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		<title>Three Mistakes to Avoid When Joining a Tribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people join a tribe and complain when the don't see the results they were hoping for. Often they are making one or more of the following mistakes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=895440"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2287" title="Network Marketing Internet Business | tribe" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tribe.jpg" alt="tribe Three Mistakes to Avoid When Joining a Tribe" width="150" height="150" /></a>Do you have a <a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/network-marketing-internet-business-ideal-work-home-business-opportunity/">network marketing Internet business</a> blog? Do you publish content in the form of articles and videos? If you do then perhaps you&#8217;ve considered joining a tribe or maybe you already belong to a few and have one of your own?</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What is a tribe?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A group of people with a common interest and purpose. In this instance I&#8217;m referring  to a group of  <a title="network marketers" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-blogging-tips/turn-blog-virtual-cash-machine-mlm-blogging-tips/">network marketers</a> who use content marketing on the Internet to attract prospects to themselves. The purpose of this group is to support each other&#8217;s work by reviewing content, leaving comments and sharing the content with their followers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What are the benefits?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The most obvious benefit is that of getting your content shared by others which means leveraging the help of fellow content marketers to spread the word about you and the value you have to share.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Indirectly this leads to generating more interest in you, an increase in traffic to your content and hopefully results in more business for you in some way. Personally the traffic to my blog tripled when I started participating in tribes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Three mistakes you want to avoid when joining a tribe:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Mistake #1: Applying the new gym membership mentality</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is like the new gym member who throws themselves into their new regime with much fervor. Life becomes dominated by lettuce leaves, high powered fitness classes seven days a week and lifting weights that are clearly too heavy. How long does it last? A few weeks at the most then never to be seen again.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Translated this is the new tribe member who would appear to be attached to the tribe 24/7. They post content furiously and continually,write lyrically about the value of your content and always have a finger hovering above the retweet button. They too only last a few weeks, never to be seen again.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What&#8217;s the point? Make it manageable, sustainable and commit to the tribe in the long term, that&#8217;s how you will see results.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Mistake #2: Valuing quantity over quality </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For some reason the &#8220;more is cool madness&#8221; that seems to grip so many people when they use the Internet for anything comes into play here too. They join as many tribes as they can, even start their own. The thinking, albeit misguided is that by the sheer number of tribe memberships they are going to be successful or that this will speed up the process in some way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In fact it leads to the exact opposite. This is not a mass movement strategy. It&#8217;s about making real connections with people and adding value to their work. You don&#8217;t have time to participate in twenty tribes nor do you have to. Choose one or two whose format you like and then work at making quality connections with the people in these tribes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Mistake #3: Going half way</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These tribe members create valuable content, post it for the attention of fellow tribe members and then disappear off the scene until they repeat the same behavior. What about the second half of the deal, reviewing, commenting and sharing other tribe member&#8217;s content?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Belonging to a tribe is about giving before you take. When you are seen to be doing your part this will automatically encourage others to do the same for you. If you are simply going to post content and never visit other&#8217;s content, especially if they have visited yours first, you are going to be seriously disappointed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can find out more about how a tribe can benefit you by viewing my tribe&#8217;s welcome page. Joining the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MLMAlphasTribe?v=app_4949752878" target="_blank">MLM Alphas Tribe</a> is free but will require effort, consistency and staying power from you to see any results.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are many other free tribes you can check out, most of which are Facebook based. The <a href="https://katiefreiling.infusionsoft.com/go/TUT/marcusb/ " target="_blank">Unified Tribe</a> is a paid subscription which also provides many added benefits so you may want to check this option out too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>If you currently do or have participated in any tribes what benefits have you seen from doing so?  Do you have any other tips for people investigating tribes? If you have a tribe of your own feel free to post this information in the comments section too. As per usual I would appreciate it if you could share this post with your followers. Thank you. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</span></p>
