I'm a big fan of cartoons, especially comic related cartoons. With the recent release of the new X-Men DVD I've been reminded of one of my favorite characters. The Unstoppable Juggernaut! If you don't know anything about comic books,Juggernaut is a character in Marvel Comic's X-Men and he's basically invincible. Once he get's moving there's nothing that can stop him. He's a giant imposing character and basically anything he wants he gets. I like that idea! As a kid, whenever he was a character in one the comic episodes on TV I felt drawn to this character and even more so today as I help pave the way to success for network marketers online. I'd like to think I'm a little like him. Any problem that get's in my way I find a way to bust through it and really that's all there is to success in business and in your network marketing. What I mean is, as a network marketer you have problems that you are faced with the second you start your business. -How to find people interested in your business -How to present your business in a way that get's people excited to jump on your bandwagon -How to make it easy for others to do the same And well . . . If you can solve these problems you become something of a network marketing Juggernaut yourself. So I have a little bit of homework for you today . . . Sit down and write out ever problem that you are having in your business. Set the piece of paper aside until tomorrow and then come back and think of creative ways to solve those unique problems your faced with in your business. Then next week set an action plan to implement your solutions to your problems. Then don't stop until each problem is solved. What's going to happen when you do this? Invariable you'll uncover more problems to overcome in your business. You'll take ownership of your business. You'll take the first steps to becoming an entrepreneur for your own situation. And here's a hint . . . An entrepreneur is nothing more than a person who solves problem for a profit. So in your brainstorming think of ways to profit in your business every step of the way. Do these thing right and you'll be a Juggernaut in your own right with hordes of folks chasing you down to learn how to do what you do.
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During my business ventures on and offline, i have learned a very important business lesson. Its about who you know. Now with that i don't mean bribes and backhand payments.
Building connections in the business world is a key aspect of success.
There is a reason why rich people hang out with rich people. They benefit from each other one way or another. Of course this is not the only reason.
Rich people know things and people the rest of us don't. With my team, i tend to create a network of friends benefiting from each other's skill and knowledge, creating a helping atmosphere. I myself have built up some incredible contacts i am willing to share with you. i can comfortably say i know someone willing to help or advise me in any main form of business. What ever the business, i am certain i can find you a buyer,investor,manager or client!
This is the beauty of the trust our team will have.
Would you believe me if i said i can offer you a holiday in a resort accros the world for at least $1000 bucks cheaper than say expedia or any other big travel agency? Well i can...ask me.
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I was up at 6 am this morning to get to answering network marketing emails and get things set up for the my team and it is dark and foggy out. I looked out my window and I could barely see across the street. Looking out the window I started to think. I thought . . . How does a ship trying to get to port ever find its way in the dark fog? Well the answer is simple. The ship's captain even if he has never gone to his designated final port of entry finds his or her way to port with a few simple tools; a map and a compass. I thought this was good analogy to how he all entered into your internet network marketing businesses. None of us knew exactly how to get to our final destination with our business when we tarted, but we were given the tools to navigate our way to our final port. Your ship is your marketing system and your compass and map are your team's tools and sponsors guidance. These tools guide us to our final destinations. The only difference between a ships captain and us is that the ship's captain knows he will get to port as soon as he sets of on his journey while we, on the other hand,sometimes don't carry this same level of faith going into our business. We hope that the tools that have been given to us will get us to our final destination,but we don't know as a matter of fact that we will get there. The reason for this is most of us in network marketing, me included, have never set sail in such a business before, so rather than knowing we will reach our desired level of success, as the ships captain does, we hope we will. I understand why there is a difference in mindset, so let me expound on it. If the ship's captain had never seen the sea before he started his voyage or met any captains that had successfully gotten to port he would be left with the same hope we hold.He wouldn't know for sure that would get to port, he would have to trust in his tools and have faith that he would get to port. After successfully arriving at his destination for the first time, the ship's captain, would then have full faith in his tools and his ship and their ability to get him to wherever in the world he was called to go. But in that first voyage he would be riddled with fear and