The Gift of Patience in Business and Life

It is so hard to wait. Do you remember as a kid how hard it was to wait for Christmas or you birthday or for dinner? Even though patience is a virtue I do not believe it is a trait that is innate. I believe we need to cultivate patience and that often life gives us the perfect opportunities to do so.

Presently I am involved with a start-up network marketing company that is scheduled to begin operations in March. I have been involved since September (at which point we were hoping to have the products ready by the holidays). Patience. Take a deep a breathe. Now as March is getting closer we are on track for that date, though anything could happen between now and then. Patience. Lonnnggg Sllloooowwww Breeeaaatttgh.

I am excited and anxious to get moving. To introduce our product and unique compensation plan to the world. I can barely wait to hear people respond as I did with exclamation such as, "that's brilliant, why didn't anyone think of this before" or "how refreshing to get away from all the hype and see something that just makes sense". It's hard to be patient when I know that we may possibly change the face of the MLM industry with what we are going to present.

So where is the gift part, you may be asking? I titled this The Gift of Patience. Well here it is. The gift is that there is no frenzy to be caught up in. The gift is that I have time to speak personally with every single person who is interested in what we are doing. The gift is that I have time to develop real relationships with my potential front-line team rather than becoming a recruiting machine. By the time our company is ready to go, I will have had months of front-end work talking to people without any pressure. Being a maven of attraction marketing, for me building a strong network marketing organization is all about the foundation which is built on good relationships. I have been given the amazing gift of time and I am using it to get acquainted with many interesting and qualified people who may want to work with me.

Usually when you get involved in a new MLM (whether completely new or just new for you), there is a compulsion to "get going" and to talk to everyone and grow your team. That motivation and enthusiasm is awesome, but does not always result in the most prudent team building or in taking the necessary time to really know someone before inviting them into your organization. Here again is where the gift comes in. I have been given the gift of time which is requiring me to be patient, thoughtful, prudent and in many ways more human in the way I am approaching this new business.

How have you experienced the gift of patience in your life?

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Interesting New Web Marketing System Goes Viral in Record Time

If you have not yet heard about Web Prosperity, you may not be on the internet enough. This company had created one of the most intensive viral marketing campaigns I have ever seen. Web Prosperity is new company founded by David D'Archangelo. It is a package of marketing tools that most online marketers use and need, including an autoresponder, webinar system, video/podcast system and others.

There has been a lot of controversy about the company and I felt a responsibility to share with you what I know. Many people are signing up and holding a slot. There is no cost so far to do so. I held one mostly to receive the emails and get a feeling for the reality of what they have to offer. For many it appears from the marketing video to be a no brainer with regards to "why not sign up?". And many have done so for that very reason.

David D. has a checkered reputaion and that concerns me. The company that is providing some of the services is called Implix. They appear to have a very good reputation. There are concerns about the trusting one's generated lead list to a network marketing company with no proven track record. Though others do not seem to be concerned about this.

My recommendation is to check it out. Google David D'Archangelo. Watch the marketing video. Sign up so you can get on a conference call and listen to what they have to say. It may be a great opportunity. Many seem to think so. It may turn out to be a lot of hype without a lot of return. There are those who think that as well. The monthly fee if you use the tools is actually very reasonable. You would pay the same or more to use them separately.

If someone sent you a link already, put in your name if you want and watch it unfold. If you have not yet received a link you can get there through this one.
http://itsallsuccess.webprosperity.com
Please remember that I am not endorsing nor recommending this company. It has created such a buzz that I felt obligated to share what I know with my friends and associates to help in your own decision making.

Twitter Interrupted

Twitter now accounts for 30% of the business done on the internet..or at least that's what I read last night on Twitter. The tricky part of twitter is that it is so fun and so consuming that it begins to take over all of ones computer time. Thus "Twitter Interrupted" needed to born.

Twitter Interrupted is a self-help plan for twitter addicts. It is a system that allows you to continue your twitter habit, keep your friends and business associates in the loop, and also spend time focusing on everything else that needs to happen in you life and your work.

