There’s a chap in Florida that markets himself as “the Master of Internet Prospecting.” He is a good mentor, he provides a good product, his training videos are concise and complete, and his websites convert well. I know these things because I paid the man $200 for one of his video courses so I could learn how to use social networking sites for developing prospects. I was, and am, fully satisfied with the product I purchased, although I quickly discovered that things weren’t quite as simple as this “guru” led me to believe.

I got my money’s worth, but he will never get another penny.

“Ouch!” you say? What’s wrong with this picture? How did this man move me from “completely satisfied customer” to “irritated victim?”

One of the products this man provides is a daily motivation site which uses a scheduled autoresponder to send subscribers a daily motivational message. This message, with copyright information included, can then be used to keep your name in front of all of your social networking “friends.” The motivational messages are free, and may be freely republished, so long as you include the copyright data.

I use them every day on MySpace, where I have more than 4,000 friends. I know – because many of them tell me – that everyone enjoys reading these inspirational messages. In fact, many of my MySpace friends pass these messages on to their friends, where they act as a viral marketing tool for their author.

That’s neat, and I’m grateful to have this service. I get free value, he builds a viral market.

Alas, once you’ve subscribed to these “daily motivations,” you become a target for seemingly endless sales pitches for this or that training course. How endless? On one memorable day, I received more than six of this man’s pitches! As if that weren’t annoying enough, I also get the same messages from the scheduled autoresponder he uses to maintain contact with his paying clients.

So, Instead of SIX sales pitches that memorable day, I got THIRTEEN! Perhaps you begin to understand why this man is unlikely to get another penny out of me. He abuses the trust his subscribers place in him and overloads them with spam. I am not going to reward his poor judgment by giving him more money, and neither should you.

I bought my original course in February of 2008, so I have been receiving this man’s marketing barrage for more than a year. During that time, I have made some interesting observations. He does long run-ups to promote his training programs… I hear about them for a month or more before the actual date arrives. He always includes testimonials, which is good marketing practice, but I rarely find them convincing. They seem just a bit too self-serving to me, and the irritation I feel at receiving one or two pitches from the man every day diminish the credibility of his message.

He also – always – warns that the class is about to sell out, then, at the last moment, he describes some sort of “mistake” that forces him to offer “just one or two more seats” to – you guessed it – the same weary targets.

“My server crashed during the final moments of sign ups,” or “My son made a mistake and may have deleted some of our late sign ups,” or “Our credit card processor’s software failed at a critical point, and your orders may have been lost.” You get the idea… Every single ad campaign for every single course includes one of these “disasters” that “force” him to re-open registration, “just in case we missed your order.”

I subscribe to a good many mailing lists. Most of them are quite valuable, and none of them, with the singular exception of “the Master of Internet Prospecting,” abuse the privilege I have granted of being welcome to access my Inbox whenever they wish, and that leads us to the point of this exercise.

Every single one of them provides me with valuable free information, and every single one of them wants to sell me something. I know that, and they know I know, and it works. It works because everyone wins.

When I get mail from Frank Kern, Mike Dillard, Tim & Anthony Buchalka, Anik Singal, Brent Hodgson or Steve Clayton, I read it.

I’m a big fan of Mike Dillard’s “Magnetic Sponsoring,” and those of you who have read Mike’s powerful book already understand why I axed “the Master of Internet Prospecting” from my reading list, while I continue to read Kern, Clayton, Mike Dillard and the others.

Mike Dillard is representative of them all. He does not contact me on a daily basis. When he does, he gives me valuable free advice long before he adds a sales message. That advice is so valuable that I recommend Mike’s newsletters to anyone, whether they ever intend to buy his products or not. Frank Kern and the others are the same. They offer real value, and they treat their readers with respect. In return, they generate sales, over and over again.

The guys who “get it” provide me with value whether I buy from them or not (I often do… that’s a clue!) They help me improve my marketing skills, obtain better Page Rankings on Google, and maximize my income. They never, ever, insult my intelligence, and they never, ever, flood my Inbox with garbage. When they ask me for my money, I often give it to them, and when I don’t, it isn’t because they’re annoying me, it’s because my monthly budget has been exhausted.

They never seem to suffer those nagging problems “the Master of Internet Prospecting” seems to encounter on a regular basis.

Frankly, I think “the Master of Internet Prospecting” should get a copy of “Magnetic Sponsoring” and discover why I don’t read his email any more.

