A great article about Online Business Promotion

I came across this article about Online Business Promotion in my studies. It is filled with fantastic tips for building your own MLM Business online.

Enjoy!

"The Internet's full of hyped-up promises of the 'ultimate' marketing secret that will singlehandedly skyrocket your business to instant success.

Naturally, this is all it is: hype. There's no single 'secret' that will magically transform a fledgling business into a powerful money-maker. Instead, every business owner is responsible for testing and refining various techniques until he or she has developed a solid, effective base that produces the desired results.

What works for one business may not work for another! Likewise, another business may have poor results with one method, while others experience great success. Here's a quick checklist of some of the more popular -- and completely free -- marketing techniques to help you build your online business (note: this is a 3-part series).

PART 1: FREE ONLINE MARKETING TECHNIQUES
1. Build and use your own opt-in list of targeted and interested prospects. Offer a free newsletter that provides fresh, interesting, and relevant content. You'll receive feedback from your readers about what's important to them, and over time they'll come to know and trust you. Your products, services, and even recommendations will then be taken much more seriously because you've developed credibility with your readers.

2. Contribute to newsgroups or discussion boards. Establish yourself as a helpful member of a community. Other members of the community who come to know and respect you will often refer you to others.

3. Niche directories or search engines. Find all the highly-targeted directories and SEs for your market, and then work to get listed. You'll be surprised at how many niche sites there are! Good places to start looking are http://yahoo.com/ and http://www.dmoz.com/.

4. Build your link popularity. For example, you can trade links with other businesses in your market so that you can 'share' each other's traffic. Most of the major search engines take link popularity into consideration when ranking your site.

5. Endorsed mailings to other lists. Find the editor of a great newsletter, and offer your product or service to him for free in return for a review or an endorsed ad to his list. Endorsements from the editor can far outperform regular 'ads', since they come from someone they know and trust (the editor).

6. Testimonials. It's fine for you to say that your product or service is wonderful... but there's far more 'punch' when someone else says it! Testimonials show prospects that you have happy customers and helps them to make the decision to buy.

7. Use autoresponders to follow-up with your prospects. It has been proven time and time again that autoresponders can dramatically increase your profits! They're also great time-savers, saving you from following up with each prospect manually.

8. Ad swaps. You can get extra exposure for 'free' (no out-of-pocket expenses) by swapping ad space with another editor that caters to your audience. Plus it's a great way to put 'remnant' ad space to good use.

9. Join a webring. Link to other sites like yours and build an online 'community.'

10. Offer coupons or gift certificates to entice visitors to make a purchase *now*.

11. Make good use of referral marketing. Ask happy customers to refer prospects to you. Many people are so busy these days that they're willing to rely on a trusted friend or contact's advice -- it saves them the time necessary to do all the research themselves.

12. Write and distribute articles in your area of expertise. This is a great credibility-builder! People who appreciate what you have to say are much more likely to check out your business. Another 'bonus' is that articles are often archived on websites for visitors to refer to time and time again.

13. Become an 'expert'. If you like to write and have the time to do so, consider partnering with a high-traffic site within your niche market and offer to write a regular column or article. You establish credibility and get exposure; your partner site and their readers get great content.

14. Use a 'Recommend-It' or 'Refer-A-Friend' script. These scripts let visitors send your URL to friends.

15. Make it easy for others to link to your site. Consider adding a 'Link to Us' section where you provide the HTML that visitors can simply cut and paste to their own web pages. Again, this helps to build your link popularity (see point #4).

16. Hold contests. For example, every month you could give away one of your products to a lucky subscriber or customer.

17. Use a signature. Also known as 'sig files', a signature is a brief blurb about your business along with your URL and/or contact information. Put a signature on every piece of email you send out, as well as on any message board posts (if appropriate).

18. Give away a quality free eBook or report. eBooks and reports can be excellent viral marketing tools. You can even offer them as a 'premium' to other businesses within your niche, so that they can give it away to their own customers or subscribers. This is an effective way to build a network that will willingly promote your business for you!"
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Angela operates the Online Business Basics website, which offers free marketing tips and articles for beginners to the 'net. Visit www.onlinebusinessbasics.com for more tips on how to effectively market your business on a limited budget.

Ann Sieg, The Renegade Network Marketer

If you haven't already read Ann Sieg's book, The Renegade Network Marketer you need to now. And if you have been looking for the key to the infamous "Network Marketing Secrets", Ann has got it!

I consider Ann one of my mentors and I consider her to be one of the pioneers of InterNETwork Marketing. I have never read a book that was so thorough and so filled with eye-opening material. While reading her book, I can't tell you how many times I said to myself, "This really makes SENSE."

