Hi there SFI Affiliates:
HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED
The best way to make a lot of money with SFI is to choose the Network Builder Program.
To make big money with this program you will eventually need to become an Executive Affiliate. This will cost you $29.95 US per month – the lowest cost monthly commitment I have been able to find anywhere – but the upside is $100,000 per year and up.
Why do you need to commit $29.95 dollars per month? You don’t! You don’t NEED to do anything. But every business runs on making sales: no sales… no commission. So we all invest in an IAHBE membership every month and it teaches us how to be successful.
Your income will flow from building a large network of associates who all invest $29.95 per month in their business
You can certainly make money from selling product at the retail level, but if you want to make the big bucks… build a network.
I will teach you how!
First go to the Training Library:
https://www.sfimg.com/Training/showIndex.sfi
Log in to your account click on “Getting Started With SFI“ and complete the first 7 steps – it takes very little time.
At step 4: “Choose the SFI product or program on which you wish to focus”: you select The Network Builder Program (NBP).
The Network Builder Program (NBP) is SFI's most popular program.
Building your own network of affiliates is a powerful way to create a substantial residual income stream that can continue to put money in your pocket, year after year.
It's easy to sign up affiliates because:
A) Almost everyone would like to earn extra money
B) There's no cost to join SFI
C) SFI has 20-year track record of success
I am focused on building 100% on the internet – I suggest you consider doing the same. There’s no rejection, it’s extremely time and cost effective and will eventually run on autopilot.
If you sell just one IAHBE retail membership per month you'll maintain automatic EA status for yourself each month for as long as that membership continues.
But I want to focus on building my network so I’m willing to invest the $29.95 US per month in my business to fulfill the EA requirement.
The simplest way to maintain your Executive Affiliate status is to simply purchase your ongoing IAHBE membership every month.
But it’s up to you. You can start as a basic associate and advance to EA if it’s working for you. You can also maintain your EA status via retail sales.
Complete your seven Getting Started steps and continue on to Step 8 – The Path.
HOW TO MARKET YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE
Your first step is to enroll in my online training course at:
http://www.homebasedbusinessontheweb.com/Cap
To build your business with minimum cost you are best to start a Blog and make posts at forums. Both of these are free.
I’ll tell you more about this as we go along.
To start a blog first open a Google account at:
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
Then go to http://www.blogger.com and begin to create your blog.
Start writing about SFI and Internet Business in your blog and find similar blogs and make posts to them to build links.
For ideas you can view my blog here:
http://onlinemlmsuccess.blogspot.com/
Then go to Warrior Forum and start making posts.
http://www.warriorforum.com/forum/
NOTE: Always include your profile so your readers are directed to you SFI link where they can join your team. You’ll find mine at the end of all my articles.
Here’s how my profile looks:
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If you'd like to learn more about how I do it and how you can build your own MLM Business Online then I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: " The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: " How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
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Here are some articles I have written that will help you:
Writing Articles to Build Your Online Business:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Online-MLM---Writing-Articles-to-Build-Your-Online-Business&id=594915
Critical Steps to Online Success - Pay-per-Click – Here’s how it works:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Critical-Steps-to-Online-Success--Pay-per-Click--Heres-how-it-works!&id=578616
Critical Steps to Online Success - Getting Blog Traffic - Here's How to "Ping" Your Blog:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Critical-Steps-to-Online-Success---Getting-Blog-Traffic---Heres-How-to-Ping-Your-Blog!&id=632834
More later – email if you have any questions.
Keep on Winning
Jim
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To learn how you can be a part of the SFI team go here:
http://www.quickinfo247.com/10327545/FREE
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Make Big Bucks In Affiliate Marketing - Here's How!
You've got two choices :
Will you spend three months outlining, writing, proofing, rewriting and finally publishing an e-book of your own; and then write the sales letter and set up the payment processor on your webpage… or… will you find an affiliate product you like, use all the pre-written sales material that is already posted on the products website, have somebody else handle the payment processing and pay your commissions to you, while you simply copy and paste your affiliate link into a Pay-per-click ad or into a short one page sales email and send it to your list.
