MLM Online Marketing Essentials

The more I talk with people online the more I notice how so many people are failing and the more it PISSES ME OFF!

I mean seriously. I thought we were in a business that depended on me and you marketing our products or services to people that are looking for what we have… And it seems this is not true for all companies.

Find out what basic essentials should be included in any Network Marketing Business in this day and age!


Posted in Leadership, Marketing, Opportunity by Adam JP / June 16th, 2010 / 2 Comments »

Federal Spending EXPLAINED!!!

Ever wonder what $100 million coming out of a $3.5 trillion deficit looked like?

Just Brilliant!



WARNING!!!

This is not a Warm and Cuddly version!

But definitely an eye opener!

Recently Obama announced that over the next 90-days he is going to work to
cut 100-Million dollars of spending out of the Federal Budget. 

A college student explains Obamanomics.

This is worth spending one minute and thirty eight seconds to watch!

Vizualizing Obama\'s Budget Cuts

http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/


Posted in Leadership by Adam JP / May 8th, 2010 / No Comments »

The Right Tools for the Right Job

“Every job needs the right tool to accomplish the desired goal.”

- EmpoweredCreators.com

Today, entrepreneurialism is alive and thriving.  You have people all over the place jumping for the latest opportunity.  While most of the opportunities look REALLY inviting, you just can’t bring yourself to jump onto the latest bandwagon.  I don’t blame you.  I’m sure most of the people spouting about how great their opportunity is or how their comp. plan is bigger than yours, never actually meant to come across that way when they got started.   I’m sure you look yourself in the mirror everyday saying, “I will not be like them.  I will not be like them.”

I know this because I did the same thing.  I started off wanting a better life, so when I was presented with my first opportunity, I jumped … all in!  I wanted so badly to have a better future for my family.  I got all excited and never stopped to think about what it might take.  I was recruited into a business, but I knew nothing of business.  I was supposed to market my business, but I knew nothing of marketing.

I started with a flurry of activity.

Get a list.  Dial for hours.  Talk endlessly about a business I didn’t understand.  Talk with everyone.  Get another list.  Dial for hours.  Talk endlessly about a business I didn’t understand.  Talk with some people.  Get another list.  Dial for an hour.  Talk quickly about a business I still didn’t understand.  Get rejected some more.  This was how my business started.

I knew what I wanted.  I just didn’t understand how to get it.  I understood the concept “Find someone who has what you want, and do what they did to get it,” but I wasn’t doing what my sponsor was doing.  (Notice how they call it a sponsor but nobody is really sponsoring you?)  He owned a lead company and understood how to market to get those leads.  He had little time to train me 1-on-1 to funnel all of his knowledge into me, and besides, his knowledge came from years of work and training.

He did what he knew how to do and he actually did sponsor me a bit.  I got all of the free leads I could handle.  And boy, did I handle them!  In one afternoon I would fly through 150 double opt-in leads that were looking for a business.  Granted, some were old, but I even managed to mess up the ones that were fresh!  I did get some success doing it that way, but I knew I was still getting the short end of the stick, and it was nobody’s fault but my own!

I had a whole game plan overview written in Greek!  I was given some of the right tools… just the wrong version.  I needed “business for retarded dummies” and “marketing for people who’ve never marketed.”  Honestly, I knew nothing!  Nada!  Zilch!  In the business world I was more than just a fish out of water, I was a tadpole on mars!  This is the case for so many people out there today trying to stake their claim in the Home Business Boom of the New Millennium!  Most of them are drowning due to the same scenario that I went through, and you went through.

I don’t want that happening for anyone any more.  With the internet information galore is at our finger tips!  (And the evil laughing commences!)  But few people are able to harness this information and actually put together their own business plan that fits their needs, their schedule, and their goals.  Most marketing plans pushed don’t have your integrity in mind when they were written.  They aren’t concerned with your schedule.  And they most certainly didn’t develop them around your bills or needs.  They were written with The Company’s Needs, Schedule, and Goals in mind.

So what is my answer to this fiasco we are all rushing towards?  Education my dear friend,   education.   So, let’s start this off with an overall idea of how to put YOUR marketing plan together so, you can achieve YOUR goals.

  1. Budget – You have to know what you can afford to spend and for how long on your business alone.  Most businesses operate in the RED (this means below profit) for the first 2 – 3 years.  How long can you sustain your business venture?  This is the first question to answer.  Know your overhead and your investment because every day you don’t make money, is another day your overhead grows your continued investment.
  2. Understand who your target market is.  This means the marketing guys at Target understand the pressures the everyday soccer mom has and what will help perk their spirits. – Bright Colors.  Open Spaces.  Convenient locations.  Friendly, laid back, quiet atmosphere.  Don’t believe me, walk into any Target and tell me that isn’t what you see!
  3. Understand what tools you have or could have with the right budget.  E-mail, website, advertising campaign (Not really needed but to use once in awhile), autoresponder with people’s information wanting to know more about your company, social sites, and a support system (could be a mentor, a spouse, or a friend).  Everyone that owns a business has to market their business.  If they can’t figure it out for themselves then they have to hire someone that can.  And if they don’t, then they aren’t going to be in business long.
  4. Persistence + Determination + Critical Thinking Skills + Self Discipline = Leadership Ability.  You cannot leave one part of this equation out.  Every entrepreneur needs to have leadership ability, without it is like sailing without a rudder.  It just doesn’t work.

I hope this helps and I look forward to seeing more and more hungry entrepreneurs soaring to new heights, leveling playing fields, and proving statistics wrong!  People are just being taught in an ineffective way and the people teaching it needs to refer to Benjamin Franklin’s definition of insanity.

“Insanity is doing the same thing again and again while expecting different results.” – Benjamin Franklin


Posted in Leadership, Marketing by Adam JP / May 8th, 2010 / 21 Comments »

What is SEO?

Watch the three videos below as I discuss what SEO is, what it means, and how you can capitalize on other people’s mistakes.

I’m not promising 1st page ranking in a matter of days but I am promising that after you watch these videos on Internet Marketing SEO, you will be in a better position to start setting up your online business for a more long term game plan!

SEO stand for Search Engine Optimization.

SEO is simply another technique each marketer needs to learn so they can tap into a free source of traffic for their long term business plan. And it is based on relevancy. Take the time to learn it and it will pay off in the future!

Here are links to the online Tools I used in this Video.

Google External Keyword Tool
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Traffic Ranking with Alexa.com
http://www.Alexa.com

Brad Callen’s PPC Spy Plugin for Firefox
http://bit.ly/b5osvs

Search Engine Spider Simulator
http://bit.ly/d9khrH

If you have any questions or comments leave them in the comment section and I will respond as quickly as possible!

Thanks for watching!


Posted in Marketing by Adam JP / May 5th, 2010 / 6 Comments »

You determine Your Own Success!


Posted in Leadership, Marketing by Adam JP / May 3rd, 2010 / No Comments »