Network marketing lead generation is the most elusive thing for network marketers. They have a trying time creating a successful home business because they do not comprehend their target market. A lot of people who will get into network marketing rely heavily on their upline. The first thing that the new business owner hears is, “build a list of at least 100 people you know!” This terrifies most people and they go into a panic.

Are their friends the correct market? Some may be but the truth is that of your buddies most are not. When you bring a business proposition into a friendship then things change. A lot of people cannot handle that and lots of friendships have been hurt because of it.

So who is your target market?

Well it’s pretty easy: it is someone looking to make extra cash. Here is a problem: most networkers make the error of thinking that “make extra cash” is the same as “want more money.” Everyone wants more money but few people want to make extra money.

You see to make extra cash you have to put in extra effort somewhere. The truth is that most people do not want to make the extra effort because it would get in the way of what they are comfortably doing. Some of the people are wat too lazy to buy a lotto ticket. Would you want to be partners with a person like this? Most likely not!

So how do you get people in your business that want to make extra cash and will put the effort into get it? You conduct an attraction marketing campaign.

Attraction marketing is when you offer valuable information that can help people and this is the biggest key in network marketing lead generation. A quick example would be if you have a work from home business you could offer an outline of your proven time management system. This would show people how they could manage their day so they can have enough time to take care of their responsibilities plus have enough time to run their business.

How do you get the information out?

Article marketing offers the best way to share your information on the internet. Sites such as EzineArticles and Buzzle will take your article and post them to their site after they have been approved. These sites have awesome ratings with the search engines. So when a person finds your article or post they will click on the links inside the article taking them to your site and hopefully into your sales pipe.

There are more advanced methods to broadcast your information. These techniques are more advance and call for a membership to some very exclusive marketing sites and coops. There is one coop that has a network of about 1000 blogs on all sorts of themes.

This would enable you to post an article to at least 30 blogs. You can have up to 3 links in a 450 word post. So think about the kind of traffic that you could generate to your site. 3 links times 30 blogs equals a total of 90 links pointing to your sites. That is definitely called leveraging. This is just the beginning because these site has some secret weapons.

Most upline and product companies comprehend very little about lead generation. It’s easy to walk up to someone in a parking lot or in the middle of the grocery store and ask them if they would like to look at a “business opportunity.” That’s a huge numbers game that most people cannot handle.

So – do you want to rely on the old techniques or do you want to take advantage of proven internet marketing methods that the IM pros use today to generate the best quality leads for your home business? Sure you do! Click on network marketing lead generation to check out Occupy The City’s marketing system.

If you are starting an internet network marketing business then one of the first requirements you need is to develop or at least have a long term mindset for success. Here’s what we mean.

Recently, a Renegade system prospect contacted us and simply asked how long it would take to break even using Ann Sieg’s system. This question is one of the one’s we never like to hear although you could understand in a sense it being asked by someone working on a tight budget.

But the truth is, most of the time it’s being asked by someone who has already set themselves up for failure. At worst, it’s someone who doubts they can succeed. Answering a question like this is almost impossible because there are so many variables and usually, they are all connected to the person asking it.

For starters, we have no idea how much effort is going to be put into the implementation of the Renegade Network Marketer blueprint. What we do know is the blueprint is rock solid. There is obviously a learning curve involved especially for those coming online for the first time straight from the battlefields of offline network marketing.

The Attraction Marketing Model

By wondering when you’re going to break even means you’re focusing on the wrong things. Sure, you’re going to be worried about expense but that’s part and parcel with starting most businesses. The question I like to hear is “what can I do to give value to my prospects?”

It gets back to giving value first and when you do this and earn a prospect’s trust then magic does really happen. By going in with a “when will I break even” attitude a person is basically entering a business with a defeatist mind.

And as soon as an obstacle is thrown in their path then their first reaction will be to quit, not because it’s too hard but because they will be thinking about whether they should risk an other autoship payment.

Instead of thinking when you are going to start to break even wouldn’t it be better to set very easy goals short term which you can achieve. For example, start with setting a goal of getting your first prospect followed by a goal of getting five prospects in a week, then five more the next week and so on.