I think Affiliate Marketing comes out ahead.
Affiliate marketing is an easy care business… you can focus all of your time on getting traffic and let someone else handle all of the details.
You can be in business in affiliate marketing within 60 minutes from the time you finish reading this article... and you don't even need a website of your own.
Here's how you can get started fast:
Open an account at Clickbank and get yourself a Clickbank ID (takes about 5 minutes).
Go to "Go Articles" and enroll as an author. They allow you to put affiliate links in your Profile Box.
Let's say your field of interest is "money and employment".
You want to be nmarketing the products that people are already buying and the best measure of this is the Clickbank "High Gravity" index.
Go to Clickbank again and click on the marketplace link at the very top of the page. In the search box select "money and employment" from the drop down menu in the category field. Select "All Sub-categories" and sort by "High Gravity".
Click "Search".
Item 5 when I just searched says "Paid Surveys" (it will probably be different when you search) and I've chosen this because it's easy to understand.
Go to Ezine Articles and search for Articles on Paid Surveys. Read 5 or 10 articles and then cobble together a 300 word article of your own based on the information you have gleaned from those articles. Don't blatantly steal the articles or you're into copyright infringement and it's not very nice anyway… just get some ideas and write your own brief article.
Click on the "Paid Surveys" link on the Clickbank site and make sure this is something you'd want to promote.
Next click on the "create hoplink" link and create your affiliate link. That's how easy it is to become an affiliate at Clickbank… it takes seconds to create the hoplink. Copy and paste the hoplink in a safe place.
Now you go to Go Articles and login and go to "submit articles".
Paste your article into the appropriate box and enter your name, article title and keywords.
Now move to your "profile" box and paste something like this: --------------------------------------------------------
"If you'd like to learn how you can get paid to do surveys at home just click on the link below:
http://(YourClickbankID).(Affiliate ProgramName).hop.clickbank.net/" ----------------------------------------------------------
Preview and publish your article and you're done.
If you've written a reasonable article, chosen your keywords well and have a catchy title then people will search on your keywords, see your title, read your article, click on your link and go to your affiliate page.
It's within the realms of possibility that the first visitor will enroll in your program or buy your product or book… but this is not the usual outcome so don't be disappointed.
It takes a few articles to generate a web presence and get any reasonable traffic and of course there's lots to learn between the lines here to become an accomplished article marketer and affiliate marketer; but the process really is this simple.
The real trick is actually getting started and doing it.
Would you like to learn more about affiliate marketing and making money online?
I've recently completed a book entitled "3 Surefire Ways to make Money Online"
You can download it FREE here:
"3 Surefire Ways to make Money Online"
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book:
" How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Will you spend three months outlining, writing, proofing, rewriting and finally publishing an e-book of your own; and then write the sales letter and set up the payment processor on your webpage… or… will you find an affiliate product you like, use all the pre-written sales material that is already posted on the products website, have somebody else handle the payment processing and pay your commissions to you, while you simply copy and paste your affiliate link into a Pay-per-click ad or into a short one page sales email and send it to your list.
I think Affiliate Marketing comes out ahead.
Affiliate marketing is an easy care business… you can focus all of your time on getting traffic and let someone else handle all of the details.
You can be in business in affiliate marketing within 60 minutes from the time you finish reading this article... and you don't even need a website of your own.
Here's how you can get started fast:
Open an account at Clickbank and get yourself a Clickbank ID (takes about 5 minutes).
Go to "Go Articles" and enroll as an author. They allow you to put affiliate links in your Profile Box.
Let's say your field of interest is "money and employment".
You want to be nmarketing the products that people are already buying and the best measure of this is the Clickbank "High Gravity" index.
Go to Clickbank again and click on the marketplace link at the very top of the page. In the search box select "money and employment" from the drop down menu in the category field. Select "All Sub-categories" and sort by "High Gravity".
