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What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Leland Lewis on Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:51 pm

I was just wondering which marketing skills should i learn should i get a lead generation system such as MLSP. And what do i need for it and any suggestions that can help me get set up better on the systems that i need to do. I do seek to get started A.S.A.P.

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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Mario Sanders on Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:25 pm

Before any body else jumps in this discussion and tell you what you want and what you need, this is something for you.
What do you want to do in marketing?
What is your passion in doing this business?
Do you have a plan of action?
Have you identified your target market?
What kind of budget would you need to set up and keep running until you can see a return on your investment?
Would you like what you are doing? This goes a long way during the rough times before seeing your profit.
Will you get the training you need to do your business and see a success in it?
Would you need a mentor or a coach to keep you on track on your goals?
How well are you at meeting and socializing with people? You do have to market yourself and be able to make friends easily.
While you ponder these suggestions you can get back to me when you are ready. :)
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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Tristan Richards on Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:24 pm

Leland_Lewis wrote:I was just wondering which marketing skills should i learn should i get a lead generation system such as MLSP. And what do i need for it and any suggestions that can help me get set up better on the systems that i need to do. I do seek to get started A.S.A.P.





Mlsp has a blueprint that anyone in any company can follow to have success. You will learn all the skills you need step by step as you grow from 7 figure earners and some of the best marketers online. Weekly marketing and prospecting training calls keeping you on the cutting edge of what is happening it the industry.

Get Back with the person who introduced you to mlsp and connect with them if you are serious about getting started A.S.A.P


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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Daniel Attard on Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:25 am

Number one skill: Copywriting

Then find your passion and get a Phd Level at it. eg/ social media, self development, phone recruiting, blogging

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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Miles Beckler on Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:34 pm

Remember that the system you are speaking of comes with TONS of marketing training. MLSP is designed to be your personal marketing training system as well as your funded proposal.

I have two tips... 1) Make sure that when you dial in your personal marketing campaign that you are focusing in on activities you enjoy. For example... If you are camera shy and don't enjoy cutting videos.... Don't try and force yourself to become a video marketer. If you like writing... Follow that and look at the article marketing training in the MLSP system by Rob Fore.

2) Focus & Persistence are your best friends. Take daily action and stick with it for at least 3 months. If you are new to generating traffic, know that it is a time consuming process that requires consistent, massive action.

I've definitely stayed a bit philosophical in response to your question because it is more about finding a way to market consistently that is fun enough to do every day, than it is about learning everything about every marketing method.
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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Adam Taha on Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:14 pm

Leland_Lewis wrote:I was just wondering which marketing skills should i learn should i get a lead generation system such as MLSP. And what do i need for it and any suggestions that can help me get set up better on the systems that i need to do. I do seek to get started A.S.A.P.


Eliminate frustrations, lack of direction by getting a Mentor first. That is the first call mate.

Let's go down the line and see the steps..

First is - knowing how to do your market research. That's the fundamental principle.

1. You need to know what your passion is. If you got a product or service already then do the following first and stay away from systems for now...

A) Look at your product or service and crystal clearly, identify what questions they answer. Meaning, what problems do they solve. Write at least 5-10 if you can.

B) Now, before you create anything, a professional goes online to see the level of interest. So if your product helps to solve (an example) heals damaged skin - then you go online to see if there is a demand.

You look at the following...

- How many are selling such a thing. This will show there's money to be made.

- Who is buying, where they buying from, what they saying, where they hanging around, what's their income level, what location they are at - reveals the target audience.

So, your first skill is to identify your passion, see what problems your passion or skill, or product solves.

To then see the level of interest. That there is a demand to supply to.

To break the market down to submarket, niches.

That's the first skill you need and the foundation of marketing.

2. Then you create a strategy to first test out the information you have gathered to see if your bang on. That way you don't waste your sweet time.

For that to happen, you need to know how to write copy and how to split test. You need to know how to create a strategy.

3. When you are certain now of the language, the pain of your target audience, and you know they are, you need to do the following..

A) Have a Marketing strategy with a sales funnel.

B) Have a plan of action.

Let's Break It Down To Skills easily...

- Keyword Research
- SEO
- Split testing
- Copywriting
- Marketing strategy
- Marketing plan..

Your research will also say what keywords to use, what strategy to implement, what funded proposal to lead with, what comes first, next and last, and rotates back again.

Does this take work?

Yes.

Or a person can do it the hard way and come back to do these steps 4 years later to realise, the fundamentals never change.

Fundamentals are the foundations of any business.

Start with...Mentorship.

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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Tristan Richards on Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:43 pm

thedarkroom wrote:
Leland_Lewis wrote:I was just wondering which marketing skills should i learn should i get a lead generation system such as MLSP. And what do i need for it and any suggestions that can help me get set up better on the systems that i need to do. I do seek to get started A.S.A.P.


Eliminate frustrations, lack of direction by getting a Mentor first. That is the first call mate.

Let's go down the line and see the steps..

First is - knowing how to do your market research. That's the fundamental principle.

1. You need to know what your passion is. If you got a product or service already then do the following first and stay away from systems for now...

A) Look at your product or service and crystal clearly, identify what questions they answer. Meaning, what problems do they solve. Write at least 5-10 if you can.

