What Is Multi Level Marketing?

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What is Multi-Level Marketing?

Also known as affiliate or network marketing, the idea behind this type of marketing is that it rewards the seller not only for direct sales but for the recruitment of other affiliate marketers, as well as for the directing of traffic towards the parent company.

MLM has received a bad rep in the online world, often closely associated with scam
artists and pyramid schemes. When people hear the term Multi-Level Marketing, they
often mislabel it as unethical or even illegal. So, is it illegal?

There is nothing illegal about Multi-Level Marketing; illegal activity tends
to occur due to the bad apples that are, in fact, running pyramid schemes, yet are
fronting themselves as legitimate MLM companies. Some of the biggest health &
wellness companies are large-scale affiliate marketers. They are driven by affiliate
partners who bring new customers back to the parent website, and they continue to
expand successfully, operating within the legal realms of honest MLM.
Why has MLM developed such a bad rep?

The Internet is still a comparatively new social medium.

The growth and wealth of information offered by the online world is
infinite and unprecedented. The world is still in the early stages of learning how to
regulate the business side of the virtual world, and because of this uncertainty of how to
deal with the powers of the Internet, it!s still a free-for-all online. Because the Internet is
as anonymous as you want it to be, this is inviting to scam artists who want to make a
quick buck off of other people!s belief in “get rich quick” schemes.

Until we sort out how to regulate the online business world - and because of the
lightning speed growth of the Internet, we may never be able to - we must be very
cautious in the business we do and trust our instincts. Business is trial and error, and
this applies to the home-based business world on the Internet; you may have to try out
a few opportunities until you find the one that works for you.

The reality is you have to be careful with which mentor/affiliate marketing company you
choose to go with, since there is vast misrepresentation online, and it is difficult
(sometimes impossible) to police this fraudulent activity. So, it's more than just knowing what is multi level marketing? It's also about finding a multi-level marketing company that is right for you.

The best thing you can do to make sure you!re not on your way to becoming another
Internet statistic of being taken in by a scam artist is to research your company of
interest. Check out their reputation with the Better Business Bureau or whatever
business regulation industry you have faith in.

The next step is to look for others who have had experiences with the company you!re
researching. Check out testimonials - do they go anywhere, or simply lead you to
spam? Is your mentor available for support, leadership and training? Can you actually
get a hold of your mentor, whether it!s by phone, through email or even in person? Do
the sign-up fees (if there are any) seem inflated and unreasonable? Trust your instincts
- they!re usually right.

If an MLM company is operating ethically and legally, there are legitimate business
opportunities for affiliate partners. There are endless business ventures via the Internet,
just be cautious in who you choose to go with and put your faith in. If you head into the
home-based business world of Multi-Level Marketing with both eyes open, the possibility of making real money does exist - you just have to find it.

So I hope this article has answered your question...what is multi level marketing?

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How To Generating Website Traffic

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Getting traffic to your website is the number one way to build your business. But how
do you do get people to visit your website? How do you ensure that when someone
Googles key words associated with the content reflected on your website, that it is your
site that appears at the top of the search results? Simply put: you must promote your
website through a number of methods and channels. Here are some of the most
effective ways to bring traffic to your website:

Get listed with multiple search engines. Donʼt stop at Google, as there as numerous
search engines out there, including: AltaVista, Metacrawler, Yahoo and MSN. Make
sure you are listed with at least three major search engines. Statistics show that nearly
50% of website traffic results from search engines. The three biggest search engines
out there are: Google, MSN and Yahoo. Donʼt stop there, though. Keep in mind search
engines that are in your area of interest/expertise; in other words, do your research to
find out which engines people use to find out about the product or service youʼre
promoting.

Create a blog. Itʼs so easy and itʼs so loved by search engines. Once youʼve created a
blog, donʼt forget to update it as frequently as possible. If you can post something on it
daily, then do so; at the minimum, make sure you consistently post on your blog once or
twice a week. Stale content is bad for search engines. Donʼt forget to link your blog to
your website.

Promotion through social networking. Maybe you donʼt like Facebook because you
honestly donʼt care what somebody ate for breakfast. But donʼt forget that social
networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even basic emails are vital
marketing tools. Combine this with business cards and face-to-face communication and
you have a recipe for marketing success. Studies show at least 20% of website traffic
results from word-of-mouth, so get connected and never stop promoting your business.