Ken McVay has been marketing online since 1998, and is currently writing an online training guide to creating and maintaining monetized blogs. Ken’s an avid fan of Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring, and invites you to visit his Magnetic Sponsoring blog at http://KenMcVay.com

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Networking Newbie With Zero Experience Replaces $90,000/Yr Income In Just 23 Days… Hey Ken! Wow it feels good to be back at work! I know that might sound a little nuts, but after spending the last 3 days moving into a new house, going to work is like taking a vacation I’m going to take some pics of the new pad today and will send them to you later this week! Anyway, I have TONS of really cool stuff to share with you later this month, but TODAY is about celebration… Yep… We’re celebrating another family that’s been set free from corporate America, and who now lives a life of freedom, and without limits thanks to a little ebook you’ve probably heard of  So please help me congratulate John Seiferth, (who’s never been involved in networking before), on replacing his corporate income in just 23 DAYS. (And you’ll never guess where he worked before!!) THANK YOU John for sending me your story and allowing me to share it with the rest of the world. Here’s his story for you Ken… - Mike It Was The Summer of 2007… I had been working for about six years as the IT guy at The Rich Dad Company for Robert and Kim Kiyosaki. That’s right. I know what you are saying because I get it all the time, “That must have been awesome! What an experience! Well, you would be right. It was awesome and it was one of the most educational and exciting periods of my professional life. I learned more working for Robert about business and investing, than I did in my Bachelors AND Masters degree programs combined! And those were Business degrees! Needless to say, when it comes to money, real business, entrepreneurship and investing, you don’t learn jack in school. And I found that out when I came to work for Robert and Kim. Actually, the way I landed the job was an accident. I had never heard of Rich Dad Poor Dad or Robert Kiyosaki and had no idea what this business was about. Well that changed quickly. From the first day, it was clear that this was a different kind of company. In fact, one of Robert and Kim’s goals is that everyone working for them will eventually leave and start their own business and put their education to work. Well, that is where this idea of “networking��� really comes into play. I met someone, who introduced me to someone, who introduced me to a guy by the name of Mike Dillard. At the time, that didn’t mean anything to me. Who in the blazes is Mike Dillard? Again, I was completely clueless. I had always been allergic to network marketing, direct sales, and all of that garbage. I felt that if I did not REALLY believe in the product, there is no way I am going to be able to sell someone else on it. Call it my sales/marketing conscience. I don’t know. But here was this guy Mike who was making more money in a month than I would make in five years! There HAD to be something there. So Mike and I started talking. I asked him for some feedback on some Rich Dad stuff we were doing and he was gracious enough to help out. He never pushed anything on me. In fact, the first time we met, he came to Scottsdale, AZ to the Rich Dad offices so we could talk about doing something together. Well, he walked into that office in true Alpha Dog style. (He actually took that picture of me above during his visit). Here I am thinking he’ll be impressed that I work at Rich Dad and be falling all over me, just like everyone else does that walks in the door. NOT! I’ve never seen anyone so confident and on task. Over the next 1.5 hours, he completely tore apart the Rich Dad website and found an estimated $30,000,000 in sales revenue we were missing out on. It was like watching someone with X-Ray vision who could just see all of the missing pieces without effort. Obviously that made a big impression on me. Now fast forward 12 months. In July 2007, I was finally ready to put my training and on-the-job education to the test. Could I literally jump head first into a entrepreneurial venture and make it work? Well I was about to find out, because that week I put my job at Rich Dad behind me. I was officially on my own, with no other source of income. The first call I made was to Mike. He was the smartest, most successful business owner I had ever known. He should be able to steer me in the right direction. His first assignment for me? Read Magnetic Sponsoring. What? You don’t understand here my friend, I just left a $90K a year job to start something from scratch and you want me to read a book? This does not sound promising. All I can tell you is that my mind made a QUANTUM shift that day. I was staring down the gullet of an entirely new paradigm. One that I had no idea existed. Remember, I had no network marketing experience, no internet marketing experience and I’m scared out of my mind! Not to mention the fact that I am taking my family along for this ride as well. No pressure. Well, the secrets, mindset, techniques, education I gained from Magnetic was PRICELESS! I can’t put it any other way. That book saved my life. Literally. I know that sounds corny, but it is true. So what’s the bottom line here? By implementing the things I learned in Magnetic Sponsoring (as well as Black Belt Recruiting, Traffic Formula, Building on a Budget, all of which I picked up immediately), I was able to FULLY replace my income from The Rich Dad Company within 23 days of getting started. And since then, I’ve been averaging over $10K a month. Remember, I had no idea what the heck I was doing. I simply followed the training, Mike’s advice, and maintained my “do whatever it takes” attitude. In fact, I received a leadership award from the Co-founders of our company at our recent event in Lake Tahoe, CA. How cool is that!? There is no question in my mind that without Magnetic Sponsoring, the community and my friendship with Mike, I would have failed miserably and taken my entire family down with me. I was thrilled when Mike asked me to share my story with the Magnetic Sponsoring community. I am so grateful for everything Mike has done for me and I want to publicly thank you, Mike for your mentorship. I hope you donâ€�t think it is too strange that I now refer to you as MY rich dad (even if you are 9 years younger than me). With gratitude - John Seiferth ===================================== So how did John pull off such a feat? Well I can tell you because I watched him every step of the way, but you might be disappointed because it’s not sexy or unique. John simply did everything I told him to do without question or hesitation. He’d go through the training courses, implement what he learned every night, and never make excuses. 23 days later, he had replaced his income. I wish there was something new and cool that I could tell you about, but there wasn’t, and there still isn’t. It’s all sitting right there in the pages of Magnetic Sponsoring. Please understand that the training in that course isn’t experimental. It is THE blueprint for achieving success in this industry, and John’s one more living case study that proves it, which is why I’m not going to sit here and waste my time trying to sell you on it. If you can’t see the value in this kind of knowledge on your own, there’s nothing I can say that will change things. I’ll just say that if you haven’t read it yet, I’d urge you to give it a chance. You can have it in your hands within the next 5 minutes, and it comes with a 12 month, no-questions-asked guarantee so you have nothing to risk. The call is yours to make… Here’s the link — http://www.MagneticSponsoring.com/msletter My best, Mike Dillard

