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BHP
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2009 18:12
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I appreciate Ronnie's sincerity - and I too believe that honesty and integrity in the workplace are the highest calling in respect to how we work our jobs.
I haven't yet found that spiritual well-being is dependant on financial abundance. I deal thoughtfully and analytically with money.
I mix God and work only in that I attempt (though failing often) to be Christlike in my occupation. I would not use it as a recruiting tool.
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ateamfuntimer
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# Posted: 4 Jun 2009 09:15
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MLM's are a great place to make money. There are a few things you have to be aware of though.
1- You must be marketing a product that people will want.
2- You need to learn how to effectively market to people that want your product.
3- Patience is a necessity as there is a learning curve.
4- The internet has made it simpler to advertise with little or no money.
The most difficult thing for people to grasp in any business is to learn how to thing like a business owner. This is something that is not second nature for most. In addition we arent taught how to be business owners in school. We are taught to get an education to then get a good job. Unfortunately with the downward swing in the economy many have done all that was asked of them and still cant find a good job.
Here is a piece of advise that has served me well. When I look at a business I first look at the product and see if it is something that will sell. You can do this by doing some research. Ask people about the product. You dont have too ( and I never do ) tell them you are starting a business with this product just see if it is something people will buy.
Next get educated. Whether its how to advertise , how to sell , how to present or even how to manage a group. Find a model that works in all those categories and emulate it.
If you can get your mind in the right place and understand that their will be trials and tribulations you will be better able to succeed. MLM is here to stay and will only grow in the future.
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dreamwalker
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# Posted: 4 Jun 2009 16:58
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Lots of great info.
One suggestion - Look at the contrast of your 2 signature lines.
The first is marketing a business opportunity - the second is addressing a solution. Which one is going to get more attention? The first just tells me that you are trying to sell me another MLM. 
The second says - hey! You don't like to edit, or write - I can help.
Mike Dillard has some terrific information in Magnetic Sponsoring. Just go to his website magneticsponsoring.com and you can get a free trial I believe. Great information.
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toogabooga
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# Posted: 6 Jun 2009 15:22
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You've received some very good responses so far. Some encouraging some discouraging. I know it can seem overwhelming and you are a little frustrated right now but MLM is definitely an excellent business. Those that bad mouth it either don't understand it or simply got involved with the wrong company! I'm shocked at your comment about not making any money at all your first month. Now, don't misunderstand me....MLM is not a get rich quick business and if someone has sold you that line....well, it simply isn't true. It takes focus, it takes daily actions. Don't allow anyone to tell you to make a list of friends and family and try to build an MLM business that way. It does not work now and it never has. But, there are many ways to build your MLM business. All of them take dedication, focus, and action. The work is easy and anyone can do it but you need to be using the strategy that will work for you and your lifestyle. You need a good company with a good pay plan, you need a consumable product that people want and will continue to want. The company I'm involved with pays out weekly and monthly. It is set up to assure both the new distributor and the seasoned distributors make money. I haven't heard of anyone that puts effort out that hasn't received a check. I think you might need to do a little homework and see if you are with the right company and then make a plan and follow it. Many people simply get a distributor kit, do a couple of things right off the bat and then sit back and wait for that to work. You need a better plan! Make a list of actions for the next day..1-10 and make sure you do this everyday that you plan on working. Number them in order of importance (which one is most important to your business)....work that list each of your working days. If something happens and you can't complete the entire list.......you'll have at least done the most important because you don't allow yourself to skip #1 ever!
Good luck to you! If you are confident in your product & company...don't give up.......simply learn what you need to do and do it!
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Kurt Henninger
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2009 18:30
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If your marketing online, you are going to need some form of lead capture page.
Most MLM companies don't give you a website which really works on the internet to capture leads, and is in direct response form.
So that is my suggestion first, get a lead capture page and auto-responder and go from there.
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vinmann
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2009 04:45
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MLM marketing needs personal approach or in other sense building relationship. Whether you marketing through online or offline, do it by building relationship. Make the impression that you are there to help them to lift their lifestyle. It takes time but in the long run will fetch more dividends.
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Zacman
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2009 11:25
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One of the most important things you need to learn is to diversify your income streams.
If all you have is a company replicated website you will get zero free traffic from search engines.
What you need to do is build your own site related in some way to your MLM opportunity.
Just some of the benefits are you will be attracting free targeted visitors to your site you can then presell them on your related MLM biz op.
The people coming to your site will be interested in some way to your related biz op, or at least a large number of them will.
Next you can earn income in a variety of ways from this free traffic with adwords, affiliate links, selling advertising etc etc.
This will help off set your MLM membership fees until you get into profit.
You have to understand that a very large percentage of your visitors will not join your opportunity so you might as well make some money off of them while you have them on your site.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of course but if you educate yourself on making a good quality content website you will be way ahead of the majority of Network Marketers who simply rely on their company replicated website.
Cheers,
Zac
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geneanroberts
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2009 14:53
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Blogging and free press releases work too..Just make sure you have good content and relevant information. But it works and yes it takes some time..Keep all you content fresh. Dont post it and leave it. refresh it all every couple of days.
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joshf76
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2009 23:01
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It sounds to me that you are doing productive activities, but are you doing them correctly? Are you getting leads that are not converting to sales? Or are you not getting any leads at all? If you are getting leads, do you have an autoresponder that is keeping in touch with your leads on a consistent basis? When you do your business building activities, are you selling your business, or selling yourself? Very important, people don't join MLM companies, they join leaders.
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realityshifter
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# Posted: 2 Jul 2009 12:15
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clawrence: What am I doing wrong? Or am I doing everything right and just not giving it enough time to permeate? Can anyone help? I'm getting real frustrated. I know it works, I know I can make money, I just don't know if I'm doing it right. Thanks.
It is really difficult to pinpoint where the fault of your effort might be. But if you really think your exerting the best effort but you're not getting the desired results, then the fault might be on your targeted market. You might be exerting effort towards the wrong audience.
It is a given in sales and marketing that if people are in need of a product or service, they themselves would be looking for it. How sure are you that you are positioning yourself properly so that instead of you looking for your market, you're market is in fact looking for you - and ultimately find you?
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kyrash
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# Posted: 2 Jul 2009 20:51
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Sometimes the problem is not your marketing efforts but rather the product, some product have great conversion rate while some others are so **** that even if you put redirect google.com to it you will still yield litlle or nothing.
Cheers
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paulk
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# Posted: 2 Jul 2009 22:20
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I was fortunate to find one of the top home businesses where
you only need 3 to receive 15 levels of compensation.
But the best part is that I put you in a rotator so that
EVERYONE on my team gets there 3. This is done for you for free.
The less you leave to chance, the better. I failed in many
home businesses until I discovered this true revolution.
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fit2prosper
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# Posted: 8 Jul 2009 13:29
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A nationally branded company that does the advertising for you is great for newbies -- speaking from personal experience...And gettting in with a company that gives you FREE leads and teaches you how to get the best out of those leads is also key....
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