2. Attracting Lots of Leads, But Then What?
If you have been involved in Social Marketing and Attraction Marketing for a litttle while then you are most likely generating tons of leads if you are doing it right. Lead Generation for your homebased business is crucial, but what do you do once you get those leads? How do you continue the attraction when you get them on the phone?

Well, first you get your free membership and account at Marketing Merge. Sign up, create a user name and password and then log in. Once you've logged in you'll see "Live Webinar - What To Do AFTER Prospects Come to You" at the very top of the page.

This class will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST and here is an excerpt from the description given once you log into your new free account.

This class is for anyone who uses the telephone in their business to increase sales and build relationships.

We'll focus on how to give value when you're on the phone (to attract sales with significantly more ease).

The basis of what you do on the phone is exactly the same as how you 'attracted them' in the first place--you give value first, which establishes the needed trust to make a sale & attract them into your business.

By knowing what value you offer first, you will have the confidence and clarity you need to lead. You will possess a leadership quality that you might not even know you have (yet).

Your prospect will want more of you, instead of less of you.

You'll be appreciated because you're giving something, rather than just going through a script or list of questions to 'get something.'

You'll feel better about what you do, or more importantly, the way you're doing it. So will your prospect.

It all leads to a lot more sales and a lot more fun... ultimately, it leads to MORE success in any business you're involved with. If you're in the networking industry it leads to a lot more duplication for obvious reasons.

If you are serious about generating more leads for your business, and getting the website traffic you need to successfully build your homebased business, you really need to log in to The Marketing Merge Site and get your spot in this webinar. It doesn't cost you a thing but a little time.

To Your Success!

Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
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3. Leads, Leads, and More Leads
Tired of working so hard to get leads and wondering what really works? If you are like most people building your homebased business, your frustrated trying to figure out how to get people to your site. Why is it so tough to get buyers for your product?

What ever you are doing, stop buying leads unless you really just want to practice your script on some people. It is time you generated leads on your own without spending a fortune doing it. You really don't have to go broke getting people to visit your website. There are some effective, free and fun ways to get visitors that turn into buyers.

Here are just a couple of ways you can increase website traffic for ANY Home Based Business and start making some profit in this Network Marketing Industry. Most, if not all, of what I give you here is free and won't cost you much, if anything, to do. After all, wouldn't you rather not spend more money than you are making? If you are just getting started in your business, chances are you are not making a huge profit yet so why spend more than you have coming in?

Social Networking and Attraction Marketing are great places to get started and have some fun generating leads for your business. For example, Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube are just a few of the many places to be social and build your business opportunity. To get a better idea of all the ways you can build your business using Social Networking, get your free membership to Marketing Merge/Renegade University and see for yourself how easy it is to get your business in the search engines without spending a dime on Google Adwords. The training you will receive is outstanding and will walk you step by step using live webinars and recorded training showing you exactly what to do to get your business ranked high and found by search engine spiders.

Another resource that offers you free Ad Submission, and Search Engine Optimization tools is Veretekk Marketing System. You can sign up for free here also, and get access to programs like Blastomatic.com, Leadsomatic.com, and Free FFA's.

Lastly, if you are willing to spend a few dollars getting more traffic and some buyers, be sure and check out Get More Buyers. This program will show you many different ways to generate more leads, including providing you with an affiliate program to join if you please.

No matter what route your prefer, one of the three programs mentioned above can provide you with some useful tools and resources to finally get your business booming. You have nothing to loose by checking them out, well, except more traffic.

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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4. Article Marketing: Does it Generate Leads for Home Business?
Have you tried your hand at article marketing? If not, you really need to give it a try. This can be one of the easiest and most affordable ways to generate website traffic and leads for your homebased business. There are tons of ways to work article marketing, but you may want to get started with EzineArticles.com. This is a very easy service to use and you can create many articles that get your website in the search engines. EzineArticles.com has some rules you must follow, but the big one to keep in mind is that your purpose for writing an article is to provide some information and value to others. Yes, you do want to eventually get visitors to your website, but the body of the article is not supposed to be a sales pitch. You can place a link to your business website in the resource area of your article. This will make more sense once you get started writing your first article.

There are also Article Submission sites that you can use that will submit one article to many different sites for you. This makes the job of submitting your articles all over the search engine a lot less time consuming for you.

Another helpful resource is a program that helps create many articles for you based on expert research on keywords that generate traffic and income. This program is called SimplyPlr and you can get a monthly membership that provides about 255 articles for you to use how ever you choose. Along with SimplyPr, you can use something called Article Apps. What Article Apps does is allow you to put an article in and the program "spins" the article creating many different variations of the article still using researched and effective keywords. You can imagine how time consuming Article Marketing could be if you are writing articles one at a time. Instead, you can create multiples of articles on a variety of topics and blast them out through ad submission services or post them on your blogs. You can even use the program to post to your blog automatically. From my experience, that in itself is a valuable service. Your articles stay on topic and your keep search engine spiders interested in your blog because they pick up changes daily.

If you have more questions about what you have read here, please feel free to email me with your questionsl. I'd be more than happy to assist you. If you are in need of an excellent marketing system that keeps track of your multitude of leads generated by your new articles, be sure and see The Veretekk Marketing System for all the resources you need to manage your business. You can join and have your very own Veretekk Silver Account for Free.

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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5. Does Lead Generation Have to Be Hard?
Does lead generation for your homebased business have to be so frustrating? It is one of the most necessary parts of a network marketing business and can be the most dreaded thing you have to do.

Well, generating traffic to your website and gathering leads from that traffic does not have to be so difficult. You can choose to buy leads, generate them through paid advertising, or use the many free techniques like those taught in Social Networking and Attraction Marketing. If you've never tried your hand at Social Networking, you might find it can be easy and enjoyable, especially if you like to be "social". Dare I say, it can actually be fun.

Learning how to effectively market using these techniques is not difficult and just about anyone can do it, but there are some tricks and techniques that can improve your results. Blogging, for example, is not hard to do, but when you learn the little known secrets, you might just be ahead of your competition. When you know how to use Blogs to your advantage you can be generating tons of free, organic traffic in the search engines. Wouldn't you rather be on page 1 or 2, rather then 10? Have you ever searched as far back as page 10 in Google?

Another effective tool in building your home business are things like Marketing Systems that are good quality and highly effective. Your business can take off to levels you've never imagined. Believe it or not, it really isn't as hard as you may have been lead to believe.

If you have any questions, or if I can be of any assistance, please contact me and I'd be glad to assist you.

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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Build Your Business on a Budget

6. Who Else Would Like To Get More Buyers?
You may have heard that the "money" is in your list, but the truth is, the money is in the buyers on your list? You could have a list of 10,000 people but if no one buys anything from you, what good is the list? If you expect to make money online with your homebased business, then the key to good business is to have a list of people willing to buy what you have to offer.

So what does a person do to get more buyers for their business? There are several ways one could go about that but here are just a few. First, you want to have a product that a majority of people can afford, are willing to buy, and the product is useful to the buyer. Your goal is to have a product that delivers what it promises to deliver and will actually help the buyer in some way.

You could decide on a product in any number of ways. For example, you could write a short report on something that you know a lot about or maybe you are an expert at something and you could create a product from this. It just needs to be short, to the point, and provides some useful information. You could also market Click Bank products through the clickbank marketplace by finding some of the best selling products and market those yourself. If you choose to go the Click Bank route, your products will already be priced for you, but if you create your very own product, you'll need to decide on a price for the product. Some things to remember when pricing your product: You want to make it affordable to just about anyone, and your goal after all is to get buyers, not make a huge profit on this initial sale. Experts recommend pricing your report for $10 or less ($7) and offer 100% commission. This is an excellent way to develop business partners and it is affordable to buyers and also gives them incentive to market your product for you.

Now here is the theory, you develop a list of people that have bought your affordable product and you now have a list of buyers to market to with future products that you develop or promote. Future products could be priced higher than your previous $7 product. Say $27 for example. Again, you could choose to let affiliates have %100 commission, or go slightly less but still making it an attractive offer. This is a great way to market virally. As your affiliates work to make sales of your product, they share the product with people and your product gets circulated.

If you are serious about building your Network Marketing/Home based business and you want to know how to turn leads from your website traffic into buyers on your list, then click here to get more complete and detailed information on how to Get More Buyers

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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7. Generate More Leads With Social Networking Etiquette
Social Networking has become one of the best ways to generate more leads for your business on the internet today. If you decide to use Social Networking for your business advertising and marketing, be sure you are familiar with some basic etiquette.

So what exactly is proper etiquette when you participate in social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Zenzuu, etc? Well, for starters, you can't be there just to make a buck off of somebody. If you are not willing to develop some friendships and relationships that might not end up with a dollar in your pocket, you might consider picking another method of marketing. People will see you coming a mile away if you are only there to get their money. You must be willing to provide some value to others and also take the time to see the value others provide to you. If you aren't willing to spend some time interacting with other members then you really aren't doing the "social" part of networking.