By the end of her book, I was so excited, I immediatley started implementing her ideas into my own InterNETwork Marketing strategy.

If you are serious about marketing your MLM on the Internet, then reading Ann's book The Renegade Network Marketer is a must. Not only will it reveal the secrets to Network Marketing, it will make you even more prepared to take your MLM to the Internet.

Ann actually offers two books. She has written a free e-book titled The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing. You can download it immediately by clicking here: The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing .

Or if you are ready to download her book The Renegade Network Marketer click here: The Renegade Network Marketer . Either way, Ann Sieg will help get you started marketing your MLM on the Internet the correct way.

The information I read in her books was invaluable. By investing time into your own education, you are already leaving the Old School Network Marketing techniques in the dust. Education is crucial in this business. It makes or breaks your business and sets you aside from the rest!

Are there really MLM Secrets?

Yes, there are! But first, I'll tell you what the Secrets are not.

They are not a "get rich quick" banner that you see on the pay-per-click side of Google. You know the ones - they say things like...

- No Experience Needed!

- Start Getting Paid Immediately!

- Automated System does 99% of the Work!

- Make Money With No Effort!

Etc, etc, etc. These type of ads make me furious. If it were that easy to make money at Network Marketing, don't you think everyone would own one?

They are also not the Old School techniques being taught by your upline since the 1940's.

The Secret to Network Marketing Success is.....

Any prospect that contacts you is considerably more valuable than one you have contacted.

Let me phrase this a different way so you really get it. The quality of a prospect that finds you vs. one that you find is so much more powerful, it's almost impossible to compare the two. It's like trying to compare apples to oranges.

Have you ever worked for months to convince a co-worker or friend to join your Network Marketing business? Have you ever had that person quit within a few weeks or months?

I have. And here is a valuable lesson I learned. I learned that the person I chased for months and months was never really interested in my opportunity. I just finally wore them down. And then they most likely dropped out after 3 months because they were never really interested in the first place.

This is the mistake that so many Network Marketers make and the one that causes them to fail.

It took me a while to realize this, but when I did, a light bulb went on in my head. I could continue to approach people who did not want or need my product OR I could implement a strategy that brought interested prospects to me.

This is why some people are able to make Network Marketing look so easy while other work so hard for minimal results.

Makes a lot of sense, huh? Thankfully I did my homework and implemented an InterNETwork Marketing strategy that really works.

And now I am ready to help others find MLM Success too!

InterNETwork Marketing

The Internet and Network Marketing are the way of the future. Are you using the Internet to market your MLM? If not, you are missing the boat!

There is no question in my mind that the way to create MLM Success and Financial Freedom is through the Internet. When you use the the Internet to market your MLM you are "InterNETwork Marketing"!


The world has seen enormous changes in the past 60 years...
- Product is more readily available

- There is steeper competition

- We are in a world full of Internet and computer users

- Retail purchases on the Internet are commonplace

- People communicate and market products and services online

- The list is endless...

Then why are most Network Marketers still using the same methods created in the 1940's? The Internet has changed the way most of us do business every day. Why not change the way we operate our Network Marketing businesses?

The Internet is the way of the future... You could keep using the same old tired techniques for Network Marketing, or you could embrace the Internet and everything it has to offer. Including a much easier and more successful way to market your MLM.

The following blog posts will provide strategies that are easy to implement and produce results without any arm twisting or hotel meetings.

Here are just a few examples of information that will be covered:

Blog Marketing

Attraction Marketing

Social Networking

Build A Website

Please contact me to jump-start your own Internet Marketing strategy and to EXPLODE your MLM Business.

Who is Jennifer?

Are you looking for a Network Marketing Coach? Welcome to MLM Success Express! You've come to the right place.

My name is Jennifer Glackin. As I am sitting here writing, I am hard pressed to explain "Who is Jennifer Glackin" in just a few short words.

I wear a different hat several times a day! I am a mom, a wife, a small business owner, a Network Marketer, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a dog owner,.... the list is endless. But what will likely interest you the most is that I am an avid student of Internet Marketing and I am a Network Marketing Coach and Mentor.

My story starts the same way that many of yours have. I am a college graduate with a BA in Communications and an Emphasis in Sales and Marketing. I have 8 years of field sales experience in Corporate America. 6 years ago I "retired" to stay home with my children. Within a year of being home, I started my own online business called That's So Darling! . That's So Darling! specializes in personalized baby and children's gifts.

My goal was to grow this business to a point where I would be able to operate it full time when my children were in school. It was a great idea in 2002, but over the past 5 years, the market for baby gifts has become saturated. Too many entrepreneur/moms had the same idea!

