Friday, September 26, 2008

How to Use the Power of 5 in Network Marketing

I want to share with you today, what I think is one of the biggest reasons that people don't get going with network marketing, or why they quit their network marketing businesses too soon.

People don't understand the power of 5. What do I mean by the power of 5?

Quite simply: you sponsor 5 people into your business, those 5 sponsor 5 etc etc.

You can be truly successful in network marketing by sponsoring just 5 people. If more people understood this simple concept, then I am convinced that everyone would want to be in network marketing.

Now the 5 people you need probably won't show up all at once. You might only find 1 or 2 in the short term. However, when you truly begin to realize the power of 5, and the concept really takes root in your consciousness, then you just have to stick around. Most people quit too soon and don't wait around long enough for their 5 to put in an appearance.

If 5 get 5 get 5, down seven generations, then on your 7th level you would have 78,125 people. The total in your group would be almost 100,000 people. All from you starting the ball rolling, finding 5 serious people who found 5 serious people etc.

Now I live in the real world, and I know that not everyone that gets involved in network marketing ever gets serious and actually sponsors anyone. However, what I'm suggesting here is, that it is well worth the effort to keep plugging away, because your next serious player could turn up tomorrow.

How many people would you need to sign up to find your famous 5? 10? 20? 50? No one can know for sure. However, what I truly believe is this: if you can convince the people that you sponsor, of the power of 5, then more of them will put in the required effort. Why? Because they can see the finish post.

A lot of people think that they have to personally sponsor the world to make it big in network marketing. When they are struggling to sponsor even one new person into the business the task looks enormous because there isn't a tangible goal in sight.

If you can re-focus their attention on the concept that they only need 5 people, then the enormity of the task shrinks immeasurably. They can see the finish post. Even if they think it might take a year or even 2 years to find their 5, they can see that it's worth their while sticking around.

In the meantime you can point out that they already have a couple of serious people in their downline, and that even 2 gets 2 gets 2 etc can be pretty powerful too.

And here's something else that people don't usually get. Your powerful 5 don't always have to be people that you sponsored personally. If you notice someone in your downline that is particularly enthusiastic and is getting serious, go and work with that person. Even if they are a couple of generations removed from you, they could bring a lot of people into your overall organization.

If that person is more dynamic than you, they could build your entire organization for you. I'm not kidding! There are a lot of people, who are highly regarded in network marketing, who only ever sponsored one serious person. That person builds almost all of their organization and income for them.

So never lose sight of the big picture. Always keep in mind the power of 5 to build an organization of 100,000 people. And remember, when the going gets tough, you only need one serious person to catch fire and they could build an entire organization for you.

If you can teach this principle to your down-line I am convinced that more of them will get busy and more of them will stick around for longer.

Your Only Way to Achieving Outrageous Network Marketing Money and Freedom

If you want to achieve outrageous amounts of network marketing money and freedom then this article is for you.

I believe that in the 21st Century there is only one way to do network marketing. If you follow this secret method then you will be far in front of 95% of network marketers out there.

Only those people that are far-sighted enough and open-minded enough to accept this secret method will flourish in the new age of network marketing, the rest will be left by the way-side.

I'm talking, of course, about using the Internet as a marketing medium. However, although many people are belatedly catching on to the idea of using the Internet to grow their network marketing business. I would judge that over 95% of them have absolutely no idea what they are doing.

Most people are trying to market their business opportunity online in the same way that they marketed it offline. That is, they shout loudly about how great the opportunity, the products and the company are.

No one likes that approach in the offline world and it gets even less interest in the online world.

If you are thinking of using the Internet to promote your business opportunity then there are some lessons that you need to take on board. Follow these tips and you will stand head and shoulders above most of the network marketers out there.

What you must understand is: that people will not join your business opportunity whatever company it is, whatever the compensation plan is, whatever the products are. Period!

People do not choose to join companies. They choose to join YOU! Whatever your company, your comp plan, your products; if people feel that you can add value to their business and their lives, then they will be ringing your phone off the hook to join you.

How do you demonstrate that you can add value to someone's life?

You have to become a leader. Using the power of the Internet you can brand yourself as a leader. People love to follow a charismatic leader. You must put yourself out there on the world wide web, you are your product. You is what you should be promoting.

And believe me this isn't as difficult as you might initially fear.

