I’ve written a lot of stuff on this site on attraction marketing and many of you have used these powerful principles to attract leads online in an effortless manner. But I see far too many folks still hitting up people online using direct tactics to get someone interested in looking at their business opportunity.

I cringe. It’s awful to watch. Most times, they are poorly taught.

The following post Seth Godin wrote is simply title how to make money online and one of things I thought as I was reading it was “gee, there are some things in this that tie in with attraction marketing”. For example, how about the following:

- focus on trust
- figure out how to create value
- become the best at something that people value
- learn to lead

Sound familiar? That’s just four tips. Seth has listed 21!

1. The first step is to stop Googling things like, “how to make money online.” Not because you shouldn’t want to make money online, but because the stuff you’re going to find by doing that is going to help you lose money online. Sort of like asking a casino owner how to make money in Vegas…

2. Don’t pay anyone for simple and proven instructions on how to achieve this goal. In particular, don’t pay anyone to teach you how to write or sell manuals or ebooks about how to make money online.

3. Get rich slow.

4. Focus on the scarce resource online: attention. If you try to invent a way to take cheap attention and turn it into cash, you will fail. The attention you want isn’t cheap, it’s difficult to get via SEO and it rarely scales. Instead, figure out how to earn expensive attention.

5. In addition to attention, focus on trust. Trust is even more scarce than attention.

6. Don’t worry so much about the ‘online’ part. Instead, figure out how to create value. The online part will take care of itself.

7. Don’t quit your day job. Start evenings and weekends and figure it out with small failures.

8. Build a public reputation. A good one, and be sure that you deserve it, and that it will hold up to scrutiny…..

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When I started to learn how to make money online working from home the biggest thing I needed to control was “chasing fad” and yesterday’s big thing. That’s extremely important.

Let me know how valuable you found this post and when you get a chance, click through and check out some of Seth’s other stuff. You won’t regret it.

Meanwhile, have you downloaded The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto yet? It’s free. Click here to get your copy.

But what is the best social networking site for business and which social network is best for network marketing? To tell you the truth, I really don’t have a definitive answer other than you need to be using several of them in conjunction with each other.

The top four that should be part of the promotion and attraction marketing tools in your arsenal are:

- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Google+

So, no surprises there. A report I came across recently at Mashable.com might just be the best five minutes you spend online today as they try to answer “which social network should you use?” Each of the top four networks is analyzed including what it’s best for, who uses it and how many users it has.

For example, the report suggests that Facebook is best for…”interacting on a more personal level”.

My definition of social networks and their power is they give you the opportunity to expand your neighborhood and give you the chance to meet or do business with folks you may never have had the chance to meet and do business with.

Does that make sense? It’s a little like internet network marketing with the internet giving networkers the chance to expand their networks to a worldwide audience rather than be confined to their own local neighborhood.

This is a report you might want to bookmark and share with your teams.

Want to make the most of the social web? It’s more complicated than just posting status updates at random and seeing what sticks.

When is Facebook most effective? When are you better off using Twitter, or LinkedIn? And what exactly is Google+ good for, anyway?

The business consultant network Zintro recently pulled research from more than a dozen sources including Mashable, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google and Quantcast to put together this nifty infographic, which will help you develop your social strategy. Check it out below for the full report…..

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I’d love to hear your comments on how you use any of the social networks mentioned in this report. Do you use all four? Do you just use one? How are they working out for you?

Meanwhile, we mentioned Ann Sieg’s attraction marketing principles and you can get a jump on your opposition by downloading her report The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto. It’s free and probably the most important document on what we’ve discussed in this report. Click here to get your copy.

So I decided to stop by and tell you why you should download The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto? Not because it is free but because it will take you from the “struggle zone” to the making money zone and that’s where we all want to be.

Permission based marketing is a term that may not be as sexy as attraction marketing but when you understand what it is and how it really is the true foundation in building an online business and succeeding in internet network marketing, I get the feeling you will pretty much sprint to the download link for The Attraction Marketing Manifesto.

Eric Walker posted an article at The Renegade Blog a few weeks ago about why you won’t succeed in network marketing this year. It’s because of your business model. And if it’s not based around a permission based marketing model then you will struggle.

He explains just how important an email list is to your business.

In the permission based model of marketing, you have something of value to offer your audience OTHER than your main business opportunity.

You offer this to your audience for free in exchange for their email address.

Here are is a made-up example:

You offer a recorded call with your 6 figure earning Double Diamond upline, and how she built her MLM business using “these 5 low budget strategies.”

Remember, people don’t care about your opportunity.

It’s the result they want. They care about the result that that opportunity can bring them, and they are looking to buy into someone who has already achieved the same results.

