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These 4 Words Changed The Way I Ran My Business…

These 4 words changed the way I ran my business…

Meet. Convert. Upgrade. Extend.

When I first heard those 4 words, from Porter Stansbury, it was like I had some kind of an epiphany.

Porter is a guy who’s worth something like 50 million dollars. He runs a division of a company called ‘Agora Publishing,’ which is one of the most successful info-marketing business’s on the planet.

And those 4 words, meet, convert, upgrade, extend, were his way of describing how the company was able to build a list of millions of subscribers, and do hundreds of millions in sales each year.

First, you had to ‘meet‘ a prospect. Read the rest of this entry

Procrastination – 7 Tips To Stop Procrastinating

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One of our most common problems is procrastination.

We know what we want to do and should do. But still we end up spending hours upon hours doing “easier” work or escaping via TV, blogs, or music.

Now, there is nothing wrong with a little escape from time to time, but if you procrastinate too much, you will not get the most important things done, and you will also send yourself into negative spirals where your self-esteem plummets, and you spend your days in a vague, negative funk.

So what can you do? Read the rest of this entry

How To Build A Funded Proposal Will Interest You If You Hate To Sell

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If you are reading this post prior to May 15, 2012, then you still have time to get registered for our How To Build A Funded Proposal Workshop - registration deadline is May 15, 2012.

If you’re in network marketing/direct sales, then one thing you might notice, is that the people who become overnight successes, are usually very good with people, and are also very comfortable with selling.

They’re the people who will get up on stage at events, and have no hesitation speaking to a room full of people.

And the best ones ooze charisma… they attract others to them like a flame attracts moths.

The problem for me (and a lot of others), when I got started, is I wasn’t one of them.

I was always the kid at high school, who’d try to blend in, and not get noticed.

And, I carried that shyness into my twenties…

So what do you do, when you’ve just turned 62 years old, you’ve invested your entire life savings into a direct sales business, and now you’re expected to go prospect strangers? Read the rest of this entry

Here’s EXACTLY What I’d Do To Make My First $1000 Online

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Here’s EXACTLY what I’d do to make my first 1K online…

Building a business online…

It’s very much a numbers game.

Let’s say that your goal was to make your first $1,000 online, but you could only work part-time (since you’re already busy).

If I were you, here’s exactly how I’d do it:

First, when building your own email list, your average subscriber is going to be worth around $2-$5 per month.

That’s assuming you are marketing to them, recommending good products as an affiliate.

You can find thousands of products to promote on a site like ClickBank.com (and of course, you only promote good products that help people – no crap). Read the rest of this entry

What Is A Funded Proposal?

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Join us for our Funded Proposal Workshop now before the registration closes on May 15, 2012…

A Funded Proposal is basically a sales funnel where you sell an inexpensive front-end product and the money you make from that sale covers your marketing expense. Then, what you earn on the back-end of your sales funnel will be clear profit…

With your front-end info-product, you will find leads that are interested in you, not the other way around, and have shown they are committed by taking out their credit card and investing in acquiring knowledge.

In the Network Marketing industry, you have a choice to make.

You can either do it the old fashioned (old school) way, which is the way most people were taught… They were told to make a list of friends and family, make a list of one hundred people they know, and then call them with your business opportunity. Read the rest of this entry

Does GoDaddy Suck?

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What is your opinion? Does GoDaddy Suck?

Honestly!

For myself I have never personally used GoDaddy, but I have been on their site several times helping others with different aspects of their accounts. Each time I have found it to be very difficult to navigate the site.

This could possibly be from not using the site all the time and getting really familiar with it, or it could be as most of the people I know that have used their hosting say, and that is “GoDaddy Sucks.”

Now this is only my opinion based on what I have heard from friends, mentors, and others that I have worked with since starting out in my Internet Marketing career…

Here is an email I received from the latest to fall to the wayside cursing profusely about GoDaddy and the experience he is just now hopefully getting straightened out with this hosting company… This email is from one of my mentors and here is what he had to say… Read the rest of this entry

Why Is It So Important To Work With The Right People In Business My Friend?

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Do you want to know why it is so important to work with the right people in business my friend?

I’m going to share something with you today that can make you A LOT of money if you put it to use.

You see, I have undergone a few ‘transformations’ in my own growth over the last few years in business and within myself. And to share this lesson with you I’m going to let you in on a little bit more of my story!

When I was first starting out in network marketing…I was a total NEWBIE. I was wet behind the ears, had no clue what I was doing, no clue how to influence people, no clue how to be a good network marketer, build relationships, or do so many of the things that actually lead to success in this industry.

