“A Must Read Before Starting Any Network Marketing Business”

As professional Network Marketers or just starting out, whether in an MLM business opportunity, an Affiliate marketing business opportunity, Top Tier Direct sales, etc. we all know the well used words “the money is in the list”. My question today is, if the same time, effort, training and money is expended to add someone to your list or better still have them make a purchase, why earn a small commission when you can earn $200.00, $1,000.00, $5,000.00 or more with top tier direct sales? For most the answer is, “well, it’s not a major decision for someone to make a small purchase” and they would be correct.

However, the solution, fulfilling both sides of the equation can be quite simple, Funded Proposals. Funded Proposal programs present the opportunity to sell a lower cost product in order to build a list, earn money and resell an existing customer. As we all know, there is no better customer than one who has already made a purchase since they will have a propensity to purchase again if their expectations have been met. Not to mention reaching an existing customer is the lowest cost of advertising. Funded proposals provide the opportunity to keep constant revenue coming in while building to the main products.

Unlike MLM, Top Tier Direct sales are structured so that you get paid today (GPT) rather than waiting for checks at the end of the month or the quarter. Your income and your future are self-determined and not directed by a down line.

If you are a network marketer or just thinking about it, your direction should be obvious. You can have the best of both worlds with a Top Tier Direct Sales program supported by a Funded Proposal.

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G-8/G-20 – Toronto Under Siege

The leaders at the G-20 Summit in Canada will decide on the mandate and direction of the G20′s future course of action and likely to deliberate on issues like global recovery, the framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth; international financial institutions, etc.

As a Canadian and a resident of Toronto I am have been watching the lock down of this city’s downtown population of 2.5 million residents. There are over 5600 police personnel responsible for the security of this Summit. Our military forces in Afghanistan almost match this number. The security alone comes at a cost of over $1 Billion dollars to the Canadian taxpayer. There will be over 70 motorcades of dignitaries arriving at our airport necessitating the closure of 2 highways and countless streets for a minimum of 45 minutes for each individual motorcade. President Obama’s motorcade is anticipated to consist of over 30 vehicles not including air surveillance.

The downtown streets and business area surrounding the convention center of the Summit are virtually barricaded fortresses which will soon be filled with protesters, hopefully peaceful, joining the ever present security forces. Schools, the University of Toronto, office towers, and countless business have been closed this week for this event and the potential inevitable mayhem.  The U.S. government has already as of last week issued a travel advisory warning.

So what is my point?  It is why is such extreme measures necessary to secure 19 men (G-20 should really be G-19, one seat is left open) whose only goal for this 2 day event is to try and make a better responsible global community.  Why is there so much hostility for such an important meeting of 19 world leaders under 1 roof?  You comments are very welcomed.

“STARTING AN ONLINE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY”

I opened my email this morning and much like any other day I had 57 new emails.  What do you think was the common thread?  How to make money online, how I made $19,344.52 in 72 hours with a $97.00 investment, the one unique secret to create unlimited wealth for $47.00, make $500.00/day filling out surveys,  etc. etc. etc…

State of mind plays an important role when reviewing these types of messages. It is important to realize that these types of messages are impulse buying messages. They are designed to get you to think of the possibilities of earning a ridiculous income that will change your life forever with little time or financial commitment. The rule here is simple and very much like the rule for grocery shopping.  Don’t go grocery shopping when you are hungry.  Don’t start a business out of desperation or the excitement of amazing life changing possibilities with little financial or time commitment.

Starting a legitimate online business is a serious undertaking.  It is an extreme makeover from a conventional business.  However, the thought process can be no different than starting a brick and mortar business.  You would never buy a brick and mortar business without performing a proper due diligence.  Why would you not do the same for an online business?

An online business opportunity is similar to a franchise. When you buy a franchise the franchiser provides you with training, education, support and a proven duplicable system.  The same should hold true of an online business. Your success will be the direct result of the quality of the education, training and support.  You want to join an organization that is already successful and has hands on training.  You never want to go it alone.

Look for a proven system, plan and template that you can emulate and copy the success of proven leaders in their industry.  Discover a system that is built on leadership, communication and integrity, a system that provides its associates with the tools to virtually copy proven success tactics by means of ongoing training and personal support.

There is tremendous opportunity to make money from home today with a legitimate online business. The internet is the largest and fastest growing marketplace in the world with 1.5 million new visitors a day.  However, do your homework before making a commitment to an online business opportunity. Don’t get excited by get rich quick business opportunities that require little financial and time investment.  Step back and reflect as to why anyone would share their plan to a 6 or 7 figure income for a $77.00 investment.  They are marketing to greed and generally to naive people who think that they can achieve miraculous results for little money or effort.