Market results, not the opportunity.

So you freely give something away of value that represents getting results in exchange for the email address…..

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Here’s the bottom line; with an email list you don’t care what happens to your rankings because you still have the core of your business.

Affiliate marketers with no list and who rely on getting good rankings to sell other people’s products may make money, but they are still at the whims of Google who can de-index their sites from the search listing at any “tick of the clock” if there’s something they don’t like.

Can you see how that makes sense? Anyways, with The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto combined with Ty Tribble’s MLM Blog Secrets course, you have pretty much all you need to get your permission based model up and running. Here’s where to get them.

Click here for The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto.

Click here for the MLM Blog Secrets course.

Firstly, what is Facebook Timeline? According to Mashable.com…”Facebook Timeline changes the default profile from a list of your most recent updates to a complete summary of your entire life since birth.” Click here to read what Facebook Timeline is and how it works.

Facebook has been a huge platform for people looking to build their brand online and it’s been very important for network marketers. Many have abused it in using hard sell tactics which have backfired but those that have learned and applied Ann Sieg’s attraction marketing principles have benefited in a big way.

But what about the Timeline changes? How will they affect what you already have and how can you use Facebook Timeline to build your lead base?

Well, we mentioned Mashable.com above and recently, they posted an article listing the main changes that every marketer needs to know and followed them up with a recommendation. That’s what you need to really take notice of.

Today Facebook announced to brand marketers the world over that, within the month, everything they knew about fan Pages on Facebook would be overturned. While you get your brand ready for the new Timeline format, here are six important changes to keep top-of-mind.

1. Updated Look and Feel

What’s new: The format of Timeline for brands is quite similar to Timeline for personal profiles. It employs a cover photo at the top of the Page, and the Page is separated into two main columns by a dividing line, which represents the passage of time. This format provides brands with new options for self-expression: They can outline their corporate history with milestones (such as product launches, store openings, etc.) to construct a narrative for their audience.

Recommendation: Milestones present an important and dramatic opportunity to educate the public, humanize the brand and remove a perception of corporate anonymity. Our analyses of Page engagement have continually shown that brands posting content that depicts behind-the-scenes activities, exclusive updates or promotions encourages user interactions and promotes higher engagement rates. Using interesting milestones to craft the story of the brand over time (and updating the Timeline with new milestones as they happen) can help to stimulate conversations around major achievements…..

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Many of you might be thinking it’s all too hard and I can understand that. If you have only been online for a short time then you need to know that this is the “norm” rather than the exception. Internet marketing is a constantly evolving beast and those who change with it and adapt have a huge advantage.

And for network marketers looking to gain an edge and squeeze every lead out of the attraction marketing method, going with the flow of change will be pretty lucrative. Do yourself a favor and read the article again.

Meanwhile, have you got a copy of Ann Sieg’s The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto yet? Click here to download it free.

This week, 13 more tips to use Pinterest from mashable.com.

For those of you wondering what the heck is Pinterest then in short, it’s a type of wish list social media site where you get to post your ideas. Takes a little getting used to but it seems folks are liking the concept and swarming to make the most of it while it’s hot.

Now, as we told you last week, you need to be sensible about using Pinterest for attracting responsive leads to your business; the same attraction marketing principles apply here as they do to platforms such as Facebook. You need to earn the trust of your followers. The more fresh content you post the more eyes you’ll get on your profile.

Pinterest has been one of the hottest new social networks on the radar for a few months now. In fact, Pinterest has cracked the current list of top 10 social networks — and it’s technically still invite-only.

For many users, Pinterest serves as a comprehensive wish list of sorts. Users (a.k.a. Pinners) post Pins to Boards that they organize by topic or theme. For instance, a user who is planning to remodel a house may Pin interior decorating ideas to a Design Board. Or a bride-to-be can post wedding dress inspirations to a Wedding Board. With 32 different topic areas, users can browse everything from fitness to art to science.

Like many new startups that experience an unprecedented spike in popularity, Pinterest has yet to streamline some of its features. The search tool, for example, needs a serious makeover. When the server isn’t overloaded entirely, a simple search often takes a while to load. Plus, we’d like to be able to create private boards and, ultimately, to filter categories for better Pin discovery…..

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Now obviously, Pinterest is not going to be everyone’s “cup of tea” and may be deemed as too much like hard work to get any interest and that’s fine. This is not an easy magic button solution to sourcing leads. There isn’t one and getting responsive leads means “walking the talk” for a period of time before the rewards come.

Like Facebook, you are putting yourself among prospective leads and creating a relationship. The better your followers get to know you the more powerful your position of trust becomes. Hope that makes sense. I know several internet network marketers who are already “killing” it using this platform using the delayed gratification mindset.