These are easy goals to achieve with the Renegade system. Can you see how powerful using this strategy is for maintaining momentum in your business?

Do you understand the anomaly which exists in network marketing or any at home business for that matter where self sabotage comes into play? Do you know what self sabotage is?

It happens every day and it’s a little like whales beaching themselves for no apparent reason. We want to bring this up because it’s something this author went through a few short years ago and when it was happening, I wasn’t even aware of it.

Being on track as an entrepreneur means showing steely resolve and if you are in an inter-network marketing business then steely resolve is your best friend. You’ll hit road blocks and some of them will be personal but while you deal with them, you still need to keep your eye on the long term goal you set yourself.

This has plenty to do with getting into the discomfort zone, an area many avoid. If you find your discomfort zone in network marketing then be rest assured, you’re on the right track. Because feeling uncomfortable means you’re learning something new and moving forward most times.

This was a message which eventually sunk through after my previous sabotaging effort… “You’ll never get past the entrepreneurial breakwaters until you conquer that fear inside you and step outside your comfort zone.”

The Discomfort zone

You see, up until then, I’d tried and failed in several network marketing businesses, one I had established a $900 a week income before self-destructing.

What happened?

I got into uncharted territory that is, I was on track to financial freedom but the strange thing was I was afraid. People wanted more of my time and it made me nervous. I went back into my shell and started passing off stuff I should have been doing to my downline.

Eventually, my lack of effort started to resonate down the line and while I had some dedicated people, when I wasn’t being seen in putting in the effort then they saw this as the green light to do the same.

That $900 a week income soon fell to $800 then $700 then $600 until it almost disappeared. It hurt but still I didn’t do anything about it and was comfortable going back to a job where the income was guaranteed every week and people didn’t demand much of my time.

Can you see where I’m going with this?

The message here is that unless you feel uncomfortable in your network marketing business during the growing phase then you’re not on track. In other words, as an entrepreneur, the more on course you are then the more frightened you’ll feel.

There are just 4Weeks left approaching my first year of online marketing.

I will be celebrating my first year anniversary marketing online mainly video and article marketing style. I started on December 24, 2007. I have had the opportunity to work about 5 hours per week sometimes 10 hours per week in an effort to build a list, a following of people and of course make money.

I solely built a list in 2008 and that is what I will continue to do in 2009. List building is key.

I am no stranger really to marketing or sales, I just never even thought about deriving an income from launching videos and writing articles. Mainly for this entire year I have used two main lead generation systems to train new and seasoned Internet Marketers how to drive traffic to their sites.

Magnetic Sponsoring and Renegade University are excellent tools. Magnetic Sponsoring offers a host of course books to show people how to have the proper mindset to attract customers so they will give you their information freely and buy from you. Magnetic Sponsoring offers an affiliate program that allows you to make money while introducing the program to other Internet and Network Marketing Professionals. This course was a major help to me.

Renegade University by far was the best tool for me as far as training people and utilizing the trainings myself. Renegade University offers step by step actual videos that show members step by step how to:

• market their business online
• search engine optimization techniques
• article writing and article submission
• social bookmarking
• video marketing instruction
• copy writing techniques
• capture page and landing page techniques
• how to build blogs and drive traffic to your blogs
• and so much more

Both programs members are able to join free however the learning starts when you apply the Magnetic Sponsoring products and when you apply the Renegade University Renegade Professional to your online marketing training.

The good thing about this year is that I only spent about $1,000 which is good because most people spend thousands and thousands with no return on their investment.

I took this entire year to watch, wait and listen before I made a move. Within the last week after polling several of people I have met and trained I learned that individuals want immediate results, immediate cash and a simple plan to implement.