Click "Search".
Item 5 when I just searched says "Paid Surveys" (it will probably be different when you search) and I've chosen this because it's easy to understand.
Go to Ezine Articles and search for Articles on Paid Surveys. Read 5 or 10 articles and then cobble together a 300 word article of your own based on the information you have gleaned from those articles. Don't blatantly steal the articles or you're into copyright infringement and it's not very nice anyway… just get some ideas and write your own brief article.
Click on the "Paid Surveys" link on the Clickbank site and make sure this is something you'd want to promote.
Next click on the "create hoplink" link and create your affiliate link. That's how easy it is to become an affiliate at Clickbank… it takes seconds to create the hoplink. Copy and paste the hoplink in a safe place.
Now you go to Go Articles and login and go to "submit articles".
Paste your article into the appropriate box and enter your name, article title and keywords.
Now move to your "profile" box and paste something like this: --------------------------------------------------------
"If you'd like to learn how you can get paid to do surveys at home just click on the link below:
http://(YourClickbankID).(Affiliate ProgramName).hop.clickbank.net/" ----------------------------------------------------------
Preview and publish your article and you're done.
If you've written a reasonable article, chosen your keywords well and have a catchy title then people will search on your keywords, see your title, read your article, click on your link and go to your affiliate page.
It's within the realms of possibility that the first visitor will enroll in your program or buy your product or book… but this is not the usual outcome so don't be disappointed.
It takes a few articles to generate a web presence and get any reasonable traffic and of course there's lots to learn between the lines here to become an accomplished article marketer and affiliate marketer; but the process really is this simple.
The real trick is actually getting started and doing it.
Would you like to learn more about affiliate marketing and making money online?
I've recently completed a book entitled "3 Surefire Ways to make Money Online"
You can download it FREE here:
"3 Surefire Ways to make Money Online"
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book:
" How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Online MLM Success - How To Build a Massive List and Explode your MLM with Co-reg Leads!
The easiest way to build your business online is to have a list that is willing and eager to receive your emails. This applies to your MLM or any marketing business online. That may change down the road, but for today that's the best way to go.
Selling to someone who knows you and trusts you is way easier than just emailing any old list.
What are co-reg leads?
Co-reg leads are people who have answered an ad on the internet and have filled out a multiple choice form where they tick off their areas of interest-they co-register for various lists. When they submit the form they have indicated their willingness to receive information on the topics they selected. And that's all. Their level of interest is usually quite low.
So when we start with co-reg leads we are pretty much starting with "any old list". They're a bit better than that but not much. They have shown an interest in having an online business (among other interests) but that's about all.
Your job is to wean them out and warm them up! You do this via your "free offer" initial incentive (usually a how-to book or report) plus a series of 4 or 5 info packed how-to emails in your follow up email series on your autoresponder before you introduce an offer.
Your next step is to offer them a "how-to" E-Book or software program that will move their online business forward. It doesn't matter if you're an MLM team builder or a straight internet marketer, making product sales is a great thing to do.
In MLM we call this the "Funded Proposal". You use your online list building to pay for your online list marketing costs and if you're good… have some left over to save or spend.
Statistics are that you'll only get to retain 1% of the leads on the low side and up to 10% on the very high side. I'd sort of go with the idea that you're only going to retain 2%.
The big advantage of co-reg leads is that they're very cheap and you can build a list very fast. You can buy 25,000 leads for as little as 0.2 cents per lead from a wholesaler and up to 2 cents and more from a re-seller.
So if you buy from a wholesaler, your qualified warmed up leads that you retain; leads that will buy your front end product and probably even eventually join your MLM team, will cost you 50 times more than your original purchase price (2% is 1/50th retention so multiply the cost per lead by 50)… so that's about 8 cents each from a wholesaler and 80 cents each from a re-seller.
If you find a wholesaler who provides good leads and you can keep out of the Can-spam complaints arena then you can conceivably build a list of 10,000 names for as little as $800 and up to as much as $8000 for re-seller leads.