Banner advertising. Studies show that banner ads tend to be better remembered than
other forms of advertising. You can pay to post your banner ads on other peopleʼs sites,
or why not look into banner trading? Seek out other companies that are not your direct
competition and see if they would be willing to trade banners with you. You may be advertising for them, but theyʼre also advertising for you - and itʼs all for free. Check it out.

These are only some of the ways to increase traffic to your website. The most important
thing to keep in mind is to keep your content fresh, link to as many affiliate sites as
possible and to promote - whether through social networking, face-to-face or emails.
Drive traffic to website, not away from it.

Welcome to the superhighway, where rush hour is welcome - and traffic accidents are to
be avoided.

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5 Benefits Of Network Marketing Funded Proposal

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Using a funded proposal to build your primary MLM/Network Marketing company is the smartest thing anyone could do to insure success in this tough industry.

There are many benefits to why the funded proposal makes real good sense, but I would like to share my five top reasons why everyone should be building a MLM business using this model.

Especially if your new to network marketing or haven't had any real success yet.

1. The high rate of sales that gets generated from an inexpensive information product funds your advertising and increases your business cash flow instantly. You can reduce your marketing expenses to ZERO (or in some cases make a profit) by retailing low cost information products on the front end to your leads. This really critical for survival when you consider that 95% to 97% of your leads you generate or buy will never join your primary MLM/Network Marketing opportunity.

2. It's always going to be easier sponsoring an existing customer than trying to sponsor a complete stranger. You should never try selling your prospects on your networking opportunity the first time you have contact. You always sell them an inexpensive information product that offers value and helps them solve a problem.

3. You get to position yourself as an MLM expert instead of of some sleazy sale person like every other networker that doesn't know what they are doing. You start to offer value, build trust and gain respect with your prospects because you offer them more than just another opportunity. You offer a solution to their problems, a system to plug into, and your help.

4. Your prospects get pre-trained and educated on how to generate an endless supply of leads independantly so one day they can become a leader who just might be your future business partner. Instead of just trying to sell them on hype and false promisses which is extremely short sighted. So, why not sell them a retail product that will turn them into a better business owner and future leader right from the start?

5. Using a funded proposal gets your new reps into a positive cash flow situation immediately. Offering a low-priced, fast selling retail product first, funds theirs and yours advertising campaign which gets your new reps into making money as soon as possible. This creates momentum in your team and will decreases attrition or distributor fallout.

This is the smart way to recruit in network marketing in the information age. This is how the masters of this industry make it happen. Do you think they do home meetings or buy lead and make cold calls?

No.

They market information, which pays for their advertising, which serves as a never-ending source of free leads for their network marketing business!

You use a funded proposal online system, (like my Copy Cat Blue Print), as a way to earn immediate profits, which means you can afford endless advertising, which means you can always generate endless leads, which means you can sponsor more reps.

It's like a perpetual online MLM marketing machine that just keeps feeding off of itself.

Our ads drive targeted traffic to our 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp for us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, completely hands-free...And it does the same thing for all system users.

Retail profits from generic information products = Free Advertising = Endless Leads = Endless Home Business Growth!I hope you too are starting to see the benefits now :-)

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Tax Write Offs For Your Home Based Business

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One of the greatest benefits to having a home-based business is your advantage with the tax man. Because you work from home, this enables you to write off normal daily expenses that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to, such as part of your rent or mortgage – as this is where your office is, your vehicle payments and fuel ups, meals and much more.

Not only can you write off part of your rent or mortgage (based on the portion of your home that the office space occupies) but you can write off what’s inside your office as well. What can you write off? Your telephone, fax machine, computer, office furniture and office supplies. If you use your vehicle for anything work-related, you can also write off a portion of your vehicle payment, maintenance and fuel – depending on the extent to which your vehicle is used for work purposes. Medical expenses and business meeting lunches are an additional write off you don’t want to forget about, as these expenses add up quickly.

The best thing to do is to get a good accountant. If you choose to do your own taxes, make sure you pay close attention to the minimum and maximum allotted deductions for home-based businesses – as these amounts may fluctuate and change each year.

Keep your receipts. Keep as many receipts as you can. Put a file folder or box on the corner of your desk and remember to put your daily receipts in it; this will save you from running around at tax time, wondering where you put your oil change receipts for your car or the receipt for your new lap top. If it’s all in the box, you can organize it later – at least you have it all in one place.