If you are using Pinterest with some success why not drop us a line below and let us know how you are doing and what you are doing. We appreciate your feedback.

Anyways, we mentioned the attraction marketing principle above if you have downloaded Ann Sieg’s The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto yet you can get it by clicking here.

The truth is, there are quite a few but the problem with most of them is that they don’t come all inclusive. In other words, you get the piece of the puzzle in one area and then need to fork out more dollars to get the next piece. That is one of the annoying aspects of trying to build an online business.

But if you are a network marketer, you need to have an online presence at some stage, whether it’s today or sometime in the future. I really encourage you to start a blog. It’s easy. And it’s even easier with Ty’s MLM Blog Secrets course. I actually was in the process of putting a course together before MLM Blog Secrets came along; in fact, had started it but put it on hold when Ty released his. I couldn’t fault it.

As I’ve mentioned before, Ty Tribble is someone I listen to and although I am not connected with him in any way, he gives out a lot of information aim squarely at helping people attract leads into their network marketing business.

One of the things I have been saying all along, ever since attraction marketing became a buzz term five years ago, is that you cannot hope to go wholly and solely online and hope to build a sustainable business. You need to find a happy medium between online and offline. Ty Tribble says the same thing and while I took a little heat on it I never waivered from my thinking.

Network Marketing is all about creating relationships and if you think you can attract people into your business online and never have to talk to anyone then you are kidding yourself. Your business will crumble at some stage. There has to be an interaction between you and your prospect…that’s what network marketing is all about.

Anyways, Ty did a 30 minute webinar a little while ago and he outlines five simple steps to getting started online. He mentions some paid products in the video and seriously, ignore them if you have to. I have listed the links to some of the resources he mentions below. But as far as a free information webinar is concerned, they don’t come much better than this.

Click the image to watch the webinar.

Click here to get Ty Tribble’s MLM Blog Secrets.

Click here to get Blogging For Prospects.

If you haven’t downloaded Ann Sieg’s outstanding free report The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto you can get it by clicking here.

Why is that?

Well, people just don’t know how to use it properly as a business building tool. The truth is, there is very little in the way of training courses in how to use Linkedin for business growth and for this reason, people will say things like “yes, wow, Linkedin is amazing” and then do nothing. That’s because they don’t know how to use it.

So I looked around and came up with a basic course on how to use Linkedin for business. Many now consider Linkedin even more promising as a business building tool than Facebook if only they could figure out how to use it. For example, Linkedin has nearly 140 million users with about four in five of them aged 25 or over and their average household income is just over 100k. Those are pretty impressive stats and for a network marketer looking for serious business builders, then it’s a prime prospecting target.

Here’s a basic boot camp training of how to use Linkedin which should get you off to a good start. The first thing you need to be able to benefit from it is to get in the game initially. This will help immensely.

LinkedIn is the proverbial dark horse of social media: we all know it’s there, but few of us use it to its full potential.

With just a little bit of effort you will see how the powerful social site can help you market yourself and your business far more than you imagined.

With help from the LinkedIn guru himself, Lewis Howes, we have enrolled you in our basic LinkedIn boot camp training to give you the fundamental tools necessary to use the site for all your business and personal marketing needs…..

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There is a lot more to using Linkedin creatively and effectively to canvass potential prospects and we will bring you more in due course. But remember, don’t simply join the site and start blasting sales messages to everyone. These are professionals who need to get to know and trust you first. Same attraction marketing rules apply. Don’t forget that.

Speaking of attraction marketing; have you downloaded Ann Sieg’s The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto yet? Download it today and get a head start on 99% of network marketers not using the principles of attraction marketing.

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Is this also the case with network marketing?

Could be but I needed to delve a little deeper and think I have nailed why people fail at network marketing?

Ready?

Most people are focused on making money when they should be focused on building a business. How about that? Does that sound familiar? Yes, we all want to make money and make it quickly but network marketing is the wrong model to make money fast. People become obsessed with making money and losing the sight of the fact that they should be building the business instead.

Does this sound a little like attraction marketing is at play here?

Instead of trying to get the sale it makes more sense to “teach the prospect” to such a point where the sale becomes almost inevitable; and with little push required from you.

So I thought how about a little crash course in building a business that will take care of the money making aspect. You’ve probably heard this before but are you applying it?

How To Set Goals & Win

Here goes.

1. Set goals…you need to set clear, achievable and measurable goals for your business. For example, you want to sign a prospect a week into your business. Is this achievable, clear or measurable?