Here's how it works:

1. Before you go to bed, list out what you need to accomplish the next day. Separate your computer work into its own category and break it down into tasks. Twitter is its own category. Number your internet list in order of priority

2. Before signing off the computer for the night... visit Tweetlater or Twuffer and program in at least one tweet per hour for the next day. These are not relationship tweets. These are the tweets that allow you to not panic if you cannot tweet for a few hours at time. You know you're covered and that eases anxiety.

3. In the morning you may glance at twitter for 15 minutes before showering or even opening your eyes..but be disciplined. Pull yourself away and get ready for the day.

4. After a healthy breakfast of more than just coffee and biscuit crumbs on your keyboard, move towards accomplishing one of your computer tasks that is not twitter. (If you have to head out..you may tweet a little on the way, as long as remember where you were heading and get there on time)

5. Once your task is accomplished it's REWARD TIME!! You may now tweet for 30 minutes. Enjoy. This is relationship building time. Read other's tweets. Reply. Make comments. Empathize. As a rule only 1/10 tweets should be self-promoting in regards to your business. Remember tweeples, this is a relationship building tool not a regurgitate your opportunity all over everyone tool.

6. Now move on to your next numbered task on your list. Do this throughout the day, scheduling twitter rewards whenever you achieve an objective. Please do not forget to eat, turn off the oven or pick your kids up at school These things might need to be on your list if you have a serious twitter addiction..just in case.

7. At the end of the day you are free to tweet for as many hours as you can before your wrists go numb..as long as you've accomplished your list. But do not go to bed without going back to step one and two before you shut down for the night.

8. Word of advice. Many have spoken of losing weight
due to twitter. It is hard to eat and tweet.
So if you are one who needs the nutrition,
please make a note of that on your daily list. We do not want to be tweeting about your demise due to twitteritis.

There are many other twitter tools available to make your tweeting time more efficient. You can easily find them by googling or getting on twitter and asking about them. For those who love twitter, sometimes the tools interfere with the shear enjoyment of the speed, chaos and adrenalin of twitter. Use your own discretion.

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Five Items To Do For Success At Social Networking Sites

This is a post by my friend Ken Kinstle. It is excellent

Five Items To Do For Success At Social Networking Sites

by mrken777 on Dec.08, 2008, under Business, Success

Number One- Always greet your new followers! Depending on how many people start to follow you, that will determine whether you do it manually or use a program like Tweetlater to welcome new followers. Tweetlater is nice because as soon as they follow you a message goes out introducing yourself and thanking them. Resist the urge to post a link in this thank you message! How would it be when someone shook your hand for the first time they then tried to sell you something in the next sentence! A lot of people do post a link or a give away or anything, but I say be friendly, say hello let them come to you. This is far more effective than blasting a new person before they have heard a word that you have said…

Number Two- Be sure to post valuable information, interesting articles, photos, video links, music links. Give something of value to keep people interested. Insert links, affiliate links, the things that you sell sparingly or what the community will absorb. Keep them wondering what you will come up with. Google news reader is what I use mainly for this. Set it up to receive different RSS feeds from news, blogs or what ever might be interesting and apply to their lives. Its not always about what we like, I am the worst at this! My followers do hear a lot of motorcycle related stuff, I try not to over do it. Give them something of value for listening to your posts.

Number Three- Keep the personal stuff to a minimum, there needs to be some real life stuff that relates to your readers and prove you are not a post generating robot. My goodness not many want to know that much, I stubbed my toe, oh I put salt on my eggs, Come on.. Use discretion, be personal, and share when asked but don’t blog every breath the new puppy takes. I think you get this!

Number Four- Double check your posts for spelling, grammar, accuracy and by all means make sure the link works! You don’t have to be a scholar, or have perfect English grammar. I know mine is really rough! Do your best though, what you say and how you say it is all people have to judge you by. Not many successful first grader marketers out there. What I am saying is be a professional, if you want people to take you seriously! Double check the link after you have posted it! I am telling you, we all have posted bad ones and it looks very slip shod. Who wants to hook up and buy something from a third rate marketer. OK enough on that, one of my pet peeves.