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		<title>How to Dissolve Your Marketing Crossroads Dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you question whether you're using the best way to promote your network marketing internet business?  Feel confused about which method to use? Read this post to find out about a simple, fun way of knowing which method is best for you. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=335922"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2275" title="network marketing internet business | cross roads" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cross-roads.jpg" alt="cross roads How to Dissolve Your Marketing Crossroads Dilemma" width="150" height="150" /></a>If you&#8217;re new to the <a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/thought-blog/">network marketing Internet business</a> world, you may have heard that it&#8217;s important to choose one and at the most, two marketing methods when you get started.</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The reason for this is simple. If you don&#8217;t, you are likely to become so overwhelmed with the learning curve and workload that you&#8217;ll fall prey to action paralysis which may just mean the end of your business dream.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A response I hear to this advice is often,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>But all the top dogs seem to use every marketing method possible and even if I was to choose one, which one? I&#8217;m so confused.&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I&#8217;m going to tell you about a simple and fun way I use when speaking to people who feel confused  about choosing a marketing method. It may just help you with your choice too. Before I do I want to make one thing very clear about those who come across as proficient users of multiple methods.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">No <strong>home based network marketing </strong>rock star started out using all the methods they are using now. They also started with one or two,  mastered these, built their confidence in the market place and then turned  to using other methods over time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>How long will it take to become a master at any one method? As long as it takes YOU! </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I usually advise people to stick with  a method consistently for a minimum of 90 days before they even think of evaluating their progress. Now the fact so many <strong><a title="network marketers" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/network-marketing-help-how-to-choose-a-coach/">network marketers</a></strong> drop out completely somewhere between 43 and 90 days from starting, may just go to show why they weren&#8217;t successful. They simply didn&#8217;t give themselves enough time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Choosing the best way to promote your <a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/focus-network-marketing-internet-business-owner/">network marketing Internet business</a> may be as easy as knowing yourself</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What I mean here is that if you know what your strengths are and apply these to marketing then you&#8217;ll know which methods are going to suit you more than others.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The problem is many people don&#8217;t seem to know what their strengths are. Can you relate to this?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When I come across this response I always encourage people to think back to their school days.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most people excelled or at least liked and preferred a certain subject area when at school. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree with me  that those who liked and excelled at everything were a minority.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So were you a computer geek, a Math whizz or more a lover of public speaking?  Maybe you hated everything academic but you were great at socializing? Whatever your strength was, it may just provide the clues to what kind of marketing will best suit you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here&#8217;s my fun (and maybe quite serious too?) guide list.<strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>If you were  good at  and/or liked: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Computers</strong></em> &#8211; you&#8217;re probably most going to enjoy building and optimizing sites and capture pages using SEO</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Maths and Accounting</strong></em> &#8211; you could be best suited to Pay per Click type marketing which requires a statistical approach</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Public speaking, Writing, Languages, Cooking</strong></em> &#8211; you&#8217;ll more than likely enjoy creating content like videos, articles and blog posts</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Team sports and after school socializing</em></strong> &#8211; social media strategies are probably going to be where you will feel most comfortable.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Naturally you may be good at more than one area but which would you most prefer to be doing? This is where you will feel happiest, to begin with anyway.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>So how did you rate using my list? Do you have more to add to this topic? If so please leave me a comment and share this post with your followers if you found it valuable. Thank you. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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		<title>How to Stop People Getting Sick of Your blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think people are getting sick of blogs? If you have a network marketing Internet business then here are some ways to make sure people don't get sick of yours.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1094329"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2245" title="MLM Tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sleeping.jpg" alt="sleeping How to Stop People Getting Sick of Your blog? " width="150" height="150" /></a>I recently read a post by Joel Williams titled,  <a href="http://blogtechguy.com/1937/are-people-getting-sick-of-blogs/" target="_blank">&#8220;Are People Getting Sick of Blogs?&#8221;</a>. Joel is better known as &#8216;the blog tech guy&#8217; so I often enjoy reading his posts for a technical perspective.</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This post has nothing to do with anything technical so I want to recommend that you have a read. Not only do I like what he has to say on the subject but reading the comments left by others was just as interesting. Naturally I left one too.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">He asks the question generally about blogs and I am sure you&#8217;ll agree that when you consider the number of blogs across the spectrum of subject areas there are a great many out there.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What about blogs that have to do with <a title="network marketing" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/does-your-network-marketing-blog-vomit-buy-me/">network marketing</a> though? Are people getting sick of these?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Is the topic of MLM different to any other subject area when it comes to blogging? Will we ever reach saturation point in this niche?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I&#8217;d be interested to hear what you think, so please leave me a comment below.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One thing I do know is that if you have a <a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/network-marketing-internet-business-success-equation/">network marketing Internet business</a> and you understand that people join people not businesses then you have the perfect platform at your disposal to present yourself to an audience. A blog is easy to set up, cost effective and accessible to the masses.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is not enough though. Blogging takes hard work, commitment and you have to have a strategic plan to ensure your blog communicates the message about you that you want it to.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I think we are going to see many more MLM blogs emerge. Whether yours survives will depend on many factors. The most critical of these is YOU.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Here are some ways to ensure that people don&#8217;t get sick of your blog:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Be a blogger because you love it more than anything else, not because someone said it was a good idea. If you don&#8217;t have a passion for blogging it will show eventually.</p>
