UltimateMarketingOnline – bunch of chatter on marketing, business and life in general

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#1:
Mentor vs. Upline
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Is there a difference and which is more important?

Yes, there is a difference. A BIG difference. I have seen many; many people sign up under a 5-6-figure a month top producer and never got the mentoring they hoped for.

Face it, just because they are so successful, does not mean you will be too.

Many times they do not have time or resources to train their entire downline. And unfortunately many times they just don’t want to truly share with you all the knowledge they paid thousands of dollars for, and worked so hard for.

Don’t bet on your Sponsor. Pick a Mentor (a person, a book, a network community, or any other source of knowledge) that you can rely on and will help YOU relentlessly grow YOUR business and influence in this industry.

This is absolutely critical! In fact, I cannot stress this enough but let’s continue with secret #2…

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#2:
It’s a numbers game, or IS IT?
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Yes – IF you don’t know what you’re doing. Wrong things = wrong results. And eventually, someday, somebody might buy your product or join your team, but that will not keep you in this internet marketing/MLM business.

Remember this: TO GET WHERE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN, YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS YOU’VE NEVER DONE.

Don’t listen to: “Just keep at it!”, “Don’t give up!”, “Keep plugging away!”, “It will happen, it’s a numbers game!” Unless you’re producing results you want, you do need to stop doing what you’re doing, find what’s causing the problem, and fix it.

If it means you need to read a few more books then read few more books. If it means you need to talk to a few more network marketers who have been in your place but figured it out, then go find them and talk to them. LEARN, ADJUST, AND OVERCOME. The only numbers you need to have in mind is your daily bank deposit amounts.

Just by knowing these first 2 things you’ll be way ahead of any of your competitors…but wait, there’s still more…

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#3: How To Attract People
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Yes, this is a “people-biz”. You don’t necessarily have to like people, but you have to know people. You have to be able to very early in the conversation pick up on what makes this people tick:

What moves them? Pain? Pleasure? Are they trying to avoid something or are they after something?
How do they make decisions? Alone? Do they consult with someone? Do they have to sleep on it? Pray about it?

How do they intake their information? Are they Audio? Visual? Kinesthetic? You can talk to the visual till you’re blue in your face – it won’t click. The Visual has to SEE IT, the AUDIO has to hear it, and Kinesthetic has to FEEL it.

You have to have their trust and they have to see you as someone who can and is willing to help THEM reach THEIR goals.

It’s lot easier to attract people to you, then have to chase them, and then sell them on the idea to come join you.
But there’s still more – let’s continue with #4

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#4:
#1 Reason Prospects Sign Up
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What is the most important item in making a decision on joining a network marketing company?

1)Company itself?
2)Great Products?
3)Compensation plan?

Believe it or not, NONE OF THE ABOVE. It has been proven time and time again that, people don’t care as much about any of the three. Think about this: as one of the greatest network marketers said: “People do not buy a drill because they want drill, they buy drill because they want hole.”

As much you might think, people do not wake up one morning with the epiphany that they want to leave their careers to sell vitamins, juice, CDs, or DVDs for the rest of their lives. But they do wake up wanting better lives, no BOSS, no debt, less stress, more free time with family, more $$$, more control over their finances, etc.
If you can help them get there, they will join you in your venture. The Company, the Products, The Comp Plan are only tools to get them there. Those things are secondary.

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#5:
Should You Buy Leads?
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Buying leads can be a good thing, but it has its place and time in the evolution of your business. Buying leads can be a good thing if:

1) foremost, you have a reliable place to get them

2) you don’t mind making lots of calls

3) you’re good in closing people on the phone

4) you’re just starting your biz

5) to supplement your marketing leads in “off-season”

The most important thing to know is that you have to master ins and outs of marketing online and generating lots of free and low cost leads – eventually. Actually, the sooner, the better, or

you WILL BE LEAVING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE.

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#6:
How Much Do You Really Need To Know?
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Just because you spend hours and hours on the conference calls with your Upline, don’t think that is be-all and end-all when it comes to your education in this field.