A list of this size can easily earn you $1000 to $4000 per month and more if you're a good marketer with good products, so I think you can see the potential.
Until you try them out it's pretty much impossible to tell how good the leads will be until you try out each provider and I don't want to get into the referral game here. Just Google "wholesale co-reg leads" and go from there.
Finding an email service provider to send your bulk emails is the next step in the puzzle and I'll cover that in a follow up article.
Working with Co-reg leads is one of the ways a lot of the big pros have used to build such huge lists.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online Rejection Free, I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: "The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: " How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Selling to someone who knows you and trusts you is way easier than just emailing any old list.
What are co-reg leads?
Co-reg leads are people who have answered an ad on the internet and have filled out a multiple choice form where they tick off their areas of interest-they co-register for various lists. When they submit the form they have indicated their willingness to receive information on the topics they selected. And that's all. Their level of interest is usually quite low.
So when we start with co-reg leads we are pretty much starting with "any old list". They're a bit better than that but not much. They have shown an interest in having an online business (among other interests) but that's about all.
Your job is to wean them out and warm them up! You do this via your "free offer" initial incentive (usually a how-to book or report) plus a series of 4 or 5 info packed how-to emails in your follow up email series on your autoresponder before you introduce an offer.
Your next step is to offer them a "how-to" E-Book or software program that will move their online business forward. It doesn't matter if you're an MLM team builder or a straight internet marketer, making product sales is a great thing to do.
In MLM we call this the "Funded Proposal". You use your online list building to pay for your online list marketing costs and if you're good… have some left over to save or spend.
Statistics are that you'll only get to retain 1% of the leads on the low side and up to 10% on the very high side. I'd sort of go with the idea that you're only going to retain 2%.
The big advantage of co-reg leads is that they're very cheap and you can build a list very fast. You can buy 25,000 leads for as little as 0.2 cents per lead from a wholesaler and up to 2 cents and more from a re-seller.
So if you buy from a wholesaler, your qualified warmed up leads that you retain; leads that will buy your front end product and probably even eventually join your MLM team, will cost you 50 times more than your original purchase price (2% is 1/50th retention so multiply the cost per lead by 50)… so that's about 8 cents each from a wholesaler and 80 cents each from a re-seller.
If you find a wholesaler who provides good leads and you can keep out of the Can-spam complaints arena then you can conceivably build a list of 10,000 names for as little as $800 and up to as much as $8000 for re-seller leads.
A list of this size can easily earn you $1000 to $4000 per month and more if you're a good marketer with good products, so I think you can see the potential.
Until you try them out it's pretty much impossible to tell how good the leads will be until you try out each provider and I don't want to get into the referral game here. Just Google "wholesale co-reg leads" and go from there.
Finding an email service provider to send your bulk emails is the next step in the puzzle and I'll cover that in a follow up article.
Working with Co-reg leads is one of the ways a lot of the big pros have used to build such huge lists.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online Rejection Free, I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: "The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: " How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Online MLM Success -How to Drive Massive Traffic to your List!
So what exactly is massive traffic! What's massive and what's pathetic?
Let's talk about the background business you should be running alongside your MLM to generate your marketing budget… what we call the funded proposal. This is where you offer affiliate products and your own products to your list as well as promoting your MLM online with emails.
Click my link below and get my books if you want to learn more about this.
So what does it take to make money online?
If you only make 1 cent per visitor to your sales page per month then you'll need 100,000 visitors per month to generate $1000 in income
But if you can raise that to $1 dollar per visitor then it only takes 10,000 visitors per month. Don't let that frighten you… that's only 300 visitors per day which is very achievable as you grow your web presence.
What works best for you… 100,000 or 10,000?
Personally, I would rather make more per visitor than to have billions of visitors - of course, both would be nice - but if I had to make a choice (and I have) I would go for the quality.