<p>Be authentic. Be who you are, not what you think people want you to be.</p>
<p>Reveal yourself on your blog. Let your personality out and let it shine.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Give people what they want to read not what you think they want to read</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Have an opinion and express it on your blog. Be bold. Stand out and lead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let your values underline all of your communication. Doing this demonstrates your beliefs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Be relevant and up to date with what&#8217;s going on in the industry so you can share this with others.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Please leave me your answer to this question and any other comments you&#8217;d like to make. Also I&#8217;d really appreciate it if you could share this post with your social networks. Thank you.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1152106"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2240" title="MLM  Tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hand.jpg" alt="hand Good Things Come To Those Who Ask" width="150" height="150" /></a>I was sharing some <a title="MLM Tips" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/business-mlm-tips/">MLM Tips</a> with someone about prospecting this week when she said,  <em>&#8220;If I&#8217;m hearing you correctly, what you&#8217;re saying is that I have to get good at asking; asking about the person and their needs and ultimately asking for the sale if it&#8217;s appropriate?&#8221; </em></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>&#8220;Bingo that&#8217;s exactly what it&#8217;s all about.&#8221;</em> I said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We all know what asking is about technically and yet it&#8217;s often something we don&#8217;t do very well. I used to be really good at asking all about the person but I was not very good at asking for the sale but I learned to change this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I thought I would write a post on the topic of asking in general. Then I came across an awesome article about this, written by Jack Canfield, founder of the billion-dollar book brand, <em>Chicken Soup for the Soul</em>© and a leading authority on Peak Performance and Life Success.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is one of those cases of not reinventing the wheel when you don&#8217;t have to, but just making it bigger.  I intend to do so by sharing his article with you here.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Good Things Come to Those Who Ask &#8211; Jack Canfield</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Asking for what you need is probably the most underutilized tool for people. And yet, amazing requests have been granted to people simply because they&#8217;ve asked for it!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whether its money, information, support, assistance, or time, most people are afraid to ask for what they need in order to make their dreams come true.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">They might be afraid of looking needy, ignorant, helpless, or even greedy. More than likely, though, it is the fear of rejection that is holding them back. Even though they are afraid to hear the word no, they&#8217;re already saying it to themselves by not asking!</p>
<h3>Do you ask for what you want or are you afraid of rejection?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Consider this:  Rejection is just a concept. There is really no such thing as rejection! You&#8217;re not any worse off by hearing no than you were before you asked. You didn&#8217;t have what you asked for before you asked and you still don&#8217;t, so what did you lose?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Being rejected doesn&#8217;t hold you back from anything. Only YOU hold yourself back. When you realize that there&#8217;s no merit to rejection, you&#8217;ll feel more comfortable asking for things. You may just need a bit of help learning how to ask for what you want.</p>
<h3>How to Ask for What You Want</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There’s a specific science to asking for and getting what you want or need in life. And while I recommend you learn more by studying The Aladdin Factor, here are some quick tips to get you started:</p>
<p><strong>1. Ask as if you expect to get it</strong>. Ask with a positive expectation. Ask from the place that you have already been given it. It is a done deal. Ask as if you expect to get a “yes.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Assume you can</strong>. Don’t start with the assumption that you can’t get it. If you are going to assume, assume you can get an upgrade. Assume you can get a table by the window. Assume that you can return it without a sales slip. Assume that you can get a scholarship, that you can get a raise, that you can get tickets at this late date. Don’t ever assume against yourself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Ask someone who can give it to you.</strong> Qualify the person. Who would I have to speak to get&#8230; Who is authorized to make a decision about&#8230; What would have to happen for me to get&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>4. Be clear and specific.</strong> In my seminars, I often ask, “Who wants more money in their life?” I’ll pick someone who raised their hand and give them a quarter, asking, “Is that enough for you?” “No? Well, how would I know how much you want? How would anybody know?”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You need to ask for a specific number. Too many people are walking around wanting more of something, but not being specific enough to obtain it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. Ask repeatedly</strong>. One of the most important Success Principles is the commitment to not give up.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whenever we’re asking others to participate in the fulfillment of our goals, some people are going to say “no.” They may have other priorities, commitments and reasons not to participate. It’s no reflection on you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just get used to the idea that there’s going to be a lot of rejection along the way to the brass ring. The key is to not give up. When someone says “No”— you say “NEXT!”