My advice is to find yourself a marketing system that works to brand you as a network marketing mentor and leader. If you aren't sure which way to turn, find yourself a mentor that can walk you step by step through the process. There are some people on the Internet that know what they are doing. Partner up with them and let them lead you to the top.

You can make outrageous amounts of money in network marketing! You just need the right marketing system and someone to show you how, oh and you need YOU of course.

Attention Network Marketers, Here's How to Explode Your Network Marketing Income

If you are in network marketing, and you aren't yet making the amount of money that you desire, then this article will show you how to explode your network marketing income.

If you aren't doing your business on the Internet then you need to be ASAP.

If you are already using the Internet for network marketing then congratulations, you are on the right path.

However, if you aren't yet making the sort of money you thought that you would be making, there are probably a few simple reasons why. Most people make the same mistakes because they don't really understand how to use the Internet to market properly.

Most people, probably over 95%, that are promoting their network marketing business on the Internet are doing it totally wrong. They are applying the same principles to marketing online that they applied to marketing offline.

Almost all network marketers are poor at marketing. If you are in this business you need to learn how to market. Unfortunately companies and team leaders are usually poor at marketing, and this just trickles down to every member of the team.

All distributors just end up handing out the company's promotional materials to anyone that will have them. Annoying everyone that comes within 3 feet of them and becoming a social leper.

Some will have the idea of getting on the Internet. However, they usually market online the way that they do offline, that is just directing people to the company's website and expecting that to sell the business opportunity for them.

I can categorically tell you here and now that doesn't work. It doesn't work in the real world and it doesn't work online either.

The reason is: people do not choose to join a business opportunity or a company, they choose to join YOU!

Therefore, to be successful in network marketing and explode your network marketing income, you have to sell yourself first and foremost.

How do you do that?

You have to brand yourself as a leader. You have to show that you are someone that can add value to peoples lives and their business.

Using the Internet you can brand yourself as a leader, and an expert almost overnight, and have hundreds, if not thousands, of eager people ringing your phone of the wall, begging to join YOU in your business opportunity.

You can begin the branding process immediately by developing a massive presence on the WWW. There are many ways to do this. You could have your own website where you brand yourself (not your company's business opportunity). You can use the social media sites such as MySpace, Facebook etc, to build profiles telling the world how wonderful you are and what you can do for them. You can use blogs and/or Twitter to let people know what you are doing on the Internet and in your business. And of course, you could start writing articles to get yourself noticed, LOL!

So I've given you lots of ideas to be exploring. Check them out and start putting them to use. Learn to market yourself first and you will explode your network marketing income.

Network Marketing Phone Sponsoring Secrets For Ultimate Success

This article will help you to succeed, with network marketing phone sponsoring techniques that most network marketers are totally blind to.

So you are on the telephone with your prospect. Either she has called you or vice versa. My first tip is that you should always be the one making the call. Never be caught on the hop by answering an unexpected call from a prospect.

Personally, I prefer to screen ALL of my telephone calls.

The reason for this is that, at this stage YOU need to hold all of the power in the relationship. If you answer the phone to a prospect then, immediately, they will take charge of the conversation with some sort of question about your business.

Do not, under any circumstances, answer that question. If you do then you are dead in the water.

Answer one question and a barrage of similar questions will follow. This will basically be a list of your prospects objections to actually joining your business. You will immediately be on the defensive about yourself, your business, and your opportunity.

You will have given away all of your power and you will appear pathetic and needy to your prospect.

You need to have total control of the phone call and the conversation.

The reason you are calling is to qualify the prospect for your business. Not, to sell your business opportunity to the prospect.

That is the essential message of this article. So re-read that last sentence until the message sinks in for you.

You have all of the power in the relationship at this stage. Treat it like a job interview. If your prospect were applying for a job against 100 other candidates, they wouldn't have much real power would they? That's the mentality you need to project.

Conduct a typical job interview over the phone. Find out everything you can about them. Past history, work history, business experience, network marketing experience. Find out what their goals, dreams, and passions are.

When you have conducted the interview you can close by saying: "Well (Susan), you sound like you would be perfect for this business. I can see you going a long way, and making a lot of money in this industry. Shall we sign the paperwork and get you started today?"

