Online MLM Marketing
Online MLM Marketing
Online MLM Marketing
by Rob Fore
Since 1996, Rob & Lisa Fore have created numerous six-figure,
even multiple six-figure incomes streams working part-time in
their spare time online using a simple 5 step system that has
never failed.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Do You Really Want Success? ...............................6
Are the Odd of Success Stacked Against You? ..........................11
Emotional Decision or Business Decision? .................................................... 16
Does Your Comp Plan Allow for a Marketing Budget? ................................... 21
Do You Lack These Critical Marketing Skills? ............................................... 24
Will a Lack of Cash Kill Your Business?........................................................ 25
Can High Attrition Rates Block Your Success?............................................... 30
You’ve Exhausted Your Warm Market. Now What? ...................................... 33
You ARE Using a Proven System, Right? ....................................................... 34
You Get More Leads, Sales & Sign Ups Now ............................68
Not Building a List? You Are Not Building a Business ................................... 72
No Personal Blog? You Lose. Game Over. .................................................... 75
Here. There. Everywhere All the Time .......................................................... 76
Where is Your Instant Authority Kit? ............................................................ 79
A Good Name, the Commodity of Kings ....................................................... 84
Since 1996 my wife Lisa and I have built numerous six-figure even
multiple six-figure businesses working part-time in our spare time online.
Ever.
Now YOU are just moments away from discovering that system. A system
we have used again and again to produce life-changing results like these:
Go ahead. Dream again. You and your family deserve it. It’s time. It’s
your turn to finally start getting paid exactly what you are worth.
Now I didn’t share those results to impress you, but to impress upon
you… success is not an accident. Achieving success is a choice. A decision
you have to make. Then, once you have made a real honest-to-goodness
decision, achieving success is a simple matter.
Because success leaves clues. And all you have to do to achieve any result
you desire in life is to find someone currently producing that result, find
out how and what they are doing to produce those results and simply do
the same thing.
Find a proven model, copy the model and you will have
GREATLY put the odds of success in your favor.
My wife and young son are now living with her mom, but pride and ego
won't let me accept any help because it's embarrassing. In just six short
months, due to one bad business decision, we went from having it all to
hungry and homeless. Just like that.
It took me five years get off the pity-pot after I lost everything.
I joined Amway and quit after a few months. Then it was on to Excel.
Then no-money-down real estate and day trading. I stuffed envelopes, ran
classified ads, invested $5,000 in water filters, placed vending machines
and even lost a small fortune in the 900 number business.
I made a decision.
I chose mail order. I purchased a $500 system written by Jeff Paul called,
"How to Make $4,000 a Day Sitting a Your Kitchen Table in Your
Underwear" and read through it one time. Then I went back to the
beginning and simply followed the instructions (even when I didn't feel
like it and even when I was scared to death!) and within 18 months I went
from earning less than $50,000 a year at my job to earning over $100,000
a year working from home.
Then life threw me and my family another yet another curve ball…
I'll never forget the day the doctor walked in, cleared his throat and
said, "I'm sorry. You are terminal. You have two years to live. You
may want to get your affairs in order."
One minute I'm fighting rush hour traffic and the next minute I'm fighting
for my life.
Even worse, I came to the horrible realization that if I were to actually die
or become unable to work in any way - I would leave my wife and two
sons literally penniless.
Because the majority of our income was totally dependent upon my ability
to trade my time, training and expertise for dollars. My family supported
me in the business, but I was the business.
The challenge was I had failed at network marketing six other times in my
life and I had no clue how to build a profitable MLM business.
But since failure was no longer an option, within 18 months, we did build
a profitable six-figure MLM business... and have gone on to build out
numerous six-figure, even multiple six-figure businesses working part-time
in our spare time online since then.
It depends on who you ask because privately held MLM companies are
not required to publish an income disclaimer so it is hard to get an
accurate picture.
But here is a recent entry on Wikipedia:
Yet as bad as all of that sounds, if you take a close hard look at every
legitimate network marketing company you will always find a handful of
people who are making a quiet fortune. You will find many more who are
making a solid five-figure annual income and even more raking in a few
hundred dollars a month.
Perhaps you’ve heard it said, “These products are so good they sell
themselves.” Really? If that were true, then why do companies spend a
fortune advertising? If that were true, why would the company want to
build out a network of independent distributors to SELL their products?
But it goes even deeper than that because, in reality, the big money in
network marketing will never come from selling the products.
The big money is made when you sponsor and recruit new business
builders who BUY products so they can qualify to earn a commission,
then turn around and duplicate the sponsoring model.
Yet most people do not have any experience in sales and marketing, and
most people hate the idea of selling anything to anybody, right?
So why are we surprised when most of the honest, hard working people
on our team fumble around trying to make things happen... but never
really seem to get ahead?
