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Sunday, March 30, 2008
How to Get Marketing Network TrainingCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comWhen you join a marketing network, the person who brought you into the program is called a sponsor. It is your sponsor who will provide all of the marketing network training you need in order to build your network and get your own distributorship running smoothly. Your sponsor will never leave you on your own until he or she feels you are ready, and his or her job is to stand beside you any time you need any help. After all, your sponsor depends on you for his success. When you first join a network marketing organization, your sponsor will hold your hand and make sure you know what to do. All of the training you receive will be from your sponsor and those above him in the line of sponsorship. Unlike other types of sales organizations, network marketing needs everyone to help train new people because they cannot be successful unless they are properly training. The success of each individual distributor determines the success of the organization as a whole. Each distributor must work together as a team in order for the entire network to achieve success. In addition to the sponsor many network marketing organizations also have books as well as audio and visual tools to help new distributors build their distributorships. All of the methods of training benefit everyone in the organization, and when all of the distributors learn everything they need to learn, the entire network will benefit. It's important for the survival of the entire network for each distributor to receive ample training to know what they need to do in order to reach the level of their sponsor and above. Marketing network training is important for everyone in the organization. If the distributors are not trained properly, they will not be able to build their networks to the level that will make the entire network grow. Only through training is it possible for a marketing network to become a giant money making venture, and everything needs to work together in order to make it successful. The training afforded by everyone within the network marketing network is important to the success of the individual network as well as the rest of the organization. You have to keep in mind that in a network marketing organization, each person makes money based upon the sales and sponsorships of those under them that they personally sponsored. Of course, it also filters to those in the lead position, so the more successful each individual distributorship is, the more successful the organization as a whole will be. If you're interested in securing a position in network marketing, you have to understand the great amount of work that is involved in order to build the network. Sometime a potential sponsor will tell you there is very little work is involved, but you learn quickly how much work is involved. Minimal work means minimal network building, and thus minimal sales. If you want to have a huge network, you have to do the work. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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How to Determine the Price for Your Affiliate Marketing Network SoftwareCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comYou are finally ready to market your product and chomping at the bit to get moving. The affiliate marketing network software package you designed has been tested, tweaked, tested again, and is finally ready to be debuted to the general public and hopefully also eager network marketers who are willing to spend a pretty penny on this little bit of code that will make life so much easier for them! How to determine the price for your affiliate marketing network software package, however, is a hurdle you have not yet been able to overcome and even though the site is ready, you have spent the last three days agonizing on what to charge for your software package. You might have had a figure in mind – early on – but after perusing some competitors’ sites and finding out what they have to offer, you might no longer be so sure of yourself. After all, if you are charging too much money, you will virtually drive your customers, whom you just painstakingly convinced of their need for your affiliate marketing network software package, to their websites and pretty much closed their deals for them. Conversely, if you fail to charge enough to make a profit, then you might as well just quit now before you spend another dime that you will not recuperate since you are thinking of selling your product at a loss. While there is no hard and fast rule that establishes how to determine the price for your affiliate marketing network software, there are some general tips to consider: 1. Even though your competition’s pricing structure should have a marginal influence on your pricing decisions, it should not be the driving force. 2. You need to make enough money to cover your overhead and then still bring in a little extra, which is referred to as your net profit. Since the net profit is the money you will use for expansion and also for your personal salary, you want to charge sufficiently to ensure that it falls within the agreed upon limits of your marketing plan. 3. If you find that your markup is higher than that of other software developers, find a way to sell the consumer on your product by offering a little something extra that will not cost you a lot of money. This could be free technical support for three months, a subscription for technical support services for a year, an e-book on the advantages of using affiliate marketing network software to increase the marketers’ profit margin (by far the least expensive option), or any other little commodity that will set your product apart from the rest. As you can see, how to determine the price for your affiliate marketing network software package depends in large part on your marketing plan and your ability to up-sell your services. Measuring yourself against the yard stick of the competition, especially the big box stores, will not only tempt you to sell yourself short but may seriously jeopardize your ability to turn a profit, and thus expand your business, within a reasonable period of time. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
How To Legitimately Make Money With Coastal Vacation OpportunitiesCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comFor several years Coastal vacation has been offering the successful home based business of direct sales and product advertising. Their product is part of the four trillion dollar travel industry. They deal in the sale of wholesale travel packages that include hotel stays, cruises and more. With a product that is in such high demand, there is profit to be made. This is a legitimate business that is built on a solid business model used by both pharmaceutical sales representatives and real estate agents. This is how Coastal directors are able to make commissions of $1000.00 per sale. If you are unsure of your sales ability or comfort level you also have the opportunity to advertise for Coastal vacation and earn the same commission as sales associates. You are trained in advertising methods and provided with a fully functioning website that you run, which advertises Coastal vacations. All customer sales are completed through the call center provided by Coastal vacations. Once a sale is made and the client was directed from your site, you earn the sale commission. This opportunity includes no selling, no MLM, no prospecting, no inventory and no timeshares. You can learn more about this opportunity through the official coastal vacation site. Here you will be provided with the full details on their business, their product and their job opportunities. You will see that the travel packages are full of enticing offers and based on well-known travel companies. You will see that you will receive training that sets you up for success instead of failure. You will have the tools and support that are needed to make your business succeed and earn the income that you dream of. On top of this solid job opportunity you also earn travel discounts for life. Through product sales or advertising services you will work five to twenty-five hours per week and earn a gross profit of 85% on average. It carries a minimal risk factor and carries extensive tax benefits. Your income earning potential is unlimited. You earn what you put into your position. You can have the time, freedom and money that you want to have. You run your business for yourself but not by yourself, as you will have support calls and conferences to aid you in your career. You simply expose people to this home business solution and make a healthy income. The top three reasons to choose this legitimate opportunity are: 1. You are offering an established, quality product that sells. You do not have to talk people into this product or opportunity. You simply provide information. 2. The membership pays for itself. Any amount of money you put into Coastal Vacation you make back with profit due to the successful business model used. 3. Tax benefits. You can save thousands on taxes by simply running your own home business through Coastal vacation. You have the opportunity to earn $1000-$3000 per week and vacations for pennies on the dollar for life and it is an honest and legitimate business that you can run from your home. You simple visit the official Coastal vacation site, learn about this opportunity and begin your training. You will be on your way to making a legitimate income through Coastal vacation in a minimal amount of time. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Why Internet Marketing Opportunities Can Be Fun & FulfillingCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comMany business operators know the importance of marketing and the role it plays in helping grow a business. While some may consider marketing a necessary evil in business operations and expense, internet marketing can fill many of the gaps created by advertising and offer many exciting rewards. If whatever you are doing to earn a living isn’t any fun, then it is just a job. Being creative and having a ball can turn that job into an exciting career. Too many people confuse the terms advertising and marketing and believe that marketing is an expense they can eliminate. Consider how much business might be lost with a reduction in advertising, as customers move to another business. Then consider how much business may be lost if another brand makes a bigger splash than your own. The key difference is that advertising is for a specific product or group of products usually offered for a brief time. Marketing is an attempt to create brand awareness and sell the company. It is also an ongoing effort and many companies find that marketing will offer more long-term gains not typically seen with advertising and that is what make it fun and more fulfilling to a company. Since the internet began to grow, internet marketing has taken on a whole new approach to building a brand. It is not about placing advertising on high traffic sites, rather it is about getting the story about the company out to the public and the many different methods available in doing this makes it fun. With a newspaper or even broadcast ads, there is a time limit or space constriction about the amount of information a company can make available at any one time. Most consumers do not mind if a few moments of their time is taken up while a company tells its story and lengthy story they want to hear or see on their time, when it is convenient for them. With the use of web logs, or blogs, as well as the use of videos inside web sites, a customer can learn al they care to about a company at their convenience. It can also be a lot of fun to put together a video to tell a company’s story that presents the message in a fun way. It can also be fulfilling in knowing the message is not restricted to any borders and that the message is being received in locations that many people may have never heard of before they started getting feedback from other countries. One of the amazing things about internet marketing is the translation capabilities. No longer does a company have to worry about telling their story in two or three dozen different languages. There are many computer programs that can make accurate translations instantly. The wider audience, the longer and more informative messages as well as the various types of media available for internet marketing makes it a fun field to work in as well as a fun filled method of telling the company’s story. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Information On Commission Global Network Resort OpportunitiesCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comGlobal Network Resort offers the opportunity for people to earn commission through perpetual leverage. Through sales of GNR products you earn commission. When those customers you sell products to choose to sell product you earn commission from their sale. This is a continuous chain that allows you to continuously earn income even if your own personal sales are slow. Global Network Resort offers a compensation plan or perpetual leverage. Perpetual leverage is the key factor that sets GNR aside from other similar Internet opportunities. The greater explanation of commission from GNR is as follows. Thee are two memberships or product sales in the GNR business. There is the Gold three-year membership that brings a $5000.00 commission per sale and the Platinum lifetime membership, which brings a $1000.00 sale commission. Now the perpetual leverage comes in by your sales customers becoming sales associates. When your sponsors make a sale you are then qualified for any sales they make post solo sale you earn commission form those sales and all that follow. This allows you the ability to earn money from two areas. You earn income from your own personal retail product sales and through commissions from affiliate product sales. This is what makes s GNR such an appealing Internet business. Since sales can often fluctuate, where there will be times of plentiful sales and times where you struggle to complete a single sale at a time. With perpetual leverage you constantly have an income coming in therefore earning a residual income. This allows businessmen and women to remain in business and propel themselves forward into success. Benefits of a GNR opportunity: * No inventory * Low start up cost * Worldwide market * High demand product * No cold calls or selling to family and friends * Residual income * Flexible schedule With a low start up cost, solid training program, successful business model and residual income alongside of your regular sales commission, this is an opportunity that comes around once in a lifetime. Global Network Resort is a company that is focused on helping to share their success with you. They provide the product, training and knowledge that will offer you a life changing business opportunity. With a product that is in such high demand you can’t lose. Nearly every person from around the globe has the desire to travel. The chance to travel to exotic locations and stay at luxurious resorts sells itself. This product also offers endless holidays and no blackout dates. Customers can book vacations a year in advance and if needed more than a year. You are not so much a sales representative as an advertiser. You simply inform the customer of the product as the product sells itself. You help others to achieve dreams of travel and you fill your own dream of a personal successful home-based business. The commissions earned through Global Network Resort are incentive enough as you are able to easily build financial wealth through a company who backs you up and aids you in that success. Take a tour of a GNR site and you will see this opportunity first hand. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Monday, March 17, 2008
How-To Develop A Successful Marketing Network EzineCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comAn ezine has become on the most effective marketing tools on the internet today. The ezine is also referred to as an email magazine or electronic newsletter that’s only available through email and/or a website. There are hundreds of thousands of ezines on various subjects available on the internet that is free to the public. The development of a marketing network ezine is a perfect method to build an opt-in list of potential clients for a particular product and/or service. Ezines are also an exciting way to express creativity and enthusiasm for a marketing network product and/or service that’s being offered to the public. One of the primary reasons ezines are viewed with enthusiasm is that the subscriber base are opt-in members. In other words, the client that a marketing networker sends the ezine to has asked to become a subscriber to the cyber-publication. The following three suggestions will discuss the best methods in developing a successful marketing network ezine: 1) The first suggestion is to develop a focused ezine. Often when people write, they include too much information in the email or ezine. Additionally, do not try and address too many marketing network topics in the ezine. Spread topics out through proceeding issues of the ezine. 2) The second suggestion involves the development of an impressive statement in the marketing network ezine’s subject line. Often emails are not read because the email does not stand out in comparison with other emails in a potential client’s inbox. 3) The third suggestion for a successful marketing network ezine is to continually offer incentives (i.e. gifts, free reports, or tips) and change the ezine’s content for potential clients. Keep them wanting to read a specific marketing network ezine. There are a variety of tutorials on the internet that will go through the actual steps of building a marketing network ezine. Basically, all you need to start your own ezine are an auto responder and broadcast feature to go with, enabling the marketing networker to reach out to massive subscribers. When people subscribed to a particular marketing network ezine, the interested party has an interest in its focus. Another method for a successful marketing network ezine is accomplished through advertising. This aspect is what makes magazines popular through creative ads, magazine publishers gain profit. This is the same with a marketing network ezine. Of course, registering with the popular search engines will also help generate traffic for the marketing network ezine. In addition, advertising in paper magazines and newspapers, and other business related method will help create a successful marketing network ezine through direction to the ezine. Always remember that maintaining a successful marketing network ezine is one the most important aspects for a marketing network business. An alternative for a successful marketing network ezine is to post short articles on marketing network topics. This alternative will provide the readers will valuable information their needs. Some may view ezines as a passing trend, but the same was said about the internet when it was first introduced. Ezines are the newest way to quickly and effectively provide information to the general public, and any person with the passion for a particular subject can run one. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Sunday, March 16, 2008