So now you know. Start applying this technique to your network marketing phone sponsoring and watch your conversion rate soar.

How to Succeed in Network Marketing With the Internet

This article will open your eyes to the mistakes that people are making on the Internet, and show you how to succeed in network marketing with the Internet

So lots of people are finally getting wise to the power of the Internet to grow a network marketing business.

Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for you and I, they don't have the first clue what they are doing.

Most network marketers are applying the same marketing techniques online that they use offline.

For example; most network marketing companies and sponsors advise outdated methods of marketing their business opportunity. You know the kind of stuff. DVDs, brochures, promotional calling cards, etc.

None of that stuff ever worked very well, however, most companies still churn out tons of the stuff. They encourage all of their distributors to buy it and distribute it randomly. There's no science behind the method. It's a case of : just present it to as many eyeballs as possible and someone might get interested.

This method is very inefficient because they don't target a specific audience to market to. When people get online to build their business they make exactly the same mistake.

Business opportunity seekers are a very niche market. You need to be marketing to network marketers, would-be network marketers, ex network marketers and failed network marketers. Most other people just aren't interested in starting a home business.

People that have been marketing successfully on the Internet for years, have realized that to be successful on the WWW, you have to market to niche audiences. You can't afford to market to everyone on the web. You would have too much competition to ever be able to compete.

For example; I know of one gentleman that has built a $20million dollar a year business from promoting dating techniques. Other people sell products on dog grooming tips, fixing cycle tires etc.

Do you get the idea? You market to a very defined niche audience, NOT the entire Internet community.

So what do you market to your network marketing niche audience?

Most people are out there just plugging their business opportunity. This is absolutely the biggest mistake that you can make.

People do not like to join business opportunities. People like to join people.

What you have to be marketing to your niche audience is YOU!

You need to brand yourself as an expert who can add value to peoples lives and businesses. If people see you, like you, and feel that you can help them solve a problem in their life, then they are far more likely to come to you than some random stranger on the Internet.
How do you brand yourself as such a person?

The best way that I have found is to give away free information. Too many people on the Internet are trying to sell something. Give information away and people are far more likely to access what you have to say.

Maybe you could offer a free newsletter that gives advice on network marketing. Maybe you could write a series of articles. What about writing an ebook and giving that away?

Whatever way you decide, you must give without expecting anything in return.

Build trust and rapport with your audience. Once you have their trust they will be far more open to considering your business opportunity.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Current Internet Network Security Policies Are Nonsense!

Internet network security policies are flawed in strategy and implementation.

Gary suggests that the use of external consultants for the entire internet network security policy framework is not a great idea since the external consultants will find it difficult to grasp the intricacies and business drivers for the network security decisions.

Also, in terms of implementation, the internet network security policy should be disseminated to each and every employee of the company through seminars , handouts and quizzes rather than an innocuous email that no one reads.

The network security policy should capture the latest trends in the network security industry rather than playing catch up. One of the network security aspects
that Internet network security policy makers should be worried about now is access to corporate data through a Blackberry or a mobile phone.

New ways of accessing internet cause internet security policy nightmares for CIOs. For example, most companies allow employees to access the corporate intranet mails thru Blackberrys. Also, some companies allow VPN access to the entire corporate intranet. All this is usually actually in violation of the existing corporate internet security policy which has to be rewritten.

In conclusion, internet network security policy implementors should focus on internal buy in among employees and proper dissemination to the entire IT work force,including contractors.This will ensure that the internet network security policy doesnt end up as a useless binder in your boss's cabin!

Gary P is one of the editors of Data-recovery-reviews.com,is the leading portal on data storage, data recovery and network security. A recent article on IS internet network security policy frameworks

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Learn How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear Now

Do you want to learn how to sell network marketing without fear? Many people do but they don't know where to start. The old way of selling network marketing was very scary for a lot of people because most times you had to use cold calling or presentations. A lot of people got used to being rejected or having the phone slammed in their ear, which doesn't help with your confidence in selling. This is something you can still do today but it is not the best way.

When you want to learn how to sell network marketing without fear, the answer will be to use the internet. By using the internet to help you start selling network marketing you will be able to completely eliminate cold calling. Selling online is so much easier because you can reach so many people and you don't have to hear them rejecting you, which gives a lot of people more confidence and helps them achieve better success.

