Are You Using A Sharp or Dull Axe In Your Network Marketing Business?

Imagine walking up to a man trying to chop down a tree in the forest. He's struggling with all his might and yet he's barely made any progress.

You look at him and you see that he is chopping at the tree vigorously and he's been at it for quite some time and he's intent on getting the tree to down.

He has a single focus and is using all the proper leverage and perfect technique, but as you get close you see there is one thing out of place.

He's using a dull blade.

You say to the man . . .

"Hey buddy why don't you just sharpen your blade, you'll get the job done twice as fast?

"He replies . . .

"No time, can't you see I'm trying to chop down this tree?

"Well, when I first started network marketing I was this guy out in the prospecting forest trying to chop down my tree of successfully building a downline.

I hacked at it. I tried all the techniques I was told were proper and I was intent on using them with all my might until my goal was reached.

Unfortunately, the guy in our example above had one advantage over me.

He had someone actually come up to him and point out his problem.

The sad truth is . . .If someone had done this for me I probably would have given them the same response that our man with the axe above gave.I would have said . . .

"Can't you see I'm trying to make cold calls and build a downline?

I don't have time for that!"

While in the act and exerting all our energy to a task we give very little time to reflection on what may truly help us be more successful. We think that if we just keep hacking away that sooner or later we will be successful in achieving our end.

While this may hold true . . .

Wouldn't a sharper blade make that struggle a whole lot easier?

I hear a question brewing . . .

"Karen, you say a blade, but what does this equate to in network marketing?

"HOW YOU MARKET YOUR BUSINESS...Silly!

All I'll say is this . . .

You can't consistently recruit 10 - 20 people in a month with personal contact or with the phone, but when you learn to leverage the awesome power of the internet using "funded proposals" to your advantage you end up with a mighty sharp MLM/network marketing blade that can!

Here's a super sharp axe I personally use to build my MLM with...

http://www.StreamlineFunnelSystems.com



Karen Pore teaches online marketing through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here:
http://www.The-Success-Bootcamp.com

Hype or Offering Value - How Should You Build Your Network Marketing Opportunity?

Copyright © Karen Pore, Your Partner In Online Success

MLM is famous for over-promising and under-delivering. One thing's for sure: there is a lot of hype in Network Marketing.

Unfortunately, all the hype out there creates false hope and expectations, which contribute to the negative image many people have of the network marketing and home based business industry.

If you are new to Network Marketing (or even if you've been in the industry for awhile), you may be tempted to contribute to all the hype out there. After all, if other people are doing it, it must work, right? It may work sometimes, usually in the short term, but something that will work far more effectively is adding true value to prospects.

People who attract customers and business partners with hype generally don't attract people who stay very long. On the other hand, Network Marketers who attract people by providing valuable information, no strings attached, are likely to attract higher quality prospects and customers. Higher quality prospects and customers will inevitably lead to a more successful business.

Here are a few tips to help you make sure you're adding value to the Network Marketing industry rather than flooding it with hype.

Put Yourself in Your Prospect's Shoes. If you were the prospect, what would you think about the presentation you are giving, the ad you are placing, or the forum post or article you are writing? Would it sound like a sales pitch to you? If so, go back to the drawing board. Find a way to present your information without giving a sales pitch. You'll be surprised at the results you get when people don't feel like your only motive is to get them to buy something from you!

Have Integrity. If you value your integrity, you will be adding value instead of hype. You will conduct business in an ethical and honest way. Always remember that no sale or new business partner is worth ruining your reputation. People appreciate honesty, and when you show you are a person of integrity, people will want to do business with you.

Teach Others. Many people enter the Network Marketing arena with no background in business or marketing. When they see what other people are doing, they naturally join in. They don't know any other way. When you teach others a better way--that they will be more successful in Network Marketing when they add value rather than hype, they will follow suit.

I hope that helps you!
To Your Sucess,
Karen Pore

Karen Pore is a home based business and online marketing coach through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here: http://www.OnlineMarketingSuccessBootcamp.net/

Network Marketing Recruiting - How Can I Get Better At Doing This?

Copyright © Karen Pore, Your Partner In Online Success

When it comes to the process network marketing recruiting many people give up on the first, second or third try and just end up thinking is way too hard for them to do.
These people are your perfect example of quitters, those who just give up at something and make up excuses saying it was just too hard. Those people blame everyone else but themselves and is very obvious why they are not successful.

Probably not just in network marketing either!

If you are one of these people then you better start dedicating yourself to get better by developing more skills. You must not wish it was easier you have to develope more skills and get better.

The only way to get better at something is to keep on doing it until you begin to get it right. Remember it's not all about sales talent but there has to be experience as well. Those who give up too easily are those who never get over the top and succeed.

If you are serious about being successful then you must have the mental strength to endure the rough times that you will undergo. I can give you some basic concepts on the whole recruiting method but when it comes down to it what matters is if you decide to stick around even through the struggles.

When you decide to recruit someone the worst way to do it is by approaching them with your business opportunity upfront. They will not pay attention to you and they will feel that all you care about is to sell them. This was the old school way of doing things years ago and sadly to say there are many network marketers still trying to do it today.