In your network marketing journey to build a profitable homebased business, you can maximize your results by taking full advantage of what the Social Networking world has to offer, just be sure to give something back. Lead generation and getting more website traffic will become so ridiculously easy, you will wonder why you waited so long.

Now you don't have to become best friends or have these people over for dinner, but do take some time to communicate in one form or another or just provide some useful tips and info to others checking out your profile. Believe it or not, if you legitimately work to provide value to others with no strings attached, people will be attracted to you and what you have to say. If what you talk about is quality and truly helpful information to others, you'll generate new friends which could ultimately become new leads for what ever business you happen to be promoting. Just don't go into it with only one thing in mind - taking from others. You have to have an attitude of giving.

Take Twitter for example. Whenever a person decides to "follow" you on twitter you should take a moment to thank them for the follow, see what they are about, and maybe consider following them back. At least a sincere thanks for the follow is good manners. After all, any time you decide to update your twitter with what you are doing ( and maybe inclusde your website, splash page, etc.) you've got a captive audience that will receive your "tweets" (updates). The least you could do is be willing to receive their "tweets"

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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www.GinaFloyd.biz

8. Can You Write Your Way To A Lead?
Do you believe you can write your way to more leads and website traffic? You can! You'll be shocked at how well it works and you don't have to be a professional writer.

Now you might be wondering what I mean when I say "write your way to more leads". Well, it is actually very easy. You simply write articles, newsletters, blogs, ads, and/or emails and you don't have to have a degree to do it. If you can talk about something, anything, you can do all these things I've mentioned. Obviously, the more you can talk about things that people want to hear about most, the more people will be reading what you write. When they read your blogs, articles, or newsletter, you have a captive audience in which to develop a relationship and possible business partnership. The more value you can provide in the things you write, the more people will gravitate to what you write. Did I mention that creating good content gets you ranked higher in Search Engines too. Be sure to put lots of good keywords for your topic into what you write too.

Why provide value? Well, there are tons and tons of people out there that are trying to take something from people - mostly their money. Most people do not want to be SOLD something - they would rather make a choice and buy something if they really see it providing a benefit to them. Your job is to simply provide the value and let a website visitor make the choice themselves, without all the hype, garbage and hard sell.

So to get started, decide what you want to talk about ( hopefully something that relates to what ever business you happen to be building) and decide how you want to convey your message.(articles, blogs, emails, etc.) Once you've done that, you need to decide who your target audience is and what they need or want. You need to provide the answer to their most pressing need and desire and offer them a solution and a way to continue to get more information. You can do this through an opt in page to your monthly newsletter or used follow up emails that you send through an autoresponder system. The great thing about autoresponders is that you can set them up to send messages every day, week, or month and you don't have to worry about it after that. Just make sure you have a specific number of messages that maintain contact with your lead. They say it takes at least 7 contacts with a person before they will trust you enough to do business with you, especially on the internet.

Now creating content does not always come easy for most people and it certainly didn't for me. I had to find some online training that would teach me the things I needed to know about how to go about this, and create some highly effective content. Although you don't have to have a degree to write content, there are secrets to know that just give you that edge. Be sure and check out Renegade University and Magnetic Sponsoring if you are looking for some excellent training that will clearly show you how to create excellent content, with most of it being free, then I encourage you to check it out. Another key to creating effective content is to keep creating it. You can't just write one article, blog, etc, and expect miracle to happen, you have to be consistent.

If you want more information about writing your way to more leads, check out the resources (Links) provided above and send me any questions if you have some.

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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9. Prospecting Your Way To Network Marketing Success
You most likely already know that if you expect to have success in your homebased business, you are going to need website traffic that generates leads for you to talk to. One of the most important aspects of your business will be your Prospecting.

So how does a person prospect their way to Network Marketing Success? Honestly, there could be a lot of ways to do it but I want to talk about just a couple.

Before you can start Prospecting (calling your leads), you need to generate some leads in the first place. You could buy some quality leads to get started right away, and you can generate some leads on your own. Now when I first got started, I generated my own leads while trying my hand at Google Pay Per Click (PPC). I did get some leads but I also got a huge credit card bill because I had no idea what I was doing, and I paid for it.

You could save some money and put ads out on all the free classified sites on the internet (there are hundreds of them) or you could pay for ads in several different papers nationwide, or even online. I found newspaper ads to be too time consuming and you have to work a little bit to get good bargains on cost of your ad, how long it will post, and on what days it will post. Personally, I prefer marketing and advertising my business strictly on the internet, it's just easier that way for me. You will have to decide for yourself what style of advertising you prefer. I have found a way to blast ads to the search engines which has proven to be very effective. They rarely get seen by people, but that's ok, the point is to have the search engine spiders to find them. When the search engine spiders find enough of your website links, they begin to rank you. More links mean a higher rating. Can you imagine what you could accomplish in Search Engine Optimization if you are able to blast 2 billion ads daily? Blastomatic.com does just that - gives you a way to blast 12 million ads with just one click. Did I mention you can give this resource away for free to others that are building their online business? Check it out and see if you might find it useful.

Another very effective way to generate tons of leads that want to talk to you and look forward to your call, is through Social Networking resources like MySpace, Facebook, and many many others. These avenues of business building can actually be somewhat fun to participate in. You make friends, play games, and keep in touch with each other through different program applications. Facebook is especially fun for that.

If you are really building your business on a budget, you might just try creating tons of content pages. Programs like Squidoo.com make it very easy to create some content on just about anything you want to write about. You don't have to be an expert to create a squidoo lens, they are free, and very easy to do. These also are very effective at getting you ranked in the search engines. Just be sure to decide upon the best keywords for your business and use them in your lens. Add some photos, maybe a video or two, and you've got some great content that people will be attracted to.

If you start implementing one or all of the things I've mentioned above, you are going to have a boat load of leads to call. As you well know, it's important to call a new lead as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the more your lead has a chance to find someone elses business. So how does one human being go about contacting 100-200 leads a day?( or even just 25-50 a day) Easy, you might consider using an Automated Prospecting System. Imagine how much business you could get done in one day if you were able to call 100's or even 1000's of people in the span of a few hours. More importantly, why not make the best use of your time and week through the curious and the tire kickers and just talk to people that are really serious about a home based business. Even more important, if an automated prospecting system works very well for you, and generates tons of leads, business, and sales - imagine how easy it will be for your new associates to duplicate your process. After all, there is nothing better than a team of people that can REALLY make money like the person that signed them up. Business blooms when everyone is making some money. Don't you think?

Of course, you can always call your leads one by one and spend an entire day doing it. I would rather not spend every waking hour of my day working my business. After all, I left my job because I didn't want to do that. I'd rather be spending time with my family, traveling, and enjoying my retirement while I'm still young enough to do so.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have reference what you've just read on this blog

I look forward to your success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

10. Are You Twittering Yet?
In my last post I talked about blogging and briefly mentioned Twitter.com. Twitter is one of the most recent new things to come about in the area of Social Networking. You see, Twitter goes along the same principles of Facebook and MySpace where you make new friends and keep in touch with them through messages, posts to their wall, or various program applications. The difference with Twitter is that it is all done on a much smaller scale. Instead of creating pages of blogs or large profiles, you simply micro blog (give 2-3 sentences) and people that have chosen to follow you, receive any updates you make on your twitter page.

One of the key things about Twitter is to follow other people, and be followed. Imagine you have 150 people who have seen your abbreviated profile on twitter and have decided to follow you. When ever you update your twitter account, the people that follow you recieve your update. Maybe you mention an Online Training Course you are attending and you give them an affiliate link. Some of the people that follow you might just check out the link and then end up visiting your website. If they happen to opt in to your program, they become leads of yours. Once they have opted in and have agreed to receive emails from you, your goal is to develop and maintain an ongoing relationship with them and assist them in building their business.

It is very important at this point that you provide some value to your lead. There are already too many people on the internet that just have websites full of the same old hype about Homebased business. Your goal should be to give them something they can use for their business building. If the information you provide is quality info and useful for their home business, they will want to come back to your website frequently.

Maybe you haven't gotten involved in Social Networking, or Attraction Marketing aspect of the Network Marketing industry. This can be one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to advertise and market your business. (can you say free advertising). You might be pleasantly surprised at the type of lead generation you can create with this type of marketing. After all, just about everyone wants more friends. Right?

Twitter.com is free to use, but can make huge difference in your business marketing. Don't miss out!

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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11. To Blog Or Not To Blog: Or Maybe Twitter
Are you involved in the blogging world? If you aren't yet, are you considering it at this time?