I drive the bulk of my traffic to my web site using article marketing. Sure, it is harder work than buying cheap traffic - but it converts way better than any other traffic I get.
So go for the quality traffic. When the chips are down… quality will win out!
You see, with a quality lead, who really wants to read your emails; who comes to value your articles and really wants to learn from you… you will have a subscriber who will buy your product and join your team because you have demonstrated that you stand for quality.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: " The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: "How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Let's talk about the background business you should be running alongside your MLM to generate your marketing budget… what we call the funded proposal. This is where you offer affiliate products and your own products to your list as well as promoting your MLM online with emails.
Click my link below and get my books if you want to learn more about this.
So what does it take to make money online?
If you only make 1 cent per visitor to your sales page per month then you'll need 100,000 visitors per month to generate $1000 in income
But if you can raise that to $1 dollar per visitor then it only takes 10,000 visitors per month. Don't let that frighten you… that's only 300 visitors per day which is very achievable as you grow your web presence.
What works best for you… 100,000 or 10,000?
Personally, I would rather make more per visitor than to have billions of visitors - of course, both would be nice - but if I had to make a choice (and I have) I would go for the quality.
I drive the bulk of my traffic to my web site using article marketing. Sure, it is harder work than buying cheap traffic - but it converts way better than any other traffic I get.
So go for the quality traffic. When the chips are down… quality will win out!
You see, with a quality lead, who really wants to read your emails; who comes to value your articles and really wants to learn from you… you will have a subscriber who will buy your product and join your team because you have demonstrated that you stand for quality.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: " The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: "How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Online MLM Success-How To Use Blogs To Explode Your List!
If you want to build your MLM online then you need a list!
There are a number of ways to get a list and in my opinion we need to be making use of them all.
You can try:
Pay-per-click, Article Writing, Website SEO, Email, Chat Room Postings and Blogs etc.
Today, let's talk about "Blogging"… how will this help you with your list?
Many of the blogs, especially Blogger.com (powered by Google) carry high rankings in the search engines, and they are better candidates for getting good links than just picking any old web site out there.
What's the process to make a blog work?
What I do first is to write a lot of articles and post them to my blog at the same time as I'm posting to my Article Directories. Don't forget to attach your Resource Box or your visitors won't have a way to contact you.
The Search Engine spiders like to see lots of new content to make them happy with your site. They want your visitors to have a rewarding experience when they visit.
With enough articles posted on your blog the search engines will begin to bring you traffic.
The advantage of blogging is that there are no rules to comply with like the Article Directories so you can just make a 100 word post for a quick comment on something that strikes you, if you want.
If you Google "Blog Online MLM Success" without the quotes you'll find my blog if you want to have a look at what I do.
The next thing you want is to attract links from other bloggers. The spiders love inbound links too… but I must tell you I've not really done this aggressively… I tend to rely on the Article Directories for my traffic.
There are a number of ways to get links from blog masters at other blogs.
One way to do it is to simply write the blogs and ask them if they will link to your blog or squeeze page, in exchange for you linking to their blog. If you want traffic to your squeeze page you can set up a page on your web site where you link to other blogs, and put a link to their blog on that page. And remember… if you have your Resource Box on your Blog some of your visitors will visit your squeeze page anyway.
Or you can do this:
Respond to blog posts. Many bloggers will ask their visitors questions, and if you are much like me, usually you simply read other people's responses - but fail to leave one of your own.
However, in many cases, the bloggers will give you a live link to your web site if you will post a response.
Here's what you can do. Check to see that the other blog posts include live links to the posters' web site - then if they do, you can enter comment.
One of the real keys here is that it needs to be relevant, so make sure you are posting to blogs in your niche… you don't want to be a spammer.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here:
" The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: " How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
There are a number of ways to get a list and in my opinion we need to be making use of them all.
You can try:
Pay-per-click, Article Writing, Website SEO, Email, Chat Room Postings and Blogs etc.
Today, let's talk about "Blogging"… how will this help you with your list?
