No one Told Me About all of the Work to Get Prospects

No one Told Me About all of the Work to Get Prospects. If your like me, when you joined Network Marketing, you thought, Hey a great way to make money, Have fun and kick back,huh?  Well come to find out after 6 years of forceing it to work, it is alot of WORK. Today I have decided to see if I could cover all of the bases with you of what has to happen to make sure you are getting all of the leads you need. Let's start with a list I found on the Internet because it spells it out clearly. If you can think of any other thing we should be doing, reply and add to this list.

 
Here's a summary of what NEEDS to be accomplished:-

Establish your website presence on the Internet Multiply Yourself All Over the Web Project YOU as an Obvious Expert Magnetically Attract Search Engine Robots Siphon off Targeted Visitors from the Internet Pre-Qualify (Pre-Sell) Your Website Visitors

Now, let's look at some of the strategies that will help you achieve all of the above:-

     Success Strategy #1 Level: 12 Hrs

Attract Organic, Targeted Visitors by Becoming Excellent Search Engine Fodder:

This is an Easy & Long Term strategy. By submitting your website URL to leading Search Engines and Directories, you will start showing up on natural search results, by REAL people, bringing in a constant stream of eager visitors to your website.

However, just submitting your site is not enough. It has to be done along with other tasks below. Further, submitting your site to a group of 150 hand-picked search engines is found to give good results.

Caution: Using automated software that claim to submit your site to 10,000 search engines have been proven futile. In fact, it does more harm than good. Manual submission at the right time will ensure faster crawling and quicker indexing.

Task: 8 "trying" hours (5 mins. per submission X 150 search engines)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Credibility
 

Success Strategy #2 Level: 75 Hrs

Get One-way "Back-Links" from Leading Online Directories to Boost Your Search Engine Rankings & Improve Positioning:

This is quite a "back-breaking" task, but, worth the effort. By submitting your website URL to Link Directories, your website positioning will start moving up to the top of the search engine results page.

That's the reason why just search engine submission is not enough. It is no use when your website is listed on the 7th page of the results. In order to be effective and to get maximum traffic, your website should appear within the first 20 results. 

There are over 750 "quality" link directories to submit your site. However, proper care has to be taken in choosing the right category for each directory. Also, while submitting, using different descriptions is found to give better results instead of the same description, for all the directories.

Task: 75 "Grueling" hours (6 mins. per submission X 750 Directories)

Benefits: Traffic, Ranking, Positioning
 

Success Strategy #3 Level: 125 Hrs

Boost Your Credibility, Attract Targeted Traffic and Pre-Sell Your Prospects Using Articles:

Submitting your article to leading articles directories is a "tried and tested" way to bring in traffic to your website. Though the task is daunting, it is one of the best methods.

Article directories are frequently visited by search engine 'robots' because they love content rich sites. When they find YOUR website link, they will start 'crawling' and indexing your site too.

Publishing articles will also double up as a 'lead-generator' because many newsletter publishers rely on new content made available at leading article directories.

To start with, you need a minimum of 1500 submissions. It could be 2 articles submitted to 750 sites or 10 articles to 150 sites. The ideal strategy would be to submit 3 articles to 500 sites, over a period of time.

Task: 125 "crushing" hours (at 5 mins. each for 1500 submissions)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Credibility
 

Success Strategy #4 Level: 6 Hrs

Press Release - Let The World Know About Your Site!:

Gone are the days when you "just build a site -- and they will come".

There are billions of websites on the Internet, competing against each other, for getting the attention of visitors.

Writing and submitting your own "Press Release" is a proven way to attract hordes of new visitors to your website. Further, search engine "crawlers" are highly "active" on "Press" sites thus, multiplying your chances of getting into their index or ranking higher up, if your site is already listed.

Task: 6 "tiring" hours (at 10 mins. per submission to 30 "Press Sites" plus 1 hour to write the press release copy)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Credibility, Competitive-Advantage
 

Success Strategy #5 Level: 5 Hrs

Get Precious Back-Links from High PR Classified Sites:

It is no use submitting classified ads nowadays. But, there is a group of about 50 classified sites that rank very high on the search engines.

As a strategic move, it would be beneficial to get those 'precious' links back to your website from those 'Elite' locations.

Search engines rank you by the number of 'quality' links that are coming into your website. So, it is essential that you please the search engines to improve your site's positioning.

Further, you may also get some visitors from classifieds though, you can call that a trickle.

Task: 5 "trying" hours (at 5 mins. per submission to 50 high PR classified sites, plus 1 hour to write the ad copy)

Benefits: SEO, Credibility, Ranking
 

Success Strategy #6 Level: 10 Hrs

Divert Traffic From Other People's Blogs:

By talking about your website, business and services on several high PR Blogs, you will not only get traffic, you will also get those 'precious' back-links, resulting in boosted search engine rankings.