Blogging is one of the easiest, yet very effective, ways to generate tons of traffic to your website and get yourself some leads. If you can create a few short paragraphs about anything that might be interesting to others, you can blog. Even if you have just gotten started in your homebased business, you can still create a blog about something. How about telling people about your first week in business and what you went through or what you learned.

Buying leads? Tell people your experience with them and what you are encountering during your conversations. What are the numbers, are you getting 50% of your leads on the phone, or is it more? You see you can talk about your beginnings too. How about telling people in your blog why you decided to get started in Home Based Business in the first place.

If you are not sure where to get started with your blog, you can check out Blogfather, or Blogger.com. Both of these resources are very easy to use, very effective, and you can start generating leads today.

If you are looking for more training on Blogging, and other free strategies for lead generating and website traffic, be sure to check out Renegade University. You can get step by step instruction on how to create your own blogger blog. You will also get tips on how to make it most attractive and magnetic to the types of leads you want to draw to your business. Besides blogging, you can find out what a "Squidoo Lens" is and how it can drive tons of traffic to your business website.

If you feel you might not have the time to get a blog started, I encourage you to check out Twitter.com. On this site you can do what they call a micro blog which is about 1-2 sentences. On Twitter, you follow other peoples tweets, and you eventually have people following you.
I look forward to your success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.com

12. Can a Traffic Portal Generate Leads for your Home Based Business?
You might be wondering what a traffic portal is and what do you do with it?

Traffic Portals are specially designed websites that are targeted to bring you leads. Can you Imagine having 1000's of potential customers flowing through any one of 41 traffic portals, ready and waiting for you to contact them. Through continued email marketing and follow up you do through these online business portals...you'll never have to buy leads again. Here are just a few so you can see these powerful portals.

For a more in depth explanation, feel free to browse my blog about EZSearchEngineOptimization

(CLICK ON ANY OF THE TRAFFIC PORTALS TO VIEW THEM)
1st Family Classifieds
This site provides a place to put your ads, and they are free.

Computer Giveaway
This is a site where you can win a free lap-top. A winner is picked each and every month

Free FFAs
This site is where you get a daily list of email addresses of everyone who posts to our entire FFA system.
You will also have Full access to our Pro Submitter for posting to millions of FFA systems and sites

Money Machine
This site is designed to empower the self-employed, underemployed, unemployed, unemployable, senior citizen, disabled, single parents and the disenfranchised of our society. The sites main purpose is to help you learn and empower you to develop an alternative form of income. It is not a dream anymore.

Vacation 4 Free
This is what it looks like, a site where you give away a 3 day/2 night vacation when a lead fills out the form.

Web Catch
This is a self replicating web directory, a Yahoo style directory that receives 1000's of submissions from around the world

What happens with this system is remarkable. In a way, you have infinite ways to generate website traffic and you do it by offering your customers something that benefits them. Who couldn't use free ad submission sites, tips on how to make extra money working from home, or maybe a 3 day/2 night weekend getaway. You really do give these things to your customer and in doing so, you show them how fantastic the theory is behind the Veretekk Marketing System

Veretekk even does one better, they offer you the opportunity to test drive the system for yourself with your very own Free Silver Veretekk account. Does it really get any better than this where you have the chance to test drive a system and see how it works before you choose to join?

So what does this have to do with generating leads through traffic portals? Basically, you give away the many resources of Veretekk in an effort to assist your customers in building ANY business they happen to be building. When they agree to fill in a form, you give them access to the site they are looking for and you obtain their name, email, and phone number. Once this occurs, they are in your email and autoresponder system and you can regularly communicate with them daily, weekly, or monthly. Your goal is to build a relationship with these people. You want to show them that you really can assist them in building their business, and you do it with no expectations from them. (You really can help them through what Veretekk offers even if you aren't sure how to do it) Veretekk is full of online training and webinars and you'll be guided each step of the way.

Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about this system

To Your Success!

Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

13. Is Your Lead Generation Strategy Working For You?
If you are working a Homebased Business on the internet today, lead generation, and how you go about it is a significant part of your business. Is the strategy you are using working for you? Are you generating the number, and type of lead you want to get in front of your business? If not, I have some good news for you.

You have several options today when marketing and advertising your business on the internet. You can post classified ads, both paid and free, pay per click (PPC) ads, you can create solo ads, participate in ezines, write articles, even send out emails to your list. Maybe your blogging, participating in traffic exchanges, and have profiles on every social networking site out there. All those things work, and most work very well, but how do you really get the most bang for your buck?

All I can reference is my own experience, but I think my experience is pretty typical of people that get into this homebased business industry for the first time. I discovered there is a learning curve and some training can get you to your goal faster than others. I tried my hand at PPC until I maxed out my credit cards. I bought leads from all types of sources and discovered most people didn't want to talk to me and I spent my money for nothing. I joined every traffic exchange I came across and overloaded my email mailbox. I bought ads, created 100's of free ads, and tried my hand at email marketing and sent emails to my lists. I got a lead here and there, but nothing worked as well as what I experienced when I got involved with the Veretekk Marketing System.

At first, Veretekk seemed difficult and was a little challenging for me to understand. Once I got into the system and started looking at what I had in front of me, I actually discovered that the system was actually very easy and it made my marketing and advertising extremely simple. With Veretekk, I have 41 traffic portals which help me drive more traffic to ANY business website I want to promote. I say ANY business, because with Veretekk, I have a "Market Center"in Veretekk that allows me to market one or more businesses. If you have a primary income producing business, and also work a couple of Affiliate Sites with products that support your main business, you understand the power of having a Market Center that allows you to market more than one website.

Now besides, traffic portals, Veretekk Marketing System also provides Search Engine Optimization resources that let me get my business website ranked higher in the Search Engines. All that, and I don't go broke paying for PPC.

So now I have Traffic Portals, SEO Tools, and I also have Ad Submission services like Blastomatic.com which lets me blast 12 million ads to the internet with just a few clicks, Leadsomatic.com which lets me create 2 billions ads for free, and then there are the Free FFA's which let me upload up to 10,000 leads daily to my autoresponder and email system. I personally average about 3500-4000 uploaded leads daily, with about 25-30 people confirming their opt in each day. I don't about you, but 25-30 double opt in leads that didn't cost me a dime is pretty good in my book.

If you have already found something that works really well for you and your business and you are generating all the leads you need, then I commend you. You've found something that works well for you. If like me, you are looking for something to use to boost your business and your lead generation, then I encourage you to check out Veretekk Today. You can even have your own Free Silver Veretekk Marketing System and test drive the system for yourself.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

14. Don't Be Distracted By The Rest, Put This To The Test
Have you tried free classifieds, Traffic Exchanges, Solo Ads, Ezine Articles, and just about anything else you could find out there? If you are like most Network Marketers, you find lead generation to be one of the most frustrating parts of building your homebased business. Getting enough people to view your website can be a huge challenge but certainly not impossible.

So what is the secret to generating tons of traffic to your website?

You need to meet the need of the market of people you are targeting. You need to provide some value to the people you are looking for. What do you offer your prospects that makes you the better choice out of the thousands of other people doing business on the internet?

If you have not done a search lately in Google for a Home Based Business then you might be in for a surprise when the results come back. As of this posting the search results show 39,900,000 listings for home based business. If you tried to compete with the keyword "home based business" in Google adwords, you would probably be paying a very pretty penny for pay per click advertising. The keyword "Network Marketing" brings back 48,500,000 results. How does a new home business owner compete in online advertising and marketing?

It's fairly easy to get your ads out there and get some traffic without having to go broke paying for pay per click (PPC) Google Adwords if you know the secrets of Internet Marketing. When I first began in this industry I had no clue what I was doing. I figured it was easy enough to created a PPC ad, choose the best keywords, and start competing. What I didn't know was how quickly my credit card would be maxed out because I had to pay a lot to compete with the Big Dawgs for the best keywords. I had no idea that I could use variations of the best keywords, pay less, and still rank in the search engines. After all, if you don't rank on the first 2-3 pages, no one is going to see your ad. Not very many people bother searching past the first few pages and won't likely be looking around on page 10 through 20.

The key to generating the kind of traffic you need is knowing how to go about it the right way. How do you get yourself ranked without having to pay through the nose. It's easy, you learn from the best, don't let yourself be distracted by the rest, and you put what you learn to the test. ( I know,sounds corny, but hey - it rhymes). The best sources of quality online training that I have found are provided by two people - Mike Dillard (Building on a Budget), and Mike Klingler (Renegade University). What makes them the best? Simple, they are both affordable and they both provide training that shows you how to build your business even if you don't have a lot of money to do it. You don't have to have $1000's of dollars to be able to have a successful business. Both of these training programs provide step by step instruction, great support, excellent forums, and they keep you up to date on the latest techniques working on the internet. Techniques like "Twitter" where you create a network of friends and you share with them through mini blogs, and Squidoo pages, where you talk about anything you want and attract people to your site.

