Network Marketing is also called Multi-Level Marketing or MLM for
short. If you happen to be thinking about getting into Network
Marketing then this may be helpful for you. There are things to
look for in a Network Marketing business that will keep you from
just spinning your wheels and getting nowhere. It is true that
most Network Marketing businesses fail. That is what happens to
most any business in their first five years. But if you know how
to do it right, then Network Marketing is the best career in the
world!
You should be able to start with little cost. Avoid big sign-up
fees and expensive frontloading where you have to spend thousands
of dollars to get started, buying your way to the top of a pay
plan, having to purchase large volumes to qualify for your check,
and having to stock inventory yourself. Run away from anybody
requiring you to do those things.
Do not fall for outrageous claims such as making money with no
selling. In Network Marketing you can get people placed under you
without having to do anything if the people above you are doing a
lot of work and your compensation plan is a forced matrix or
power leg binary. That kind of thing is called spillover, but you
cannot count on getting rich from that. People joining with that
expectation will be disappointed. Even worse, do not get involved
with a company that is offering a business opportunity but has no
product or service to sell other than the opportunity. Always,
before you join any company, go to the Internet search engines
and check for complaints and scam warnings.
Sales and distribution are the backbone of all business. Direct
sales are the type we are more familiar with. The products of a
company are peddled by a salesperson that receives a commission,
which is a percentage of the money gained by the sale. That is
the traditional sales approach. The salesperson can also be paid
on an hourly or salaried basis, even per lead contacted as long
as they meet a sales quota, but the source of income for business
is always sales driven.
Network Marketing is proving to be a better way, both for the
companies and their product distributors or salespeople. You are
still selling a product or service for the company, but you also
are looking for people who want to do what you are doing, selling
the company's product and making money doing it. You are building
a team. What that does is take sales to another level, because
once you get someone else selling for the company, the company
has a new distributor and you get paid not only on your sales,
but also on the new distributor's sales as well.
That is why it is called Multi-Level Marketing. When that
distributor on your first level gets a new seller for the
company, you also get paid from the work of that new seller. If
that new seller on your second level recruits, then you have a
third level. You can have a team building under you, doing sales
for you, making money for you, and it can be happening without
extra effort on your part! The payment plans in MLM mostly
include binary, breakaway, matrix, stair-step, and the best is
unilevel.
With the unilevel plan there is no limit to the number of people
you can have under you at the first level. The purchases from
your first level are where you get the highest commission.
Commissions for purchases from your second level on down are not
as high percentage-wise, but can add up to a big amount through
the shear number of sales. Those earnings are often called
leveraged earnings because you have utilized the work and the
time of other people. That is the way to get wealthy!
Network Marketing is about the referral and soft sell. You do not
have to give people the hard sell to be successful. You simply
use the company's product or service and recommend it to others.
It helps a great deal if you are passionate about it. The company
provides promotional materials such as sales letters, brochures,
recruiting calls, recorded messages, websites, flash movie
presentations, DVDs, and even magazines. They should be
persuasive materials that put forth the benefits of the product
or service to the prospect and should include plenty of
testimonials.
The company should have a valuable and desired product or service
that people would really want to have. Preferably, the product
should be unique and manufactured by the company itself. You want
the service to be a continuing monthly service or the product to
be a consumable one, so that you get recurring purchases every
month and an ongoing income from each customer.
With Network Marketing you will not just be making one-time sales
as in direct marketing. You will be building a residual income
that keeps coming in whether you work or not. It is the perfect
way to build a retirement income, so the company you choose
should be debt free and have been in business for at least 5
years so that you know it is solid.
Having found those things, you then present the business
opportunity and the product to as many people as possible. Your
warm market is people you know, such as friends, family, and
co-workers. Beyond that, you can advertise, or buy lead lists of
people interested in starting a business or interested in your
type of product or service.
For Network Marketing the most targeted list you can get are MLM
Genealogy Lists. Those are people who have showed an interest in
Network Marketing by already having been involved in it. Do an
Internet search for MLM Genealogy Lists if you want to buy one.
Those lists are not expensive and many of the people on it
already have experience building a business. Those are the people
you want on your team!
The Perfect NetworkBuisness?
SPIDERWEBMARKETINGSYSTEM
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Is Network Marketing the "Perfect" Business?
It is often said that network marketing is the perfect business.
It seems logical that many people in the business say this, since
a statement like that could draw new people into the business.
"This really is the perfect business!" could be just what your
prospect needs to get the courage to make the decision and join
your network marketing company. But is that all it is? Just a
great statement to be used in an attempt to close people, or is
there actually any truth to it?
Of course not everybody shares this positive image of the
industry. Many people think quite the opposite of network
marketing. Busloads of people would laugh when someone would
refer to it as 'the perfect business' because they don't even
consider it a business in the first place. They might still have
the picture of a bunch of housewives gathering around the kitchen
table to sell each other plastic cups and lingerie as a hobby.
