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[Dave Kotecki Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 5]

Thanks guys.

For the record, that wasn't directed at Dave. I read the first several posts in this thread and just hit the reply button. Didn't even see Dave's post until after I posted mine.

Dang.
I didn't think that was about me, either.

I actually am 100% with you, Tim. I think Magnetic Sponsoring is the best piece of material I've ever read on the subject of succeeding with MLM.

I have met Mike Dillard and talked to him on 2 different occasions. At the Guru MasterMind in LA, and the CCPro event in Dallas last year. I had a cool conversation with him in LA (for about 1 minute as we were walking out of the hotel) about how I came to know who he was, etc. It was classic attraction marketing.

There was a paragraph I wrote near the end of my post that I think was missed by some.

Anyway, the whole point I was trying to make was that you may not want to attract people to you before you are of value to them. Mike says in his book that you have to make yourself valuable. Study all the courses, try things out and so on. Then you can help people. When you can help people, they will find you because you become the answer they were looking for. If you tell people you can help them and then you really can't, you're just going to brand yourself in a bad light.

Thanks Tim, for that awesome post. I hope I've made myself a bit more clear to everyone. I guess it takes time to really see where someone is coming from when all you've got to go on is a few paragraphs at a time in a forum.

[Edward Huffmaster Contribution Level: 1]

Hello Danielle,
Nice to meet you, and welcome to the wonderful world of network marketing, i just finished reading your post and was taken by your honesty, Danielle, don't believe everything that these people are telling you, they are only repeating what they have been told by others just like them,..(lol)..Denielle, i have been "practicing" network marketing ever sense the early 1960's and would be happy to talk to you and pass along a few tips your way, however, i won't do that through any social group so if you are serious go ahead and contact me at ( youngmred@myway.com)
sincerely,
Ed

[Adam Taha Company: Amway Contribution Level: 7]

Hello Danielle,
they are only repeating what they have been told by others just like them,..(lol)

Look in the mirror. You'll see you're right.

Plus, great men and women are great, because they stand on the shoulders of giant.

and would be happy to talk to you and pass along a few tips your way, however, i won't do that through any social group

You just did.

Adam

[Ed Mikkelson Contribution Level: 2]

Hello Danielle,
they are only repeating what they have been told by others just like them,..(lol)

Look in the mirror. You'll see you're right.

Plus, great men and women are great, because they stand on the shoulders of giant.

and would be happy to talk to you and pass along a few tips your way, however, i won't do that through any social group

You just did.

Adam

[Shirland Carrington Contribution Level: 2]

There are many different ways to market your business. We don't live in a cookie cutter world so use the methods that you like. I personally like the concept of attraction marketing and how with applied consistent and persistent actions you may build your business NM business. I always find the good in any course that I take and discard the things that I did not like. The knowledge that I am learning is elevating my business on a daily basis.

[Verniel Cutar Company: Global Domains International, Inc Contribution Level: 3]

People are attracted to other people with a stronger sense of belief, enthusiasm and certainty.

However, that belief, enthusiasm and certainty must be backed up with a strong marketing system, a solid company and products with real world value.

I think attraction marketing is not a RIGID set of rules and boring philosophies that we should all follow like a parrot (or is robot a better analogy?). The strategies presented in Magnetic Sponsoring and other similar training courses contain OPTIONS for building an online network marketing business. They're not meant to be followed like there's no other way to succeed.

Ultimately, you are the ONE person who will decide which vehicle you choose to ride on the way to financial success. Others have done it using the classic "coffehouse" and home meeting approach (I know two or three MLM millionaires in my country who built massive downlines without using any internet and direct response methods, so I don't "make fun" of the old school ). On the other hand, some people choose the internet marketing way (such as the author of Magnetic Sponsoring).

Choose your vehicle. Pick something that you can truly believe in. Then stand by it.

[S.D. Soboleski Contribution Level: 2]

I think one of the issues here is that MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND OR MISAPPLY (is that a word?) attraction marketing.

I started a post on this issue here:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=18086#p55357

When attraction marketing is done properly, it works. When it's done improperly, it is annoying...

[Peter Fuller Company: AdzZoo Contribution Level: 3]

but I need a few leaders to help me! How can I go about attracting leaders to my team (i.e. what would attract YOU to click on my link/call me/etc)? I feel like you need to see the opportunity in question to determine if it's something that aligns with YOU and then you would join MY TEAM because of me and because the positioning would benefit YOU...

I would be attracted to you if you had something that I needed, the proverbial solution to a problem.

Everyone who knows me knows that I am a product oriented guy, not an opportunity kind of guy.

When it comes to the opportunity I only care about one thing "can I make money with it?"

What is more important to me is the "product" and if you have a system that works.

If you have developed a system that is working and building your team then you have my attention.

If you have a product that I personally need and is widely needed then you really have my attention.

For example, recently I needed a certain health product. I searched and found one that met my needs. I then wanted to find a sponsor who was good at sponsoring over the phone, an area I need improvement in.

I found him.

What you need to do is be "found".

[Kerry Erasmus Contribution Level: 2]

After reading Tim Erway's article I felt a need to say the following. I completely agree with the concept of attraction marketing. Not because of all the hype and so on. But mainly because that is what marketing is. Atraction marketing is not something that Mike Dillard invented, he has just given a name to the process (Branded it). And good on him.

I also agree with the concept of "branding" that is to say promoting yourself as this is proberly the only real point of difference most marketers will be able to employ as the majority will be promoting someone elses product or service.

Now veering off a bit I want to point out that my understanding of why so many people fail in Network Marketing (MLM) bassically comes down to this. It is a industry were the majority of people try to tell other people how to get rich or successful without having had any success them selves.

Now unfortunately, this very same concept is being duplicated in the "how to go about marketing on the internet" or " How to get rich marketing on the internet" industry. And the sad thing is that most of the promoters of these "systems" encourage (make it part of the business model) to get new entrants to do the same as people in MLM. Two days after taking a Magnetic sponsoring course, they are out there promoting to other people how to do Magnetic sponsoring by becomming an affiliate. Wel it all sounds a bit hollow to me. In fact it sounds like a chain letter to me.

Another bug bear of mine is the promotion of all the fancy viral system that are supposed to get you 10,000 followewrs in 10 days. Now come on, is this not exactly the same as what the Gurus are telling us is the downfall of MLM, they say the days of talking to everyone within three foot of you just does not work (By the way I agree with them on that). But think about it, is the Viral systems not exactly the same thing. You are really just slinging mud agains the wall, hoping some will stick.

O, but then they say, you can now be "selective" and decide who you will work with. Up to know, I have not had one Guru do a follow-up with me. Nope, they use the same old tired technique of, throw as much mud aggainst the wall and hope some will stick. AND this is were I think the sceptism of so called "Attraction Marketing" is comming from. People are no so stupid that they can't figure out that they are actually being told to do exactly what the Gurus say they should not do.

[Rick Salas Company: Monitium Contribution Level: 2]

Tim Erway tells it like it is. People know who he is and how many people he has helped. He has proven he is somebody that people listen to. Not that you have to agree but people that are knowledgeable attract business to them. That's why so many are successful.

People are looking for someone they can trust to tell them how it is and know that they will be guided in the right direction. There's more to building a business than only working with go getters.

The person new to a business has to like the product and in demand but being able to help anybody on what's the best way for them is powerful and only people who know attraction marketing are capable of this type of help.

Every person in a downline has to have access to someone who can find out what's holding somebody back. A sponsor needs to find out why some members are not succeeding.

I don't think anybody can really speak with credibility unless they have read Mike Dillards Magnetic Sponsoring. That's one of the qualifications.