Network Marketing Tools To Increase Your Productivity
Network Marketing tools can make or break your business! The right tools will leverage your time, effectively reach out to people, and free you up to do the FUN stuff ... building a relationship with people!
The wrong MLM marketing tools will waste your time and money, and create frustration. But...
How do you find the right ones for you?
First, check with your upline! After all, they were smart enough to find you! :-)
Next, find out what network marketing tools other folks in the industry recommend! I have found that checking with colleagues saves a lot of time and headaches!
Below are some of the network marketing tools that I use(d) and/or recommend. In other words, these Network Marketing tools will work for ANY Network Marketing business.
Network Marketing Tools To Build Credibility For Your Prospects
Many prospects do not understand the benefits of owning a network marketing business. Nor do they understand the incredible power of this distribution model. Tim Sales' video system is one of the most powerful Network Marketing tool I have ever seen. It is not a sales pitch, it's power lies in the education it offers.
Even if a prospect never joins your opportunity, this information will open their mind to possibilities they never dreamed of, and they will be grateful to you. Many Network Marketers credit this as one of the Network Marketing tools that opened their eyes to seeing the benefits of the network marketing industry! Most Network Marketing leaders that I know use this system which will work with any MLM business.
An excellent prospecting tool as well as an educational tool for your downline.
Generate Your Own Leads
Instead of getting leads who responded to an anonymous ad, get people who call you, wanting to talk specifically to you because they found your website! When people find you in the search engines, they are happy to find you and are not defensive. They don't feel prospected, chased or sold. They want to talk to you.
How did I get listed in the search engines? I used one of my favorite network marketing tools that helped a newbie with no computer experience, and no web design experience to build an effective income and leads generating website.
I didn't learn this overnight. It is not a cookie cutter system. It takes some time and creativity, some education and some ingenuity. The good news is, Ken Evoy's system cost less than $1 a day which is the cost you pay for most company replicated sites. And if you follow their system you will make this back and more in your first year, thus bringing you free leads for life. So this has been my most reliable network marketing tool for the longterm. It's the only internet system I've used that never went out date and that only got better and more effective, and LESS expensive! Unbelievable.
When you are actively building a business, it can generate thousands of leads for you. Now, these are not just any leads, but people who know you by name, are happy you call them, and who respect and trust you because of the information you share on your site. This is one of the BEST ways to build a longterm network marketing business, or really any business on the internet!
Sounds too good to be true? Well, why not check it out...
Generate Your Own Leads — Part II
Not into writing, but you love to chat? Another great way to meet people online is through instant messaging. If you're outgoing and love this form of communication, you can use this inexpensive tool to generate unlimited leads for life! You can learn through trial and error, but I highly recommend you save yourself the learning curve by getting trained in this method which can be highly effective if done properly. Shaking Hands Online is a training course that will teach you a proven system of generating your own leads by meeting highly qualified potential business partners via online instant messanging.
Max Steingart has trained people from all different MLM companies on how to meet people online. I've attended many of his trainings and he has years of experience training network marketers to do this effectively. I have found his system to be excellent in helping people to get their new business profitable quickly, and it is one of the few network marketing tools I recommend to my own team.
Retain Your New Distributors
One of the incredible benefits of owning an MLM business is the low cost to operate, and the HUGE tax benefits you get from owning your own business. Your new distributors need to know this information! Most new distributors do not get into profit right away from their product sales and are easily discouraged if they're not making money right away. However there IS a way they can be in profit their first day of business, by knowing and using all the legal tax deductions available to them. If they are saving $3000 a year on their taxes, do you think they will stay with the business? :-) Of course!! This really works.
There is a simple, efficient, time and money saving, and incredibly affordable software that helps us and our team to maximize our home business tax deductions. It saves us hours of time and is simple enough that even I understand it. :-) You and your distributors will break even your first year in the business, even if you haven't turned a profit yet, simply from the thousands you will save in tax deductions . This is one of the network marketing tools you'll want to duplicate in your organization. In fact Bob Schmidt, one of MLM's legends (having made millions in 4 different network marketing companies) will NOT work with a new distributor unless they have a proper tax system set up. He has learned how important this is to the longterm success of your organization.
Training & Prospecting Tools
WhoWho911, formerly known as MLM911 is a unique MLM training site by Kim Klaver, one of my favorite Network Marketing trainers. (If you're wondering how come I have two hands on that photo, the other hand is that of Art Jonak! He's everywhere, isn't he?) 
