A new tool
As a Boomer, I’m still quite old-school in many things. One happens to be that I still use paper and pencil rather than a keyboard to note thoughts and plan. I seem to think better when forming the letters. Who knows…it might also be due to my art background.

Today, I was introduced to an easy-to-use, handy little tool to do mind-mapping online.  A huge advantage to using this program is that it can be shared with your team. You can even allow them to add their input and alter the map, making it great for group projects. It can be added to docs and even your blog or web-page. Very versatile little tool to aid your brainstorming!

Best of all it’s free! We all like free. Check it out at www.bubbl.us Let me know what you think.

(Not sure what mind-mapping is? I didn’t know for a long time!  According to Wikipedia…”A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.”

A  great video
Yanik Silver recently sent a tweet that I’d like to pass on to you all.  The concept is phenonenal!  “Unique Genius and Business Through Enjoyment” Combine Enjoyment, Meaning and making Money.  There’s no opt-in or anything.

I really recommend your viewing it…Click Yanik’s link http://budurl.com/jruv

Have a GREAT, Blessed day!

You never have to deal with skeptics again!
(Unless, of course, your idea of fun is slamming your head against a brick wall.)

Network Marketers, or for that matter anyone working with prospects, has run headlong into tons of skeptics. You know, the people who have a glaring problem, but just don’t get it…the naysayers who believe that their way (which they have been trying for the past zillion years) is the only way of doing things…the ones that just stay in their ruts and won’t change what they are doing out of fear or denial that they have a  problem.

That can all be a thing of the past for anyone willing to learn a new way!

A couple of years ago, Ann Sieg exposed the farce of the “old way” of chasing prospects in her e-book The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing. Then she laid out a whole new way of gathering qualified leads  using the internet in her phenomenal Renegade Network Marketer. And Attraction Marketing was born!

The problem many people had was how to do it.

In Ann’s newest report, The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto, the solution to that problem is laid out.  Dozens of tactics that she has used are revealed for the first time.

Two of the critical elements of all of them are:

• Finding and communicating with your niche market
• Teaching sells

Finding and communicating with your niche market

Your niche market is one with whom you have common interest and passions.

To effectively communicate with them, you must do so from your Core/Inner identity (see posts on Niche Markets).  Identify their core needs and focus on providing them information and possible solutions.

Speak from your core self as though you are speaking to your core self.

When you do this, you’ll build valid, trusting relationships and develop qualified prospective partners/customers.  They will seek your advice and entertain solutions.

Get my drift here?

Take the focus off your bottom line and focus on your prospective business partners/customers and their core desires, needs, problems, etc.

That is crucial to increasing your bottom line!

Teaching sells.

The second part of the equation is your content.  What are you communicating and how.

• Speak with your prospective partner where they are…core to core.
• Provide information for free.
• Teach what you have learned through your experience and education.

“Great!  But where do these people come from?”

These days millions of people are searching the internet for you.   You just have to find each other.

The first step is getting information (content) on some sort of platform on the web…a blog, full website, in forums, on social networking sites.  (There are lots of options; more on them in a moment.)

The information you convey must be accurate and educational and speak to your prospective new friend’s’ possible needs.   When you speak from your core it will be uniquely you and will resonate with the prospects.

Lead.  Show them that you care and are a “go to” resource.  If you are in a viable niche that is not too broad and you have valuable information, they will find you.

How to get the info out there…

• Visit forums (places where your niche market go to talk with other like minded individuals).  Google “(your interest) forums”.
• Build a good Content website.  I recommend SBI!  Check out my Resources page for a link.
• Learn about and start Social Networking.

Ann Sieg has teamed up with Mike Klingler to bring a new training site, Renegade Pro, to help with the “How-To”.  As a preview, they have released a sneak-peek…Mike’s new video showing 18 ways he beats Google and PPC in lead generation.   I’ll send you the link when you fill out the form below and confirm.

So the bottom line….

Don’t deal with skeptics who will bring you down.  Join me in attracting credible, qualified potential partners/customers by learning attraction marketing.  First, download Ann Sieg’s new report by clicking the link at the right; then, learn how to reach those prospects via Mike Klingler’s video by filling out the form above and confirming.

P.S.: In case you haven’t watched it yet, I’ll send you info and the link to Ann’s interview of Mike Klingler, too.

Over the past year Mike has taught thousands of people new to internet marketing attract prospects and build their valuable lists.  He produced a webinar series on how he built his first list, going from 0 – 1172 prospects in just 3 days without PPC or SEO.  (Great stuff!  If you’d like to learn more, contact me.)

Here are a couple of excerpts from Ann’s interview:

Network Marketing Advice from Internet Marketing Gurus Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler

If you’d like to view the whole 50 minute interview, fill out the form below and I’ll send it to you!