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* They quit

* They didn’t plug in

* They didn’t participate

Whatever… What you want to ask yourself, or maybe even know about yourself, is why…why didn’t they follow through, while others do? When I finally learned the answer to this question last week listening to a CD in my MLM university (aka, my truck), it was quite sobering.

Not only did the reason behind their results come into the open, but the reason for my recent spat of success became apparent as well. So what’s the answer?

Why do most people fail when a select few succeed? Drum roll please…Those who do succeed have a core desire to do so. Those who don’t share that same core level of desire will not.

“Desire… Ya Mike I’ve already heard that 100 times from my upline: Just look for people with desire and you’ll do great… yada yada yada… Everyone I talk to has the desire to make more money. It hasn’t made any difference so far.”

And you’re right. The difference is in their level of desire.

The only time anything ever gets done in your life is when you follow it through to completion with a sense of urgency – when your desire to accomplish that task is at a core level of 100 on a scale of 100.

You must accomplish it. It’s a part of you. It consumes you. It dominates your thoughts above and beyond anything else each day and all day.

These are core desires, and the people who achieve notable success in network marketing, have that accomplishment as a core desire. That core desire brings them freedom and wealth.

They are the ones you see on stage and hear on the training calls. That’s it. That’s the secret.

If attaining your goal means paying off your credit cards, buying a house, saving for retirement, or firing your boss, then you are lacking core desire, you are not attached to your networking business enough, and you will not succeed. Period.

The sad truth, is that most people in the network/internet marketing industry did not buy a business, they bought hope. And hope is never backed by true desire.

Hope is for the undecided. A career in network marketing (i.e. a boss free life), has been a core desire of mine for the last 7 years.

I’ve moved across the country because of it. I’ve taken certain jobs because of it. I’ve dated or not dated because of it. I spent money on training instead of furniture because of it.

The desire to never work for anyone else again has been a dominating force in my life, and it’s the reason I didn’t quit after the first 6 years of hell. It’s the reason I continued to pour every spare cent I ever made into my business.

It’s the reason I pawned a $3,000 bike I won two state championships on to buy advertising – and came up empty.

Yet I kept going forward without doubt because I have this core desire at a level of 100 to succeed in networking.

And this means my success was 100% guaranteed. It was no longer a matter of IF, but WHEN.

So that’s why people you sponsor quit. Don’t get frustrated. 80% of people who join you will never sponsor more thanŁ rep or customer.

Most people simple don’t have the desire at a level of 100 to accomplish their goals through their new business. They just bought hope in order to quiet that little voice inside them that keeps nagging them to make a change.

Once they buy the networking business, and they don’t make $1,000 in 5 days, they can then justify their fear of change with the “logic” that it just “didn’t work,” and that they knew it was a scam to begin with… This is especially true with opportunity seekers, which is why I don’t waste my money on these types of people and why you shouldn’t either.

Ha. So sad, yet so true. People are funny aren’t they? So my question to you is… What is your desire level to achieve your goal through network marketing?

Is it at 50? (like most people) Is it at 80? (not enough) Is it at 90? (not enough)

Or is it at 100? (The only number that will produce results). You should be able to tell pretty quickly.

What do you do each day to build your business? How many books on the industry do you own? How many conference calls are you on each week? How many people do you talk to about your business/product each day?