A Legitimate Home Based MLM Business Opportunity Possesses These ThingsCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comWith the number of multilevel marketing opportunities available, it can be difficult to determine which ones are legitimate opportunities and which ones are borderline illegal. In the past, many pyramid schemes that counted on recruiting others into the pyramid to make money without offering any real product or service in exchange for their investment, left people out of millions of dollars and caught the attention of law enforcement whish has made them illegal to operate. As a result, many variations of the multilevel marketing plans have been created to offer a thin veil over the fact that they are still pyramid schemes. Fortunately, there are few signs that point to a multilevel marketing opportunity being legitimate with a real opportunity for making real money by selling real products. Five things to look for when considering if an MLM business opportunity is legitimate include: 1. Sales of real products at a reasonable price 2. Enough information for you to make an informed decision 3. Training about the product 4. Resources to enable you to make product sales 5. Recruitment is an option and not mandatory Many companies may offer product sales to slip in under the guise of being a legitimate MLM opportunity. If the company requires their distributors to buy the product in order to be eligible for sales commissions, it probably is borderline legitimate. If they require you to recruit new members into the distribution line before being eligible to earn commission, it is not a legitimate opportunity. Any literature, online or offline promoting the MLM opportunity should contain enough information about the product, the potential for sales and a realistic approach to income potential to allow a reasonable person to make an informed decision. Too many times, the entire pitch is focused on how much money a distributor can make. One big red flag is a picture of an alleged sales person standing by a fancy car in front of a mansion. The car may have been rented long enough to drive to a fancy neighborhood where the picture was taken. The product being sold should be the main focus of the information as well as its marketability, its competition and price. When looking at a product consider if you yourself would be interested in buying it at the offered price and then consider how many you might be able to sell. The company should also offer support and other resources to make the job of selling their product easier. Many people will pay a higher price for quality merchandise and if the company is offering top-notch merchandise at a reasonable price, it may be a good outfit to join. While recruiting distributors to work under you is common in the multilevel marketing business it should not be mandatory. Any company that demands a certain number of recruits before paying commission on your sales, is not one to bother joining. Additionally, they may also stipulate that the commission on the first or second sale will go to the person who recruited you. Stay away from these opportunities, as the commissions you earn should belong to you not the next person up the line. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Forum Marketing Network Businesses for the BeginnerCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe numbers of fledgling marketers who take to forum marketing network businesses are legion! Unfortunately, so are also the numbers of marketers who will return to the same forum the next day and when attempting to log in will find out that their forum persona was deleted and accesses as well as posting privileges have been summarily denied. What happened? Generally speaking, the odds are good that your forum posts were considered spam by enough of the other players that an administrator was contacted who eventually took action and banned you from the network. The fine line that exists between forum marketing network business and spamming is often a heated topic of discussion on said forums themselves and there is no hard and fast answer. Yet in an effort to make it easier for the newbie, forum marketing network businesses for the beginner is a three step process. 1. First and foremost, you need to decide which angle you want to market. In other words, are you looking for down line candidates or for product customers? In the same vein, do you want to find individuals who not only want to buy your product but then also turn around and sell it? Each and every angle requires you to use a different approach. In other words, each and every angle requires you to write your forum posts with great care and expertise – perhaps this is one of the reasons that this is a task most commonly outsourced to an experienced freelance writer. 2. Secondly, you need to create your forum persona. Stay away from obvious monikers that will have other forum participants roll their eyes and instantly steal your credibility. Examples include “make money losing weight” or “wealthy marketer.” Instead, opt for a persona with a respectable name or handle, if you do not want to use your real name. Next, you need to create a profile. This is a great opportunity to mention your business and also your role in it, but do not turn the forum profile section into a cut and paste job from the company website. There is not a persona live who will read through a lengthy promotional profile. Last but not least, if the forum permits, create a signature. This could include a link to your website, but it will be more effective if it includes a link to a personal blog or even online newsletter with a gripping teaser. Something like “how a candy bar at three in the morning cost me two hours of sleep and $10” is an example of a headline that will lead to click through traffic simply because it seems to implausible and everyone wants to know more about the story. Do not disappoint the website visitor but instead deliver a gripping tale or blog entry so when you change your signature to feature the next article, those who know you will come and look. 3. Last but not least, do not post lengthy wellness product reviews in a gardening forum. Similarly, do not post an explanation on how to lose weight in a forum dedicated to childhood diseases and autism. Two cardinal sins are incorporated in this approach: a lengthy posting and an inappropriate venue. Only post in forums that are somehow related to your business. Secondly, keep the posts short and simple, especially when you discuss your product. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Five Steps That Guarantee Article Network Marketing SuccessCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comIf you have never familiarized yourself with the concept of article network marketing, the odds are good that you are missing out on an amazingly effective network marketing tool! The concept itself is surprisingly simple: much like product placement in movies, article network marketing relies on a general content article containing references to and facts about the product you are selling and the business you are in. Of course, with anything that is deceptively simple there is also a large margin of error. For those who are intrigued by this completely legal way of reaching a whole new target audience, here are five steps that guarantee article network marketing success. 1. The content must be well written. Most network marketers will outsource this aspect of the business and if you do so, you will be wise to request some samples of the work first. This will enable you to understand the effect an article written by that individual or company will have on you, and by extension most likely will have on other readers. Look for typos and be on alert for grammatical errors or punctuation mistakes. 2. The content of the article needs to relate to your business or product in some way. If you are selling a wellness product you will be hard-pressed to have it included in a movie review (although a highly skilled writer is able to pull off this feat) but it will shine in a general content article that discusses health, wellness, and related issues. 3. If you are using article network marketing to showcase your product, think of the attributes that best describe it. Is it a drink or a solid supplement? What is its color? How does it taste? Should it be consumed cold or hot? Could it be incorporated into a recipe or dish? What are the effects of the product and how long does it usually take until someone will realize them? All of these questions could and should be answered within the article to give the reader a solid understanding and also feel for the product without necessitating them to buy it first. 4. Do not let the article be little more than a bit of writing designed to hype the product. This will not hold any appeal to the average reader. The trick to successful article network marketing is the skillful incorporation of the product into a well written article that is of general interest. 