Obviously not everybody evaluates a business by the same criteria
but with global revenues exceeding 100 billion dollars it just
doesn't fit the description of a hobby anymore. It's serious
business.
Fortunately a lot has been written on the subject over the years,
by people outside and inside network marketing. Robert Kiyosaki
is a good example of a successful entrepreneur and best selling
author, who has not made his fortune in network marketing. He
isn't even in the business. But he is a strong advocate of the
industry because of its power and potential. He also explains
why, in his opinion, this industry offers the best chance of
success for an individual that wants to start a business these
days. He claims that network marketing companies have a system in
place, much like a franchising formula, that have proven to
produce results if you stick to the system.
So if we have established that network marketing is indeed a
business, the question still remains: "How perfect is it?” To
answer this question let's look at this from the perspective of
someone that wants to go out and start a business.
If you were to start a traditional type business the first thing
you need would probably be money. In many cases a lot of it, so
you would need to talk to a bank. Of course this bank is not just
going to throw money at you until you convince them that your
business has a good chance of success and that you are a good
candidate. You may even have paid a professional to put together
a solid business plan. So before you make your first dime, you
are spending valuable time and money to even be considered to get
the money you need from the bank.
Now let's say you qualify and you get the money from the bank.
Then you go out and start your business. You rent the space for
your store or office and in doing so you have to put down a
deposit for the first month or two and you probably have to sign
a contract for a minimum duration of your lease. This will
account for at least a couple of thousand dollars. Then you have
to get the furniture and equipment to make your business actually
look like one. Depending on your type of business that can range
from hundreds to many thousands of dollars that you must spend
just to get your business up and running.
Of course it doesn't end there. You'll have to take care and pay
for: insurance, advertising, accounting, legal fees, taxes and a
bunch of other things that you may not have anticipated, but will
prove to be necessary nonetheless. In most of these cases it will
take someone else's knowledge and that someone wants to get paid
for their service.
Now you may realize that with all of these things to take care of
you're required to work your business full time. And this is not
full time like 40-60 hours on a job. Most entrepreneurs work
60-80 hours or more per week. Still, you can't be in the store
all day and do it all by yourself. So you decide to hire someone
to help out. Here comes the nightmare of all companies:
employees. They'll work hard when you're there and slouch when
you're not. When they show up late or call in sick, you have to
open the store. And they'll never work as hard as you do, because
it's not their business, it's only their job. Nevertheless you
must pay them before you can even pay yourself.
And then we haven't even discussed all the outside factors like:
competition, government regulations, technology, city circulation
plans, customers that refuse to pay and too many more to mention.
A change in any single one of them could put you out of business
in no time. The sad truth is that over 90% of all new businesses
go out of business within the first five years of their
existence. Yet how much money do you put on the line to have a
chance in a business like this?
Now let’s compare this with the business of network marketing and
see what the differences are. If you start your own network
marketing business the initial investment is very low; probably
less than $500. You don't need an office or a store to rent
because you work out of your home. There is no need for extra
insurance, legal fees or expensive marketing advice, because all
of these things are taken care of by any good network marketing
company. Most companies also offer valuable training at minimal
cost that will vastly increase your chances of success.
You can start your business part time and you can work when and
where you choose. Perhaps the most important advantage of the
network marketing business model it the leverage is offers. You
can leverage yourself by sponsoring others into your business and
helping them build a business for themselves. Yet these people on
your team are not your employees, they each have their own
business. Therefore they'll be more motivated to work because
they are not working for you, they are working for themselves.
This way you can build a network of thousands of independent
distributors scattered all across the globe through different
levels in your organization that you can benefit from. It's like
having thousands of stores all over the world without having to
pay rent on any of them.
Does this make network marketing perfect? No, of course not.
Nothing is perfect but anyone who seriously evaluates network
marketing can't help but come to the conclusion that it offers
some remarkable advantages over traditional business.
Get your Free SPIDERWEBMARKETINGSYSTEM Today!!!
It seems logical that many people in the business say this, since
a statement like that could draw new people into the business.
"This really is the perfect business!" could be just what your
prospect needs to get the courage to make the decision and join
your network marketing company. But is that all it is? Just a
great statement to be used in an attempt to close people, or is
there actually any truth to it?
Of course not everybody shares this positive image of the
industry. Many people think quite the opposite of network
marketing. Busloads of people would laugh when someone would
refer to it as 'the perfect business' because they don't even
consider it a business in the first place. They might still have
the picture of a bunch of housewives gathering around the kitchen
table to sell each other plastic cups and lingerie as a hobby.
Obviously not everybody evaluates a business by the same criteria
but with global revenues exceeding 100 billion dollars it just
doesn't fit the description of a hobby anymore. It's serious
business.
