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By now I think most people in the world know about blogs.

What most don’t know as there is a great income to be made as well for free.

Rob Benwell is only a mere 24 years old and has already made several million dollars. Early in 2006 he shared his secrets with the world in his highly successful Blogging To The Bank ebook and has made making money online a whole lot easier for everyone.

Just over two years after the success of his first book and over 20,000 copies sold of it and the 2007 2.0 update he is now releasing his third version of Blogging to the Bank helping to wet our appetites and keep the fat bucks rolling in.

I got this book as soon as I could and it covers quite a lot of new information and techniques to adapt your blog to the new demands of the major search engines. Many of the techniques in the old book are now dated and don’t work so well. This is why Blogging To The Bank 2010 is a godsend.

Also this guy doesn’t consider himself to be a “guru”, he’s just a normal guy who wants to help the little guys out. I find this a nice change as he doesn’t talk “down” to you like most of the other guys do. He explains everything in a nice simple manor so everyone can understand.

Saying that when he “goes off on one” it may take a few reads until you get it but when you do it’s just shear genius. Some of the topics in my opinion could have been covered a little more, then others went into great detail. You also get his 5 Blogging Commandments For 2010 that you must follow to give you blogs the greatest success in 2009 and keep them future proofed. This should be printed out and put on the wall of every online marketer without a doubt! His book starts off with market research (so that you are making the most of your time) to building your blogging empire. Everything is covered in this new outing that helps bloggers withtodays online issues regarding making the all mighty search engines happy.

Final Verdict: if you are out there in the blogging world and want to make money the easy way then I highly recommend Blogging To The Bank 2010.

Why work harder than you need to as the new techniques are there ready for you to simply implement.

Click here for your copy of Blogging To The Bank 

Tristram Lodge

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There are lots of people these days looking to start there own home based business due to the state of the economy, lots of redundancy’s, house prices in free fall etc. There are 100s of different opportunities out there for you to do. But which is the one you should choose. I wanted to write this not to get you in to my opportunity, that’s not what this about, but to give you an insight in to what you should be looking for.

Here are some guidelines that you should be sticking to when looking into one of these opportunities. They are in order of importance and you may or may not agree with them but here is what you need to look for.

1)  The first thing and the most important thing you need to look at is YOU. That’s right you are the single most important factor in the whole business. You are the one who has to the work. Far too many people come into these businesses with the attitude that they are doing the person that introduced them to it a favour by signing up. Let me tell you, you need me more than I need you since you’re the one who needs to make more money or what ever your reason. Also are you prepared to learn new things, do things that you’re not combatable doing, take knock backs and disappointment. Are you prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals, if the answer is ‘no’ then stop reading now and find something better to do with your time.

2)  The second thing you need to look at is why you want to do this business is the support that you are going get from your upline (the person who sponsors you). How is your upline going to help and support you, do they have a system in place that will help make your business successful. If they don’t have a system how do you think your business venture will end. Ask them out right how they develop leads and how they pay for those leads. Good tip here you should never pay for leads. Also Google there name and see what they are up to online, see what kind of person they are, you will be surprised.

3)  The third thing is the training that the company provides. Do they have local and national training, website training, who are the leaders who give the training? Will you be trained about the products and how to build a business. Will your upline show you how to use the internet to bring in business. What resources do they use and do they have a system that you can duplicate.

4)  Find out about the marketing plan and how you will make money. Can your upline train you so that you will be able to stand on your own two feet and make an income.

5)  Next we come to the products, you don’t need to try the products to see if you like them unless you plan on being your only customer. You don’t have to be excited about them or like them, do you think that a man who sells women’s shoes tries the product first, or someone who sells nuts and bolts gets excited about it. The products are there to help solve a problem that’s it. The best thing to do is get your family and friend’s opinion of them by letting them use them and you will get a much better overview of the products. All you really need to know about the products is what are they and can you use them.

6)  Find out about the sales kit. Yes this will cost you some money, there is no such thing as a FREE lunch, get over it. This is an investment in your future, most people will pay into a pension that is more than likely not worth the paper it is written on and not bat an eye lid. Ask what is in the pack and can you use the products.

7)  And finally we come to the company. If your potential upline has a great system in place, a complete training    system, a way to generate 1000s of endless leads and customers, a method to put money in your pocket and is someone who can teach you to become a success then it does not matter about the company. You know what the products are and that they are a successful company then that’s all you need to get started.

These are only my guidelines you need to do what you think is best for you. Enjoy working your new business and enjoy meeting the great people you will meet in the industry. Thank you for reading.

Tristram Lodge.

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Now if you have been on Facebook for sometime you may well have joined a few groups of the things that interest you. But have you had the foresight to start your own group yet?

If the answer is no then you are missing out on a gold mine of prospects, leads and income for your business and here’s why. Your group on Facebook can be as large as you like, however you will only be able to email 5000 people at a time.

However don’t let that deter you, there still alot you can do with your group.

Setting up your new group could not be easier. Simply click on you groups icon at the bottom of any of the pages and you will be taken to the groups page. There you will have a tag the say “create new group” Click on that and fill out the details of what your group is about. Put as much information as you like.

If you are an internet marketer, a great group would be something with your name in the title, for instance my group is called “Tristram Lodge’s MLM Rock Stars – A Place For Network Marketers To Meet”

If you want to brand yourself then putting your name in the title is a sure fire winner, and Google will love it! However your group will not be public. This means that only people with a Facebook account and who are logged in will be able to view your group. The way around this is to setup your own Fan Page. (I will talk about these later)

You want to keep your group member updated on a regular basis with informative topic’s and value. DO NOT PROMOTE YOUR OPPORTUNITY, your group members will leave quicker than they join you.

Talking about group members and how to get them, click the Invite People To Join on the left side of the page and click on which of your friends you would like to invite. I always add a message as you will get more people to join.

I send out emails every couple of days with interesting articles, videos and forum posts I have read. I also post inspirational quotes on the group wall. If you are adding great content and value your group will grow as people will suggest your group to their friends.

You can also create a group event. This is a great tool and I use this every week for a webinar invite. Really simple to set up, just select Create Group Event, fill out the details like date, time and location.

Go onto the next step and fill out the details of the event, add a photo and put a category for your event. Next you can publish your event and it will be posted on your wall and your friends home pages.

Last thing you can do is invite your friends, there is a box at the bottom of the page where you can invite everyone in the group. Just tick the box and click Send Invites. You can also invite any of your friends who are not in you group by selecting them and clicking Send Invites.

Thanks for reading and I would like to extend an invite to you for my group on Facebook. Just head over to “Tristram Lodge’s MLM Rock Stars – A Place For Network Marketers To Meet” and I look forward to seeing you there.

Tristram Lodge