5. Utilize the article by posting it on sites inviting submissions, posting it in forums, and also sending it out as part of an email newsletter. Be very cautious so that you are not actually spamming a site or misuse your email address leads, but at the same time capitalize on the finished article in each and every way you can think of. The more articles you craft in this vein, the more impact you will have. Of vital importance, in that case, is that each and every article offers a new insight and is markedly different from its predecessors! About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Finding The Best MLM Network OpportunityCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comMLM (Multi-Level Marketing), also known as Network Marketing, is by no means confined to the online world; in fact it has its roots long before the internet. Some very large and successful companies were built on, and continue to thrive, based on a MLM network model. The way it basically works is this: a company sells products or services through a vast network of independent distributors that sell at retail prices. The distributor usually pays some sort of joining fee or has to buy a certain quantity of the product to gain distributorship status. All MLM network marketing companies work with a solid business foundation. A parent company has a product or service to offer its customers. The networker’s responsibility is two-fold; to find other customers to buy the product and recruitment of new distributors. Additionally, the network urges distributors to bring in other people to act in the same capacity. The referring distributor then earns commissions on the products that the referred distributor sells. If the distributor they referred also brings in other distributors, the original distributor also receives commissions on those sales and so on. This is the "Multi Level" component. For most people wanting to get into these kinds of businesses, the attraction isn't so much in selling the companies products; it's the conversion of buyers to distributors. If a person is considering an MLM network opportunity, the following questions need to be asked: 1) Who is your upline? This question goes all the way to the top of the network. Investigate the entire upline just like you would a business partner you'd never met before. 2) What is the product? Become an expert on the product and/or service that’s being offered to clients. Know the competition as well. 3) When will you start actually making money? Don't fall for the line that it takes months or even years to show a profit. You should be able to recoup any investment and start earning income within just a few weeks if there's really demand for the product. Making a living at it is another story. 4) Product promotion? What restrictions are there on where and how the product can be promoted (advertising, web sites, etc.)? There's not a right or wrong answer to this question: an open policy is a more flexible situation. 5) What was the recruitment method? As a customer, with just a mention of a possible income opportunity, or was it a primary pitch about the business opportunity. 6) Why pursue this MLM network opportunity? This is perhaps the most important question of all. Don’t focus on the short-term earnings; the potential marketer should concentrate on the long-term goal. Essentially, there are no right and wrong answers to these questions concerning a MLM network opportunity. The point is to make sure that everything is known and on the table. Many people have made a lot of money in MLM networks, but many more have ended up wasting a whole lot of time and money chasing a false dream. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Facts About MLM Home-Based BusinessesCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe basic needs for a MLM home-based business to succeed include a decent computer, a high-speed internet connection and a desire to be successful. Many companies involved in network marketing MLM have major money learning the ropes of network marketing and have slowly become proficient at it and are now seeking others to help their business continue to grow. Some may cite noble reasons to wanting to share their methods and a few may simply say they want to grow bigger and make more money and need your help to do so, but the bottom line is their methods have been proven to work and if you follow their lead, you can be successful as well. MLM home-based businesses are an excellent source of extra income as long as the facts of such businesses are known. In addition, there are certain aspects the MLM home-based business owner or the member of this type of business needs to examine from time to time. The MLM home-based business owner or the team member should initially examine the MLM home-based business statistics available on the internet as well to gain a better understanding of this type of business. The following is a detailed examination of those evaluation aspects concerning a MLM home-based business: 1. Denial- Most of the people involved with MLM home-based businesses lose money. This is a simple fact. If a team member or owner is spending more money than their producing on the MLM home-based business, the venture is a failure. This evaluation aspect takes into account that there are advertising, start-up, and other expenses as well. 2. Line Duplication- Certain members of an upline have success placing an internet wanted ad for distributors. This particular action cannot be duplicated in that it would not be effective for the entire MLM home-based business team to perform the same action. 3. Numbers- Most MLM home-based business owners or members don’t closely look at the numbers of their businesses. Pay particular attention to the various parts of the MLM home-based business (i.e. time value, sponsorship, downline members, etc.). 4. Run it like a Ministry- Some people that run MLM home-based businesses believe their products depends on the world’s survival. This is an excellent mindset to possess for a MLM home-based business. All of these evaluation aspects must be positively confirmed to have the success and profits for a MLM home-based business. There are many MLM home-based business opportunities on the internet and in paper publications as well. An interested person should carefully research a chosen MLM home-based business, and apply these evaluation aspects to it after a time experiencing the MLM home-based business. Additionally, the interested person should find the MLM home-based business that allows personal time investment, instead of large amounts of money for the venture. Essentially, a MLM home-based business idea that requires a person to utilize free time as capital along with a small monetary investment is a venture that’s less risky but has lots of potential for providing generous earnings. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Factors To Look For In The MLM CompanyCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe interest in MLM companies has increased so much in the last years. With this interest growth, many new companies have sprung up to join the ranks of the time-tested, older MLM companies. If a motivated person is considering a part-time or even a full time career in the MLM business or also known as network marketing, or just want to see how their current position measures up, there are certain critical factors to look for when choosing an MLM company. There are enough things to be concerned about when building a MLM business, such as sponsoring and advertising, without having to think about whether or not your company will be around next year. The first factor to consider is stability. It would be the ideal situation to select an MLM company has been around and in business for at least 2 to 6 years. The new start-up MLM companies can be exciting, but there really is something related to the idea of MLM companies that have been around for an extended period of time. Actually, the longer time the MLM company has been around, betters the chance of sticking with it. There are enough things to be concerned about when building a MLM career, such as sponsoring and advertising, without having to think about whether or not the MLM company will be around next year. The person interested in a MLM company should realize that there are never any guarantees, but with a company that has a longer track record generally has more chances of sticking around. The second factor is to look at the leadership within the MLM company. Factors to examine include the structure, track record, and other such internal factors of the MLM company. If a person does not know the answer to these questions, call or email the company to find out. It is critical to know the answers to these questions from the beginning. The most desired attributes in the MLM company leader is savvy, honesty, and integrity inside and outside of the MLM business world. The third factor is an examination of the product or service being promoted by the MLM company. Discover if there’s a genuine emphasis on promotion the product and not just the opportunity. Determine the value of the product for the MLM company as well as the value to the market. In addition, the products should be competitively priced, and unique. The fourth factor is to examine the method of getting started in the particular MLM company. Can people join online, or do they have to fill out paper forms and meet with someone offline in an office? The ability to sign up online makes the whole process a lot simpler. On the same page, having the ability and option to join free will open up your opportunity to even more people. Some MLM companies allow people to join at no charge or at least take a test drive to allow them to see the insides of the business. Once someone has joined free, they have partially committed to the business. The last factor involves the automation capabilities of the MLM company. More automation in the MLM company is definitely a better option. The parent company should provide a MLM company website that prospects can be referred to. The prospect should be able to contact you from that specific page, and the MLM company should send emails that follow up with the prospects. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Exploring The Online Marketing NetworkCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe internet and the World Wide Web (www) have attracted much attention since its appearance. The positive aspect of the internet is that businesses of all sizes have the same amount of exposure. Small business can now compete with the larger business in this relatively new environment. The internet is the most inexpensive marketing tool available in today’s business world, as well as the most cost-effective. The internet is essentially a sales channel, directed towards the consumer. Placing a business on the internet, will give it incredible exposure, and let a business owner reach millions of users. This opportunity includes the online marketing networker as well. The internet is so much less expensive, compared to other forms of advertising. The online marketing networker could have a website built and up and running for a whole year for the same cost as one day's advertising in the classified section of a local newspaper. The online marketing networker’s message could be seen by people, from around the country and the world, for a fraction of the cost of any other marketing method. The online marketing networker will get more attention from the online prospect than any other method. The personal interaction is present which produces a very intimate selling situation. Some people are uncomfortable with the internet, due to high tech phobias or to not understanding the associated jargon. The technology is not the relevant issue to the online marketing network. The relevant issue is that the internet represents a “high touch.” The internet provides the online marketing networker a one-to-one relationship with prospects and builds lasting relationships with consumers in a very personal and individualized manner. The internet is a different marketing medium that requires its own rules and regulations for doing online marketing effectively. Instead of the advertisers sending a message to a targeted audience that acts or dismisses the call to action, online consumers seek out information and advertising. The consumers are the initiators of communication. Yet the internet is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Success on the internet requires full understanding of the concept, hard work, attention to detail, and constant promotional activity. The internet as a marketing tool is not about fancy graphics only; it's also about valuable industry information, professional marketing efforts and reliable hosting service, making it fast and easy to download information. The online marketing networker requires a different approach for development of online marketing network website. The following are four tips for the online marketing networker: 1. Building a professional online marketing network website with compelling copy, with the sole objective of obtaining more leads, more sales, and increased profitability, using fine, yet reasonable graphics and scripts to make it rich and appealing to the site visitors. 2. Use powerful, proven marketing strategies and techniques that allow your website to recognize excellent results and concurrently cutting online marketing network costs. 3. Improve the performance of the online marketing network website and transform it into a persuasive money making vehicle. 4. Employ customized and innovative marketing campaigns to increase online marketing network exposure and secure consistently superior results from the sales and marketing efforts. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Exploring The Affiliate MLM NetworkCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comAffiliate marketing is also the name of the industry where a number of different types of companies and individuals are performing a form of internet marketing, including affiliate networks, affiliate management companies and in-house affiliate managers, specialized 3rd party vendors and various types of affiliates/publishers who utilize a number of different methods to advertise the products and services of their merchant/advertiser partners. Most products and services sold through MLM or network marketing aren't available in the everyday retail stores; the whole model is built around independent distributors working via their personal network and eventually outside of it. A whole social and business culture is built around the Affiliate MLM Network with conferences, conventions and training products available at a price. Affiliate marketing often overlaps with other internet marketing methods to some degree, because affiliates are using the same methods as most of the merchants themselves do. Those methods include organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, email marketing and to some degree display advertising. Affiliate MLM networks that have already a number of advertisers usually also have a large number of publishers already. This large pool of affiliates could be recruited or they might even apply to the program by themselves. Relevant sites that attract the same audiences as the advertiser is trying to attract, but are not competing with the advertiser are potential affiliate partners as well. Even vendors or the existing customers could be recruited as affiliate, if it makes sense and is not violating any legal restrictions or regulations. Affiliate marketing or MLM network marketing has provided an earning opportunity to a vast number of people around the world. Initial indications concerning this form of market promotion reveals an enormous longevity for all involved in an affiliate MLM network. Many of the affiliate programs give their affiliates web pages with affiliate links. These can be pages for sales, memberships, or simply for information. An affiliate can display these pages by various means will the anticipation to attract new affiliate MLM network clients looking for a particular product and/or service. In most affiliate MLM network programs, the potential marketer does not need to purchase a product or pay a license fee in order to promote it. The affiliate MLM networker must have a positive opinion of the product and/or service that’s being offered to the public. In other words, the affiliate MLM networker must own the product and/or service. If the affiliate doesn’t like the product, that person shouldn’t be selling it in the first place. However, if the affiliate has decided to promote and sell the product, that person needs to know the product. By accomplishing this task, the affiliate MLM networker is prepared to vouch for product and/or service credibility. The affiliate builds up personal image as someone who is an expert in the field and can be trusted. This image will ensure positive income in the future. Credibility will become the most important asset to the affiliate MLM networker. The end result will all depend on the affiliate MLM networker alone. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Explaining Your Internet Network Marketing Business Opportunity to a Short Attention Span CandidateCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comWhy would you want to involve a short attention span candidate in your Internet network marketing business? After all, are these not the folks that get lost stringing more complex thoughts together while at the same time not being able to sit still long enough to truly appreciate the depth of the information you are sharing with them? While it is true that a short attention span candidate may be a bit of a challenge to place into your down line, their value is indisputable: social butterflies, highly energetic, the toast of the town and the life of any party, this is the person who draws others like a magnet. For every batch of leads which you have to obtain with your hard earned money, this kind of down line candidate will be able to bring you a similar batch within a fraction of the time at no cost! Furthermore, since these leads were generated by someone with that kind of enigmatic personality, the odds are good that the majority of these leads will be qualified, whereas the majority of the leads you can purchase are more or less generic. Thus, wooing a short attention span candidate for your down line is a major success story – but it requires a bit of finesse! Explaining your Internet network marketing business opportunity to a short attention span candidate will require you to showcase the product and the network from the angle of fun, excitement, usefulness but also wonder, opportunity, and advancement. It is vital that you do not overwhelm this candidate with too many facts but instead break down the information you are going to give and only provide the kind of facts that are the most vital at the moment given and which at the same time will provide the hook that will cause the short attention span candidate to listen for more facts. It is hard for novices to persuade these kinds of candidates to buy into an Internet network marketing business opportunity simply because they will mistake the jubilant personality of the candidate for definite buying in signals, only to realize that they failed to amaze the short attention span individual sufficiently to cause them to sign up. The trick to dealing with this kind of down line candidate is to first let them try the product, then turn them into a customer, and only later on, when the candidate has become a repeat buyer, to broker the suggestion that she or he will want to buy into the Internet network marketing business opportunity. Knowing what makes this kind of customer buy your product time and again will tip you off to the course of action to take when involving this person in your down line. In addition to the foregoing, it will also help you to understand how to go about training them so that they will be able to train their down line in turn. Generally speaking, it is the experienced network marketer who will have the most success with this type of candidate while it is the newbie who will be wise to first hone their people skills and also sales skills prior to attempting a business partnership with this personality type. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Effective Lead Generation, MLM, Marketing Network Business PresentationsCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comAny network marketer worth hr or his keep will want to see the network grow by leaps and bounds but in so doing, the individual understand that only a team player approach will facilitate the goal. Working closely in concert with the up line of which you are a part, you must understand the direction in which those ahead of you are taking the business overall, and thus you will know which springboard to use in order to present your corner of the market. Forget the notion about the marketing maverick that swims against the stream and ends up owning the company. This is the kind of fodder that might have made great the movies which play on the “from mail room to board room” advancement of the little guy, but in real life these situations are not doable. That said, you will do well to retain your individuality and make use of your one of a kind ability when pursuing effective lead generation, MLM, marketing network business presentations, or even just when you are manning the sample stand at the local mall. There is something about you as a person that will draw individuals to you and the business you are representing which is unique to your personality and you will be wise to learn about yourself what it is that draws people and then use it to your best advantage. Yet even as you make the most of your animal magnetism or open kindness that draws in virtual stranger to stop and talk to you, honing some tried and true presentation skills is still part and parcel of the entire package and the odds of your succeeding in either lead generation MLM, marketing network business presentations or any other kind of venture without it are slim. To this end, a much overlooked aspect of the presentation is the ability to adequately convey a purpose. Why are you standing at the mall handing out samples? Obviously, you are most likely doing it because someone asked you to, but aside from that fact, as an entrepreneur involved in lead generation MLM, and marketing network business building, why are you in front of the general public with your product? Having the ability to answer this question succinctly and completely is the key to successfully and effectively make it in this line of work. Identifying the desired outcome of your presentation, honing in on the effect you are attempting to create, and knowing ahead of time which kinds of emotions you want to evoke in your customers or potential leads is the most vital and yet at the same time most commonly neglected aspect of any product or business opportunity presentation. Leads will only be generated if you appeal to something deep within the mind or heart of each individual audience member that will compel the person to see you - and by extension the product and company you are representing – as the answer to a need they may not have had a chance to put a finger on. The one and only way to achieve this admittedly lofty goal is to find the emotional appeal of your product or business opportunity and then follow it up with the intellectual appeal. This, in a nutshell is the secret to effective lead generation MLM, marketing network business presentations, and all related activities. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Drafting A Successful Affiliate Marketing Merchant Network Sales PitchCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe vital part of a business presentation is the sales. There is no other aspect of the meeting that will carry as much weight as the pitch; no amount of ambiance, product samples, glossy brochures, or witty jokes during the meet and greet session will hide the fact that either your sales pitch was heavy handed, contrived, or so weak that it was hard to notice when it started or ended. Drafting a successful affiliate marketing merchant network sales pitch takes a bit of time, effort, and practice, but it is well worth the investment of some practice time! For example, did you know that prior to being able to draft such a pitch you will need to be crystal clear on your desired outcome? Many a presenter mistakes a broadly defined goal as the desired outcome, but there is a world of difference between the two. The goal may be defined as turning a lead into either a distributor or a buyer, but the outcome needs to be more closely defined by also including the responses within your listeners you are seeking to evoke. Do you want them feel stirred into action because of strong emotions or do you want them to feel guilt about not taking their business vision to the next level of profitability and thus act out of that emotion? Do you want to play to their gender (as in “are you man enough” or “be the woman they hear roar”) or do you want to shake them by using their age ranges? Only a well defined outcome will permit you to start the draft of that successful affiliate marketing merchant network sales pitch you desire to write. Practice your pitch without notes. There is nothing more confidence destroying than a presenter who continuously has to refer back to notes and papers. Memorize every scrap of information and wow the audience by making it to the podium without any visible notes. Heading an affiliate marketing merchant network sales meeting will require your hearers to have not only the utmost confidence in you but also in the material. Since the majority of the meeting will be the delivery of the material, you become closely intertwined with it and thus if you look good, confident, able, and desirable, so will your pitch. Last but not least, do not get lost in the minutiae. It is so tempting to embellish your affiliate marketing merchant network sales presentation with illustrations and anecdotes and while these most certainly have a place in your pitch, keep in mind that it takes a skilled presenter to include them while at the same time keeping the train of thought moving unerringly in the direction in which it is intended to go. Failure to keep that in mind will have the audience see you go off on tangents and relate amusing anecdotes, none of which will have any bearing whatsoever on the presentation at hand and may even hurt your chances of getting the audience to buy into the pitch! Watch experienced presenters use this tool of the pitch before utilizing it yourself! About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Do You Know The Best Marketing MLM Network Businesses Can Hope To Find?Copyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe best marketing MLM network businesses can hope to find are interestingly not located in the act of generating leads. So much of today’s training material is solely geared toward helping novices and even the more seasoned network marketers alike to generate interest in the product, the business, the concept of network marketing, and the various ways of engaging an individual in the discussion. Close attention is being paid to the way the glossy brochures are to be arranged on a table, how the samples should be handed out, where the presentations ought to be held, what to do to create and ambiance that is conducive to buying, and of course how a presenter will be able to correctly see and interpret buying signals given off by an interested lead. Yet surprisingly, there is precious little being said about the one marketing vehicle that makes it all possible. No, it is not the Internet, the website, the meeting room where a live sales presentation may be scheduled to be held, or even the ad that got the audience into the door to begin with! All of these are important, of course, and in many ways will support that most valuable of all assets as it does its stuff and turns leads into qualified leads, buyers, or down line candidates. The best marketing MLM network businesses can hope to find is the very person of the presenter! Is this little nugget of information a let down? Perhaps you were searching for that silver bullet that would turn each and every sales presentation into a surefire moneymaker for you and your business? If so, you have not yet realized that it is the presenter her- or himself who will make or break the business! * Consider the fact that the audience must understand the information it is being given. To create this kind of an understanding in a diverse group, your business requires an individual who can connect with