Because what you don’t know really can hurt you and if you are
absolutely, 100% serious about taking your business, income and lifestyle
to the next level you need to make sure you are not making these
mistakes and make sure your team avoids them as well.
Most people do not make any money in network marketing because they
joined the wrong company for the wrong reasons. Meaning most people
join for emotional reasons versus making a well-informed, thoroughly
researched business decision.
For example, a few months ago Lisa and I decided we wanted to diversify
our income portfolio by investing in a local brick-and-mortar business.
Before we even started looking at the businesses available, we sat down
and outlined exactly and specifically what we are looking for:
We did find a couple businesses for sale we almost moved forward with
but since they did not meet all our business criteria, we did not move
forward. Even more important, when a business comes up that does meet
all our criteria…
Who cares? We are in business to make more money and increase our
lifestyle. Not necessarily LOVE IT or have some type of emotional ties to
it.
Or, worse, they join because they actually believe all they have to do to get
rich fast is to personally sponsor two… who sponsor two… who sponsor
two… and we all live happily ever after living in our mansions, driving
Mercedes and sipping piña coladas on the beach.
You may actually have to personally sponsor 100 new reps (or more!) to
find the TWO who will grow your business independent of your time and
effort. You may need to find “100” to get into team momentum.
Most new network marketing companies fail within their first two years for
a variety of reasons so joining on the “ground floor” is risky. Very risky.
To put the odds of success more greatly in your favor you may be better
advised to join a stable, proven companies that has stood the test of time.
Who cares? Are they going to build the business for you? If not, their
endorsement does nothing more than help you recruit people for all the
wrong reasons - because they think the endorsement will somehow be
important.
Don’t count on it. And even if it happens, chances are YOU will need to
either balance the other “off-balance” leg or qualify the spillover in some
other way that will cost you time, effort and money.
If they promise “we build it for you”, why do they need you?
If the product really sells itself, why do they need you to sell it?
Really? If everyone signs up free, where is the profit going to come from?
Someone has to buy something in order to create a sales volume from
which all commissions are paid. If “free” is the carrot they are holding
out… what will happen is will build a huge team of people who do
absolutely nothing and you’ll get paid absolutely nothing.
Simply find an UPLINE leader who is producing the results you want,
find out what they are doing and do the same things.
Bottom Line: If you joined your current business for emotional reasons
versus making a real business-based decision, you may want to take
another look at the company, leadership, products and comp plan before
investing too much time and energy into it.
We will talk more about the WHAT you should be looking for and
WHY later. But no matter what business you finally settle into…
Then figure at least two years after that is accomplished to give your team
a chance to build out their businesses.
Bottom line?
Take a look at your compensation plan. How much do you get paid when
you personally sponsor a new rep? Do you get a $50 fast start bonus,
$100, maybe $200 or more?
So once you have approached everyone you know, once you have
exhausted your warm market, now what?
Now what will you do?
Most people do nothing because they are unwilling to learn the art and
science of marketing and they soon find their business dead in the water.
But if you are serious, you’ll treat your business like a real business and
you will start marketing. Which takes time and money.
Case in point…
Later we will discuss a number of ways you can promote your business
using low-budget and even no-budget methods. But it is important to
understand, if you really want to take your business to the next level fast
you will want to invest a portion of your profits back into your business in
order to scale up your marketing efforts.
Perhaps the #1 reason why most people never make money in MLM is
due to a lack of marketing skills.
Case in point…
Now the real world reality is less than five out of 100
people who join your team will ever put together a warm
market list and actually approach everyone they know,
have known or run into.
What are you going to advise Fred and Judy to do once they have
exhausted their warm market?
Figure 1-2 years for you to personally sponsor at least 100 people and
then another 1-2 years for your team to build out their networks.
Even an off-line, brick and mortar business often takes a few years to
become profitable. Think rent, utility bills, payroll, insurance, inventory
and supplies.
There is always a cost of doing business and one of the biggest reasons
most businesses fail in the first five years is due to a lack of cash flow
necessary to fund and carry the business before it becomes profitable.
If not, your business will stall out and fail unless and until you
find a way to help yourself and everyone on your team create
enough cash flow to at least carry the business without having to
come out of pocket each and every month.
It was a brilliant concept and about a year later Mike tweaked the original
model and went on to generate hundreds of thousands of leads and
created a multi-million dollar business.
Bottom line - combine the lead generation power of attraction marketing
with the cash flow potential of using funded proposals and you have a
lethal business building weapon in your hands… both of which give you
the staying power you will need as you grow your MLM business into six-
figure momentum.
Case in point…
Attrition is the drop out rate you will experience in your business; the
people who sign up and quit before building a profitable business.
Unfortunately, the average attrition rate for most MLM business is 80-
90% the first year. Meaning 80-90% of the people who join your team will
quit paying their monthly auto-ship (which creates the volume you get
paid on) within the first year.
To have long-term success, you need to get your business to the place
where your team is adding more new people on a monthly basis than the
number of people who are quitting because to have long-term success you
need net growth every month.