Here are the things that you will need to have set up so that you can start selling network marketing online. All of these things are very important to have and use when you learn how to sell network marketing without fear.

One: An Opt-in page, which is also known as a squeeze page can be a very powerful tool for selling network marketing. You want to have a page that has been designed specifically for your network company. You want to offer people a report or newsletter that they find valuable to them or their business. In exchange for this, they will give you their contact information.

Two: A follow up system is the next step. You can easily set this up using an autoresponder. You need to contact your subscribers at least 7 different times because most people won't buy anything or sign up for anything until they have seen it at least 7 times. The more you can contact them the better because this will give you a better chance of selling network marketing to them, plus it will give you that many more chances to tell your subscribers about your network marketing company.

Three: You need to have a feedback system in place so that your subscribers can contact you if they need or want to. The more they can interact with you and give their opinions, the more they will trust you. Plus, no one wants to sign up for anything or buy anything if they can get a hold of the person behind the product or company.

These are not all of the things that you will need to have set up online so you can start selling network marketing. There are other things that you will need to know about so you can learn how to sell network marketing without fear but you can easily learn this by doing some research online. Do your homework about selling online and before you know it you will be able to sell your network marketing business to anyone.

Business Opportunity Leads - Let Them Feel You Are Offering Them a Legitimate Opportunity

As the world population increases you would think so would things like 'jobs', but no. Unemployment is what has increased and it increases even more year by year. That is why a lot of people are turning to the internet. The opportunities on the internet are really overwhelming, but sometimes to the point where confusion sets in and stays. When looking for a business opportunity on the web, the first thing you need to do is gather your options and understand them first, don't go signing up for everything you check out, this will just confuse you and flood your inbox with so much mail you wont know where to begin.

Next, when you've narrowed down your choices to maybe 2 or 3, study them well, look for the good and the bad facts on them, make sure you can do the job. Don't believe everything you read, use your God given common sense as well. Then make it happen. Start your home based business. Where to start? The leads. Business opportunity leads can be found everywhere. There are lots of companies that sell leads, but if you're planning to purchase them you need to consider a lot of things because all leads are not equal.

Lead generating companies generate their leads in many ways. The best leads cost a lot. Common ways of generating leads are by sending out emails or direct mail, telemarketing, proposal requests, conducting surveys on the phone or on the web, referrals, trade show demonstrations, seminars or even advertising. The more complicated, the better the lead. So your choices are either to buy the best leads or to generate them yourself. It may be more time consuming but the results are all worth it.

Once you have generated the leads, contact them as soon as possible. Waiting around too long gives them the opportunity to change their minds or to go somewhere else. When trying to make the sale, remember that its not how good you are, how great your product is or how wonderful your business is. It is always about the customer, how you can help them, how your product works for them and how your business can take care of their problems.

With the right leads and the right sales pitch your home based business should be a success. There will be problems and their will be bad leads, but no business is perfect. As long as to stick to the rules, do your research and as long as you don't bother people on the DNC list things will be A-ok.

A Review of the Share the Wealth Income Opportunity

Once you find this website - it isn't high in the page rankings, even when you specifically search for it by name - it is fairly easy to navigate. You can immediately see the product, the opportunity and many benefits of working with the company. On their home page (the only page) that tells you up front that you will have to put in "a little honest work" inorder to reap the benefits of the business. They refer to their distributors and "partners" but that's only schematics, right? As for other information on the company, they do direct you to the World Success Team and apparently Share the Wealth is a division of this company.

Who They Are

We don't really know much about who Share the Wealth is. World Success Team is internet marketing professionals. They are a company that mentors and trains people to earn an income from a home based business. They have more than 14 years of marketing experience, but that is about all the information that is available. Where the company is based and how long the actual company has been in business is a mystery.

What They Do

It is rather difficult to determine just what Share the Wealth does because they don't publish anything on their website to tell you. All they do is allude to a wellness product that is available to sell. They claim that it is the "perfect" product, it is in demand and that Share the Wealth will give you "access to one product that has scientifically validated reasons for using it." However, what the product is or why you would use it is yet another mystery of this site.