This leads me to my first program called the “The Lazy Wealth System” . This system allows you to invest a low one time fee. After the low investment members have the potential to earn $40 payments daily with little to no effort.  You just have to drive traffic to the site. This simple system also offers basic marketing training which include:

• e books
• basic knowledge internet marketing training videos
• building a list

In conclusion, I am looking forward to 2009. My best advice for anyone who is interested in generating money online and offline would be to be willing to take a risk and believe in what you are doing. It is sometimes difficult to find the product, service or system that will stay in business long however you just need to get in while the getting is good and eventually create your own product. It is also good to align yourself with honest individuals online who will show you what to do and be there for you to consult, guide and be a friend to you.

Rhonda K Hicks
Earning and Generating Money
Training People How to Create A Business Exposure

Most of the successful internet network marketers work to a plan or a system. That’s a fact yet when you hear this how do you respond to it. If there’s any of the internet network marketing tips you take notice when they are given to you make sure you listen to the idea of working to a system.

A system allows you to be more focused tackling each task on it’s individual merits without jumping around like a “jack in the box” from one project to the other. All this achieves is lots of unfinished tasks, lack of business growth and frustration for your downline as they try to pin you down for some commitment.

Organized chaos can be your worst enemy. When you start a task and finish it then that gives it the best chance to be productive for you. Many worry that they are not moving forward fast enough but the truth is, too many jobs left unfinished will simply wither away and die and the work and effort you put in to get them started will simply be wasted.

Internet MLM Tips

Let’s take a look aat an online business plan and highlight some of the tasks which can be productive for you. But remember to tackle them individually and not try to incorporate them all at the same time.

1. Article marketing is the easiest and most cost effective way to start your MLM promotions. But don’t start in a timid fashion. We suggest writing an article a day for the first ten days and then back it off to at least two week. You should be aiming for at least eight articles a month and submit them to article directories. Services such as Article Marketer are a great way to get your content delivered to hundreds of directories.

2. Commence a web 2 campaign. There are no shortage of web 2 sites to use but make sure you build your sites focusing on one keyword phrase. For example, if you are targeting the term inter-network marketing tips then that is what your site should be about.

3. Build a blog. Platforms such as Wordpress are excellent and blogs give you the opportunity to brand yourself. Branding is all too often overlooked by network marketers and the reason you want to do this is to provide valuable information to your readers so you can start earning their trust and respect as being someone who knows what they are talking about.

4. Comment on other people’s blogs. Look for blogs related to your topic and read the content. When you feel you have something worthwhile to contribute leave a comment with a link back to either your blog or a web 2 site.

5. Join respected forums dedicated to inter-network marketing tips and get involved. Forums allow you to leave a signature at the end of your post but don’t add it right away. Make a few posts and earn some respect within the forum before adding it.

The emergence of Occupy The City is starting to gather momentum as many past networkers begin to realize the benefits of building their business as part of a team effort rather than as individuals.

Don’t get me wrong, going it alone is still okay but the problem for many is they lack the skills needed to build a network marketing business. Skills such as sales, recruiting, prospecting and training are taken for granted by successful MLMers but the reality is, the majority just don’t know how to put these skills into practice. And more to the point, they don’t want to.

Occupy The City

At Occupy The City, community based network marketing is taking off and not only are people being given the chance to build a business, but they are also learning some vital skill in working online.

Internet network marketing is an area where those savvy enough to recognize it’s potential in attracting leads are reaping the benefits in a big way. Occupy The City founder Jason Acopolis is excited about the future of community based network marketing as he explains.

“Occupy the City is a professional networking community that is focused on a single goal. Success for everyone involved! Now we are not talking marginal success either, our plan will create a 500k annual residual income in 9 months for anyone willing to plug into our easy system and push themselves to achieve the simple monthly business goals that we set forth.”

He says…”Our community is made up of some of the most successful networkers in the industry. Every one of them will be available to you to help move you towards success in what really & truly is a very simple home business to operate.”

Each one of our members has a specific role to fill in the community. This makes life easier for all of us because it means we do not have to wear all the different hats usually associated with owning your own “really easy” (yeah right!) home based business.

Things like Orientation, Training, Motivating, Recruiting, and Interviewing can quickly become too much for a successful or beginning home business owner & entrepreneur to keep up with. This usually leads to burn out. We bypass this problem all together by putting people in positions to build on their strengths only. There are enough of us here, (real people with various skill sets) to make sure this remains a reality for us. Is it a reality for you? It could be, but you have to be willing to take action.”