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Why?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Because when you keep on asking, even the same person again and again&#8230;they might say “yes”&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…on a different day</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when they are in a better mood</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when you have new data to present</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…after you’ve proven your commitment to them</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when circumstances have changed</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when you’ve learned how to close better</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when you’ve established better rapport</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when they trust you more</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when you have paid your dues</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…when the economy is better</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">…and so on.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Kids know this Success Principle better than anyone. They will ask the same person over and over again without any hesitation. (can you relate?)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Getting a good perspective on rejection and learning how to ask will make a world of difference for you as you work toward your goals. Practice asking and you&#8217;ll get very good at it! You&#8217;ll even speed your progress by getting what you need, or improving yourself in order to get it later.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Make a list of what you need to ask for in all areas of your life, and start asking.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Remember, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE… if you dare to ask!</p>
<p><strong>And now I&#8217;m going to ask you to tell me what you thought about this article so please leave me a comment and will you also help to make the wheel bigger by sharing this post with your social networks. Thank you.</strong></p>
<p>My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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		<title>What Has This Blog Done For My Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a blog? Do you know what it can do for your business? This is what it has done for mine.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blog.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2231" title="MLM blogging tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/blog.jpg" alt="blog What Has This Blog Done For My Business?" width="150" height="150" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;"><strong>In March 2009 I had just started looking at using the Internet for marketing. I was trying to get my head around PPC when someone said, &#8220;Marcus you&#8217;ve got to get a blog, it&#8217;s the next big thing.&#8221; So I did.</strong></span></p>
<p>For the next nine months I thought I was having a good blogging month If managed to post four times! What a joke. To be honest I was focused elsewhere and for the life of me I couldn&#8217;t figure out how a blog fitted into the picture anyway.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My success with PPC was a bit like my Roulette skills &#8211; dodgy! By the end of December 2009 I was ready to try a new marketing method.  I had no idea what, so in the mean time I decided to read lots of other blogs. Slowly but surely I started to understand what blogging was all about and by the middle of February 2010 I felt sure I had found the key to my online marketing success.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I already knew that people didn&#8217;t join a <a title="network marketing opportunity" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/focus-network-marketing-internet-business-owner/">network marketing opportunity</a> but rather the people in it.  My business had to be about me and my blog was going to be my HQ, my online home and my shop window. It was going to be a place where people could get to know more about me and what I believe and even more important, it  was going to be where I could share what I was learning with others.  It has been all of this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From March I started to collect stats on my blog with the goal of becoming a serious and successful <a title="network marketing Internet business " href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/myths-product-creation-stop-mlm-tips/">network marketing Internet business </a>blogger.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Over the last four and a half months my blog stats have done all the right things. The numbers that should have come down like my Alexa ranking, has and the numbers that should have gone up like my traffic, has.  Translated this means more followers, leads and business partners, exactly what I wanted.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition this blog has helped my business in the following ways:</p>
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<li>It has led me to meeting and interacting with some of the most awesome marketers right around the world.</li>
<li>It has taught me many technical Internet marketing skills.</li>
<li>I have learned where my traffic comes from so this means I can focus my marketing where it counts.</li>
<li>I have learned what my most popular posts have been so I know what my followers want to know more about.</li>
<li>I know what search terms people use to find my blog so I can target these keywords to reach more people.</li>
<li>I know which countries most of my followers come from so I can target these markets specifically. </li>
<li>I know which days and time of the day my blog traffic is at it&#8217;s highest so I know when it&#8217;s best to reach a wider audience.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you don&#8217;t yet have a blog, isn&#8217;t it time you did?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This post has been in response to a blog <a href="http://www.chrisg.com/what-is-a-blog-meme/" target="_blank">meme</a>. This means a blogger tags other bloggers with their post to have them answer a question for example. This meme was started by <a href="http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com" target="_blank">Ana Hoffman</a> who asked the original question.You can see Ana’s post on this subject here : <a href="http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/how-blogging-increases-lead-generation/" target="_blank">How Blogging Can Increase Your Lead Generation by 67%</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://peterfuller.org/" target="_blank">Peter Fuller</a> was tagged by Ana and wrote his answer to the question which you can read here: <a href="http://peterfuller.org/blogging/business-grown-blog.html" target="_blank">How Has my Business Grown Since I Started my blog?</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Peter has now tagged me and so you have just read my response.  