Fortunately a lot has been written on the subject over the years,
by people outside and inside network marketing. Robert Kiyosaki
is a good example of a successful entrepreneur and best selling
author, who has not made his fortune in network marketing. He
isn't even in the business. But he is a strong advocate of the
industry because of its power and potential. He also explains
why, in his opinion, this industry offers the best chance of
success for an individual that wants to start a business these
days. He claims that network marketing companies have a system in
place, much like a franchising formula, that have proven to
produce results if you stick to the system.
So if we have established that network marketing is indeed a
business, the question still remains: "How perfect is it?” To
answer this question let's look at this from the perspective of
someone that wants to go out and start a business.
If you were to start a traditional type business the first thing
you need would probably be money. In many cases a lot of it, so
you would need to talk to a bank. Of course this bank is not just
going to throw money at you until you convince them that your
business has a good chance of success and that you are a good
candidate. You may even have paid a professional to put together
a solid business plan. So before you make your first dime, you
are spending valuable time and money to even be considered to get
the money you need from the bank.
Now let's say you qualify and you get the money from the bank.
Then you go out and start your business. You rent the space for
your store or office and in doing so you have to put down a
deposit for the first month or two and you probably have to sign
a contract for a minimum duration of your lease. This will
account for at least a couple of thousand dollars. Then you have
to get the furniture and equipment to make your business actually
look like one. Depending on your type of business that can range
from hundreds to many thousands of dollars that you must spend
just to get your business up and running.
Of course it doesn't end there. You'll have to take care and pay
for: insurance, advertising, accounting, legal fees, taxes and a
bunch of other things that you may not have anticipated, but will
prove to be necessary nonetheless. In most of these cases it will
take someone else's knowledge and that someone wants to get paid
for their service.
Now you may realize that with all of these things to take care of
you're required to work your business full time. And this is not
full time like 40-60 hours on a job. Most entrepreneurs work
60-80 hours or more per week. Still, you can't be in the store
all day and do it all by yourself. So you decide to hire someone
to help out. Here comes the nightmare of all companies:
employees. They'll work hard when you're there and slouch when
you're not. When they show up late or call in sick, you have to
open the store. And they'll never work as hard as you do, because
it's not their business, it's only their job. Nevertheless you
must pay them before you can even pay yourself.
And then we haven't even discussed all the outside factors like:
competition, government regulations, technology, city circulation
plans, customers that refuse to pay and too many more to mention.
A change in any single one of them could put you out of business
in no time. The sad truth is that over 90% of all new businesses
go out of business within the first five years of their
existence. Yet how much money do you put on the line to have a
chance in a business like this?
Now let’s compare this with the business of network marketing and
see what the differences are. If you start your own network
marketing business the initial investment is very low; probably
less than $500. You don't need an office or a store to rent
because you work out of your home. There is no need for extra
insurance, legal fees or expensive marketing advice, because all
of these things are taken care of by any good network marketing
company. Most companies also offer valuable training at minimal
cost that will vastly increase your chances of success.
You can start your business part time and you can work when and
where you choose. Perhaps the most important advantage of the
network marketing business model it the leverage is offers. You
can leverage yourself by sponsoring others into your business and
helping them build a business for themselves. Yet these people on
your team are not your employees, they each have their own
business. Therefore they'll be more motivated to work because
they are not working for you, they are working for themselves.
This way you can build a network of thousands of independent
distributors scattered all across the globe through different
levels in your organization that you can benefit from. It's like
having thousands of stores all over the world without having to
pay rent on any of them.
Does this make network marketing perfect? No, of course not.
Nothing is perfect but anyone who seriously evaluates network
marketing can't help but come to the conclusion that it offers
some remarkable advantages over traditional business.
Get your Free SPIDERWEBMARKETINGSYSTEM Today!!!
Your Internet Business - Achieving Success while Avoiding Burnout
Hang around any internet forum for a while, and you're sure to
read a post from some exhausted, disillusioned 'apprentice'
internet marketer who is ready to give up.
It's not only internet forums that carry sad tales of endless
hours spent trying to 'break in'. You'll often see stories like
this in testimonials for a system that has finally worked:
relieved buyers tell of their rocky journey before finding the
solution that did it for them.
If you're one of those who are dealing with a fed-up spouse who
is urging you to find a 'real job', or credit cards that have
reached the red zone after huge sums spent on the next sure
thing, you may well be getting close to burnout.
What do you do? Keep trying - or give up? And if you do keep
trying, how can you know what will work best for you? What is the
best use of the hours you have available to you, without your
health suffering?
Here are a few tips to help you find your way through the maze.
1. Work on the Tasks That You Find Easiest - Outsource the Rest.
There are many ways to make money on the Internet, but most of
them require you to know how to work with two things: words and
websites. When you're a beginner, focus on working with your
strengths. For example, if you are a confident writer but a dud
with the technical stuff, spend your time and money wisely. Use
sites like Elance.com or Workaholics4Hire.com to find someone to
do the things you find difficult. (You could spend a whole day
trying to master something an expert could do in twenty minutes.)
