It's finally happened!
You finally get to see a video from me without having to look at me. 
Several of the newer online systems in network marketing have a "Tell A Friend" feature which is supposed to make it easier to "tell your friends" about your business. There are a couple of problems inherent in those systems, though. Because it's potentially sending the same emails to thousands of people, email servers can see it as unsolicited commerical email (UCE) and block it from ever getting to the destination. The server sending the mail could even get blocked outright for similar reasons.
Another problem I have with these systems is that while the message may be full of information you do want to share with your friends, it doesn't have your voice. So this week I show how to use the positive features of a system like this (the email full of information) along with adding your own voice and increasing the odds of the message actually getting through and getting read.
While this video is done specifically with the "eVo" system, it's applicable to most "Tell A Friend" systems.
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You're going to be seeing a bit more about how network marketing, online social networks and online games stand to make a select group of people a nice income. Even if you're not interested in joining the business or playing the games, the processes that I'm using to promote this new business are universally applicable.
So whether or not you participate, you will get to see how to reach new markets, spread the word, and use some of the very specific online techniques to find the right audience for your business. You're also going to see how not everything goes 100% the way it's projected.
Being network marketers, we're used to getting passionate about our products and business opportunity. We're also used to hearing how passionate other people are about their product or business opportunity. Which is why I think it's really funny (as in "laugh out loud" funny) when we're surprised that everyone we tell about it doesn't get as excited as we do. Ah, but there's magic in that realization.
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It's pretty rare that I get excited right off the bat about a new business venture. There are a lot of great ideas, but most of them have been done before. So it's a matter of trying to position yourself to beat the "other guys".
Just before the weekend I heard from a new marketing buddy about an opportunity that I've actually thought about developing myself: combining two of my big interests – gaming and marketing. Finally, it's being done!
The number of people playing games online is growing four times faster than the number of new people getting on the internet. This is a huge market in a fun industry and we have a golden window of opportunity get in front of it.
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This morning I took the recommendation of a friend and listened to a podcast (internet audio) by a fellow named Mark Yarnell. Mark has working in network marketing for decades and is one of those leaders that keeps up with technology, techniques and society. So when he has something to say, it's likely to be insightful and thought provoking.
In this eleven minute presentation he pulls together material he has read and conversations he has had with people who keep track of societal and economic change. What they're telling him will likely get the attention of anyone who thinks of the future past what they're having for lunch. 
You know the divide we see in society between the wealthy and the poor? Are you familiar with how the "middle class" continually gets squeezed? Unfortunately the outlook for the future isn't looking a whole lot brighter for the middle and lower income classes. But now we have a rough time frame on when the middle class will be nearly extinct. How long do you think we have?
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We've done it! We've all survived our first year together.
Today is our son's first birthday and it's been quite a year. This may sound like a cliche, but it really is amazing how much a little person develops over the course of a year. When we look back at his birth photos we can hardly believe that it's the same kid as we have now. He hasn't been out of our sight much, so we're pretty sure it's still him.
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| Nathan and Dawn at Red Robin – Nathan is One! |
This last month especially has seen a lot of progress. He started crawling at about 10 months, but started taking a few steps on his own at just over 11 months. About two weeks ago he was walking from one piece of furniture to another, and now he walks around to wherever he wants to go.
We can tell that he understands many of the things we're saying to him, as well as the "baby sign" we use, but he's not quite to the point of repeating things back. He claps when we ask him to clap, and he comes to us when we ask him to, he understands "no", etc. Just a matter of time before he catches on to the other things, I guess.
For his "birthday lunch" we took him to Red Robin, which is a Pacific Northwest family burger restaurant that has a great reputation as a fun place. I've been going there since college and it's always a good time. My wife's parents were with us and they seem to be very happy grandparents. They are very into him. 
We should have a new bike trailer to put in him in tomorrow, so finally after a year we will all get back into an exercise routine and get to spend more time outdoors. I guess this is really when the fun starts, eh?
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Browsing the sites of other bloggers I occasionally come across a good point that should get emphasized. In this case, it has to do with "leadership". What kind of leader are you for your group?
Do you keep in touch with both your upline and downline? Are you willing to explore new marketing methods and share them with your group? Do you keep an open channel of communication?
As a leader, you will a lot of things that maybe others in your group aren't ready to do yet, but by doing them yourself you show that it can be done. But what makes others willing to follow what you do?
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I have to admit it: I'm an internet marketing junkie.
When a sales letter comes across my desk or into my email, I study it to see what techniques the author (copywriter) uses. When new marketing methods and techniques roll out, I keep an eye on them to see if they provide true value. It takes experience and a keen eye to see the true diamonds out there.
This weekend I started looking at a system that I have special access to through one of my coaching programs.
It looks pretty darn cool.
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This week has been one of the "unusual" weeks around here as my wife has been on call. That generally means that I get to spend more time caring for our son and less time working on the business stuff. This particular week has not been so bad as far as my wife working more hours during the day – it's more of a problem for her when she does not get a chance to sleep at night from all of the "pages" coming in.
At any rate this week the business subjects have been about the use of blogging as part of your advertising mix and also thinking about how "hard" network marketing is compared to things that a lot of people have to do for a living. To me, it's not so much that a person has a dirty or unpleasant job, but what bothers me is when people have to do that job to survive economically.
When you do things because you have to then life becomes a series of compromises rather than a series of choices.
So, to everyone who is putting the effort into your businesses, you are the heroes. You are going above and beyond the averages to make a life of choice!
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Too many people think that having their own business that they can do from home is going to be "easy". They fall into the trap of believing the hype put out by scam artists that they "build your downline" or "do the work for you" or some other such nonsense.
So it should be pretty obvious to anyone that something that's worth having is going to take time and effort to achieve. It's not going to be easy.
But is it going to be difficult?
Let's explore some of the things that are "difficult" in life.
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Here's an interesting idea:
Take the concept of the chain letter and apply it to blogging. How does this work? Simply take a list like this:
1. I love MLM Blog
2. Fax Marketing
3. Jack Squatro
4. DidYouSmellThat
5. TurboRecruiting
6. RyanShamus
7. Martial Arts Supplies
8. The Renegade Network Marketer
9. Murphs On.com
10. MLM Training
…and remove the top entry. Move everyone else up the list by one position and put your link at the (now blank) #10 position.
Why do this? The idea is to help your blog to get more easily found on the internet.
Is it ethical?
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