By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Stephanie_Valentine]Stephanie Valentine
Promoting your MLM website follows somewhat the same steps as promoting your MLM blog, with a few variations depending on whether you are using a replicated company-approved site or you are using a custom site you designed yourself. A replicated MLM website is a cookie-cutter website that your parent company has approved for every distributor to use. When you sign up for one of these websites, you will get one that includes your name, ID number, picture, and a few other details, but basically looks the same as every other distributor's site. A custom MLM website is one you create yourself, with its own look and feel, and information. First we'll go over the promotion techniques that work regardless of which kind of site your have.
Promotion Strategies for Replicated and Custom Websites
1. Promote Your Web Address Offline
You never know who is going to prefer learning about your company online so always be sure to include your web address every time you do any offline marketing and promotion. Add your web address to business cards, brochures, presentation handouts, and your bio. Hand out your website and email addresses every chance you get. This gives people a chance to learn about your business without having to talk to you and when it's convenient for them.
2. Submit Your Website to Major Search Engines
Major search engines want you to submit your website address to them because it saves them from having to come and find you. Plus, the more websites they can claim to have indexed the more popular they can claim to be. At a minimum, submit your website to these six search engines:
- Google
- Yahoo (you may need to create an account if you don't have one)
- Windows Live
- Alexa
- DMOZ
- Librarian's Internet Index
3. Include Your Website Address in Online Signatures
If you sign guestbooks on other people's websites or on their social media pages, or add comments to other people's blogs, be sure to include your website address in your signature. Your signature should include a sign off (like "To the Top!" or "Cheers" or "Make it Great!") as well as your name, and your website address. Where appropriate you may also want to include your business phone and email address. Mine looks something like this:
Cheers,
Stephanie Valentine
web address
blog address
email address
Website Promotion Strategies for Custom MLM Websites
If you have your own custom website then you can really go nuts promoting it, but we don't have time to cover all the promotion techniques here so we'll just go over the basics. When you have a custom website you can a lot to increase the traffic to your site by using the right keywords in certain places on your website. What are the "right keywords"? They are popular words that people enter into search engines and yet are not being used by a lot of other websites.
For instance, when it comes to MLM, here are some keywords that have quite a few searches (over 1,000 per month on Google) yet very little competition:
- mlm how to
- home business blog
- mlm email marketing
- mlm online opportunity
- network marketing money
To search for keywords that are relevant to your MLM website, use free tools like the Google Keywords tool or Good Keywords. The Google Keywords tool is the simplest to use. You just enter the keywords you think will be popular and relevant to your website, and the keyword tool will tell you how many searches there were for each keyword in the past month (and the average per month). The tool also tells you how much competition exists for the keyword. Best of all, Google will also suggest other relevant keywords.
You may want to include a unique set of keywords for each page on your MLM website as this will increase your chances of being ranked higher in the search engines. For instance, on a page where you discuss compensation plans, you may want to include keywords that focus on "MLM money" or "MLM compensation plans" or "network marketing money." Once you have selected your keywords, here are some steps you can take to capitalize on those keywords.
4. Include Keywords in Multiple Locations on Web Pages
With the list of keywords you have chosen for each page on your MLM website, evaluate all the places where you could easily and logically insert the keywords. You will need to access the html code of the web pages for some of these locations. Consider the following places:
- web page title (should contain 5 to 8 words)
- keyword metatag (no more than 255 characters; the first 60 are most important)
- description metatag (a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage)
- headers (anything using the h1, h2, or h3 tags)
- the first paragraph of your text
- other appropriate locations in the text of the page
- links to other web pages or websites
5. Use a Narrow Set of Keywords
When choosing and using keywords, remember to use the same narrow set of keywords (no more than 5-8 keywords) per webpage. The repeated use of these keywords gives you keyword density, which counts for a lot when search engines are considering how high to rank your site. You may even want to develop a few web pages that are focused on a few specific niche-oriented keywords. If you do, make the page very keyword rich and make the content very, very solid.
There are obviously thousands more ways that you could promote your website but these steps should get you started. If you are new to online MLM marketing, I would suggest sticking with an MLM blog and using a company-approved replicated site to keep matters simple.
Stephanie Valentine has been a successful network marketer for over a decade. She does her MLM business online and helps others do the same. For tips, tricks, rants, and raves about online MLM and small business, visit http://www.gomlmonline.com/blog and http://www.gosmallbizblog.com
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Funded Proposal - Goodbye to Old School Methods of Network Marketing
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Larry_Rivera]Larry Rivera
If there's one fundamental truth about network marketing is that it is easily duplicable. The methods, techniques and procedures used can be taught, learned and practiced by just about anyone who joins a team. Although many people have met a good level of success by simply following this formula, not everyone feels comfortable with it.