The idea is to see how viral this question can go. Ana will receive the most links as the originator of the meme because everyone links back to the original post and then I will of course get links back from everybody I tag.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I will be tagging bloggers who as far as I know have not yet been tagged for the meme.  Remember you don&#8217;t have to be tagged to participate.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>So I am tagging the following to answer the question: “How Did Your Blog Kick-Start Your Business Success?“</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.jordanschultz.com/" target="_blank">Jordan Schultz</a> | <a href="http://jodierecommends.com/" target="_blank">Jodie Thompson</a> | <a href="http://cashwithatrueconscience.com" target="_blank">Ryan Biddulph</a> | <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com" target="_blank">Ilka Flood</a> | <a href="http://susannahess.com" target="_blank">Susanna Hess</a> | <a href="http://who-is-erin-smith.com" target="_blank">Erin Smith</a> | <a href="http://mlmiseasyonline.com" target="_blank">Tracey Walker</a> | <a href="http://meetyole.com" target="_blank">Yo Le</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Answer the question in your next blog post, link it back to this post and Ana’s post and tag some of your blogger friends to do the same. Thank you and be assured if you start a meme I will support yours too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Please leave me a comment and be sure to share this post with your followers if you believe they will derive some value from it. Thank you.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Focus of Your Network Marketing Internet Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are not getting the results you want from your network marketing Internet business then perhaps your focus needs re-evaluating? This post will help you clarify your own situation so you can achieve the results you deserve.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1044690"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2216" title="Network Marketing Internet Business | focus" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/focus.jpg" alt="focus Whats the Focus of Your Network Marketing Internet Business?" width="150" height="150" /></a>I frequently read posts suggesting that <a title="network marketing Internet business " href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-software/manage-passwords-click-mlm-review/">network marketing Internet business </a>owners should be focused in their endeavor. I agree but until you know what your focus is, how can you know what to focus on?</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">By the time you get to the end of this post I want you to know without a doubt what your focus is, then you&#8217;ll know if you are on the right track or whether you  need to make some changes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For convenience sake and for the purposes of this post I&#8217;m going to narrow this down to a choice of two but I am well aware that it may not be as clear cut for some people. For instance some may market  mostly offline and only use online strategies to compliment their marketing.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Which of the following best describes your business?</strong></p>
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<li><strong>I am business owner  who uses Internet marketing  to promote multiple streams of income which includes <a title="network marketing" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/6-reasons-to-connect-with-people-on-facebook-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-your-business-opportunity/">network marketing</a>.</strong></li>
<li><strong>I am a business owner who uses the Internet as a primary marketing vehicle to promote my network marketing opportunity  and I also market affiliate and [maybe] my own products. </strong></li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">At first glance the above statements may appear to be the same but if you read them again  carefully, you will hopefully notice that the focus is different in each.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Internet marketing" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/home-business-leads/">Internet marketing</a> is concerned with promotional methods which might include blogging, articles, videos, <a title="social media" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-blogging-tips/ways-facebook-blog/">social media</a>, PPC etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Network marketing is concerned with talking to and  recruiting suitable people to join a <a title="network marketing opportunity" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-companies/best-network-marketing-company/">network marketing opportunity</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Of course you might be saying that you do both, but they are quite different so where is your focus? What is the most important aspect of your business, what do you need to be doing to achieve this and are you doing it?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Clearly if you are stuck in the nuts and bolts of how to market using the Internet and you hardly ever talk to people then network marketing is not your focus. If you want it to be then you must find the quickest, easiest way to use the Internet to bring you people with whom you can establish relationships with a view to talking to them at some point about network marketing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There&#8217;s no need  to become an <a title="Internet Marketing " href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/3-steps-you-must-take-to-ensure-having-a-succesful-internet-marketing-business/">Internet Marketing </a>specialist who knows how to use every single method available because it&#8217;s unnecessary. You need to talk to people so if you aren&#8217;t, why aren&#8217;t you? Is it possible that you could be hiding behind the &#8220;how to&#8221; rather than getting on with the &#8220;doing&#8221; ?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you want to be an <a title="Internet marketer" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/ways-deal-affiliatephobes-network-marketing-internet-business/">Internet marketer</a> then focus on everything that will make you one. If you want to be a <a title="network marketer " href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/call-your-home-business-leads/">network marketer</a> who uses the Internet then use it only as a means to taking you to your focus which is talking to people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Right now it&#8217;s up to you.. Do you agree or not? Have I helped you to re-evaluate what your focus is? Are you on the right track or will you be making some changes? Have your say by leaving me a comment and please share this with your followers on your social networks if you feel they will derive some value from reading it. Thank you. </strong></p>
