Ok let’s imagine you’re new to this. You just got started with your networking biz and you want to launch fast.

If you’re not new to this then you’ll still benefit because we all need to ‘re-launch’ our business and create up to date action plans to stay motivated.

Things can get very stale when we don’t inject some new goals and activities into our schedule.

So here goes with 10 simple ways to market your MLM business using both the internet and offline activities:

1) Make a list of everybody you know. This is simple and you can do it. It is SILLY to ignore the people you know already. They know people too! This is networking.

2) Contact everyone on the list and let them know you started a new business. (Follow your team training before you do this) For the ones you feel nervous about just notify them you started a new business and ask if it would be ok to add them to your mailing list so you can be in touch with them occasionally.

Even your old Aunt Mary can pass on information for you. Remember to have good posture and no begging people to join please!

Some people will be curious and ask for info. Don’t blab and ’sell’ them. Use the tools you have at your disposal to do the presenting for the business and schedule a follow up within 24-48 hours.

These people know people too and your list of contacts is your resources list. Dani Johnson teaches this brilliantly.

3) Create a mailing list for the people who are reviewing the business and/or product. Follow up auto responders are great for this or just add them to an email or physical mailing list if that’s what you know how to do. Start where you are and with what you know. Most of this is just common sense. (This does not replace following up on the phone)

4) Create a mailing list for the others who have no immediate interest but are happy to be on your list. Just add them to a simple email list so you can send them updates and offers every now and then. You can ask them to pass them on to their contacts too. This is the auto-responder (email system) I use. It is simple to create a list and has full instructions on how to use it. Go here for your free trial. Email Auto responder

You need to be starting your own organised list of contacts YESTERDAY no matter what business you’re in.

5) Research local networking events. (Google it!) There are usually many low cost networking events. For the price of a visit to the cinema you can connect with quality business people in your local area. Remember this is not about PITCHING them. It’s about connecting with them and exchanging referrals. Some may join you anyway because the timing is right. For those you have synergy with, join each other’s lists and help each other out.

6) Get some business cards. Vistaprint has some great deals for low cost business cards. I recommend everyone have a website which captures details of prospects in exchange for giving them access to something valuable such as a video, a report or a newsletter. If you don’t have that yet don’t use it as an excuse not to take action. Buy your own domain name (sarahjones.com) through Go Daddy and point it to your Facebook profile if you have nothing else for now.

Work with what you do have. You will use these business cards to exchange with people at the networking events.

7) Attend free or low cost seminars on things that are of interest to you. For example attending a property seminar or wealth creation workshop will not only teach you valuable things but will also align you with like-minded people who you can exchange business cards with and add to your mailing list (with their permission) Entrepreneurial type seminars work best but anything educational and of interest to you can connect you with good people to add to your list.

Focus on living an interesting life and getting into conversations with new people. Ask lots of questions and if appropriate add these new people to your mailing list and/or look them up with social media (Facebook etc.) so you can learn more about them and see if they are a prospect.

9) Always lead with value. Think about the person and what you can do for them. Don’t spew your MLM opportunity all over them. Find out if they are someone you’d like to work with and if so move them through the process of reviewing your business. Big gulp. Sometimes you need to overcome your fear of rejection and ask them if they know anyone (3rd party is cool) who might be interested in taking a look …

10) Keep prospecting every day. I recommend you use online social media to meet new people and offline LIFE and networking too. If you sit at home waiting for leads your business can be very slow. Be proactive and do both, especially when you are launching.

There are tons more things you can do but this is a great start for moving yourself off the starting blocks. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed by all the sophisticated marketing stuff you see online. Focus on what you have to offer and on staying in touch with people through your new mailing list.

This way when people’s situation changes they can reconnect with you easily. There is no ‘out of sight, out of mind’ when you have everyone you know on your mailing list.

For more simple training like this sign up for my MLM Rockstar ezine at this blog so you can receive all the latest updates and cool stuff from me. (Practicing what I preach

For more training on how to build a simple mailing list so you can stay in touch with people visit last week’s post: MLM List Building

For my review on Dani Johnson’s fearless prospecting training go here and grab your freebies: Dani Johnson Free Downloads

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So Are You Building a Real List? Oh Really! I may shock you now.