trepidation at every turn in his journey. Little storms or detours that would normally be of no consequence would be magnified his mind as an almost insurmountable obstacles. Well the same thing happens to us all when we set off to create a thriving and large organization in ou e businesses if we have never done it before. When little obstacle come our way we tend to magnify them. For instance . . . Say you started your business a month ago and after hard studying and testing you finally carried out your first successful marketing campaign which brought in 4 new people into your team and then two days later 2 of those people that you brought in went inactive. What would you think? You would most likely immediately think,what's going on? Why are people quitting on me? I worked so hard to get them and now there gone. Does this "thing" really work? A small storm in your path and your first test. What happens at this point is a litmus test for the rest of your business. I've seen it happen. Some people come in all excited and call me every 3 hours asking for help and advice and I give it. Then they have their first small success and then they sit back and wait to see what happens next. They want to see if they're done - if their new down line will just takeover and do all the work for them. Then 2 out of their first 4 sign ups going active on them and they call me and say Reinhardt what's happening my down line is "going away". How do I stop it? I say, don't worry about it go out and market your business some more and support your people that are still there. Some will do this and some won't. Those that won't have lost faith in their map and compass. They don't think that they work. In their minds, they've used their tools effectively and now their done. It's time for their down line to take over and do the same.Then when nothing happens for them they say the system didn't work. You see they had only understood part of the system. They thought that once they had set their original heading and flipped on the autopilot switch then they would just float into port without any further effort. That's not how it works. You have to use the tools that you have been given to guide your way all the way to port,not just set a heading and sit back. So all I mean to say is, if you have used the tools in our in your business to generate even one sign up you have used these tools successfully, but your not done yet. You have to keep going, keep using these tools, changing and correcting your path when obstacles are put fourth all the way until you get to port. That's how you create success in network marketing or anything else in life. I hope this little rant of mine has helped a few of you recalibrate your path to success and see through the dark fog that's been put in front of you.
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What is social bookmarking?
Social bookmarking is optimized for documenting and sharing lists of links to useful information. In contrast, blogs are optimized for creating and sharing content, allowing for commentary while keeping the original content intact.
It is an all-out phenomena and is growing at a sonic boom clip. Understanding social bookmarking gives you the ability to reach millions of users you might otherwise miss. Social bookmarking is the sharing of websites within an online community. Here is how I like to think of it.
This is the process of moving your "favorites" or "bookmarks" (links to web sites you visit on the web) to a web-based service like del.icio.us , magnolia , or Yahoo or Google . These services allow you to capture these links or (URLs) to their service and provide you with settings to keep the link private or to share it with others (make it public). Social bookmarking is a way for Internet users to store, share, classify, and search Internet bookmarks.
There is some debate over how important social bookmarking is in SEO, but the consensus seems to be leaning toward the idea that social bookmarking, along with many other social media optimization (SMO) strategies, is quickly becoming a serious consideration for SEO. Social bookmarking is a great way to make your posts public. There are various places to go for you to post your articles.
Social bookmarking is all about the collective voice. Most of the social bookmarking networks increase the profile of items that receive numerous bookmarks. Social Bookmarking is the flagship of the web 2.0 movement. The basic concept behind social bookmarking is similar to Add to Favorites or Bookmarks that you are most familiar with using your web browsers like Firefox or Explorer.
It is a term for allowing people to publish, categorize and share their bookmarks. Del.ici.ous uses a non-hierarchical keyword categorization system, know as folksonomy, where user tag their links with one or more freely chosen keyword.
Social Bookmarking is definitely getting a lot easier lately, but there seems to be too many of them. Sometimes social bookmarking sites can get boring if there are not enough of good links. Social bookmarking is becoming the newest and most effective way of producing quality traffic. Social bookmarking is all about the collective voice. Most of the social bookmarking networks increase the profile of items that receive numerous bookmarks.
This is all about labeling the web, making it easier to find the content that you're looking for by passing on what you've found. The labels applied to web sites are commonly known as tags, and over time a kind of taxonomy grows, whereby persistent tags help information to be aggregated and mined for information.