Meaning the majority of your team members have not found a way to
cover the cost of doing business, and if the product or service they are
required to buy to stay active is not something they would normally buy
“at that price” and “from that company” in the open market - it is not a
matter of IF the majority will cancel their auto-ship, it is a matter of when.
Case in point…
One, find a company that distributes products and services people would
normally buy “at that price” and “from that company” even if they did not
have a promise of getting paid.
For example, one of the companies we promote offers a product virtually
every adult in the world uses for about 25% less than they can buy it
anywhere else in the open market. So even if they never actually build a
business, we experience less than a 20% annual attrition rate because they
simply cannot find this same product (which everyone uses at least a few
times a year) for less.
The second way to minimize the attrition rate is to help your team get into
profit as quickly as possible.
You need to help them at least cover the cost of their monthly auto-ship
and, ideally, actually get into profit. Remember lack of cash flow? You
have to make “getting into profit fast” a high priority in order to grow your
business faster than the attrition rate.
The number one reason why most people fail to make a profit in network
marketing is due to a lack of leads.
To build a profitable business you and your team need to get your
product, service and business opportunity in front of new prospects on a
consistent basis over a long period of time.
It is as simple as 1, 2, and 3.
“How are you going to connect with NEW prospects on a daily basis over
an extended period of time?”
And, secondarily, how will you teach your team to do the same thing?
The good news is we will be answering those questions for you in this
book!
To puts the odds of success more greatly in your favor, you need to…
“Plan Your Work, and Work Your Plan”
Which means, taking all the things we have already discussed into
consideration, you should seek to create a marketing system that
consistently and predictably…
Then, of course, you will want to teach your team how to use and profit
by embracing the same system.
The challenge is unless you are very skilled in building out new web sites
and blogs, copywriting, and creating compelling offers… the task of
creating a full-blown system can be daunting and time consuming and
expensive to say the least.
The good news is there are plenty of proven systems available online right
now. Systems designed for lead generation, email follow up, time
management, downline management, contact management and more.
In fact, one of the worst things you can do in the beginning of your
network marketing career is to spend any time whatsoever on creating a
personalized team training site or team lead generation system.
Get recognized for producing results… and spend your time teaching your
team how to duplicate the system you are using, versus spending your
time creating a system for them to use.
With that in mind, let’s start generating a few leads and make some fast
cash, shall we?
You do not need to reinvent the wheel or spend years learning from the
school of hard knocks. You do not to grind it out or blaze a new trail.
And you certainly do not need to spend weeks, months or even years
studying to learn everything there is to know before you get started.
Which is a very simple thing to do. But that does not mean it will be easy.
The process of finding a proven model is simple because there are so
many examples to be found online:
For example, blogging and article marketing are two proven marketing
methods that work. But if English is not your first language or if you
struggle with spelling, grammar and writing a cohesive sentence - blogging
may not be the best choice for you.
The blogging model works, but the model may not work for you.
If you are absolutely serious about creating true time and financial
freedom for you and your family, the concept you are about to discover
will be life-changing. It lies at the heart of every top earner’s massive…
But be forewarned.
It is highly unlikely this concept is being taught by your company or your
sponsor. And chances are you will not find this concept too widely talked
about within the trenches of most network marketing elite training events
UNTIL you reach the higher ranks and are invited to join the inner circle
of top producers.
So perhaps, just for now, you might want to keep your knowledge of this
secret to yourself until your results speak volumes.
Which is the ultimate goal you have in mind for your network marketing
“business”.
You signed up to be an independent representative (a distributor) of your
company’s products and services with an objective of earning profit and
acquiring wealth.
To put it another way - you signed up to make money and improve your
lifestyle. Right? Of course. So with that in mind, now let’s take a lesson
from Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad:
“In the broad definition of the world, the word leverage
simply means ‘the ability to do more with less’. When it
came to the subject of work, money, and leverage, rich
dad would say, ‘if you want to become rich, you need to
work less, and earn more. In order to do that, you
employ some form of leverage. People with leverage
have dominance over people with less leverage.’
When you focus primarily on just building a downline, you are leaving a
lot of money on the table because you are limiting your profit potential.
Then, over time, you might present a number of different offers to that
same prospect and double, triple, even quadruple your chances of
“earning a profit” even if they never join your network marketing
business.
Case in point…
Mining for gold was the more glamorous path but actually turned out to
provide less of a return on investment than selling supplies.
By focusing on building a business and not just a downline, you will put
the odds of “earning profit and acquiring wealth” more greatly in your
favor.
One of the most powerful things you can do after making a decision to
take your network marketing business to the next level is to spend a few
days researching the various market methods available to generate traffic,
leads and sales.
The goal, at this point, is not to become an expert in all the methods
available… but rather to simply to learn more about each method so you
can make an informed decision about which method makes the most
sense for you to get started with.