She offers a growing array of truly outstanding network marketing tools and training ... and you'll get a good laugh when you visit the site! She also has developed an online community for network marketers and some excellent prospecting websites for different MLM companies.
Currently she's doing a lot to support women in network marketing, which is a breath of fresh air!
ESSENTIAL — Staying In Touch
In order for people to remember you in the sea of replicated websites and millions of other network marketing distributors, it is essential to have a simple way to follow up with people.
An effective autoresponder system is one of the network marketing tools that a serious internet MLM professional cannot do without. Blog and newsletter publishing allows you to build relationships on the internet. You can provide your prospects with a blog, newsletter, free training course, free reports, self paced self study courses and more!
Because of the many new spam filters in place on major ISP's, e-mail that your prospects requested from you can be deleted or filtered out and called "spam" even before they reach your prospect!
That's why now, more than ever you need a reliable autoresponder company that has good relationships with the major ISP's. That's why I chose Tom Kulzer's AWeber.
They are the first autoresponder service on the Web, and they have developed good relationships with ISP's so that your e-mail message is more likely to be delivered. You can share your e-mail campaigns with your downline, and regularly send messages to your prosepcts... both of these are essential network marketing tools.
They even have a new RSS feature which automatically builds an RSS feed for your prospects, and which can even tranform your blog into a newsletter, with no extra work. You can take a free test drive right here...
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Long Distance And Voice Mail
I like to support our industry whenever possible. Cognigen provides affordable long distance service customized to your needs... and a lot more like voice mail, internet service and practically anything you might need for your business.
As a network marketing company, Cognigen is well known as being one of the few free business opportunities on the net. This company is chock full of network marketing tools that will help you build any business.
They recently branched out into offering some other products and services, including the new LowestCostMall which is increasing interest in their company.
Advertise 24/7 For Under $50 — For Life
Another incredibly inexpensive and among my favorite network marketing tools is web decals. Here's what one of Mashubi Rochell's colleagues Jackie Ulmer said about her experience with web decals!
I had the strangest/funniest thing happen today and wanted to share it. I am a BIG advocate of having a web decal on your vehicle with a catch phrase and your website. As a regular car pooling hockey mom (yes, we DO have ice hockey in Phoenix!) I spend lots of time in the city traffic and feel like my car should be doing something for me besides guzzling gas!
Today, my phone rang and I answered it and this guy says "Where are you located?" I said excuse me, not knowing who this was, or what I should say.
He said "I'm up here at Chandler Blvd and I'm looking for your office." I said "Who is this?"
He said "Oh, sorry, I saw an SUV driving through my neighborhood with a web site listed on the back, and I got on the site, loved what I saw and put together a resume. This sounds like something I want to be a part of. If you have a few minutes, I'd like to drop in and meet you."
I went on to explain that I work form my home, and that address on my web site is actually at the Mail and More. We talked a little bit more about Network Marketing, and I got his name, email address and phone number and sent him off with a homework assignment.
I'm about to email him a follow up of the steps to take!
I must say, that is a first, but it does go to show the power in ADVERTISING your business everywhere you go!
I do get a lot of traffic from that web decal and it starts LOTS of conversations with friends, parents at my kids school, parents on the hockey team, and in parking lots all over! And, when someone asks ME, instead of me asking them, it is powerful!
Domain And E-Mail Forwarding
These are fun, affordable network marketing tools. Get your own unique web & e-mail domain that you can point to your websites so people will remember you! That way your site can be www.yourname.com or www.greatbiz.com which is easier for people to remember than a long address.
The .com names are by far the most memorable. This approach also gives you an unlimited number of e-mail addresses. For example, name@yourname.com, internetbiz@yourname.com and so on. You can advertise your URL on your car and business cards, and this will bring traffic to your website!
CleverDot offers free domain forwarding and e-mail forwarding when you register a domain with them for $7.77/year. This is the best bargain I've found, most other domain registrars charge extra for the domain forwarding and e-mail addresses. For more important domains you can use a more full featured service with Dot5 Hosting which offers traffic statistics, free web hosting, lots of options on your e-mail and domain forwarding, and some advanced DNS tools.
If you prefer a full service though, with marketing tools and professional submission services, I strongly recommend SBI!, which I personally use and therefore can testify it really works.
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Are You New To The Internet?
If you're brand new to the internet and are still learning how to use your computer, you can save yourself a lot of time by tapping into some of the wonderful online resources for internet newcomers. Take a little time to educate yourself and you'll lay a strong foundation for your online business!
Here are some newbie computer tips to help you getting over the hump, provided by Joe Robson and his Newbie Club.
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