I think I’m letting the shark out the tank when I decided to write about the most controversy subject in lead generation and that is, is buying network marketing leads a scam.  Here’s the thing with buying network marketing leads from a well known company out there, if your bank account is stocked full of cash with cashflow from your business this MIGHT be an option.  There are some heavy hitters in the business that have a ton of cash to throw into this kind of marketing and they see some results.  But I am talking about hundreds even thousands per month.  Do you have that kind of cash just laying around to be put into this type of marketing?

The problem with this is that 96% of network marketers are in this business part-time and are funding their entire business with money generated from their full-time job, which also pays the bills and provides for the family.  So in reality, this type of lead generation is not the answer for you.  And you’re not alone.  Many network marketers turn to this after exhausting their names lists of friends and family which got ZERO results because this seems to be the only option out there.  I know how you feel, because I felt the same way, and what I found is that buying network marketing leads is a scam for the majority and these blood thirsty companies are eager to take the dough right out of your hand with big promises that these leads will give you the results that you are looking for.

Why do I make such a big statement?  Because I went down this path, just like you, and wasted so much time and money, it ain’t funny.  I purchased many leads from the top companies and literally got NO results.  My wife would ask me why I would spend all this money, when she herself was not seeing the results.  She could see the frustration on my face when I would come out of my office each night after making phone calls.  I would get hang ups, disconnected lines, people who were so angry from getting these calls from other companies associates that they asked me to take their name off my list.  I had one lady thinking she was getting a free box of pampers when she filled out the survey from one of the companies I bought the leads from.

So what do you do if this method is not the answer to your success?  I was just as frustrated as you, so I went on the internet to find the answers and this is what I found to be the answer. I have broken it down into 4 steps for you.

1.  You MUST learn attraction marketing

2.  You MUST be the hunted and not the hunter chasing your prospects

3.  You HAVE to increase your Personal Value to others by learning new skills

4.  Continue to increase your Personal Value so you become more valuable to more people

This is the TRUE answer to success in this industry.  But, if you want to continue down the frustrating path of buying bottom of the barrel leads, wasting your time and money, by all means continue, that’s your decision to make.  I would’nt even read further, because if myself and others that have went down this path with no results are handing you the keys to success, taking the 5 minutes it will take to check out the links below, won’t be worth your time.

But……if you are tired of this network marketing shenanigans with buying leads, tired of not feeling like a true professional network marketer, tired of wasting your time and money….then check out the two resources that changed mine along with thousands of others businesses around overnight.  It will give you a whole new outlook for your business and you can take a big sigh of relieve, as I did, knowing you will never have to buy a lead again.  These two resources that will move your business forward are Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring and Ann Sieg’s Renegade Network Marketer.

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I found this article by Steve Shoemaker very interesting because I teach others in the industry in a similar fashion.  Network marketing social media can be overwhelming if you let it.  But this article about network marketing social media basics will lead you down the right path in getting started.

Steve has given you the keys to starting your business online using social media.  You are being hit in every direction to join this and that, and your being told it’s the next best thing to social media marketing.  Just remember to keep it simple starting out.

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I wanted to share with you a little secret ninja trick that you can implement right away in your online business.  Have you ever thought about how YOU can get one of the guru’s in the industry to leave a comment on YOUR blog post?  It can take as little as 5 minutes to implement.  No joke.  I have broken it down into 5 simple steps for you.

1.  Find some interesting content created by a guru in the industry.  This can be an article, video or even one their blog posts you found of value and want to share it.  You could search for Hubpages, Squidoo pages, YouTube and Facebook, to name a few.  Another great resource to finding great material being posted by the leading experts is MLMURLS.

2. Create your blog post, but change the heading to something different.  Not so different it loses the effect.   You could use their wording, but change it up a bit so it’s not exactly the same. (you don’t want to blatantly steal their headline)

3.  Your first paragraph outlines what you liked about the content.  And in that paragraph you want to link back to their URL where you found the information.

4.  Your second paragraph you want to share what you like about the author of the content your sharing.

5.  VERY IMPORTANT STEP: Go back to your blog post as you were a new visitor to your site and click the link that you set up in your first paragraph.