Instead, let the professionals work on the geeky stuff, while you
write your own sales copy and tweak articles to make them unique.
If you're not so hot with either words or the technical aspects,
you have a choice: (a) you can pay others to do most of the work,
while you come up with the ideas; or (b) you can invest time to
teach yourself necessary skills.
The quickest road to burnout is trying to master everything at
once. ("I have to work this stuff out in the next three weeks or
get another job!") Be kind to yourself, and allow yourself
whatever training period you need.
2. Work With Your Personality, Not Against It.
By the time you're ready to embark on an Internet business, it's
likely that you have enough life experience to understand your
own work patterns. It is essential that you create whatever
conditions you need to work efficiently.
Once you have chosen the type of business that seems right for
you (for example: creating niche products, or building content
sites that will bring in money from AdSense and affiliate sales)
your first step should be to create a checklist of necessary
tasks. What is the very first thing you need to do? What is the
second? What is the third? Write them all down.
Decide on which tasks you will handle yourself, and which tasks
you will hand over to others. Arrange these tasks in two separate
lists. (If you have no money to outsource anything yet, then
you'll still have one big list.)
If you are outsourcing certain tasks, find the professional who
will be handling them and get things underway before you begin on
your own list. This will give you a mental boost, because things
are already happening! (Note that some outsourced tasks may have
to wait until you have completed a step on your own list.)
Look back at your past experiences with approaching projects or
new tasks, and decide which of the two following work patterns
sounds most like you:
- you work best with a 'to do' list that challenges you, ticking
off each task as it is completed.
- you become overwhelmed if you have too much on your list; you
work best if you have just one task in front of you at a time.
Far too many new internet marketers panic at the sight of a
seemingly interminable list of tasks. At the end of a day, if
they've checked only three boxes out of twenty-seven, they panic.
It all seems too much - and paralysis can set in. That, in turn,
leads to disillusionment and another failed business.
If you know that this will be your reaction, then put your list
away. Instead, write out the very first task on a piece of paper,
and put THAT in front of you. That's all you have to accomplish -
that one task.
Be careful that you don't look upon a whole complex project 'one
task'. For example: don't write down 'build a website' as Item 1
on your To-Do List! Break large tasks down into smaller jobs, and
focus on that. If your first task in building a website is to
download the necessary software and install it on your computer,
write that down as one thing on your to-do list.
Work your way through one task at a time, and give yourself
credit for what you have accomplished. One final tip: pretend
that you are hiring yourself, and treat yourself kindly - like a
new employee that has to learn the ropes. As a boss, you wouldn't
unfairly overload a 'newbie' starting out in the business - so
don't do it to yourself!
Ralf Dooley recommends SPIDERWEBMARKETING!!!
read a post from some exhausted, disillusioned 'apprentice'
internet marketer who is ready to give up.
It's not only internet forums that carry sad tales of endless
hours spent trying to 'break in'. You'll often see stories like
this in testimonials for a system that has finally worked:
relieved buyers tell of their rocky journey before finding the
solution that did it for them.
If you're one of those who are dealing with a fed-up spouse who
is urging you to find a 'real job', or credit cards that have
reached the red zone after huge sums spent on the next sure
thing, you may well be getting close to burnout.
What do you do? Keep trying - or give up? And if you do keep
trying, how can you know what will work best for you? What is the
best use of the hours you have available to you, without your
health suffering?
Here are a few tips to help you find your way through the maze.
1. Work on the Tasks That You Find Easiest - Outsource the Rest.
There are many ways to make money on the Internet, but most of
them require you to know how to work with two things: words and
websites. When you're a beginner, focus on working with your
strengths. For example, if you are a confident writer but a dud
with the technical stuff, spend your time and money wisely. Use
sites like Elance.com or Workaholics4Hire.com to find someone to
do the things you find difficult. (You could spend a whole day
trying to master something an expert could do in twenty minutes.)
Instead, let the professionals work on the geeky stuff, while you
write your own sales copy and tweak articles to make them unique.
If you're not so hot with either words or the technical aspects,
you have a choice: (a) you can pay others to do most of the work,
while you come up with the ideas; or (b) you can invest time to
teach yourself necessary skills.
The quickest road to burnout is trying to master everything at
once. ("I have to work this stuff out in the next three weeks or
get another job!") Be kind to yourself, and allow yourself
whatever training period you need.
2. Work With Your Personality, Not Against It.
By the time you're ready to embark on an Internet business, it's
likely that you have enough life experience to understand your
own work patterns. It is essential that you create whatever
conditions you need to work efficiently.
Once you have chosen the type of business that seems right for
you (for example: creating niche products, or building content
sites that will bring in money from AdSense and affiliate sales)
your first step should be to create a checklist of necessary
tasks. What is the very first thing you need to do? What is the
second? What is the third? Write them all down.
