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Don’t Just Wish – Be a Network Marketing Success

February 3rd, 2010 No comments

Baseball stars who were inducted into the Hall of Fame only played every third game and only when they felt like playing. Or was it when they were wearing their lucky socks? Every baseball fan knows the key to great ball players who made it into the Hall of Fame was consistency and riding out the ups and downs of each game. If you want to become an MLM success, you have to be consistent in all that you do in the business.

How do you leverage that consistency into success – into profit? See people for what they are and money for what it is. Don’t treat customers and prospects as a means to an end for your business.

Caring about people, investing in their lives, and getting involved in their success is what motivates people and makes them gravitate toward you. The users always end up as losers – losing their downline, losing profit, and ultimately losing their business.

There’s a sad joke that says to get to the top of the money-making ladder, you have to step on people. The trouble with that kind of thinking is that after awhile they’ll move out of the way and you’ll fall.

So if you think of people only in terms of what you can add to your bank balance, you need to change your philosophy. The MLM marketers who are enjoying the greatest success put money second to people.

You don’t want to get a reputation as someone who believes in success at any cost. Multi level marketing was never intended to be a business that promoted one person’s success over anyone else’s.

It was meant to be a business structure that shared the wealth available to anyone who wanted to invest and work to reach his or her monetary dreams. Your goal as a marketer should be to help others reach their dreams, to teach them and show them ways they can get the job done when they stumble. Caring about the people you bring on board is the key to having the most MLM success.

But you also have to stop daydreaming about what could be. This takes away from your productivity. You need to be focused on what tasks are at hand right this second and forge through the down times so that you can one day enjoy the fruits of your labor.

The author’s topics of interest include xowii energy drinks, network marketing lead generation, Xowii, and internet marketing techniques.

What is Free Advertising?

February 3rd, 2010 No comments

Free advertising is an increasingly popular form of advertising nowadays, especially over the internet. Advertisements posted for free are usually classified ads i.e. they are small adverts usually just giving a pretty limited description of the service or item and the contact number or email of the advertiser. You can post a free ad on a website if you want to sell something in your locality. Craigslist, the most popular web-based advertising service, offers free advertising to individuals. Craigslist has around 700 websites dedicated to many localities, majority of which are in the United States.

You can go for free advertising if you think you don’t need to spend money to sell your item or service. Also, online classifieds are becoming more popular than newspaper classifieds nowadays. Since it is free, you can always give it a shot. You have to register with a login name, password and e-mail address. Once this is done, you can decide which area to post in. You are asked to choose the web-site representing your area or the one closest to it. Once this is done, you can make your post. Usually you are given a decent word limit to write and some sites even allow uploading pictures. You also specify a category and price and are supposed to include your contact number. You will usually be notified by email when someone replies to your post on the free advertising site where you posted your advertisement.

Besides the market majors like Craigslist, Kijiji and Gumtree, there are often local websites which offer free advertising services. These can be very useful too, depending on popularity. Since the service is free, you can simply advertise on both the major website and the local website.

It is important to follow advertising trends while getting into free advertising. A compact description is important, which highlights the important aspects of the goods or services up for sale or rent. People searching in classifieds often have to sieve through a lot of ads and want to get over with it quickly. Real Estate ads are often paid, and it’s quite difficult to find free advertising space for them.

You can write articles related to your topic of expertise and have them posted on your blog or a forum, and include some contact of yours with the posts. People reading them may be impressed and want to consult you for their problems. Having your own blog is a convenient way of free advertising since it is not only free but easy to set up. However, since there is a good chance of there being many people writing on the same topic as you, it’s good to follow certain marketing trends here too. An attractive template, catchy posts and well-written subject matter are essential. With the social networking boom, it is not too difficult to get the initial word-of-mouth boost to your blog’s readership.

Choose the websites or directories to put up your free advertisements wisely. If blog is your preferred mode of advertising, update it regularly to make it SEO friendly. Your free advertisement is sure to boost your business.

Alex Wu operates a free advertising website that lets people advertise, build groups, and connect. He hopes to create an active environment for businesses to place their employment opportunities.

Jobs for Students

February 3rd, 2010 No comments

While it is not easy too find jobs when you are not yet graduated from college, you can take chance of the available part time job opportunities. Students actually have many options for part time jobs because many organizations and businesses need flexible staffs to make sure the small tasks and operational activities are done on time. Part time workers help to handle a lot, from the seasonal work loads to the simple day to day tasks. You usually work in shifts or few days in a week so that there is room to manage your other activities. Of course it can be messy without good time management. But if you really consider spending time for value-added activities during your college years, part time job maybe one of the extra ‘activities’ you should add into the schedule. Well, students can take jobs as follows and consider the advantages and disadvantages:

1. On-campus jobs. You can contact the college employment service to find information about on campus jobs. In many campuses, administrative and other formal jobs are categorized into work study. If you are not qualified for them, then you can find positions at the hostel, kitchen, or others. The jobs do not pay high, but you can enjoy the extra income of your spare time. So why not? Imagine if you work as beverage boy/girl, dishwasher, or others for few hours every day or few days in a week when you usually spend the time for sleeping or gossiping, isn’t that a good choice? You earn extra money and you spend the time wisely. Of course the work is usually not challenging, but it is fine because you get some experiences and learn to be responsible. You can always find other jobs.

2. Work Study. Work study is usually job that requires you to work for several hours or shifts in a week at your university. It can be as library staff, clerk, department receptionist, administrative jobs, or others. You usually need to fill the application form provided by the Financial Aid Office at your university to see if you are qualified for work study. The pay is not high, but you have advantages for the flexible hours and the experience. Work study will give you great feel of office environment because the work and surrounding is usually quite formal and well-planned. Also, it is easier for you to manage time between class schedule and work shifts.

3. Off-campus jobs. Off campus jobs maybe the most challenging of all. You have more difficulties in time allocation and work longer hours. The pay is usually higher because the workload is too. But you should take it as a challenge to prove out your credibility and productivity. Off-campus jobs range from many, public relation, department store staff, retail staff, marketer, housekeeper, online jobs, nanny, tutor, etc. The extra income can be considerable since you may also get other benefits from the workplace.

4. Internships. Internships are great for real-work experience. You are not always paid, but it is big advantage to put intern experience in your CV. Discuss with your academic advisor about the available intern programs for your major. Even though you may not get paid, the experience should outweigh the time and effort you spend. And you can still do other jobs while that.

Alex Wu operates a classifieds website that lets people advertise, build groups, and connect. He hopes to create an active environment for businesses to place their jobs.