There seems to a be a lot of buzz around Facebook advertising on the Internet just lately.

In a nutshell Facebook ads and Google Pay Per Click both fall into the same advertising category. This  refers to a form of marketing that is designed to get a direct response which is specific and measurable.

There are some similarities between Google and Facebook advertising but there are just as many differences. I’d like to encourage you to read a post titled “Facebook Ads vs Google PPC” written by  my friend Derek Alvarez in  which he covers the advantages and disadvantages of each very efficiently.

Should YOU be considering this strategy for MLM lead generation purposes?

Whether you should bother with Facebook advertising or not will depend on your own unique set of circumstances but I wanted to share my views with you about this.

Let me be quite up front here when I say I have personally not done any Facebook advertising yet.

In all likelihood my reluctance  will have  been colored by an earlier experience. When I first started marketing online I opted for Google PPC as advised by a sponsor.  This would have been fine had he known what he was doing. Hmmm mental note to self…

Needless to say I was battered around like a paper kite in a thrashing storm at sea. Then came a certain 12 hour period when I ‘gave’ the ‘mighty G’, $500 for not a single lead. Game over!  At this time $500 was my my entire marketing budget for two months so the effect was somewhat severe.

Google’s fault? Absolutely not.

PPC requires that you have a substantial budget to spend especially when you are learning. It also requires that you take time to learn the complexities involved and that you be able to change strategy as quickly as Google changes.

More than this it requires you to be or become a numbers person, someone who enjoys tracking and statistics. I am simply not this way inclined which means I was ignorant and easy bait.

I believe you should consider Facebook advertising on the Internet if:

• you want to venture into this kind of advertising and have less of a budget than required by Google.
• you want to learn aspects of direct response marketing in a more controlled environment.
• you have a very clear idea of who it is you want to target and what the measurable response is you require.
• want to try this type of advertising in a less competitive market than Google.
• you’re not focusing on any other major marketing strategy right now.
• you know someone who is already using Facebook advertising who can show you how to be successful

So how do you feel about Facebook advertising? Maybe you already use it in which case I’d love to hear about your experiences so please leave me a comment.

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My goal?  Helping you achieve yours.

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You’ve  just received an email delivery of fresh MLM leads which hopefully you have not wasted your money buying since the best MLM leads are those you generate yourself.

That’s great but do you know what to do with them ?

Whenever I ask people what they need to know more about,  I frequently hear “how to generate more leads”.  It’s a fact that we require more leads than we usually expect we will need, however MLM lead generation is only the first step towards success.

Do you connect with your fresh MLM leads?

If you are not prospecting leads, then you may as well stop generating them now because you are just fooling yourself, wasting yours and others time and probably a lot of money too.

The only way we get paid in this industry is if we connect with our leads and convert them to sales. This is otherwise known as mlm recruiting or network marketing prospecting. Personally I prefer the term, “connecting” because that’s exactly what we are doing.

Some people get stuck at this point and I was one of them until I learned how to prepare myself. I had to learn to overcome this barrier.  This is how I did it and what you might need to do too.

Preparing yourself for prospecting leads:

1. Give this area of your business as much if not more attention than MLM lead generation.
2. Ensure that you have the right sub conscious beliefs about yourself and what you have to offer. Remember beliefs are not what you say you believe necessarily but are always reflected in your actions.  If you find it almost impossible to speak to leads then there is a very good chance your beliefs are not supporting you and they will have to be overhauled.  This may require more conscious personal development or even require some work at a sub conscious level.
3. You have  to learn and understand the psychology of prospecting. This means understanding how others think and respond and knowing the best way to communicate with them. This is not something you will just know. You will need to learn how to do it. I suggest any Jefferey Combs training or Mike Dillard’s  Black Belt Recruiting
4. You must have an approach and strategy prepared. This is not a sales pitch or a script but rather knowing how to start and direct a conversation to its logical conclusion. Find someone to role play this with until you are comfortable with your approach.
5. Now practice it on every lead you get. Make your goal to practice the strategy not sign someone up and the results will come as you get better at it.