Decide on which tasks you will handle yourself, and which tasks
you will hand over to others. Arrange these tasks in two separate
lists. (If you have no money to outsource anything yet, then
you'll still have one big list.)
If you are outsourcing certain tasks, find the professional who
will be handling them and get things underway before you begin on
your own list. This will give you a mental boost, because things
are already happening! (Note that some outsourced tasks may have
to wait until you have completed a step on your own list.)
Look back at your past experiences with approaching projects or
new tasks, and decide which of the two following work patterns
sounds most like you:
- you work best with a 'to do' list that challenges you, ticking
off each task as it is completed.
- you become overwhelmed if you have too much on your list; you
work best if you have just one task in front of you at a time.
Far too many new internet marketers panic at the sight of a
seemingly interminable list of tasks. At the end of a day, if
they've checked only three boxes out of twenty-seven, they panic.
It all seems too much - and paralysis can set in. That, in turn,
leads to disillusionment and another failed business.
If you know that this will be your reaction, then put your list
away. Instead, write out the very first task on a piece of paper,
and put THAT in front of you. That's all you have to accomplish -
that one task.
Be careful that you don't look upon a whole complex project 'one
task'. For example: don't write down 'build a website' as Item 1
on your To-Do List! Break large tasks down into smaller jobs, and
focus on that. If your first task in building a website is to
download the necessary software and install it on your computer,
write that down as one thing on your to-do list.
Work your way through one task at a time, and give yourself
credit for what you have accomplished. One final tip: pretend
that you are hiring yourself, and treat yourself kindly - like a
new employee that has to learn the ropes. As a boss, you wouldn't
unfairly overload a 'newbie' starting out in the business - so
don't do it to yourself!
Ralf Dooley recommends SPIDERWEBMARKETING!!!
5 Reasons Why the so called Newbies Fail
Reason 1:
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes set unrealistic
goals for themselves. Set goals for yourself that you
can easily attain. By setting and achieving reasonable
goals, you build confidence in yourself and your abilities.
This allows you to confidently set ever-increasing goals
that you can regularly meet. People who set unrealistic
goals often fail in Internet marketing because they get
discouraged when they do not achieve their goals. After
getting discouraged month after month, they often
believe they cannot succeed and they stop trying.
Don't let this happen to you.
Reason 2:
Beginner Internet marketers often lack a unique product.
If you want to be really successful in Internet marketing
you need a unique product that you can call your own.
Having a unique product allows you to harness the power
of affiliate marketing. Having hundreds of marketers
actively promoting your product allows you to multiply
your efforts on a huge scale.
Reason 3:
Beginner Internet marketers often lack commitment
to success. If you want to be successful in Internet
marketing you have to make a commitment to becoming
successful. This means setting time aside each day for your
Internet marketing activities and, more importantly,
performing those activities each day without fail.
You cannot expect to achieve any level of success in
Internet marketing if you can't commit yourself to doing
the very things that you need to do to be successful each
and every day without exceptions. It's that important.
Reason 4:
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes get caught up
in the details. It is important that you know what kind
of tasks you are good at. Don't make the same mistake
that countless other Internet marketers make of trying
to do everything yourself. There are places online where
you can hire inexpensive help, on a per project basis, to
perform the tasks that you are not an expert in.
For instance, if you are good with graphics programs,
then go ahead and do your own graphics. Otherwise,
contract the graphics out and spend your valuable time
doing something you are good at. The same can be said
for web design or copywriting. The point here is that you
do what you do best, and you can inexpensively hire
others to do the rest. You won't believe how inexpensive
it can be and how fast you can put it all together.
Reason 5:
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes plan themselves
to death (paralysis by analysis). If you want to be a
successful Internet marketer, at some point you will
have to put a plan into action. Once you have formulated
your plan you must be able to take the next step and put
that plan into operation. There are so many Internet
marketers who come up with a good idea, formulate a plan
and never put that plan into action because they constantly
analyze and refine that plan - without end. This is called
paralysis by analysis. This is not to say that your marketing
plan doesn't need careful consideration and analysis.
It does.
At some point the analysis must stop and the action
must begin. Don't be afraid to take that first action.
You will be amazed at how much easier each successive
action becomes.
In conclusion, you might be asking yourself why you should
follow these recommendations. That's a fair question.
Many marketers have made each of the mistakes
described above and have learned a great deal from
those mistakes. This was written so that you could
also learn from these mistakes. The choice is yours.
See what the Spiderweb can do for you!!!
SPIDERWEBMARKETING
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes set unrealistic
goals for themselves. Set goals for yourself that you
can easily attain. By setting and achieving reasonable
goals, you build confidence in yourself and your abilities.
This allows you to confidently set ever-increasing goals
that you can regularly meet. People who set unrealistic
goals often fail in Internet marketing because they get
discouraged when they do not achieve their goals. After
getting discouraged month after month, they often
believe they cannot succeed and they stop trying.
