Posted on 29 December 2011.
Just got saw a great blog post about how to get started prospecting in your MLM even if you have no Internet leads.
Enjoy this info packed blog post from Ray Higdon.
By the way, I interviewed Ray for my book, Double Your Income, that will hit stores, Amazon, etc. in February. The interview alone will be worth the price of the book.
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Ty Tribble is the founder of MLMBlog.net (launched in October of 2003).
His latest projects include:
Posted on 10 January 2012.
Direct Selling News has a rundown of public MLM companies including Blyth Inc. (Visalus), Lifevantage, Forever Green and Primerica.
In the "slightly dated, yet good to know file", Direct Selling 411 talks about the Direct Selling Association on the Today Show and the $16.5 donation of products that companies donated this year.
Trouble at Max International? Business For Home talks about cash problems at Max International and Evolv welcomes former Max top leader Rick Teague. Teague joins former Max master distributor, Ken Dunn at Evolv.
See Troy Dooley's weekly Network Marketing industry update here. Topics include 21Ten, Youngevity and a Gano Excel downline for sale.
Jennifer Fong offers 6 Media Trends for Direct Sellers.
Learn what a 14 year daughter and really expensive (yet surprisingly ineffective) pillows have to do with a real and simple formula for success in your business, from the Ty Tribble Blog.
There are a lot of rumors swirling around Arbonne right now, including this one about Proctor & Gamble buying the Arbonne and putting the product line in Target stores.
I'm just going to say that I am not really surprised that there is chaos going on at Max International and I'll leave it at that. ; ) Let me know what you think about our new style of blog post.
By the way, how about liking MLMBlog on Facebook?
Posted on 27 December 2011.
I love the last two weeks of December for a couple of reasons.
First, I have always had amazing results in my business in December...I think mostly because everyone else is taking time off and thinking that it isn't a great time to build.
Second, this is the time of year that I really focus on my skills. I read more books, buy and absorb lots of training products and I tend to write more emails and blog posts.
I'm pretty sure that part of me is thinking about the goals that I want to accomplish in 2012 and I know that if I want to get better and accomplish more, I need to become more (why the focus on personal development).
My focus on personal development can be traced back to the time I spent in Amway (or World Wide Group) back in the day. I didn't make money in Amway but I did come away with some skills.
I know that I am preaching to the choir here but there are a lot of people in this world that spend a lot of time complaining about their circumstances but rarely devote any time or energy to making themselves a better person and creating more value in the world as a human.
Skills can make you rich, my friends.
What if you spent the next six months developing a skill?
Let's assume the skill is in demand and you are able to train others, create a product or sell something online related to the skill. If you sold $50 a day worth of training or consulting or whatever, you just created a business that does over $18,000 a year.
Want to earn six-figures online?
Create enough value in the marketplace to sell $300 a day.
(This is totally connected to what I do with my Network Marketing business by the way.)
Once you create something that is in-demand, the selling part is very easy.
For example, I created MLM Blog Secrets and MLM Blog Code because I knew that people wanted to learn how to attract business by blogging.
Now, whenever I am on Facebook, I almost always have someone send me a link to their blog, asking me what I think about it. Typically I can offer a couple of suggestions and send them on their way, but a couple of weeks ago, I launched another product called MLM Blog Theme that (as far as I know) is the only WordPress theme specifically designed with Network Marketers in mind.
MLM Blog Theme includes an easy way to get connected with social media, a pop-up widget, a sidebar opt-in widget...basically all of the bells and whistles you need to create a blog built for marketing your business.
Today, someone sent me their blog and I took one look at it and realized that MLM Blog Theme would be be a huge help. So I told the other person about it. (Yes an incredibly complex selling technique.)
Right now, I am working on my skills in writing. What are you working on?
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Ty Tribble is the founder of MLMBlog.net (launched in October of 2003).
His latest projects include:
"The Factory" - coming Jan/Feb 2012
You can learn more at Jet City Media.
Posted on 04 January 2012.
OK, I understand that many of you are sick and tired of the hype and promises of the latest and greatest Internet Marketing training from all of the gurus...