What would you be willing to give and sacrifice to succeed? I hope the answer to that questions is “whatever it takes,” because I can promise you the end result is worth the sacrifice. So how can you tell if your prospect is going to succeed or fail from the very first phone call?

Easy…Ask them this question: “So which books are you currently reading on self-development and marketing?” Anyone who is truly serious about being a successful entrepreneur will be able to name at least one book they are reading right now.

My suggestion is that you change your mindset today and get involved. Take responsibility for your personal success and set aside the excuses that have kept you in that JOB for so many years.

Start increasing your value to the world by increasing your knowledge and abilities. Only then will the world be willing to pay you back with freedom and wealth.

From waiting tables to millionaire at 29, Mike Dillard, is a professional marketer who has taught over 100,000 entrepreneurs from around the world how to tap into the power of his attraction marketing techniques. Sign up for his free on-line boot camp at: BuildYourOwnMLM.com

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You continue to try various ways to encourage them, however, duplicating yourself just doesn’t seem to happen. Why? Every network marketer with at least 50 reps will start to wrestle with this question at some point.

When this happened to me I started spending the vast majority of my time developing new websites, new systems, and new tools in order to help them achieve the success they said they so badly wanted. I basically stopped sponsoring all together and got into the dreaded “management mode,” where 90% of my time was spent on training and tool development.

But the funny part, is that nothing ever changed. It didn’t matter what I did for them. It didn’t matter how bad I wanted “success” for them. The people who were getting results, continued to do so, while those who were treading water, kept treading.

Understand this right now: The only thing you can do that will truly help your business and your team members is to lead by example. Just do the things that you need to personally do on a daily basis to build your business – Advertising, prospecting, follow-up, and new rep orientation.

One training call per week for new reps, tops… Spend more of your time one-on-one with your producers, and that’s it.

Just as it is a sorting game to find new reps, it is a sorting game to find reps that will work and achieve once they join. The sad truth is that 90% of those who start a networking business aren’t really serious about becoming self-employed. They are just looking to “buy some hope,” so they can quiet the voices of discontent in their heads.

Soon enough, they’ll find an excuse as to why “it didn’t work for them,” and quit. And there’s nothing you can do about it. So:

* Don’t spend your time and energy worrying about it.

* Do not cater to their weakness.

* Do not change your tools if they are working for you.

* Do not change your website if it is working for you.

* Do not change your system if it is working for you -just because it doesn’t work for others. It never will work for them, and that is their issue, not yours.

Build YOUR business. Lead by example, and the right one’s (the few), will follow you. Put your blinders on to everything and everyone else. I tolerate zero negativity in my life now. Someone sends an unfriendly email… Adios. They’re off my list and out of my life.

I was at a convention once and I asked a whale of a network marketer what I needed to do because my down-line had gotten stagnant(I had basically stopped recruiting). “Find new blood” was his answer, and he was right. You’re not here to save people.

You’re here to give them an opportunity to save themselves. Most won’t. And only they can ever change that.

As a business owner, it’s much smarter to find “doers” and leaders than it is to turn people into them (which is basically impossible without their personal conviction to do so).

It is also very important that you leverage large numbers in your business building efforts, because you won’t even notice the whiners, complainers, and quitters when you’re dealing with thousands of people. The best way to do that is to start advertising, then build and maintain a list that you drip on over time. Each new contact will bring new, interested prospects and reps to the table.

From waiting tables to millionaire at 29, Mike Dillard, is a professional marketer who has taught over 100,000 entrepreneurs from around the world how to tap into the power of his attraction marketing techniques. Sign up for his free on-line boot camp at: BuildYourOwnMLM.com

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MLM has been compared to a McDonald’s franchise in many ways, on many occasions. If you haven’t come across these comparisons before, I’m sure you can quickly think of a few on your own.

Here is what you may not have realized about Ray, McDonald’s, and your business… Ray’s primary mission was to sell McDonald’s franchises to franchise buyers, which then sell the burgers to the customers. More franchises = more burgers sold. Pretty simple.

Our job as networkers is no different. We sell our franchise opportunity to others, and collectively market the product to the end consumer.

Here’s the interesting part to this… McDonald’s food sucks. It’s about as far from good, fresh, quality food that you can get.

Yet it’s the largest and most successful franchise and fast food restaurant in the history of human kind. How in the world is that possible?

How can you become #1, by selling an inferior product?! It goes against everything we think we know about business. Well, this is exactly where the genius of Ray Kroc becomes apparent.

If you wish to turn your business into the ultimate franchise system that will bring you unbelievable results:

* How to build a duplicatable system so effective, that anyone who bothers to show up to work will be successful.

* How to create the machines that bring in the customers.

* How to create the marketing that sells them on your product or service.

