You’ve probably heard before that “the money is in the list.” But what does that really mean? It means that the more people you have on your marketing list, the better chance you have of signing up more people and therefore making more money in your home based business.

It is true that the money is in the list. So how do you build a giant prospecting list when you’re just getting started in your home based business? Or perhaps you’re not new to MLM, you’re just new to the idea of list building. Either way, this article is designed to show you how to build the largest list possible in the shortest amount of time. Because the money really is in the list!

The first thing you’re going to want to do is set up a squeeze page. Squeeze pages are used by almost all serious internet marketers and they allow people to take a look at your website and business only after they give you their name and email address.

Some squeeze pages have lots of information the prospect needs to enter but really all you need is the first name and email. Many people aren’t comfortable putting in their phone number, address, or anything else and if you ask for it you won’t get as many opt-ins.

Once you get an opt-in they should be allowed to access your website and get the information they need. They will also be put into an auto-responder. An auto-responder is a program that sends out emails for you. This allows you to be doing other things for your business while the auto-responder markets to your prospects for you!

When a prospect is ready to talk to you personally, they will pick up the phone and call you! This is the best thing in the world because you know they are really serious about working from home!

If you aren’t currently using a squeeze page you need to get one, it’s the best thing that can happen to your online business. Many marketers use multiple squeeze pages in order to get the most opt-ins possible.

Another way to grow your list in a big, big way is by giving something away for free. People love free stuff! Don’t you? By creating your own product (usually like a free report or an E-book) and setting up a website to give it away for free, your opt-in list will grow by leaps and bounds! You’ll also, of course, have to make sure the product you give away is something that has something to do with working from home. That way your prospects will be targeted!

Don’t worry about bugging people with your emails because at the bottom of every email your auto-responder sends out there will be an opt-out link. That way the only people who stay on your list are the people who are really interested.

Finally, once you’ve set up your free product page and your business squeeze pages you’ll need to promote, promote, promote! If you don’t promote your websites, nobody (or very few) will ever find them. Use free sites like network marketing forums, Twitter, MySpace, FaceBook, You Tube and article websites to get the word out about your pages and you’ll have tons of free prospects in no time!

Follow these easy steps and you’ll have more prospects than you’ll have time to talk to in a day! Remember, your list won’t grow overnight or without some serious promotion. But if you’re looking for a cost effective way to have lots and lots of people to talk to, this the best method out there.

If you’re under the age of 25 you are in an amazing position! Did you know that you can build a home based business in well under 5 years? That means you can be set for life by the time you’re 30! I told you… you’re in an amazing position!

When you are in your early 20’s you are setting yourself up for the rest of your life. Most men and women under 25 are in college trying to earn a degree that will help them lead a better life. However, did you know that by the time you get that degree you could have been earning 5, 6 or even 7 figures working from home?

I’m not telling you not to go to college, but you deserve to know that there are other options for young adults like you out there.

What I have found is that most people don’t even consider a home based business until they are much older. Until maybe they’ve been laid off or their life just isn’t going as planned, but what would happen if they started their own business when they were younger? Well they’d be in a much different position now that’s for sure.

Even if you’re excited about going to college a home based business can be the perfect part time job. Why? Because you can mold your work schedule to fit into your life. If you have classes in the mornings you can work at night and if you’re busy on the weekends you can work during the week only… it really is completely up to you!

One thing to look out for if you’re a young adult thinking about joining a home based business. Be prepared for people to tell you that you can’t do it. Many people are simply misinformed when it comes to home based businesses. They hear the words and they automatically think it’s a scam. This is just not true. There are many wonderful and completely legal home based businesses out there. So just get use to ignoring the haters.

If you do decide to start working from home you should know a few things:

1. All home based businesses cost money to start (the amount of money will vary from company to company)

2. All home based businesses are different

3. The home based business of today is not the same as your parents MLM company from 15 years ago

4. Building a home based business isn’t an overnight thing and it will take work

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Let’s start with answering your calls live:

There are a lot of pro’s to picking up the phone and answering your calls live. For one it’s just more personal. Fewer and fewer businesses are answering their calls live these days and it’s something that people like. It makes them feel like they are important and it just makes them feel good. Another pro to answering your calls live is that you can answer their questions right away. Sometimes just answering one or two questions can help them decide if they’re in or out and taking the calls live allows you to get the answers right away. The final pro to answering your calls live is that it gives you the upper hand in the conversation.

If you let them leave a voicemail ,you’ll have to call them back and whoever is answering the phone is automatically in a better position. By answering your calls live you will probably talk to nicer people because after all… They called you!

