. And at the very least, your prospect feels like they got their “money’s worth” by submitting their name.
Once again, this technique has build the majority of my down line and helped build a down line of over a thousand people in less than two months. So take the time to set something like this up, learn how to position yourself as a professional and leader. People will trust you and it just might pay for your ad words! J
Mike Dillard’s Black Belt Recruiting is about to have its re-launch July 22ndat 12:00 Noon (CST)! This training has not been available for some time now. Black Belt Recruiting has Mike Dillard and Mark Wieser discussing ways to explode your team with high impact, high result recruiting styles, turning your leads into 20 reps a month!
This is something you will want to have in your arsenal of techniques. The really cool thing is, Mike did an hour long video with Mark and they have decided to give this video away for Free! This Free training video is a must watch! You will learn how to approach prospects and what NOT to do. Great training advice J
Far too often to we focus our attention only on building a big down line. When that doesn’t happen right away, many run out of money and quit. Then they sign up with another company and do the same thing.
Let me remove the blinders for you…
Building a down line can take time, jumping from business to business isn’t going to do the trick. Just because a company has a good pay plan doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t know how to market the smart way.
If your company offers good products, then sell them! If your company offers not so good stuff, find a new company. Retail is where the instant money is at and where you can find people who will make great business partners. Because, if they are already sold on the products, they will have a drive and an enthusiasm to market those products. Those are the kinds of people you want under you!
So how do you market without coming across as an annoying salesman? No one likes to be sold, I don’t care how great of a product you have. That’s why it’s important to market your products in such a way where the customers want to buy from you.
So how do you market? Online? Offline?Both? I would say when it comes to the retail side of things, you have a lot of options. You have brochures, flyers, different packets, you can mail letters, send postcards, go to places of business, etc. It all depends on what you are marketing and who your target market is. For example, I am in the process of getting ready to market an industrial 3-phase power saver for businesses. So obviously businesses that are on a three phase system is my target market. So I have been putting together info packets that I can give to the business owners. (Looks are important, in more ways than one)
I have spent some time making sure those info packets look professional and offer all the info they will need, including benefits, testimonials, warranties, etc. It’s also important that I know everything I need to about the product so I can answer questions the business owners might have. Plus, it’s important how I am dressed. I have heard of horror stories where business owners have called the main MLM Companies complaining about how unprofessional the distributors were. One guy even said he was very interested in the product, but couldn’t stand how the distributors where dressed and how unprofessional their attitudes were.
That’s a bummer! It’s worth taking a double look at how you dress and how you approach your prospects.
I’m not going to get into the online retail marketing because it’s pretty much the same things you do to market the business opportunity, with slight differences.
I would love to hear about how all of you market retail. And for those of you that haven’t put much focus on it, I encourage you to think about it.
If you are looking into making capture pages yourself or maybe have tired but you’re not too happy with the outcome. You may just want to check out OptinDesigns.com
OptinDesigns.com offers some very cool Web 2.0 design templates that you can customize to fit what you are doing. You can sign up and download some of their templates for free. Or you can pay $37 for the full package. For $37 you are getting $8,101.00 worth of stuff.
What I really like about OptinDesigns.com is the split testing they have done to see what works and what doesn’t. Split testing is huge! It doesn’t do you any good if you have a nice looking page but no one is signing up. With split testing you find out what people like and what they don’t.
With the templates, buttons, opt-in boxes and more that you get with signing up with OptinDesigns, you will have the makings for some very nice and effective capture pages.
They also have an affiliate program that you can be a part of as well. Enjoy!
I just wanted to let everyone know the Jimmy D. Brown is re-opening Membernaire! This is the first time he has opened it back up since it launched. I have love Membernaire and recommend it to everyone, there is so much good content. You can find out more here.
You can get your spot for Membernaire here. You’ll be glad you did!