Check this out:

These are just SOME of the business cards I collected a couple of years back when I did a ton of local networking. Yesterday I dug them out and thought DUH Rachel. You’re building a huge list online but what about all these guys?

Now this doesn’t mean I didn’t do the trusty MLM pitch on them way back when cause the chances are I did BUT why are these peeps not in my email list receiving the odd update from me about what I have to offer them in terms of products and services (inc. Network Marketing)

What if their situation has changed? As I’m unable to be present (and don’t really want to be!) at every local networking event how on earth would they stay in touch with me?

This is a classic example of how most networkers are shown to build their candidate list and prospect everyone on it and follow up until they jump off the fence either way.

What then? Some of you may be groaning now as you see where I’m going with this.

Imagine if I (after 7 years of prospecting) had kept every contact through the trillions of leads I bought back in the day and all the networking I’ve done. And what If I’d kept all the emails of my team members who’ve slipped away?

Wow can you imagine how many people I’d be able to stay in touch with just by sending them the odd email with some cool stuff I’m learning along the way?

I’m willing to bet there are 6 figure networkers amongst you who don’t have a list that you can easily communicate with, of all your contacts from the years you’ve been building the business.

You may say ‘well I can find them in my outlook or they’re in my phone.’ What about when you change your phone or your computer dies and you shift to a new one and lose all those email addresses and numbers?

I know it happens cause it has happened to me. SO. What can YOU do today even if you have no BLOG and no capture page and are a complete tecnno twit?

What is your strategy for offering them value to keep them connected with you, rather than phoning them up every 6 months to see if they’re ‘ready’ to give you their credit card number? They may never be ready for your MLM business but they might be ready to buy an MLM product or a cool marketing product from you. (No and before you think of excuses you don’t need to make one yourself!)

Start reconnecting with ALL of the people you know inc. the dreaded friends and family and just ask them if you can pop them on your email list to stay in touch with them now and then so they can forward on the info to anyone they know who might find it helpful.

This is for you if you’ve got piles of old contacts that didn’t join your MLM – do you think they might buy an MLM product from you down the road if you were to stay in touch with them … AND

It’s ALSO for you newbies (I know you’re there) who think you have nothing to offer cause you’re not a ‘GURU.’ You don’t need to be a guru to build your own list.

From now on everyone you meet, instead of breaking out in a cold sweat about how you’re gonna ‘get em in’ your MLM, focus on how you can be in touch with them again.

Collect their card and or get their name to connect on Facebook. If they are business people ask them if you can add them to your mailing list so you can be in touch with them now.

You see how it works?

If you have an auto-responder (with 12 peeps in it!) get cracking. You can add them easily to a list of say ‘local business people’ or ‘family and friends’ and just drop them an informal email to let them know you will be sending them stuff that may help them or someone they know. (They can opt out if they don’t want to be on it but just ask them if it’s ok)

If you are truly doing this, by the end of the year you could have thousands of people on your list ranging from the local right through to peeps you meet on holiday or MLM trips.

Warning. If you don’t do this you are gambling. Will they join my MLM now or not? Yes = cool
No = complete waste of time and no relationship building and no long term safety net

Ok getting the idea? Even if you have no auto-responder (come on guys its $9 a month to build your security) you can still do this even with a card box or manual emails. Not my cup of tea but really there are no excuses for not being in touch with people over a long period of time.

Here’s my old card box from my first company when I was an MLM virgin and retail ninja. These guys are not in my email list! Gonna put that right though now.

Do what you know how to do today. Don’t make excuses. If you only have an empty card filebox like this then use it. That is the start of your ‘list,’ The golden nugget here is that you must make a way to stay in touch with these people even when they are not just current customers or prospects.

I made thousands and thousands of pounds with this box and you can do the same with your list even if you have no one on it yet. We all know people and you can start to add them not sell them!

Social networking has made it thousands of times easier to reconnect so start rebuilding your connections today. I’m gonna add all those people on these cards to a list and drop them a little email. If there’s no email I’ll be looking for them on Facebook or phoning them just to reconnect and ask if its ok to add them to my mailing list to stay in touch.

