MLM List Building and Email Marketing Strategies

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail many more times than unsuccessful people.” ~ Brian Tracy

You DO know your sucess in any mlm opportunity WILL take awhile, right? Good for you. if you ain’t failing… You ain’t trying. And that’s the truth. You know it is.

So don’t be afraid to fail. But don’t be afraid to succeed either. Remember, when a person is ready for change, uncommon mentors WILL appear into their lives.

yes they will.

If you look at this blog today you can see it looks pretty empty. Server crash. Back up lost in the outer limits of cyber space… Life goes on.

But if you KNOW me, you know I am a huge fan of Joe Schroeder. A man I consider a rock and roll star of mlm. Like a king, a giant in our fine industry. Did you know he built TWO million dollar downlines at the same time?

Incredible. Verifyable. Hmmm, and VERY profitable.

The GOOD news is he shares how he did it. How YOU can do it. And yeah, me too.

I don’t care who you are, how big your downline is, or even what your income is. YOU CAN LEARN and EARN from Joe.

Having said that…

What I want is for you to grow a huge business. Massive profits. An mlm downline your mom would be proud of. Your spouse too!

You can do it! We can help. Diet cola, la la la la…..

And I want to have fun too. I’m thinking we could play a game. Yes, let us all play a game.  A special game only for those that are WILLING.

And NO it’s not Spin the Bottle.     Do that on your own time.

What I’m thinking is more like that trivia persuit game. Only what you learn is worth more. With real prizes. Every week. And those weekly prizes you can win would be, Joe Schroeder products of course.

And while I’m thinking, maybe, just maybe, I might even throw in Joe’s famous Speed Enrollers Course once in awhile. Ya jus’ nevah node it.

This is going to be easy, fun, and very profitable for those that pay attention. So here’s the deal. I want you to read what he writes. I want you to LISTEN to what the man has to say. So besides just the free stuff I’m going to give to EVERYONE, once a week I will also send you a link to an article, an ebook, or an audio.

In that same email I’ll ask a question about whatever it is I gave you. Something he wrote, or said. The first person to reply with the CORRECT answer wins the prize. Which ever product I choose to have shipped to you. Yes, we actually snail mail around here. Real books. Real CD’s.

That’s because this is the real deal. And everyone wins, even if you don’t win.

 

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To succeed in this business, any business for that matter
takes a certain mindset. All kinds of mindsets really. And
you know that right?

It takes vision, passion, faith, courage. All that stuff
that we all, already know. Us mlm people. We sure is a smart
bunch, huh?

But one thing we do not always know is who our customers are.
Like who is in our target market. Or more importantly, who
will actually give us money.

Here’s what I mean. When I joined opportunity “X” and got my
first autoship order one of the products was a bar of soap.
Yippee. Not. Granted, it did smell good. But at $5.95 retail,
who would buy it?

By nature I am cheap. I was raised that way and it is still
a hard habit to break. When I bought soap I wanted three
bars for 97 cents.

So this $5.95 bar of soap  wasn’t something I wanted. Or
something I thought anyone else wanted. So it just stayed
in the package.

Now I know you don’t really care about my soap. Or my shower
either I hope. But what is important is what I discovered. I
realized something I should have already known.

My first and foremost intent with my mlm business is to sell
something. That’s because I want to get paid. Today. And I
want others to get paid today. Not next month. That is a
must.

Now wouldn’t you agree that in order to sell something it is
a good idea to know what the heck it is you are selling?

Me too. That’s why I finally got around to trying this new
brand of soap. To get to know about it personally so I could
better retail it.

Well, the soap is great. It smells great, it cleans great.
And it beats my old cheap stuff hands down, no competition.

But Big deal. This article isn’t about soap. Soap is not
even my main product.

This article is about having, and selling, a top quality
product. Any product. I know that I have one. And I’m sure
your mlm business provides you with a top quality product as
well.

What I realized is this. Our products are not for cheap
minded people. They are designed for people who want the
finer things in life. People who can afford these luxuries.
Or at least pretend they can.