As I was getting some stuff done on my computer a Tweet popped up on my screen from Lynn Terry from ClickNewz.com. The Tweet commented that Frank Kern had paid her site a visit, so I thought I would check it out. You can see for yourself here: 10 Conversion Sectrets
After reading Lynn’s post and seeing all the comments, I was left with mixed feelings. It got me to thinking about the leaders in our Industry and what makes them a leader. I have never been a big fan of Frank Kern, he has some great marketing advice, but never really cared for the way he comes across. Not putting the guy down, just not my style I guess.
Anyways, as I was thinking about what makes a good leader I thought about people like Lynn Terry, even though she is not in the MLM Industry, there is much you can learn from her. I appreciate her integrity and her caring for those in the Clicknewz community. I also thought about Mike Dillard of Magnetic Sponsoring, who has played a huge impact on how I do business. There are others I could mention such as, Eben Pagan, Yanik Silver, etc. But what makes them leaders? Or maybe I should say, what makes them “good” leaders in the Industry?
It is said that “birds of a feather flock together” and I have found that to be true in many different situations. People who have rejection issues, seems to always find friends with the same issues. People with an entrepreneurial mindset don’t normally make it a huge habit to hang out with people that have a “poverty mentality”. What I am trying to get as is, people always seem to flock to others with the same issues, beliefs, mindsets, etc.
I believe Mike Dillard provides a great answer to what makes a good leader in his book Magnetic Sponsoring. He gives a list of qualities that makes a good “Alpha” or Leader.
Here are some tidbits of what Mike says in his book:
“Alphas are the people whom others want to be like. They know exactly what they want and focus their energies on achieving their goals. They offer tremendous amounts of value to others, they truly love themselves. They love and protect those who matter to them. They respect themselves, and their bodies, dressing with style, and living healthy lifestyles.”
You may disagree, but Mike brings out some great points. I see those kinds of traits in Mike, Lynn, Eben and Yanik. Which brought me to another question, is it smart to follow “leaders” who don’t show those kinds of traits?
This is where people start getting uncomfortable. J Just because someone is successful in business, does that qualify them to be worthy of your time and/or money? Personally, I don’t believe so. Why is it we show more respect to someone with a lot of money compared to someone who may know a lot, but not have millions? Is that right or fair? When I choose people that I want to learn from, they have to qualify for my time. And I do look at how they live when they are not in the spot light. You may think that is irrelevant and that’s fine if you do. That’s just not how I roll. J I’m not talking about being judgmental of that person, nobody is perfect. But I would rather learn marketing from someone who lives with integrity rather than someone who promotes drugs. See what I’m saying? Talking about drug or cussing does not show me they are professionals. In fact it shows the opposite.
I have found in all areas of life, when you have leaders and followers, the followers usually start acting like the leaders and adopting their attitudes and beliefs. Since that is true, it makes sense to be a little more picky about whom you follow and learn from.
Now let me turn this around a little. I encourage you whether you agree or disagree with what I have said. Be the best leader you can be for your down line. Be the person who leads the way to success for those team members who don’t have a clue what to do. Show them how to become better people and that they are worth more than just settling for second best. Because you know what? Whether you know it or not, there are people looking up to you to lead the way and they might want to be just like you. Are you the leader you want to be?
My thanks go out to the leaders out there who are leading the way in the Industry. Thank you Lynn Terry, Mike Dillard, Eben Pagan and all the others out there that are doing such a great job!
Well, today I had to do something I didn’t want to do. I had to switch hosting companies. I didn’t really know what to expect, but thanks to Roy Montero, it wasn’t all that hard. I decided to go with Hostgator.com, I was able to get a coupon code that got me my first month for a penny! What a deal! The customer service was helpful and they are switching over my domain names over for free. So all in all, it wasn’t that bad of an experience.
Because many are just starting out, I figured I would write about Hostgator so you would know about a good hosting company to go with. And you can get your first month free as well by clicking here.
Side Note:
Remember, for those of you thinking about starting a blog with wordpress. You will want to have it hosted by a company like hostgator. Wordpress is nasty for shutting people down who promote MLM, Network Marketing and affiliate marketing. There is just a lot more freedom in having it hosted as well.
