Feb
27
Year Of Original Content
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I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fed up seeing large quantities of recycled content.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some great stuff out there, but when people recycle it without giving it a useful context or adding some other value to it, well, it bugs me!
So, in the true sense of taking responsibility for things I don’t like, I aim to post 1 or more pieces of original content each and every day, for a year.
Yup – even when I’m travelling – which I do a lot.
I’ll be starting today, and this page (link) will be where you can find an index/list etc of all these articles. I’ll also be blogging about my journey, under the category of ‘Year Of Original Content’.
Enjoy!
Feb
24
NY Times Best Seller Joel Comm’s Free Twitter Report
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I’ve just come across Joel’s free report on how to make the most of Twitter. It’s been around since Jul 08, but then hey, so’ve I!
Get it direct from him at http://www.joelcomm.com/free_twitter_report.html
Enjoy!
Feb
24
Via the same blogger as provided the 60+ unique ideas for marketing your offline business – 120 self promotion ideas for freelancers!
Feb
24
60+ Ideas/Suggestions For Offline Marketing
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I’ve been doing some research & reaching out to people to identify more strategies and tactics for marketing offline.
Why?
Well, at the end of every downline has to be a functioning and active retail seller, somebody selling to end users. For many MLM operations this translates to retail selling in the local region – selling away from the local region would be in my book at least, Internet Marketing…
This is necessary to generate the sales from which we get our commissions – that income we get whether we’re asleep or awake…
Anyways, there’s a great little posting here at http://www.allfreelance.com/freelancing_blog/2008/01/24/60-unique-ideas-for-marketing-your-business-offline-locally/ which you’ll find interesting & useful to get you pointed in the right direction.
Feb
17
I recently came across a set of PowerPoint slides that contain a summary of the “18 Lessons Of Leadership” by Colin Powell. Politics and history aside, like him or not, he has some useful, sensible and high impact things to say.
And I couldn’t help but think about how his lessons are relevant to network marketing.
You see, we’re all involved in developing ourselves and our businesses, and many of us are also involved in developing others as well as their businesses – I’m talking here about downlines.
- Being Responsible Sometimes Means P*ssing People Off.
- The day your team stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
- Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites.
- Don't Be Afraid To Challenge The Pros, Even In Their Own Backyard
Feb
14
STOP trying to copy the gurus too much – it will end in tears…!
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I’ve been looking at what the gurus do, how they do it, and how many others try to copy them exactly.
And I’m always curious about the claimed 95-97% of people who start out in network marketing, multi level marketing and internet marketing and fail to achieve what they really want.
I’ve been thinking about why this might be – I’ve come up with a number of contributing factors.
Some you will know.
But I bet this is one you don’t – THEY TRY TO COPY THE GURUS TOO CLOSELY!!!
Read the full article here.
With best wishes,
Martin
Feb
7
Web 2.0 – What’s The Big Deal?
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Web 2.0 – a term used almost without thought these days.
I do a lot of work with corporates, traditional marketing functions, and generally they just don’t get ‘it’ just yet. And they need to. They will, or they’ll die – it’s that simple.
So, Web 2.0 – what IS the big deal?
That’s what this article is about – in overview form.
The killer point is this, quoting Dave Evans from the introduction to his book Social Media Marketing: An Hour A Day
about the fundamental paradox of giving up control – you can’t control conversations that aren’t yours – and simultaneously gaining influence by becoming a respected member of the communities that matter to you.
So, grab a coffee, have a read. It is a big deal, and it’s the way of the future.
When paradigms shift (and this is one of those times) then all players go back to Square 1. Especially the big players…
Have a great one.
Cheers
Martin
Feb
7
Behavioural Communication On YouTube
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I’ve posted a 6 minute overview of Bill Jensen’s Behavioural Communication process. See more at www.simplerwork.com
It will give you useful tools for more easily taking decisions that lead to success.
The podcast/slideshow is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjn2Vi6PK5E
Enjoy
Martin
Feb
2
Folks, it’s about the lack of understanding of business fundamentals.
I’ve posted the article at http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/the-reason-most-mlmnetwork-marketers-struggle
So, for you home based business people out there who thought you wouldn’t have to get in to the messiness of business, for those who thought network marketing and any attempt to generate extra income could be done less, well, formally, guess again!
With best wishes for your $uccess…
Cheers
Martin
Feb
1
Open Your Mind To A Ton Of Questions!
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Tim C Burns and his team have produced a wonderful resource for MLMers.
Why do I think it’s wonderful?
Because it asks a ton of hi quality questions – questions that will leave you speechless while your head gets to grips with the new possibilities…
So, open your mind and then open Tim’s book – it’s free!
Get it at http://timburns.bigmlmsecrets.com/?mad=29231
Cheers
Martin