If you need an autoresponder I highly recommend this one. It’s super easy to use and you can manually add people as long as you’re telling them you’re doing it. Yes this is an affiliate link and you can get a free trial here if you want. Set Up Cheap Auto-Responder

Ok enough list ranting but really it had to be said!

I set up a new Business Page on Facebook so please come ‘like’ me and let’s connect over there too. I’ll be giving out lots of tips and training for building your business.I seem to be having trouble with people finding this page so if you try to ‘like’ me and can’t see it could you pretty please leave me a comment to let me know? (Thanks)
Rachel Henke on Facebook

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If you’ve been following my Blog for a while you’ll know that I have been pretty successful at using attraction marketing to draw people towards me in all kinds of cool ways.

I’ve built a great list of fabulous like minded people (like you) who read my Blogs and many of whom interact with me in the social media space.

I’ve enrolled some fabulous people all over the globe whom I never would have met if I was just working locally.

Learning this skill set has also enabled me to write and market my own e-books and websites for other projects, which has long been my dream.

What I’ve also experienced in the past year since I released my 7 Pieces of the Attraction Marketing Puzzle report are lots of mixed messages from people.

Many are over the top EXCITED at the possibilities of using the internet to generate prospects for FREE! I’ve received so many cool messages from people thanking me for laying things out so clearly.

Whilst others are really p_ssed off at people like Mike Dillard and Ann Sieg.

I don’t think anyone’s very cross with Mike Klingler cause he’s just too cute and has too much heart. He’s absolutely my favourite of the Attraction Marketing gurus, even though he’s turned off MLM.

In my 1.5 year attraction marketing journey I’ve always preached ‘in school,’ as opposed to old school or new school so I haven’t experienced any backlash from my followers, although I have had multiple heated debates with Randy Gage (my upline) who is trying ever so hard to keep us on the straight and narrow! Read more here

Anyway I want to clear up a few things here for those of you that are confused and going cross eyed every night with your laptops trying to figure out what to do next!

Attraction Marketing certainly does work. It is what all successful people do in any business. They attract people to what they offer by giving VALUE.

My definition of Attraction Marketing is the art of giving value through whatever marketing methods you’re using AND

People finding your stuff and checking out what you have to offer of their own accord.

Now for the old school diehards who hate everything to do with this but who practice it authentically in their every action often without knowing, it is tricky cause they understand how hard this is to teach.

We want to keep things simple and duplicative don’t we?

Yes well I sure do. But I also want to use the internet so that I can prospect all over the world from my home in a tiny village in South East England.

So if you like the sound of this then it’s for you. If you prefer to work locally and hate spending time on your computer then it’s not!

I’m ok with that. You do what’s right for you.

Let’s do a quick Q and A on Attraction Marketing:

Q: Well Rachel does this mean I never have to speak to anyone about my MLM again.

A. Short Answer. NO! You need to work your little socks off and use both on and offline methods (hello remember the telephone?) to build a real network of real people. You must still exit your house and live your life!

Q. Can I work multiple MLMs with Attraction Marketing?

A. I think the chances of you being successful for long lasting passive income are close to zero. Sorry. I know it may look pretty and can work for SALES but not for MLM. Your guys won’t know what you’re promoting each day of the week so my best advice to you comes from the great Eric Worre of Network Marketing Pro ‘back one horse and stick with it.’ Or something like that!

Q. Does everyone need to be a super geek to use the internet to generate leads?

A. NO! All you need is some kind of simple capture page that collects prospects’ details in exchange for something VAUABLE.

Ok that’s it. There’s a ton of free info at this Blog about the fundamentals of generating leads online and turning them into subscribers and business partners.

Do me a favour and stop buying into all the hype. Take the best and leave the rest. Online is brilliant but it is just a METHOD for connecting with real people.

To build this business you need your MOUTH and keyboard to invite people to take a look, 3rd party tools (DVDs and websites) to make the presentation, and a phone, skype or your legs to follow up. It’s pretty simple when you think about it!

If this makes sense to you please share the love on the buttons below.