Now the con’s of answering your calls live:

Often when you are new to the business you might be a little nervous talking to someone about it. That is completely normal. You never get a second chance to make a first impression and many times if you answer the call live and don’t know what to say you may not represent your company in the best way possible. Another con is that if you answer it live you might not be able to fully focus, even if you know what to say. You may be driving or doing something with your kids or cooking or whatever and so you might not give the best impression because of that. Calling them back later allows you to fit it into your schedule and get in the right frame of mind before calling someone you’d like to be in your business.

Here are the pro’s for sending your calls to voicemail:

When you send them to voicemail you can give them a little bit of information without you actually having to do it live. This also allows you to call your prospects back at a time that is convenient for you. Also when you call them back you can be more prepared with a script or whatever you need to feel comfortable right in front of you.

The con’s of sending them to voicemail:

People might be put off that you are sending them to a machine instead of speaking to them live. Another reason is that they may be calling multiple people and if you don’t answer but someone else does they might end up signing up with the other person.

The choice of what to do with your prospects is really up to you. I hope you found this article helpful and that you make the best choice for your business. If you still don’t know what is best try out both methods for a short period of time and see what gets you the best results. Good luck to you and your business!

If you’ve been involved in a home based business for any significant length of time, chances are you’ve spent money buying leads. With all the tools available to a home business owner today, there is absolutely no reason to spend money on lead lists ever again! It’s just simply a waste of money and here is why.

If you could have 1000 prospects who might be interested in your business or 5 prospects who definitely were interested in your business, which would be more valuable to you? If you said the 1000 prospects, you’d be dead wrong!

When looking for people to join your home based business, the people who are “ready to buy” are always better than the ones who are “just looking”. When you call a long list of leads, you can be sure that almost all of them are just looking. Sure maybe some of them are serious about it but most of them are probably just kicking tires. That means you have to go through a lot of people just to find the few that are interested.

So what’s the solution? Well, instead of contacting a ton of people who might be interested, why not just get the people who are interested to contact you? That means you’re only spending your time talking to people who are already interested in working with you.

Besides the time and money you’ll be saving, having people contact you gives you the upper hand in your home based business. You see, people’s posture is completely different when they call you vs. when you call them.

When you call a prospect, they are usually grumpy or annoyed or make you feel like you’re wasting their time. However, when they call you it’s a whole different ball game.

So how do you get people to pick up the phone and call you? Easy, with internet marketing.

The internet is a truly amazing tool that is changing the way home businesses are run all over the world. If you have yet to discover the power of the internet, then it’s time to learn!

When you market properly on the internet, you are able to find more people from all over who want what you have without actually having to talk to any of them. They find you, they get the information and then they call you when they are ready (or very close) to getting started!

People who know how to use the power of the internet will never go back to traditional forms of marketing… it’s just not worth it!

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All companies mean well and want their business owners to succeed, but in the decades from the birth of MLM until now they really haven’t changed much at all.

I’m sure you’ve heard it all before, right? Make a list, talk to your friends, buy leads, call leads, use the 3 foot rule, etc. Now maybe these methods worked a long time ago but today there are so many more and interesting ways to market your business, that it makes these methods look just plain archaic.

The internet age is here and it’s not going anywhere! If you’re not familiar with internet marketing, now is the time to get familiar because once you do your MLM business will never be the same.

In fact many MLM business owners don’t even feel the need to go to their weekly local meetings anymore, instead they opt for conference calls or webinars to get their information in the comfort of their own homes!

If your MLM business is one of the many that are still living in the stone age don’t worry. You can still have a lot of success with that particular company just know that there are other methods out there that you can employ, even if your company doesn’t necessarily promote them.

There are teams of people popping up in different companies that are dedicated to marketing 100% online. So if you have yet to join a company, you should look into finding a team of people who can teach you all about the wonders of internet marketing.

If you are unable to find a team within your chosen company that will teach you how to market online, you can still find a wealth of information on the internet. Many leaders have created products and there are free resources to help people learn how to build their MLM business using internet marketing.

If you want to bring your business into the new millennium, don’t let anything stop you! Once you start building your business online, you will never want to do anything else ever again. Marketing on the internet truly is the best way to build your home based business!

However, if you’re going to spend several hours a day on internet marketing, you’ll want to look out for these time wasters so that you’re getting the most of your time online.

Time Waster: Browsing videos

I love video marketing and I highly, highly recommend it for anyone who is involved in a home based business. However, try not to get sucked into watching videos online instead of actually publishing your own. I’m sure that every single online marketer has been guilty of this at least once or twice. You’re on YouTube or Revver or any other free video site and you see one video that peaks your interest. Then another video pops up and you watch that one, then another and then another.

I know watching videos is fun but it’s not going to help your home business so get in, upload and edit your videos and get out.

Time Waster: Chatting on forums

Marketing on forums is another great way to get people interested in your business or product. Just don’t spend all day talking on forums when you could be doing other forms of marketing. Trust me, it’s easy to let time get out of your hands when on a forum. Try setting a timer or an alarm for Twenty or Thirty minutes; only allowing yourself that much time per day to market on forums. This will stop you from chatting on forums all day and allow you to get more done.

