Ok, so we’ve chosen your domain, set up your blog and discussed content. Now it is time to promote your network marketing blog. So how do you promote your blog?
The easy answer is to buy advertising, but I’m going to assume if you’re reading this post, you are a beginning marketer who is no rolling in the dough at this time in your life. So I’m going to focus on free resources that are available to you and will allow you to build a substantial business.
- Word of mouth – the easiest and most cost effective form of advertising is simply telling someone about your blog
- Email signatures – place a link on all of your outgoing email correspondence with some sort of tag line (ie: Simple steps for online marketers – www.carlwillis.com)
- Forum signatures – if you are not already hanging out in forums related to your product or company…you should be! Use a similar signature to your email signature in your forum posts. If you are using forums, become a part of the discussion…don’t be a SPAMMER (this means don’t post your product links all over the place….you will be BANNED!!!!!!!) The forum is a place to show your knowledge of the topic and to begin setting yourself apart as the expert. In your forum posts you might say something like this: “The other day on my blog I was discussing this very topic and I pointed out that…..” People buy from and work with leaders in their respective fields…remember that!
- Free classifieds ads – These are just what they say. Free online classified advertising sites. Again, if you’re pitching product or company, you will not see any fruit. Be different, offer something that no one else is. For example you might want to use an ad headline like this: Newsflash About Your MLM: and your ad copy might say this: Nobody Cares About Your Business!
Brand YOU With Your Own System. www.carlwillis.net Here is a list of beginning places for free classified advertising:- USfreeads
- Craigslist
- Backpage
- Stumblehere
- Social Networking – this includes sites like Facebook (You can access a thorough training on Facebook at http://fb.carlwillis.net), Linked-In, Myspace, Plaxo and others. Again these are community building sites. Talk about yourself, your family, your work…but don’t be a SPAMMER!!!! No one wants to receive a daily email from you telling them how they can make a six-figure income in the next 90 days with your opportunity. A good social networking post might look like this: Writing a blog article on how MLM marketers can use their blog to build their business. Remember…BE THE EXPERT!!!!
This is more than enough to get you started. Please contact me if you would like to know more about any of these methods.
In my next post I will give you some strategies for monetizing your blog.