Social bookmarking is a free and easy way to get loads of traffic to your website. It is a new trend in search engine optimization, which has gained recognition as part of a new type of website optimization, termed social media optimization (SMO).? Social Bookmarking, also referred to sometimes as social bookmarketing, is the term used for bookmarking sites on the web and sharing them with friends.
This is certainly the wave of the future. Maybe another video on which sites to use and which sites to avoid. Social bookmarking is an emerging type of a Web service that helps users share, classify, and discover interesting resources.
The concept of an enhanced search, in which data from social bookmarking systems is exploited for enhancing search in the Web. Social bookmarking is a new fashion developed by webmaster today in search engine optimization which has brought up a new type of optimization trend called social media optimization. The idea of marketing your website through social bookmarking is also called social bookmarketing.
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Social bookmarking and networks are the way of the future. When advertising your brand, there is few better ways than using some form of social bookmarking or social networking sites like Myspace, Facebook, or any kind of blogging site.
The reason for this is obvious, its free, easy to use and most important, it gives you great publicity and search results with the major search engines. You see, search engines have certain ways in classing a websites according to several rules. I will discuss this further in another article.
This is one of the "online business secrets" internet marketers sell in e-books.
With a social site, you can make everything as personal as you want, and draw people to your blog or video using the much talked about "laws of attraction". It is a similar tactic i used to get you to read this blog. You see with a social site, you can attract people with similar mindsets and goals as you have. You can attract people that has the same things in common that you have.
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So over the last few weeks, me and my businesses have been largely influenced by several uncontrollable factors. From politics to safety issues, rising fuel and food prices. Everything closely bonded to the relevant economy. The price of vinyl printings rose with 11% and the cost for the rigging team increased with 7% over the last 7 months. The Guest house suffered under the hectic food prices, yet it had little effect since the sole occupants are payed for by leading companies sending their trainees on courses and seminars in the Rosslyn industrial area. The event management went down too. Companies just can't afford spending vast amounts of money on parties and luxuries.
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I recieve this question everyday. People ask me why i do business online, if i already have established companies offline. Well its simple.
Its safe.You dont need a degree.You dont need to much money.You dont have to know someone important, or have a rich uncle.The internet is fair.
Running a online business is more safe than any offline business. When you do business online, you arent influenced by the rising petrol price, you arent influenced by politics,economies,labour, and all other natural factors. Ofcourse these element will influence your customers and their buying power, but it would have done so offline also. Exept you aren't directly effected as much as before.
Many people have been scared away from doing business online due to numerous hypes created by internet marketers with their "get rich quik" schemes and untold business "secrets".
Behind this negative image lies a decent income for any hard working, time spending individual.
YES THE INTERNET BUSINEES WORLD IS GREAT AND IT DOES WORK
I haven''t perfected the art myself, yet. But i sure have learned a few do and don'ts. I spent thousands of dollars on e-books and seminars because i fell for the HYPE these marketers created. It is only normal to be attracted by the bright colours and attractive dollor notes, but take a step back and think about this for a second.
How many times does the internet become part of a conversation? How many times do you go online per day?How many of your day to day tasks do you do on the internet these days? Do you see the potential the internet holds?
Unfortunately, this great potential gets bombarded with schemes and BS business proposals which scare people away or make them fall for the attractive colours and green dollar bills.
Would you become business partners with someone that stops you on the street, who is wearing a bright rainbow coloured jacket, facial make up of a clown,you don't know this person at all,offers you thousand and thousands worth of machinary, a brilliant business plan, a factory and says "you don't have to lift a finger"? Then why do it on the internet?
When the internet first started, people didnt know what to expect, and critic called it a "different kind of animal" which led to people treating it that way. Often loosing the element of common sense. Why? yes there is a lot of different factors which can be treated way differently, but the main idea behind doing business online and doing business offline, stays the same.
What i am trying to say, is that online business is great, i am proof that it is possible, but take well calculated risks when venturing into internet business.
It is a business that does take time, it does take effort, obviously not as much as an offline business, but it should be treated as a real business, otherwise you are waisting precious time you could have spent with family or friends...