Social Networking and Attraction Marketing are very popular, easy, and affordable ways to promote your business and anyone can do this. Believe it or not, MySpace is not just for school kids anymore.

If you are looking for a way to learn how to market and advertise your new Home Based Business without going broke, I encourage you to check the resources mentioned above. You have nothing to loose, but could save yourself tons of money by utilizing the techniques. You may also want to consider investing into the best Marketing System you can find. For me, that is Veretekk. Veretekk provides me 41 different traffic portals allowing me to use all 41 of them to generate more traffic to my website(s). It also provides Searn Engine Optimization resources which allow me to continue to get my websites ranked in the search engines without paying too much for pay per click. If you don't currently have a marketing system that provides Traffic Portals, SEO tools, email, Conferencing tools, and more, get a Free Silver Veretekk account and check it out for yourself.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
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15. You Have A Homebased Business, Now What?
You finally decided on a Home Based Business, you joined, paid your fees, and now you are ready to get going. What do you do now?

First, you want to get familiar with your business and your back office area. Find out when the training calls are, when the Business Overview Calls are and how to send new prospects to the calls. You'll most likely have links in your back office that say something like " Get Started Here", or "Begin Here" and obviously, that's the best place to begin to go through your business system.

2. You might want to make sure you have an 800# that you can refer prospects to but this certainly is not needed. When I began my business, I just used my cell phone #. That was fine until I got calls from people in China, and places where the time difference is very "different". (No fun being woken up at 2:00 am)

3. You want to look through your back office and find the link where you are given some suggestions for ad copy that you can use. These can be very helpful if this is your first time doing anything like this. Eventually, you will create your own ad copy and figure out what works best, but for now - these will work. A lot of companies will give you ads that they have proven to work. Don't be too concerned that they are overused. Not everybody uses them, and there are tons of places you can place your ad.

4. Some work from home companies even give you a link with all the places you can post your ad. Many of those might even be free sites where you can post free classified ads or they will at least be fairly cost effective ($10/month to post unlimited ads). In the beginning, check these out and get some ads out there. They are great places to get started and you get the practice of posting ads. I also recommend Traffic Exchanges like Traffic Swarm. Here you can place up to 10-12 ads that rotate and you keep them rotating by clicking on ads of others for points. (you can purchase points too if you'd rather not spend the time clicking)

5. You will want to then begin to get some training. Most companies will provide training to you and they have this through live calls (with a schedule posted in the back office), or maybe even live webinar where you can listen and watch the training being given. If you plan to promote your business online, then you will want to be sure and take the time to get some excellent Online Training that shows you the in's and out's of advertising and marketing online. For example, if your budget for advertising is very low since you just forked out some money to join your business, you might want to invest you time and effort into Attraction Marketing and Social Marketing. Both of these are techniques that show you how to make the most of social networks and how to provide value to prospective business partners so you have people calling you, and you don't have to chase people.

Personally, this is my preferred method of marketing because I don't care for rejection and I'd rather talk to people who want to hear what I have to talk about.

6. You may want to consider purchasing some leads if you don't have anyone to talk to and you would rather not hit up your family and friends. This could be a temporary answer to generate a lead to talk to and at least practice your script (script also can be found in most back offices). If you are following steps 4 and 5 however, you should be able to start generating some leads of your own. I found this to be much more cost effective. Check out prices to buy "quality leads" and you will know what I mean.

7. Pick up the phone and start calling people. Remember, it's only a conversation. You are simply calling to find out why this person wants a homebased business of their own, what they hope to accomplish with it, and you want to know if they really want it bad enough. (their why) If they don't have a strong enough reason to be trying to work from home with their own business, they most likely won't stick it out when things get tough. Anyone that has been around Network Marketing for any length of time knows it is not always easy, but it sure is worth it in the long run!

These are just the basics for getting your home based business off the ground and I hope it has assisted you in some small way. Be on the look out for future posts where I'll get into more detail about lead generation and getting more traffic to your webiste.

To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

16. What Does It Take To Make Money In Homebased Business
Have you ever wondered what it really takes to make any money in Home Based Business? If you have, you are not alone.

With the current condition of the economy, more and more people are wondering if money can be made working from home. A lot of people are facing layoffs, business closures, foreclosure and are desperate to find a legitimate way to make some extra money. People need cash and they need it fast. How many ways do you know of to make money on demand? Probably not many.

This is where having your own homebased business in Network Marketing can be a breath of fresh air. If you get involved with the right company, you can actually make significant income while you work at home. Many Top Tier, Direct Sales companies are paying commissions of $1000, $5000, and $8000. Of course, it does take an investment to get started in one of these businesses, but if you spend $1500 to get started and your first two sales are $1000 each ($1k + $1k = $2k), well you've obviously come out ahead.

So what does it take to make some money in one of these companies?
1. You need to be serious about making money from home. This is not a test, this is not a game or a hobby. If you don't really want it bad enough you won't make it. This is why you'll see that some of the highest income earners are people that have hit rock bottom. People that have gotten close to loosing their house, their cars, their jobs, and maybe even bankruptcy know what it is to want it bad enough.

2. You need to be willing to do what it takes to make it work. That means, no giving up. Nothing good comes easy so when the going gets tough.....you need to be able to stick it out. If you are just getting started in your homebased business you are going to have a lot to learn. Just a fact. Now you can certainly shorten that learning curve by getting some good Internet Marketing Training, and you can actually get good training that does not cost you $1000's of dollars. What if you could get training that showed you how to build your business for free....no paying for expensive Google Ads, classifieds, etc.

3. You need to be building a business that has a good compensation plan. How long do you think it is going to take if the only commission you make is $10 per package of vitamins you sell? Now how much could you potentially make in a week if you are making $1000 per enrollment? (Answer: the sky is the limit)

4.You need to have a very good Marketing System.You need a system that will allow you to do several things in one system. You want to be able to advertise, you want to be able to optimize your website for the search engines, you want an email system that protects you and prevents spam with a double opt in system, and you need a built in autoresponder, that you can personalize if you choose, to keep in touch and build a relationship with your leads.

5.You need to Master Mind with like minded people You may have heard it said that if you want to know what your potential for annual income is, just look at the income of the people you hang around with. I don't know about you, but $30k a year is just not where I see myself. If you want to know how to make 6 and 7 figure incomes, maybe 6 figures a month, then you need to be hanging around the people that are doing that. You need to talk to them, listen to them, and do what they do. That simple!

6. You need to know WHY you are doing this. What is it that is going to make you stick with it when things get tough. What is it that you want to achieve when you succeed. What does your life look like at that point? You need to be able to still see your goal, and feel what it is going to be like.

There are many different things that you can do to insure success in your business but I've just covered a few of the most important ones above. If you at least have the basics I've mentioned then you have a very good chance of making money in your Home Based Business.

If you have questions about what you have read here, please email me.
To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

17. Who Else Wants Extra Income For Retirement?
Retired already, or hoping to retire soon? Then you might be considering another way to earn some additional income to supplement what ever retirement income you might be getting.

If you've been watching the latest news about the economy, the Dow Jones, and the Government Buy Out, you might be one of many people that has some serious concerns about being able to retire on your current retirement account in if's present condition. Many people are watching their 401K's, Mutual Funds, and other investments dwindle right before their eyes and wondering how they will recover, or how long it is going to take to make up the loss.

I've got some good news for you about a solution that only a small percentage of people have tapped in to - it's called Home Based Business. When we retire from our jobs we are usually ready to slow down the fast pace of our lives, enjoy our families, travel more and see the things we want to see, and just relax and enjoy the best life has to offer. A homebased business gives us the chance to keep busy, make some extra income for whatever we want, and yet do it all on our terms, working when we want and working from where ever we want. Imagine working your business with a cell phone and laptop while traveling the country in your RV, sitting on some exotic Carribean beach, or from the patio of a mountain cabin sitting on a beautiful lake. Can you think of any better way to earn some money?

I retired from my 20 year career in March 2008 at the tender young age of 43. I do collect some retirement but at age 43, I didn't qualify for the age, or number of years on the job, so I took a penalty. The way I see it, it's ok because I know my retirement system will be paying me for quite a few years to come. (I plan on living until well into my 80's,90's,or 100's because I made a decision to slow my life down now and enjoy what is really important to me)

Now maybe you've already been searching for a business that you can work from home and you are a little discouraged by all the hype and garbage you see on the internet. Network Marketing, Direct Sales, MLM, what does it all mean? You aren't sure who you can trust and what business will really work for you. You have heard horror stories from other people that got involved with a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) Scam and now they have tons of product in their garage and no money in their bank account. No one you know even believes it is possible to make money online working the internet.