Further Training

My friend Jordan Schultz has written an awesome blog post on this subject in which he gives you some great practical tips for prospecting leads. I suggest you read this by clicking on his name.

I’d love to hear your thoughts about prospecting leads so please leave me a comment. If you enjoyed this post I’d appreciate it if you could share it on your social networks  too.

My goal? Helping you achieve yours.

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An online MLM network marketing business is not for the faint of heart.

Things move at a speed which not that long ago would have been the stuff of science fiction movies. With this comes both the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ and you had better be prepared for both.

I wasn’t a boy scout when I was young but I have always known their motto, “Be prepared”  would come in handy some day.

“Be prepared for what?” someone once asked Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting,

“Why, for any old thing.” said Baden-Powell. Too right he was.

Last week was one of those weeks where everything in my life decided to happen at the same time and at full speed. The wheels didn’t  just fall off the cart in my life, they shook, whirled and spun off in a continual frenzy that left me reeling on most days.

A friend of mine wanted to know how I managed to keep so calm in all the pandemonium.

“Because I tend to be prepared.”  was my answer.

” But doesn’t that mean you’re always in state of expecting the worst? ” she asked.

What she said did get me thinking but I’m pleased to say no it definitely does not mean that. It is as Mr Baden-Powell said, being prepared for any old thing and that does not mean it’s always negative.

So how prepared are you?

For example, have you got a plan in place for if and when …

- someone asks you what you do for a living?

- someone asks you why you’re in business? Do you really know?

- your computer hard drive crashes with all your data on it? Do you back up your data?

- the  next big industry product is launched? How’s that list coming along?

-you attract 10-25 leads on one day, all with telephone numbers that need calling?

-blog is hacked into?

-you  earn your first $100, $1000, $10 000, $million?

Only you know how prepared you are to meet whatever comes your way and nobody else needs to know the answers to the above questions except you.

>>>> So over to you now, can you think of some other things positive or negative we could do with being prepared for in our  online MLM network marketing businesses? I’d love to hear what you have to say so please leave me a comment.

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My goal? Helping you achieve yours.

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“Multilevel marketing MLM. That stuff just doesn’t work mate”

We’re standing away from the main noise of the party. I take a big sip of my drink. I’m thinking why am I wasting my time speaking to this idiot. For one thing he hasn’t even got the name right.

I’m  feeling excited about my ego fuelled come back about to be launched.  Mate it’s actually called- I’m about to say when I catch myself.

What the heck am I doing?  If he doesn’t even know the name it’s possible he knows even less about the industry. Down ego, down!

“It sounds as if you’ve had some personal experience with network marketing?” I stress the last two words.

“Not at all but I’ve had enough friends who have.”

Perfect I think.

“Okay. What do you do now?”

He spends the next few minutes ranting on about his boring banking job which he hates. I’m listening intently now so that I know which of the following three questions to ask next.

Do you want more money? Do you want freedom from your job? Do you want more time?

From that I’m hearing it’s not really money. Freedom?  Everybody wants that. Ah…. it’s all about a lack of time.

“Tell me what would you do if you had more of the time you feel robbed of  by your job?”

BINGO!

I don’t need to tell you that he went on to give me all the hooks I needed to show him why multilevel marketing MLM or whatever else you call it will always work.

When someone tells you network marketing doesn’t work, what do YOU say?

I am going to show  you why network marketing will always work so that the next time someone says this to you, you will be able to get them to open the door so you can explain to them how misinformed they truly are.

People will ALWAYS need additional income.

The fact of the matter is most people live from pay check to pay check. They just aren’t able to buy the nice things that they want for themselves and their families.

There is and will always be a constant DEMAND for more money regardless of  what the economy is doing. Have you noticed that even when people earn what is regarded as a good wage they still don’t have enough? This is because the majority of people always spend more than they earn. Period.