First, by picking just one method you will immediately remove all sense of
being overwhelmed and confused because there are so many proven
options available. Second, by focusing on one method, it will be easier to
find a PROVEN MODEL based on that method for you to copy.
Consider how much time you actually have available to build your
business.
How much money do you have to invest in tools and training?
Do you have an advertising budget?
Can the method be outsourced later to get your time back?
Once you learn what to do and how to do it, how likely is it you can and
will dedicate yourself to take consistent action over an extended period of
time?
And it is important to be honest with yourself here because if you know,
deep down, you are not likely to pick up the phone and connect with 100
strangers per day… to sift, sort and qualify for interest… buying leads and
telephone prospecting is probably not going to work for you.
Here is a short list of marketing methods that have all been proven to
work.
Spend some time researching what it might take to master each method
and based on your own experience, skill, and willingness to learn new
skills, budget and demeanor - pick ONE method to start with.
Social Networking
Content Marketing
Keyword Research (Blogging/Video/Paid Ads)
Blogging (Personal, Authority, Guest Blogging)
Content/Article Marketing (Free and Paid)
Video Marketing (Free Methods, Paid Ads)
Google Hangouts (Free, Paid)
Paid Marketing
Webinars (Free/Paid)
PayPerClick Marketing (Search, CPA, CPV)
YouTube PayPerClick (Search, Inline Ads)
Facebook PPC (Boost Posts, News Feeds, Ads)
Banner Advertising (Local, Media Buys)
Ezine/Solo Ads
Prospecting
Additional Strategies
Once you pick the marketing method that seems to make the most sense
for you and your situation, the next step is to find at least a three people
who are CURRENTLY using the same marketing method you picked to
produce the results you want to produce.
Because if you pick only one person, you run the risk of that one person
having a “secret advantage” you do not know about that very well could be
the reason their system worked for them. But since you don’t know what
that secret advantage is, your efforts could be doomed to fail from the
very beginning.
Case in point…
Find out if they have a web site or a blog or multiple sites. How much
work do they do? What do they do? How do they do it? Do they use
outsources or have employees? What tools, software programs and
resources do they use?
Because if multiple people (success models) are found to use the same
processes, systems, tools and resources then obviously those same
processes, systems, tools and resources are ALL critical elements that
ALL contribute producing their consistent results.
Find the points of commonality and you have found your proven model.
Create a free email account for each producer. Sign up for their free
offers and, if you can, buy something from them and study both their
prospect and buyer follow up system. Look for the “what else” they are
promoting beyond their primary MLM and you’ll probably discover
where they are making most of their money.
Study what they are doing and how they are doing it. Find the points of
commonality and document them. Write them down. Keep a dossier.
Put the odds of success more greatly in your favor by studying at least
three people who are producing the results you want.
Find the points of commonality and simply use those same systems, tools
and processes.
The 5-Step System That Has
Never Failed. Ever.
Since 1996, Lisa and I have used a simple 5-step system to build
numerous six-figure, even multiple six-figure businesses online.
This system lies at heart of building out a profitable business, versus just a
downline and it will lay the foundation for taking your business to the next
level regardless of the marketing method you decide to use to take you
there.
Turns out there are not too many people who carry grocery bags to their
car. Most of us leave the bags in the cart and upload them at the care. So
even while he thought it was a good idea, the market had a different
opinion and it cost him dearly.
This same mistake happens in the network marketing industry all the
time. People fall in love with the product or service they are promoting.
It worked for them so they get excited and believe the product will simply
“sell itself” when they share their story. But there are a few major,
business-killing challenges with this scenario.
Which isn’t a bad thing by itself, but now you are literally forced to
promote ONLY your business opportunity - which can be a very, very
tough road because the “start a home business”, “make money online”
and “get rich in MLM” arena is so competitive.
Looks like we are stuck between a rock and a hard place, doesn’t it?
Not really.
Because your BEST target market for growing your distributor base is not
the classic “business opportunity seeker”…
People who are currently in a MLM deal or who have previously been in
a MLM deal are proven buyers.
Plus, we know most people in network marketing are not making a profit
and many of them are looking for help and a LOT of them are willing to
spend money to find the answer.
The key to making quick cash is to stop promoting your business
opportunity.
To make more money now, give the market what the market wants and
build your network marketing wealth on the backend.
This is a much easier, much more profitable way to build your business
and to generate the much needed cash flow needed to keep you in the
game long enough to build a profitable MLM business.
This is called leading with a “funded proposal” and we’ll give you a few
ideas how to profit from this model later. But for now, just realize… in
most cases… your best target market is people who have already
committed themselves to building a home business.
People who are already in a network marketing company but are not yet
making any money.
People seek leadership and people like to do business with people they
have come to know, like and trust.
If you have not yet committed yourself to growing any particular network
marketing business, then you are well advised to find a “hungry market”
first, then pick a MLM company, affiliate program or a set of products
designed to offer that market the solutions they are looking for.