Many of the blogs, especially Blogger.com (powered by Google) carry high rankings in the search engines, and they are better candidates for getting good links than just picking any old web site out there.
What's the process to make a blog work?
What I do first is to write a lot of articles and post them to my blog at the same time as I'm posting to my Article Directories. Don't forget to attach your Resource Box or your visitors won't have a way to contact you.
The Search Engine spiders like to see lots of new content to make them happy with your site. They want your visitors to have a rewarding experience when they visit.
With enough articles posted on your blog the search engines will begin to bring you traffic.
The advantage of blogging is that there are no rules to comply with like the Article Directories so you can just make a 100 word post for a quick comment on something that strikes you, if you want.
If you Google "Blog Online MLM Success" without the quotes you'll find my blog if you want to have a look at what I do.
The next thing you want is to attract links from other bloggers. The spiders love inbound links too… but I must tell you I've not really done this aggressively… I tend to rely on the Article Directories for my traffic.
There are a number of ways to get links from blog masters at other blogs.
One way to do it is to simply write the blogs and ask them if they will link to your blog or squeeze page, in exchange for you linking to their blog. If you want traffic to your squeeze page you can set up a page on your web site where you link to other blogs, and put a link to their blog on that page. And remember… if you have your Resource Box on your Blog some of your visitors will visit your squeeze page anyway.
Or you can do this:
Respond to blog posts. Many bloggers will ask their visitors questions, and if you are much like me, usually you simply read other people's responses - but fail to leave one of your own.
However, in many cases, the bloggers will give you a live link to your web site if you will post a response.
Here's what you can do. Check to see that the other blog posts include live links to the posters' web site - then if they do, you can enter comment.
One of the real keys here is that it needs to be relevant, so make sure you are posting to blogs in your niche… you don't want to be a spammer.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here:
" The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: " How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Explode Your MLM Online--The Wave Of The Future--Don't Be Left Behind!
MySpace, Friendster, Facebook , U-tube…the wave of the future is social networking! It's taking over the traditional methods of web marketing and if you're not in the game you'll be left behind.
In the print space MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook are the front runners with MySpace way out in the lead. But friends tell me that Facebook is fast catching up.
And then we move on to U-Tube and that's another game altogether. Video is here and it's now easy and U-Tube is a presence all on its own and deserves a whole book so I won't try to cover it here. But it's fast carving a presence that we won't be able to ignore.
Personally I still rely heavily on article writing and publishing to generate visitors interested in my topic, but I'm branching out into these networking arenas.
Click my link below if you want to know how article writing can explode your business.
Social networking sites are still quite new and are a great place to promote your business but you need to do it in a professional way… after all, these sites are primarily about connecting with people and posting your profile, not for aggressively advertising your business via unsolicited messaging.
Lots of social network users are becoming wary of the practices of unscrupulous online business promotion, viewing it as the ultimate form of spam. They feel that the sanctity of their space is being invaded, just the way email has been.
If we want to make use of these sites to promote our own businesses then we need to find a way to get past this attitude. Acting responsibly is the answer.
Here are three things you can do:
1. Get Referrals:
Look for friends using these sites and ask them to refer you to their friends. If you come in via this door then you are much more welcome that if you bash the door down with spam.
2. Be willing to Go Slow:
Take your time. Gently ease yourself into the community, just like you would at a party where you are the stranger.
3. Put your best face on your Site:
Just like you would if you were showing up for a job interview… you'd dress appropriately and wear your best clothes.
Put a good quality picture on your profile. Nothing screams amateur like a poor quality, washed out, out of focus photo of you in your grungy clothes. If you can afford a professional shot then get one taken.
And do the best possible job you can on your template and layout presentation. The sites will offer some professional templates and if you can't afford a professional to set it up for you then take the time to learn how to do it yourself.
You will need more than the standard profile page if you hope to grab attention.
And don't overdo your business introduction.
4. Visit other people's sites and leave a greeting:
Connect with people with similar niches to yours and get yourself known… swap links by leaving comments on their sites and invite them to visit yours. Try to find groups that could become customers down the road.