B) Now, before you create anything, a professional goes online to see the level of interest. So if your product helps to solve (an example) heals damaged skin - then you go online to see if there is a demand.

You look at the following...

- How many are selling such a thing. This will show there's money to be made.

- Who is buying, where they buying from, what they saying, where they hanging around, what's their income level, what location they are at - reveals the target audience.

So, your first skill is to identify your passion, see what problems your passion or skill, or product solves.

To then see the level of interest. That there is a demand to supply to.

To break the market down to submarket, niches.

That's the first skill you need and the foundation of marketing.

2. Then you create a strategy to first test out the information you have gathered to see if your bang on. That way you don't waste your sweet time.

For that to happen, you need to know how to write copy and how to split test. You need to know how to create a strategy.

3. When you are certain now of the language, the pain of your target audience, and you know they are, you need to do the following..

A) Have a Marketing strategy with a sales funnel.

B) Have a plan of action.

Let's Break It Down To Skills easily...

- Keyword Research
- SEO
- Split testing
- Copywriting
- Marketing strategy
- Marketing plan..

Your research will also say what keywords to use, what strategy to implement, what funded proposal to lead with, what comes first, next and last, and rotates back again.

Does this take work?

Yes.

Or a person can do it the hard way and come back to do these steps 4 years later to realise, the fundamentals never change.

Fundamentals are the foundations of any business.

Start with...Mentorship.

Adam Taha



I agree with most of what you are saying Adam but this is not for the brand new marketer who is just coming online. The brand new person does not know anything about split testing, copywriting, seo, etc. They have never heard of it....

I feel the best thing is to leverage what others have already put in place for you while you develop yourself as a professional marketer. It can take months to years to learn all that stuff.


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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Adam Taha on Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

I agree with most of what you are saying Adam but this is not for the brand new marketer who is just coming online. The brand new person does not know anything about split testing, copywriting, seo, etc. They have never heard of it....

I feel the best thing is to leverage what others have already put in place for you while you develop yourself as a professional marketer. It can take months to years to learn all that stuff.


Tristan Richards


Maybe you didn't read the first sentence Tristan...

Eliminate frustrations, lack of direction by getting a Mentor first. That is the first call mate.


And also the last sentence....

Start with...Mentorship.


One guy with mentorship had his blog, sales funnel ready in....two weeks. Plus his own product too and 5 customers. And he never touched a computer before except for typing on Word. ;)

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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Tristan Richards on Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:06 am

thedarkroom wrote:
I agree with most of what you are saying Adam but this is not for the brand new marketer who is just coming online. The brand new person does not know anything about split testing, copywriting, seo, etc. They have never heard of it....

I feel the best thing is to leverage what others have already put in place for you while you develop yourself as a professional marketer. It can take months to years to learn all that stuff.


Tristan Richards


Maybe you didn't read the first sentence Tristan...

Eliminate frustrations, lack of direction by getting a Mentor first. That is the first call mate.


And also the last sentence....

Start with...Mentorship.


One guy with mentorship had his blog, sales funnel ready in a....two weeks. Plus his own product in too.

- Adam Taha



That's why I said I agreed with most of what you are saying...:)



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Re: What skills do i need for marketing?

Postby Adam Taha on Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:11 pm

tristanwyya wrote:
thedarkroom wrote:
I agree with most of what you are saying Adam but this is not for the brand new marketer who is just coming online. The brand new person does not know anything about split testing, copywriting, seo, etc. They have never heard of it....

I feel the best thing is to leverage what others have already put in place for you while you develop yourself as a professional marketer. It can take months to years to learn all that stuff.


Tristan Richards


Maybe you didn't read the first sentence Tristan...

Eliminate frustrations, lack of direction by getting a Mentor first. That is the first call mate.


And also the last sentence....

Start with...Mentorship.


One guy with mentorship had his blog, sales funnel ready in a....two weeks. Plus his own product in too.

- Adam Taha



That's why I said I agreed with most of what you are saying...:)



Tristan Richards



Please do share the 'some' of what you don't agree with because what you didn't agree with is the part where I mentioned skills one needs to learn but you mentioned that one is a beginner, and needs to learn from others, and it may take years - which I covered by saying Mentorship from beginning.

Just want to see what it is you don't agree with as you said ' I agreed with most of what you are saying.."

Because, let's look at it for a moment.

1. Even if someone joins others to learn from - the 'others they learn from' isn't going to do it for him. They are not going to do the keyword research for him. They are not going to do the copywriting for him. They are not going to do the creating of videos for him.

Except if he buys a system and even then - he still got to learn those skills.

Or except if he hires someone to do it.

2. So he still has to do keyword research because his needs, his niche maybe different which usually is if they don't follow the crowd of 'how to attract leads blog.'

3. The person needs to write articles, or create videos, or sales letters as the message for his audience maybe different, which usually is. That means, they still need to learn copywriting.

4. So the 'years' is really irrelevant. One has to start anyway, to learn all these skills, whether one is learning from others or not.

So do clarify with me, so I can understand more of what you're saying, on what it is you don't agree with. It be important too, to learn from different perspectives and opinions. :)

Cheers.

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