The bigger the better. Golfers, Weight Loss, Anti-Aging, Organic Foods,
Energy, Save Money. You get the idea.
In the network marketing arena, your best target market are people who
are currently involved in a MLM company (who are not yet making any
money) or those who have once been in a network marketing opportunity
without success.
Visit various forums where they might hang out. Visit company specific
Facebook Groups and team training sites. Dig deep and really study your
market. Find the PAIN and you’ve found the gold.
It is important to know your target market inside and out. The goal is for
you to position yourself as a trusted, credible authority within that niche.
The goal, over time, is to become the trusted SOURCE for tips, tricks,
inside secrets and resources of value.
Case in point…
Years ago I picked up a $500 “how to get rich in mail order” system
that taught you to 1) pick a huge target market, then 2) research the
market to find their pain and finally 3) create a product to alleviate
the pain.
I chose real estate agents and brokers as the target market for no
other reason than there were hundreds of thousands of licensed
agents at the time. It was a HUGE target market.
To research the market, I interviewed dozens of agents who
were not having great success and asked them what they
liked best about their careers and what did they liked the
least.
Now at this point you might be wondering what all of this has to do with
getting more leads and sponsoring more people into your network
marketing business, because it may seem like we are focusing more on
finding out how best you can meet your prospects where they are, offer
solutions and serve them.
Trust me here. They WHY we are starting here and the HOW you
benefit will become very clear as we start to tie it all together.
Once you know the pain points expressed within your market, you now
have the information you need to start generating leads on demand, create
a steady stream of immediate cash flow and start sponsoring more people
in a month than most distributors do in a year.
Find the Pain. Offer a Pain Reliever.
If your target market has expressed a need to learn how to generate more
leads online, you should go find a product, service or training course that
will help them generate more leads.
If you find a lot of people are looking for a way to overcome objections,
find a script book or a proven recruiting system you can promote.
It is as this point you are “increasing the inventory” of what your business
offers by finding the products, services, training and tools that make the
most sense for your target market - and, in most cases, this additional
inventory will have absolutely nothing to do with your primary network
marketing opportunity.
Of course if you have decided your primary target market is “stay at home
moms” who are looking for an additional income opportunity, then
leading with your MLM program would make sense.
Why? Because the ultimate goal is to brand you as the credible, trusted
authority within your niche - the person who seems to be everywhere,
knows everything and has their best interests in mind.
You want to become known as the person who offers everyone with your
niche a hand up versus always having your hand out by focusing solely
and only on selling your opportunity.
Lead with solutions. Find the pain and offer a pain reliever.
Your target market has a persistent challenge. They need more leads to
help them sponsor and recruit more people.
You’ve found a proven online lead generation system that works and have
signed up to become an affiliate.
If you chose blogging and SEO, you’ll want to create a new blog post
about the product or service. A review style post.
If you chose video marketing, you’ll want to create a video review.
If you chose paid Facebook advertising, you’ll write ads
One of the most powerful ways to share the solution you have found is to
offer a menu of ways to solve that problem and offer this content for free.
For example, you might title a new blog post “7 Ways to Generate Leads
Online” and outline a number of proven ways to get the job done.
One of the seven ways would feature the product or service you are
promoting as one potential solution.
Even more powerful is to offer a free report in exchange for the contact
information of your prospect.
Offer a free report, a three-day bootcamp or access to a private video
tutorial. Or offer a free webinar or Google Hangout.
The idea, again, is to find a way to go “over the top” in helping your
prospects find the solution they are looking for and present the product
or service you are offering as, potentially, the best solution.
Case in point…
By meeting your niche market where they express a need and addressing
that need first and foremost - everyone wins.
You win by increasing your influence within the niche, branding yourself
as a credible authority and by establishing a trusted advisor relationship.
Once you have created this type of trust relationship, you may be
surprised to discover just how easy it really can be to take your business to
the next level and get paid rather well in the process - even if people do
not ever join your MLM program. Build a list and maintain the
relationship. You profit short term and long term.
Your target audience has a problem. You discovered a few solutions and
have created content to share those answers. Now it is show and tell time.
Because even the best mouse trap in the world will never sell if no one
hears about it.
No one is going to visit your blog post or comment on your video or
interact with your Facebook update unless and until YOU build an
audience.
Perhaps you have heard the phrase, “You build it and they will come.”
It is not true. You need to actively market and promote your content to
build an audience.
The HOW you accomplish this will depend entirely on the marketing
method you decide to master until you are producing results. But the
WHY is exactly the same:
Now it is time to get more leads, cash flow and sign ups.
So let’s practice what we preach and go find at least three people who are
currently producing those results by promoting their content online. Why
leave your success to chance? At each step of the way, you want to
develop a proven model of success.
Case in point…
If you are not building a list, you are not building a business.
