Carl Willis

Why I Hang Out At Coffee Shops

A network marketing business is built on the strength of relationships.   A person’s ability to initiate and nurture relationships with others is one of the key determinants to the success or failure of their business.  One of my favorite places for relationship building is at the local coffee shops. Coffee shops have become the meeting […]

Bad Pitching Doesn’t Just Happen In Baseball

Bad Pitching Doesn’t Just Happen In Baseball It is World Series time here in America and baseball fans across the country are looking forward to seeing the Giants and Rangers square off.  This got me to thinking about pitching, but not the baseball kind.  I mean network marketing business pitching and in this case bad […]

Lawrence Tam MLM Leader

Lawrence Tam MLM Leader Lawrence Tam is an MLM leader in every sense of the word.  I first became acquainted with Lawrence Tam through my networking activities on Facebook.  Lawrence stood out from the crowd, because of the investment he was making into the lives and businesses of those he came into contact with.    Today […]

Nicole Cooper MLM Inspiration Story

Nicole Cooper MLM Inspiration Story Nicole Cooper has quickly become one of my favorite MLM success stories.  Nicole is a gifted entrepreneur who has allowed her life experiences to shape her into a dynamic leader.   Today I wanted to share the Nicole Cooper MLM story with you in hopes that you will find inspiration for […]

Carl’s Favorite Tools

Carl’s Recommended Business Building Tools These are some of my favorite business building tools and network marketing resources. Article Marketing Autoresponder Your email autoresponder is the backbone of your online marketing strategy.  For such a critical role, it is imperative that you use the best.  Aweber is the most functional autoresponder on the market today.  […]

Magnetic Sponsoring For Beginners

In my network marketing journey, no training has ad as much impact on my business as Magnetic Sponsoring by Mike Dillard . In the pages of this ebook I discovered a whole new way to
look at a network marketing business, by using the principles of attraction marketing. The idea of being pursued instead of being the pursuer made perfect sense.

For those of you who have not …

MLM Matrix Plans

In this post on Understanding MLM Compensation we will
be looking at the advantages and disadvantages of a matrix plan. As discussed previously a matrix sets strict boundaries on width and depth of the MLM downline.

Advantages of the matrix plan

The first advantage of a matrix compensation plan is the concept of spillover. Because there is a limited number of front line spots, generally 2 or 3, any recruits above that

Blogging for network marketers, step 4 – Promoting your blog

Ok, so we’ve chosen your domain, set up your blog and discussed content. Now it is time to promote your 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. I would also recommend you …

Blogging for Network Marketers Step 2 – Developing the Infrastructure

Yesterday, I talked with you about determining your address.  Today I’m going to take you through the next step in the process, the development of your infrastructure.

So you’ve chosen your new domain name; for the purpose of this teaching we’ll assume that you are going to use yourname.com as the domain. You now need to set up the structure that your readers will
arrive at when they enter that domain name.   This can be accomplished using no-cost tools or paid tools.  

On the no cost …

Blogging for Network Marketers Step 1 – What’s the address?

So you’ve decided it is time to claim your piece of virtual real estate, from where you will coordinate all of your online marketing efforts.  Now it is time to choose your location.  In
cyberspace, your street address is your domain. 

Your domain choice is very critical to your marketing efforts. Telling people I live at xyzcompany.com/storefront/default.aspx?id=1234567 is not very appetizing to your prospects, neither is
xyzrep.blogspot.com.  There are basically two routes you should be taking with your domain:

  • It should either contain the keyword or felt need …