They complain that by using this old school method of network marketing, they are more likely to encounter rejection and disappointment. If you feel the same way, then you might want to consider a more innovative alternative: funded proposal.
Funded proposal explained
Old school network marketing relied too much on 'warm' prospects, cold calling and traditional prospecting. Nothing wrong with that - in fact, as long as you have a good number of people to market to and who are also willing to sign up for your program, you'll probably meet with some success.
But therein lies the rub. Not everyone who joins a network marketing program actually have willing prospects, those who like the program, sign up for AND actually perform to make the program work. A team leader can spend hundreds of dollars buying leads, prospecting, putting out ads, making presentations and cold calls but he may not gain enough momentum to ensure that his business will run continuously or at least give him a return on his investment.
With a funded proposal, this doesn't have to happen. A network marketer doesn't have to rely on old techniques and methods that may or may not work to his advantage. So what is a funded proposal and how does it work?
Funded proposal is actually a system that you or somebody else has created with the purpose of: a) generating an income and b) acquiring targeted leads. It doesn't require immediate hard selling at all, which helps you avoid the enmity of prospects who may not appreciate being sold to the first time you encounter them.
This is how it works:
First, you create or buy a product that you can sell online. These products are usually known as infoproducts because they seek to inform, teach or guide the user. They are high value products that focus on a particular topic or subject that is directly related to the network marketing business you are involved in. They can come in text form (such as an e-book or a report) or audio/video form (such as audio or video lectures and seminars).
You then market these products for distribution, usually at a low cost. Should you charge a premium price, you will have to offer a free gift or bonus pack to make the product more appealing to prospective buyers.
The funded proposal system begins to work once your product gets buyers. Money is paid in cash, usually through an electronic payment system. Other than your immediate earnings, you also get to obtain the buyers' names and e-mail addresses. What you have now is a collection or list of contact information - the most basic information you'll need in order to jumpstart your network marketing business later on.
Getting targeted prospects
The benefit of using funded proposal is that not only do you take advantage of an opportunity to earn, you also give your name and business the exposure it needs to attain some level of recognizability. Furthermore, you get to collect a list of highly targeted prospects - people who are interested in what you had to sell in the form of an infoproduct and who are highly likely to respond positively in your network marketing business opportunity.
The result? You can kiss that old school network marketing scheme goodbye and take advantage of the double benefits a funded proposal system can give.
Larry Rivera is one of the Co-Founders Of the [http://perfectfundedproposal.com]Perfect Funded Proposal System. You can learn more about his system and how it can help you achieve success with a [http://www.perfectfundedproposal.com/r/lrivera/home.html]funded proposal system.
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If there's one fundamental truth about network marketing is that it is easily duplicable. The methods, techniques and procedures used can be taught, learned and practiced by just about anyone who joins a team. Although many people have met a good level of success by simply following this formula, not everyone feels comfortable with it.
They complain that by using this old school method of network marketing, they are more likely to encounter rejection and disappointment. If you feel the same way, then you might want to consider a more innovative alternative: funded proposal.
Funded proposal explained
Old school network marketing relied too much on 'warm' prospects, cold calling and traditional prospecting. Nothing wrong with that - in fact, as long as you have a good number of people to market to and who are also willing to sign up for your program, you'll probably meet with some success.
But therein lies the rub. Not everyone who joins a network marketing program actually have willing prospects, those who like the program, sign up for AND actually perform to make the program work. A team leader can spend hundreds of dollars buying leads, prospecting, putting out ads, making presentations and cold calls but he may not gain enough momentum to ensure that his business will run continuously or at least give him a return on his investment.
With a funded proposal, this doesn't have to happen. A network marketer doesn't have to rely on old techniques and methods that may or may not work to his advantage. So what is a funded proposal and how does it work?
Funded proposal is actually a system that you or somebody else has created with the purpose of: a) generating an income and b) acquiring targeted leads. It doesn't require immediate hard selling at all, which helps you avoid the enmity of prospects who may not appreciate being sold to the first time you encounter them.
This is how it works:
First, you create or buy a product that you can sell online. These products are usually known as infoproducts because they seek to inform, teach or guide the user. They are high value products that focus on a particular topic or subject that is directly related to the network marketing business you are involved in. They can come in text form (such as an e-book or a report) or audio/video form (such as audio or video lectures and seminars).