The big money will always be found in your list. Because people like to
do business with people they have come to know, like and trust. All of
which can take time. So you need to stay in contact with the people you
are connecting with.
The easiest way to start building a list is to use an auto responder service.
The two most popular ones include:
Aweber
GetResponse
You can get started for as little as $10 per month in most cases and this is
one of those critical elements of success so don’t let being cheap keep you
broke.
To put the odds of success more greatly in your favor you want to follow a
proven model of success… and having an auto responder is first on the
list.
The WHAT you will be doing with the auto responder and your list will
first be determined by the market method you chose to embrace and
secondarily by the products and services you intend to promote along the
way.
Many affiliate programs you can join will have a series of pre-written email
follow up ready for you to customize and import. Your MLM company
may have provided you with a proven email follow up series.
Case in point…
They own the domain name, pay for hosting and maintain a personal
blog.
We are not talking about the web site; blog or splash pages your company
provides. Nor are we talking about the pages provided by an online
attraction marketing system or any of the affiliate programs you decide to
promote.
We are also not talking about going to Blogspot and getting a free blog.
Right now your name may not be known by anyone outside your close
circle of family, friends, co-workers and business associates. But if you are
serious about taking your business to the next level, that has to change.
You need to become known.
Don’t get hung up here. Think long long-term. Many top producers
brand their name. For example, robfore.com and blog.robfore.com or
some other combination:
WorkWithYourName.com
PartnerWithYourName.com
YourNameOnline.com
Facebook
Facebook Fan Pages
LinkedIn
Twitter
Google+
You want to be perceived as being everywhere, all the time, and active in
the social media groups where your best prospects hang out.
Leaders provide value and make it easy for people to find. That’s why
they get paid the big bucks. Leveraging social media one of most
powerful ways to make that happen.
Use a real picture and complete all of the “about me” information. Link
back to your other websites and social media accounts. Make it easy for
people to come to know you, like you and trust you. Make it easy for
people to connect with you from their preferred channel.
Share your story, and share the same story on each of the social media
sites. Keep your message congruent. You should change your story as
your story changes, but keep your message, your narrative and your offers
consistent. Change one, change them all.
Once you have set up your primary social media accounts, consider
expanding your audience reach even further by having your new content
automatically syndicated to dozens of additional social media sites on
complete autopilot.
Case in point…
Every top income earner, without exception, offers some type of FREE
training.
Focus on sharing a few tips, tricks and inside secrets around these issues
and you will create a nice “attraction marketing” offer that can leverage for
a very long time.
Case in point…
Find the one or two primary pain points for your niche.
Create a free report, free training, video review or even a bootcamp or
training series addressing those issues and feature this offer on your blog,
your social profiles, within your email signature and just about anywhere
else you can promote it.
If you are not building a list, you are not building a business. Offering free
training or a free report is a powerful way to build your list.
Most powerful is to offer free training you have produced. Meaning, you
actually wrote the book or special report or it at least appears you are the
original author.
You host a Google Hangout and interview a top producer.
You record the power point training in your own voice.
Second best is to lead with an affiliate marketing capture page or offer that
best matches your target audience. This, too, is a great way to get started.
That’s it! And you instantly will generate more leads and you have the
potential to earn a few affiliate commissions on complete autopilot. What
you don’t get is the benefit of branding YOURSELF as the credible
authority. So ASAP…
It is one of the most powerful things you can do to take your business to
the next level fast. See
A Good Name, the Commodity of Kings
How many of these people, in the next hour, will make the effort to place
an order? Not many, right?
Most will wait until their next trip to the store. No rush.
Yet, if the same 100 people suddenly started choking… how many would
seek out emergency treatment?
Push marketing seeks to interrupt. “I hope the right people see my ad.”
You’re chasing.
Master attraction marketing and you will experience very little if any
rejection. You experience less rejection because you are no longer
interrupting people’s lives, begging for attention and then attempting to
sell them something.
You will also enjoy a lower cost per sale and higher click-to-sale
conversions.
You don’t need a lot of traffic to make money online, you need the right
type of traffic. You want highly targeted traffic.
Traffic from potential buyers, and visits from people looking for answers.
Everybody wins.
The internet runs on search, and behind every search is a person actively
searching for something.
Your goal is to determine exactly what they are looking for, produce
content that gives them what they are looking for and guide them into
engaging deeper in your marketing funnel.
MLM Attraction Marketing for Traffic
Targeted traffic is the name of the game. You want to begin attracting the
people most likely to do business with you down the road.
If you offer weight loss solutions, target people who are actively searching
for a way to lose weight. Don’t waste your time promoting to the general
masses that will include athletes and a whole lot of people who are just
fine with their weight.
When you sit down to move your business forward by creating new
content designed to attract the person most likely to do business with you
- you need to know exactly and specifically what you want to accomplish.
What do you want your new prospect to do once they read your blog
post, watch your video, spot your Facebook update or click on one of
your ads?
