The English word “niche” comes from a French word that means, “to nest.” And that’s what Network Marketing Distributors can learn to do very successfully, filling small voids left by the big players. 

A niche market is a focused, targetable portion of a market.  By definition, then, an MLM business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. You can think of a niche market as a narrowly defined group of potential customers. Each niche, by definition, has its own special place in the market.

It has to start with you analyzing the MLM Company you joined.  Many people join Nutritional Companies or Telecommunications companies…and whichever you joined…you had a reason.  Read the rest of this entry »

When you just get started online, it’s tough…you have a lot to learn and you don’t even know the questions to ask.  I know, I’ve been there.  I was willing to just ask a lot of questions (some were really, really dumb) and I usually asked the smartest people I could find.

Here’s a few of the most common mistakes so you can avoid them and get started right:

Do NOT use FREE email addresses…no hotmail, no yahoo, no gmail.  It doesn’t give you any credibility and if you want to make money online…You don’t want to look like your broke!  Free email addresses don’t cut it!  Even aol usernames keep you anonymous.  Unless it is really descriptive of you and part of who you are online, change the aol username!

You need to recognize that most of the internet use FREE email addresses for JUNK email or a throwaway account and frankly I never take anyone seriously when I see them use a FREE email address.  I don’t care if you’re paying for it! Read the rest of this entry »

We talked about internet stats, so let’s see how you can identify your market for your MLM business.

One of the things that I think is very different between the online and offline markets is that it’s so much easier to find a market within any variety of niches.   The research is readily available to identify the number of people within a niche, how big it is and where to communicate with that market.  It’s so easy online, whereas it’s more difficult and time-consuming offline.

 And new market niches constantly pop up.  These niches are not big enough to go offline; they’d cost too much to get to. But online, you have people that are congregating in one spot from all over the world at one web site, or one e-mail list, or one forum. Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t know about you, but when I was told about MLM, they stated that it was a home-based business.  In the first 5 years, I saw so little of home, I thought I was doing it all wrong.

I wanted the leverage and freedom that MLM provides, but I also wanted to be able to stay home and do it.

The internet wasn’t what it is today, back in the early 90’s, so you can kind of say, I was a pioneer of the early internet.  The stats when I got on were about 60M who spoke English and there weren’t even 1 Million websites.  Everyone had dial-up.  Banner ads were just getting popular, people talked on IRC, and email lists were just starting.  Read the rest of this entry »

Building a successful MLM, Multi Level Marketing, Network Marketing business online begins with YOU and your WHY?

Who are YOU?…what skills do you bring to the table, what attitude do you bring to the table, what principles and truths define who you are?

What is your WHY? Why did you join an MLM business opportunity? What attracts you to the concept of Network Marketng? What is it that you want from your MLM business? Are you wishing or intending to succeed?
How do you define Success…what does it look like to you…right now based on where you are?

What one thing, if it was different in your life right now, would contribute to your happiness? Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, our Federal DRUG Administrators (FDA) are up to no good and way against public opininion…AGAIN.

Washington, DC, January 15, 2008 - Today the Food and Drug Administration announced its determination that milk and meat from cloned animals are safe for sale to the public.  In addition, the FDA is requiring no tracking system for clones or labeling of products produced from clones or their offspring.  This action comes at a time when the U.S. Senate has voted twice to delay FDA’s decision on cloned animals until additional safety and economic studies can be completed by the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Obviously, the FDA doesn’t feel they need to listen to our Senators.  Does your State Senator know about this? 

Center for Food Safety and dozens of other food industry, consumer, and animal welfare groups are blasting this decision as insensitive as well as irresponsible, since it flies in the face of opinion polls showing that the majority of Americans do not want milk or meat from cloned animals in their food.  A December 2006 poll by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology found that nearly two-thirds of U.S. consumers were uncomfortable with animal cloning.  A national survey conducted this year by Consumers Union found that 89 percent of Americans want to see cloned foods labeled, while 69 percent said that they have concerns about cloned meat and dairy products in the food supply.  A recent Gallup Poll reported that more than 60 percent of Americans believe that it is immoral to clone animals, while the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology found that a similar percentage say that, despite FDA approval, they won’t buy milk from cloned animals.

I am particularly disappointed that the FDA also failed to require labeling of food from clones, effectively preventing consumers from making educated decisions about what we put into our bodies.

In response to FDA’s pending approval, US Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has introduced Senate Bill S.414, the Cloned Food Labeling Act, and U.S. House Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced an identical bill, H.R. 992, in the House just a few weeks later.

Protect your consumer rights and contact your Senator and House Rep today so they know your opinion on this. 

So let’s start with some of the myths you might be believing or hearing about building your MLM business online:

First, mass emailing the world because you have a great opportunity in MLM is known as SPAM.  You are soliciting people and taking their time and space and will be viewed as an uninvited guest.  You may lose your Internet connection, you might be fined and even worse you could be terminated from your MLM Company when they start getting complaints.

Buying MLM leads and throwing them into an autoresponder is not going to create an income.  You don’t know them and they don’t know you.   This is not the way to create business partnerships.

Getting involved with downline building groups so you can just join and kick back while those above you do all the work is never going to get you a check.  In fact, just do the math if they do a straight line down..you basically have 1 person below you and usually they are doing what you are…Nothing!  Successful MLM Distributors are willing to work and never look for a free ride.