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		<title>Save Time With This Handy Email Formatter &#124; MLM Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you tired of manually editing your emails and spending time on wrapping the text instead of doing other stuff you enjoy? Not sure what's the best width for your email? In this MLM Tips post I'll give you the perfect free tool to help you save time and frustration. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1064586"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2191" title=" save time | MLM Tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/time.jpg" alt="time Save Time With This Handy Email Formatter | MLM Tips" width="150" height="150" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you&#8217;ve had a </span><a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-software/manage-passwords-click-mlm-review/"><span style="font-size: small;">network marketing Internet business</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> for a some time then you should already have a list, be developing a relationship with your followers and be marketing to them. </span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are very new, then one of the best </span><a title="MLM tips" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/3-free-time-management-tools-to-help-you-be-a-more-effective-boss-to-yourself-in-your-business/"><span style="font-size: small;">MLM tips</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> I can pass on to you is that you should put this system into place as a priority. You will hear marketers saying &#8220;the money&#8217;s in the list&#8221; but that&#8217;s only if you have one  so don&#8217;t delay. </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">To do so you must engage a decent </span><a title="email auto responder" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/tools/"><span style="font-size: small;">email auto responder</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> service. There are a few around so choose wisely because once you have signed up and have a database of followers, it&#8217;s a real pain to change services. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I recommend </span><a href="http://www.aweber.com/?325434" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Aweber</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> because regardless of everything else, they offer a first class service when it comes to reliability and since it&#8217;s my name attached to my emails I want 100% deliverability which is not always the case with other providers.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once you have a list in place the idea is that <a title="email marketing" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-lead-generation/five-email-marketing-tips-to-help-you-build-smoking-relationships-with-your-list/">email marketing</a> will become an important part of your marketing strategy. This is how you develop a relationship with your followers and obviously market appropriately to them when the time is right. You will find a lot of information out there about how best to do this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In my opinion there are a few common sense <a title="MLM tips" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/7-reasons-survey-blog-readers-mlm-tips/">MLM tips</a> to remember in this regard &#8211; don&#8217;t do what everybody else is doing, develop and promote your unique voice and make it easy for your readers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With regard to the last point &#8211; people get hoards of emails so if yours is long and boring and doesn&#8217;t offer value you can be sure your mails won&#8217;t be opened and you may soon just lose the subscriber too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For me the very first thing I look at after I have got past the title and actually opened it, is the formatting. This means the layout of the email text. If it looks long and rambling and like hard work I just hit the delete key automatically.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It seems I am not alone. People want you to make the reading as easy as possible and this starts with the way the mail has been formatted.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While this is important you also don&#8217;t want to spend unnecessary time manually editing and wrapping text or trying to figure out how long the lines should  be. The good news is you don&#8217;t have to because I have the perfect solution for you and its totally free.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.maxblogpress.com/email-newsletter-formatter/" target="_blank">The MaxBlogPress Email Newsletter Formatter</a> is the perfect web based  solution, enabling you to edit, wrap and arrange your emails to look professional, with two mouse clicks. The line length is automatically set and to save you even more time you are given both a plain text and html version which you can quickly and easily insert into your responder mail.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The last of my <a title="MLM tips" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-tips/business-mlm-tips/">MLM tips</a> in this regard is to always make sure you send an html and a plain text version of every email. Html versions allow you to track clicks and use hyper links while a plain text version ensures your important email is not weeded out by anti spam tools.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>I have deliberately not covered too many suggestions in this MLM tips post but please feel free to add your best tip to the comments section below or express any other thoughts you may have on this topic. I would also be most grateful if you could share this post on your social networks if you believe it has value for others too. Thank you. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping out achieve yours?</p>
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		<title>Is Being Lead Generation Obsessive Serving Your Network Marketing Internet Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you make the most of the people in your network before moving on to generate more leads? If you don't, you could be missing out on talent right under your nose.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1208846"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2178" title="MLM Tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/people.jpg" alt="people Is Being Lead Generation Obsessive Serving Your Network Marketing Internet Business? " width="150" height="150" /></a>We hear it over and over again &#8211; without leads you have no business. I agree but is it possible that you could be so obsessed with generating leads for your <a title="network marketing Internet business" href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/20-questions-potential-network-marketing-internet-business-sponsor/">network marketing Internet business</a> that you could be missing diamonds in the masses?</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I was once  employed by a company with a higher than usual staff turnover. This happens when the mighty dollar is valued more than the people who make it possible.