Send them personal messages, thanking them for accepting you. Take note of their birthdays and send them birthday greetings… we all love to be recognized on our birthdays. Set up a tickler file to help you stay current with this. And just visit with them for the hell of it… you'll make a friend and somewhere down the line the business will flow.
This is pretty similar to the way you can establish your presence in Blogging or Chat sites. Over time you'll make your presence felt.
Once you attract an audience to your social networking site you will still need to get them onto your list. I can show you how to make that happen.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: " The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: "How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
In the print space MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook are the front runners with MySpace way out in the lead. But friends tell me that Facebook is fast catching up.
And then we move on to U-Tube and that's another game altogether. Video is here and it's now easy and U-Tube is a presence all on its own and deserves a whole book so I won't try to cover it here. But it's fast carving a presence that we won't be able to ignore.
Personally I still rely heavily on article writing and publishing to generate visitors interested in my topic, but I'm branching out into these networking arenas.
Click my link below if you want to know how article writing can explode your business.
Social networking sites are still quite new and are a great place to promote your business but you need to do it in a professional way… after all, these sites are primarily about connecting with people and posting your profile, not for aggressively advertising your business via unsolicited messaging.
Lots of social network users are becoming wary of the practices of unscrupulous online business promotion, viewing it as the ultimate form of spam. They feel that the sanctity of their space is being invaded, just the way email has been.
If we want to make use of these sites to promote our own businesses then we need to find a way to get past this attitude. Acting responsibly is the answer.
Here are three things you can do:
1. Get Referrals:
Look for friends using these sites and ask them to refer you to their friends. If you come in via this door then you are much more welcome that if you bash the door down with spam.
2. Be willing to Go Slow:
Take your time. Gently ease yourself into the community, just like you would at a party where you are the stranger.
3. Put your best face on your Site:
Just like you would if you were showing up for a job interview… you'd dress appropriately and wear your best clothes.
Put a good quality picture on your profile. Nothing screams amateur like a poor quality, washed out, out of focus photo of you in your grungy clothes. If you can afford a professional shot then get one taken.
And do the best possible job you can on your template and layout presentation. The sites will offer some professional templates and if you can't afford a professional to set it up for you then take the time to learn how to do it yourself.
You will need more than the standard profile page if you hope to grab attention.
And don't overdo your business introduction.
4. Visit other people's sites and leave a greeting:
Connect with people with similar niches to yours and get yourself known… swap links by leaving comments on their sites and invite them to visit yours. Try to find groups that could become customers down the road.
Send them personal messages, thanking them for accepting you. Take note of their birthdays and send them birthday greetings… we all love to be recognized on our birthdays. Set up a tickler file to help you stay current with this. And just visit with them for the hell of it… you'll make a friend and somewhere down the line the business will flow.
This is pretty similar to the way you can establish your presence in Blogging or Chat sites. Over time you'll make your presence felt.
Once you attract an audience to your social networking site you will still need to get them onto your list. I can show you how to make that happen.
If you would like to learn how you can build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
You can download it FREE here: " The Perfect Online MLM Business "
Plus there's a goldmine of information in my other FREE book: "How To Use The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start And Run A Successful Online Business".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He teaches people to be successful online.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Build Your MLM Online--4 Surefire Ways to Grow Your List!
Your list is the backbone of your business… no list, no business! To build a list you need traffic… visitors to your website who subscribe to your list.
Traffic makes the Internet world go around!
To get traffic your visitors first need to find you in some way. When they find you there needs to be an opt-in box on your webpage that will allow them to subscribe and an autoresponder that will organize these respondents in to a list you can phone or email.
A high ranking on the search engines is one way to do this. If your listing shows in the first three pages of a Google search, then this is prime real estate… you have arrived. You will almost certainly have people clicking your link and visiting your webpage.
Here are some ways you can make this happen:
You can write articles on topics relevant to your business and publish them on article directories.