Most Blogs in your niche allow visitors to write comments to their posts. By doing so, you will serve dual purposes. First, you become an 'active' participant by sharing your thoughts on the subject, resulting in enhancing your credibility. Second, you will please the search engines that result in better positioning of your website.

You can also expect a decent amount of traffic by commenting on Blogs related to your niche.

Caution: When writing comments to other people's blogs, you actually need to 'contribute' something valuable to the author's post. Spam is strictly prohibited and not recommended.

Task: 10 "daunting" hours (at 6 mins. per comment to 100 Blogs)

Benefits: SEO, Credibility, Traffic, Authority
 

Success Strategy #7 Level: 12 Hrs

Get Highly Targeted Leads Using Forums:

There are hundreds of forums on every imaginable topic on the Internet.

By participating on leading forums in your niche, you will not only get a steady stream of highly targeted traffic, but you will also get back-links.

As an added bonus, you will become an authority figure and boost your credibility.

When people visit your site from a forum, they already know and trust you. This plays a very important role in converting visitors to paying customers.

Caution: When participating in forums, you must 'contribute' to the discussion going on there. Don't just leave your URL there. Unlike most blogs, spam-looking posts and replies will be removed in no time.

Task: 12 "punishing" hours (at 15 mins. per post/reply to 50 Forums, including registration at each forum)

Benefits: SEO, Credibility, Traffic, Authority
 

Success Strategy #8 Level: 7 Hrs

Build Your Own Army of Affiliates:

If you are selling anything online, you must be having your own Affiliate Program. If not, start one immediately.

Affiliates reach a wide range of target markets and more importantly, they are trusted by their subscribers.

Know how the "Gurus" make 7-figure incomes?

Ever wondered how a new product sells off within hours of launching?

A well nurtured affiliate network (also called as JV Partner) brings in pre-sold, targeted traffic. It is like an ATM machine. Start your own affiliate program, let affiliates join and you pay only when they make a sale!

Affiliate Marketers are always looking out for new products to sell to their lists. They keep lurking around 'special' hangouts called 'Affiliate Directories' that categorize and enlist various affiliate programs.

So, though daunting, the benefits of submitting your affiliate program to leading affiliate directories is well worth the time and effort.

Task: 7 "excruciating" hours (at 15 mins. per post to 30 Affiliate Directories, including registration)

Benefits: Sales, Leads, Traffic, Affiliates, JV Partners, Credibility
 

Success Strategy #9 Level: 5 Hrs

Distribute Your Website Content All Over The Internet At No Cost:

If you are not yet using RSS to distribute content, you are seriously lagging behind.

RSS feeds allow you to automatically distribute your website content to other people Blogs, Websites, Forums etc. without you ever lifting a finger.

Again, it is easier than you think, but requires time. Just create an RSS feed for your website and post to various RSS Directories.

Task: 5 "tearing" hours (at 10 mins. per feed to 30 Directories)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Ranking
 

Success Strategy #10 Level: 3 Hrs

Help Real Visitors Find Your Website Quickly AND Tell Others About You, At No Cost:

Social Book Marking sites can get you a huge number of traffic. You ought to have a great content to hit the front page. If you hit the front page of Digg or Netscape, you will have a good time seeing visitors flow by your site. Stumbleupon and Del.icio.us can get you traffic in the long term.

Further, people visiting those 'high-traffic' social book marking sites have the ability to 'vote' for your site that makes it go up on the listing, resulting in even more publicity and targeted traffic.

Caution: While it is easy to bookmark your own sites (or the sites you are an affiliate of), the listings will drop quickly. You need to keep your bookmarks fresh and current by updating them regularly.

Task: 3 "cool" hours (at 5 mins. per site to 40 Book Marking Sites)

Benefits: Publicity, Traffic, Networking
 

Success Strategy #11 Level: 12 Hrs

Skyrocket Your Search Engine Rankings & Open Your Gates for a Flood of Traffic By Getting Permanent "One-Way" Backlinks from Other Websites:

The formula to achieve top search engine rankings is simple. Get more "quality" back links than your competitors.

Ask other website owners in your 'niche' to link back to your site. However, getting benefited from this technique is entirely dependent on getting 'one-way' back links. In other words, you must get links to your website WITHOUT setting up a reciprocal link back to the same site.

To achieve this, let's say, you have 2 sites... A and B. Approach other 'quality' web masters in your niche and ask them to setup a link to your "A" site while you setup a reciprocal link to their website from your "B" site. This way, both get 'one-way' back links.

But let's face it... acquiring high quality back links is anything but simple. Most other website owners just don't bother to reply for your requests. However, when done properly and consistently, it is a surefire way to please the search engines.

Task: 12 "frustrating" hours (at 15 mins. per site to 50 high quality back links)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Ranking
 

Success Strategy #12 Level: 10 Hrs

If You Aren't Using Social Networking Sites, You Are Done For...

With the advent and firm establishment of Web2.0 technology, people driven websites are a rage nowadays.