That’s it. You may be wondering why step 5 is so important and what clicking the link does?  Once you click the link, sometimes it will alert the author that you shared their content and they will come to your blog to see what you wrote.  Or they check their traffic stats to see where their visitors are coming from and your information will be there sparking their attention.  Since you are essentially sending them free traffic and you have wrote a nice piece about them, they may be inclined to leave you a comment thanking you for sharing their information.

I have to give props to my man Ty Tribble for this little “crazy” ninja trick, as he calls it.  This is just one of many so called “tricks” you can find in his new MLM Blog Secrets.

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What is this ONE key element many people miss when writing a blog post?  It may seem like a simple idea, but it is essential when putting your posts together and that is, talk to your reader as you would like a face to face conversation.  Network marketing is about relationships and you can’t develop a true one by talking to them as just a number out there.  In any business if your treated like just another number to them and not a valued customer, you look elsewhere for service.  This same concept applies in network marketing.  So when you write, use words like “you”, “your” and so on.  Don’t use words like “we”.  Also, if you come off to salesy or pitchy, you are going to loose your readers and visitors to your site.

One of the things that helps me when putting together a post, is to visualize your reader as they were right there in front of you having a day to day conversation.  Just write like you would talk.

So think about this the next time your in front of your computer getting ready to post some great content.  If you continue to write as if your reader is just another number to you, you are going to miss the boat.

P.S. If you want some more great tips and tricks to using blogging in your network marketing business, I would highly recommend getting these free videos from the #1 blogger in our industry, Ty Tribble.

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Todd Falcone has created a great video blog post on network marketing funded proposals.  It’s a VERY controversial video and you may be surprised on what Todd has to say.  So please be warned now, you may not agree with what he has to say.

I have followed Todd for quite some time now and always like his blog content.  He has moved more to a video blog so you get to see some of his humor and behind the scene footage in his home office.

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Have you ever wondered how some people can get anyone to do want they want?  At first this may seem to be a bit arrogant and may not be how you market yourself, but after reading Frank’s post you will get it.  Actually it’s not selfish at all and has nothing to do with some egotistical manipulation trick.  It’s completely the opposite.

I came across this concept in an email that Frank Kern, one of the most successful and influential internet marketers around, sent me and wanted to share it with you because I think it can translate into your business if done right.  I have used this many times and yes it does work.

To check out this super cool way to get others to do what you want, just click the link below, enjoy and leave a comment on what you think about it.

Here is the world’s biggest secret to success.

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Have you heard that network marketing is a word of mouth business?  In the sense of a true word of mouth business, NO.  But, don’t get worried just yet that your upline and company told you this.  Network marketing can be a word of mouth business, but not like you may think on the surface.

First, let’s look at word of mouth marketing in a true business sense, not network marketing.  Word of mouth advertising for a brick and mortar business can some of the best and some of the worst advertising for these types of businesses.  When you see a great movie, go to a suburb restraunt or read an excellent book you tell your family and friends about it without that rotgut feeling of, “what are they going to think of me” when you tell them about those things.  Why?  Listen close and see if you can catch the KEY to this.  You have NO FINANCIAL benefit when you tell them.  Did you catch on there?

Now let’s look at this word of mouth advertising from a network marketing perspective.  Very simple actually.  Now that you own a business that has services and products that you absolutely love, you still want to tell your family and friends about them, but NOW you have a financial tie to them.  This is where the game changes.   This is where that deep down rotgut feeling comes in when you are trying to tell your family and friends about the products your company has.  Hell, you get the same feeling when you are trying to cold call those leads you bought.  Now it’s got you thinking, “what are they going to think of me” when you try to tell them about your biz products or services.  You know in your heart they could truly help them out, but it’s so much harder to do now that you have that financial tie to them.  So how do you put that word of mouth marketing back into network marketing?

