Is network marketing dead?

There are a lot of people out there who are still unaware that network marketing has made some people rich and free. They are either ignorant to the fact that people are actually making money through network marketing or they turned a blind eye to it. Either way, they have not been exposed to enough information about network marketing. Although, I must point out that there is no get rich quick scheme, but there is a get rich quicker scheme.

Network marketing has been around for quite awhile and it has been getting larger and more lucrative every year. However, with the internet, there is now internet marketing. It is similar to network marketing, but it just uses the internet to reach out to the buyers. Network marketing or internet marketing is like having your own mini business. A “Plan B”. It is easy to set up and has low running costs as compared to the traditional “brick-and-mortar” business. The appeal of low costs and low maintenance attracts business minded people who want to try their hand at a business.

It is imperative that when setting up your business, you will need to provide value for money products or services to your buyers. This creates a trust and buyers are more likely to recommend you to other potential buyers. As you and I know, word of mouth advertising is very powerful. So, be sure that you do a good background check about the company that you want to partner with. Ensure that they are credible and will not shut down their business tomorrow. It is an added bonus if they have a physical office in your country so that they can provide you with the support needed.

The best part about internet marketing is that, you have the ability to create you business and watch it grow all in the comfort of your own home. There is no need for you to go for meetings and meet clients or prospects, because with internet marketing, the prospect comes to you.

Don’t get easily despaired if you don’t see success in the first few months. Just keep trying and tweaking what you are doing. Evaluate what is right and wrong. You don’t expect to lose weight after one day of dieting right? Same thing here. Have a goal and a plan to work towards it.

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Why aren’t you getting traffic from your articles?

What is the point of spending a good amount of money for ghostwriters to write articles for you or even painstakingly spending 30-40 minutes writing your own article when people won’t read it anyway?! Well, the fact that you are reading this article means that you are aware of article marketing and just trying to find out why people aren’t reading your articles and not getting the traffic that you thought you would get.

This is actually a common problem. I have come across internet marketers who said that they have tried marketing using article marketing/ ezine publishing, yet there is no significant increase in traffic. It could be something not quite right with their article or their method of submission is not right. The benefit of article marketing is that, the writer has the ability to pre-sell their product to highly targeted traffic. To have a higher assurance that people will stop, look and click on your article, here are a few key points to take note.

1. The article has to have a catchy title. The kind that would make the reader intrigued enough to read the content, yet not give it away that you are promoting something. A title like “Why aren’t you losing weight?” would likely be clicked at more than something that says “10 ways to slim down”.

2. The body is just as important. The opening statement has got to be an impactful and interesting one. Write about something that gives knowledge to the reader, something that people are interested to read. Don’t deviate from the topic and write something irrelevant.

3. Don’t forget your resource box. This is the most integral part of your article. Although it isn’t part of your article, it is a separate body but this is the part that will lead the reader to your website. Ensure your link is there. Do write in third person, as if someone else is writing the resource box for you.

4. Finally, you will have to submit your article to directories. I would recommend that you submit them to at least the top 5 directories; ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com to name a few.

Why Ezine marketing?

Many internet marketers, which of course include affiliate marketers, get lost in the sea of options that they have to advertise their product. I am sure for any newbie, it would be very confusing and can get very frustrating because they might want to try all the methods but would not get results as their efforts are not concentrated. Other methods of exposing or advertising your product are by Pay-Per-Click, forums, blogging and email marketing to name a few. I suggest that you concentrate on ONE method first, get good at it before going on to try another method. So why ezine marketing?

Ezine marketing is to write articles about a particular subject of choice and then posting in ezine directories. The fact that you have found this article means that you are aware of directories but maybe you are just unsure of its advantages.

First, you can increase your target audience. The people who are reading your articles might already be interested in you subject field and thus, you gained their attention. Alternatively, someone new in the subject might find your article interesting and thus be more interested about you and your subject.