Only, the best and most savy saleman can do it (2% to 5%) today!

But, there is a much better way for the newbie. It's called a system and you need one to be successful in the new wave network marketing information age. A system that can create leads automatically, filter through and find the quality prospects worth spending time with. Plus, it must also pay you even if the majority of these lead don't join your primary MLM company.
Is that possible? You bet, I use such a system today and so can you no matter what business your trying to build.


To Your Success,

Karen Pore

Karen Pore is a home based business and online marketing coach through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here: http://www.OnlineMarketingSuccessBootcamp.net/

What Is An MLM Funded Proposal?

Funded Proposals are the holy-grail of marketing.

If you've been smart enough to gain access to the proven online Funded Streamline Sponsoring course and system, you're already familiar with this concept, and it has most likely changed the way you build your network marketing business.If you haven't been introduced to funded proposals yet, then pay real close attention to this article post...

The Funded Proposal concept is the sole reason I went from failure in this industry to success virtually overnight, and it's what the biggest most successful network marketers in the industry have been using to build their legacy's for years.It's what the entire Funded Streamline Sponsoring system is based upon. It's allowed thousands of MLM distributors from hundreds of different companies bridge the gap from going broke in their business, to making a profit.

Basically a funded proposal is the process of selling an inexpensive, but useful product on the front end such as the "Funded Streamline Sponsoring" course, or "FREE Leads 4 Life - The 30 Day Step-By-Step Action Plan" to cover your advertising and marketing expenses. Then back-ending the real product or "opportunity, which would be your MLM/Network Marketing opportunity.

Really what it allows you to do is, dive into paid forms of marketing like pay-per-click, Ezine solo ads etc. and still advertise for free. Now, if you were to try these (and others) different forms of paid advertising without using a funded proposal, we would spend quite a bit of money generating leads for our businesses at an average cost of probably $3.00 to $12.00 each. We wouldn't be making a penny of that back until we acquire (sell) a customer or distributor into our primary business. Unless, of course you're one of the 3% that are really good at turning leads into distributors, you're going to go broke REALLY quickly.

So here's the rule to follow and give yourself a chance...If you are building a network marketing business today in the information/Internet age, and you want to get into forms of paid advertising (which produce fast results), always use a funded proposal.

ALWAYS!

To Your Success,

Karen Pore

Karen Pore is a home based business and online marketing coach through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here: http://www.OnlineMarketingSuccessBootcamp.net/

Generate Quality MLM Prospects Through A MLM Funded Proposal

Copyright © Karen Pore, Your Partner In Online Success

Finding quality MLM prospects is becoming increasingly expensive and then converting those prospects to sign-ups or sales even more difficult. MLM prospects are often overly skeptical and hesitant to join a new company if they have been ripped off in the past, lost a lot of money, or simply failed to succeed.

The good news is that there is certainly no shortage of people looking for ways to earn extra money and start a home-based business through network or multilevel marketing.

The opportunity is unlimited. The prospects are there and those who are successful in this business find ways to decrease prospecting costs while at the same time increasing sales.

Introducing the MLM funded proposal.

The MLM funded proposal is probably by far one of the most effective tools in a network marketer’s arsenal of marketing strategies.

The funded proposal is simply a lead generation system that turns prospects into committed customers by first selling them an inexpensive product on the front end and then using that product to educate, build a working relationship with, and sell the customer on the bigger MLM opportunity.

In the MLM industry one of the most common front end products to use is an informational product or e-book. These types of products can be produced fairly inexpensively and once created make for pure profit when sold. By selling an informational product (funded proposal) on the front end marketer is able to have the prospects actually cover his or her marketing costs. So therefore essentially the funded proposal is a mechanism for generating extremely low cost or sometimes even profitable leads.

The MLM funded proposal can be a very powerful marketing strategy for targeting those who might already be involved with an MLM opportunity but are not having success or are not happy with the current company they're involved with.

For example you might produce an informational product that is tied to how to be more successful in network marketing or how to find targeted MLM leads. This is a popular topic among an MLM funded proposals because it is one of the most difficult problems facing MLM marketers. Thousands of people are online every day searching for something that is going to help them turn their business into the profitable cash machine they've always dreamed of.

Selling these prospects on how to be successful in their current network marketing business is much easier than selling them on the idea of quitting their current company and signing up with a new MLM company. Therefore they are much more open to paying a low price for an informational product (MLM funded proposal) that promises to help them be more successful.

Once they have purchased your informational product you can start building a relationship with them , not only through the content of e-book, but also through e-mail auto-responder campaigns . Even prospects who have been unsuccessful in the MLM industry before are going to be much more open to following your lead or recommendations on another MLM opportunity after you have built that relationship and credibility.

The MLM funded proposal is your ticket to unlimited targeted MLM leads that have proven that they are willing to spend money on the right opportunity.