Well first, your friends and family will have nothing to do with this type of marketing that I’m about to share with you.  Why?  Because they are NOT your target market.  Sure if they would happen to ask you what it’s all about.  Tell them quickly, and get the hell on to another conversation.  Don’t sit there and give them a whole one-on-one business presentation pitch.  Do that and they may not what you coming around anymore

The word of mouth marketing I’m talking about is branding yourself.  You brand yourself or You, Inc. by educating and teaching others in the industry and setting yourself up as a leader.  You start building a presence and start attracting others in the industry or newcomers who are out there searching for solutions to their problems.  This type of marketing has nothing to do with your products or your biz opportunity. Let’s face it, there are a ton of great companies out there with great products.  So setting yourself up as an expert in the industry will get people talking about you, not how good your products or opportunity is, and this becomes viral, true word of mouth marketing.  Focus on this type of marketing and you’ll be on your way to seeing REAL results.

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Blogging is taking off like a wildfire. People are blogging about  just about anything you can think of. From the daily routine of their cat, to technology reviews, to politics.

Until the blogosphere sorts itself out and matures a bit more, it may be difficult to tell exactly how this new frontier of instant publishing can help you and your business grow. But don’t worry – you’ll start getting a flood of new ideas in the coming months.

For now, the most important thing you can do is develop the right mindset about business blogging. What you think about something, and how you strategize appyling it in your business very often has more to do with succes than the technology, tool, or resource itself.

With that in mind, here is the most important thing you can do. Keep your eye on people.

DO NOT get stuck on the “technology.” That’s what drove all the pie-in-the-sky dot.com dreamers into the financial abyss. It’s people and personal communication that matter most, and should always be at the center of all your thoughts, strategies, and actions.

Blogging is just a tool. But it’s a tool that can and should become a major support arm of your business. Why?

Because it exponentially multiplies the world’s oldest, most favored, and trusted form of information sharing — word of mouth.

Just ask yourself, whom do you trust the most to give you advice, recommendations, and information about opportunities, purchases, or choices? Someone you know and trust, right? Someone who you feel is just like you.

That type of trust comes from personal communication, social interaction, and the joining together of like-minded individuals. Blogging simply magnifies and expands that sense of community and more personalized communication, and then expands the reach across the entire world!

Link trust; with respect, positioning, and word-of-mouth and you have the makings of a powerful marketing arm that can initiate an ever-growing stream of highly targeted prospects.

Remember, it’s the relationships that matter most. Keep your eye on that fact, and you’ll always have the right mindset for business blogging that’s a benefit for you and your readers.

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P.S. Blogging can explode your business if done right, but sometimes it’s difficult to know where to get started and what service to use.  I was there once too, so if you find yourself there also, I would like to share with you where I got started.  You can click The Quansite Revolution link below and see for yourself.

The Quansite Revolution

Here is a great excerpt from Frank Kern’s Core Influence seminar.  Leave a comment and let me know what you think after viewing it.

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How to start your network marketing business on the internet?

So where exactly do you start at?  Well, below I have a proven blueprint to move your business forward on the internet.  These are the exact same steps I and many other top marketers have taken to start branding You, Inc. on the internet.  There are four key components to start your network marketing business on the internet.  But, I want to start out by saying that network marketing is no longer about pitching your business, it’s about teaching and educating others.

So, what are the exact steps to start your network marketing business on the internet?

Step 1 – Attraction Marketing:  You must learn the skill of attraction marketing, bar none.  This is a have to step.  If you don’t learn attraction marketing, then don’t bother with continuing to the next step because you will still be in the pitching mode, like the rookies, and not the teaching mode, like the pros.  Let me ask you a question….When was the last time you pitched your business to one of your friends and after you were done they jumped up and down with excitement and signed on the dotted line immediately?  It hasn’t, has it.  More than likely they hope you never bring it up again.  Now, instead, what if a friend of yours came up to ask you about your business and you started teaching and educating them about network marketing?  You are now in control of the conversation instead of the other way around.  And more importantly you didn’t pitch them anything, they asked you remember, so if and when they would like to start a network marketing business, they will come back to you.  This, my friend, is the power of attraction marketing and is a lot more fun than “throwing up” your business all over people.  Two resources for learning attraction marketing that I would not be without are Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring and Ann Sieg’s Renegade Network Marketer.

