Want A Home-Based Business? Consider Network Marketing

Written on January 21, 2010 – 5:07 pm | by | Let's face it, people go to school to become a doctor or lawyer but not a network marketer. Yet, millions of people are starting a home base business everyday. And, why not? A good network marketing business can give you the best of both worlds; time and money. For starters, you can start your own business without the large upfront cost compare to traditional businesses. You are working with people who want you to succeed. Earning a residual income and having financial freedom is always a plus. And, of course, all of this leads to having your time back and doing whatever you want. Who wouldn't want that? I definitely do. It's the light a the end of the tunnel, right? Well, it's not that simple....here's my story. And, I know my story is very familiar to most people in the MLM industry. Like most mlmers, I was stuck in the rat race and then I was presented with a golden business opportunity. I seized the moment and went to work. I made out my friends and family list, passed out flyers, placed an ad in the paper, got on the conference calls, went to house and hotel meetings, flew to the company conventions and let's not forget....prospected everyone in sight. You name it. I did it. I did all this hard work just to be disappointed in an overly saturated market. Well, I tried network marketing again. I worked just as hard as I did before. But, only this time I was disappointed when the company went out of business. All of my time, effort and money went down the drain. Even after this experience, I still believed in network marketing and made my 3rd attempt in MLM. I had a great product and compensation plan. I threw my heart into building my MLM business. However, after a few months I wasn't any closer to financial freedom as I was when I first started. There had to be a better way....then I finally found the answer. I learned a new network marketing strategy and reversed the tactic....attracting my target market to me instead of chasing people around.

Laticia Howard, Co-owner of Christian’s Inspiration and Creator of Network Marketing Solution.

Social Media/Web 2.0: Is It A Fad Or A New Way Of Life?

Written on November 5, 2009 – 10:19 am | by |

 

Social Marketing, also called web 2.0, are places on the Internet people can interact socially on a massive scale. People can post their comments, thoughts, opinions and even upload pictures. 10 years ago, you couldn't do that on the Internet....which is why it's called, web 2.0, the second wave of the Internet.

There are 6 major categories in social marketing:

• Content Sharing-Squidoo
• Articles-Ezines
• Book Marking-Digg
• Blogs
• Social Sites-Facebook, My Space
• Video Sharing-YouTube

All you need to do is to use specific key words people are typing on the search engines in your content....whether it's an ezine article, squidoo article or blog and your information will show up on major search engines like google and yahoo. As you get more  advanced, you can start linking your articles, blogs and videos together and move higher up on the search engines. And, more people will find you and you'll have free leads for your network marketing business. You have the potential of being on the first page of google without paying a penny! There are people who are paying $2 and $3 a click. Eventually, you want to have all 6 categories to work together to create a swarm of traffic and attract a huge amount of qualified prospects for your internet business.

 

Laticia Howard, Co-owner of Christian’s Inspiration and Creator of Network Marketing Solution.