Time Waster: Spending too much time on a blog

Look, you’re not writing for the New York Times so don’t spend forever trying to come up with the perfect blog post. Just keep it simple and never spend more than 10 – 15 minutes a day updating your blog– It doesn’t have to be perfect!

Time Waster: Organizing

It’s good to be organized, but let’s be honest- organizing your home office or your desktop on your computer can hardly be called internet marketing. Try getting all that out of the way beforehand and spend your time marketing doing just that- marketing. A prospect doesn’t care if your file cabinet is neat and tidy.

Stay away from these easy to avoid time wasters and you’ll be getting the most out of your marketing time and best of all success will be right around the corner!

No matter what multi-level marketing company you’re part of, chances are there is some sort of local meeting system set up to help you succeed. However, with the introduction of the internet and online marketing, fewer and fewer people are willing to get dressed up and go to their local meetings every week. So the question is, should you?

In the old days of MLM, everyone went to local meetings, well at least everyone who was successful. However, today that’s just not so. Internet marketers are popping up in almost every company and these master marketers often shy away from the traditional meeting system and opt for conference calls or webinars.

I believe the question of whether to go to your local meetings or not is a personal thing and it really comes down to how you plan on marketing your business.

If you are the type of person who prefers to marketing locally and in the 3D realm (i.e. passing out flyers or using the 3-foot rule) meetings might be very beneficial for you. The type of people who prefer these type of methods are usually very outgoing people, the type of people who could sell ice to an Eskimo.

However, if you prefer to marketing online through social networking sites, articles, blogs, videos or pod casts, then local meetings might now be the best option for you. After all, you could be dealing with people from all over the country or the world, in some cases.

If you are an internet marketer but you still enjoy going to meetings for motivation or just to talk to your peers, then by all means do it! However, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be successful if you don’t plug into a meeting system. It’s just not for everyone.

The final thing to ask yourself when deciding if you should go to your local meetings or not is, “How good are my meetings”. For many people who are new to a multi-level marketing business, sending their prospects to a great meeting can be really helpful. This is because they don’t have to say anything, they just let the meeting do the selling for them. However, if your meetings system isn’t strong, it can sometimes do more harm than good. So really think about it before you send a valued prospect there because you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

The choice of going to meetings or not is a personal one. I hope that you will do what is best for you and your MLM business.

In the movie “Mean Girls” starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams the main character Cady talks about something called “word vomit”. That’s when you start saying things that you really don’t need to be saying but you can’t help it.

So what on earth does that have to do with your home based business? Well I believe that when almost all new home based business owners are talking to people about their business, they have a severe case of “word vomit”.

It’s really not your fault, you actually think you’re doing the right thing. After all, if someone wants to know about your home based business you should give them as much information as possible right? Wrong.

When talking to someone about your home based business opportunity, less is always, always, always more. This is not to say that you should keep important information a secret or act like you’re ashamed of your business. Does a prospect need to know the type of business you’re in? Yes. Do they need to know what they’ll be doing if they become involved? Yes. Do they need to know how much money they make on their 3rd level? NO!

I know that it’s super easy to get excited about your new business but don’t say too much and risk overwhelming a prospect.

Try to answer only the questions that you are asked in an honest and professional way without giving people too many details that they don’t need.

This is especially true when it comes to internet marketing. I can’t tell you how many times I see people advertising their home based business and giving way too many details. Think about the way big fortune 500 companies advertise. They talk about their product, service, store whatever and then stop. They don’t tell you the starting salary for their employees, the directions to get to their nearest location and the name of the college their CEO when to school. It’s just too much information!

Are you starting to see what I’m saying? Less really is more when it comes to your home based business! So the next time you’re talking to someone about your business remember to:

- Answer the questions they ask you honestly and then stop
- Don’t get bogged down in the little details
- Don’t assume prospects want to know something wait for them to ask

Follow these tips and avoid the “word vomit” that can kill your business.

#1. A cell phone

The cell phone really is the network marketers best friend. It allows you to take care of business even while you’re living your normal everyday life. That means, you don’t have to be in front of your desk to take important calls, train your team or sign people up!

While it’s sometimes nice to have an office or business number many network marketers find simply having their cell phone with them is all they need to effectively conduct business throughout the day. Also, you’ll want to make sure that your plan has lots of minutes and your coverage is complete enough so that you won’t be dropping calls all the time.

#2. A good computer

It’s been said that all you need to have to run your home based business is a cell phone and a laptop. I say it doesn’t even have to be a laptop (although that can be helpful). All you really need is a good reliable computer.

Gone are the days of paper applications! Almost every network marketer can now sign up new customers and business partners right on their computer. It makes for a paperless business and a much simpler way to organize things. No network marketing business owner should ever be without a computer.

