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How Do Gurus REALLY Make Money?

Arvada Yates — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:26:17 +0000

People ask me all kinds of questions — “Should I go with affiliate marketing or network marketing?” “What’s the best thing to sell online?” “How can I REALLY start a home business that makes money?”

Most of the time what people really want to know is: How can I make the kind of money all those gurus talk about?

Well, the first thing that you need to know is that many of those internet marketing gurus aren’t being completely honest about their income, the size of their lists, or their products. I’m sure you already knew that — after all, it’s hard to take anyone at their word anymore, especially online.

But here’s the other thing you need to know about a lot of internet marketers… for some, the major source of their income doesn’t actually come from selling their internet marketing products (or any products for that matter) online . Let me explain…

A LOT of Internet Marketing Gurus Are MLM’ers Too!

Would it surprise you to know that a lot of those internet marketing gurus who try to sell you all kinds of marketing products actually make the majority of their income through network marketing? Some of them actually started in network marketing and then developed their internet marketing products later to sell to their downlines and then to the public.

I know that’s hard for some people to believe — network marketing — really?

After all, network marketing has gotten a really bad reputation over the last several years. But I actually have proof that internet marketing gurus make a substantial part of their income from network marketing… Click here for proof.

See any marketing names that you recognize? How about Jim Daniels, Yanik Silver, Rosalind Gardner, Frank Kern, Terry Dean, Bryan Kumar, and Mike Chen? Several years ago I was even approached by Corey Rudl about a MLM opportunity – even though he flatly denied it to his internet marketing followers.

So why do so many internet marketers dabble in network marketing as well?

Because there’s HUGE money in network marketing!

In fact, network marketing is exactly like affiliate marketing in a lot of ways… the only REAL difference is that network marketers get paid down several levels for their efforts, resulting in more income, while affiliate marketers only get paid on one or two levels.

Network marketing is a GOLD MINE if you know how to do it!

Should You Follow In The Guru’s Footsteps?

Like any other home based business, some will succeed and some will fail… But one of the real benefits of network marketing over just about any other home business is the possibility of absolutely HUGE paydays. You just can’t make as much money as quickly in any other business model.

But that’s not the only reason that I like network marketing as part of my own business.

For me, the best thing about network marketing is that I can mentor, coach, and train people in their home businesses for FREE.

Let me explain… In a traditional coaching, mentoring, or training career, the coach earns their living from charging clients an hourly fee. Frankly, I never liked the idea of charging by the hour. I always found it restrictive and uncomfortable because some clients need a lot more attention than others. …And you can’t always reach the people who need you most because they can’t afford to spend $300 per hour on this kind of service.

But now I can provide unlimited personalized coaching, mentoring, and training, centered around an EXTREMELY lucrative home business model, to people who really need the help and support, and EVERYBODY WINS!

I get to help people to develop a successful home business that can absolutely change their lives… This is an AWESOME way to earn a living!
The people I coach get REAL help and training from an expert so that they have a REAL chance to make it in home business and turn their lives around.

For me it’s a win/win situation.

But how do you know if it’s right for you? Here are the basic reasons why you might want to consider getting into network marketing:

You’d like to supplement your current home business income.
You’d like to bump your income to the next level.
You’re struggling trying to make it with affiliate marketing.
You really need a coach/trainer to help you make it.
You’ve never had a home business before and you don’t know what to do.
You don’t know anything about marketing or internet marketing.
You’re already an expert and want the chance to help others reach your level of income.

Still don’t know if network marketing might be your thing? That’s okay… I was skeptical at first too.

But the network marketing business model is built in such a way that you can actually test-run it for a month or two to see if you like it. If you don’t like it — move on to something else. There are tons of network marketing companies out there, so you’re bound to find one that will work for you and your lifestyle.

After all, network marketing seems to be the “best kept secret” of many successful internet marketing gurus — maybe it’s worth looking into.

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Top 3 Fatal Mistakes Network Marketers Make Online

Arvada Yates — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:38:15 +0000

A lot of people in network marketing are desperate to start making money in their MLM business. Many are sold a bill of goods when they’re recruited about how “the products will sell themselves” and that network marketing is an easy way to make money, especially when you build your business through the use of the internet.

Well, here’s a wake-up call — there is no easy money and you KNOW that.

Don’t get me wrong, network marketing is a great way to leverage your time and effort to build a solid business that earns a lot of money for you and everyone on your team, but it doesn’t just magically happen. You’re going to have to do some work to make your dream a reality, just like any other home business.

And that’s where a lot of network marketers go off the rails.

Things don’t happen as quickly as they would like and they start getting desperate to start bringing some money into their business. After about the first month, when the sales aren’t happening and they’ve tried to recruit everyone they know, newer network marketers get into a panic and make fatal mistake number one.

Fatal Mistake #1: Looking For A Magic Bullet

I guess it’s human nature to believe that if you could just find that one tool or special system you could sponsor hundreds of people into your business and sell thousands of dollars worth of product.

The truth is that there are some really great marketing strategies, tactics, and tools that will help you in your business — but there is no “magic bullet.”

If you want to learn to prospect online, then you need to learn some basic internet marketing skills.

Once you learn the skills, then you need to actually apply them to your business, measure the results, and tweak your strategies when necessary.

The problem with looking for a “magic bullet” is that a lot of newer network marketers will jump from strategy to strategy, spending a ton of money along the way, looking for a way to make quick, easy money. Few, if any, stick with a strategy long enough to see the results.

The only people getting rich from “magic bullets” are the people selling them.

Fatal Mistake #2: OVER Promoting Affiliate Products

Spend a little time in online network marketing circles you’ll immediately figure out that the majority of people aren’t trying to get people involved in their network marketing business, they’re trying to sell them affiliate products.

What’s even worse is that those same network marketers will recommend product “A” today, product “B” tomorrow, and product “C” next week — and all three products to the exact same thing!

Let me clarify something here — There’s nothing wrong with occasionally mentioning an affiliate product or even promoting a product that you’ve used and found very useful to other network marketers. That’s one of the benefits of connecting with others in your industry.

What I’m talking about here are network marketers who are desperately trying to supplement their income by bombarding others with affiliate offers. When you see any network marketer doing this, it tells you three things:

They aren’t doing nearly as well in network marketing as they would like you to believe.
They really have no idea how to effectively market their products or opportunity online.
They are only after your money and will probably treat you the same way if you allow them to sponsor you.

How could you ever trust the advice of an upline who conducted business like this?

Personally, I couldn’t.

Fatal Mistake #3: Lack of Focus on Core Business

Many of the network marketers that we talked about above who were over promoting affiliate products spend a lot of time, energy, money, and effort promoting those affiliate programs.

That’s energy that they aren’t putting into their network marketing business and they probably aren’t earning too many affiliate commissions either — especially since everyone seems to be promoting the same affiliate programs.

If your core business is a network marketing business, you should be spending the majority of your time promoting your products and your opportunity. If you’re running your network marketing business properly, then you’ve always got prospects to talk to in every step of your marketing process — even if you do a lot of it on autopilot.

It takes time and focus to build a solid network marketing business. But you’re watering down your efforts when you spend too much time marketing affiliate programs.

Focus on your core business and you’ll have a lot more success.

So there you have it — My Top 3 Fatal Mistakes Network Marketers Make Online.

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