You then market these products for distribution, usually at a low cost. Should you charge a premium price, you will have to offer a free gift or bonus pack to make the product more appealing to prospective buyers.
The funded proposal system begins to work once your product gets buyers. Money is paid in cash, usually through an electronic payment system. Other than your immediate earnings, you also get to obtain the buyers' names and e-mail addresses. What you have now is a collection or list of contact information - the most basic information you'll need in order to jumpstart your network marketing business later on.
Getting targeted prospects
The benefit of using funded proposal is that not only do you take advantage of an opportunity to earn, you also give your name and business the exposure it needs to attain some level of recognizability. Furthermore, you get to collect a list of highly targeted prospects - people who are interested in what you had to sell in the form of an infoproduct and who are highly likely to respond positively in your network marketing business opportunity.
The result? You can kiss that old school network marketing scheme goodbye and take advantage of the double benefits a funded proposal system can give.
Larry Rivera is one of the Co-Founders Of the [http://perfectfundedproposal.com]Perfect Funded Proposal System. You can learn more about his system and how it can help you achieve success with a [http://www.perfectfundedproposal.com/r/lrivera/home.html]funded proposal system.
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Funded Proposal - The Perfect Internet Network Marketing System
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Shawn_L._Charles]Shawn L. Charles
Building a profitable network marketing business does not happen overnight regardless of what anyone says. One of the reasons most network marketers fail is because they run out of money.
A funded proposal system takes care of this problem by providing the business owner with front end and back end profits while building a list of prospects to expose your network marketing opportunity too.
Listed below are the components of a funded proposal:
1) Lead Capture Page. On the lead capture page identify your markets needs make bullet points on why they need to listen to you for their solutions. Not everyone who visits your funded proposal will opt-in, so a way to monetize from your efforts is to slap some Google AdSense ads on to your lead capture page. Follow the link in the resource box to view my homepage to see.
Every time someone clicks on an ad in your funded proposal Google will pay you a percentage of what the advertiser agreed to pay for that click. It's not going to be a lot of money, but it is a way of monetizing what you are doing.
2) Product or Service. After a prospect opts-in to your funded proposal have them redirected to a sales page that will give them the opportunity to buy your product such as a CD or an ebook. You can give your prospect the product for free or you can charge them. This is a way of monetizing from the people who will never join your business.
3) Email Marketing. Once you have built a list of one prospect you will need to stay in constant contact with them so you can expose them to your network marketing opportunity. Most people need to see and advertising message at least seven times before they take action.
In your funded proposal system send your list a valuable entertaining email everyday that explains the problems of growing a business or whatever your niche is, and of course, have a link in the e-mail to your network marketing business. If done correctly you will have prospects ringing your phone off the hook wanting to join your business.
A funded proposal system makes a network marketers job infinitely more easier by profiting off of leads even if they never join your business. You then use this money to advertise and grow your list even bigger making you even more money and growing a long-term residual income.
To learn more about funded proposals and to get a free report follow the link in the resource box.
Shawn Charles is an active internet network marketer.
To learn how to recruit at the push of a button and get a free report go to http://www.perfect-network-marketing-opportunity.com
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Building a profitable network marketing business does not happen overnight regardless of what anyone says. One of the reasons most network marketers fail is because they run out of money.
A funded proposal system takes care of this problem by providing the business owner with front end and back end profits while building a list of prospects to expose your network marketing opportunity too.
Listed below are the components of a funded proposal:
1) Lead Capture Page. On the lead capture page identify your markets needs make bullet points on why they need to listen to you for their solutions. Not everyone who visits your funded proposal will opt-in, so a way to monetize from your efforts is to slap some Google AdSense ads on to your lead capture page. Follow the link in the resource box to view my homepage to see.
Every time someone clicks on an ad in your funded proposal Google will pay you a percentage of what the advertiser agreed to pay for that click. It's not going to be a lot of money, but it is a way of monetizing what you are doing.
2) Product or Service. After a prospect opts-in to your funded proposal have them redirected to a sales page that will give them the opportunity to buy your product such as a CD or an ebook. You can give your prospect the product for free or you can charge them. This is a way of monetizing from the people who will never join your business.
3) Email Marketing. Once you have built a list of one prospect you will need to stay in constant contact with them so you can expose them to your network marketing opportunity. Most people need to see and advertising message at least seven times before they take action.
In your funded proposal system send your list a valuable entertaining email everyday that explains the problems of growing a business or whatever your niche is, and of course, have a link in the e-mail to your network marketing business. If done correctly you will have prospects ringing your phone off the hook wanting to join your business.