To tell you the truth, I started to get Desperate! It was almost like my feelings of self worth, and my identity, were attached to how successful I was in my business.

If someone rejected my business…I felt like they Rejected ME. Read the rest of this entry

You Are Wasting Your Time…

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I’ll bet you are wasting your time right now!

I’m willing to bet that right now, there’s just 1-3 activities in your business which bring in sales, and the rest are just wasting your time.

These are what you should be focusing on.

Everything else, is just wasting of your time. And every minute you spend doing the many activities that don’t directly contribute to your bottom line, is costing you.

I spent many years studying different courses, before I got to the point where I could build my online business full time.

And although I didn’t learn much… a few lessons have stuck with me.

One of these is the concept of ‘opportunity cost’ from economics. Read the rest of this entry

Were We All Lied To About This?

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I have to ask, “Were We All Lied To About This?”

I don’t know about you, but when I got involved in network marketing back in 2008, I grossly underestimated how difficult it was going to be…

You see, I was so sold on network marketing, that I assumed that anyone I showed the plan to would be as well.

But soon, 9 months had gone by and not one sale had been made.

Not one!

I got really fed up with it, but I couldn’t just walk away, I’d invested too much time and money into it.

So I had to figure out a way to make it work.

Like Einstein said, Read the rest of this entry

Are They Really Still Teaching This Crap?

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I just have to ask you this question. “Are They Really Still Teaching This Crap?”

I just got off the phone with a coaching student of mine.

She’s in network marketing. And she’s not doing so well.

So, she goes to her upline, and asks, “can you please help me, because I’ve been doing this for over 7 months now, and I’m not sponsoring anyone… what am I doing wrong?”

Her upline says, “you just need to talk to more people. Have you been through your list of friends and family? Yes? Go through them again… work that list.”

Does this sound familiar to you? Are your uplines still teaching this crap to you?

Bah! I told my coaching student what I thought of her uplines ‘advice.’ Pure BS.

I can’t believe they are still teaching this crap.

The truth is, all the top earners in network marketing operate by a very different set of rules.

They use automated sales funnels, that are designed to position their prospects in such a way, that once they get on the phone with them, it’s an easy sale.

Sponsoring becomes a cinch.

Sounds simple. And it is. But putting it all together requires quite a few steps. Read the rest of this entry

Money – “All you care about is money” she said…

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“All you care about is money” she said… Yep, that’s what she said alright.

I once had a very angry lady yell at me, and say ”all you care about is money!”

Why?

Because I would not get on the phone with her and help her for free. I told her she’d have to pay my hourly rate, which is $175.

I don’t give away my time for free. And neither should you. We are all here to make money, even her!

Time is the one thing that we can never get back.

But, in some respects, that lady had a point. She accused me of being money driven.

And you know what? She was right. And I don’t apologize for it one bit. I am here to make money.

It is my right to pursue a profit. And it’s your right too. Read the rest of this entry

Make Money and Travel vs. Travel and Make Money

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Does it really matter which way it goes, make money and travel or travel and make money?

I would rather think not…however I think no matter which way it comes about the end will be the same.

Let me tell you a short story about how I came to understand this concept of make money and travel… Read the rest of this entry

What if I’m new, and don’t have a list? Can I still make it online?

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“What if I’m new, and don’t have a list? Can I still make it online?”

Here is a Question from subscriber:

I love getting your emails, and all the tips you give away. But, I kinda feel like a lot of your stuff works only for people who have an email list.

What if I don’t have an email list?

Can I still make money online?

And how do I go about building my first email list? – From subscriber

This is a question I get asked ALL the time… and it’s a question I’d ask myself a lot when I got started back in 2008.

Here’s the thing:

If you do want to make a full time income online, then you kinda do need an email list.

That’s the bad news. Read the rest of this entry

Scarcity

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A few decades back, a guy by the name of Robert Cialdini wrote a famous book called ‘Influence.’

The book has become the bible of the saviest marketers, because the 6 principles of influence taught in that book can be used to get people to buy lots of your stuff (and enjoy doing so).

One of these principles is Scarcity. You probably knew that one.

People will naturally pay higher prices for things in limited quantities…and are much more likely to buy sooner to avoid missing out.

Here’s my trick question:

Can you name the other 5 principles?

(I’ll give you a hint- they start with the letters R, C, S, L, A)

If you can’t, then I have 2 things to say to you. Read the rest of this entry

Earnership and What Does It Have To Do With You?

