MLM Story on NPR's Morning Edition

Network Marketing on NPR's Morning Edition

On January 27th, 2009 NPR did an interview of a number of women involved in the network marketing companies, Mary Kay and Avon. The interview was short but got the point well across that network marketing sales are booming--particularly in the personal care and beauty departments. Mary Kay and Avon have been around for a very long time and have focused since their beginnings on the success of women. Click the link to listen to the 3 minute NPR Story.

NPR Network Marketing Story

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Think You Can or Think You Can't--Revisited

It appears that the Kurt Warner story in my previous post has been circulating around the internet for awhile now. While it is essentially true..there are many errors and omissions. The correct story is much more amazing and that much more motivational. Please click this link and read...the rest of the story.....

Think You Can or Think You Can't

The story below was sent to me in an email. Author is unknown.

If you think you can or your think you can't,
you are right.

KURTIS THE STOCK BOY AND
BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find
out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card
and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only
to see her start walking up the road.

Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride
home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he
asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible. He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a
baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted
his offer for a date for the following Saturday.

That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him
that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To
which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us. "She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as but Kurtis thought. Then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with. A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed as the
quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals are in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl.Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. He has also been the NLF's Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.

What Kind of School is Renegade University?

If you spend a lot of time in the online marketing community, for network marketing or direct selling, you have probably seen some information about Renegade University. Many I've spoken to have noticed the name but have no clear information as to what it is exactly and to how to enroll and what the benefits are of being a Renegade U. student. Thus the reason for today's topic.

As you may know the idea of using and attraction-based marketing approach for growing a network marketing business, has been around for about 3-4 years. In my book the gurus of this philosophy and the people most responsible for communicating it to the MLM world are Mike Dillard and Ann Sieg. If you are not familiar with them and their work, you are missing out on a very beneficial and insightful theory as far as doing serious business as a network marketer. Click their names in this paragraph and you'll be redirected to a sign up page for a series of free videos and emails. There is no obligation and you will develop a clear understanding of the philosophy just from studying the free information.

So after years of Dillard's and Sieg's philosophy and methods floating around the internet, there are still many, many network marketers who have been unable to put the information into practice. Dillard and Sieg are the gurus and those with a lot of techno savvy or time to invest in their education were able to put their ideas into practice. But for many, the "how" became a big stumbling block.

Introducing Renegade University. Along comes a wonderful teacher and writer named Mike Klinger. Klinger spent over a year developing a series of step-by-step training videos that answer the "how" question. How do you make a blog? How do you direct traffic to your site? How do you create a video? Help for writing an ezine article, using traffic exchanges, writing with "pull", how to use google. The list goes on and on. Each video is close to an hour long and Mike's clear, organized instructions make the student feel like there is a teacher sitting right at their computer with them.

When you enroll in Renegade University you are essentially enrolling in an online school that teaches you each step of how to put in place a balanced and successful onine marketing system for your network marketing business. Because it is a monthly subscription program, you continue as a student as long as you find it beneficial. Many find that once they know the techniques, the benefits are so tangible that they suggest that their down-lines become students as well. As a coach and mentor to many who are learning the ins and outs of online marketing, I often spent hours teaching many of these methods to my coaching clients. With Renegade University, I can now send them to a full program that, to be totally honest, does a better job of the teaching the technical minutia of creating online, than I can just using the phone.

Click this link now and you'll have the opportunity to enroll in the free version of Renegade University, called Marketing Merge. You'll receive a series of free training emails from Mike Klinger. There is never any obligation yet you may find yourself wanting to go back to school for a few months and really learn this business. Just like any profession, good information, study, immersion, increases your ability to be successful and professional. Renegade University is the first "school" just for network marketing professionals.

Instructions: How to Convert Clicks to Prospects

This post is focused primarily on how to successfully convert clicks to prospects when doing internet marketing. Many people offer wonderfully creative and informative websites and even have learned how to bring traffic to visit the site...but still don't see many prospects or customers develop. Why is that? Here is the answer.

You must have a good landing page for your site. A landing page is just that..a place where people LAND once they click on a link in a paid ad or anywhere else online. Once a person lands on your page you need to do three things:

1. Keep their attention so that they stay on the page and read through it.

2. Offer them something that entices them to fill out your Lead Capture Form (back to that one in a moment) and give you their name and contact information.

3. Give very clear instructions as to the ACTION that they need to take..such as "Fill in your name and click to GO button.

If you send someone to a web page that does not have these three components then the chances of them becoming prospects or leads or customers, is greatly reduced.

Back to the Lead Capture Form. This is form that you create and put on your Landing Page. It is tied to an auto-responder system like Aweber which allows you to create lists composed of everyone who fills out your form. You must have one of these systems. They say in internet marketing that the fortune is in the list.

In Video #4 of PPC Domination Training Course, Jim Yaghi does a great job of showing the components of a really good landing page. He strongly suggests that beginners utilize some type of funded proposal system that comes with a landing page ready to go. He uses Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring affiliate program as an example. Mike does an awesome job with all his landing pages, but I find that sometimes people prefer a more personal touch. I do like the idea of using funded proposals though, as an easy way to capture leads, meet prospects and fund your advertising costs.

Marketing Merge/Renegade University is a great funded proposal system that allows you to create a very personalized landing page. The debate could be that these personalized pages don't have as strong of a call to action as the more direct/generic pages...so I would try both kinds if I were you (Renegade University gives you this option). I use both and vary them based on my target audience. Personalized Example
Non-personalized Example

Once someone has landed on your page and given you their information and you have given them whatever it is you offered (free video, ebook, etc...) now it's time to make contact. In your auto-responder system should be a series of letters that you send to your new prospect. Most of the packaged funded proposal systems do this for you. Beyond that, I strongly suggest that you use that phone number that you have acquired and say hello to your new prospect. Call and say hi. Get to know them. Find out what they are searching for and see if you can offer a solution.

Your click has now become your prospect.

Great Valentine's Giveaway !!

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