Number Five- In this list anyway, answer your messages as quickly as you are able. Strike while the iron is hot! I do not mean just answer those that look like customers. Some of the people I spend the most time on messaging and the phone never really make a bunch of sales. People just want to be heard, answer your phone calls, messages and your messages posted as soon as possible. Do not try to evaluate the person asking right away, or wait if you can reply. To be a professional we must answer all reasonable questions and be polite.

Treat people with respect. Treat them like you want to be treated and enjoy great success in your social networking adventures.

Just wish I was riding,

You can link to Ken's blog by clicking here, and you should. He offers a lot of great information for home business owners.

Twitter Guilt

I have to confess two things:

1. I have made it a point since beginning with Twitter to always send a personal thank you to ever single person who follows me. I have also looked at every profile so I could say something unique to that person in my thank you. Lastly, I have consciously make a choice as to who I follow back based on bio's, pictures, content, etc...I am not a big believer in auto-following. In fact, we just had a discussion going about his tonight on Twitter. So here is confession number one.

I got behind. REALLY, REALLY behind. I had over 150 new emails in my inbox telling me about new followers. Every day I would say "tomorrow". Tomorrow I will thank each one and look at each profile. Every day it was more overwhelming. So today I went against my own system. I set up an auto-thank you and and auto-follow and that is what I used for the last week's worth of new followers. I'm sorry if you were one of them. Please do not take it personally. I figure that an auto-thanks is way better than no thanks at all, and that's where things were heading.

I really do feel guilty. Is there a support group for Twitter-guilt? If you are someone who followed me in the week between Christmas and New Years, please understand. I will look for your tweets and take extra time to respond personally over the next few days. Thank you.

2. This is a good one for guilt. Twitter is fun. It is more fun than anything else I do online. My husband asked me tonight if it's good business or just good fun. So here is the amazing part. In the short time I've been tweeting on twitter (about 6 weeks), I've developed more business contacts than in 6 months using other forms of social media. So guilt...more fun, more business. I once heard that work was supposed to be hard. LOL!!

How To Use Social Media To Grow Your Network Marketing Business

What is Social Media?

Social media is a large group of tools and applications available on the internet that allow you to interact "socially" with a very large diverse group of people.

According to Wikipedia, " Social media are primarily Internet- and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.[1] The term most often refers to activities that integrate technology, telecommunications and social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. This interaction, and the manner in which information is presented, depends on the varied perspectives and "building" of shared meaning among communities, as people share their stories and experiences. Businesses also refer to social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM)."

Social media is part of the Web 2.0 explosion and the cutting edge in New School methods for growing a network marketing business. In this post we will briefly cover a variety of tools and methods for utilizing social media to grow your MLM business.

Attraction Marketing is the Key to MLM Online Success

If you have not yet heard about attraction marketing, then you must take time to do so. The idea of attraction-based marketing has been around for awhile, but it was not until Mike Dillard synthesized all the information and created his Magnetic Sponsoring course, that the majority of people knew what it was or how to use it.

The idea behind attraction-based marketing or Magnetic Sponsoring is that you use social media to create an strong online presence. You offer value, information and the uniqueness of you in a form that people can grasp. As you develop yourself online and your leadership abilities in the real world, you will attract others to you. This is how you grow you business. People come to you and want to know you, work with you and join you. This is the opposite of old school network marketing where you went after them. It is powerful, clean, refreshing and fun.

The best place to learn about Attraction Marketing is by getting your hands on Dillards Free 7 Video Boot Camp. Once you've worked your way through that the next thing to do is to set up an account on a website called Better Networker. This will be your first step in using social media and also the best introduction to attraction marketing in action.

Get onto Better Networker and just look around for a few days. Read the forum posts and the replies. Read some articles. Watch some videos. Take a good look at people's profiles prior to creating yours. They had a profile contest a few months back with a great tutorial..watch it. As you are finding your way around this site you will be beginning to understand how people present themselves in the social media world without pitching their product or biz. Better Networker is social media. It is a social networking website devoted to network marketers. In many ways it is similar to Facebook or MySpace (also social networking sites), but the audience and participants are hightly targeted.