To be a doctor, you go to school. For a very long time. To a lawyer, you go to school. To be a hairdresser, you go to school. You want to be bartender, you have to learn.

There is nothing out there that in this industry that does not require learning. And in actuality, it evolves every day. So your internet marketing education is NEVER over.

In order to be a successful network marketer you need to become a student of the trade. Read, listen, watch, attend every marketing related event you can lay your hands on or get access to. The more you know, the more ahead of the next guy you are, the more value you present, the more people will want to get sponsored by YOU.

However, in order to effectively use secret #6 you’ve got to know our last secret…

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#7:
When You Should NOT Start In Network Marketing?
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Very early in my time in USA, I was exposed to numerous hours of management and sales training as well as countless hours of personal development.

In early 90s my father started a sales institute and I had a privilege to “hang out” and participate in conversations with CEOs, Presidents, VPs, Sales Managers, and some true “heavy-hitter” sales-pros. They all agreed on one thing: to be successful you cannot be in your endeavor with one foot and the other in your “old life”.

Now, that does mean you need to quit your job today, get divorced and turn the page. What it does mean is that you have to have an absolute mind commitment that this is what you want and you will accomplish.

If you keep turning back to look over your shoulder with a thought: “I can always go back to my 9-5 J-O-B.” You cannot stay completely focused on your business; and if you’re not committed and not focused it’s better you don’t even start your business.

You will end up frustrated, prospects are going to FEEL it, your bank account will shrink, and your family and friends will avoid to pick up the phone in a fear you will try to desperately sell them your products. You will end up in the NFL club. “no friends left and no funds left club.”

Make a decision you can do it, because so many people are doing it and living their dream life: EVERY DAY of the week. YOU CAN TOO.

Simply by knowing and applying these little-known secrets you’ll be 99% ahead of your competition.

To YOUR ultimate success,
Aleksandra

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OK. So when people think Social Networks/Media most people start the list in their head with MySpace, then go to Facebook, maybe Twitter and so on….the truth is MySpace was something a year ago, two years ago, maybe even a bit 6 months ago. But the social media has evolved. One more time.

Today, it’s all about Facebook and Twitter.

So what happened? And where do we go from here?

MySpace really started exploding about 2 years ago among network marketers. It was all about creating this MySpace page that would attract likeminded people. They would like what they would see in your story, your pictures etc., add you as a friend, and go on to maybe even become a lead for your business. Once you created a well structured page with good content, it was like opening a retail store: once it’s ready and opened, not much changes. You advertise, you ask other “friends” to come and visit your store (you page) and the cycle begins. Once it was all written, there were no more many things that needed to be changed, or added and so on – it was very much static.

Today’s social media is very different. Today, if you’re still on MySpace, spending a lot of time waiting for the “friends” to add you, you’re going to flat out “die” there. Social media has grown up into this versatile, completely transparent, not just two-way, but multiple-way, interactive party. You get to tell your story, who you are, and what you’re all about through live, seen-by-millions-of-people-instantaneously comments. This is the place where you have to personally network and put your best foot forward to differentiate yourself from the crowd.

Once you establish yourself as a credible “followee”, your market value will rise proportionally and the masses will follow you and your links all the way to the bank.

Happy socializing.

So you have finally stepped into the world of making money online. You too, like the others, have decided to start with the affiliate programs. Also, you must have heard that it’s not a big deal to make good money with affiliate marketing, provided you choose the right programs and do some strategic planning while promoting your affiliate products. So far so good.

Whether you are promoting other people’s products or promoting your own products – that doesn’t matter because after all it is nothing but your own business and your means to earn good money. So whichever be your case, I am sure you would not want to leave money on the table and invite others to steal your share of profit.

Even though the industry of affiliate marketing is pretty competitive but if you are cautious and are strategic in your marketing techniques then, it could be very profitable for you.

Take a close look at the industry, you will see that not every one who gets into affiliate marketing is successful. People who are doing well leave no room for failure and take all security measures and understand its importance.