Don't let this happen to you.
Reason 2:
Beginner Internet marketers often lack a unique product.
If you want to be really successful in Internet marketing
you need a unique product that you can call your own.
Having a unique product allows you to harness the power
of affiliate marketing. Having hundreds of marketers
actively promoting your product allows you to multiply
your efforts on a huge scale.
Reason 3:
Beginner Internet marketers often lack commitment
to success. If you want to be successful in Internet
marketing you have to make a commitment to becoming
successful. This means setting time aside each day for your
Internet marketing activities and, more importantly,
performing those activities each day without fail.
You cannot expect to achieve any level of success in
Internet marketing if you can't commit yourself to doing
the very things that you need to do to be successful each
and every day without exceptions. It's that important.
Reason 4:
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes get caught up
in the details. It is important that you know what kind
of tasks you are good at. Don't make the same mistake
that countless other Internet marketers make of trying
to do everything yourself. There are places online where
you can hire inexpensive help, on a per project basis, to
perform the tasks that you are not an expert in.
For instance, if you are good with graphics programs,
then go ahead and do your own graphics. Otherwise,
contract the graphics out and spend your valuable time
doing something you are good at. The same can be said
for web design or copywriting. The point here is that you
do what you do best, and you can inexpensively hire
others to do the rest. You won't believe how inexpensive
it can be and how fast you can put it all together.
Reason 5:
Beginner Internet marketers sometimes plan themselves
to death (paralysis by analysis). If you want to be a
successful Internet marketer, at some point you will
have to put a plan into action. Once you have formulated
your plan you must be able to take the next step and put
that plan into operation. There are so many Internet
marketers who come up with a good idea, formulate a plan
and never put that plan into action because they constantly
analyze and refine that plan - without end. This is called
paralysis by analysis. This is not to say that your marketing
plan doesn't need careful consideration and analysis.
It does.
At some point the analysis must stop and the action
must begin. Don't be afraid to take that first action.
You will be amazed at how much easier each successive
action becomes.
In conclusion, you might be asking yourself why you should
follow these recommendations. That's a fair question.
Many marketers have made each of the mistakes
described above and have learned a great deal from
those mistakes. This was written so that you could
also learn from these mistakes. The choice is yours.
See what the Spiderweb can do for you!!!
SPIDERWEBMARKETING
If I Had Only Known Then What I Know Now!
Hindsight, we all know only too well, is a wonderful thing.
For example, if we had only known that the ceiling on
membership at a popular site was going to be subscribed
so quickly - we would have joined up the minute we heard about it.
If we had only known that niche marketing was going to be
so wildly popular we would have focused on that instead of MLM.
If we had only known that Google was going to change its
algorithm and the rules of AdWords were going to change we would have...
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop.
In the world of Internet marketing, you can safely bet that the
only constant is the rate of change! There's always news of the
latest product dropping into your email inbox. There's always
another promise of quick and easy money. Google will keep
changing its algorithm, and new search engines are quite likely
to pop up to challenge Google.
What can you do about this? Four main things:
(1) Continue To Educate Yourself.
Understand that those who rise to the top of any field -
whether it's internet marketing or something else -
are good at what they do. This means that they never
stop learning. There are always new materials, new
techniques and probably new 'experts' showing the way.
Most of us learn in three main ways: (a) from experts
who specialize in a certain niche related to our field;
(b) from others who are following the same path as
we are, and (c) by trial and error, from our own results.
You will find that the more you immerse yourself in the
world of internet marketing, the more you will be able
to analyze which products, services and opportunities
are right for you.
(2) Focus. Pick One System And Give It A Fair Go.
Countless people who start out on the internet with high
hopes follow the same pattern. They get excited about
a new product or system. They throw themselves into
it and invest long hours (and potentially quite a bit of money)
in getting it up and running. It might be e-books sold from
mini-sites; it might be setting up an eBay business; it might
be directory-type sites with text manipulators; it might be
AdWords or content sites optimized for AdSense.
Then one day they get wind of another new system
(probably one created by someone who claims "the
gurus are angry with me for giving away all their secrets...").
Discouraged by the lack of results with the first "opportunity",
they decide to let it rest for a while and try the new one.
Back they go into the cycle of try-the-new-product, get-discouraged, discard-it-and-try-the-next-thing.
And so it goes on. Months pass. Perhaps years pass. They
struggle to pay the credit card bills mounting from buying
into every new system that comes along... with very little
money coming in to offset their 'investment'. As they look
back, they start muttering "If I had only known then what
I know now..."
If you can recognize yourself in this scenario, the good
news is this: Now you DO know better. You don't know
what the next new product will be that's going to set
the internet world abuzz, but you do know enough to
choose a system that's right for you and stick to it.
(3) Take The Time to Plan.
Give yourself from two to four weeks to regroup.