Before embarking on an online business opportunity ask yourself these questions. What do I want from life? What am I prepared to commit to attain this?  Do you I have the ability to focus on a work day from home and not be distracted by what is going on around me?   Do I have the ability to persevere through the learning curve?  Basically, you will need to evaluate your goals, plan how you are going to achieve them in realistic steps,  and have the passion to succeed.  Remember at the end of the day it’s not the money but what the money can do to improve your life, i.e. spend more time with family and friends, exotic vacations, a country home, a new car, etc. It is living your dream.

Article marketing is a form of advertising in which  businesses write short articles related to their respective  business. These articles are made available for  distribution and publication on the internet. Each article  contains a bio box and resource box that include references and contact information for the author’s business. Well-written content articles released for free distribution can definitely increase credibility and attract new clients.

For example, a landscaping firm may market itself by writing an article entitled “The Top 10 Ways for a Greener Weed Free Lawn” and similarly, a dental practice may write a concise article entitled “How to Avoid Tooth Decay” shortly before Halloween.

With the rise of e-commerce and internet marketing, article marketing has made a meteoric move to the online world. Online article marketing has served the dual role of providing publishers with what amounts to free content, and advertisers with similarly free advertising.

The website where an author can post an article is known as an article directory. The primary reason an author can post an article without cost is that the directory owner places advertising on each article page and collects the revenue generated from the advertising. The article directory site gradually increases its own search engine popularity as more articles are posted, benefiting both the author and the directory owner with increased visitor numbers and therefore article page views.

Articles are an ideal vehicle for search engine optimization. Articles are written to target particular keyword niches, and distributed to content publishers that service those markets. Authors are able to target their audience with informative content, sent to an already-interested group of readers.

Many online article marketers enjoy the low cost of this type of advertising and so have written hundreds of articles. These productive article authors also enjoy abundant backlinks (i.e., links pointing back to the business’ website). When the articles are distributed via RSS, the exposure to the authoring business and number of backlinks is increased greatly

Article Marketing is a simple, effective and very low-cost method to attract very high quality visitors to your website. You can establish yourself as an authority in the industry, and build trust with your audience through articles. You don’t have to be an expert writer to have an effective article campaign.

Once you write an article, there are many places to distribute your content online, so that you have the largest audience possible, reading your articles. You can optimize your articles for specific keywords so that they appear in the search engines results when prospects search for your keyword.

Basic Steps to Writing an Article

1. Define Your Target Audience

Defining your target audience is the first step in writing effective articles. The more clearly you can define your target market, the more this audience will relate and respond to, your articles. For example: “People who want to make money” is too vague and should be further refined in order to be effective as there are many different types of people looking to make money, all for different reasons.

The following list of questions will assist you in defining your target audience:

1. What do they do for a living?
2. What problems do they face?
3. What is important to them?
4. What are their values?
5. What is their current income?
6. What are their income goals?
7. What types of activities do they enjoy?
8. What is their definition of success?
9. Do they use any industry specific terms or expressions?

2. Select Your Keyword

Since your articles can show up in the search engines for specific keywords, you’ll want to “optimize” each article for a long-tailed keyword.

Choose one long-tailed keyword for your article.

3. Select Your Topic

Step One:

Once you have selected your long-tailed keyword, choose a topic specifically related to that keyword. For example, if your long-tailed keyword is “best online home based business opportunity” then your topic could be:

“How to Find the Best Online Home Based Business Opportunity” or“How to Know If You’re In The Best Online Home Based Business Opportunity.”

Here’s a quick and easy formula for coming up with article topics:

1. Write down the top 5 concerns you had about starting a new business

2. Then, write out the solutions provided by the organization you decided to participate with to each of the concerns.

Keep in mind the people who are reading your articles probably have the exact same concerns that you did before jumping into the unknown. By addressing these concerns in your article, prospects will feel that your article was written just for them and they will feel drawn to you.

Whenever possible you want your article to have an emotional aspect to it as you want to trigger an emotional response from your readers. Think about the problems that your audience faces and what emotions are tied to those problems.

For example, frustration: “Are you frustrated with MLM’s that pay tiny commissions and take years to build?”

4. Select Your Article’s Perspective

Every article has its own unique perspective. By simply changing your article’s perspective you can construct five different articles based on your one keyword and topic.

1. A how-to article
2. A review article
3. A problem, then solution article (define a problem, provide the solution)
4. A personal experience article

A comparison article (compare your former profession to your new profession).

5. Write Your Article

Writing articles is easier than you think! Your goal will be to complete this step in 20 minutes or less. Don’t worry about making your article perfect. The best thing you can do is just sit down and start writing.

Here’s a guideline to do this quickly:

Step One: Make a list of 3 main points you want to get across in your article (one sentence each).

