How to recruit customers via the internet

One of my many ventures is a Network Marketing company I'm involved in. I'll spare you the details in this post... but I mention it because while learning how to build a downline I check outed tons of "gurus", books and programs. The one that stands head and shoulders above the rest teaches you how to prospect online.

He shows you how to make the internet your "warm market". How to make friends online, and then attract them into your business. And while he's focused on Network Marketing, his techniques can work in any business where you need to "sell" or find customers. Realtors, CPA's, or even Affiliate marketers can find customers this way. Plus, you can use his concepts in the "real" world - offline, in-person.

Now, while I highly recommend him... he is pretty expensive. His name, Max Steingart, and his sites are www.maxsteingart.com and www.prospectingmastery.com. I took his $500 boot camp, but could have just bought his $197 program that teaches the same thing - but the boot camp was live training online and on the phone.

If you want to learn from a master... you've got to pay him. However, since I'm a former sales trainer, sales manager, and do currently train my downline EVERYTHING I learn - including his techniques, drop an email to monaviedrinker@gmail.com and I can train you too. But I'll do if for a fraction of his price since I'm not yet an expert in his system and don't have the same wealth of examples he does.

I'd consider charging $50 instead of $500 and you'd probably get 95% of what he teaches.

For now, let me share the basic concept... he searches online profiles at places like the Yahoo Member Directory (members.yahoo.com) to find people you have something in common with. He then teaches you how to strike up conversations via an Instant Messenger like Yahoo's.

Finally, he's got a formula for how to advance the conversation towards your business without ever sounding like you are selling. The way he does it people thank you for contacting them. When you hear his ideas they sound pretty obvious.... but they are not obvious until you hear them. Everyone... and I mean EVERYONE... tries to do what he does, but totally opposite of how he does it.

Most people spam, and sell, and push. They also fill their own profiles with nothing but their network marketing opportunity. I was quilty of all of the mistakes but now that I'm doing things correctly, I can meet anyone I want, at any time, and create hundreds of prospects for my business.

Go ahead and pay Max for his $500 boot camp, or buy his $197 package... or email me... in fact, if you're interested in my Network Marketing business, and join it (for $39) I'd just include you in my regular free trainings.

But the bottom line... of all the gurus, programs, books and seminars I've found... Max Steingart's in the one I like the best.

Mind Movies - build video affirmations with this cheap tool

I love the whole concept of "The Secret" and "The Law of Attraction". But writing down affirmations, or taking time to visualize can be surprisingly hard... that is until I stumbled upon someone's visual affirmation on YouTube. I had never posted anything on YouTube because I don't own a video camera... but with a new service called "MindMovies" you can create videos made up of slides.

Scroll down just a bit and hit the "Play" button to see the introduction to MindMovies and see an actual example that the company made.

With MindMovies you go through a 3-step process to create your video. First, using PowerPoint you write the affirmations you want to say to yourself, like "I live life to it's fullest". Second, you upload photos that make you feel good to the MindMovie software. And third, you select music you like. In the MindMovies software you combine all three, and it allows you to do all kinds of effects. If you're more advanced than am, and have a video camera you can also add video clips to your creation.




If you visit the MindMovies.com site you can see an example right on their front page, and they have an entire library of other examples to give you even more ideas of how to use the service.

The best news of all... they only charge $27 for EVERYTHING you need. That's what blew me away about this service. What's more, all of the software you download once you'd paid your $27 fee is free, and MindMovies provides step-by-step tutorials to create your first video.

For only $27 I can't recommend this service highly enough. And in addition to creating "The Secret" type of affirmations, you can create virtually anything else you want... how about a photo montage of your family's last holiday together. Or promote your business with a video. Or if your single create a presentation about yourself and post it to MySpace. The possibilites are endless... all for $27. My hats off to the creators of MindMovies... they've also figured out how to make this a "viral" service by offering $5,000 to whoever creates the most watched MindMovie on YouTube. I love free and cheap internet tools, and this is my current favorite of everything I've found out there.

Which business model is best?

The opportunities are endless. The more I've searched for "the one" opportunity, the one best way to earn income, the more I've uncovered... good and bad. Use the internet for an MLM. Promote "affiliate" programs - directly to places like Amazon, or using ClickBank or Commission Junction. Add AdSense ads to your sites to earn advertising revenue. Create your own product (eBook for example), a service, or offer training - and charge for them.... then sign up at ClickBank to have the affiliates market your new product.

The goal of this site... chronicle my journey... share what I've learned... and hopefully get some of the experts posting here to help me out... I've got a LOT to learn. So I hope you newbies will join me too... and share what you're learning as you go. This post is a placeholder at the top... the following post will always be the newest content....