I WANT To Be An Online Marketer!

Written by Anna-Marie Stewart


Where do I start if I want to be an online marketer? Tough question, huh? There are lots of ways to begin your way onrepparttar bumpy journey. Just make sure you are aware that it WILL be a bumpy ride.

First things first: do a lot of research. Find out what kind of thing appeals to you most. It could be affilate programs, mlm`s or maybe you likerepparttar 121052 idea of selling other peoples products for a commission etc.

There are a ton of options, and 1000 times more hype. This is why it`s so important to do as much research as you can before starting out. Sure, you can gorepparttar 121053 long way round, which is how a lot of us start out, but that`s even more of a bumpy ride...hehehe

Ok, so lets say you`ve decided on where you want to start. You don`t have a product of your own, so you decide to sell other peoples information products, just as an example. Don`t makerepparttar 121054 mistake that so many people do, by trying to sell something you haven`t personally tested.

Put it this way: Who would YOU prefer to buy from? Someone who knows absolutely nothing aboutrepparttar 121055 product they`re selling? Or someone who has had firsthand experience withrepparttar 121056 product they`re selling? You know it`s person number 2, right?

So testrepparttar 121057 product first. Learn everything there is to know about it. If people can trust you to give an honest opinion, they`ll be back for more. Great way of getting contacts AND repeat customers.

Now you need a website. Sure, get a free site inrepparttar 121058 beginning. People might not take you real serious, but at least you get to test and play around with your site until you`re ready to pay for one. Owning your own domain name adds credibility to your site, and there are plenty cheap hosts out there, so do that as soon as you feel ready.

Make a real fast-loading splash page from which to sellrepparttar 121059 product. You don`t have long to catch a potential customers interest, so make it fast and interesting.

Don`t fillrepparttar 121060 page with a ton of waffle. Giverepparttar 121061 most important information. What canrepparttar 121062 person get from usingrepparttar 121063 product? Why isrepparttar 121064 product exactly whatrepparttar 121065 person needs? What isrepparttar 121066 price etc. Give people a way to pay immediately, in case they REALLY like what they see, there and then.

If you have a LOT of information, give them a link to a "more info" page, maybe with pics and payment options. Get a small popup where people can sign up for your contact list for notices on future products. Give them a freebie in exchange for their name and email address.

MLM Business Opportunities: Which are legitimate and truly profitable?

Written by Debbi A. Ballard


THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR MLM BUSINESS

by Debbi A. Ballard, MLM Consultant and INLC President copyright, 2003, Debbi A. Ballard All rights reserved.

You are allowed to freely forward this to others online but must includerepparttar content and byline in its entirety.

The one decision that can make or break your MLM/network marketing business is this?

PICKING THE RIGHT COMPANY.

Time and again, I see networkers who work hard (and smart in many ways) but they?re frustrated because they are NOT achieving their goals. When I speak with them aboutrepparttar 121051 amount of due diligence (?homework?) they did in researchingrepparttar 121052 company and evaluating their own priorities in what they wanted in an opportunity and what they wished to achieve, I often discover that there was little research done. What resulted was?

THEY ENDED UP PICKING THE WRONG COMPANY!

What do I mean by this? How do you know that you?ve pickedrepparttar 121053 wrong company?

You know you?ve pickedrepparttar 121054 wrong company when you?

1) Feel little or no passion about your product offering. In fact, you?ve never bothered to learn more aboutrepparttar 121055 products other than brief descriptions your company may have supplied in brochures. People who have a passion for their products are eager to learn everything they can aboutrepparttar 121056 development, benefits and features ofrepparttar 121057 products. They learn what competitive edgerepparttar 121058 products have in comparison to similar products onrepparttar 121059 market. They want to sharerepparttar 121060 news aboutrepparttar 121061 products because, first and foremost, they have a genuine belief in them. In addition, they know that knowledge is power inrepparttar 121062 sales process. When you have inquisitive customers, you?ll know how to respond so that sales won?t be lost.

Time and again, when I speak with leaders in various MLM companies, they are people who are extremely passionate and knowledgeable about their products. Don?t ever let anyone tell you that in this competitive environment, consumers buy all products and services based strictly on emotions. Think about it. Is that how you make all your purchasing decisions? It simply is not true.

2) You have few or no retail customers. This results whenrepparttar 121063 passion for your products is just not there. It also results when a company promotes its opportunity to you as building volume by ?just buying products for yourself each month and getting others to dorepparttar 121064 same.? This is nonsense and has been extremely harmful torepparttar 121065 networking community. This type of promotion putsrepparttar 121066 company AND its distributors in legal jeopardy.

Understand that regulators look at retail sales asrepparttar 121067 most important factor in evaluatingrepparttar 121068 legitimacy of a network marketing company. Are you going to succeed with a company that may not be on firm legal ground because it diminishesrepparttar 121069 importance of retail sales? Do you even want to associate with such a firm? This leads torepparttar 121070 next issue.

3) Your company has unresolved legal challenges. MLM companies fall under an array of legal requirements atrepparttar 121071 federal and state levels. If you are working with a company that has had past legal challenges, you should check to see that they have been resolved. If you company is facing current legal challenges, keep informed. The company should be willing to respond to your questions and/or concerns. You should also try to find out if there are any serious legal challenges againstrepparttar 121072 firm?s principals that could affectrepparttar 121073 company and your endeavor. Unfortunately, we have had some individuals who had engaged in unethical and/or illegal activity in an MLM endeavor, and who had gotten stopped by a regulator only to resurface years later to manage an MLM endeavor inrepparttar 121074 same unsavory manner.

An astute MLM company will address legal issues with its distributors to help them stay within ethical and legal guidelines. The best way is to educate distributors through training programs and support tools (books, tapes, etc.). Remember that you are running a business and also need to be informed of these issues since you, too, are held accountable to government authorities for your networking business.

It is important to be aware ofrepparttar 121075 fact that there have been legitimate charges made against networking companies and certain distributors BUT there have also been claims made by regulators who totally misinterpretedrepparttar 121076 compensation plan or their own states? statutes. Also, as you probably know, because ofrepparttar 121077 high costs of prolonged litigation, an innocent company may sign off on an agreement just to avoid these expenses. It is extremely important that your MLM company has legal counsel knowledgeable about our industry. (Typically an attorney who specializes in our industry is preferable, particularly when it comes to scrutinizing compensation plans, policies and procedures, and networker agreements.) It is wise to ask managementrepparttar 121078 name ofrepparttar 121079 legal counsel being utilized to adviserepparttar 121080 company. Then check up onrepparttar 121081 firm?s knowledge, experience and reputation.

HENCE, BE CAREFUL NOT TO PREMATURELY JUDGE A COMPANY ?GUILTY? WHEN IT IS UNDERGOING LEGAL CHALLENGES. HOWEVER, DON?T WORK A COMPANY?S PROGRAM IF IT IS IN BLATANT VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AND/OR STATE LAWS. (For example, you certainly don?t ever want to be accused of promoting a pyramid.)

4) Your goals are not being met in relation torepparttar 121082 time, effort and monies being expended. If you are working hard and you find that you are creating a retail base and a productive downline sales force yet you are constantly disgusted atrepparttar 121083 low bonus checks and little retail profits, you may have picked a company with a dysfunctional compensation plan. These are plans that are not balanced. They do not fairly compensate distributors at various ranks inrepparttar 121084 program.

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