There are other useful write offs out there that may also apply to you , such as: hotel bills, taxi fares, dry cleaning, home insurance, retirement plan deductions, loan interest or bad debt expenses and legal costs. This is why you should get a good accountant. With all the receipts piling up (and if you use the box on your desk faithfully, it won’t take long to fill it) doing your own taxes may wind up being a time-consuming and confusing task. Perhaps you would be better off dedicating such time to working on your home-based business and leave your taxes to a professional; this way you can put worries of an audit out of your mind, because you know the paperwork is being done correctly.

If you put your mind to it, a home-based business may not only give you the freedom in your personal life you’ve been craving for so long and the sense of entrepreneurial success you’ve always dreamed of – but also the financial savings you never thought possible. Be smart and save your money: start your home-based business today.

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10 Powerful Ways To Increase Your Website Traffic

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Here are ten real quick and simple ways to get additional traffic to your website:

1. Trade links with other web sites. They should berelated to the subject of your web site. Instead oftrading links, you could also trade banner ads, halfpage ads, classified ads, etc.

2. Start an e-zine for your web site. When peopleread each issue they'll be reminded to revisit yourweb site. They'll see your product ad more thanjust once which will increase your orders.

3. Form an online community. It could be an onlinemessage board, e-mail discussion list or chat room.When people get involved in your community theywill regularly return to communicate with others.

4. Write articles and submit them to e-zines, websites and magazines that accept article submissions.Include your business information and web addressat the end of the article.

5. Give away an electronic freebie with your ad onit. Allow your visitors to also give the freebie away.This'll increase your ad exposure and attract peopleto your web site at the same time.

6. Combine your products or services into one bigpackage deal with other businesses offerings. Youcould share a web site and advertise the packagedeal; which means double the traffic.

7. Submit your freebie to the online directories thatlist your particular item or service for free. If you'reoffering a free e-zine, submit it to all the free e-zinedirectories on the internet.

8. Participate on message boards. Post answers toother people's questions, ask questions and postappropriate information. Include your signature fileat the end of all your postings.

9. Exchange classified or sponsor ads with otherfree e-zine publishers. If there is a huge subscriberdifference between e-zines, one can run more adsto make up for it.

10. Post your ad on free advertising areas on theinternet. You can post it on free classified ad sites,free for all links sites, newsgroups that allow ads,free yellow page directories, etc.

These methods are all really common and even considered 'old school' by many top Internet marketers. But, also very effective and still proven methods that everyone should be using today in network marketing.

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You Must Start Developing Your Marketing Funnel To Have MLM Success Online

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I have a powerful lesson for you today that most people in network marketing ARE NOT talking about. Why is that? I really don't know. If more people were teaching this...there would be more REAL business building going on in our industry. But alas, it means there's more for us!

So what is it I'm talking about you say? I'm talking about 'Developing Your Marketing Funnel'!

I'm talking about building YOU INC. Most network marketer shave no concept of this 'You Inc.' idea. They are trained to act as promoters. They simply promote a company and promote the companies product and they get commissions. In essence, they are trained to be commission based sales people.

That's not how we operate around here. Around these parts, there is training on how to be REAL entrepreneurs.

Real entrepreneurs build MARKETING FUNNELS. Real entrepreneurs build their own LISTS of prospects, customers, and partners who they can market to for the rest of time.

But not only can you cultivate an asset that pays you for the rest of your life when you are building your OWN List...but you can Build and Deepen your relationship with all those people, which is the essence of successful network marketing,on a scale that begs belief to what most people in our industry are used to.

Take me for example. Right now, at this very moment, I am building my relationship with almost 10,000 people by sending out this one email. That's pretty cool huh!

While most people are out there chasing around their neighbors, aunts, and uncles...I'm sending out an email and communicating with almost 10,000 people in any fashion I would like to.

The possibilities are literally ENDLESS once you know how touse REAL business building principles to grow your organization on the internet.

You see, once you start generating leads who are going into YOUR personal marketing funnel...you can offer a variety of products and services to those people and spin income streams off your list in many ways.

This is one of the things I learned that truly started to transformmy profitability online. When I got out of the 'box' and startedseeing myself as my business...my business started to change.

I started applying real internet marketing principles to my network marketing business...and overnight more and more success just started to creep in. The bigger my list got, the more power I had.

The more power I had...the bigger I could grow my list.

