Barbie Zabel

Forget the Hype and the Pipe Dreams – The TRUTH About Internet and Network Marketing

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Archive for February, 2010

Beyond The Newbie Stage

Many people like yourself have landed up on this page because you’re looking at the most fool-proof way to start your Internet business. Starting one isn’t as easy as you think after all the trials, difficulties and challenges you will face along the way and the heaps of competition you will discover online.

Want proof? Simply Google ‘make money online’ and you’ll discover how much competition you have – probably in the hundreds and thousands of them!

Worse still, some unethical marketers who want to make a fast buck out of you by selling all kinds of crappy and irrelevant information to you.

It’s misleading alright…no, it’s plain wrong to waste any newbie marketer’s time and effort like this!

Fact is, there will be ‘gurus’ and ‘experts’ who will be more than happy to exploit clueless marketers who are quick to draw out their wallets to make a ‘life-changing purchase’.

Lets get something straight…there is no such thing as a life changing purchase!

Even the best money- making blueprint will not work for you unless you put it into practice, and in most cases, actually making the system manifest in real life is the hardest challenge you’ll face…

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Review Sites Package – Personal Use – BDN

A template pack that really works and can bring maximum results. The amazing quality of these templates has no equal, a group of expert marketers, coders and designers has developed this set of templates for you with two goals in mind, increase conversion rates and persuade prospects to buy, that’s all.

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Why Some Aren’t Succeeding Online…

You and I both hear it all the time -> I’ve been scammed!

Countless sales pages exploit this phrase and go to great lengths to tell you why THEIR opportunity is a legitimate one and why all others but theirs are the scum of the earth full of lies and hype.

I’ve been a money-making member of many programs that others have called scams.  Hmmm…

  • If the program were truly a scam, how can there be so many members raking the bucks in with said scam? 
  • If I am making money by promoting the program as instructed, how could it possibly be labeled a scam when in fact, it’s actually working for many? 
  • If the opportunity were really a scam, the only ones getting paid would be those at the top.

I’ve been through the newbie trenches and think I understand what the problem is.  You see, I haven’t always been a member of the money-making club…  I have floundered and tried to take short cuts along the way just like most everyone who’s turned to the internet with visions of dollar bills dancing in their heads.

Now that I’m sitting on the *job income has been replaced* side and having had many conversations with those who are struggling, I can see a very distinct reason why some people feel their program(s) failed them.

In a two words … False Expectations. 

Here’s how those expectations are created:

Sales pages are written to SELL. Sales pages are created with one intent in mind – to get YOU to fork over your money.  That’s it.  Many times, a professional sales copy righter has been hired to methodically draw you in and control your thoughts and emotions so that you’ll predictably make an impulse purchase.
 
The terms simple, easy and others used similarly to them are not necessarily untruthful or hype, BUT are relative to the person presenting the material and his or her experiences… NOT you and your experiences.
 
Complete Turnkey System and Automatic Marketing System refer to the way in which a website sells itself to those prospects who are driven to it, as well as the marketing training and materials (like banners and other ad forms) that make the site easier to sell.

Regardless of how well a program or product sells itself, you still MUST drive an audience to it in order to make money.

Because of the misunderstood methods, terms and phrases like those above, new members and/or affiliates have a distorted perception of the amount of education and promoting is needed to make the kind of income that will replace their job.

And therefore…

they bump into another sales page,
    another simple and automatic marketing system
       promising an easy ride to the holy income grail, and -

you guessed it….

fork over their money for the dream
                over and over again.

Here’s how to STOP THE INSANITY and finally start growing your income online!

When you adopt and then exhibit these new patterns of thought and behavior, you’ll become a member of the most exclusive club online – the 5%-8% who actually MAKE IT!

Realize how Internet Sales Pages work … and don’t allow them to sucker you in ever again.

Rather than buying *the dream* they’re selling and overextending yourself, make decisions rationally based on your own drive and passion, your monetary goals, the program or product’s  compensation plan, its inhouse training, and the amount of time and/or money you have to budget for promoting.

Only join an opportunity if you intend to succeed. Never dabble in or try a program again.  People who only try … FAIL every time.

Be prepared to WORK.  If you are making money online, you are running a BUSINESS and need to treat it as such.  Even if you put only 2 hours a day toward your online business activities, discipline yourself to do so consistently.

Expect to learn how to drive large numbers of prospects to your sales pages.

Spend the time to get educated and then APPLY what learn in the form of ACTION (or be prepared to pay others to do so … a combination of both is strongly recommended).

FOCUS your time and energy on your favorite program.  Don’t join more opportunities than you have the time and money to promote.  Scattered forces create scattered results.

At the same time, don’t be afraid to move onto superior products, systems or compensation plans if you find them (much different than quitting!). 

But beware of *the grass is always greener on the other side* syndrome… you take YOU and your habits – good and bad – with you wherever you go.

Take responsibility for your own actions (or lack thereof).

Those who succeed at making job-replacing incomes online are PERSISTENT, SELF MOTIVATED, SELF DRIVEN and demonstrate a where there’s a will, there’s a way attitude. 

They don’t quit when the going gets rough, they look for and therefore FIND SOLUTIONS. They have no time to whine, complain, and blame their sponsors or programs for their own failures … rather they put their time and energy into SUCCEEDING.

On the other side of the coin, those who are destined to succeed ALSO know when they’ve gotten in over their head. 

They view their losses as learning experiences and move on to a product, service or opportunity that is more in line with who they are right now, keeping their self esteem and dreams intact. They understand that even though they may have to start smaller, any money making venture can be used as a stepping stone to a larger and more stable income.

==>> All these qualities and actions can be learned and cultivated to become of a part of WHO YOU ARE naturally.  Here’s some fun ways to start ingraining them – click here.

We all have both strong and weak points.  What are YOURS?  What kind of thoughts and actions help YOU persevere online?  What keeps you from quitting?  What is it you do that always seems to work for you?  What brings you down, and how do you get back up again?

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.  In fact, those who comment get a free gift!  Leave a relevant comment to see how….

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Commissions Automator

Have you heard about the new Wordpress Plugins that Ken Reno and Richard Wing have just released?

It’s called Commissions Automator, and it makes posts to your Wordpress blog, and your Twitter account, that contain YOUR affiliate ID, so you earn instant commissions, directly to your PayPal account.

The shocker is that instead of $67, they are letting BETA users get access right now for less than $5! I know, right?

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Email Marketing Secrets

Learn how to generate massive sales, NOT by pulling in new prospects, but by keeping your loyal customers happy.

Have you ever purchased a product and somehow felt that it would be the last time you bought something from that place?

Did you somehow feel neglected by the salesman and once you made a purchase, they didn’t want to have anything to do with you?

Unfortunately, many customers out there feel the same. They get the idea that all the business does is grab their hard earned pay and ask them to scoot after that…

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Instant Banner Maker

In Only A Few Clicks You Can Create Amazing Flash Animated Banners That Grab Attention and Demand Action. All This Without The Costly Designer Fees Or Having To Use Photoshop OR Flash, Guaranteed!

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