Network marketing has been around for a VERY long time. Unfortunately, with the advent of the internet, how it's done needs to be updated.

And there ARE some pioneers out there who are forging new territory, like Steve Larsen with his "MLM Hacks."

It's a revolutionary concept to me...and I'm glad to see there are finally people out there who are DOING IT.

Because Sales Funnels are for selling...and network marketers are supposed to sell. It makes SO much sense to be selling with funnels.

Because even a CRAPPY funnel sells stuff like crazy.

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Save the date-October 30th-for this free telethon of never-before-told funnel hacking stories! These stories should be hilarious, considering the first one I heard was amazing-he built a funnel selling instructions for how to put together a potato gun out of every day items that you could get at the hardware store, like PVC pipe. Then he came up with an idea for an upsell--he sold a kit on top of that, for about $150. I think he had several different offers in that funnel. Anyway, this Telethon is going to be on October 30. And I'm "all in!" How about you?

Click here to register.

Funnel hacking isn't just an activity. It's  MOVEMENT. Find out what the buzz is about.

Have a great day!

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One of the most frustrating things is growing the business and attracting customers. CONSISTENTLY. But one of the most fantastic things about the internet, is there are people out there who are LOOKING for WHAT YOU HAVE. So how do you help them find you?

Sales Funnels. 

I am a Click Funnels user, and fanatic and maniac-so I am biased about what funnel building software to use. Russell Brunson is an expert at selling stuff. I mean-he started out as a kid, getting junk mail on purpose, and then developed his first funnel by selling instructions for a potato gun. And he had a few upsell offers to go with it.

The whole concept behind click funnels is mind-blowing. Imagine a large corporation with an ad budget. Compare that to a small business with no ad budget. Click Funnels has given people with barely any money at all-the tools to even the playing field. Because the one who spends the most money acquiring a customer wins. But what if that money to acquire customers didn't come out of your pocket?

An example of a recruiting funnel.

You can get started with no products, barely knowing what you're doing-and quickly develop some product offerings on the front end, so that you can spend more on acquiring customers and business builders than the big dogs with an ad budget. This is going to revolutionize sales as we know it. (Can you tell I'm excited?!!!?) The components in a funnel include

• the landing page
• an email autoresponder system so you can keep in touch & cultivate a relationship 
• some offers (like a free report to gift them for giving you their email, and some upsells like books or mini trainings or a webinar masterclass), and 
• perhaps even a membership/training area. 
• You can offer a webinar as a part of your funnel. 
• You can offer any number of products along the way.

What a funnel does is bring people to you who are looking. As they go through your funnel, your funnel works at qualifying or disqualifying them. You give them a free report, or something else of value, and as they move along in your funnel, you offer them things to buy, like a training, a book of valuable information that solve some of their problems. This process gives you the ability to make money to reinvest in ads to grow your business that doesn't come out of your pocket. Your leads pay you, whether they join you or not.

A guy who has had in sane success with this is Steve Larsen (and the reason I love him is because he's DOING IT and he also TEACHES IT in Secret MLM Hacks and on his Sales Funnel Radio podcast), but there are many others that use Sales Funnels. I'm still working on my funnel as I write this.

Youtube

Facebook

People are having wild success with growing their network marketing businesses on facebook. But there is an art to it, so if, like me, you are struggling with it, find someone to teach you how to be more effective with it.

Building a following is an art, and there are gurus who teach how to do it. Building a following on facebook isn't 'automated,' although you can automate parts of it, such as using facebook messenger chatbots.

This is where I struggled for a while; I was sharing about my MLM products, and missing sharing about me. Regardless, people should be motivated to join ME. And why? Why should people join me? I need to differentiate myself from other people who are selling the same thing. I need to show up as a leader, someone truly interested in helping people with what I have to offer. When people recognize you as a thought leader, as someone who shares value, who truly cares about people and solving their problems, people will latch onto you.

And so....having a business page is all well and good, but what you really should be doing is creating a facebook fan page. And share from there. You don't even need to be sharing about your products and opportunity. You should be sharing valuable content that people can't wait to consume. I'm still working on mastering this.

Be strategic about what you put on your personal profile.

Tyson Zahner teaches a number of strategies involving social media. He's also a photographer. So he's had a successful brick and mortar business for a number of years, but he also sees the value in building residual income with network marketing.

Ray Higdon (author of Freakishly Effective Social Media for Network Marketing: How to Stop Wasting Your Time on Things That Don't Work and Start Doing What Does! and Go for No! for Network Marketing) teaches how to grow you Network Marketing business on Facebook. He has a closed facebook group called Rank Makers (which you pay monthly to be a part of) and a blog. He does facebook lives every day in the Rank Makers group, regardless as to where he is or what he's doing. He provides incredible content, offers free reports and audios with helpful tips and information. Interestingly, he also uses a funnel to find people who are interested in learning how to be successful in network marketing. He was a top earner in his MLM and sold it to become a trainer. He teaches various network marketers in a wide variety of companies how to succeed on facebook, what to say, how to say it. His wife is a facebook expert also teaches in Rank Makers.

Speaking of books, I have to suggest this one. Go Pro: 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional Eric Worre is another amazing trainer and a lot of his trainings are free, in video form, and available on Facebook.

Conclusion

I agreed to publish every day for 365 days, "to find my voice." I know, I'm outta my mind.  After years of being away from blogging, and not having to THINK about a blog! The choices were - podcasting, creating video on youtube, and doing facebook lives. I wasn't thrilled about the last three, and returning to blogging seemed to be the easiest option. I've always had a flair for writing, the others, although possible, would be difficult to do every day for a year.

One of the questions they were asking repeatedly was "do you get dressed every day?" and "are you camera-ready?" lol...

...So here I am again.

Currently, I am involved in Click Funnels' 30 Days Summit and subsequent "One Funnel Away Challenge." The book pictured, is the book that came several weeks after I signed on for this. Initially, there were 30 two-comma winners (people who were given two-comma awards for having built funnels that earned over $1,000,000) who were asked the question: "You suddenly Lose Everything...what would you do in 30 days to get yourself back on top?" (Something like that.)  In the members area of 30 Days, Brunson has interviews with all 30 two-comma club participants, and pdf's of their 30-day plans. (The 30 Day Summit is now closed. But you can get on the waiting list, if you're interested.)

But Brunson didn't stop there. He provided a lot of value with those interviews and plans, but he over-delivered. (That's just the way he does things!)

In mid-October, after we had been through most of the 30 participants' interviews and plans, the One Funnel Away Challenge began. This involves tasks assigned to us every day, and we are in the midst of offer creation and creating our sales funnels.

It is labor-intensive, particularly since we all have lives. And in some cases, clients. And jobs. So it will be interesting how it all shapes up.