Home business network marketing is a simple, part time and low risk way for full time workers to fill this need. To put it simply, as long as people need money, network marketing will ALWAYS be there to fill that need.

People will ALWAYS want freedom from jobs they don’t enjoy.

Just ask people whether they love what they do and listen to their answers. The vast majority would rather be doing something else. They go to work because they have to and not because they want to.

Network marketing offers a promise of true financial freedom. In fact it presents the lowest entry cost, highest possibility option for people to achieve that freedom.

People will ALWAYS want more time to do what they truly want to do.

The ability to leave the 9 to 5 working world and the freedom that will come from this will ALWAYS be too tempting to pass up. People will ALWAYS want more free time to do with as they please.  In fact most people would choose  having more time over money.

Network marketing offers the promise of working from home where you can determine your own hours.  Again, the opportunity to create free time will ALWAYS draw people to this industry.

As long as people crave time, money and freedom network marketing will ALWAYS exist.

The next time someone tries to tell you that network marketing doesn’t work you know that they couldn’t be more wrong. All you have to is ask your “accuser” one of the three questions above. I guarantee they will answer yes to one of these questions.

When they do they will have proved exactly why network  marketing will always work!

Does this guarantee that YOU will be successful?

Only if you approach this industry as a genuine business, get the the right education and tools for the job and commit wholeheartedly to your vision.

There are far too many people who struggle unnecessarily because they don’t get the proper foundation from the start. This just leads to disappointment, debt, wasted hours and in one word, disaster.

If you have been struggling in your business and also thinking that network marketing doesn’t work then it’s time for you to start experiencing some success. Getting the right training will give you a MASSIVE advantage over the majority of other network marketers, not only in your company but in the MLM network marketing industry as a whole.

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>>>> How do you respond when people say that network marketing doesn’t work? Do you have an answer ready? Is it different from what I say? I’d love to hear what you have to say on this topic so please leave me a comment.

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My goal? Helping you achieve yours.

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Facebook marketing is regarded by many as one the best network  marketing strategies to use to  create a successful Internet marketing business.

That is if you understand that the potential for networking extends far beyond recruiting for your home business network marketing opportunity.

To be honest the reason why it’s such a gold mine is because the vast majority of network marketing entrepreneurs don’t have a clue about how to maximize its potential which means those of us who do are at a distinct advantage.

The fact of the matter is that there are a whole lot more reasons for building relationships on Facebook that have nothing to do with business opportunities.

I’m sure like me you have had countless “must get involved, time sensitive, opportunity of the century” type pitches come your way.

Some ‘vomit’ these on you the moment you connect with them as “friends”.

Others take the time to ask questions first but often these are questions they don’t really want to know the answers to or worse still, had they bothered to check your profile in the first place there would have been no need to ask the questions anyway.

My friend and fellow marketer, Twila Jacobs created a great video post about this recently which is well worth taking a look at.

Then there are the exceptions….

…those people who understand the value in creating genuine relationships with the goal of getting to know each other unconditionally.

The masses who ‘drop you’ the moment you tell them you don’t need their opportunity miss out on the following.

6 other reasons why it’s worthwhile growing relationships on Facebook:

1. To have the opportunity to help others just for the sake of helping them.
2. To practice relationship building which is the foundational skill required for success in network marketing.
3. To practice being a leader, and thereby increasing your visibility and credibility as an expert in your niche.
4. To mastermind with other professionals in the industry.
5. To research your niche. Facebook users give up mass amounts of information about themselves. You can research your niche demographics easily, also finding out about the problems others are having which you can then use in your own marketing.
6. Being positioned to work with others in joint ventures down the line.

>>>> Can you think of any other reasons why building relationships on Facebook is important to you? I’d love to hear what you have to say on this topic so please leave me a comment.

It would  be awesome if you could “Bookmark & Share” share this post. for me. Be assured that I will do the same for you. This is an industry where those who help each other benefit the most. Thank you.

My goal? Helping you achieve yours.

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