Anyways, just thought I would share that tidbit of info.
I am sorry to have to cancel this, but the company that is producing this chip is now under some legal investigation…lol Welcome to Biz world! Anyways, I’m still planning on doing a series on retailing. I’ll see what I can find for a prize. I’ll keep you posted.
First off I apologize for this post being a little late. I got hit with a 24 hour bug, which messed my day up. Anyways…
The point of MLM Empire Training is not to promote my businesses, but I had to share something that I thought would make a good topic.
A company I joined about a year and a half ago just released a product that I think will sell like hotcakes. I haven’t done anything with this business, so building a business isn’t really the priority, just retailing this product.
The reason I bring this up is that I thought this could turn into a pretty cool case study on marketing the retail side of things. Far too often we only focus on bringing people into the business, we never really focus on the retail. I always try to work on both sides. So in this case study, your thoughts, input and ideas are important, so this should be fun.
So here is the run down…
The product is a gas chip that goes underneath your gas tank. There are a few other little things involved, but the idea is people can save up to on gas mileage.
If someone buys a chip they also have the option of coming in as a distributor for free and therefore getting the chip at distributor cost. Now this could turn out to be a great way to build a down line depending on how you look at things. I have mixed thoughts on that, but that’s another topic.
I figure there is no greater time to marketing something like this since gas prices are insane right now! But, I have already found there to be a couple down sides. Which I will cover in another post.
So here is the deal, I want to go through all the steps of retailing a product in an MLM business. Most already know the offline way of doing things, so I want to cover the online way of doing things. That’s where you come in…
I want your opinions and ideas, what’s worked for you and what hasn’t. The one who provided the most valuable info that produces the best results wins a Free Gas Chip.
So there ya go. This should be fun to see what everyone comes up with.
I just wanted to let everyone know that Brad and Matt Callen’s latest project was just launched. It’s BlinkWeb.com, I just signed up so I can’t tell you a lot about how well I like it, but I wanted you to be able to get your spot while it’s still free. If you are one of the first 1000 people to sign up, it’s free for you.
For those of you that were on Brad’s mailing list and got to see the video about what BlinkWeb will allow you to do, I’m sure you are excited. For those of you who haven’t watched the video go to www.BlinkWeb.com now and watch the video. Blinkweb will make it extremely easy to make web sites or sales letters by simple drag and drop features.
So be sure to set up an account while it’s still free! Please come back and comment on what you think about it, once you have tried it out.
Scott Boulch, who is very tired of the whole “Marketing Gurus” sucking all the money out of people with very little return for the customers, has written an eBook on the subject called The Internet Marketing Cure. You can click on the picture and down load it, it’s free! From what I have read so far, it’s very good and Scotts brings out some very good points.
The thing I want to share with you is a statement that was made in the book. Scott brings up that there are Marketing “Gurus” and Marketing “Dorus”. Which one are you? Not saying that all of the Marketing “Gurus” that we know are bad, but the point is there are a LOT of people out there selling info products, memberships, classes, etc. telling people what to do, but never doing it themselves.
That’s how they make their money and a lot of money for that matter. They aren’t making money on the things they are telling you do to. Which raises another good question, if they aren’t doing it, how do they know it’s really going to work? What’s the return on investment for you going to be?
When you are spending big bucks to hear what the pros are saying, shouldn’t you see results in your own business because of it? Well, I guess that depends on you and how serious you are taking your business.
So I will ask again, are you a guru or a doru? That statement got me to thinking about something else I would like to share…
It’s so important to be what you say you are. Your actions to manifest who and what you are, there are so many people I know just doing “stuff” that they never really get anything done. They are always so busy telling others how to run a successful business, but yet they don’t even have one.That’s scary!
When you are the real deal, people will know it. If you are not the real deal, you just might be able to trick a few people, but it won’t last. What I’m getting at is, take the time to invest in yourself, learn what you need to learn. Put in the time and dig in, don’t try to be a teacher overnight because that could come back and bite you in the butt.