They are like "hubs" with enormous activity by REAL people. Websites like Video Sites, MySpace, Yahoo360, Squidoo etc. are siphoning off hundreds of thousands of visitors everyday.

It's high time that you realize and get yourself replicated quickly on these "hub" sites.

The first step would be to create your profiles on leading Web2.0 sites and start adding your content, with links leading back to your primary website, of course.

The best approach is to 'inter-link' web2.0 sites with your other online abodes like primary website, Blog, Book Marking sites and so on.

Task: 10 "tiring" hours (at 60 mins. per site to top 10 social networking sites)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Ranking
 

Success Strategy #13 Level: 20 Hrs

Use Multi-media and Attract Attention of Visitors:

Getting the attention of visitors is one of the most important aspects of your marketing efforts.

Try creating short and simple audio and video clips about your product or services. Then publish your multi-media content on leading portals like YouTube, Google Videos etc.

You not only get the attention of visitors, you also get precious back links from those "high PR" sites.

The first step is to open your accounts and start creating your profiles. Then, upload your audio/video clips. Do not forget to mention your website name in your audio and adding your website URL as a title overlay on the videos.

Task: 20 "demanding" hours (at 30 mins. per site to top 40 audio/video sites)

Benefits: SEO, Traffic, Ranking, Credibility
 

Success Strategy #14 Level: 4 Hrs

Get "One-Way" Links from Authority Sites:

Search engines rank you higher if you are linked by authority sites such as Wikipedia.

There are several "wiki" sites that are full of content (search engine fodder) and driven by REAL people.

By contributing to such 'wiki' sites, you can sneak in your website link in the 'External Links' section of stories published over there.

With a little research you should be able to add your content and links. Remember, "Wiki" sites are usually very high in PR and attract targeted traffic. Further, linking from a "wiki" site enhances your credibility to a great extent.

Task: 4 "confusing" hours (at 60 mins. per site to top 4 wiki sites)

Benefits: SEO, Ranking, Credibility
 

Success Strategy #15 Level: 5 Hrs

Build Communities & Get Noticed Quickly:

Social networking sites also allow you to start your own group and join groups started by others.

By building your own community of members, you will have direct access to a targeted list of people who are interested in your niche. For example, in MySpace, you can start/join groups and you will be able to broadcast messages to all the group members.

Task: 5 "boring" hours (at 60 mins. per site to top 5 networking sites)

Benefits: Credibility, Lead Generation
 

TIP: As an additional step, whenever you update content on your Blog or any of your Web2.0 spaces, "Ping" other blogs and search engines to let them know you have updated your sites.

So, that's about the 15 powerful strategies you need to make use of in order to get noticed, become friendly with the search engines and get laser targeted traffic back to your websites.

Whew! That's more than 309 hours of "back-breaking" work!

  In a nutshell, here's what your Virtual "BUSINESS BUILDER Team" can do:-

Task Major Benefits Attract Organic, Targeted Visitors by Becoming Excellent Search Engine Fodder SEO, Traffic, Credibility Get One-way "Back-Links" from Leading Online Directories to Boost Your Search Engine Rankings & Improve Positioning Traffic, Ranking, Positioning Boost Your Credibility, Attract Targeted Traffic and Pre-Sell Your Prospects Using Articles SEO, Traffic, Credibility Press Release - Let The World Know About Your Site SEO, Traffic, Competitive-Advantage Get Precious Back-Links from High PR Classified Sites SEO, Credibility, Ranking Divert Traffic From Other People's Blogs SEO, Credibility, Traffic, Authority Get Highly Targeted Leads Using Forums SEO, Credibility, Traffic, Authority Build Your Own Army of Affiliates Sales, Leads, Traffic, JV Partners Distribute Your Website Content All Over The Internet (using RSS) SEO, Traffic, Ranking Add Your Website To Leading Social Book Marking Sites Publicity, Traffic, Networking Get Permanent "One-Way" Backlinks from Other Websites SEO, Traffic, Ranking Build Your Profiles on Leading Social Networking Sites and Add Content SEO, Traffic, Ranking Promote Your Audio/Video Clips on High Traffic Portals SEO, Traffic, Ranking, Credibility Get "One-Way" Links from Authority Sites SEO, Ranking, Credibility Build Communities & Get Noticed Quickly Credibility, Lead Generation

You see... the tasks are extremely laborious and requires a lot of patience, experience and of course, a great deal of commonsense.

SO, Like I said, it is a lot of work to do it all. What happened to the 1 hour a day. Well that is there also. It will just take you one year to get everything done. Instant success, well my guess is we all can make it if 

1. We have the time.

2. we have some money to hire some help

3. We find a legit service out there that will do it all for us.

Let me know if you can think of any thing else we need to do to get all of the leads we can handle. (Sorry Mike, Was not thinking about Magnetic Sponsoring. That works faster!)

Tim Clark

AboveCeoPay.com