If you would like to find a great funded proposal to use there is one I would really recommend:
Free Leads For Life, click here It is not only a great funded proposal that you get your investment back with one sale. It also teaches many little known traffic secrets and is 100% generic for any business. and Business Tax Advantages

To Your Success,
Karen Pore

Karen Pore is a home based business and online marketing coach through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here: http://www.OnlineMarketingSuccessBootcamp.net/

Make The Jump To Home Business Success

If you are going to have a home business success, you need 3 “intangibles.” These are things that must come from WITHIN you.

===> Intangible 1 <===

First, you must have a strong WHY.

Why MUST you have a successful home business? What is driving you? What is it that you CAN’T have in your life anymore and/or what is it that you absolutely MUST HAVE now?

For me, I couldn’t stand working 12+ hours a day anymore and missing the experience of my children growing up. I also absolutely HAD TO HAVE the freedom of being able to control my life and finances through a little box (laptop computer) that I could carry with me anywhere in the world and not be tied to anyone’s time pressures or demands but my own. That was my carrot and my stick. I felt a great pain deep in my gut of missing out on my children’s lives and the incredible freedom that succeeding in a home business would provide for me. I found my why. You MUST find yours.

===> Intangible 2 <===

You must BELIEVE that it is possible.

If you don’t believe that it’s POSSIBLE for you to have a successful home business or make your living from home, you won’t. It’s that simple. For me, figuring out that it was possible was just a matter of realizing that many other people were ALREADY making great money working from home. If they could do it, I could too.

It would just be a matter of figuring out what those people were doing and then adapting it to my situation. There is no shortage of undeniable PROOF that people (millions of them) are making money working from home. Just get online and do some research and you’ll find countless testimonials and stories of REAL PEOPLE making real money on the Internet. Or head to your local bookstore and you’ll find the same documented evidence of this fact. Truth is, it’s getting easier and easier to make money with your own home business.

I’ve always said that “affiliate marketing” (a simple way to make money from home) is the job of the future. In the “old” days, you had to go to a potential employer, apply for the position and hope for the best. Now you can simply go to any company you want, fill out their affiliate application and start work immediately. Affiliates are the new working class. In fact, making money with affiliate programs or making your living on the Internet is WAY MORE than possible. It is pretty much (or will be soon enough) unavoidable now. Affiliate marketing is the “job” of the future that’s already here TODAY.

===> Intangible 3 <===

You must be willing to MAKE THE LEAP.

Ready, FIRE, then aim… This is the operating philosophy you MUST adopt to succeed with a home business.

That’s backwards for most people who like to aim before they fire. The fact is that home business success is a moving target… The only thing constant about it is change. You need to stop analyzing the game and simply jump into it. You can’t learn from the outside… You have to be IN THE RING to truly understand it.

The lesson here is that you will never really be READY to start a home business. You simply have to start one. It’s like having children… You’re never really ready, but when it happens you adapt and grow. This is what I call “Making the Leap.”

The good news is that the cost of failure with having your own home business is very small. In the “brick and mortar” world you need to evaluate things very carefully before you decide to open up a business. It’s almost always necessary to invest thousands of dollars to get an offline business off the ground. However, on the Internet you can often start a successful business for MUCH less.

You simply need get IN THE GAME… Each moment that you stay “out there,” you’re wasting valuable time that you could be learning and skills necessary to build a successful home business. In fact, if you’re not in the game yet, you’re ALREADY behind the times. Make the leap to creating a home business success today!

Karen Pore teaches online marketing through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here:

http://www.The-Success-Bootcamp.com

Taxes, What Is On Everyone's Mind Right Now!

Copyright © Karen Pore, Your Partner In Online Success

Let's talk about one of the top benefits of Owning Your Own Home-Based Business.
Tax Incentives. Many people overlook this very important benefit but it can make a huge difference for you come Income Tax Day.

Running a business out of your home can save you up to $5,000 or more on your taxes every year even if you don't have success!Here are just some of the things you can write off:

--- Your business start-up costs


--- A portion of your house payment or rent


--- A portion of your utilities


--- Car expenses


--- Travel


--- Meals


--- Magazine subscriptions


--- Child care


--- Telephone bills


--- Postage


--- Office equipment (need a new computer?)


--- Software


--- Bank fees


--- Your Internet service The list goes on......


Many of these things you have and pay for anyway. But now that you can operate a business from home, they become a tax write off.

You can even pay your kids to work for you and write it off. Now that's a smart way to save for college.

Of course you'll want to consult your accountant as laws vary from state to state, country to country and year to year, but I can promise you this: having a home-based business will help keep more of your hard earned money in your pocket instead of The Tax Man's. Seriously, I don't understand why everyone doesn't start a home business? It must just be a lack of education in this area.

Get educated, it's worth a GUARANTEED #3,000 to $5,000 a year in tax savings or more...Here are the tremendous tax advantages from our business and you can instantly have them too:http://lifetimeincome.net/assets/video/cantx2/index.html

I realize it can be a big decision to start a home business. But, please don't hesitate to email or call me if you have any questions or just want to discuss options. Until next time.

Karen Pore is a home based business and online marketing coach through her FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Karen and take her online boot camp here: http://www.OnlineMarketingSuccessBootcamp.net/