Take the time to invest in yourself, be what you say you are in all areas of life… Success will come.
For those of you who haven’t heard of Mark Wieser, I thought I would introduce you to him. Mark Wieser is a very successful MLM leader. He was Mike Dillards original up line in a company I don’t believe they are a part of anymore. Both Mark and Mike put together the Black Belt Recruiting Course which in not available at the moment.
Mark has also written an eBook called SureFire Sponsoring Secrets. But what I wanted to let you know about is he has just releases some MLM Training Videos that you can check out here. I also recommend getting on his mailing list to you can receive all the new videos as they come out. Hope you enjoy!
Well, you have probably heard of the term Google slapped, I just got Wordpress slapped! Let me explain…
When I first started with the company I am apart of now, I was using blogs to help promote my business, from myspace to blogger and wordpress. I loved it! I ended up liking Wordpress the best out of all of them. At first it was a little hard to get the hang of it, but well worth the effort.
I started focusing more and more on using Wordpress, the thing I didn’t do was download the Wordpress software and have it hosted myself. I had Wordpress host it, BIG MISTAKE!!
The reason why I say big mistake is, Wordpress has gotten aggressive about blogs used for mlm, affiliate marketing and anything close to that. They don’t like it and they WILL deactivate your blog!
That’s what happened to me a few nights ago, I was checking my stats and rankings with some of my blogs. With two of my blogs that I made for my primary company ranked spots one, two and three in Google, that made me happy. I was the first thing people saw when searching for my company. Well I went and clicked on my site and it went to a page that said I was in violation and my account had been suspended.
To say I was unhappy about it would be an understatement, but this also has forced me to make some changes and modifications. For the past two days I have been making brand new blogs with the same content I had before. But this time, I am hosting them myself, so more Wordpress telling me what I can or can’t do. So for this post, I want to stress the importance of hosting wordpress yourself. There are many hosting companies out there, I am going through www.SureWireHosting.com.
In the days and weeks to come I will be going over SEO (search engine optimization) and how to get your site to rank well in the organic search engines. But for now, learn from my mistakes and do things the right way. Don’t let Wordpress host your blogs!
For those of you have read Mike Dillard’s book Magnetic Sponsoring, you understand the Alpha concept. With that concept in mind, have you even been in an alpha war?
Have you ever been talking with a prospect and they start making the demands, they start telling you what you are going to do for them? They control the conversation. Well, that’s not good when that happens. I am a firm believer we need to be professionals and leaders and when someone challenges our leadership, we don’t back down. Now let me make this clear, I’m not talking about being an egotistical jerk, what I am talking about is, holding your ground and raising the standard in the MLM Industry.
When you have a prospect sizing you up over the phone or in person, don’t sweat it. Be yourself and be what you are to your team, if that’s a leader, then be a leader.
There are always going to be other people out there that are true “alphas” and alpha wannabes. Either way this is great motivation to hone your skills and add value to yourself. The more you can offer to others that many other people can’t offer to their team, the more valuable you become. I talk to many people who have no clue about how to use the Internet to promote their business, so I become valuable in their eyes because I can help them with that. See what I mean? This is where a lot of people start getting puffed up on pride, then they become jerks. You don’t want that to happen to you, so watch out!
In the heat of an alpha war, you need to remember to keep your cool, don’t get mad, leave that for the other guy to do. If you start talking in a bad way, you just lost.
As you continue to position yourself as a professional, there will be people out there to challenge you. Good, you will grow from that too!
I remember talking with a guy who had contacted me about my opportunity; this guy had been in Network Marketing for many years and had done a pretty good job from what he said. The second time we talked on the phone he said he was debating between signing up with me and another guy. He then went on to talk about me signing a contract with him stating I would do such and such for him. Well, that was the end for me. I politely told him the choice was his to make, that he needed to go with the person who would be the best support for him. I also went on to tell him that I didn’t need him to succeed. The call was ended soon after that.
