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Why Word-of-Mouth Marketing and the Prospection Network?

For years I knew that networking, more specifically business networking was a much better way to do business, but at best I was inconsistent in leveraging my network of contacts. Sure if you have been in business for any length of time you know that networking is all about leveraging your business and personal connections [...]

Lead Capture Pages that Build Your Business

If you have spent any time searching the internet, building an online business or a network marketing business you probably have a pretty good idea of the purpose behind a lead capture page. Even if you are new to affiliate marketing or network marketing you probably have at least heard of lead capture pages.

The real questions are

Affiliate Marketing Mistakes, Misconceptions & Pitfalls

Because affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and quickest ways of earning money online many people assume that affiliate marketing is going to earn them huge sums of money overnight. While it is a fact that affiliate marketing is very profitable, those that have put in the time, energy and worked through the challenges to success actually reap the rewards.

With affiliate marketing programs being so easy to join, implement and paying commissions

Twitter versus Blogging

While I have titled this Twitter verses Blogging, the heart of this debate goes much further than simply comparing Twitter to your blog. I am sure we must all agree that Twitter has become all the rage for a number of reasons, not the least of which are high profile celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher, and Oprah Winfrey just to name a couple.

With all the hype and new found stardom of Twitter, there seems to be a large number of people that are forgetting

Using Effective Sales Copy to Explode Your Business

Let me set the record straight right from the beginning: Learning to write effective sales and advertising copy could take you years upon years. Like any other profession, the people that specialize in writing effective sales copy continually learn new effective techniques to compel people to take action.

With that understanding I am not recommending that you drop everything you have on your plate to become a pro at writing effective sales copy. However, I am recommending

What’s in a Name

This is probably one of my biggest soap boxes and primarily because the problem can be fixed so easily and with very little cost. The question, “What’s in a name”, can be applied to so many different aspects of our business and yet there are still countless numbers of people running around that have given little to no thought to this VERY important question.

If you are in the business of

The Hidden Values of a Network Marketing Business

While many distributors get started in network marketing because of the opportunity to make money, there are a number of other benefits that network marketing offers besides money. Often these other reasons are much more compelling than the money itself, but these additional benefits are overlooked and basically forgotten about.

Take time to study the most successful people in business and you will see that they all

Are You Selling or Promoting?

It seems that daily I encounter a new sales person who has just started with the best company in the world. Their company has a compensation plan that is the best in the industry, their products/service are second to none and they are EXCITED!

Because I invest a considerable amount of time in various networking events this often happens when I am meeting these people in person for the first time. However, the same holds true for the Internet. Being separated by several thousand miles of Internet is not going to discourage this new and excited business owner.

While I stress the importance of

Network Marketing and the Internet

With the advances in technology growing your network marketing business via the internet has become much more practical, even easier. While I would hesitate to say all of the most successful network marketers are tapping into the power of technology and the internet, there may be a handful that don’t. By virtue of the fact that you are

Home Based Business: The Paradigm Shift

It seems that over the past few days there have been a couple recurring themes in a number of conversations and meetings. As you can imagine the economy has everyone wondering what they can expect in their future, especially in the area of finances. Closely following that a large number of