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At a meeting one day, the HR Manager announced that the company was spending far too much money on recruiting and training new employees.  She wanted us as managers to brainstorm how we could reduce this spend.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The ingenuity that poured forth was remarkable, albeit misdirected. I heard everything from offering current staff a meagre cash gift for introducing new job seekers, to moving away from recruitment agencies in favor of cheaper online options.  These were all good ideas but missing the actual point as far as I was concerned.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Why don&#8217;t we just stop recruiting and training new employees ?&#8221;  I asked. Everybody laughed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;If we figured out how to better keep our employees then there would be no need for us to be having this discussion.&#8221; The laughter became a stony silence. Had I hit a nerve? You bet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately although the company was most enthusiastic about my money saving suggestion, they were still not prepared to do what was required to make the saving &#8211; look after their people. I left the company not long afterward.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Any successful shop owner will tell you that making an effort to keep existing customers is just as, if not more important than finding new ones.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The network marketing industry is about people everybody says. So do YOU really look after the people who are already in YOUR network before finding more?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Who are your people? They&#8217;re not just your sponsored team members but  I believe everybody with whom we come into contact. This means your team, your leads, the people who comment on your blog, your Facebook friends etc</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We tend to be obsessed as Internet marketers with &#8216;en masse&#8217;  - the  more the better &#8211; <strong>more </strong>site<strong> </strong>traffic, <strong>more</strong> leads , <strong>more </strong>Facebook friends&#8230;  <strong>more, more and more&#8230;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There&#8217;s no disputing the immense power of the Internet to mobilize in number and while this is useful of course and has the potential to be lucrative when it comes to affiliate commissions, how do you make this serve your network marketing goals?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fantastic if you can get 300 leads a day but can you really explore the suitability of all these people as close business partners?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When I was a school teacher my first priority was not to teach children but to develop the desire and passion within them to love learning so that they could become independent learners for life.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Can this philosophy be applied to network marketing? I believe there are other network marketers who understand the power of this thinking.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the most successful network marketers I know have not personally sponsored more than a dozen or so people. Their success has come from developing and mentoring  each and every one of these;  not to become marketing clones of themselves but to genuinely help them find the way to success within themselves and then teach them to do the same with their team.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the power of network marketing. The magic of duplication does not lie in whether they can market in the exact same way as you but whether you can ignite and guide the free enterprise spirit within them and teach them to do the same in others.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Am I saying we should give up generating more leads? No. However have you really explored the true potential that exists within the group of people with whom you have already established some level of contact? For example have you seriously tried to have a conversation with each and every one of your Facebook friends? I certainly can&#8217;t say I have.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As for your team, how much time do you spend mentoring them to step outside their comfort zone or if they don&#8217;t do you simply let them go? Didn&#8217;t you choose them because you believed they could be successful?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So generate more leads but don&#8217;t become so obsessed with ongoing lead generation that you miss the gems that are already right under your nose.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts about this so please leave me a comment and if you enjoyed this post please share it on your social networks. Thank you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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		<title>100 Great Writing Tips From The World&#8217;s Top Bloggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to have access to 100 Great Writing Tips From The World's Top Bloggers? In this MLM Blogging Tips post I'll tell you exactly where you can find these.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1139528"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2158" title="MLM Blogging Tips" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/How-To.jpg" alt="How To 100 Great Writing Tips From The Worlds Top Bloggers " width="150" height="150" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>If you&#8217;re anything like me then you&#8217;ll continually be striving to be a better blogger. I&#8217;m always on the look out for more <a href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-blogging-tips/kind-engine-blog-mlm-blogging-tips/" target="_blank">MLM Blogging Tips</a> from within our industry and within the greater blogging community. </strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today I received an email from Alan Wood of Online Colleges  in which he suggested my readers may find an article they recently published, interesting. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was the title of the article, <a href="http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2010/07/13/100-great-writing-tips-from-the-worlds-top-bloggers/" target="_blank">100 Great Writing Tips From The World&#8217;s Top Bloggers</a> that caught my attention which once again just goes to show how important titles are. I am a bit of a sucker for lists and the longer the list, the more excited I seem to get. Sad but true! </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have to admit that I got totally lost in the article. It is more like a comprehensive resource that one can dip in and out of than an article and in my opinion very worthy of passing on to you. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The tips are categorized under sub headings like <em>Ideas, Workflow, Titles, Conversation</em> etc. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Just about every tip links to a different top blog where you can read even more tips. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">My suggestion is that rather then be &#8220;tipped out&#8221; as I was today, bookmark this article and come back to it from time to time for more &#8216;blog food&#8217;. Enjoy.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Check out </strong><a href="http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2010/07/13/100-great-writing-tips-from-the-worlds-top-bloggers/" target="_blank"><strong>&#8217;100 Great Writing Tips From The World&#8217;s Top Bloggers&#8217;</strong></a><strong> and l</strong></span><strong>et me know what you think about this article If you found this post useful I would be very happy if you could share it with your social network followers. Thank you.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</span></p>