#3. A weekly schedule

Just because you can work when you want and where you want, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a work schedule. Keeping a schedule allows you to make sure you’re really working as much as you need to be every week. Everyone is busy these days, so unless you schedule some time in every week to work your business, chances are you might not be getting the most out of your network marketing business and success will take a lot longer!

#4. Basic knowledge of the internet

You don’t have to be an internet guru to work from home. You will, however, need to know a few basic things. Learn how to use your email account flawlessly. Nothing says to people you’re a newbie like sending a poorly formatted or incorrect email. Also learn how to create documents and save them to your desktop this will help keep you organized.

Finally, there are many, many ways to market your business online. You don’t have to master them all right away but get comfortable with internet marketing it’s the way of the future!

#5. A game plan

You should never set any kind of goal without knowing how to reach it. So many people join a home based business with the dream of making $75,000 or $150,000 a year but they have absolutely no idea how to get there and that’s a huge mistake.

Before you start your network marketing business you should always have a game plan. If you’ve already been in your business for a while, no problem, it’s never too late to make one!

#6. An accountability partner

Whether it is your spouse, your up-line, cross-line or just a good friend, having someone to lift you up and at the same time hold you accountable is incredibly important for any home business owner. They will help you to feel better when you’re down and work when you feel like being lazy. No matter how motivated you are, an accountability partner is a must!

Whether your are new to home based business or have been working from home for many years, everyone is looking for effective ways to market themselves in network marketing. But just how do you generate website traffic without breaking the bank and where would you market?

That’s where having an effective internet marketing strategy comes in!

But first, let’s look at a few reasons people aren’t finding success.

Why Aren’t Most People Successful In Network Marketing?
Here Are A Few Reasons Why:

1) Lack Of Immediate Cash Flow — Most marketers run out of money before they ever get into positive cash flow.

2) Lack of Marketing Training — Most upline sponsors don’t understand nor can they teach current internet marketing strategies.

3) Lack Of Qualified Leads – Most marketers don’t know how to attract the right prospect to their business opportunity.

4) Lack of Easy Duplication — Because steps 1, 2 and 3 are lacking, you have the blind leading the blind and stagnant growth in your business instead of positive growth.

However, there is an easy solution to this problem!

FREE Internet Marketing Action Steps That Can Explode Your Home Based Business…
As a home based business owner, I am a firm believer that the best type of marketing is always free marketing. You don’t have to spend a ton of money on newspaper ads, TV commercials or on the local radio station to have a huge amount of leads for you home based business every single month. In fact, you can get all the leads you want without spending any money on marketing at all.

The internet is the best invention of all time for the home based business owner because it allows you to market like a pro without breaking the bank.

If you’re new to internet marketing, let me start at the very beginning. The first thing you’ll need to successfully market your opportunity online is a website. Many home based businesses offer websites to their business owners. However, to be most effective use a website you make yourself. It doesn’t have to be flashy or complicated just a simple site. But here is the key, it has to capture a name and email address.

You’ve probably heard the phrase “the money is in the list”, right? Well it’s true! By capturing your prospects name and email address when they visit your site, you will have the opportunity to market to them for days, weeks and months to come.

If you don’t capture their information, you run the risk of losing their business forever. So don’t make that mistake!

Once you have your website set up, it’s all about marketing that website online in order to drive traffic to it. You can have the greatest website in the world but if nobody knows about it, it doesn’t do you any good, right?

A good place to market your website is on a social networking site like MySpace.com.

MySpace is extremely popular with teenagers and young adults but many, many home based business owners are benefiting from it as well. MySpace is simply a great place to meet people, and best of all it’s absolutely free to use, so you can’t lose. Even if you make a mistake or two in the beginning, it’s not like you’ve wasted any money. Just correct it and move on.

Forums are another great place to market your business online. Simply do a Google search for “home based business forum” or “mlm forum” and you’ll find a ton of them! Forums are a great place to meet people who want to work from home and network with people who already do, and just like MySpace, forum marketing is free!

Video marketing is also extremely popular right now, and sites like YouTube.com make it super easy. Just shoot a simple video and upload it for free on YouTube. There are also lots and lots of other video websites out there, so you get lots of traffic out of just one or two videos.

Another great form of online marketing is article marketing. Article directories are free to post on and you don’t have to be an established author or English major to benefit from it.

Finally, if you really want to get as many people to check out your website as possible, you can’t go wrong with free advertising sites. These sites are free to post on and will get you a ton of visits to your website. Just remember that unlike posting an ad in the newspaper; you’ll need to post on online advertising sites several times a week to get the most out of it.

Free internet marketing is an awesome thing. Do your research and learn how to get the most out of the different techniques that I’ve talked about in this article and you’ll be generating more prospects than you can handle!

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