And more importantly, he stressed…”We only work with self-motivated entrepreneurs at Occupy The City and so will you. That is part of what keeps this at home business really easy to run and enjoy.”

If you are not using attraction marketing principles in your promotions right now you will more than likely be leaving plenty of money and dare I say it, prospects on the table.

The truth is, attraction marketing is nothing new, smart marketers have been using it effectively for a long, long time but for the majority, it’s a concept which is really only starting to gain recognition. And that is something which puzzles many of the big name experts.

It really wasn’t until The Renegade Network Marketer made an impact that attraction marketing started to get more attention by the masses and the funny thing is, when you understand it and how it works, you’ll wonder why you haven’t been using it all along. It’s a no-brainer.

Just observing this targeted marketing concept won’t get you inundated with prospects. It nneds to be implemented and one other point is it’s not really immediate impact. The beauty of it is once you start attraction marketing you start to create a foundation which is like watching waves roll in from a beach – stuff you do yesterday can suddenly surface today.

The Site Build It! Factor

Such was the impact in the first few months of release that The Renegade Network Marketer attracted interest from one of the “big guns” of internet marketing. His name is Ken Evoy and in internet marketing circles, few have the respect as a marketer that Ken enjoys. He has changed many lives with his Site Build It! program and has been teaching network marketers the benefits of attraction marketing for sometime.

Ken is also a big proponent of pre-selling and when he approached Ann about doing a JV for a major internet network marketing promotion from the beginning of 2008, a marriage was created which brought together the best minds in attraction marketing and pre-selling.

It was also a terrific endorsement for The Renegade blueprint and couldn’t have come from a more respected marketer. One of the benefits of combining the two in your online endeavors is Ann’s blueprint can now be actioned very quickly. Site Build It! is a point and click program which not only takes someone with little online experience from start to finish in building a website, but they also get an education in pre-selling in the process.

It’s like internet network marketing on steroids but only if you action what is taught. The other benefit of course is that unconsciously, you also develop the skills to expand into other areas of online marketing such as affiliate marketing. Seems like a win-win situation to me.

The subject of pre-selling is one that’s not really understood by most internet network marketers. Those that do and apply it reap the benefits however, one of the more disturbing aspects is there are those who know it’s a powerful concept yet ignore it because it takes too much time to get a prospect from interested to join up.

So what is pre-selling? Basically, it’s a series of messages to prospects taking the form of giving value where trust is then created. It’s designed to show a prospect that you know what you’re talking about and in time, a prospect will see you as an important part of their future business growth.

So what does this all mean? In a nutshell, the prepared sales pitch you have in many instances won’t be required. The prospect will more than likely wonder which company you’re with and this will be you’re in to let them know a little about it.

Does that make sense? The Renegade Network Marketer promotes attraction marketing and pre-selling is an integral part of the process. So why do many consider it too slow in building a team? Because it’s got to do with having a get rich quick mentality and the simple truth is, many still believe delivering the sales pitch first up is the best way to go.

Pre-selling vs. The Sales Pitch

Think about that for a moment and let me explain what it means. What do most MLMers do when they have a prospect. They continually bombard them with how great their company and products are or “if you don’t join now you’ll be sorry.” Let me ask you…would you be turned on to join someone like this in business?

Now let’s take the pre-sell angle. A person comes into your internet network marketing funnel and you immediately send them some information. But it’s not just any old information such as a standard welcome but you give them a report of some kind which can help them in their home business endeavors. It may be a report on article marketing or a collection of tips they can utilize. But make sure they can use them.

You then follow up with more information dripping them training and educational tidbits. You send them an email and ask them if they are using the information and if they want to know more about the material you’re sending them. Offer one-on-one coaching to help them with their business. Notice I said their business. Up until now you haven’t even mentioned your business opportunity.

Can you see what’s happening here? You are building a powerful relationship with someone you’ve never met. This person is still with you because they are starting to view you as someone important in their business building future. You are selling yourself and not the company or products. Once this happens magic begins to happen.