You can also become a student of Renegade University. Renegade U. is an online "school" where you learn all the aspects of attraction marketing from a philosophical perspective. Then you have a vast selection of online videos that teach you everything that you need to do from a technological perspective, step-by-step. You'll also learn how to use Social Marketing Etiquette, which is as important to know as the techie stuff.

Twitter (and Social Bookmarking)

There are presently hundreds of sites on the internet that you can use to present youself to your target audience. I use a variety of social bookmarking sites that I post to every time I write a hub or a blog post. Some examples are: Digg, Propeller, Reddit, Stumble-Upon. The list is almost endless. Visit a site called Social Poster.com and you can see a long list of social bookmarketing sites and learn how to post yourself on them.

My favorite place to hang out online these days is Twitter. Twitter scares people initially because it is fast and live. I like to think of it as a big, world-wide online cocktail party/chat. When you first approach twitter it is hard to know what to do. So first (after you creat your twitter profile) visit twitter search and put in a keyword that interests you. Read what comes up and then click on the name of the person who posted(tweeted) click on "follow" under their name. Now whenever you log onto twitter you will see whatever that person has written, appear on your screen. Generally, if you follow them, they will follow you back. This is good.

When you create your Twitter Profile, make sure that you enable direct messaging and email notifications. When someone follows you, follow back and say thanks in a direct message. Soon you will log onto your page and see a flurry of different tweets and conversations going on. This is good. Join in once you feel comfortable. Don't pitch. Don't spam. Don't sell. Just be a real person and interact with the people who are tweeting. Once you get the hang of this you will see that there is a time and place to include links to your blog or website. (Watch the video above for a great analogy explaining twitter and blogs).

Twitter is the fastest growing social media on the internet. It can now even interact seamlessly with Facebook if you set it up that way. Many people do a lot of business on Twitter. You should be one of them if you want to grow your network marketing business using social media.

OK..I'm Totally Confused!! What Do I Do Next??

Total confusion is often the reaction to all of this information. Do not worry. You are not lacking in brain cells. Using social media is very confusing initially and only gets clearer as you work your through it, step-by-step. This is where a good coach/mentor comes into play and a training system. Luckily a man named Mike Klinger saw how confused people were getting and sought to remedy the situation. He created the best social media training that I have yet to see in this industry. It is appropriated called a " University".

Renegade University is an amazingly complete online classroom. There are step-by-step video tutorials for every aspect of using social media to create your online presence and grow your network marketing company. The beauty is that you can work through the training at your own pace AND do the steps on your computer while Klinger is walking you through them in the video. It is almost like having a teacher sitting next to your computer with you.

Renegade University did not exist when I began my social media journey. I learned each step by trial and error and honestly it took months to really feel a conceptual and practical understanding of the whole thing. By using Renegade University, if you put your mind to it, you can have the basics of your social media system up and working for you in a month. But remember..it is like going to school You have to learn, study, and take action.

Social media is changing the face of network marketing. You will never need to sell to your family and friends again. You will meet people from all over the world. You will be amazed at what can happen..if you are diligent and patient. Growing you network marketing business using social media is a process. You start at the beginning and add on over time. The results start slowly and increase faster and faster as you become more and more competent. This is a New World. Welcome!

Prepare Your Business For 2009

Regardless of what your present focus is, you can be better prepared for success in 2009 by doing this one simple thing:

Spend the week between Christmas and New Year's organizing all your business receipts and expenses from 2008. Even though it's still four months until tax time it is best to do this now. Then your mind will be free to focus on the present and future with regards to your business, in 2009.

With regards to the Perfect MLM By Design. We are having our first meeting with the Founders and the Field Advisory Board, in early January. After that meeting we will have a clear idea as to when we will begin pre-enrollment and ultimately the shipping of product...Which reminds me..we will also be releasing the details of our product, in the weeks following this initial meeting. At the moment our tentative time schedule sees us pre-enrolling in February with product being shipped sometime in March. It's very exciting to be a part of something unique and beneficial to all seeking to achieve their financial goals in the Network Marketing Industry.