the audience one individual at a time! This kind of ability will generate an amazing amount of credibility not only in the presenter of the product or business, but also in the business itself and each and every person who is representing it! * Come to terms with the understanding that your product or business is only as trustworthy as the person in front of the room who is presenting it. If she or he looks shifty, is caught in disseminating misinformation, or appears genuinely untrustworthy, this attitude will immediately be transferred onto your business. The power that is held by your presenter is uncanny. The best marketing MLM network businesses can hope to find is a trustworthy individual presenter who knows the product, is able to articulate the strengths but also weaknesses of the item, is knowledgeable about the network marketing process, and has bought into the concept of multi level marketing with determination, commitment, and unwavering belief that the system works. If you are such a presenter or have found one for your business, it does not matter if the meeting takes place in an unheated utility room in the basement of a bowling alley – your leads will become qualified leads virtually in an instant! About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Do Not Let Search Engines Blacklist Your Network Marketing Product Site!Copyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comWhich Internet marketer has not heard the horror stories of the multi level marketing (MLM) newbie who struck out for her- or himself without much help from an up line and probably also by disregarding each and every ounce of good advice offered by many a website and tutorial and instead built a website advertising the product or service for sale? Yet to the fledgling marketer’s surprise, no hits are being registered and in spite of tweaking and pruning the site every which way from Sunday, the traffic is still only trickling in, most of it being accidental rather than targeted. The sad reality is simple: unbeknownst to the new network marketer, the lovingly crafted site she or he spent so much time working on was blacklisted! Do not let search engines blacklist your network marketing product site! Granted, the fledgling marketer from the example above probably was not quite as pure as the driven snow and instead may have engaged, wittingly or unwittingly, in some rather shady online practices which most major search engines will view as an immediate reason to blacklist the site. Here are some examples: * Perhaps the most egregious offense is the use of irrelevant keywords within the website’s metatags or even within the body of the site just to generate more hits. Thus, if you are working on promotion a network marketing product related to wellness, the inclusion of several highly searched key terms, such as cancer, heart attack, stroke, and various other ailments will get you blacklisted, especially if the wellness product is not at all tangentially related to any of these conditions. * Submitting a website manually or automatically time and again to the same search engine is considered spamming. In the past it was done to ensure a higher ranking of the site, but with the modernization of the process, search engines are very sensitive to being spammed. Do it one too many times and your site will no longer be included in the search results. * Beware the lure of the mirror site. Once again, this methodology is a blast from the past when it was thought to guarantee a higher ranking within the search engine’s ranking hierarchy. Yet with the advent of optimization procedures, mirror sites are considered to be a relic of the past and those who continue to utilize the technology that in the past allowed them to submit the exactly identical site with a different URL to a search engine will find that neither web address will be accepted. There are a number of other tips, tricks, and schemes employed by those who design websites for their network marketing product. Do not fall for the lure of easy rankings at the expense of the integrity of your site. It is not just the search engine robots that catch on to your shenanigans, but it is also a more and more technologically astute populace that will realize your ploy and thus you will instantly lose a massive dose of credibility. This, in the Internet marketing business, is the death knell which must be avoided at all costs! About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Direct Network Marketing Advertisement to Newsletter SubscribersCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comDo you know the number one reason why visitors to your website will not sign up for your free newsletter? They have been burnt before! Either their email address was abused for endless mailings, or the newsletter was so boring – usually because it was nothing more than one big ad directly cut and pasted from the advertisement brochures – that it was hardly worth their while to even read it only once. Direct network marketing advertisement to newsletter subscribers in small doses and do it carefully, judiciously, and respectfully. While some network marketers will outsource this aspect of the business, fledgling marketers will not have the resources for this step. Do not despair if this is you! Instead, take heart in the fact that it is incredibly easy to draft a well thought out newsletter, insert your product information, and make it so interesting that you will have consumers signing up for it even if initially they are not at all interested in your product or the company you are representing. As you direct network marketing advertisement to newsletter subscribers, keep in mind that a reader of your newsletter is not reading it to be polite but because you are giving them something of value. Perhaps not surprisingly, the ads for your product or business are not the item of value they have in mind. Instead, the average reader will look for general content, such as gardening advice, cooking tips, exercise help, or even dog training tricks. Depending on the product you represent, ad text and general content can flow together seamlessly and actually support one another rather than being almost mutually exclusive. The best tip for the fledgling marketer is to create a basic newsletter that has the business or product in mind but does not make reference to it in any way. You might design a trivia section, a word puzzle, a give away, and include a number of general content articles, poems, and other items. Stay away from politics and religion! Not only was mom right when she suggested not discussing these topics in polite company, but for the sake of marketing they can be the kiss of death if your readers are not on the same side of the political aisle or worship the same deity! Keep it neutral but informative. Once your initial draft is complete, look for spots where you can include information about your business or product in such a way that it will flow naturally rather than being a contrived commercial break; after all, as you direct network marketing advertisement to the reader of your newsletter, you want to make the experience enjoyable and also valuable! Commercial breaks detract from value while integrated product information ads value! In the same vein, those who may not like the idea of signing up for anything that requires an email address, design a special page for newsletter signups and include your privacy policy which unequivocally states your intent for the use of any information you are gathering during sign up. Similarly, post a sample newsletter for visitors to read. This will increase interest and may overcome the objection of those who may still be teetering on the fence whether or not to entrust you with their email information. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Monday, March 3, 2008
Differentiate Generic Marketing Lead from Qualified MLM Network LeadCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comIf you can believe the hype propagated on the Internet, large quantities of leads are the lifeblood of the network marketing business. It does not matter if you are involved in multi level marketing (MLM) or any other kind of marketing network endeavor, the failure to generate leads is most commonly equated with the failure of the business venture while success in generating these leads is considered the surefire way of succeeding in the business of your choice. Even though there is a kernel of truth to this school of thought, it leaves out a most important object lesson and caveat: to differentiate generic marketing leads from qualified MLM network leads. An unqualified lead is anyone and everyone you might meet on the street. Complete strangers whom you hand a business card in passing are unqualified leads. Your family and circle of friends are perhaps the best examples of unqualified leads! They could be leads simply because out of love and respect for you they will permit you to give them your sales presentation, but they are unqualified in that they have not actually expressed an interest in the product you are selling or the company you are representing. Do not misunderstand: there is a chance that any lead, no matter how generic and unqualified, may be turned into a qualified lead, yet this is a time consuming process that relies on the skill, product knowledge and determination of the network marketer. On the flipside of this coin is the qualified lead. Usually it is a person who has sought out you or your website to get more information about the product you are