But if you don't pay attention to this, you might want to have your skull checked.
When I created the videos for my Google Back Door Blueprints, I used my son, Tyler's baseball coach as my example.
Aaron had a new business and he was nowhere to be found in the search engines.
So, I used my Google Back Door Blueprints on Aaron's business and videoed the whole process (click by click) and guess what?
Aaron's site is now on Google Page # 1!
That's right. The guy that I used as a guinea pig training example in my easy to follow training videos is now listed on Google Page # 1 for his most important terms.
See proof:
In my Google Back Door Blueprint training videos, you will see me (step by step and click by click) land Aaron's business on Google page # 1.
I also did this for my own Shaklee business, a company that has been around for over 50 years so yeah, this will work for any business.
If you would like to land your business on Google Page # 1, check out my blueprints:
http://www.backdoorblueprints.com/
It’s been more than a week since I have been watching the tutorials at Niche Profit Classroom and to be really honest with you, I feel that I am fixated on the topics that are related to finding keywords and good niches because majority of the strategies that are used in finding a competitive niches are new to me. I feel like I’m learning an entirely new language!
But even if I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed, I tackled the videos on market profiling or in short sizing up your competition. With the system at NPC, you really don’t have to look into lots of tools and websites so that you can get the information that you want because they already have software called a Market Profiler. It basically focuses on 6 avenues of market analysis using websites that many people visit on any given day. Since I don’t want to give you a very long post, I am going to split it in parts so this post won’t be an eyesore!
So, let’s go ahead and tackle the first step by the use of Amazon. Yes, you heard me right, let's use Amazon! When you go look into www.amazon.com, you need to check for information products (books) related to your target market. Since Amazon is considered as the the best seller of information products in the internet, it contains valuable information in determining whether a niche is hot or not.
The software at NPC particularly wants you to find out four details from Amazon: the availability of books related to your niche, the number of books available, it also requires links on the bestsellers, and their ranks in the overall marketplace. The results will be combined with the succeeding steps in order to determine if your niche has potential.
If you don’t have the software, you can make good use of details mentioned above and other data such feedback, availability of information materials, number of copies sold, along with other pertinent details from Amazon. However, it’s important to remember that not all hot topics may translate into savings in your bank account. If a niche is too popular, you may be embroiled in cutthroat competition – a scenario that we are trying to avoid. To sum it up, let’s find a niche that’s popular and marketable at the same time. So now, we're ready to proceed to step 2. See you around!
Posted by Heiza on 23 July 2011 filed in Case Studies
The second step of NPC's Market Profile Strategy is to use clickbank. You need to go to the website and click on marketplace. You then need to enter your keyword and click on find products so you can determine the number of direct competitors in your niche.
Take note of the top 3 products and save their URL’s along with their corresponding gravity. From the previous videos that I watched, I learned that gravity is the number of distinct affiliates who earned a commission selling a particular product. Once these details are entered and saved into the NPC Market Profile System, it will compare the results with the collected data from the other tools.
If you don’t have the NPC’s software, analyze the data that you can find from clickbank. You can go to marketplace, then check out the top products related to your niche. Check out the product's stats found below the description. If you are not familiar with clickbank or how their rankings work, I encourage you to go to their Help Center where you will find lots of information on how clickbank works. In particular, you can use the stats of a product to determine how hot a niche is.
NPC teaches us to pay close attention to these metrics:
total $/sale – the total commission or total dollar amount that an affiliate is getting on average per sale
%/Refd- affiliate driven sales
Gravity - tells you whether or not affiliates are making money out of the product. You need to see that
people are earning out of the product before you venturing in it. However, you also need to
take into consideration the market that your niche belongs. According to NPC, a gravity of 7 or
higher is good especially for your first site.
A good tip is to use advanced search where you are given options as to what stats you’d like to see in the order that you prefer. But again, learn to use the data to your advantage because when a niche is too hot, you may end up having to compete with experts in the industry. What NPC encourages is to find a niche that’s not too competitive so that you can rise above your competitors. Now, we’re on to step 3.