That's So Darling! is a wonderful business and I am very proud of the work I have put into it as well as the success I have had. I still co-own it with my mom. But it is not the ticket to financial freedom. Thus.... Network Marketing!

When I was introduced to Network Marketing, and my MLM Opportunity in particular, I was instantly intrigued by the potential for unlimited income. Plus, I love to be challenged. As I met some of the leaders in my particular Network Marketing Opportunity, I often thought, "If they can do it, so can I!"

I dove head-first into the Old School Network Marketing strategy. I put on house parties, sent e-mails to all of my friends and family, distributed sizzle cards, dropped magazines off at salons and gyms and told my story to anyone who would listen. I did all the things my upline taught me to do. They told me to just keep "promoting" my opportunity and eventually it would happen.

Within a few months, I was able to sponsor a few people into my organization. But I became quickly frustrated as the people in my downline were not nearly as eager as I was. I had a couple of them drop out as quickly as they signed up. I couldn't understand why someone would invest the time and money into the start-up of a business and then drop out.

And then my "warm market" dried up. In desperation, I started searching the Internet for clues as to what I was doing wrong. And then I found it - the Law of Attraction and Attraction Marketing. I quickly discovered that Internet Marketing was the way of the future for Network Marketing. And that I better figure this out if I wanted to reach my goal of financial freedom.

I immersed myself in books, blogs and websites dedicated to Internet Marketing and in particular Attraction Marketing. I listened to CD's and watched online videos dedicated to Attraction Marketing. I signed up for newsletters and autoresponders which flooded my inbox with great material. I adopted my own Network Marketing Coaches and Mentors who were creating MLM success through the power of Attraction Marketing and the Internet. Plus these people were doing what I wanted to do - they were creating a life of freedom - and in particular - financial freedom.

These Network Marketing Coaches taught me how to create my own Internet presence as well as the tips, tools and strategies I would need to create an Internet and MLM Business Plan. The Network Marketing Coaches also taught me about creating multiple streams of income. And how to create a constant flow of qualified prospects who were looking for my type of Business Opportunity.

The cumulation of my studies, experience and success is what I am presenting to you today. I welcome you to learn from what I have learned. I am a big supporter of the phrase, "Pay It Forward"!

I hope I have answered "Who Is Jennifer Glackin?". It's a question with an answer that is constantly evolving and changing. I am sure your answer would not be static either. But most importantly,

I am here to tell you that you can also create Multiple Streams of Income, you can create your own Attraction Marketing Strategy, and YOU CAN succeed at Network Marketing.

If you are ready, serious and committed, please contact me. As a Network Marketing Coach, I will personally guide you through the process of setting up your own Internet Marketing plan. Let's create a life of Financial Freedom for you too!

Have You Found MLM Success Yet?

If you are similar to the vast majority of Network Marketers, you may be answering "no" to the previous question. But you are here and that is a giant step in the right direction! My name is Jennifer Glackin and I am an avid student of Internet Marketing as well as a Network Marketing coach and mentor.

This blog is designed to give you the MLM tips and MLM tools needed to achieve success in TODAY'S world of Network Marketing. Times have changed and the advice your upline is giving you regarding old-school Network Marketing systems is just that... old-school.

Are you tired of:
- Endless hotel meetings
- Sizzle cards
- Low quality leads
- Chasing everyone within a 3 foot radius
- Home Parties

Then you've come to the right place! Learn how a stay-at-home mom is building a successful team, a successful Network Marketing Business and a successful plan to reach Financial Freedom!

This blog is the condensed version of my countless hours and late nights spent studying, blogging, reading and investigating the topic of Internet Marketing as it relates to Network Marketing.

And most importantly, MLM Success Express is designed to give you the tools and training you will need to succeed at Network Marketing in today's "internet saavy world". As a Network Marketing mentor and coach, it thrills me to be able to share my efforts with others.

While visiting, you will find blogs related to:

- The History of Network Marketing
- The Definition of Traditional Network Marketing versus Internet Network Marketing
- Internet Marketing Strategies
- How to succeed with Blog Marketing
- Internet Marketing Training and Tools as it Relates to Network Marketing
- Attraction Marketing Strategies
- Internet Marketing Tips and Secrets
- Fun facts about me and my own Network Marketing opportunity.
- The steps to create your own online Network Marketing plan of attack and how I can help you to succeed!

One last note... If you are here looking for a "get rich quick scheme" you are in the WRONG place. My MLM Success Express program is simple, and easy to reproduce, but it will not bring success overnight.

Be skepitcal of anyone announcing that their program will make you gobs of money overnight. It just won't happen. Success takes patience, time and work... but it can and it will happen.

Now that you know what we are going to do, let's get this MLM Success Plan started. I'm creating a life of Freedom, and I want to help you too!