Second, is the exposure that you will get. Posting your articles in directories would mean that the whole world could potentially read your article. That’s just about Everybody, isn’t it?

Third, you can promote yourself through the resource box. It can introduce you as an expert in your field and it is free! Free advertisement! People will have more trust in your product that you have to offer if they can get to know a little bit more about you. Sometimes, if they can relate to you, they would most likely buy from you. Having your link in the resource box, points the reader to where you want them to go.

So, try ezine marketing for at least a month, writing 2 articles a week and posting the articles to at least 4 directories if not more. Then look at the results that ezine marketing will bring. Good Luck!

Blogging for Business and Pleasure

Blogging is now very commonly used by teenagers, stay at home mums, business and even politicians. It is essentially an online diary but it has evolved to serve more purpose than just and online diary. It is a powerful tool on the internet, apart from SEO, PPC and other marketing techniques. However, when abused, it can get the blogger (the writer) in trouble. For example, a teenager was arrested in Singapore for making racist remarks on his blog.

Blogs was used by many to write their rants and raves, their daily lives or anything else that they fancied. Some are anonymous; while others have their full profile on for anyone to read. The anonymity gives some bloggers the freedom to write about anything and not be judged by those who know them. For example, a quiet and shy person could find blogging as a way to escape as they can write about anything that they felt, which no one knew about.

People who blog for business have a different purpose from online journal bloggers. Blogs give them the flexibility to talk about their business as compared to a website where the contents are fixed are purpose driven. When they have a blog for their business, it gives the human touch to the readers. Readers can relate to their experiences and may want to take interest in the business. Even when members of the same company/affiliate have blogs, it would be a way to differentiate one from the other. It is like their identity.

However, it does not mean that when you blog, “that’s it! I’m going to rake in the money!”. Blogging is just the first part. After which, you need to expose your blog. I would recommend submitting your URL to as many link directories as possible. To do that, just go to any search engine and type “ add URL”. Another method recommended is to submit your blog in blog directories. Also, some bloggers use link exchange. This just means that you place the URL of the other blogger in your blog, and vice versa.

Don’t click me?

When it comes to working online many people choose to promote one affiliate program or another. In essence it seems like it would be easy to do; sign up for a program and then get your referral link seen in as many places as possible, unfortunately more often than not it’s a lot easier said than done when it comes to getting others to join your chosen program.

Visit any of the traffic exchanges for example and you’ll no doubt see the same program being promoted by hundreds of different people, the odds of someone randomly clicking on your link are probably slim to none. Too often people join a program and then expect things to just happen for them after doing nothing more than adding their link to a traffic exchange or forum etc, so they quickly become frustrated when they don’t earn any money and either give up entirely or try the exact same methods with a different program.

While there is never any guarantee that you can recruit others into your chosen program there are ways to improve the odds a little by giving people a reason to want to click on your referral link.

If you want your promotion to stand out above the others you can try some of these tips:

First and foremost be honest: No matter where you are or who you’re talking to, don’t give false promises, you’ll be a lot better off if you build people’s trust by speaking truthfully about the program.

Create a blog (www.wordpress.org) or squidoo lense (www.squidoo.com) etc and give people a reason to want to visit your affiliate program. Write blog posts discussing different aspects of the program and then link them to your referral link. People are often more inclined to click on these types of links if there is a personal touch.

Write articles and post them to the many free article directories etc. Don’t write them with the view point of selling something, write your articles to be honestly helpful on your chosen subject you can then add a link back to your blog etc in the authors box.

Find related forums and other social sites and make yourself known to others in your field: add your link to your signature line. If people appreciate the advice and other information you offer in the forum they will take the time to visit your link. Make sure you don’t just post and run though, you may quickly be viewed as a spammer and not only banned from the forum but discover people will purposely ignore any links you may share.

These are just a few tips, if you combine some of these with your usual efforts such as traffic exchanges and safelists etc you may soon see an increase in not only traffic but sign-ups as well.