And as of today, I have now gotten my lead generation to do between 110-130 brand new opt ins every day. Imagine if you had 110 new leads to build relationships with every day. You think your business would be growing bigger!?

The point is, these are principles that almost no one is teaching network marketers at large...and that has to STOP.

It's time you learn how to be at the cutting edge of technology and use these strategies to build a real business. You can learn exactly how I'm doing what I'm doing right here:

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For less than $10 bucks you can get my step by step outline for how to start using technology to profit to no end in your business.

All I can say is take advantage of this offer today. The learn these 'specific' skills on how to use technology to grow any business will be the ones who create true wealth in our industry as we head into this new age.

It's time to make it happen my friend!

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Multi-Level Marketing: What Is It All About?

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You’ve hear the term Multi-Level Marketing, but what does it mean? MLM is also known as Network Marketing or Affiliate Marketing, and it’s a system that compensates the seller not only for direct sales of products, but also for driving business to the parent company.

Those involved in MLM are highly reliant on social networking mediums, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Nexopia and Twitter, as well as email distribution and search engine optimization (SEO). In a successful MLM company, the network will continue to expand, and there will be several levels of royalties, as new sellers are recruited and more clients are brought in.

MLM works opposite from traditional sales – and that’s why some people have difficulty understanding it. Instead of eliminating your fellow sellers, you want to recruit them and thus gain compensation from the company for expanding the network. One of the most rewarding aspects of MLM is that it eliminates traditional sales tactics, such as the dreaded cold call.

To learn about MLM properly, you need to have a mentor. There are just as many pyramid schemes out there as there are legitimate companies. Make sure you do your research before you make your decision as to which company you’re going to work with. As long as you are selective in who you put your faith in, MLM can wind up being an enormously successful business venture – some of the most accomplished home-based business people are Multi-Level Marketers.

Proper MLM mentors will teach you how to: generate solid leads, recruit larger numbers of people, use marketing campaigns that work, save money on advertising, get a better rating with search engines and much more to develop your online marketing presence.

The premise of MLM is networking, and part of this is linking. In order to become known on search engines, you need to link as much as you can to your website; if you have a blog – link it; get article and press releases written about your website/product – link them; utilize social networking mediums like Facebook and Twitter – then link them; and link your website to other affiliate websites to generate more traffic. Generating traffic is the goal to becoming known on search engines and getting a higher ranking than other related websites.

There is much more to Multi-Level Marketing. What you need to know is that it is possible to make a solid income with your home-based business in the world of MLM. Be selective in the company you choose to partner with and focus on networking and linking. Don’t go for overnight “get rich quick” schemes and watch for sign-up fees that seem unreasonable or inflated. If you remember these basics before you get involved, the odds are you will achieve great success with your home-based business through Multi-Level Marketing.

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The Internet Is Key To Network Marketing Success In Today's World!

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I'm going to share a secret with you today that is responsible for everything you are about to read below. Like...

-Personally sponsoring 100's people in less than 30 days.

-Going from $209 a month to monthly six-figures in less than 2 years.

-Building A list of 1,000,000 people.

-Earning upwards of $10,000's a month off the people who DON'T even join my business...

See proof of all that here: http://www.OnlineCopyCatBluePrint.com

The answer is simple...

I learned how to use technology in ways 99.9% of the world has no clue.

I learned the ins and outs of marketing ANY business, through SO MANY different marketing mediums...that my business is being seen by HUNDREDS of people as we speak.

It's that knowledge that I am looking to share with you on a much deeper level. It's time for you to learn how to ENDLESSLY expand your business, using every possible marketing medium you could on the Internet. In other words...it's time for you to truly succeed in your business.

You are about to learn...

- The ins and outs of Pay Per Click marketing so you can have thousands of people at your fingertips in under 5 minutes.

- How to brand yourself as a leader in the industry, and create free leads for the rest of your life with Article Marketing.

- How to get unlimited press exposure and credibility for your business, plus get tons of free search engine traffic with Press Releases.

- The ways you can profit TREMENDOUSLY from a site that receives over 1 billion hits PER DAY. You read that correctly, and how you can generate all the free leads you could ever need to build the M.L.M business of your dreams.

- Secrets to tapping into the 175,000,000 people on Facebook to generate more leads, distributors, and customers then you even know what to do with.

- How to master the art of 'Attraction' Marketing so you have people actively wanting to work with YOU and you only.

- Plus infinitely more.