Once you are clear on the result you want, then you will be in a better
position to determine the type of content you need to create and how best
to present it.
The internet runs on search, and behind every search is a real live person
actively searching for more information, a product to buy or an
opportunity to join.
Once you have decided what specific action you want your prospect to
take, you want to determine what specific words and phrases your best
prospects are actually using… actually SEARCHING FOR when they sit
down in front of their computers, tablets or smart phones.
Case in point…
But for now we just want to get a few leads and maybe
earn a few dollars along the way.
Using a keyword research tool like the free Google Keyword Planner, we
can discover the exact words and phrases people are using when in the
market for a sponsoring and recruiting product:
MLM recruiting
MLM sponsoring
network marketing recruiting
network marketing sponsoring
overcoming MLM objections
how to sponsoring in MLM
MLM recruiting scripts
Now that we know exactly what our target marketing is searching for - the
exact words and phrases they are using when engaging on the internet, it is
time to…
3. Produce Content
Write a blog post or create a video sharing a few tips, tricks and insider
sponsoring secrets you learned by taking this course.
Give your prospects one or two things they can do right away to move
their business forward. And, of course, give them a link to invest in this
product if they are really serious about learning how to sponsor and
recruit more new reps now.
You might also create a free report or webinar review and require an opt-
in to get the free information. Where, again, you simply share a few
valuable tips and tricks and offer a link to dig even deeper.
The purpose of your content is to first and foremost educate, inform and
engage.
4. Publish Your Content
When your prospects sit down in front of their favorite search engine,
video site, social media site or forum and start searching for a solution…
you want them to end their search on your web site, blog post, video,
article, forum post, Facebook update, ad or Google+ post.
To increase the chances of making this happen, you want to first and
foremost post this content to your personal blog.
Your blog will become the central point of most your marketing efforts
because your blog is where you will brand YOU and your business, not a
single business opportunity.
Once you publish your content on your blog, now it is time to syndicate
and re-purpose this content in many different formats and in many
different ways.
The goal is make it very easy for your best prospects to find your new
content.
Promoting your content to rank on the major search engines like Google,
Bing and Yahoo is called SEO or search engines optimization and is
beyond the scope of this book.
However, I do have a 3.5 hour free video training available here you can
check out.
Later will show you a number of free methods to get your content seen
without using SEO.
You are in business to make a profit, not just build a downline. You need
to start thinking and acting like the CEO of You, Inc - a multiple million
dollar, multi-national company. You need to become much bigger than
“I’m a distributor for XYZ”.
Increase Traffic
Increase Conversions
Increase Sales
Without traffic. Without real live people seeing your content and
engaging in your offers, nothing much of anything happens online.
To keep the fires burning you have to keep the traffic coming. Always be
seeking ways to increase your exposure and increase traffic to your
content and offers.
What other solutions… training, tools, software, and services… can you
offer to your best network marketing prospects?
Most people do not get married on the first date because it takes time a
build a relationship.
Publish and distribute content with an eye towards moving prospects
forward in the marketing process. Don’t overtly sell, simply make what
you sell easily found as they are searching for and seeking out the answers
to their questions.
Ask and answer the questions your best prospects are not asking.
Stay consistent with your brand. You need to have a message, a narrative
and a unique voice. You do not want to become a one stop shop for
everybody in the whole wide world… you want to become the go-to
person (and one-stop shop!) within your niche.
Trade value for value. Find the pain points your target market has right
now. Find the tooth ache they will do anything to get rid of.
Always move your prospects forward. Assume you have this one chance
to ask them out on another date. You have to ask. Ask them to join your
list. Present them with the opportunity to opt-in for your free, branded
training. Ask them to take a risk-free test drive.
Generating leads requires nothing more than matching the right offer with
the right audience at the right time.
Once you have traffic coming in you will want to immediately start testing
and tracking different related offers to the same audience.
Because even the tiniest improvement can improve the bottom line of
your business.
For example, here we were testing an offer on “network marketing leads”
keyword-related content.
Of course.
Since our content was about “network marketing lead generation” - then
the related offer got a much better result.
No budget?
Be prepared to put “work” back into the work from home equation.
The goal is to produce a profitable result, optimize the result and budget
back a portion of the profits to build the business.
It will take both time and money to build a huge online presence. Here
you will be trading a lot of trading time upfront for some dollars down the
road. Consistent, action produces a compounding result.
Why move forward if you have not laid a proper foundation for success?
Do you want to risk your financial future hoping you will be the
exception?
Why not stack the odds of success more greatly in your favor by taking
your time and doing what needs to be done, now? Do not let “being
cheap” or “being lazy” keep you broke.
If you do not set up a “base presence” first - including your own web site,
some content, your narrative, a few offers and multiple ways to connect
with you (social media accounts), most of your lead generation efforts will
not produce a profitable result.