selling, the service you are providing and also the business you are representing. Similarly, a qualified lead is someone who is familiar with the network marketing industry and wants to become involved but might still be searching for just the right niche to buy into. Such leads are worth their weight in gold! Does this mean that each and every qualified lead will turn into a customer or down line candidate? By no means! As a matter of fact, the individual may decide that your product or business and she or he simply do not represent a good fit. Fledgling marketers may also turn off qualified leads because of incompetence. Yet by and large marketing to a qualified lead is a lot easier than trying to turn a generic lead into a qualified one. Thus it is a questionable practice for the beginning marketer to purchase leads sights unseen. Nine times out of ten this transaction will cost a fair amount of money and net the marketer generic leads, such as may have been generated with a “make money while you sleep ad” or similar promotions. Conversely, purchasing qualified leads is a lot more expensive yet also an investment well worth making! These leads are usually collected during network marketing seminars when individuals are being introduced to the concept and express interest in learning more about the industry or the wellness aspect thereof. Yet keep in mind that even if you differentiate generic marketing lead from qualified MLM network lead and not spend even one penny on an unqualified lead, you may still not close the deal! There is no guarantee in network marketing, only a leg up. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Building Million Dollar Network Marketing Organization Secret Is Superior Newsletter Design Copyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comYou can build a network marketing empire on the backs of well written, well designed, and impossibly interesting newsletters. Sure, this may sound like the prelude to yet another e-book touting the magic bullet for making sales and turning leads into willing buyers and distributors, but in this case building a million dollar network marketing organization secret is superior newsletter design! Start off your newsletter with a friendly word of greeting. It emphasizes the relationship that exists between the recipient and the sender, but at the same time it personalizes your business by showcasing you, the representative, as a real live, warm, and caring human being. Building million dollar network marketing organization secrets far too often center on down line, up line, sales figures and product presentation but far too rarely emphasize the human side of the business. Recipients of your newsletter do not want to feel like they have just been marketed to but instead they want to have the impression that they were just thought of and thus became the recipient of a well written newsletter. Your newsletter should always be sent in plain text rather than relying on html. Avoid graphics and other items that will make downloading it slow. Structure the body of the newsletter in such a way that it looks ordered, does not appear cluttered, and showcases distinct sections, some of which may be pertaining to the company you are representing while others will deal with general articles and content. It is usually suggested that the company material should make up the upper half of the newsletter’s body while the general content ought to be placed on the bottom half. This is a flawed concept in that it will cause those who are simply subscribing for the content but not for the industry portion will glance over the info you are trying to get out. Instead, go ahead and intersperse content and industry material. Perhaps the first article may pertain to a new product you are marketing while the second may be a recipe, cooking tip, wellness advice, or so forth; the third article can once again pertain to your business, such as explaining the growth you have recently experienced, while the fourth section may be a give away, puzzle, joke, useful fact, and so on. This makes the entire body of the newsletter readable and useful while it prevents your information from being disregarded by those who just ignore the compartmentalization. Your newsletter should end with a friendly closing that in some way references the original greeting. When you are building a million dollar network marketing organization using the newsletter as your secret weapon, you want to squeeze any bit of usefulness from it. A personal signature, your title and contact information, an invitation to email you with questions or content suggestions, but also a call to action, such as buying the product or taking the free marketing course are good closes for the newsletter. You may even want to go so far as to give a teaser for the next newsletter, which will ensure that you will not receive too many unsubscribe requests! About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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Building an Affiliate Marketing Network via the ClassifiedsCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comMost everyone who discusses the merits of an affiliate marketing network likely focuses on the pay-per-click versus pay-for-performance aspects of this advertising tool, and rightfully so! Online these two programs alone have shown themselves to be the work horses of a successful and diversified affiliate marketing network while at the same time not demanding an undue strain on a company’s promotions budget. Thus, start up companies in general and home based small business entrepreneurs in particular gravitate to this form of self-promotion like bugs to a strong light source in the dark of night. Yet just like the bugs, many of the smaller businesses get burned not because the product was unsuccessful or the presentation less than professional but instead because the interest simply could not be generated by the participants in the affiliate marketing network who chose to sign up. In general, those signing up to post links and banners or search boxes onto their sites are looking for the heavy hitters which will lend credibility to the webmaster and her or his site, while smaller merchants are usually avoided because they simply do not offer that air of mainstream acceptance to a site. In the same vein, many of the webmaster who do sign up for the smaller business affiliate marketing network will most likely be startups themselves, thus in a way countermanding the business’ efforts of reaching a large number of potential customers. Even though the money spent on this kind of advertising is low, it hardly merits the results that are being yielded. Interestingly, a new trend is developing which is finding great acceptance with smaller businesses and which is proofing for be a money maker to such an extent that it threatens to leave the tried and true pay-per-click or pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network in the dust for home based entrepreneurs: classified ads. Building an affiliate marketing network via the classifieds may sound odd but the more careful attention you pay to this trend, the more sense it makes. With a few words you have the chance to advertise your network and generate a far-reaching interest in the business. While not each and every online or print publication will permit you to post your ads, in general you will find that you can start getting out the word about your network by posting in a few free, online publications. Research the high traffic sites and post your ads in accordance with their submission guidelines – a much overlooked fact that may get your ad buried if not carefully observed! Use strong marketing words that require a response by the reader, such as “clicking” or “visiting” and rely on heavy hitters like “proven” or “guaranteed” – only if you can back up the claims, of course. Add a measurable and real benefit to the action, and the odds are good that you will have a visitor for your site. Turning the visitor into a qualified lead, of course, is up to the quality of your site and actual network. About the Author: Eddie Gillespie owns the website http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com which is dedicated to helping you find a profitable home-based business or promote the one you already have.----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.com

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A Successful Network Marketing Business Relies On Customer Relationship ManagementCopyright © Eddie Gillespie http://www.TokiesNetEnterprises.comThe connection that exists between closed sales and a profitable quarter is equal to the connection that may be found between customer relationship management and a successful network marketing business. As a matter of fact, a successful network marketing business relies on customer relationship management as its one stock in trade that will promise to yield results no matter what the market does! Customer relationship marketing is somewhat complicated by the fact that although it is a widely applicable concept that applies across the board to all forms of commerce, it also varies greatly from one merchant to the next. In spite of these differences, there are also some similarities which are a good starting point for your business, especially if you are uncertain if you are truly making the most of your network marketing business with respect to building, maintaining, and deepening relationships with your customers. * Perhaps the most important aspect t |