More sensible stuff about how to work your business using the internet to follow soon so keep your eyes on your inbox (but remember to leave your house sometimes!)

Over and out.

If you have questions about any aspect of generating leads with the internet you can post them here or send them to my email@ Rachel at Rachelhenke.com (Please don’t try and ‘attract’ me as I’m not on the market!) I will reply to them in the MLM Rockstars ezine so make sure you’re signed up for that here at the blog.

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As Network Marketers it’s all too easy to overlook our personal strengths and talents in our quest to duplicate the ’system.’

Today I’d like to share with you some enlightening information about the importance of tuning into your unique wealth profile.

If you’ve already taken the Wealth Dynamics Psychometic Test then you’ll be nodding your head. But not so fast; unless you have achieved the wealth you desire don’t nod so fast!

Go dig out your wealth profile and study it. Are you in flow with your natural strengths?

If this is all new to you then it’s the perfect time to be discovering exactly what it is you should be doing to create your wealth in this new economy.

Here are some key points to give you a clear idea on what you can expect from taking the Wealth Dynamics Test

• An entrepreneur’s guide to finding your flow

• Identify your unique profile out of 8 wealth building strategies with this unique test

• Find the path of least resistance (phew that always feels good right?)

(For those of you familiar with the universal laws, this is aligned with ‘the law of least effort.’ Many people think this means sitting back and waiting for everything to come to you. After much study on this subject I think it means that you are finding the way to attract the right people, projects and ACTIONS to take)

• Where to invest your time for maximum returns (sort of like wealth creation time management and you’ll have a better idea what you can outsource and what you should focus on)

• Clarity – as entrepreneurs we often have so much passion, drive and enthusiam that we confuse ourselves & our team members! Clarity is essential for creating long term wealth. Otherwise you can burn out and find yourself having to ’see how it goes.’

• Team Building – Well this is important for Network Marketing. You can apply this for any entrepreneurial venture but in MLM it will help you identify your team members’ strengths and help you to understand that you will not do well trying to do everything on your own. This is popularly known in MLM as ‘grinding.’

• Personal Strengths – What are yours? The more talented you are in many areas the more challenging it can be to identify your strongest areas to focus on. This test will clear up that confusion

What can you learn for MLM?

By understanding your own Wealth profile you can more clearly understand the importance of where you can fit into the system that can be duplicated in your team.

You can tap into your flow and although Network Marketing systems can feel restrictive for Entrpreneurs who like to create things themselves’ they are essential if you want to build a large group and retire young!

If you need to create your own system then this will help you to understand what you need to borrow from others and what you can contribute yourself for maximum results.

If you’re seriously studying wealth creation you’ll know that it is wise to be conscious of the law of attraction and what you are manifesting with your words and actions.

With this in mind I found it interesting to see that the Wealth Dynamics profiling test talks about the importance of ‘resonance’ and ‘energy vibration.’

Here is an excerpt from my ‘Creator’ profile:

‘Every successful wealth creator has experienced the magic of resonance. As you follow your natural path, you attract the most incredible people, opportunities and wealth that are aligned to your path and purpose.’

If you’d like to create additional streams of income as an entrepreneur I highly recommend this test. If you’re focussed on Network Marketing it can help you to understand where to invest your time and efforts from a team and system point of view.

You can take the Wealth Dynamics Test and Create your own profile here: Wealth Dynamics Test

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We had some great comments and personal stories at the blog in response to the JC Maxwell Review and you can read them here by clicking on the link.

I received 5 books to give away so have to choose just 5 but of course I’d love to send one to each one of you that took the time to share your ‘MLM communication’ experience.

Thanks for sharing and there is a lot to learn from the comments so even if you already checked out the review make sure to go back and read the comments so you can avoid making some of the costly and embarrassing mistakes some of the contributors have made!

One involves a low flying budgie on someone’s head, another; an expensive dinner and yet another, a dramatic Japanese ‘learning to listen’ experience!

Seriously all the comments are great and some are very amusing but painful in that you can just imagine what they went through in the name of MLM!

You can learn alot about communication for your MLM business in this post but also if you’d like to receive free books from publishers for blogging, then there is a very valuable lesson here for you too.