1. Main Point #1:
2. Main Point #2:
3. Main Point #3

Your three main points will be the first sentence for your three paragraphs.

Step Two: Write down 3-5 sentences that support each of your three main points.

Main Point 1.      3 – 5 sentences

Main Point 2.      3 – 5 sentences

Main Point 3.      3 – 5 sentences

The 3 to 5 supporting sentences you wrote will make up the body of each paragraph.

Step Three: Write Your Introductory Paragraph

“Tell your audience what you’re about to tell them.”

Write 3 to 4 sentences that sum up your three main paragraphs.

Step Four: Write Your Closing Paragraph

“Tell your audience what you just told them.”

Write 3 to 4 sentences that sum up your three main paragraphs and then provide them with a solution.

6. Write Your Article Title

Once your article is written, create a compelling title by following these key points:

1. Include your entire keyword in the Title whenever possible.

2. Move your keyword as close to the beginning of the Title as possible.

3. Remember, questions make great article Titles as the human brain does not like it when a question goes unanswered.  Your readers will be compelled to do what it takes to get that question answered, including reading what you have to say and clicking through to your website.

7. Distribute Your Article

Distribute Your Article To Directories such as:

• www.EzineArticles.com
• www.Amazines.com
• www.GoArticles.com

Tips and Tricks

1. Articles should be written from the view of assisting your reader, not as a cleverly disguised sales pitch. Sales pitches turn people off.
2. If you are writing a “how to” article never be afraid to give away your “best stuff”. If you give your reader great quality content for free they will be more prone to listen to you and, ultimately, spend money with you.
3. If you are writing a “problem/solution” article you will want to clearly define and restate your reader’s problem. This strategy is effective because your audience will subconsciously decide that you, the author, “really know what I’m thinking and what problems I have. I want to listen to what they have to say and take a look at the solution they are offering me!”
4. If you are writing a “review” or “comparison” article, don’t reveal “the end of the story” or your final opinion in the Title. People will be less inclined to click on your article and read the rest if they believe they already know how the story’s going to end.
5. If you have some keywords from pay per click (PPC) that are converting well for you then use these as a basis for new articles.

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If you want to be successful in life, you need to set goals for yourself. Work hard to accomplish everything you have dreamed. Analyze your weaknesses, and the areas that need improvement. You can achieve any goal if you create a plan, work hard and stay focused.

If you want to do well with your business or in the corporate world, then you need to design an action plan. Focus your attention on your strengths and weaknesses. Ask yourself where you want to be in a few years. Maybe you need to re-educate yourself. Make sure you understand your responsibilities. You might want to go back to school or take a class and learn some new skills.  Do not be static with your knowledge always be learning.

Once you understand what your goals are, determine the steps you need to take to achieve them. Work hard to achieve the goals you have set for yourself. Advance your skills and change your weaknesses into strengths. You can break up long term goals into pieces to make it easier, or set smaller goals for yourself. Focus on carrying out your action plan each day. This will help you reach your long term goals a lot quicker. Keep track of your performance and the goals that you do achieve. You can go back and see how well you are doing, when you need to. Once you reach your goals, you can advance the plan by creating new goals for yourself.

You can educate yourself in school or at work. The Internet is a wonderful resource. You can find answers to most if not all your questions online. You can research the skills that you need for your career, and develop a plan to learn them. You can educate yourself on how to be a better at your vocation. You can also educate yourself with books that relate to your business or career. You need to keep learning, and expanding your mind.

You can change your life by setting goals for yourself. You need to be aware of what you want for yourself this year, or in the next five years. By working hard to achieve those goals, you will accomplish everything you have ever wanted for yourself. It will take hard work and discipline, but it is worth it. You will increase your productivity and performance on the job. You will learn new skills and fix any bad habits. Learn from your mistakes, and do not get discouraged. It takes time to see results and reach certain goals. Life is a journey and we all need to improve our weaknesses. You will achieve your goals easier because you have committed yourself. You will feel a sense of accomplishment when you do reach your goals, and that will guide you to success.

First and foremost, I am 56 years old happily married father of 2 university students, a daughter 22 and a son 20.

Present and Future:   My dream life after 30 years on a treadmill : A Top Tier Direct Sales Internet Entrepreneur with a passion to guide people how to make money on the internet and live the life they always dreamed of enjoying but like myself, never thought possible.

The Past: Independent Sales Agent – Established accounts with new distributors, commercial contractors, large end users and major hotel chains.

Director of Sales – Establishing and developing regional distributors on an International basis.

Traveled within Canada, the United States, and Europe to develop new business opportunities.

President, Bay Flooring Express, a licensee of The Hudson’s Bay Company

Vice President of Operations of a $30 million retail division of a $200 million international public company.

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