* How to become the Ray Kroc of MLM and leave the competition’s head spinning.

Ray knew the product wasn’t going to be the initial key to success for his franchise buyers, just as your product is not the initial key to your success in your MLM business.

Having a good product is important after the fact… Once you actually have customers. Then it’s critical to give them exactly what they want.

The key to McDonald’s success, with both franchise owners and customers, was their duplicatable system. Ray knew his food couldn’t compare to the quality of other franchises.

He also knew that potential franchise buyers didn’t give a hoot about McDonald’s or their burgers. What they did want, was results (money).

So Ray sold them EXACTLY what they wanted, which wasn’t a restaurant, but a machine that acquired customers, and turned them into cash. He didn’t sell them the food, he sold them a system.

In fact the system was so fine-tuned, that you could take a team of unskilled, inexperienced high school kids, and have them run the show. All they did was flip the switches, that ran the machine, which did the majority of the work behind the scenes.

The competition didn’t have a chance. Ray’s system was like a greased chute. You turn it on, and it will bring predictable end results every time.

Franchise owners started buying and setting these machines up by the thousands, turned them on, and got the end result. That is why they bought McDonald’s over the competition.

As these machines popped up around the country, the end product to the consumer became more than just food. It became the predictable expectation and atmosphere provided by Ray’s magical machines.

And that is what McDonald’s provides better than anyone else in the world. That is their true product to the consumer.

You go to McDonald’s because you know exactly what to expect. It’s a comfort for people. So, as a network marketer, selling a business franchise, what are you selling to your potential buyers?

Unfortunately, you are probably trying to sell them on your company and your product. (A mine-is-better-than-yours-burger-with all the trimmings).

Am I right? You have a ton of websites and material about your company’s history, their record breaking growth, their debt-free finances, the ORAC value of your product, the Physician’s desk reference number, the user testimonials… Blah blah blah.

Be smart. Do what Ray did.

People get rich in this world by solving other people’s problems, and when you sell someone your opportunity, you are not solving a problem, you are giving them a bigger one!

Product and comp plans don’t make you successful. Systems do. And when I say systems, I mean a complete system which includes the pieces that bring in your customers (ads), sell them your product (marketing), and then deliver the goods.

These machines (ads and marketing) should be doing the work for you. All you need to do is push the “Go Button” and become buddies (customer service, cashiers) with the folks who come through the system. Not because you are unskilled or lazy, but because a system is duplicatable and you are not.

It provides a predictable result. Show them and sell them a system for attaining the results they want, and they could care less about ORAC values, price points, and competition.

Solve their problem. Provide them with a system that brings results, and you will reap success beyond your wildest dreams.

From waiting tables to millionaire at 29, Mike Dillard, is a professional marketer who has taught over 100,000 entrepreneurs from around the world how to tap into the power of his attraction marketing techniques. Sign up for his free on-line boot camp at: BuildYourOwnMLM.com

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I don’t see things the way I used to.Mike Dillard’s seen to that. When friends used to send me email about some “pre-launch opportunity I just had to get in on, I’d always try to find time to look at whatever it was they were promoting. Sometimes, I’d even do as they suggested and “get in at the top.” Sometimes I’d make a few bucks… sometimes, it might be a few thousand. In the end, however, they all faded into well deserved obscurity and left me wondering where the next mortgage payment was going to come from.

After more years of this Merry-Go-Round routine than I’ll admit to, one of my newsletter readers sent me a note about Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring. He added that Mike was offering some free training, and said, “Don’t bother buying the book – just read the man’s newsletters and grab the free training.”

I won’t recap what happened – you can read about it here – I’ll just assume you’ve read my review and get on with the task at hand.

I can tell you this – my friend was dead wrong. Looking back, I wish he’d told me to buy Magnetic Sponsoring. He could have saved me 2 or 3 years of aimless “marketing” grief, but he chose not to. Looking back, I’d guess that he’d never read the book or taken one of Mike Dillard’s courses, and was simply hoping to profit if and when I did.

I never heard from the guy again, which goes to show you how foolish some “wannabe” marketers can be. HE should have bought the book.

Mike Dillard changed the way I look at things… I devote a lot of time to social networking, primarily on MySpace, where you’ll find me as “Island Roamer.” I have accumulated a Friends List of more than 3,300 people, and, true to Magnetic Sponsoring tenents, I don’t waste time trying to sell them lotions and potions.

Instead, I send them a daily motivational bulletin which includes a link to one of my blogs, so that they can get to know who I am and what I believe.

Every day, without fail, one or two of these MySpace Friends will send me a note… you guessed it… offering me a chance to “get in at the top” with whatever fantasy opportunity they’re flogging this month.