A funded proposal system makes a network marketers job infinitely more easier by profiting off of leads even if they never join your business. You then use this money to advertise and grow your list even bigger making you even more money and growing a long-term residual income.
To learn more about funded proposals and to get a free report follow the link in the resource box.
Shawn Charles is an active internet network marketer.
To learn how to recruit at the push of a button and get a free report go to http://www.perfect-network-marketing-opportunity.com
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MLM Funded Proposal - 5 Reasons Why it is Crucial For Your Network Marketing Business
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kerri_Tan]Kerri Tan
The concept of the funded proposal has been successfully used for quite some time now by numerous network marketers. Almost anyone who is building a network marketing business should consider making use of this model. It is especially useful for marketers who are unable to gather enough funds to advertise their business for a long period.
Although this has become the new trend, many are unaware what a funded proposal exactly involves. In this article, we try and provide adequate information that will help you understand how it works and also why this model is crucial for a successful business.
How MLM Funded Proposal Works
It all starts with the front-end product which is usually an info-product or a tangible product. But in most cases, the latter is rarely seen because it is not very cost-efficient. This way you sell the product to a customer for a designated price. After which you make contact with the same customer and persuade him/her to become a member of your marketing opportunity. This business opportunity that you are selling to the customer is the back-end product.
The best part about this model is the fact that by selling the front-end product, you get paid for generating your own leads. But of course, you need to deduct the advertising price to find your real profit.
There are many benefits of using MLM funded proposal. Here below listed are 5 REASONS why a MLM proposal is crucial for your business.
This proposal offers a great way to create leads for your business. And these leads that you create would pay you instead of the other way around. While other companies are blowing up money to develop a big downline, you are getting in profit from the first sale itself.
It helps produce the perfect prospect. There can be no better prospect than someone who is prepared to spend money on info that can help improve the growth of their business. Your prospects are genuinely interested in the business and you know that they are serious about making the business grow and develop.
Prospecting need not become a business expense; you can convert it to a source of income.
The quality of your leads is much better. This is because you know them personally from the time you convinced them to join.
You become the expert; people will look up to the up-line leader to help solve problems and issues. This way prospecting becomes fun and fulfilling.
Now that you have a fair idea about MLM funded proposal, go ahead and use this brilliant system to get ahead in your field and outrun your competition.
Clueless about which MLM system works and how to integrate MLM funded proposal into your network marketing promotion plan? Take a free tour at the MLM success maker by Dream Team Formula at this link here : http://www.dreamteamformula.com/newbiztour.php
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The concept of the funded proposal has been successfully used for quite some time now by numerous network marketers. Almost anyone who is building a network marketing business should consider making use of this model. It is especially useful for marketers who are unable to gather enough funds to advertise their business for a long period.
Although this has become the new trend, many are unaware what a funded proposal exactly involves. In this article, we try and provide adequate information that will help you understand how it works and also why this model is crucial for a successful business.
How MLM Funded Proposal Works
It all starts with the front-end product which is usually an info-product or a tangible product. But in most cases, the latter is rarely seen because it is not very cost-efficient. This way you sell the product to a customer for a designated price. After which you make contact with the same customer and persuade him/her to become a member of your marketing opportunity. This business opportunity that you are selling to the customer is the back-end product.
The best part about this model is the fact that by selling the front-end product, you get paid for generating your own leads. But of course, you need to deduct the advertising price to find your real profit.
There are many benefits of using MLM funded proposal. Here below listed are 5 REASONS why a MLM proposal is crucial for your business.
This proposal offers a great way to create leads for your business. And these leads that you create would pay you instead of the other way around. While other companies are blowing up money to develop a big downline, you are getting in profit from the first sale itself.
It helps produce the perfect prospect. There can be no better prospect than someone who is prepared to spend money on info that can help improve the growth of their business. Your prospects are genuinely interested in the business and you know that they are serious about making the business grow and develop.
Prospecting need not become a business expense; you can convert it to a source of income.
The quality of your leads is much better. This is because you know them personally from the time you convinced them to join.
You become the expert; people will look up to the up-line leader to help solve problems and issues. This way prospecting becomes fun and fulfilling.
Now that you have a fair idea about MLM funded proposal, go ahead and use this brilliant system to get ahead in your field and outrun your competition.
