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Internet/Network Marketing Training Systems Can Make Your Head Spin!

Posted on : 14-07-2009 | By : Dean Fordham | In : Home Business, Marketing Ideas

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Welcome Back to My Blog, Glad to see you are enjoying your reading. If you would like to know more on starting your own home business CLICK HERE Thanks for visiting!

Have you started an Internet/Network Marketing Business and are feeling overwhelmed?? Don’t worry you are not alone! This is the biggest challenge to starting any venture. The Home-based business is at an all time high right now with literally 1000’s starting up in America everyday. The Internet/Network Marketing business model is the number one avenue that people are taking, and for good reason. There is usually low start-up cost, and relatively low overhead cost. You can work the business part-time or full-time and there is plenty of training out there for everyone, from the first-timer to the person with years of experience but still missing that one element from breaking into the big time.

All this training that is available, however, can be just as big of a curse as it is a gift. At any given moment you can do a search on the web for “Network Marking Training” and you will get dozens of pages of sites. How do you decipher through them all? Which are worth your time? Who are true gurus and who are the villains of the community? These are just some of the questions that may be swirling around in your head and they are all valid concerns.

I was once one of those people who was looking for help and throwing lots of money at every training program I could find. Well, I have to say, most of them were a waste. Give me a few minutes of your time and I will give you my suggestions, you can take it for what it is worth, but I just don’t want to see more people get discouraged and give up on what could be the best opportunity for them to change their lives and achieve the life that they dream of just because of lack of good information.

As I have said I have tried many different systems and nothing seemed to hit home until I heard of Attraction Marketing. This is really nothing new to the world of Sales or Entrepreneurship. I just never had anyone introduce it to me. After doing a lot of research on the subject I have come to learn that 2 of the most informed, and for lack of better terms, Gurus, on the subject are Ann Sieg and Mike Dillard. These to people and their systems have helped 1000’s of people achieve the lifestyles they only dreamed of before. Both teach on the premise of Attraction Marketing. Mike’s system, Magnetic Sponsoring and Ann’s system The Renegade System are two top notch self-funded marketing systems out there. They both have great products that will teach you everything from how to build your business on a tight budget all the way to how to write seriously compelling sales letters that can sale any product you want.

Now that I have told about the two best systems I believe are out there, let me tell you about the only drawback that I have found. These systems DO offer incredible information, however it can be very intimidating for the person you is really stepping out of their comfort zones. Without proper mentorship it can still be very daunting and somewhat confusing. Like it will teach you how to attract leads, but, then what do you do with those leads. How do you convert these leads into YOUR Team Members?

In come Renegade University and Renegade Professional! These two products have been brought to us by Mike Klingler in conjunction with both Ann and Mike, as well as many other professionals in the industry. Mike has taken these two systems and broke them down into laymen terms where even the most novice individual can understand. They are computer based classes with some very informative tele-seminars mixed in, to provide some of the most comprehensive training on how to run a successful Internet/Network Marketing business, using today’s most innovative techniques, such as using Social Media and Articles and video to promote your business that I have ever seen.

These are people who have been in this industry for years and paid more than their fair share of dues. In my opinion they are fine examples of what this business was meant for. People helping other people become successful and live the dream of Financial Independence! Click on one of the links above and check out their products. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, I will be more than happy to assist.

When Just Asking Can Hurt

Posted on : 19-05-2009 | By : Dean Fordham | In : Home Business, Marketing Ideas, Personal Thoughts

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I was going through some other blogs I subscribe to and I came across this great post and thought I would share it. Seth Godin is one of the few people that I would welcome as a mentor. His books on marketing have sold millions of copies, but he also GIVES AWAY an enormous amount of wisdom for free!

Here is Seth’s post today from which I think every network marketer can benefit:
“It Doesn’t Hurt To Ask”

Actually, it does hurt. It does hurt to ask the wrong way, to ask without preparation, to ask without permission. It hurts because you never get another chance to ask right.
If you run into Elton John at the diner and say, “Hey Elton, will you sing at my daughter’s wedding?” it hurts any chance you have to get on Elton John’s radar. You’ve just trained him to say no, you’ve taught him you’re both selfish and unrealistic.
If a prospect walks into your dealership and you walk up and say, “Please pay me $200,000 right now for this Porsche,” you might close the sale. But I doubt it. More likely than not you’ve just pushed this prospect away, turned the sliver of permission you had into a wall of self-protection.
Every once in a while, of course, asking out of the blue pays off. So what? That is dwarfed by the extraordinary odds of failing. Instead, invest some time and earn the right to ask. Do your homework. Build connections. Make a reasonable request, something easy and mutually beneficial. Yes leads to yes, which just maybe leads to the engagement you were actually seeking.

I am sure you see the application to Network Marketing. Why do so many think that building a network marketing business means alienating your friends and family? Because too often we ask in the wrong ways at the wrong times. That’s true online or offline.

Here is an example of an email another friend of mine, Lou Abbott, passed on to me that someone sent him yesterday . . .

Just found out that George is moving to Fla. I need a partner who wants to work and wants to learn. With me I am a knowledge whore, but seem to be lacking implementation. Just wondering, would you be willing to go through a couple of programs with me for next 90 days? I have got to get some money in quick, and I need someone that wants to learn. Let me know what you think.

Now mind you, I don’t know who this person is. I don’t know who “George” is. I would never do “a couple of programs” in 90 days. (I’d prefer to build one for the rest of my life.) Yet, he is asking me to work with him so he can get some “money in quick.”

Do you think Lou was interested? Of course not.

Now Lou wouldn’t name who sent this to him, he didn’t want to embarrass him and, sad to say, We get emails and phone calls like this all the time.

Learn how to “earn the right to ask,” and your success will appear and so will the life of abundance. The Industry as a whole will be greatly improved if everyone learned this skillset.

Welcome to the Mind of Dean Fordham

Posted on : 27-01-2009 | By : Dean Fordham | In : Home Business, Marketing Ideas, Personal Thoughts

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Thank you for visiting by Blog. Here I will have postings of all kinds. Being that the theme I decided to go with was to give you a bit of an insight into the inner working of my mind it may get a bit scary at times, but hang in there and I promise to have you laughing very soon. I will have discussions on events happening around us that I find interesting of that I just need to vent about. There will also be discussions on Internet and Network Marketing strategies and ideas that I think might be useful to my friends. My goal here is to make as many friends as I can and share my life and thinking’s with them. Please feel free to interact and leave your comments about any postings you read, this will allow me to get to know a little about each of you as well.

Sit back and hang on, I promise this will be a thrilling ride. Visit again and find out what the next post will be.