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		<title>See How Easily You Can Target Your Network Marketing Internet Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you 'drilled down' to the micro niche when it comes to your network marketing internet business? Read this post to find out how to do this.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&amp;id=1158796"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2145" title="Network Marketing Internet Business | Business Target 3" src="http://www.marcus-baker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/target.jpg" alt="target See How Easily You Can Target Your Network Marketing Internet Business" width="150" height="150" /></a>What does a <a href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/network-marketing-internet-business/turn-network-marketing-internet-business-apple/" target="_blank">network marketing Internet business</a> have to do with target sports?</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;">Quite a lot actually. If you get  what I&#8217;m about to tell you here, then you&#8217;ll understand that you can achieve a whole lot more by targeting less.</span></h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I&#8217;ve not had a lot of target sport type experience. A little Archery here and there and being a member of my local pub&#8217;s social darts team when I lived in the UK sums it up.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What  I can say is that few people are simply gifted with hitting the highest scores. Everybody experiences their own fair share of  frustration  along the way  in order to get better, which in my case regularly included not even making the board, never mind hitting the target.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What is amazing is how quickly one improves with practice  as long as you focus on the target and improve your skill and strategy.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">What is one of the Most Significant Advantages of Having a Network Marketing Internet Business?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Quite simply that you can capitalize on the unrivalled power of the Internet to <strong>target </strong>your audience. Many fail to understand this with dire consequences.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just as it takes time and practice to get good at target sports, refining the way in which you target your online business is no different. I&#8217;m going to tell you exactly how to do this but let&#8217;s take a purely mathematical angle to explain why you MUST do this.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Would you rather have 0.005% of 1000 000 which is 50, or 1% of 30 000 which is 300? </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I think the answer is rather obvious. The more targeted you can make your online business, the less competition there will be, so the greater your chance of reaching a higher number of people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We are not automatically programmed to believe this at a sub conscious level. We think if we try  and expose ourselves to a bigger group that we stand to gain more. WRONG!</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify;">How to use Markets, Niches and Micro Niches to Target Your  Network Marketing Internet Business</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Understanding these terms fully is the key to your targeting success.  A <strong>market </strong>is generally a group of people who share a common interest in a specific  topic or activity. For our purposes let&#8217;s call our market, <em>network marketers</em>. Our primary area of interest is <em>network marketing</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A <strong>niche</strong> is part of a market that relates to a specific topic. So let&#8217;s say the niche we are in is <em>network marketers  who use Internet attraction marketing </em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A <strong>micro niche</strong> is a further breakdown of the niche. The question to ask is what smaller groups exist within the niche?Here are some examples of micro niches within the group.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Network Marketers who use Internet <a href="network marketers  who use Internet attraction marketing " target="_blank">attraction marketing</a> and who</p>
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<li>use article marketing as a primary strategy</li>
<li>use social marketing strategies to generate free leads</li>
<li>are aligned with a company called Amway / any other company</li>
<li>are stay at home Dads/Moms</li>
<li>are travelling around the world</li>
<li>are ex corporate executives / teachers/ nurses </li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">There are as many micro niches as one can define.  When you know what your micro niche  is then you can target those who want to be a part of this group because you will be able to show them the way. Now it becomes a whole lot easier to choose keywords that are specific to reaching that group when it comes to your blog and marketing. You can also develop your personal brand so that it appeals to your target group.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One word of warning.  Just because you decide on a micro niche does not mean that it is necessarily financially viable. You need to do market research and undertake some testing.  The best way to do this is by way of  keyword research and the best training  and tools you can use is all free when you download a trial version of the the <a href="http://www.marcus-baker.com/mlm-online-marketing/two-reasons-why-keyword-optimization-matters/" target="_blank">keyword generator tool</a>, <a href="http://www.marketsamurai.com/c/marcusb" target="_blank">Market Samurai</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>So do you think you have targeted your network marketing Internet business well enough or could you find an even smaller sub group to target? Please leave your comments and share this post with your social networks if you found it useful. Thank you.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My goal? Helping you achieve yours.</p>
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