Yes! Security is one of the key factors in affiliate marketing. If you do not adopt proper security measures, then your business will be at high risk. One of the most important way to restore security is to protect your affiliate links. Do not take them for granted. A bit of carelessness on your part in regards to affiliate links may cost you a lot of dollars.

Do you know the long complicated links that you send to your prospective customers not only look convoluted but they can create a lot of problems too! If you send such an affiliate link to your customers, then the smart ones will definitely figure out that you are promoting someone else’s product and they would rather visit the parent company. Also, if your link does not function then your customers have to type a really long URL into the browser, which will definitely put him or her off.

You could be a victim of even a worse situation. What if some devious Internet pirates steal your affiliate links and replace them with theirs. If they do that, then you get no commission at all.

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Do I hear you asking, what is it and how can it help in averting any adverse situation for an affiliate marketer like me?
Be patient and read on, if you love your business.

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In order to avoid such a rip off, UltimateViralURL  gives you full protection and sees to it that your affiliate links never get exposed to others.

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It is a blessing for every affiliate marketer like you and me, who wants to achieve success in their endeavor.

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NO!

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Your family and friends don’t quite support your new biz? Nobody in your immediate environment offering strong encouragement?

Well if that sounds familiar, that’s because it is a reality for about 99% of us. So stop wasting you time moping about it and learn here how to conquer it instead.

We surely love our family and friends and they love us too, but with that love comes also a desire to protect us from great disappointments, loss of money, and FAILURE. Sometimes even a fear that we might do good and then that our relationships with them might in turn somehow suffer. In rare occasions, we might even have one of those in the group that actually does not want us to do any better then him/her. No matter how good and honorable or maybe even bad sometimes, those motives are, it’s interesting to note that none of those people are successful entrepreneurs themselves.

So why do we then let non-successful non-entrepreneurs shape our entrepreneurial future?

Listen to this: do you realize that Wall Street is a place where people who drive Roll Royce take the advice from guys who drive subway to work? How wrong is that???

Wrong or not, it happens every day. Here is something else that happens every day: “wanna be entrepreneurs” quit everyday because of things like this because they listen to those who are more broke and less brave than they are:

• “I tried bunch of those MLM companies and never made any money”
• “Yeah…I have tons of friends who got all messed up with the whole ‘work from home’ ideas and it was a total flop – every time
• “I tried to do that part-time from home thing one time and all my friends and family told me it wasn’t going to work, but I would not listen. I spent hundred’s of dollars on vitamins and lotions, in the end just to realize it wasn’t ever going to work”
• “My wife’s friend did that SAME thing, got all her family mad at her for bugging them, never made any money”
• Blah…blah…blah – blah…blah…blah…

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe, just maybe, those people did not do it right? Maybe they did not give it their all? Maybe nobody ever showed them how to do it the right way? Maybe…just maybe…- therefore they never stood the chance.

So love your family, but look for support somewhere else – for now: forums, network marketing sites, other members in your company, team calls, etc…If you’re ever short of places to look, drop me an email and I will point you towards few that you will surely enjoy and reap benefits from.

You know, this business, is not much different than any other business. Many years ago, when I was taking my real estate license class, the first thing they told us was that 95% of us in the class will NEVER succeed in real estate. The point I’m trying to make is that if it was THAT easy, and EVERYBODY knew how to do it right from the start, we would all be successful in it today and millionaires. But it’s not like that; you have to have some basic business-success ingredients in order to make it:

• You have to decide that this is a real business, not a hobby and not something you are going to TRY to do
• You have to learn HOW to do this business properly
• You have to learn to FAIL in order to succeed
• You have to want to be successful and sometimes help others WITHOUT expecting anything in return
• You have to understand that people who are broker than you and stuck in a JOB mentality should NOT be your mentors
• You have to accept that it will take TIME and EFFORT on your part before you will see results
• You don’t have to learn to like writing goals down and your business To-Do list, but you have to DO it
• You have to find new “friends” who have LIKE vision and goals
• You have to have a lot of FAITH in yourself and that what you’re doing is not an accident

We don’t think twice about accepting idea of letting our children stay in 3rd grade for more then 1 school year…why do we than accept our friends and family’s reality as our own?