So who are the 5 lucky winners?

Well it wasn’t easy to choose.

So many great ones!

But we had to. I enlisted some help from another source too so here goes and in no particular order:

• Tony Fleming (just loved the budgie!)
• Mark Hibbitts (very relevant to the question)
• Steve Nicholas (I can feel your pain & it’s something we can all learn from!)
• Russell Cooper (For showing that you can achieve high levels of success and still need to work on yourself for better results)
• Collette Morris (For summing it up very neatly in a short paragraph)

Please be in touch with me to claim your free book via email as I’ll need your address.

With special mentions for Becky Joubert, Adrian Reddish, Lavinia Osbourne, Gregg Moscoe and Lisa Wood for sharing great value.

You can check out the book review and videos here to learn more about the new book, ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect’: JC Maxwell Book Review

I just created a new business fan page and will soon be sharing some detailed training on how to use one for your business so if you’d like to network there please pop on over and ‘like’ my page.

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Today I’m excited to review Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John C Maxwell. Maxwell has long been a favourite author of mine.

For those of you who are new to his work let me introduce you. Listen to my short video message explaining how you can win the book or read below:/p>

John Maxwell is the ‘go to guy,’ on leadership and in his latest book, ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect,’ he shares his 5 Connecting Principles and 5 Connecting Practices.

The first observation in the book that really hit me was, ‘Talk is cheap, everybody does it.’

Everyone is so busy talking but so many are NOT listening! Waiting for the other person to stop talking so we can jump in and say our piece, is a habit that we need to get control of to become successful in connecting with other people.

This is the key for prospecting and team building in MLM. If you spend most of your time with your prospect talking AT them, as so many do, by the end of your time together you may suddenly realise that you didn’t even manage to establish what their motivation for possibly joining your team would be!

I’ve done it and have certainly been guilty as charged. Have you?

Do you spend so much time talking about how great your company or team is that you forget to CONNECT with your prospect and find out what THEY really want?

John Maxwell’s book is not a heavy read but does give you nutritious food for thought. ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect,’ will take you through the basics, right through to the more advanced strategies of how to really connect with people.

A recurring theme in the book is the need to ‘add value’ to people. This is so relevant for marketing your Network Marketing or MLM business online with new technology.

You’ve probably heard many times in your marketing studies that you need to add value. By adding value you become more attractive to your prospects.

People will join your ‘list’ and more importantly stay in it IF and only IF you add value to their lives.

They are being pitched and sold all day long, every day. It can be very tiresome so the way to stand out from the crowd online (and off!) is to really focus on adding value.

This is even more critical for online marketing because you need to first attract your prospects’ attention in this busy internet highway!

Maxwell covers connecting one-on-one, in a group or with an audience so this book is valuable for all business building activities, and will teach you how to become a more effective networker.

I do read many books that are specialised Network Marketing books but I also recognise the immense value in studying with leaders in other fields.

You can pick up many fresh leadership ideas by reading others leaders’ work and applying it to your MLM business.

People are people at the end of the day, and it doesn’t matter what business you are in, you must learn to effectively influence them if you are to be successful.

John Maxwell has such a genuine voice that leaps of the page and easily engages you.

You can tell that he really cares about connecting, and one of the best tips I found in the book was, ‘the best advice I can give you is for you to learn how to be yourself.’

It’s worth taking a few moments to reflect on that one. It could be a major breakthrough for you.

Another golden nugget I found was: ‘Any message you try to convey must contain a piece of you.’ I took this to mean that your readers or listeners will know if you are not being authentic.

There are some great examples through the book so it is an interactive experience of reading, thinking and learning. Here are a few:

• What we say accounts for only 7 percent of what is believed.
• The way we say it accounts for 38 percent.
• What others see accounts for 55 percent.

Here’s a fun video of John demonstrating the dangers of poor communication.

As a result of my connecting through my Blog, Thomas Nelson; Maxwell’s publisher contacted me to ask if I’d like to receive a free copy of the book to read. I said ‘you bet!’

They also sent me 5 glossy hard backs, fresh off the printing press for me to share with my Blog readers. No strings attached and not dependent on my review. I thought that was very cool!