The truth is, it’s you someone will join in business not the company. It’s worth reading The Renegade Network Marketer’s message on pre-selling again:

“The frame in which someone views a message has more of an impact on their decision than the message itself.”

Can you automate your MLM business? With the internet now becoming a vital aspect of MLM automation has surfaced as a real possibility. In fact, with the old school methods of prospecting for network marketing leads one of the big distractions for potential business builders the thought of automation is like a message sent from Heaven.

But let’s not get too carried away. Yes, automation would be great but it has a strong chance of leading to failure. Network marketing is also known as relationship marketing and the truth is, there really needs to be some form of personal interaction with prospects.

Have you ever signed up for more information about an opportunity on the internet and then get frustrated when you cannot even email anyone? It happens all the time and those who incorporate relationship marketing into their business will generally prosper.

The areas of MLM leads generation and training are areas which can be semi automated but with some personal touch, you could really put your business into overdrive. Adding some personal touch to your business is good for building a solid foundation. Teach your prospects the same and it will resonate throughout your entire business.

It all starts with the initial prospecting phase when you’re out to give people plenty of added value and trying to win their trust. And it continues right up to the sign up stage because there is a strong chance the person signing up in your business is doing so because of you.

Take Control Of Your MLM Business

Leads are so crucial to any network marketing opportunity. Let’s face it, without them then you may as well forget about growing your downline. Even more important is avoiding the temptation to let someone else do your lead generation for you.

Understand this and you’ll be ahead of most other network marketers trying to build their business. Unless you know where your inter-network marketing leads are coming from and how they were sourced you will never have control. By implementing your own lead marketing system you have the control of where they are sourced from and the knowledge that they are targeted prospects. This is crucial.

Automated Training

Again, how do you automate training? Letting others train your distributors takes away any control you may have had.

- It’s you your prospects will join rather than your network marketing opportunity.

- It’s you they need to trust and like before they commit themselves to a business.

- It’s you they will turn to for advice and guidance if they encounter any obstacles.

Without your relationship input then your network marketing opportunity really has no foundation. It’s you who will be responsible for holding it together and not an automated system.

If there is one area of the network marketing business most network marketers miss it’s the area of preselling. They get this wrong so badly it’s no wonder so many drop out of the business.

Without trying to be too critical, lack of preselling techniques is evident everyday. here’s an example. You get a call from a network marketer after responding to some marketing and what you want as a prospect is to understand the process of how this opportunity is going to get you to your goals.

But alas, you hear nothing of this and ten minutes into the call you simply want to get off and look at something else. Why? Because all the network marketer has done is told you about themselves, about their company, how great the product is and if you don’t jump on this now then you’ll miss a great opportunity blah, blah, blah!

Analyzing Preselling

So what do we mean by MLM preselling? I think Ann Sieg said it best recently when she described it like this:

“The frame in which someone views a message has more of an impact on their decision than the message itself.”

In other words, she’s saying it doesn’t matter how good or how strong your sales pitch is, it’s what takes place leading up to it which will determine whether your prospect makes the decision to join you in business.

Can you see how powerful this can be? Instead of grabbing your prospect by the scruff of the neck and blaring out to them…”me, me, me” you’ve got to show them that you are someone that they can place some faith in to get them what they want and where they want to be.

You are not going to impress them by hitting them with a sales pitch the very first time you make contact. When you do that, it’s suddenly not about them anymore but it’s about you.

When a prospect comes into your prospect funnel the pre-selling should start immediately. This is not the time to talk about your company or products. It’s not even time to talk about you.

It’s the time when you start to educate and train them. You need to be informing them and more importantly, you need to be giving them as much value as you possibly can.

You see, you are on trial here as a mentor. It’s you they’ll eventually join not the company. The company is secondary.

If they see you as someone made of the right stuff, that is, someone who can propel them forward in their quest for greater financial stability then you won’t even need to produce a sales pitch. That’s how powerful inter-network marketing preselling done right can be.