When I get these invitations – blatant commercial pitches – there’s a near-instant realization that the sender isn’t successful, isn’t making any money, and doesn’t know how to change.

I don’t think it, I KNOW it.

How? Because they haven’t even tried to offer me value – they just pitch their “amazing, once in a lifetime deal” because they know I’m a marketer and they assume I’m as poorly prepared for my craft as they are.

Been there, done that, got the credit card bills to prove it.

I don’t have time for that crap. I don’t have time for people whose only interest in me is whatever they can take from me before their “business opportunity” falls apart.

They don’t introduce themselves, they don’t prove their value, they don’t offer to train and support me, they just say “buy this, buy that” and move on to their next victim.

Sure, they mean well, and they think they’re doing things the “right way,” and I’d bet they haven’t a clue why they aren’t making any more money this year than they were last year.

I’d tell them about Mike Dillard, if they’d only ask, but they don’t, and I simply cut them lose and write them off.

They aren’t the kind of folks I want to do business with.

The bottom line? If you haven’t read Mike Dillard’s “Magnetic Sponsoring,” we aren’t going to be doing business together any time soon. I need people on my team who know and understand the principles Mike teaches, and I won’t accept anything less.

Unlike my anonymous “friend” who told me to read Mike’s newsletter and “not waste my money buying the book,” I’m going to tell you, right up front, to get off your ass and get Magnetic Sponsoring now, because I know something you don’t: If you take my advice, the day will come when you’ll thank me.

Thanks, Mike.

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Forget spending all your time and extra money trying to find new clients. With attraction marketing you attract qualified leads to you business.

That’s right; they come to you instead of you going to them. Doesn’t that seem like an easier way to build your own network? The days are gone when you have to try to persuade your friends and family to join your network.

Attraction marketing can help you build your own network with people that want to succeed as much as you do. Why? Because with attraction marketing there is no pressure put on them to join or buy.

You simply supply them with valuable, relevant information. This lays the foundation and identifies you as leader. There is no pouncing on prospects with marketing like in the past.

By changing the way you market, you will see the change in your network. A few years ago you may have only had two successful joins out of 10 prospects. Attraction marketing has changed all that. Now talk to 10 people and you will have 8 join.

These are much better numbers. The reason for this change is because attraction marketing doesn’t waste your time talking to uninterested prospects; you will only be talking to those who have an interest in joining. Remember, your prospects come to you now. Building your network just got easier.

Implement a system so that your prospects can get to know and trust you. Give them the ability to contact you when they are ready. If you do this, you will have eliminated all the man hours you previously wasted trying to deal with people without the desire or interest to join your network. Attraction marketing gives you the tools to deal with those who are now well informed about your business and ready to move forward with the next step, and that is joining your network.

Some network marketers look at the Internet with skepticism. They are “old school” and still believe in one-on-one, eye-to-eye marketing. However, the Internet is fast becoming the most popular medium for network marketing, whether the old school marketers like it or not.

The Internet allows users to research almost every detail of any company world wide: this also means that network marketers have the ability to reach prospects world wide.

In order to be successful at attraction marketing you need to familiarize yourself with a few attraction marketing techniques.

The first thing is to learn about the marketing tools that are available to you on the Internet. This will help you learn how to successfully promote your business. There are many marketing strategies that work — and there are just as many that don’t. It is vitally important for you to research each one so you don’t end up wasting your time.

Set yourself up with a blog, complete with all the interesting and valuable information about your business so that you can begin to build your own network. Prospects may not join your business but the seed has been planted. It will take more than visiting your website one time in order to make a decision.

Advertise, advertise, advertise. Use articles and traffic exchanges to help promote your website. The more your website is visible the more you will be looked at as a network marketing leader. The more links you have online, the more prospects you will attract to your website. You want them to come to you, so get your name out there.

Attraction marketing is all about providing valuable information to your prospects, and remember, the more helpful and valuable your information is the greater the chance those prospects will join your company. It will take time and determination on your part, but by using the power of attraction marketing you will begin to build your own network.

From waiting tables to millionaire at 29, Mike Dillard, is a professional marketer who has taught over 100,000 entrepreneurs from around the world how to tap into the power of his attraction marketing techniques. Sign up for his free on-line boot camp at: BuildYourOwnMLM.com

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Does network marketing work? Yes, and there are many great marketing techniques you can use to help achieve success.

The first tip — and the one most people get wrong — is to assume that everyone will want what you have to sell, which is not true. Thinking this way will waste a lot of time and effort while you try to sell to uninterested people. Think of who your target customers are, and focus your marketing efforts on them.

When trying to build your own MLM downline, don’t waste your time on people who sign up but have no motivation or drive to succeed. Focus your attention on the people in your downline who are willing to work and forget the others.