Step 2 – Register a Domain:  Ok, now that you have opened your eyes to a whole new world in network marketing, it’s time to get to the fun stuff and really get into starting your network marketing business on the internet.  You must register a domain.  If you don’t have your own domain, it will look like this is your hobby and not a true business.  You are buying virtual real estate which is real estate on the internet.  I always tell people to first start off with buying your own name with the .com version.  So it would be, www.yourname.com.  If the .com version isn’t available, I would try the .net version.  Very simple step and cheap too.  You can go through Godaddy and get your own domains for $10 or less a year.   I’ll get to this in a minute, but don’t host your website there.

Step 3 – Blogging with an Autoresponder:  Although this sounds intimidating, it really is simple.  You could get your blog and autoresponder up and running in less than an hour.  I’m going to make this short and sweet because I don’t want to get into all the benefits and features of different systems in this post.  I will give you a link to what I use and let you decide for yourself.  If you want to go cheap, then go for the free version of Wordpress for your blog.  But I warn you, you get what you pay for and this is free.  Nuff said.  I looked into many different blogging platforms and systems and I found one that actually goes to work for you so you can focus on content and not all the fancy, schmancy bells and whistles and the programming that goes into it.  I chose a system called Blog i360.  It’s quite amazing what this system is.  It’s not only a blog, but the hub to your entire business which can be ran from just this one system.  Blog i360 will also host your website using the domain you bought through Godaddy.  Now with the autoresponder.  An autoresponder is just like it sounds.  You set up a series of emails that will automatically respond every time someone signs into your list, putting it on autopilot, 24/7.  You can also create one email in real time and send it to your list, which could consist of thousands of people.  Don’t try to go free on this one.  I know some marketers who have tried and got burned, so spend a little cash on a good autoresponder.  Many network marketers, including myself, have went with Aweber.  The Aweber code works great with Blog i360, all you do is cut and paste.

Step 4 – Article Marketing and Social Media:  Article marketing is simple.  You create an article for your blog to post to your tribe or crew (these are people who are following you and reading your stuff).  The other cool thing about this is the leverage you can create.  You can create one article and then create a Hubpage or Squidoo page with the same content.  These are both free resources for you and easy to set up.  The reasoning for this is, you have created more content out there on the world wide web and easier for people to find you when searching for your particular topic.  I will be teaching you SEO or Search Engine Optimization for network marketers in another post, but in a nutshell this simply means you create keywords that your market is searching for on the internet.  So when they type those keywords into a search engine like Google, hopefully your articles will be on the first page.

Social media is the place to be right now.  The ones I would start with are Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Reever.  Millions of people are on these sites many hours of the day, so you want to tap into these resources very quickly.  Now, don’t go bananas here because if you do this the wrong way you are screwed.  Here’s what I mean.  Remember, network marketing on the internet (and off the internet) is not about pitching, it’s about teaching and educating.  So don’t go to these sites and start spamming your business opportunity all over the place.  You want to attract people to you by your knowledge and skillsets.  If you start pitching, you will get a bad rap quicker than you can say rap.  One thing I would recommend is when you are on these sites talking with others or putting up your video’s, try to redirect them back to your blog or your home, so to speak.  You want to start networking with others and lead them back to your blog.  For instance I might put a “tweet” together on Twitter that says to my followers, How to Start Your Network Marketing Business on the Internet? and put a link back to this article.

Here’s a quick tip on how to leverage your time so you don’t have to post the same thing twice using social media.  You can have Facebook read your Twitter account so your “tweets” go to your Facebook page, cutting your time in half.  Also, if you choose to use Blog i360, you can post a video to your blog and have it automatically post to up to fifeteen video sites including Youtube and Reever with the click of a button.  Just think of how much time this would save you and exposure on the net, it’s priceless.

So there you have it.  A short e-course on how to put your network marketing business on the internet and go to work for you 24/7.  I leave you with this.  Please, please take action.  I see so many network marketers just reading information that could move their business forward, but they never take action.  So don’t be one of those people.  None of this information does any good in your head.  Don’t worry about perfection right away.  Just get out their and do it.  I’m reminded here of a quote from Bob the Teacher and that is T.A.R.L, which means Take Action Revise Later.

I know this was a lot of information to take in at once, but I would like to hear your thoughts on what you just read.

Talk soon,