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What Is “Earnership” and What Does It Have To Do With You?

If you have acquired “Earnership” & you are living this concept, then the freedom and success you can create is unparalleled.

But, if this concept is not a part of your life, then you will be ineffective and powerless…

Watch the following video to see how Jonathan Budd will help you unlock more of your own natural strength and ability today…

Leave me your comment to let me know what you think. And make sure to share this with your friends & fans on facebook… if you want to see a society of “Earnership Concept” just like I do.

The Biggest Commission Day in Our History? (rich people suck)

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Hey,

Here is an email I received from my team leader Jon Mroz, that he received from another team member here at Empower Network this morning and I thought I needed to share it with you…

I also wanted to tell you this. I got started with Empower Network back in October of 2011 when they first came online.

I signed up for the Basic $25 viral blogging system and was content to bring people in at that level until I started going to these livestream events, a replay of the last one is included in the text below.

What I came to understand was that I was not going to be very successful if I was afraid of spending money. I learned that in order to successfully earn more money, I had to put my fear of losing aside and jump in with both feet.

Here is what I did. On March 20, 2012 I took the leap and purchased the 15k formula for $250.00. Money is very tight so that was a very big step for me to take.

What do you think happened? Read the rest of this entry

Affiliate Bonus Domination – How you can use Facebook ads to dominate in product launches…

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Affiliate Bonus Domination will show you, “How you can use Facebook ads to dominate in product launches…” compliments of my friend and mentor Matt Lloyd with My Online Business Empire.

Towards the end of this post, I’ll show you a special type of Facebook ad for scooping up easy sales in the big launches using Affiliate Bonus Domination.

But first, let me give you the background…

One of the most common questions I get from people is regarding promoting product launches as an affiliate, when you don’t have a list.

1.) “Can I still do well and make sales?”

2.) “Is it even worth it?”

3.) “How can I compete with the gurus who have lists of 20,000 people plus??”

And they are all good questions, which I’d ask myself too, back when I was first starting out and had no list.

Here are my answers: Read the rest of this entry

How To Generate 10,000 Leads In 100 Days

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How To Generate 10,000 Leads In 100 Days By A 24 year old Ex ‘Lawn Mower Man’ and retire on $17K+ monthly – see how…

If you believe that you need to be an experienced and talented network marketer in order to make between $5,000 and $10,000 per month (or even more) you’ve been lied to.

And I don’t blame you for taking the bait.

You see, the “old” way of building a network marketing business meant you had to have a winning personality, be good on the phone and have a lot of money to invest in card decks, 800 numbers and other such advertising vehicles.

But with the advent of the internet, success is closer than you think.

In fact, a young guy from Perth, Australia recruited an entire team, and made over $17,022.85 in under 30 days using the internet alone. He was new to MLM.

He was partly broke after spending over $47,000 on gimmicks that didn’t work. He was *new* to network marketing. Read the rest of this entry

Empower Network Overview

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Empower Network Overview

This is an Empower Network Overview of what products and training is included inside this company.

I have been a member of Empower Network since they opened the doors back in October of 2011 and this is an overview of what is available inside once you join.

I originally joined with the Basic $25.00 membership which included the instant set up for you ready to use Viral blogging platform and the eight step core commitment training system.

This by itself in my opinion is well worth a lot more than $25.00.

This is the perfect way for a beginner just starting out on their online marketing journey to get a pre-built blog and all of the basic training necessary to start making money online.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it is easy. Nothing that I have found having to do with marketing online has been easy. What I am saying is there is nothing better online than Empower Network to get you blogging instantly and learning the proper strategies and techniques you need to get started.

This Empower Network Overview will show you many other products to further a persons abilities to succeed online as well. Read the rest of this entry

The Dirty Truth About Network Marketing That you Must Know and Understand If You Ever Want to Succeed

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“The Dirty Truth About Network Marketing That you Must Know and Understand If You Ever Want to Succeed”

Here it is:

On the surface, network marketing companies appear to be thriving communities of consuming customers all happy with the product that they are consuming and they really are, but what drives that community of thriving consumers has absolutely nothing to do with the product itself.

Let’s think about this statement.

Let me ask you a question:

Why did you decided to get started in a network marketing business?

You don’t have to say anything out loud but answer this question in your head right now to yourself.

I guarantee you answer is somewhere along these lines “Well, I started my business because I wanted to make some extra money and who knows maybe even become financially free.”

Am I right? Read the rest of this entry