Not everybody can be Mozart, or Edison, or Alexander the Great…so remember, that not anybody will have the knowledge and tenacity to make it in this business either – DO NOT let their weaknesses shape your future. It does not mean YOU cannot be that one, it just means you will have to be the one you have not ever been before. And that is a journey well worth taking. You – only that much improved! How cool is that???

Do these two things and explode your productivity

Have you had a very busy day just to find at the end of the day that you did not accomplish anything concrete? Or anything you were hoping to?

The operative word is “hoping”. Working out of the house is a blessing, but it can also be a hard thing to control. It is very easy for distractions to find you in your home: the cell phone, a cat or a dog, your friends texting you, your significant other calling you…etc. No matter how dedicated you think you are, there are times when even with best hopes you don’t end up getting done things you should get done that day.

That is because the “hope” is not enough. You actually need to have a plan – and that plan is called TO DO list.

It makes a huge difference in productivity if you take few minutes at the end of the day to create a list of things to get accomplished the following day. So when the next day comes, you will not find yourself tempted to maybe do this instead, or just do this for a little bit first and then you’ll get back to so and so…It’s all laid out for you, you do #1, then #2 and so on, until the list gets done.

There are few different ways we can help ourselves stay focused and on track. One thing I found works great is shutting your email down and turning your cell phone off for 2 hour blocks at the time. Those two hours use solely for working on your tasks and every two hours or so only, check your email and voice mail for any contacts that need to be made at that time. I found it works like a charm for me and I think it will do the same for you.

Many studies have been done proving that brain is easy to concentrate for about 2 hours at the time, at which time a body goes through a low. That is the time to take a few minute break, stretch you legs, drink some water, eat a piece of fruit or some nuts and then get back to work again for another block of uninterrupted time.

If you do these two things on regular basis, you should see a great improvement in your productivity. I’m sure we can all use a boost at times.

Mindboggling!!! Couple of weeks ago, I meet an old friend for lunch. He looks like he’s doing great. He drove up in his new $120K Benz, all sharp dressed, but than again, he’s been making $150K+ for several years now and it shows. We ate some healthy food and chatted a bit about the Wall Street, economy and old friends – all in all it was a good lunch, nonetheless, it left me in dismay.

Look at this. He trusted his “financial expert” with his investments – and now there is still quite of smoke over the ashes of his 401K, he has not had a deal go through for 2 mos., so checking account is shrinking like a cheap T-shirt…Having in mind he was like most Americans, he spent more than he earned. Today, he’s balance-sheet broke. Yeap,…broke as a joke! And it makes me deeply saddened that people today are willing to pay $120,000 to buy a new Benz (which I LOVE – don’t get me wrong, I have a thing for nice cars!!!) but not willing to spend $10K…$2K or whatever…to educate themselves and create a strong financial foundation so they don’t have to depend on financial advisers, customers, company they work for, friends, relatives etc…

Did you know that:

• 80% of the Country is Upside Down
on Debt to Equity
• Of every $100 spent by consumers,
nearly $43 is by use of credit.
• Bankruptcies have doubled in 10 years.
• For the first time in history, we are
spending $1.05 for every dollar we
make. A country cannot thrive with an
imploding middle class.

Did you also know that:

Experts predict that in the next 10 years household wealth in the North America will double, exceeding $100 Trillion, creating more Millionaires than at any point in history while destroying the middle-class.

I have only one question for you! Which group would you like to be part of????

How much you make is not what will make you rich, it’s how much you get to keep and what you do with it.

- Wouldn’t you want to know what the elite, ultra wealthy do to create, protect, and grow their wealth in good and in bad economic times?
- Have investment opportunities only “chosen ones” get to profit from?
- Would you want to NOT have to trade your time for the money?

Knowledge is power. Learn every thing you can. Learn with proper tools, resources, and mentorship how to create full prosperity in areas of wealth, health, and wisdom – and have a complete power over you life. Enjoy the abundance in life – it’s FREE with knowledge and untouchable with ignorance.