The point, yeah he probably could have brought many into my team, but it’s not worth the headache dealing with someone who is going to demand you to do things that are his job to do! My success does not rely on that guy and neither does yours, so don’t get desperate and sign up someone who is going to suck the life out of you.
Once again, that could have been taken as egotistical, but it’s not. Alphas protect what’s valuable to them, their time, their family, their team, etc. They are not going to compromise that for some demanding guy. It’s all a part of the alpha war.
So continue to sharpen your skills and become the leader you need to be. If you would like more information on being an Alpha, I recommend picking up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. You won’t regret it.
If you are like most, you are too busy to go to all the blogs you like and check them out, well now you can subscribe here and have the posts delivered to your inbox. All you will need to do is fill out your email address in the following box. I hope you enjoy this feature!
For those of you using Twitter you might want to check out this article at MLM Social Marketing.
It’s about a Twitter application where you can send Tweets on a certain day at a certain time and not even be on Twitter! So if you are out of town and can’t Tweet, check out this Article.
I thought I would “pre-launch” my latest little project for all of you today. So, drum roll please…..
Welcome to www.MLMSocialMarketing.com! The reason why I started this little project is there is a huge need to get the majority of the MLM Industry up to speed on what’s really going on in the Industry. Eventhough I do cover these topics on this site, I thought I would dedicate a site completely to Social Networking. There will also be a MLM Social Marketing eBook availible on that site soon as well. So I hope you all enjoy it and make use of it.
I am also adding this youtube video on Social Networking for your enjoyment. Enjoy!
I just found out Jimmy Brown has just launched a new site called SR Zone. In Jimmy’s new site you will find good info on Internet Marketing, plus there are free articles ranging from Secrets to build a high profit business to getting traffic to your site.Personally I have really enjoyed everything Jimmy Brown has done, he has done a great job on the courses I have gone through, in fact I am going through one of them now!So check it out and enjoy! SR Zone
With everyone wanting to get good search engine rankings and studying SEO (Search Engine Optimization), there are a few tricks that you can use to get your name out there. Things like Squidoo. Squidoo is a website designed to make it easy for anyone, for free, to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. You can make these single pages about you, your business, a product you are marketing, etc. Each page is called a lens and the cool thing about these lenses is Google loves them! Each lens you make will be hosted by Squidoo and spidered by Google.You might be asking why you would need to do this if you already have a web site or a blog. Good question…Your site or blog might not be getting the best page ranking, but if you make a lens about your site or blog, chances are that lens will get good rankings, possibly out ranking your site!
Here is a link to a lens I just made for one of my business opportunities, so you can see an example of the things you can do: http://www.squidoo.com/XediaTechnologiesSo when making your lens you have some options on what you can put on it. You want to make it eye appealing, with good content and good key words. You will be able to put pictures, articles, benefits, youtube videos, iTunes, Twitter, comments section and more!So let’s cover a few things you will want to remember when making your lens.
1.If you haven’t already set you an account at www.squidoo.com then fill out your profile.
2.When making the title and URL of your lens make sure it uses the main key words you are going for. For example in the one I showed you, my main key words were: “Xedia Technologies”.
3.Choose which features you want to use. When writing in the “Text” section, be sure to put in good content that will catch your readers eye. Also, don’t forget about the Key words.
4.You will want to use the RSS option in your lens, so your readers can subscribe to it. (you can get your RSS feed link from your blog)
5.I really like the youtube feature, if you have your own youtube account and have videos that are relevant to your lens, add it! People love to watch videos!
6.If you would like people to be able to comment on it, leave that feature there. I like to have it because if people start commenting on it, it will bring more traffic to my lens.You will also be able to add links to your other web sites and blogs, so be sure to do that! After you are done creating your lens, you can write about it in your blog, post it in stumbleupon,Twitter about it to get more traffic to your lens.
So have some fun with Squidoo and generate more traffic to your site. You can make as many lens as you want, so if you have more than one product, you might want to ma
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