How You Make Money

Again, the Share the Wealth site alludes to this mysterious "perfect product" that is "in demand" and you can become financially independent by selling it and creating a downline. They do say that they have multiple online marketing portals. One of these is four lead pages that allow you to market your business. They also claim to provide you with free prospects of people who want to start their own work at home business. Training and mentoring by experts is another asset of the company. But if you want to know about the product or just what exactly you will be selling, you have to fill out the online form in order to take the tour and get more information.

What We've Heard

There isn't much about Share the Wealth at all. There are no reviews, no testimonials and the site itself is nearly impossible to find. On top of that, you are left asking more questions than you get answered. What is the product after all?

If you are able to find a rep for this company, make sure that you drill them first and ask them the following questions. Do they have weekly or more often conference calls you can bring your prospects on free. Do they have a solid set of marketing skills they use to grow their own business. If they can grow theirs they can grow yours too right?

Making Money With an Opt-In Box

If you have been in the home business opportunity industry for any length of time then you have heard it stated over and over the money is in the list. The almighty list; everyone needs one, but who other than the big boys really has one?

Well if you don't have a good buying list then you might be wondering just how you acquire that almighty list especially when you're new to the game of internet marketing!

Well first let me say that acquiring a list really isn't that hard. Shop around on the internet and you'll find literally a gazillion ads that promise you guaranteed traffic, or visitors they all use different verbiage but they are selling the same thing, a click to your website. Great! Wrong! So what?

What you need is targeted traffic that will buy from you. The almighty list is a list of buying customers. Now that is harder to get.

So if you haven't already figured this out, you need your very own squeeze page or website. Again, not hard to do, go to Wordpress.org or Blogger.com and setup a page you can direct prospects to. The big deal here is you need to be able to control the site. As a home business owner you need to be able manage the sight yourself. That's why I like using these two products; you don't have to be a web designer to make these products work for you.

Next you need to have reason for a prospect to want to get to know you better. That can be in the form of a newsletter, some sort of training camp, e-book anything like that. You can create this, have a ghost writer do it for you or purchase PLR rights. And now here you go, you need an opt-in form.

What's an Opt-In Form?

A form that captures prospects information, that coveted information know as "The List". The prospect provides their information to you so you can begin to build your relationship and eventually a sale. Every business opportunity needs to capture this information and will have it in some form on their squeeze page or sales page.

But lately there has been a lot of talk about what should go on an opt-in list. Most big marketers want ALL your information: name, address, city, zip, phone, email, and if they could they'd take your first born. I have found that most people when asked to give away this much privacy for a free e-book will not likely give you good data.

So I like what many of the smart marketers are doing. Asking for just a little, name and email, get you on their list and then offer to send you their free CD so now if you want it you need to give them all the other info.

This works because by then your prospect trusts you and is willing to provide this data. Good tactic for all home business owners to understand and practice.

Winning Tactics For Home Based Network Marketing Business

Let's face it, one of the best way to do online business is by making it home based network marketing business. Whatever product or business you plan to sell, selling it in a form of network marketing will surely skyrocket your income to the roof. You will need a proper plan to create your own network marketing strategy or to short cut your way to success is by joining other community of network which have the same interest like you.

When you start your home based network marketing business, you will have an army of people who are willing to promote your business or product. The first thing you need to do is create a buzz about your product everywhere on the Internet. You can spread it using social networking websites and provide some good quality content that people can really understand what is it that you are actually promoting.

The best part of home based network marketing business is that you can set your own rules. You can decide how many level of upline and downline based on your needs. People will definitely love to join in immediately if they know that their uplines are very active in promoting your product. Of course this may sound like a lazy people because they will get the benefit of getting their own downline without doing anything. Nevertheless, if you charge them membership fee for every month, you will still make money from this lazy people. Sounds pretty cool, isn't it?

To make your home based network marketing business more interesting, try to think of a benefit where people who join your network will not get it anywhere else. One good example is giving them a free hosting account which is reliable so that they will not do extra work to look for good one. Provide them some useful tips every single week on how to grow their business to the next level so they will get motivated all the time. Always keep in touch with your group of network marketers.

Achieving fast result in home based network marketing business is very important to almost everybody. No one like to hang around for weeks or months before they can see the result of making money. You must make sure you product sell very well so that your army of network marketers can earn money as soon as possible.

Of course, you can start your own home based network marketing business at the comfort of your own home. Once you have succeeded, you will have more time with your family and plan for a holiday since your business are now fully automated.