Go through all the products you have on your shelves
or on your computer. Make a list. Decide which products
you now know (so wise with hindsight!) to be worth keeping.
Then analyze the 'keepers' and pick on the best system for
YOU to use at this time. (This will depend upon your level
of knowledge and which one you would enjoy most. Work with your strengths.)
Finally, devise a game plan. You are going to focus on this
ONE method and devise a practical time-line to achieve
results. Don't be in a rush. Make sure you give yourself
enough time to see it 'take hold' so the money starts
flowing in. That will give you the motivation to continue.
Clear the decks, physically as well as mentally. Put all
the products that don't fit in with your plan in boxes
or on disk for safekeeping. You may return to them
one day, but if you've chosen the system that's
right for you, you probably won't.
4. Don't Get Distracted by New Products.
Resolve to buy ONLY products or services that will save
you time or money in implementing the system you have
chosen. Never buy anything on impulse. Print out the sales
letter, read it through, then put it aside. Read it through again
the next day. Does it still seem so appealing? Check out a few
forums to listen to the buzz. If a product doesn't deliver, you'll
soon hear about it.
If it is exceptional value, you'll hear about that, too.
Some questions to ask:
"Will this help me to streamline the business I have chosen?
Is it worth the money?
Will it make a significant difference?"
And above all, "Do I need this, or is it just another distraction?"
Resolve to make this the year you will succeed.
No more pocket change.
No more "If I had only known..."
You DO know.
So make it work with Spiderwebmarketing
For example, if we had only known that the ceiling on
membership at a popular site was going to be subscribed
so quickly - we would have joined up the minute we heard about it.
If we had only known that niche marketing was going to be
so wildly popular we would have focused on that instead of MLM.
If we had only known that Google was going to change its
algorithm and the rules of AdWords were going to change we would have...
Stop.
Stop, stop, stop.
In the world of Internet marketing, you can safely bet that the
only constant is the rate of change! There's always news of the
latest product dropping into your email inbox. There's always
another promise of quick and easy money. Google will keep
changing its algorithm, and new search engines are quite likely
to pop up to challenge Google.
What can you do about this? Four main things:
(1) Continue To Educate Yourself.
Understand that those who rise to the top of any field -
whether it's internet marketing or something else -
are good at what they do. This means that they never
stop learning. There are always new materials, new
techniques and probably new 'experts' showing the way.
Most of us learn in three main ways: (a) from experts
who specialize in a certain niche related to our field;
(b) from others who are following the same path as
we are, and (c) by trial and error, from our own results.
You will find that the more you immerse yourself in the
world of internet marketing, the more you will be able
to analyze which products, services and opportunities
are right for you.
(2) Focus. Pick One System And Give It A Fair Go.
Countless people who start out on the internet with high
hopes follow the same pattern. They get excited about
a new product or system. They throw themselves into
it and invest long hours (and potentially quite a bit of money)
in getting it up and running. It might be e-books sold from
mini-sites; it might be setting up an eBay business; it might
be directory-type sites with text manipulators; it might be
AdWords or content sites optimized for AdSense.
Then one day they get wind of another new system
(probably one created by someone who claims "the
gurus are angry with me for giving away all their secrets...").
Discouraged by the lack of results with the first "opportunity",
they decide to let it rest for a while and try the new one.
Back they go into the cycle of try-the-new-product, get-discouraged, discard-it-and-try-the-next-thing.
And so it goes on. Months pass. Perhaps years pass. They
struggle to pay the credit card bills mounting from buying
into every new system that comes along... with very little
money coming in to offset their 'investment'. As they look
back, they start muttering "If I had only known then what
I know now..."
If you can recognize yourself in this scenario, the good
news is this: Now you DO know better. You don't know
what the next new product will be that's going to set
the internet world abuzz, but you do know enough to
choose a system that's right for you and stick to it.
(3) Take The Time to Plan.
Give yourself from two to four weeks to regroup.
Go through all the products you have on your shelves
or on your computer. Make a list. Decide which products
you now know (so wise with hindsight!) to be worth keeping.
Then analyze the 'keepers' and pick on the best system for
YOU to use at this time. (This will depend upon your level
of knowledge and which one you would enjoy most. Work with your strengths.)
Finally, devise a game plan. You are going to focus on this
ONE method and devise a practical time-line to achieve
results. Don't be in a rush. Make sure you give yourself
enough time to see it 'take hold' so the money starts
flowing in. That will give you the motivation to continue.
Clear the decks, physically as well as mentally. Put all
the products that don't fit in with your plan in boxes
or on disk for safekeeping. You may return to them
one day, but if you've chosen the system that's
right for you, you probably won't.
4. Don't Get Distracted by New Products.
Resolve to buy ONLY products or services that will save
you time or money in implementing the system you have
chosen. Never buy anything on impulse. Print out the sales
letter, read it through, then put it aside. Read it through again
the next day. Does it still seem so appealing? Check out a few
forums to listen to the buzz. If a product doesn't deliver, you'll
soon hear about it.