The article directories have extremely high Search Engine rankings because of the frequency and diversity of their new postings… the spiders love new material and lots of pages on a site.
You effectively get to ride on their back. I have had sites indexed in less that one day with only two articles posted on one directory. This is an amazingly powerful tool for getting traffic.
Why is that?
Because you get to put a resource box at the end of your article with your contact information advertising a free book or report. People who find your book description interesting will elect to subscribe to your list.
The second benefit is that these articles begin to grow exponentially (going viral we call it) as other Ezine publishers post your articles to their sites, complete with your resource box.
You can visit forum sites and make regular posts to appropriate threads.
When you post make sure to attach your resource box at the end of the post. If you become a regular visitor and other forum members find your posts valuable they will begin to click your link for your free material and will subscribe to your newsletter.
Sometimes they will forward your post to other friends and this technique goes viral too.
You may also want to consider exchanging links with some other reputable established sites whose content impresses you.
Back links add to your Search Engine ranking. Just try to make sure that the site you are exchanging links with has something that relates to your own site content.
Start a Blog
Just go to Blogger.com and start your own blog. It takes about five minutes. Post to your blog every day. Remember the spiders love fresh content. Post your articles and business commentaries and some personal information if you like.
Then visit other blogs in a similar space to your own and add comments to their posts. Ask them to visit your blog and post a comment and you have another backlink.
There are many more things you can do to expand you web presence and your prospect list.
I can help you if you would like.
I will teach you how to build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
Download it FREE here:
"The Perfect Online MLM Business "
And my other FREE book:
"The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start ".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He
teaches people to be successful online.
"Ezine Articles:"
Traffic makes the Internet world go around!
To get traffic your visitors first need to find you in some way. When they find you there needs to be an opt-in box on your webpage that will allow them to subscribe and an autoresponder that will organize these respondents in to a list you can phone or email.
A high ranking on the search engines is one way to do this. If your listing shows in the first three pages of a Google search, then this is prime real estate… you have arrived. You will almost certainly have people clicking your link and visiting your webpage.
Here are some ways you can make this happen:
You can write articles on topics relevant to your business and publish them on article directories.
The article directories have extremely high Search Engine rankings because of the frequency and diversity of their new postings… the spiders love new material and lots of pages on a site.
You effectively get to ride on their back. I have had sites indexed in less that one day with only two articles posted on one directory. This is an amazingly powerful tool for getting traffic.
Why is that?
Because you get to put a resource box at the end of your article with your contact information advertising a free book or report. People who find your book description interesting will elect to subscribe to your list.
The second benefit is that these articles begin to grow exponentially (going viral we call it) as other Ezine publishers post your articles to their sites, complete with your resource box.
You can visit forum sites and make regular posts to appropriate threads.
When you post make sure to attach your resource box at the end of the post. If you become a regular visitor and other forum members find your posts valuable they will begin to click your link for your free material and will subscribe to your newsletter.
Sometimes they will forward your post to other friends and this technique goes viral too.
You may also want to consider exchanging links with some other reputable established sites whose content impresses you.
Back links add to your Search Engine ranking. Just try to make sure that the site you are exchanging links with has something that relates to your own site content.
Start a Blog
Just go to Blogger.com and start your own blog. It takes about five minutes. Post to your blog every day. Remember the spiders love fresh content. Post your articles and business commentaries and some personal information if you like.
Then visit other blogs in a similar space to your own and add comments to their posts. Ask them to visit your blog and post a comment and you have another backlink.
There are many more things you can do to expand you web presence and your prospect list.
I can help you if you would like.
I will teach you how to build your MLM Business Online? Rejection Free! I have just completed a new book: "The Perfect Online MLM Business".
Download it FREE here:
"The Perfect Online MLM Business "
And my other FREE book:
"The Secret Magic Of Article Writing To Start ".
Jim Keayes is an expert Internet and MLM Marketer. He
teaches people to be successful online.
"Ezine Articles:"
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