It is hard to imagine that it took over forty years for telephone to find acceptance in mainstream America. For Internet it took only about four years. Many a dot com has gone bust, but Internet as a communications tool is here to stay. Tweens, individuals between ages of 8 to 13, and Teens (ages 14-17) can hardly imagine life without Internet.

By Anna-Marie Stewart Venton

You know scenario: You join some program, work your butt off to promote it, to get signups, and you feel like you`re hitting a brick wall. After a few months, you give up, and try something else, or give up completely.

Know what`s missing? Active, helpful sponsors/uplines. Have you ever tried mailing your upline, only to get NO response? It`s a horrible feeling. Makes you think "Why should I bother trying to help this guy make some money??"

Been in this situation? Or maybe you`re guilty of being this type of sponsor? Either way, you need to read this:

I try to actively help anybody who signs up under me, no matter what. I always have done, and in 4 years of marketing, I still have mostly same loyal people following me into any program I show them.

Doesn`t matter if program turns out to be a flop, or best thing on earth. Those people are with me all way, and they are fantastic!

I try to promote their pages/programs, pass on signups to them etc. and at risk of sounding big-headed: They love me for it! This is why, even if a program flops, they follow me on to next one, because they KNOW I`ll help as much as I can.

Mail your upline if you need help with anything, let them know you`re struggling. Ask for what you want. Believe me, it works wonders, and people aren`t mind readers.

If you don`t ASK for help, most will assume that you`re doing just fine. If you don`t get any support from your sponsor, go higher, even as high as program owner if you have to.

I am pseudo-blonde with techie stuff, asked a friend to help with building my ezine (he`s a programmer) and VOILA! website all built. So I am living proof: It DOES help to ask.