I have them sitting here in my office ready to send to you.

Fancy a free copy of this fabulous book so that you can improve your connecting skills with your summer reading?

All you need to do to be entered into the free book contest is to leave me your comment here at the Blog, about how your communication skills have impacted your Network Marketing business.

Please give a specific example, whether positive or negative, as we can all learn and improve by sharing our experiences. Go on do it now while you’re here and it might be you receiving your free book in the post this summer. It’s so much fun to win a cool prize.

We’re not looking for a essays! A short but relevant comment will do just fine.

I’ll be posting again soon on how I see ‘Everyone Communicates, Few Connect,’ can assist bloggers and social media marketers to be better communicators because after all it was through my Blog that this opportunity came to me!

I’d like to thank Thomas Nelson for reaching out to me and look forward to selecting the most relevant comments for the 5 winners of the free book.

p.s I have Blog readers from all over the globe so dependent on where you live I may need to charge a small fee just to cover the postage. The book retails at $25.99 and will make a wonderful addition to your personal leadership library.

p.p.s Leave your comment now and you could be one of the lucky winners!

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Here’s a 3 minute video to show you how to convert a screenshot or other image into a JPEG format so you can easily share images on your blog posts or other social media sites.

It’s easy when you know how but a right pain when you don’t!

Hope it’s helpful. Please leave a comment and share it if so!

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I recommend icontact for a number of reasons:

You don’t need a ‘double opt in’ but you can choose it if you prefer. Many subscribers are lost every day because they forget to go and double opt in (ie; click again) when they receive the first email. Mike Klingler and Mike Dillard both recommend icontact and I set up all my systems with it.

It has great deliverability (your emails reach your subscribers)

There is also a free trial (without a credit card!) and a low subscription rate ($9.95 per month) for those with a small list (up to 250) so it’s perfect for newbies. On top of that it’s easy to navigate around & has great tracking features which tick the boxes with me!

So let’s get started:

If you didn’t yet set up your Wordpress Blog and Add Your Plugins go here and do this FIRST! Wordpress Blog Set Up

A) Create Your First List! (If you’re using a different auto-responder, the overview will be the same as this, and there should be tutorials in your account to help you)

1) Sign up for your free trial (add link) Click on ‘pricing’ and choose ‘Starter Plan.’ You upgrade as your list grows.
2) Log into your new account
3) Go to ‘My Contacts’ & ‘Create a List’
4) Give the list a relevant name
5) Tick ‘Send me email notifications.’ (So you receive your leads to your inbox!)
6) Add a welcome email. Welcome your new subscribers and here you can give them a link to any free bonus you are offering for the sign up to your blog.
7) SAVE!

B) Create Your Sign Up Form for Your Blog (so you can collect unique leads!)

1) Go to ‘Create a New Sign Up Form’
2) Leave the colours as they are and click ‘Next’
3) Give your form a relevant name, so you can identify it
4) Tick the box to attach your sign up form to the relevant list you just created
5) Tick options that will show on your sign up form ie;
First Name will be ‘1′
Last Name will be ‘2′
Phone ‘3′ (optional – depending on what you are offering when they sign up)
Email (essential) ‘4′
SAVE. (These numbers are the order in which the fields will show on your finished sign up form)

Then Icontact produces a code for you. Choose the ‘manual code’ (because you can go in and tweak it on your site later if you need to)

Paste the code on ‘notepad’ and save to desktop for now so you can easily locate it.

C) Add Sign Up Form to Your Blog (you are in business!)

1)In a new window log in to your wordpress blog admin area. Click on ‘appearance’ and ‘widgets.’

2)You will see a list of ‘available widgets’ in the middle. Choose a ‘Text’ box and drag it over to your sidebar (where your widgets will be displayed)

3)Copy and paste your Manual Sign Up Form Code into this Text Box widget and SAVE.

4)View Blog and you should see your sign up form displayed. (If not – try again until you get familiar with the back office and widgets)

5)If you want your sign up button customised just find the place in the code that says ’submit’ and change it to what you want. (Cool hey?)

Congratulations! You have just set up your first list!