Well they are all wrong! You REALLY can make money on the internet through Network Marketing when you get involved with a company that provides the necessary basics and you have some honest to goodness training and guidance on how to do it. Honestly, just about any company that offers you a good product, a website, some basic training, and a compensation plan that pays well can work if you know what you are doing. Most new people to network marketing don't know what they are doing, but there are tons of great resources that will lead you every step of the way. The best ones show you how to maximize your advertising without going broke doing it. Social Networking and Attraction Marketing are great ways to market for free and generate all the quality leads you need for your new business. Once you generate those leads you manage them with a Quality Marketing System that not only helps you build your business but it has everything you need to work online safely following all the necessary rules to avoid any spam complaints, etc.

With a healthy combination of: A Good Business, Excellent Training, and Quality Marketing System, you really can build up an extra income to supplement your retirement and create some residual income for you too. Baby Boomers do not have to worry about how they'll pay for their retirement years, they just have to act!

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.biz

18. Is Now The Time To Be Starting A Homebased Business?
With the economy as it is, some people don't believe this is the best time to launch your own Home Based Business. I disagree. Because of the economy, now is the best time ever! People no longer have control over their futures with their J.O.B's (just over broke). They are at the mercy of the economy, the corporation, the boss, and the budget cuts. Retirement accounts that people have taken years to build have been hit hard, and some people aren't even sure if they'll be able to retire. Social Security won't be here for much longer as the government can no longer fund "entitlement programs".

With the economy as it is, most people don't think now is a good time to spend money, and they don't believe that other people will spend money. That's where they are wrong. When a person is worried about whether they'll be laid off or not, will their landlord foreclose on the house they are living in, or if the cost of food and gas gets too bad, what do they give up first, and it's at this time when people either give in to what they are being dealt, or they decide to fight back. I don't mean fight in a violent sense, I mean take a stand for what they know they deserve in life and show that they won't settle for less.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of Network Marketing Scams out there today on the internet, but there are twice as many legitimate home based businesses that really do make people money. The top network marketing companies have been around for awhile, they have a proven record of success, they have a system in place that makes it easy for just about anyone to get started and earn money right away, and they have a good compensation plan. I dare say, the top network marketing companies also have negative publicity too - yes, you will see some negative comments about a company because a successfull company, making people money, is too threatening to a whole lot of other companies not doing as well. Just nature of competition I guess.

I do have a warning though for anyone considering a business they can work from home, be sure you have adequate training from a good training source. A source that teaches people how to market their business without spending more money than they are making. What's the point of building a business if you are going to go broke trying to advertise it.

I also recommend a very good Marketing System that shows people how to build ANY business they are working, again, doing it without going broke. A system that shows them how to maximize search engine optimization, generating a lead, and how to help that new lead in what ever way is appropriate for that individual (not everyone is going to join your business - but that's ok, we can still help them). In all of the systems I've been involved in, the best ones have SEO Tools, an Email system that works very hard to prevent spam, Autoresponder system that keeps your name and info in front of the people that do double opt into your system, and of course, a system that provides plenty of advertising capabilities.

With all that said, a legitimate homebased business gives people a chance to change their circumstances and to do it on their own terms. There is nothing like the freedom and piece of mind that one feels when the ups and downs of the economy do not affect them. Imagine not having to worry about what car you drive because it is a gas guzzler, but instead, you drive the car of your dreams because you want to. Imagine, you don't have to worry about the boss laying you off....you are the boss! You don't worry about your companies retirement plan or 401k, because you know you can take care of your retirement because you've the secret to Network Marketing Success. You don't worry about paying for your groceries and selling your furniture to do it because you know how to create money on demand. Life really can be that good, it really can! Don't believe me, then I hope you are very happy at your job, because you'll be working for someone else for a long time.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
Email Me
www.GinaFloyd.com

19. Build Relationships: Generate More Leads and Business
If you are looking to get more website traffic, more leads, and more business, then you need to consider building a relationship with the people that visit your site.

Only a small percentage of the visitors that come to your site will actually click through to your order page, most will simply leave. Even the people that really liked what your site had to offer, will also leave without buying anything. This is why it's important to give your visitors a way to hear from you again. The reality is, unless you provide some continued contact, they won't return to your site even if they did like it or even bookmarked it. This is where something like an offer to subscribe to a blog, newsletter, or an ezine proves very useful as you offer them a free benefit - continued information they can use. The key is build a quality, long term repeat-exposure, one-to-one relationship with your visitor (lead) to increase the repeat traffic to your site.

A Blog:blogging is taking the world and the internet by storm. More and more people who regularly surf the web are recognizing the blogging world and they subscribe to blogs that interest them. Since most visitors to websites are looking for information, and they are looking for content, subscribing to your blog allows visitors to get notice of any updates to the site, which in turn encourages them to come back and visit the site. When you blog, you distribute your content using RSS (really simply syndication) which reaches more people and the search engine spiders love it! Blogging is very easy and it's a very effective way to build a following and to build more traffic faster.

Newsletter/Ezine: These let YOU revisit your visitors and it gives them a reason to return to your site. Newsletters/Ezines can be about new information on your website, some new product or service you offer, or brand new content and information that is exclusive to only the subscribers of your Newsletter/Ezine. The success of your newsletter/ezine will depend on good content and you should have content they want to read, not what you want to talk about. The key is to have your lead looking forward to receiving the next issue.

Before you decide what to write for your blog or your newsletter, decide who you will write it for, and then decide why. What benefits will you provide to your subscribers? What will this person gain from reading your blog, ezine or newsletter? You want to meet the needs of the people you are targeting, so be sure and think about the types of things they want to know, need to know, or could find very useful. This is how you provide value to them.

In case you were wondering how people subscribe to your blog or newsletter, it's done through "subscription forms" which is created through easy code that is placed on your site. The great thing about subscription forms, is that the lead is sent a confirmation email confirming they wanted to sign up so now you have what they call " a double opt-in lead". Double opt-in feature helps you keep your list of leads "clean" and keeps you out of trouble and safe from Spam complaints.

Now you might be wondering how you go about creating and managing these things I've mentioned above. This is where a high quality, very effective, Marketing System comes into play. The right Home Business Marketing system will have a built in blog, a resource for creating and sending a newsletter to keep in touch with people that have opted in, and a way to create the form code you need to get them to sign up in the first place. You can easily do a search on Google and search for "Marketing Systems" and then compare the various feature they offer. The system I personally prefer is the Veretekk Marketing System. I like that they allow you to have a Free account while you test drive the system and tour the back office to see what all the features are. If you like what you see....you simply upgrade and have access to 41 different traffic portals. Not only do you have numerous portals for traffic, you have several Search Engine Optimization sites also. Optimizing your site for the search engines is going to attract search engine spiders which assist you in getting a better ranking in the search engines. A better ranking means more traffic, which could mean more subscribers and ultimately, more business.

I hope this blog posting has helped you, in some way, have a better understanding of how you can maximize your home based business and get more website traffic and leads.

To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
rlfloyd@veretekk.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

20. Can You Work From Home and Make Money in Networking Marketing?
Are you one of the few people (Only 3-4%) making money online right now in Network Marketing? If you are not, you are probably wondering if a person really can make a living working at home doing Network Marketing.

When I say only a few people, 3-4%, that is because most people are not willing to do what it takes to build a home based business and work from home. 96-97% of the population would rather play it safe, and keep working their job, waiting for their pension, retirement plan, or social security.

Out of the 3-4% that are actually willing to make a change in their life, only about 3%-4% of them actually succeed. The rest of the people never get their business off the ground, make any money, or they just plain give up because it requires too much effort.

You see, building your own home business and working from home is not an easy thing to do, it requires patience, some learning, time, and money. Yep! Money - Ever heard of any other business out there that you could start for NOTHING?

Why is it then, that so many people are utterly shocked when you tell them what the start up cost is to get into business?

Here are some requirements if you want to start your own business from home and be successful:
1. Investment - you are going to have to spend something if you want to make some money working from home. Now you can invest $200 into an MLM, pay $200 autoship every month for products you might never use again and earn $10 per order, or you can make a one time only investment in a product, and make $1000 commissions.

Which sounds better to you?

Home Based Business Investment is like anything else. You are going to get out what you put in and that starts with the money to start it up. It's really that simple.

2. Discipline: When you first get started, you are going to have to set some time aside to start working on your business. You will also have to learn how things work, and how your business system works. This won't be an easy task if you are still working your full time job and taking care of your family. You must decide how important this goal is to you and schedule time to work your business.

3. Mistakes: You will undoubtedly make some mistakes. The first time you call a "lead" and you follow the company "script" you'll probably miss words, or skip whole sentences, or sound like your reading something, but if you keep going, and keep at it, it will eventually sound natural and you wont have to read a thing.