If it is exceptional value, you'll hear about that, too.
Some questions to ask:
"Will this help me to streamline the business I have chosen?
Is it worth the money?
Will it make a significant difference?"
And above all, "Do I need this, or is it just another distraction?"
Resolve to make this the year you will succeed.
No more pocket change.
No more "If I had only known..."
You DO know.
So make it work with Spiderwebmarketing
How to Succeed in Internet Marketing
Anyone trying to make a living with Internet marketing
has at least three things against them: They are working
on their own, they are being bombarded with new products
all the time, and they will find it very tempting to jump from
one money making plan to another.
How does one ever succeed online?
Self-Discipline
Anyone who is their own boss has to be very self-disciplined.
There is no one telling you to get up and get to work.
No one (unless it is your spouse) is going to tell you to get off
the phone or away from the TV and do something that will make money.
You are on your own, all the time. It is completely up to you
whether you spend one hour a day being productive or eight hours.
That is why self-discipline is so important.
It also takes self-discipline to not spend hours going over e-mails
instead of working. It is recommended that you limit the number
of e-mail lists you join. Why subscribe to 50 e-mail lists and then
have to spend two hours wading through your inbox deleting all those e-mails?
Signing up for two or three e-mail lists should be enough.
Limit it to the experts you really want to hear from.
Or better yet, subscribe to their RSS feeds.
It also takes self-discipline to not purchase every new product
that comes out with big promises of making you big money or
simplifying your life. The basic rule to follow is if it doesn't help
you in the area you have chosen to focus in, or if you already
have more than enough, then pass it by.
If the product is something that will help streamline your business,
you might want to consider it. Does it cut down on the amount of
work you have to do? Does it include leveraging your time by
giving work out to other people?
It might be worth the investment.
But if it is a product that teaches something that you really don't
need at this point, then don't fall for it. Let it pass.
Stay on Focus
Which leads to the next point, stay on focus. It is so incredibly
easy to jump from one thing to another. First, you need to
have a business plan. Second, you need to stick with that plan.
If, after you have given it a chance, you find that the plan is not
working, then consider altering course. But be careful you are
not changing your business plan just because you have become bored with it.
Yes, it helps to be excited about what you are working on,
but there are going to be times when everyone gets bored
with what they are doing. Take a day off, if that will help,
or get together with friends who are also business owners
and just talk. Renew the passion you had when you
started the business.
It is much better to sit back and renew your focus than to
trash one business plan for another and then another and
then another. You will discover a year from now that your
income is much less than it could have been because you
failed to concentrate on one plan.
So my advise is to start with Spiderwebmarketing.
Generate a 12+Income Stream totally FREE!
has at least three things against them: They are working
on their own, they are being bombarded with new products
all the time, and they will find it very tempting to jump from
one money making plan to another.
How does one ever succeed online?
Self-Discipline
Anyone who is their own boss has to be very self-disciplined.
There is no one telling you to get up and get to work.
No one (unless it is your spouse) is going to tell you to get off
the phone or away from the TV and do something that will make money.
You are on your own, all the time. It is completely up to you
whether you spend one hour a day being productive or eight hours.
That is why self-discipline is so important.
It also takes self-discipline to not spend hours going over e-mails
instead of working. It is recommended that you limit the number
of e-mail lists you join. Why subscribe to 50 e-mail lists and then
have to spend two hours wading through your inbox deleting all those e-mails?
Signing up for two or three e-mail lists should be enough.
Limit it to the experts you really want to hear from.
Or better yet, subscribe to their RSS feeds.
It also takes self-discipline to not purchase every new product
that comes out with big promises of making you big money or
simplifying your life. The basic rule to follow is if it doesn't help
you in the area you have chosen to focus in, or if you already
have more than enough, then pass it by.
If the product is something that will help streamline your business,
you might want to consider it. Does it cut down on the amount of
work you have to do? Does it include leveraging your time by
giving work out to other people?
It might be worth the investment.
But if it is a product that teaches something that you really don't
need at this point, then don't fall for it. Let it pass.
Stay on Focus
Which leads to the next point, stay on focus. It is so incredibly
easy to jump from one thing to another. First, you need to
have a business plan. Second, you need to stick with that plan.
If, after you have given it a chance, you find that the plan is not
working, then consider altering course. But be careful you are
not changing your business plan just because you have become bored with it.
Yes, it helps to be excited about what you are working on,
but there are going to be times when everyone gets bored
with what they are doing. Take a day off, if that will help,
or get together with friends who are also business owners
and just talk. Renew the passion you had when you
started the business.
It is much better to sit back and renew your focus than to
trash one business plan for another and then another and
then another. You will discover a year from now that your
income is much less than it could have been because you
failed to concentrate on one plan.
So my advise is to start with Spiderwebmarketing.
Generate a 12+Income Stream totally FREE!
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