Next step is to start ‘driving traffic’ or ‘attracting prospects’ to your wordpress blog. (Start with Facebook and Twitter – you can find lots of free training on this blog in the categories: Social Media & MLM Leads)

If you’d like to learn more about how my internet coaching can help you both in the UK and beyond, and/or need technical help go here for details: Internet Marketing Coaching

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Here’s a long overdue follow up to my

Conspiracy of the Rich book review I did last year.

As a result of my blogging, Robert Kiyosaki made a video for me and he gave us a tip about silver being the best thing we can buy now to protect ourselves against the coming economic collapse.

You can find the video here if you didn’t see it yet: Rich Dad On MLM & Silver

There was so much interest in this video and book review I thought you might want to see a recent interview that Robert Kiyosaki gave where he talks very specifically about gold and silver as investments.

Watch it here:

What do you think? I also received this link from a good friend, to a very informative video about silver and what’s really going on with it!

Watch here:

Silver is rarer than gold and the price will explode, says Adrian Douglas of

Market Force Analysis

I’m no financial expert so make sure to do your own research! Please leave a comment and share this with those who are looking to improve their financial education.

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If you’ve had a blog for even a short while you’ll probably have realised that things they are a changing online all the time!

You just get one thing sorted out and you hear of something better right?

It can be confusing but it’s really important to build your business around some core activities. In the same way it’s also important to create a blog that will be still be around years from now.

When you set up and enthusiastically maintain your wordpress blog, you really are able to create your own ‘internet real estate,’ because you actually do own it!

Plugins are like the bells and whistles that enable your blog to be heard! A blog with no plugins is like a car with no petrol (gas, for my American readers!)

They are special add on features that enable you to customise your blog to suit you, and are one of the main benefits of a wordpress blog.

Which Plugins To Use?

With Wordpress Plugins there are many options and when you first get started you may find it tricky to know which ones to use so I put together a little guide here so you can find the ones that might be best for you:

I’ve had my Wordpress blog for a couple of years now and although it took me a while to even add some plugins because I didn’t understand them; there are some that I have been using for a long time now and are still the most recommended ones today.

I call these the Essential Plugins because they are fundamental to the smooth running and success of your blog.

Essential Plugins:

Akismet – catches the spam and defends your blog. (Not exciting plugin but essential!)

Google Analytics – Tracks your blog so you know where your traffic is coming from and how many visitors you are getting. Awesome plugin!

Google XML Sitemaps – Helps google, Yahoo, Bing & Ask better index your blog

All In One SEO Pack -Brilliant for Search Engine Optimisation (Being found on the internet)

Sociable – Sharing Buttons at the bottom of each post so readers can share your content more easily. This is a very dependable plugin, I’ve found.

Tweetmeme – Special twitter plugin which encourages readers to easily tweet your post. I love this one!

Other Upcoming Favourites:

Sexy Bookmarks – Looks very cool but I’ve only just installed it. Try it and see. This could be instead of or as well as Sociable

What Would Seth Godin Do? – Some bloggers rave about this. The first time I installed it, it didn’t work for me. I’ve just installed it again now so will test it. (Seth Godin is a very successful blogger, marketer and author; hence the plugin!)

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – There are many of this type of plugin and you’ll need to test the different ones and see what works best for you. I’m still not sure about this as sometimes it works great and other times not! In theory it’s great as it encourages your readers to continue reading more related posts at your blog so it is worth persevering.

Comment Luv – Encourages commenting as shares your reader’s latest blog post on their comment. Am still testing this one.

Disqus – This is a whole networking profile software and it’s very good for collecting all your comments on other blogs, as well as comments on your own, in one place. There can be a few bugs in it though I have found. Try it and see how you like it.

Viper’s Video Quicktags – Allows you to post video more easily. I haven’t used this yet but will give it a go.

It’s very easy to find these plugins. Just go to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

Key in the name of the plugin you want and you will see it as follows:

You can now install the plugins with just a simple click of the mouse from within the admin section of your blog by following along with the instructions.

I hope this helps you. Please leave your comments and feedback on these plugins and what your personal experience has been.

I’m sure I’ve missed some great plugins so if you’d like to add some please do so in the comments.

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