4. Good Marketing System: Unless you already have some marketing and advertising skills, you are going to need a good marketing system that takes the guess work out of it for you. You'll need something that won't cost you an arm and a leg to run (no money coming in yet from your business), yet is as effective if not better, than the paid stuff. (Google Adwords, etc)

5. Online Training: Training is going to be very important in your business. Not too many people are successful right out of the shoot without even a little training. Even if you've been in home based business before, you will do much better with detailed, step by step, one on one training.

6.Patience/Faith: Many of the advertisements you see on the internet today will promise you $1000's of dollars by next week if you join them, and they claim you don't have to do a thing to earn it. This simply is not true! It will take some time to get your website ranked in the search engines, it will take some time for your ads to circulate all over the net, but with the proper training and effective marketing system,(#4&5) these things will happen.

Now, I can't help you with the investment, or the discipline, and your just going to make mistakes, but I can help you with the Marketing System and the Online Training. Through a very effective mix of resources, I've discovered the way to truly build your business on the internet and not spend an arm and a leg doing it. This is especially good for those of you building your business on a very tight budget.

Why do I know I can help you build your business and avoid all the mistakes? Because I've already made them myself and I know what to avoid - that simple. It took me some time, but I remained patient and had faith (#6) and I discovered that you really can work from home and make some money in Network Marketing. Find out how!

To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372 Direct
702 973 6120 Toll Free
Email Me

21. Is A Home Based Business The Answer To A Failing Economy
Dow Jones industrials nosedive nearly 780 points in their largest one-day point drop ever!!

So what happens now, the economic wreckage that the Administration and Congress have warned about — rising unemployment, shrinking nest eggs and prolonged recession? The tanking stock market and falling home values (which happens to be the single-biggest assets for most Americans) have seriously affected people's wealth and their retirement accounts while high energy, gas, and food prices are their shrinking paychecks.

So what is a person supposed to do?

Take things into your own hands!!! The Home Based Business Industry is taking off and there is a reason for that. It's about taking things into your own hands and not being at the mercy of a company, a boss, your retirement plan, or whatever. When you work from home you control your security and your destiny. Sure, you might be affected by gas prices, or maybe your bank closes down on you, but when you are helping people keep their homes, and come home to their families, you'll be doing just fine because there are millions of people looking for what you have to offer - a way out of the Rat Race.

People are finally realizing that having your own home based business is how you take control of your life and how you finally get that Freedom you've been wanting. You start living life on your terms. Think about it. No commuting ( I walk to my computer desk), no need for fancy expensive clothes ( I work in my jammies most days), no dealing with co-workers you might not like in the next cubicle (your kids, your spouse, your household pets - maybe the mailman or the neighbor). There is no better time than now to get involved in the Networking Marketing Industry and take control of how much money you make this year. There is no limit on what you can make - you decide, not some boss who controls the purse strings.

A lot of people are concerned, and maybe scared, to make an investment in their own home business but let me ask you this, is your money any safer now being in a bank or in a 401k? Not! If you could make an investment that had a great ROI (return on investment) and it was property, would you hesitate, yet property values are plummeting. How about a ROI where you control the return and it just depended on you and what you did and there was an open market for what you had to offer.

Working from home with your own business opportunity is perfect for: Stay at home moms, retired people, Baby Boomers, Single parents, CEO's and anyone fedup with the corporate world. Just about anyone looking to make a little extra money, or replace their six figure income can create the life of their dreams while working from the comfort of their own home.

If you are considering a home business of your own, you need to know there will be some work involved - nothing good comes easy, but the reward will be 10x more than you put in. We have excellent Network Marketing Training Systems available to anyone (Free Membership and Paid) and the systems walks people step by step on how to build their business and make it successful. There are some excellent, and seriously effective, Marketing Systems that show you how to reach millions of people for free. Imagine being able to blast 12 million ads at no cost and get yourself ranked in the top pages of the search engines.

If you are stressed or worrying about what is going on in the news and in our world today, consider taking a step in the right direction, you won't be sorry you did

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
rlfloyd@veretekk.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

22. Prospecting: Calling Your Home Business Leads
When I first started in Network Marketing I remember being terrified when it came time to call my leads. Initially, I purchased leads so that I could started right away and, in essence, practice my handy dandy script provided by my company. Unfortunately it took me some time to really understand what I was supposed to do when calling my leads. I was more worried about following the script properly and saying the right thing about the company,and worried about difficult questions I might encounter.

What I finally came to understand is that calling your prospect is just a conversation. I actually enjoyed the conversations a lot more when I just threw out the script, and just talked to people. You work very hard to generate leads and get traffic to your website and when some people respond, you simply call and have a conversation. I soon discovered that just having a conversation was not enough, though, I had to stop focusing on me and my needs and concentrate completely on what my prospect was looking for and what they were hoping to achieve. I came to understand that not everybody was looking for my business opportunity and not everyone was right for it.

So how do you have a conversation with your prospect and focus on them, simple, you ask them questions, and you listen! Just listen to what they say, and ask questions based on what you just heard. Just about every script out there for any business is going to cover the basic questions: Why do you want a home based business, what do you do for a living now, what is your annual income right now, what do you want your annual income to be 6, or 12 months from now. You ask about their family, what they would do if they were making the amount of money they wanted to make. Ask them how $100,000 would change their life? Best thing to do is just go with the flow. Maybe you've visited the city they live in, or you know something about the work they currently do.

You see, business is about providing value and serving the customer before yourself. If you provide value to others then you will get back what you want in return. I learned this valuable principle and more when I became a member of Renegade University. The university teaches you how to provide value to others, and at the same time, build your business. I learned how to market my business using Social Networking, and Attraction Marketing techiniques which I can do for free. I learned how to provide value to others and as a result, people contacted me and asked me about my business. That was a refreshing change to actually have people calling me instead of me "Chasing" them. It's so much easier to talk to people that want to hear from you.

If you are tired of people hanging up on you, or getting upset when you call them, I encourage you to check out the Renegade University for yourself and learn how to actually "Attract" leads to you. You'll enjoy everything about your business when you talk to people that want the in formation you can provide. Renegade University is also an affiliate program so you can benefit by sponsoring other people into the university. ((Check out my previous blog about Affiliate Marketing)).

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
rlfloyd@veretekk.com
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23. Home Business: Work From Home Income with Affiliate Marketing
If you have been involved Network Marketing for any length of time you may have heard the term "Affiliate Marketing" mentioned once or twice. Affiliate Marketing is about marketing a product belonging to someone else, and earning a commission based on the sale of that product. Most of the time, the commissions are not large, but they can add up. Is it worth your time?

In my opinion, Affiliate Marketing and generating leads through your promotion of someone else's product is worth a try. I believe that when you get started in the Network Marketing/MLM industry, any money you make is worth it. Most of us end up spending way more money than we earn when we first get involved in our Home Based Business adventure. Unless you have a background in advertising and marketing, you will have a few things to learn about marketing and promoting your business to generate website traffic and leads.

Imagine you are working your primary home based business with a startup cost around $1500-2000. You then have to spend a little to advertise and that cost depends on where you choose to put your ad. You most likely will have a monthly website cost, maybe a conference bridge cost, and price for leads if you choose to buy some to get you started. Well, if you are also promoting an affiliate site with a product that cost around $40 or $50, you have another income stream with commissions that could at least pay for your monthly website cost. Don't you agree that making an extra $40 or $50 in commissions would help pay for your advertising at least?

Another key point to consider, a lot of people will not be willing or able to join your business for a start up cost of $1500-$2000 but they might be willing to pay for that $30 E-Book that teaches them how to sell on E-Bay.

There are tons and tons of Affiliate Marketing businesses you can get involved in and all you have to do is Google the term to find them. I encourage you to join programs that market and promote products that enhance the primary business you are already working. For example, if you are promoting a home based business opportunity for something like travel, you could be promoting products that support Building Home Based Business, Lead Generation, Blogging for Leads, etc. There are even Affiliate Programs that promote Online Training. Personally, I like the idea of not only promoting and marketing my business,but also providing tools for my associates to effectively build their business so they profit online.

How about making $10 for showing people how to generate endless leads and website traffic. That's what Blastomatic.com can do for you. You simply give the program away for FREE and if people decide to upgrade and take advantage of all the perks of the program, you make a commission.

One of my favourite lead generating systems is called Free FFAS. With this system you simply sign up and each day you can upload up to 10,000 leads daily. I've personally averaged about 3500-4000 leads each day since I joined after learning about it through my Veretekk Marketing System. With Veretekk, I have the email and autoresponder system I need to maintain contact with my new leads once they've willingly verified their email.