Clueless about which MLM system works and how to integrate MLM funded proposal into your network marketing promotion plan? Take a free tour at the MLM success maker by Dream Team Formula at this link here : http://www.dreamteamformula.com/newbiztour.php
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kerri_Tan http://EzineArticles.com/?MLM-Funded-Proposal---5-Reasons-Why-it-is-Crucial-For-Your-Network-Marketing-Business&id=1978617
MLM Funded Proposal
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Roger_Loh]Roger Loh
Have you ever thought of setting up your own funded proposal to fuel your MLM?
In other words, once you have set up your system in place, you would essentially let your prospects pay for your expenses.
Isn’t that nice?
Is that possible?
Before I address this, let’s take a quick look at ‘Funded Proposal’ that solves the two major challenges faced by most network marketers:
1) Not enough money (to go on with the MLM business and has to terminate their business prematurely)
2) Not enough prospects (to share the MLM business opportunity with as they use up their warm market very quickly)
‘Funded Proposal’ is a CONCEPT based on charging your prospects a low-priced front end product or service. In the case of the health or beauty industry, this could be a product sample.
After trying out, some will join your MLM business.
However, even though they don’t, you would already have earned some pocket money to sustain your business.
Thus, instead of looking for people to join your MLM opportunity immediately, you look for prospects to try your product (now you have enough prospects) which is a lot easier,at a low price (now you have money) instead.
Isn’t that brilliant?
Cheers to those who dreamed of this approach!
Following this ‘Funded Proposal’ approach, here is a suggestion that you can use to create your FUNDED PROPOSAL in two steps:
Step 1 - Look for prospects who want to make money online - not to join your MLM business yet - and offer them some coaching to help them make money online, such as how to set up a blog with affiliate links and banners. Do not charge them a high price but just a small fee.
Think about it. . .
You would already be in profit whether or not these prospects join your MLM opportunity.
** This will solve your MONEY challenge
Step 2 - Some time later, when your prospects become confident with computers and the Internet, that’s the time you can offer them to join your MLM business opportunity so that they have a multi-tier affiliate program to promote.
Of course, some of them will join you.
** This will solve your PROSPECTS challenge
If the above sounds like something you can work with, go ahead, do something with it today!
So, simply take ACTION now and let your prospects pay for your expenses!
Roger Loh is an [http://internetmlmtip.com]Internet MLM Expert
"Learn his secret of how he went from an unknown Singaporean to become the Success University DIRECTOR in 17 days and rake in tons of cash in just his 1st month"
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Have you ever thought of setting up your own funded proposal to fuel your MLM?
In other words, once you have set up your system in place, you would essentially let your prospects pay for your expenses.
Isn’t that nice?
Is that possible?
Before I address this, let’s take a quick look at ‘Funded Proposal’ that solves the two major challenges faced by most network marketers:
1) Not enough money (to go on with the MLM business and has to terminate their business prematurely)
2) Not enough prospects (to share the MLM business opportunity with as they use up their warm market very quickly)
‘Funded Proposal’ is a CONCEPT based on charging your prospects a low-priced front end product or service. In the case of the health or beauty industry, this could be a product sample.
After trying out, some will join your MLM business.
However, even though they don’t, you would already have earned some pocket money to sustain your business.
Thus, instead of looking for people to join your MLM opportunity immediately, you look for prospects to try your product (now you have enough prospects) which is a lot easier,at a low price (now you have money) instead.
Isn’t that brilliant?
Cheers to those who dreamed of this approach!
Following this ‘Funded Proposal’ approach, here is a suggestion that you can use to create your FUNDED PROPOSAL in two steps:
Step 1 - Look for prospects who want to make money online - not to join your MLM business yet - and offer them some coaching to help them make money online, such as how to set up a blog with affiliate links and banners. Do not charge them a high price but just a small fee.
Think about it. . .
You would already be in profit whether or not these prospects join your MLM opportunity.
** This will solve your MONEY challenge
Step 2 - Some time later, when your prospects become confident with computers and the Internet, that’s the time you can offer them to join your MLM business opportunity so that they have a multi-tier affiliate program to promote.
Of course, some of them will join you.
** This will solve your PROSPECTS challenge
If the above sounds like something you can work with, go ahead, do something with it today!
So, simply take ACTION now and let your prospects pay for your expenses!
Roger Loh is an [http://internetmlmtip.com]Internet MLM Expert
"Learn his secret of how he went from an unknown Singaporean to become the Success University DIRECTOR in 17 days and rake in tons of cash in just his 1st month"
==> [http://internetmlmtip.com]http://www.internetmlmsecret.com
==> [http://internetmlmsecret.com/funded-proposal/mlm-funded-proposal]MLM Funded Proposal
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