Over the years, the MLM Blog has gone through several design changes as well as branding changes. We started out as my "Thoughts and Opinions about Network Marketing" then later morphed into "MLM Blog News and Reviews".
Running a blog for several years seems a lot like running a radio station. The worst thing you can do is let it go stale. So I feel like it's time to freshen things up a bit.
Part of keeping MLM Blog fresh was a snazzy new design from WordPress Makeover and a subtle change in the branding from "news and reviews" to "The Original MLM Blog Founded in 2003".
As "The Original MLM Blog" we are going to offer up a slightly new format.
Here is the plan (which of course can change at any time):
We are planning on posting 2-5 times per week with 3-4 probably being the sweet spot.
New MLM Blog posts will follow a set format that will include:
Industry News and Links (the news including new products, company launches, lawsuits, etc)Personal, Leadership and Business Development Links (could be books to read, other blog posts, training products and events, etc)The Rumor Mill (when available)Commentary (when available)There will also be occasional posts that do not fit the format such as my occasional rant or rave.
Lastly, my training tips and content related to marketing (online and offline) will be found at TyTribble.com.
Be sure to check us out on Tuesday for the first post and thanks for reading.
- Warmest
Ty Tribble
MLM Blog Founder
Transformation. To me, this is the word for 2012 and I am ready to back that up.
Today, I started on the Cinch Transformation Challenge and I wanted to invite those of you who want to become more healthy in 2012 to join me.
My weight loss goal in the next 4 months is 30 pounds.
Here is the great news...with the Cinch challenge, you will lose weight or you get your money back because of the unconditional guarantee of satisfaction backed by Shaklee.
The Cinch Transformation Challenge is a 4 month program and in the 4th month, your products are free.
I am also going to do something extra for you if you place your Cinch order through my link. (The Cinch Transformation Challenge)
I am going to be giving away your choice of an iPod Touch or a $200 shopping spree to the person who loses the most weight (by percentage) between now and the end of April.
My wife says that I can't enter my own contest = )
Once you place your Guaranteed Weight Loss order for the Cinch Transformation Challenge, I will send you instructions for the contest.
Joining the Cinch Transformation will give you everything you need to lose weight now, guaranteed , including:
2 Meals a DaySnack and Energy Tea* Each Day3 in 1 Boost Supplements* The energy tea is something that adults will actually like drinking, hot or cold = )
Plus you also get:
F*ree Weekly Inspiration CallsThe opportunity to win $500 month just by sharing your successCinchClub.com to grab recipes, meal plans, articles and moreReady for transformation in 2012?
I’m actually a fan of forums because it is where I get a lot of information from people interacting and sharing valuable information. I learned from doing online marketing before that you can actually attract visitors to your site by being active in forums that are related to your niche. But NPC’s Market Profile Strategy also teaches us to use forums as a tool in determining the profitability of a niche. It's called forum analysis.
The first step is to go to google and find whether there are forums related to your niche. So if your niche is koi breeding, you can just type in koi breeding forums. Make sure that you use only your keyword and just add the word forum to narrow down the results. If there are forums related to you target niche, check them out whether they are indeed forums because some domains can be misleading.
Visit those forums and check out if the forums are active. It’s also good to note the number of members, topics, posts and more importantly the number of active users. When you go to the bottom part of the any forum,
you will also see the number of active users as well as the people who are currently online. If you have been exposed to forums before, you will be able to tell if the data that you see inside the forums are in the high or low range. If you see a couple of thousand of posts per subcategory, then it means that many people are seeking out information related to your niche.
With the market profile software at NPC, you just have to input the data on the number of forums related to your niche as well as save the URL’s of the top forums related to your niche because the numbers will be used again in comparison with the data we’ve collected from my previous posts.
Without the software at NPC, the information that you can get from the forums can help give you an insight as to how many people are interested in your niche. We want to seek out those passionate people because if they invested some time in posting in forums, it means that our niche may have potential.
If you can't find any forums on google, it doens't necessarily mean that your niche is not going to be good. It only means that you need to dig deeper. You can go back to clickbank and Amazon to search for the parent category of your niche with the goal of finding useful data.
So now, let’s move a step further to step 4. See you there!