You see, there is something I call the expanding universe theory of business. It's when you 'Master' one skill, and then move on to the next...so your business just continues to expand endlessly.

It all started for me with Traffic exchanges, then I went on to PPC, then to forums, then to Email marketing and it's just kept growing and growing from there. And to this day I'm still signing up distributors from marketing campaigns I haven't touched in over 36 months. Do you know how powerful that is?

Do you see how powerful it is, that you can just keep expanding and expanding and expanding your business through these INNUMERABLE forms of marketing on the Internet?

The bottom line is, the smartest entrepreneurs and Network Marketers of today DO SEE where the real opportunity is...and it's learning everything I am about to teach you. It's learning how to use technology to make cash hand over fist.

Every logical and emotional part of your brain knows this is true. So the only reason you possibly have to NOT learn exactly how to do this is because you DON'T want to succeed. You might have a subconscious blockage, sabotaging your success. You might be afraid of failing at new things, so why even try?

I'm here to tell you [[firstname]], if that's you, it would be wise to either FACE your fears or get out of this industry.

This industry is not for the faint of mind. This is for the real go getters who stare adversity in the face, and walk right past it.

The real successful people in this industry meet challenges and obstacles, and the only option they leave themselves is to overcome them. Period.

So it's time for you to rise to the occasion, and learn how to be a REAL network marketer. It's time for you to put the 'Marketing' into Network Marketing.

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On this page you can 'CLEARLY' see that I have included so much value, knowledge, and cash producing information that you would have to NOT want to learn marketing, not to pick up your copy of the course right now.

There are dozens of videos and audios with over 15 hours of content, printable manuals, pre-written autoresponder messages, multiple capture pages, examples of solo ads that have made me over 1 million dollars to date, and a slew of other bonuses worth over $5,370.

Quite frankly, this is the clearest blueprint to building a network marketing business you will ever see. It is not, "set your goals" or "make a list of your friends and family."

It's go here, do this, and do that...to generate endless leads and close those endless leads into your business.

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The ball is in your hands my friend. But I would 'Highly' recommend you Learn these skills NOW, because the people who understand how to use technology this way first are going to be the ones who make the most money in the new age of network marketing.

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The Benefits of Content Based Internet Marketing

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Content Based Internet Marketing is the key to success for anyone who wants to grow their business, website or presence online. Content Based Internet Marketing creates a network of links that lead to your website – creating the presence you need to be recognized in your industry online.

If you follow a few key elements of Content Based Internet Marketing, you can achieve rapid success at branding yourself online. The Internet is here to increase the flow of information and knowledge at an unprecedented rate. People are able to access a wealth of knowledge with simple online searches, such as through google.ca. Why not learn the basics of search optimization so when seekers are searching for a topic in your area of expertise, your website comes up first?

It’s so easy to create a network of links that will create traffic to your website, and here’s how:

Brand yourself online by using the basic tools of website promotion, such as: press release distribution, article directory submission, search engine optimization (SEO) and blogging. It is necessary to possess some writing skills; if you don’t, there are freelance writers available to hire online who can write press releases or original articles for you at a reasonable cost.

Press releases and original articles are vital to the overall strength of your website, and are the basis of Content Based Internet Marketing. Once you link these to your website, it will circulate traffic to your website, building the online presence you need to succeed. Search engine optimization (SEO) refers to highlighting key words in these press releases and original articles so that when an Internet surfer searches for a term related to your area of expertise, these key words will trigger links to your website. Use an article directory submission to post your original articles, which you should be writing on a regular basis.

Blogging is another key tool of website promotion. Search engines, such as google.ca favour blogs. Daily updates about your area of expertise keeps your web content fresh, and this is crucial to achieving a high Internet rank. Blogging is free and simple to get started; all you have to do is visit a blog site, such as blogger.com or wordpress.com, and you can have a blog set up within minutes, linking it to your website to increase your online presence.

All of these simple, yet vital techniques involved in Content Based Internet Marketing will lead your website to getting a higher Internet ranking and building you the online presence that will allow you to bypass your online competitors.

Do not fear the speed of the Internet superhighway – capitalize on the basics of Content Based Internet Marketing to catapult your website to the top of search engines.

Paul Birdsall teaches online marketing through his FREE 7 Day Online Success Boot Camp. You can learn more about Paul and take his online boot camp here: http://www.7DayOnlineBootCamp.com