Hope you see the value in what Ann and Mike are discussing.  To see the whole interview…about 50 minutes…Fill in the form below.

Ann Sieg’s Attraction Marketing Manifesto is now live! You’ve possibly received e-mails from Ann herself announcing the launch.

She continues to add to the education of Network and Internetwork Marketers!

When I started delving into network marketing, I have to tell you, I wasn’t prepared for network marketing and the challenges it represented…Even having run a successful needlework shop and having a successful home based interior design business.

I failed at it miserably.

Due to circumstances, Hurricane Katrina, I ran out of people to talk to and “push” my opportunity on. I had to develop a COLD Market in a new city. Many times, I got the courage to talk to strangers, but they literally ran from me, trying to get away from my pushy sales talk. I followed my upline’s attempts to show me how to call cold opportunity leads, but if they answered the phone, half the time they hung up on me. If I did get through my qualification script, and set up an appointment with my upline, they no-showed. I was getting desperate!

Then I met Ann Sieg. I searched the Internet (just like you) and discovered her even before she wrote The Renegade Network Marketer and The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto.

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Did you forget to download your copy? Here’s your free copy of The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto
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Through Ann, I learned the importance of developing my skills so I could achieve the level of success I desired.

Quite honestly, I just wanted to be out of the red in my network marketing business. I wanted to make some cash and see if this ‘network’ marketing thing really worked.

I was NOT prepared for the learning journey I was about to take.

Fast forward nearly two years later.

I am on the verge of a full time income that can sustain my family.

Full credit goes to Ann Sieg and the direction she provided to me. She has never let me down. I am completely grateful to her for pointing me in the right direction.

You too, can experience this success.

Yesterday, Ann Sieg released her newest ebook, The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto. More than 13,000 people have already downloaded her book the first day!

It’s fascinating. It’s going to be the answer to your own sense of overwhelm and put you on a learning journey that will truly allow you to accomplish your dreams.

Anyone can do this attraction marketing. But this free ebook takes it to a new level of excitement. I believe you can do this and I believe this with my whole heart.

Take 90 minutes to read this special 75-page report. If you want success in your business – you cannot afford NOT to read it.

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Download your free copy of the The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto right now. Click here now! http://terriebel.marketersmanifesto.com
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Then add a comment and tell me what you think of the ebook.

I’m here to help you succeed.

Let’s do a quick review before we explore some principles for communication with your prospective partner.

• The way you think and communicate will determine the way people respond to you.
• Other people’s actions and words are a reflection of your actions and words.
• People do things for their reasons not yours.
• Most people resist being “told” what to do or “persuaded” to do things, but generally like to learn and understand before taking action on changing anything.
• “Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood” Steven Covey’s #5 in his The 7 Habits of Highly
  Effective People

Remember, once you are using the techniques and strategies in Ann Sieg’s Renegade Network Marketer to build your marketing system and are generating qualified leads, you must be able to communicate with them or lose them.  (Haven’t read The Renegade Network Marketer?  Click here to learn about it…Renegade.)

First of all, every communication you have with your prospective partner must have a valid business reason…a purpose…and provide value.  Before you can determine what the purpose and value will be, I must ask you a question.

What is the purpose of your business?

According to Michael Oliver, the answers to that question usually divide into 2 camps…”Make money” or “To make a profit” or “To be fulfilled”…”To help others” or “To help people solve their problems.”   In other words, the answer is either “self” focused or “other” focused.

Following the adage that our thoughts determine our words, your answer should have been very telling.  Ann Sieg has always taught us to focus on others…people buy for their own reasons…to discover what the prospective partner is trying to solve, fix or avoid.  If your initial answer was $$$ or self focused and, to follow the adage another step, our words determine our actions, how do you think you will come across to your prospect?  Right.  He will perceive you are focused on your own self interests.

Can you see that a change of thought pattern and, therefore, communication might be in your best interest?

So, principle #1…Focus communication on the prospective partner…where he’s coming from, whether he has a problem you can solve, fix or help him avoid.  Focus on becoming a solutions provider.

Sure, we all need to make $$$ in our businesses, but we must put that in the background.  Ann Sieg did a wonderful webinar training on the Desperate Marketer vs. the Successful Marketer.  The focus and your possible desperation does come through the phone!  Take time to delve into the other person’s situation.  Respond to them with pertinent questions.  Be prepared to walk away if what you have to offer cannot solve his problem.

Check out what Ann Sieg has to say by clicking the link below.  View the video recording
The Desperate Marketer vs The Successful Marketer

As Michael Oliver says…”With problems come opportunities. The opportunity for you is to help others get what they want and to be rewarded for it.”