To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
www.HomeBasedBusiness.FindTheCheapestOnline.com

24. Do Your Free Classified Ads Generate Leads For Your Business?
If you have your own home based business, chances are you are posting ads in places on the internet and maybe even print media if you have your own home based business. Question is, are those ads actually generating website traffic and sending leads to your business? If you were to Google "Free Classifieds" you have 1000's of options on where to post tons of free ads to get your business seen on the web today. Unfortunately, so do the other millions of people that are working from home building their own home based business and trying to get people to see their website.

That is why it is very important to create ads that are actually getting your website seen by as many people as possible. So how does a person ensure their ads generate the kind of traffic they want to capture? The most obvious answer would be to create ads that peak the attention of people that see it. It's imperative your ad says something that intriques the reader and gets them to actually click on your link. It's been my experience that the kind of ads that people read are the kind of ads that offer people something they need. You need to meet the need of the market you have decided to target. In my opinion, the best ads are not the salesy ads that blast out hype about how their business is going to save your life and put $50,000 in your bank account in 30 days. Most people can see through the sales pitch.

Another very important aspect of submitting classified ads is submitting ads in places that work the search engines. Your ad needs to be crawled by the search engine spiders so that they rank your ad as high as possible. This is how your ad becomes one of the first seen "organic" ads on Google and you didn't have to spend a fortune competing for the keywords.

Speaking of keywords, make sure your ad has the keywords that are important to the people are you are targeting. Believe it or not, you don't want to be competing for the most searched keywords - instead, compete for combinations of keyword phrases and you'll actually have a better chance of coming up in the search engines. Googles Free Keyword Tool is an excellent tool to use to get an idea of keyword phrases you can use based off the most searched keywords.

Free Ad Submission Services such as Blastomatic.com are excellent for being able to submit Free classifieds ads and getting them ranked by the search engines. The key to this success is the fact that Blastomatic allows you to blast 12 millions ads which seriously hits the search engines creating tons of links to your website(s). When the search engine spiders see tons of links to your site, they rank your site higher because they believe your site is very popular due to the number of links to it. You can see how this can really pay off for you. Once your site ranks higher, guess what people find when they conduct searches using keywords you've put into your ads!

If you are looking for a "one stop shopping" kind of place to create ads for your business, you've found that in Blastomatic. Be sure and check it out, it's free, and it works!

To Your Success!
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

25. Generating Free Home Business Leads and What To Do With Them
If you want your home based business opportunity to be a success, you need to generate traffic to your website which turns into a lead for your business. Generating those leads might be one of the toughest parts of working your internet business but it can be one of the most important.

There are several different ways to generate leads but in this post I'll be focusing on the free methods. Personally, I've bought and paid for leads and spent way too much money and discovered that buying leads is not always the best way to go. Sure, it's the quick way to get leads and you can get people to see your website, but personally, I'd rather have a person see my website because they want to see it and they are actually looking for what I have to offer. Nothing worse than chasing leads that don't want anything to do with you.

Other than using blogs like this one, I also use other free resources such as Blastomatic.com, Leadsomatic.com and Free FFA's.com. One of the most effective resources for me has been Free FFA's which generates about 3500-5000 leads a day. I then use my Veretekk Marketing System to upload those leads and then maintain regular communication with them. Through my Veretekk Marketing System I am able to market my home based business through my marketing center which actually allows me to have several different businesses to advertise and I can rotate which business is marketed to what group of leads. As you can see, my Veretekk system gives me a lot of freedom and control on how I maintain my leads database.

Now when I say "maintain regular communication" with my leads, this is where an autoresponder comes into play and with Veretekk, autoresponder and email is included. One of the most important things you can do with new leads you generate is maintain contact and develop a relationship. Email is a good way, but one of the best ways is to actually call and talk to your new lead. When you call and speak to people though, you are not calling to give a sales pitch. Business is about relationships and your main objective is to call and have a conversation with the person you are talking to. You want to know what they are hoping to achieve, what they've done so far to achieve that, and how you might be able to help them reach their goal. Believe it or not, you might not be able to help some people. If you talk to people only with the intent of selling them something and getting their money, you aren't going to get very far in business. People are smart enough to pick up on your intentions and they will see right through what you are trying to do. I suggest you call people with a true and genuine interest in assisting them in some way.

If you would like to learn more about how you can generate leads for your business and truly assist people with the business they are presently working, check out www.GinaFloyd.biz where you can learn how to market your home based business using Social Networking and Attraction Marketing techniques and then show others how to do the same. There is just something extremely satisfying about helping other people succeed with what ever business they are working.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@Hotmail.com


26. Don't let the current Economy and Gas prices affect your travel plans
I hope you will forgive me but I decided to take a break from my normal "how to get more leads" type of blog and wanted to share some thought about travel. Maybe you are like me and you love to travel and I just had to share with you the truth - the current economy and gas prices does not have to put a dent into travel plans. Even if you don't have any vacation days left, you can still squeeze in 3-4 day weekend Dream trips. In Todays world, you can find a way to afford Cheap Travel Vacations if it's something you love to do.

If you are looking for discount travel packages to places like Vegas, Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean, etc and you want cheap hotel rates, cheap airfare, or excellent discount hotel/air pacakges, then you'll find all of those things here.

Here are just a few examples of some of the most affordable Dream Trips you will find online.

Baja Mexico Dreamtrip 4 day, 3 night - Secret Garden on the Water with Al B Sure and friends, Slow Jams Cruise $299 pp based on dbl occupancy

Bahamas Paradise Island, 4 days, 3 nights Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island Bahamas $329. pp October 2008

Puerto Vallarta - All Inclusive 4 days, 3 nights - at All Inclusive Riu Vallarta Hotel $185 pp, October 2008

Phoenix Mini Dream Trip 4 day, 3 night at Embassy Suites Biltmore Hotel $248.00 PP

New York - Big Apple Getaway 4 day, 3 night - Jolly Madison Hotel $515 pp

If you don't believe these might be good deals, then please be sure and check prices for each location through any online travel site like Expedia.com, etc.

My most recent trip was to Oahu Hawaii in July 2008 and I have plans to travel to Kauai in December. No, money isn't growing on trees in my backyard (yet), I just know a good travel package when I see it and I don't waste time searching the net for months. With my current membership with WorldVentures, I am able to book DreamTrips once a month if I want to. After all, when you can travel to places like Puerta Vallarta for $185 per person and it's all inclusive (food, drink, etc are included) who can't find a little extra cash to make that happen.

Travel is a trillion dollar industry and it keeps growing. With more Baby Boomers retiring and traveling, the market is just getting better. After all, no matter what people do for a living, most travel at least one time in their lifetimes. With more families moving and living all over the country, people need to travel for family vacations, honeymoons, business trips, and just plain fun in the sun vacations in the Caribbean or Hawaii. World Ventures Dream Trips are incredible and you won't believe the variety of places to go each and every month.

If you can afford $99 one time, and $19 a month after that, you can travel to all of the places I've listed above and finally enjoy life and even begin Making a Living- LIVING!

Please contact me with any questions you might have about the information presented in this blog

To Your Success!
Regina Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com


27. Blog Your Way to Generating More Free Leads
If you are looking for a way to generate quality free leads for your business opportunity, then you need to be blogging. If you aren't blogging yet, you are missing out on one of the most effective Network Marketing techniques on the net today. Blogging is easy to do, it's affordable (free), search engines love it, it takes barely any time at all, and ANYONE working ANY business can do this. Even better, you can blog about just about anything and it will work for you.

Once you create your first blog, you wont believe how easy it really is and you will be floored at how much traffic you can generate by simply creating a daily post about ....anything. I like to blog about business and about different things I might be using to advertise and market my business. If you were to do a Google search on blogs, you could find a blog on just about anything you can think of. People blog about people, places, things, hot topics, politics, experiences, family, love, you name it. If you happen to have experiences, skills, and/or knowledge about one particular marketing niche, you can blog about it. For example, if you happen to be very good at Google Adwords you could blog about it and describe the process to people that don't know a thing about it. You could teach people how to use Adwords effectively and create links to your websites in your content.

BlogFather is just one of many resources that I use to Blog on the internet and get my business information out there. With Blogfather, I simply create one post a day and when I post my blog, using The Veretekk Marketing System, the system then "Pings" my blog to tons of search engines letting them all know that I have new content on my site. When the Search Engine Spiders crawl the web, they find my blog and my website and the result- my blogs(sites) get ranked higher in Search Engine for my selected keywords.

Blogfather is one off the many free blogging sites on the internet that are free to use, and very easy to create. I also use Blogger.com but in all honesty, I prefer Blogfather because it automatically "pings" my blogs to the search engines without me having to do anything extra. You can do that with Blogger but you have to do it yourself, if you know how.