You must stand out against the competition. You need to present a
presence, offer a consistent message and fly a banner of hope and
expectation.
If you have not laid a proper foundation, do yourself a favor and get that
done first. Right now. It will take time and it will require a lot of thought.
You will need to finally start thinking about your business like a business
and start planning for profits.
Find online forums and groups where best prospects hang out
Join each forum or group as a member
Complete your online profile
Create a forum signature file w/Free Offer
Schedule time to participate
Participate consistently over an extended period of time
Generating leads online and setting yourself up as a leader in the industry
does not get much easier than this once you have done the proper
research and have a least one powerful OFFER that promises to solve one
of the biggest challenges the market is facing.
You can search Google, Bing and Yahoo for online forums by searching
for “your-target-market forum” or “forums for your-target-market” or
some other combination.
Actively engaging with your target market in forums, groups and other
social media channels is one of fastest ways to generate traffic, leads and
sales with or without a budget.
Do not let the simplicity of the system prevent you from taking action. If
you need more traffic, leads and sales now… while growing your brand…
this is one of the best ways of making that happen.
One of the easiest and least expensive ways to get more traffic, leads and
sales is to post ads on free classified sites. The biggest of which is
craigslist.org. Just to give you a better idea as to the lead generation
potential, here is a snap-shot of craiglist, from craigslist:
Q: What is craigslist?
A: Local classifieds and forums - community moderated, and largely
free.
Q: What can I find there?
A: Jobs, housing, goods, services, romance, local activities, advice -
just about anything really.
Q: How much traffic does craigslist get?
A: More than 50 billion page views per month
Q: How many people use craigslist?
A: More than 60 million each month in the US alone
Q: What languages does craigslist support?
A: Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German,
Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Q: How many classified ads does craigslist receive?
A: craigslist users post well over 80 million classified ads each month
(including reposts and renewals)
Q: How many craigslist sites are there?
A: More than 700 local sites in 70 countries
1. Sign Up - visit craigslist.org and sign up from the largest city closest to
where you get internet access. The reason is because CL will track the IP
number of your computer and you will be limited to posting ads only in
the one or two cities closest to where your IP originates.
2. Determine Type of Result You Want - do you want leads? Then you
are going to want to create an add that offers free information, a free
report or a free webinar that requires an email registration. Do you want
to make money? Then you will want to “sell the click” to your product
review, blog post, affiliate link or video review. You do not want to sell the
product from your ad… let the web site do all the selling. You simply want
to sell the click to the web site.
Notice how one ad on received one lead while another ad has produced
over 200 leads. Which ad would you continue to promote? Are you
beginning to understand the importance of testing?
The key is to post ads consistently and measure the results. Optimize your
ads and, over time, you will produce more results posting fewer ads.
Consider investing a portion of your profits in mass classified ad posting
software to help automate the process of posting proven ads on multiple
sites at one time.
Facebook has over a 1.2 billion active members. Twitter has over 500,000
active members.
In other words, social networking is here to stay, and in the future it will
play an increasingly important role in your day-to-day business.
Since most (if not all) of your best prospects, future customers and
potential team builders are using social media, one of the fastest ways to
generate a consistent stream of new traffic, leads and sales is for you to
become a known authority in your niche within the social media space.
Social Media gives you the freedom to generate more traffic, leads, sales
and recruit new reps by being a “problem solver” … without having to
generate a lot of content.
You simply hang out and “engage” by sharing short tips, trick and inside
secrets. You answer questions. You connect.
This is another zero-budget strategy you can begin using right away.
You do not need to have a Facebook page set up to use this system, but it
is highly recommended you do because having a strong social media
presence is one of the critical points of commonality we found used by
every online top producer.
Join at least 10 Facebook groups where your target market hangs out
Personally engage on each group daily (answer questions, comment,
share)
Post valuable content at least once per day on your page
Post same content to all 10 groups (if it applies)
Link to lead capture pages and offer free training
Link to your funded proposals
Share free video training
The key to having success with this model is to actually bring value to each
group you participate in.
That is called spamming and you don’t want to become known for being a
spammer. You want to actually log into each group and spend a few
minutes looking for places to engage. Answer questions. Share tips, tricks
and inside secrets. Share free information and tutorial videos.
If you find a person who most definitely could benefit from what you are
offering, send them a private message versus crassly promoting your offer
to everyone within the group unless the groups specifically allows
members to do that.
Case in point…
scribd.com
docstoc.com
slideshare.net
crocodoc.com
Issuu.com
docshare.com
wikiupload.com
That’s it. Each of these sites will automatically drive in-house traffic to
your pages so you get instant traffic, leads and sales. Leverage your
content repurposing and republishing on document sharing sites.
Back end your primary network marketing opportunity just as you would
any other additional product or service you may have available.
Rob Fore
http://blog.robfore.com
http://5stepmlmsuccess.com
http://nobsmlmexpress.com