2. You need to create a plan. The plan has to be time based and realistic. It has to be measurable and above all, practical. In other words, you have to give yourself every chance of achieving it. One of the things I like to do is breaking it down into daily goals. I remember several years ago my daily action plan was to deliver a set amount of flyers each day. This gradually built momentum which went from a trickle to an avalanche. But it was the daily action I took to create it. Write down your daily action targets. This makes a huge difference.

3. You need to review and evaluate your plan. This is crucial. Don’t ever get into a state of mind where it becomes a chore. You have to set your goals realistically; make them so you give yourself every chance of reaching them. This builds enthusiasm and instead of it becoming a chore, you look forward to achieving them. It’s all about feeling good about yourself at the end of the day. So summing up:

- is your plan achievable?
- is it realistic?
- is it time based?
- can you measure your results?

If no to any of these then review and adjust.

4. This is short and simple. You need to execute your plan. You need to take action and make it happen. Someone can give you the light switch but you still need to flick the switch. Make sense.

5. Continuously measure your goals. This is so crucial. Refer to point 3 above about evaluating your goals.

6. Never stop trying to improve your results. You do this by adjusting and improving your plan.

Okay, this went a little longer than I wanted it too but there is more to this that I wanted to add. We’ll look at it in another post. But the above should get you off to a flier with your business. Can you see why people fail doing network marketing? Focusing on building your business instead of making money is crucial.

Click here to download Ann Sieg’s controversial report The 7 Great Lies Of Network Marketing.

Brand building was something foreign to network marketers only a few short years ago but with people like Ann Sieg and Ty Tribble providing some of the best attraction marketing and blog training available, the tools and know-how in getting your name in front of potential prospects has never been easier.

Getting great search engine rankings and getting favor with Google is paramount to succeeding online and attracting prospects. Google is often changing the landscape and staying on top of this can be daunting especially for inexperienced online marketers.
Where are we going with this?

Well, Google has been busy this year and their goal to provide the best possible end user experience has gone to the next level. If you haven’t heard of Google +1 yet then you might need to educate yourself on what it is and how it can really help you to build your brand. It’s all about increasing your authority as an author which means increasing your brand and credibility with prospects.

Make sense?

Well, George Fourie recently spoke with Derreck Arrequin on this very subject during an episode at tv.thatmlmbeat.com. The video presentation is just 15 minutes long and will be the best 15 minutes you’ve spent online today.

Remember, for the best training and tips on attraction marketing, download Ann Sieg’s free book The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto.

Combine what Ann teaches and Ty Tribble’s MLM Blog Secrets and you are well on your way to “nailing” attraction marketing and jumping your brand to the head of the queue as far as attracting prospects is concerned. Click here to download MLM Blog Secrets.

No, I’m not smoking the stuff but once you read the following article you’ll have an appreciation at how happiness might be able to turn things around for you. A colleague of mine who I worked with as a mentor on an internet marketing forum several years ago Jaime Mintun has posted a terrific article naming three steps you can take right now that can turn your online fortunes around.

Jaime has a remarkable story and has the ability to produce income from nothing. In other words, leave her on a deserted island, give her a laptop and a few days and she can map out a program for earning income that is life changing. She’s done it before and is the type of coach you should be listening to when conditioning your mind for success.

Jaime has listed three simple steps to get you on the right track. Yes, they are extremely simple but do you know what happens when people are confronted with simple answers…most time they don’t take action. They are looking for something a little more complicated. It’s the same with network marketing tips. Keep it simple. Here’s a little of what Jaime posted.

I’m obviously not really talking about the drug here. But you get my point. What if you could get your bank account to swell with positive vibes and balances the same way the brain swells with the happy happy, joy joy during an ecstasy trip? And it was for REAL. Forever.

I’m talking true wealth, and true joy. Together.

Because authentic happiness, just like authentic wealth, is soooo much better!

So here’s a quick 3 ways you can launch your finances on an authentic ecstasy trip: authentic wealth that resonates with authentic happiness and love. Because at a vibrational and emotional level… it’s all the same stuff.

This will also prime us for massive quantum leaps when we start focusing action alongside these 3 steps during our 60-day challenge!! It’s like fueling up for the journey. The three ways described below will not only fill up your bank account – they fill YOU up. And that’s important because we can’t achieve massive change and achieve our goals if we’re overwhelmed or depleted or running on empty.

So don’t just read this and think, awww that was cute. ACTUALLY DO THIS…..

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So actually do this stuff and watch the difference it will make to your business and life. I would also bookmark Jaime’s blog or get on her mailing list and she sends out coaching tips on a regular basis.

Meanwhile, two more things. Have you got yourself a copy of Ty Tribble’s MLM Blog Secrets yet? Cut down your learning curve and grab it. Also, make sure you download a free copy of Ann Sieg’s The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto.

Enjoy!