When you receive leads, follow up with them. The majority of people will not buy something the first time they see it. You will encounter impulse buyers, but most often they will need to see it a few times before they decide whether or not it is what they want. Have an auto-responder set up and monthly newsletters, which makes following up a lot easier for you.

Make sure you are keeping up with the times. You need to know what marketing methods work and which ones don’t. If you don’t enjoy getting calls from telemarketers or having salespeople show up at your door, chances are other people don’t either. Research current marketing methods like social book-marking and article marketing and use them.

Like your product. How can you successfully sell a product or business if you yourself don’t like it? It is almost impossible and not fair to you. With so many network marketing opportunities available there is no reason you have to be stuck trying to sell products you don’t like and don’t use.

Ride Internet trends. Blogging has taken on a life of its own online so why not take advantage of it? If you don’t have the time or resources to do the blogging yourself, hire someone to do it for you. Blogging will help get your name and business seen. By posting your url each time you blog you are creating back-links to your website, enhancing your Web presence.

Don’t be a stranger. Start participating in discussion forums. Find forums that relate to your business. Offer advice, answer questions and post articles.

You will be seen as an expert in your field and as someone who is willing to help. Create a signature that includes your website address, which gives others a way to check out your website.

Your goal as a network marketer is to attract people to your site. It may take a few times before they join but if they only come once chances are you have lost them as a down line prospect.

Create and publish a monthly newsletter that reminds potential clients of your products and any important upcoming events. Eliminate any pushy sales tactics or sales hype with this letter. If you keep the information useful, you will keep them interested.

Being pushy will do just that, push them away, something you want to avoid. On average it takes a website visitor seven visits before they sign up or buy anything. Without a reminder do you think they would visit your website seven times?

Another powerful marketing strategy and a great way to help build your own MLM is to write a press release. A press release gives you the opportunity to provide your story to others. When writing your press release include the who, what, where, when, why and how of your business.

A well-written press release has the capability of creating interest across the internet for a long time. This is one of the most powerful marketing tools you can utilize.

So next time you wonder: Does network marketing work? You will know the answer is yes. Be persistent, have the drive and desire to succeed and use the right marketing techniques, and you may find yourself exactly where you want to be, at the top.

From waiting tables to millionaire at 29, Mike Dillard, is a professional marketer who has taught over 100,000 entrepreneurs from around the world how to tap into the power of his attraction marketing techniques. Sign up for his free on-line boot camp at: BuildYourOwnMLM.com

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If you aren’t familiar with Squidoo, you need to open a free account today. There’s no “upsell” to worry about, just a powerful, free tool you can use to generate traffic to your blog network, which we’ll get to another time.

Two things to remember about Squidoo. First, when you decide to build a lens to promote a product – Magnetic Sponsoring, for instance – you need to do two things:

1. Create a Squidoo account using a nickname which includes your keywords… in this case, ���Magnetic Sponsoring.”

A lot of people have built Squidoo lenses to promote Magnetic Sponsoring, but almost NONE have known about this little secret. You can try almost any combination, like “magneticsponsoringguy” or “guruofmagneticsponsoring.” What is important is that your nickname includes the primary keywords.

That’s Marketing Black Ops, and it works pretty well!

2. Create a LENS NAME that ALSO includes your keywords, like “dillardandmagneticsponsoring,” or “magneticsponsoringrules.”

If someone else has used the name you picked, no worries�¦ just add a dash or an underscore, as in “_magneticsponsoringrules” or “-dillardandmagneticsponsoring,” and it will work just as well.

I did this once to create a lens to promote one of my blogs, and made the #2 spot on Google in 12 hours – trust me, this is a powerful tool in the hands of anyone who understands the right way to use it!

All the best,
Ken

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I received the greatest email from Mike Dillard today. Sure, I hear from Mike on a regular basis, but this letter was really special, so I decided to share it with all of you.

