Ask Tristram Lodge – MLM Mentor & Coach

How can you, someone who has been involved with network marketing for a few months add any sort of value to your prospects?

Well as it happens you can offer quite a lot. Stay with me on this one and I will tell you how you can help others with their business while building yours at the same time. You have heard people talking about adding value, leading with a solution not a business opportunity.

You may have been fortunate enough to have read Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring. (If you haven’t yet I would strongly suggest you do!) So how can someone who has only been in network marketing possibly add any sort of value to anyone else in the industry?

To start with you can share your experience in MLM up until now, the things you have done that work and that don’t work. People love a story so tell your story, the ups and down’s, the good and bad. Tell people why you got started and your background, this can be great to build some common ground.

Something you can do is find articles, videos or training’s that have caught your eye and you have found helpful and share them with your contacts. You can do this through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and  Linkedin. You can find a ton of great content on  Better Networker.

A tool that I have been using for a few weeks now is called AutoTweetX, it pulls content from any website you like with the key words you have picked. You can then check out the content, if it is relevant to your market you can add a bit.ly link and post it to twitter.

If you have used twitter you will have seen the 1000s of ads on there, so by posting this type of non promotional content you will get a good following and build strong relationships. It’s also great for finding great content.

If you do this DO NOT copy and paste the work and present it as your own. This is not ethical and you will get found out as a fraud and someone who is not to be trusted. Simply copy the web address from your web browser and that will take people direct to the article.

What else can you do, well I would suggest that you sign up to as many newsletters as you can. Some will just try and sell you anything and everything so just hit the unsubscribe button. However most will pass on good quality information that you can share with other networkers. They will give you information about useful websites and tools to help you grow your business.

Pass this information onto others and you will soon build a great reputation as a leader and not like most network marketers who are out there selling products and have no interest in actually helping anyone.

At some point you are going to have to start producing your own content. Check out how the leaders write and the subjects they write about. Also get some Copywrite training, this is a skill you will need.

As your list grows, keep sending out quality information at least once a week, twice is better. Have some of your content and some of other peoples. Remember if you are using someone else’s content send your list to that person website or content on the web.

Trust me in the long run it better for your and for them, and they will appreciate you spreading there content around. Its good practice to get into as your content could be passed onto in much the same way. Imagine having your content blasted around the internet, how much would that explode your business and your brand name.

Enjoy sharing the great content that is out there, your prospects will appreciate it and you will grow as a leader and business owner.

Tristram Lodge

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.

When I started out in Network Marketing I was so excited about the prospect of earning a large income, having the opportunity to work when I wanted to and do the things I wanted to do. So I sat down and wrote out my list and started to contact people and all I got was no’s.

Now from this I was told not to worry about it as most people would say no and to just keep working through the list as you will have some that say yes. So I just kept going until the list ran out so I moved on the cold market and doing PPC where I spent a load of money and sponsored very little.

But I was determined to find a way to make this business work. It had to work as the life I was living was just that a life with no style. This was unacceptable to me so I had to find a way to make it work.

That’s when I stumbled across a guy called Mike Dillard and his Magnetic Sponsoring. Basically what Mike teaches is how to use attraction marketing to bring quality prospects to you, all wanting to join you business. No more chasing family and friends, no more home parties, no more going to hotels to meet people, who don’t turn up.

By using attraction marketing and positioning yourself as a leader you will have top quality leads coming to asking for help. They will also want to join your business. Who are these people well other network marketers. Now I’m not talking about pouching people who are already in a networking business but helping those who are struggling. People will always change there business for what ever reason, so be the one that they come to first.

I would like to invite all my readers to check out this website at http://www.MLMHintsAndTips.com/ and start to explode your MLM business today.

Thanks for reading

Tristram Lodge

P.S If you don’t get success from Magnetic Sponsoring with in 12 months I will buy the book back from you at the full price. That means zero risk to you.

P.P.S If you do want your money back I will let you keep all the bonus material you get with the course just for you trouble. Sign up today at http://www.MLMHintsAndTips.com/

Having used Facebook for a while now and made some mistakes, (account deleted!) I have found it a useful source of connections and leads. However on my travels through Facebook I have picked up a few things that may be useful to know.

The first thing people are going to see when they become friends with you is your profile page. This should be an advertisement not for your opportunity but an advertisement about you. This is the place you can sell yourself and done right you will have a ton of people following you wanting what you have to offer.

These are some of the things you can do to make your profile more appealing so you can build better relationships and a bigger list.

1. Your profile picture, this is the top item that people will be drawn to on your page. Make sure you put a good picture of yourself on the page. Don’t put up a logo or a picture of Mickey Mouse! If I wanted to do business with him I’ll go to Disneyland. Let’s see what you look like and who you are. A picture of you will help when others are looking to connect as on Facebook nobody can see your profile until you confirm them as a friend.
2. Your information section should be filled out. This might sound a bit obvious but so many people get this wrong. Put up as much info about yourself as you can, let people know what sports you like to do, your hobbies, films, books and shows you like to watch. This gives others something to connect to when you start building a relationship. I have people who have not asked me about MLM but about something I have out on my profile. They have gone onto my site and signed for more training without me doing anything. Whatever you do don’t put up your corporate company website for your primary business or go on about how much you love to help people. Also stay away from putting anything up about MLM, network marketing etc. People want to know about you not that you are an internet marketer. Do put up your blog, lead generation website and maybe your Twitter page and that’s all you need.
3. Added other pictures of yourself, family, friends and if you have met any of the leaders in the industry even better. That will give you creditability as a network marketer. Pictures make a great talking point and people can see what you are like outside of MLM.
4. Add a welcome video and birthday video. These are great way of introducing yourself when you make new friends. It’s just something else you can do instead of just writing on their wall. Not many people do this at the moment. Most just write a message on your wall so this will get you to really stand out from the crowd.
5. Your status update should be update at least once a day. I have found adding  motivational quotes from people is a great way to get noticed. Also ask a question is another way to interact with your friends.  Don’t add links to your opportunity, find a group that will allow you to do that. I have seen profiles where they are just covered with links to opportunity websites.

Your profile is an extension of yourself so make it about yourself. It can be used to generate leads and build a business so use it to add value to others. If you come across with great quality content and information that’s useful you will build great relationships and friends on this site.

Tristram Lodge