If you are serious about getting your business and website ranked higher in the search engines, be sure and look into blogging. You can access your own Free Veretekk Silver Marketing System which gives you access to Blogfather and many many more businesss building resources. Once you've got a blog set up, let me know, I'd love to see it and then I'll share how you can create a post and send it to numerous blogs at the same time increasing your website presence.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

28. Do Free Classifieds Really Generate Home Business Leads
If you have been working at building a Home Based Business for even just a little bit of time, you have no doubt come across or submitted a classified ad. You know that you can pay for classified ads, or you can submit free ads but do they really work? There are a lot of naysayers out there that claim that free classifieds don't work and that you are wasting your time to even submit them. The reasons given as to why they don't work are because too many people submit to free classifieds and what person in their right mind is going to sift through thousands of ads to hopefully find yours. Well, this makes sense but the naysayers are missing the big picture.

Classified ads are posted in hopes of getting people to see your business information and website, but more importantly, they are extremely effective in getting your business website ranked and visited by tons of leads and potential customers. This concept took me some time to comprehend. You mean I'm not submitting tons of ads (12 million if you use Blastomatic) hoping that just ONE person will see it? Nope! I am submitting 12 million ads because I want the search engine spiders to find me, visit my site, and then rank me higher in search engines.

I don't think it gets any easier than this. Check out Free Classifieds for yourself and see how easy it really is. You sign up, you create an ad, and you submit. Your ad is then submitted to many different sites and locations for you with virtually one click. Oh....did I mention the cost - Zero!

If you are in the process of building ANY kind of business, the resources I just mentioned above are two of many available through The Veretekk Marketing System. With Veretekk, you can sign up for a FREE Veretekk Silver account and use many more traffic generating resources for free and get daily training that shows you how to market your business so effectively, you won't believe how simple it is.

If you have questions about how this can work for you and your business opportunity, contact me and I'll be happy to show you the way.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
rlfloyd@veretekk.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

29. Build Your Home Based Business Giving Things Away
Has anyone ever told you, you could actually build your home business by giving things away? Probably not. It's not common practice for people marketing their work from home opportunity to offer you something instead. Or give it to you for FREE. Most of the time, people are trying to get you to join their program and have you part with your money. That's what makes the marketing system I'm using so very different.

The Veretekk Marketing System is a truly unique, one of a kind marketing system. Why? Because it's the first system I've ever seen that actually gives away free traffic generating resources to people who are trying to generate leads and website traffic. Sure, there are costs associated with Veretekk, but only if you choose to upgrade to get access to ALL the feature available in the system. Truth is, you don't need to upgrade to at least get access to some of the most effective tools Veretekk offers.

For example, Blastomatic.com is one of the many features available to Veretekk Members who have a Free Silver account. With your own Free Silver account you can have access to Blastomatic, Leadsomatic, and Free FFAs. Basically, these resources alone are all you need to get the marketing of your business off to a great start.

Better yet, being a Veretekk Member - Silver or Gold - gives you the ability to GIVE AWAY the resources listed above. Not only are you building your own business, you are actually - truly - helping other people build their business. "What goes around, comes around"! I don't know about you.....but I really enjoy knowing that I am helping other people achieve their goals and dreams by showing them how to market effectively and actually get business to their site. If that means a commission here or there for me, that's a bonus, but it isn't what business is all about in my book. Business is about relationships and helping people and I know that by helping people save money, get website traffic and generate leads that eventually become sales, I'm doing something good and I believe that good will come back to me.

If you don't think you can build your business this way - just give it a shot and see how great it really works. There is just something magical about sincerely helping others achieve success that brings success back to you. I call it Law of Attraction.

You have nothing to loose by trying you own Free Silver Veretekk Marketing System and at least getting access to Blastomatic, Leadsomatic and Free FFA's. You could actually generate more leads than you could have ever imagined and you spent nothing.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

30. Are Free Leads Really Free
Try doing a search in Google for Free Leads and you are going to get a ton of results. Question is, are free leads really free? I've taken the bait, hook, line and sinker, and found myself on a page that promises me 10,000 leads if I sign up and pay for a membership that costs me monthly. So much for Free!

I'm here to tell you that you really can generate free leads to your website and get people to your business and it doesn't have to cost you a thing. Not all lead generation is the same though. I'm sure you've heard of traffic generation sites such as Traffic Swarm, Triple Your List, and many many more. These are all great sites and they do generate leads, but those leads come with a price in one way or another. Traffic Swarm requires you to click on the ads of other members spending at least 20 seconds on each ad in order to get enough points to have your own website showing. You can also buy points to get your site showing and generate leads, but then that's not free is it? Through Triple Your List you simply sign up as a member and depending on your level of membership, you get leads from that system. The catch here is that some of these leads can be years old and if you aren't careful in how you communicate with them, you can be accused of spamming. That's no fun!

My favorite (and in my opinion most effective) lead generation site I use for my own generation of free leads is Free FFAS. I typically generate at least 3500-4000 free leads each day through the Free FFAs system and I've only been at it for a few weeks. I have the potential of generating up to 10,000 leads a day.

The Free FFA program is for those people who need the most marketing potential available on the Internet. If you consider yourself a serious online marketer only, there is only one program available that will far exceed your expectation and meet your needs due it s automated verification technology. Even though this program might be free, don't let that fool you, this program offers more than some marketing plans on the internet today that could be costing you hundreds of dollars a year instead.

Here are just a few of the things you receive:

A daily list of email addresses of everyone who posts to the entire FFA system.
Full access to the Pro Submitter for posting your own ads to millions of FFA systems and sites!
Live help and training everyday in our training forums!

If you don't know what you would do with 10,000 daily leads because you can't imagine emailing every single one of them, or you wonder how you keep track of 10,000 leads each day, then you have the option of getting your very own Veretekk Marketing System. With the Veretekk system you have the ability to upload as many leads lists as you want, give folks the ability to opt in to your list to avoid spamming issues, and then choose one of several autoresponders available to keep in touch with your Premium Leads once they've verified their email in the system. All these things available in one system. Be sure and check it out to see if maybe it's something you could use to promote and market your primary business.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
GinaFloyd.biz

31. Got Blog: Are You Blogging For Leads?
Have you joined the 21st century in Network Marketing through Social Networks and Attraction Marketing? If not, it's time you got on the bandwagon or your business success could be in jeopardy.

Why Blog? Blogging is just one of the many, easy, and free ways to marketing and advertise any business today on the internet. If you aren't blogging yet, you could be missing out on tons of free website traffic and one of the easiest lead generation techniques available today. Blogging is not just for teens and college kids, it is for anyone that has something they want to share. You can find a blog on just about anything imaginable. People search them, search engines love them, and they get business to your website as long as you are creating a blog and keeping it updated.

My blogging is done mainly through the most effective marketing system I've come across in my 5 years of Network Marketing - The Veretekk Marketing System. My Blogfather account that you are reading from now, is just one of the many incredible features of Veretekk.

For those of you that don't have a Veretekk Marketing System of your own, another easy and free resource for blogs is Blogger.com. Blogger.com makes it very easy to simply create a blog on any topic you choose, pick a template that appeals most to you, and start blogging. My advice to you is to simply add something to your blog each day and keep your material new. Search engine spiders search each day and look for new material so when they find it on your blog, they are going to come back to your blog each and every day. The more the search engine spiders come to your blog, the more visibility you get and you begin to rank in the search engines. Better ranking means people find you when they search for keywords associated with your blog material. It's really that easy.

If Social Networking and Attraction Marketing are new concepts to you but you would like to learn more and get the latest and most effective training on blogging, be sure and visit Renegade University where you can sign up for a free membership and take a tour to find out all the newest techniques people are using to attract leads to their business without breaking their budget and bank account. Old school marketing techniques of making names lists and calling all your friends and family just don't work in todays market.

To Your Success!
Regina L Floyd
702 292 2372
reineglv@hotmail.com
www.GinaFloyd.biz

32. Is Your Loyalty To Your Upline Killing Your Business?
Do you feel a loyal connection to your upline. Do you seek information from them, put it into action, yet nothing happens in your business? Have you clarified your "Why" so many times you've got it memorized word for word?

May you are like me and you've: *Read all the books... *Listened to audio tapes non-stop ... *Never missed a company event or training... *You are on every team call and you attend every opportunity meeting possible...

Maybe you've even milked your upline for every drop of wisdom and advice they could or would offer you, you've Plastered your house with goal cards, vision boards, and pictures of all the cool stuff you want to manifest in your life and things you'll have when you are "making it"...And... most importantly... You have done everything you were told to do, exactly the way you were told to do it each time you "Masterminded" with like minded, successful people in your present business.

Maybe this sounds familiar: You've made your names list, contacted everyone on it, demonstrated the business system, cold called 100 of leads, drove all over creation to put out fliers, conducted three way calls, passed out cd's and videos, called some more leads... did home meetings (lots of them)... SHOWED THE PLAN... brought people to hotel meetings, passed out busi