Few days ago I was on the phone with one of the greatest leaders and top earners in the industry. The topic of our conversation was top 3 reasons people fail in online business and it always seems to end up with next:

1) Faith in YOU – this requires reprogramming. Believe it or not, there are many people out there who do not believe they can create income of $10K-20K-50K-100,000 a month. They look at their parents, brothers, sisters, aunts…whatever and whoever, and they think if those people could not do it, how are they going to do it? They have what we call a “financial thermostat” broken. If you cannot see it and feel it = chances are, you won’t get there. So your attitude needs to be adjusted. Your financial thermostat has to be fixed and your thinking needs to be reprogrammed. Start reading everything you can lay your hands on on the subject of “achieving success”. You might want to start with Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, which is available on the internet for free and work your way from there.

2) Marketing System – if you think about it everything you do in life, if you want it to have results you can repeat and expect, you need to have the system. If you sell, you can’t successfully sell from the seat of your pants – you need the system. The same is with marketing. You can’t successfully market from the seat of your pants, you need the system. But imagine having a system that not only takes you step by step in your marketing endeavors, but it also, sorts and sifts through your leads bringing to you only highly qualified leads already interested in your opportunity. And those who are not interested in your opportunity still get monetized by your system. Phenomenal concept!

3) Faith in the products – a lot of people do not have a belief that the products they are selling will do what they are supposed to do. They do not have a belief in the company or their management etc…either way, if you don’t believe in what you’re selling – you will not get far. Hopefully when you signed up originally for your opportunity you did a good due diligence job. So why not do it again? Pretend like you know nothing about the company and do a thorough due diligence. Guess what, if you come up with bunch of great reasons to sell this product – just like you did when you originally joined – great, you’re on the right track. You just need to stick with the system and work your plan. If you start having doubts about the overall thing, maybe it’s time to consider joining a company with more stability, more integrity. There are “few great ones” to choose from out there…=)

The bottom line is this: if you find yourself being stuck in the rut due to one the things listed above – DO NOT despair and DO NOT quit. All this can be “fixed” and you can be on the right track to create your destiny just like you’ve been dreaming about.

We have a beautiful dog named Candy. A Labrador Retriever-Boxer mix. Ever since she was a puppy she did not have to share her food with any other dog, until I got married and we moved into our new house and overnight she got a “sister”. Well, Layla is 4 times smaller than Candy but way more aggressive. So when food gets served, she’s first to the bowl and she won’t move until she’s done. Candy at first, being a lady she is, would let Layla finish food first, and she would eat what was left which wasn’t much. That lasted few times until Candy evaluated her situation and realized: if she wanted the best part of dinner, she had to get to it first. Candy just learned her lesson.

Lessons are learned everywhere we go. We humans are not much different, and sales trial closes are a great source of lessons.

Every sale closing has 4 possible outcomes:

1. YES
2. NO
3. TIO
4. LESSON

1) YES – greatest thing, collect the money, deliver the product/service and off you go to the next one – singing, all the way to the bank.

2) NO – not the greatest thing, but not that bad either. When you get a NO, at least you know not to spend any more time on the follow up with this prospect. For whatever reason, they did not qualify and it’s time to move on to prospect that is qualified.

3) Think It Over – worst thing ever!!! In my opinion, I would rather get a NO any time of the day than a TIO. Then you just don’t know where you stand! You might find yourself thinking about the deal in your bed late at night, spending the weekend worrying about the outcome…will he, won’t he…instead of enjoying that time with your family. Don’t rob yourself or your family from care-free time. Friday afternoon is not the time to accept a “call me on Monday” thing. NO, Fridays, it’s either YES or NO, and you go home to your own peace-and-quite life.

4) Lesson, my favorite after YES. Every sales situation, especially the one after you get a NO is an opportunity to learn something about sales techniques and human behavior that will help you close the next deal easier. One of the greatest things you can do for yourself is to debrief your sales calls. If you have a sales coach, mentor, sales manager, partner…any one of those will do, but don’t miss a chance to learn from your experience. Not using those opportunities to learn from and improve upon your weaknesses is like leaving money on the table – a lot of money that is.