They don’t drive a Dodge Caravan. They drive the Town and
Country. Their version of an SUV is a Cadillac Escalade.
They buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Because they can afford to.

Just like I was wrongly thinking no one would buy my soap, I
often hear other mlm distributors say no one will buy their
products. That’s not true. Your neighbors may not. Your
family may not. But some people, somewhere, are out there
wanting what you sell.

Knowing this is a mindset. It’s a belief. And that’s where
it all starts. A simple formula really.

You are in your mlm business to make a profit. To profit you
need to sell something. To sell anything, you need to market
to the people that are already willing and able to buy what
you sell.

And to market your products or business opportunity you
first have to believe there are people that want what you
have so you can find them.

If you don’t believe people want what you have you will
never be able to find them. You will not be able to market
to them. You won’t be able to sell anything, so you won’t be
able to make a profit.

If you can’t make a profit, why would you be in business?

 

 

 
 

Usually when we think of multilevel marketing what comes to mind is recruiting.  Trying to find people that want to earn money from home, and then convincing them to join our opportunity. Convincing is the key word here. Nobody wants to join a convincing business. But that’s what we do in our industry.

Then we wonder why we have a hard time building a solid organization.

Initially people join an mlm opportunity for the money. I mean, that is why we do this, for the money right?

Maybe.

If you look at the leaders in this industry, and in your own organization. I mean really look. You’ll see that they offer something to their downlines much more than just ” How to Make Money”.  Because the how to’s can be found in your local bookstore, or even the public library.

Sorry to tell you, but just the “how to’s” will never be enough.

One of the things your leaders are doing is they are busy climbing the mountain. They are going on ahead of the pack. They make sure the mountain is safe to climb. While you are climbing that mountain, your leaders are encouraging you. As if to say “Yeah, you can do it, If I made it this far so can you”.

Your leaders are also yelling down to you, they are pointing out where the rocks are. And giving advice on how to go over the rocks, or under them, or around them. A great leader will even try to get you up the mountain even higher than the leader is.

Remember, MLM is certainly not the only way to make money. Just watch late night television.

Pretend you watched some infomercial on tv, and ended up buying an ATM machine, or some Internet Kiosk Thingy. Are those companies going to do do all the stuff your upline does? No. They will not. “cause they don’t give a rat’s bat about you. But your upline does!

It’s this extra attention. The caring leadership. The built in self development that appeals to so many people. And don’t forget, people are becoming more spiritually aware than ever before.

I’m not talking religion here either. People are tired of the corporate, don’t give a damn rat race, tread mill, life they are living. They want purpose, passion. People want to feel good inside. They want to feel important.

Like they belong to something. A movement. And they want to feel like what they are doing with their lives is of value to other people. Because when you uncover all the B.S., people, almost all people, are really, really nice.

So let’s point this back to you. I know you’re a nice person and all. But what can you do to inspire people. because if you can inspire others, you’ll set yourself apart from all the other “please please join me” networkers.

And you do want that, right?

So first of all, forget about the money. The money will come. But stop focusing on it when you are dealing with people. Think about your vision, and all that when you are alone.

Pretend you are doing mlm for free. As a volunteer thing. Or charity. Ask yourself why. With the money issue gone, why would you do mlm? If you can’t find an answer you are in the wrong industry. Go sell vacuum cleaners or something.

Because if you don’t love this. If you don’t feel this business people will not follow you. And you’ll never be able to grow much of a downline.

Find the desire to be better, to do more, to grow as a human being, and to bring up as many people as you can along the way. Think about how you can give increase to everyone you meet. Even if you have no intentions to do business with them.

Think about what your purpose is. It doesn’t have to be to save the world. But something you feel very strongly about. And how being in the network marketing industry is helping you with your purpose.

And of course you need to have confidence. Yes, things can get scary. But just do a tiny little thing you have never done before. Something small that you know will help you or others. And then do just a tiny little bit more.

All those little actions will become big actions. You will build your confidence and be seen as someone who takes big actions.

If you think about it, you already know what to do. Because growing yourself, and others is a very natural thing. Just allow yourself to do it. And fine tune it as you go along.