All the best,
Ken McVay

“Hi Mike, my name is Khai Ng. I’m 29 years old. I wanted to write you today, because my life has been nothing short of a ‘back from the dead�™ miracle thanks to Magnetic Sponsoring. Mike, I couldn’t thank you enough because even though you haven’t met me in person, your teachings have turned this broke, rejected and desperate networker into an Internet network marketing success. Here’s my story: I’m a college dropout and I knew nothing about sales or marketing back then. After I left my first job, I�€™ve joined the network marketing industry and I’ve been in it for over 5 years. The first 3 was an utterly horrendous nightmare that haunted my loved ones even till this day because I was ‘doing the thing right�� rather than doing the right thing. After joining dozens of ‘ground floor�� opportunities, I have collected more ‘starter kits’ than some people switch jobs in their lifetime. Cold calling, attending weekly hotel meetings & monthly seminars and ‘strong-armingâ€� my friends and relatives did nothing but lose friendships and made people ‘afraid’ of me. My friends and prospects wouldn’t even pick up my calls. Not only was my first 3 years as a networker a complete financial disaster, the worst part is, all the people who cared for me were starting to turn their backs because they couldn’t stand seeing me like this. My (then) girlfriend was so sick of my ‘crazy schemes’ that she was on the brink of leaving me so you can imagine my desperation to find something that worked and that was when Magnetic Sponsoring came along… at the end of my 3 year nightmare. With a borrowed credit card, I made my first online purchase wondering if I was getting into another false hope, but I never imagined that this simple $39 product gave me the knowledge that I needed to put an end to my search for the networking Holy Grail. It was the most significant paradigm shift that turned this penniless dropout, into a 5 figure a month marketer. Using Magnetic Sponsoring’s concepts and expert branding techniques, I’ve made my mark on the Internet by creating of fusion of combining Internet marketing product with network marketing concepts. There isn�€™t a day that my mailbox isn’t filled with sales and commissions. Each product I’ve created has generated me THOUSANDS of dollars from the network marketing industry, sometimes, with a SINGLE email and others, completely on AUTOPILOT. I even have people begging me to tell them what my primary opportunity is – truly becoming the hunted instead of the hunter now… I’ve lacked nothing materially since then. But the most important blessing that I’m thankful for is the fact that I’ve won back the very ones who rejected me. This is as real as it can get. Coming from an Asian background, most parents would prioritize their child’s financial success above anything else in the world. My parents, who loved me deeply, couldn’t sleep a night without worrying about my financial future – especially since they came from a traditional background and they believed that the only way to succeed in your career is to study hard, get good grades, get a good job and work yourself to death. They just couldn’t accept that I wasn’t using the ‘hard work only’, old school methods and warned me day and night that all these ‘schemes’ would eventually lead to my financial ruin. Therefore, my life’s greatest satisfaction was winning over my parents’ approval, the respect of my peers, and proving to my girlfriend, that it would all work out in the end. I guess every networker deep down has this desire – to prove to nay-sayers that we can DO IT! Wanna know how it all worked out? We got married and I finally moved out of my parent’s house â�� the perfect happy ending. ? Today, I’m the proud owner of every single course that you sell – Magnetic Sponsoring, Building On A Budget, Black Belt Recruiting, Copywriters Guild Membership,  Traffic Formula And PPC Domination. If you haven’t gone through Mike’s material, here���s all I can say… Each of his courses will educate you in every aspect of Internet marketing, network marketing, lead generation and a healthy dose of personal motivation – the branding that most networkers lack in order to build a 6 figure a year business. My recommendation? Whip out your credit card, (or BORROW one just like I did), and buy them all today, because you can’t afford NOT to… even if you’ve joined every opportunity under the sun and bought every course on earth just like I did! Thanks for changing my life in every way, Mike… who could’ve imagined it all started with a $39 Magnetic Sponsoring course? Best Regards, Khai Ng ========================================= Wow, that��s an awesome story Khai, and I can personally relate to it in so many ways… (Just ask my parents how much sleep they lost for 3 years, wondering when their son would finally give up on these crazy dreams and get a real job!) So many people out there think that success in this business has to do with some kind of â€�secret” or luck. Well as you’ve proven once again Khai, all you need to do is one thing… Educate yourself, and put what you learn into action. It’s that simple. Thank you for sending in your amazing story Khai, and for your kind words about my courses… And Ken…. If you’re looking to pick up a copy of Black Belt Recruiting, Copywriters Guild Membership, Traffic Formula, or PPC Domination,  I’ve got a little secret for you that will save you a ton of money. I have no idea why I’m letting the cat out of the bag like this, but what the hell… If you pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring for only $39, you’ll get a one-time-opportunity to save up to 60% on Black Belt Recruiting, Copywriters Guild, Traffic Formula, or PPC Domination, as soon as you complete your order. These prices are secret, and not available at any other time, so just consider that a little tip from me to you, if you’d like to follow in Khai’s footsteps and apply my lead generation, and sponsoring secrets to your business, just like he did. There’s no need to wait for shipping. Magnetic Sponsoring is available in an “Instant Download” format now, so you can get access to the same info Khaiâ��s been using, just minutes from now. And yes… ALL of my courses come a 30 day money back guarantee at the minimum, so you have nothing to risk if you don’t get the results you want. Here’s the instant access link for the Magnetic Sponsoring Course… http://www.MagneticSponsoring.com/msletter Talk to you soon >br> Mike Dillard

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