I just got yet another phone call from a marketer who paid good money for my name and phone number as a lead who is “looking for a way to make part time income from home.” Exact words! I wrote them down because I wanted to drop everything and write a blog post on it.

I am already making FULL TIME income from home and I’m NOT looking for another income opportunity! The poor girl has been ripped off. So has the many hopeful network marketers who bought my son Brandon’s name as a lead. I get postcards every week for him. Guess WHAT!! Brandon hasn’t lived here in 10 years!! They are still selling his name as a lead.

I admit, I have bought my share of leads over my years in this industry. I know from experience the leads are usually bad. A long time ago I decided I would not ever buy network marketing leads again.

It really makes me flaming mad that unscrupulous lead companies are ripping people off with leads that are not really leads. They go online and get info on network marketers, then sell that information as leads to people who have a dream to improve their life. When their efforts fail because they are not working effectively in their business, they drop out thinking that it is the network marketing industry or their company that is at fault.

For several years I have been teaching people how to generate their own leads. Lately I am on a mission to get people to hear that message. You DON’T need to buy leads. There are plenty of ways to generate your own real leads. That’s one thing I love about MyLeadSystemPro. They are the best Attraction Marketing System and Training on the planet.

I wish I had found MyLeadSystemPro 14 years ago when I first began with my primary company. It would have made things go much faster. I have been teaching similar things to my downline for several years but not on the scale they can learn from MyLeadSystemPro. I am giddy with delight that I discovered what they were all about. I thank my good friend Diane Hochman for putting me on to them. Now I have the best tools to share with my team.

I have built a great full time business in network marketing and I really love to help other people experience it for themselves. With MyLeadSystemPro I know we will be helping so many more people, not only survive this economy but actually thrive.

Hey, if you want to try out MyLeadSystemPro, you can take a 14 day trial. I’m sure you will be as impressed as I am. With 16 years in the network marketing industry, I have seen a lot and very little impresses me. I’m sure that’s why it took someone like Diane Hochman to wake me up to MyLeadSystemPro. Let me tell you, I AM IMPRESSED!!

These days, with the economy the way it is, there are more and more people in scarcity mode. Take a moment to listen when you are among groups of people. You will hear people talking about gas prices, inflation, job security, and the list goes on.

One thing that disturbs me is that I am hearing some network marketers talk from scarcity thinking. This is detrimental to your business. I have heard some say people are broke and can’t afford products.

This is NOT the time to be caught up in scarcity mindset. Don’t you realize people need what we have with network marketing? People are looking for answers. Many are looking to supplement their income. Thinking that people can’t afford to buy is pretty much insuring that you will never have any success in your business.

The network marketing industry thrives in economic down times. Smart network marketers will position themselves in front of those who are online searching for ways to supplement their income. Those who are applying Attraction Marketing will be ahead of the game.

Attraction Marketing is something I have been applying in my business and teaching my downline since I started with my primary company 14 years ago. I called it Remote Marketing. Nowadays we call it Attraction Marketing.

I had used conventional network marketing in a prior company and hated it. I knew there had to be a better way. I started thinking about how conventional businesses operate. They don’t do 3 way calls on their list of 100 friends and family. They don’t stalk people in the mall. They DO promote their business with lots of free and paid advertising.

OH, by the way, I recently started using and recommending MyLeadSystemPro. They are the number one trainers of Attraction Marketing on the planet. I have seen a lot and spent a lot of money on training over the years. They are the best.

They teach you how to generate YOUR OWN LEADS rather than buying leads. Believe me, I have bought a lot of leads over the years too. I have found that the only leads that are any good are the ones I generate through Attraction Marketing – using marketing techniques to get people to come to me.

Anyway, Now is the time to GET SERIOUS! You can’t afford the luxury of playing around at being in business. I love how Eric Worre ends his videos: Become a Network Marketing Professional and go out and tell the world because it is a stone cold fact that we have a better way!

For quite some time I have realized the POWER in being involved with the Social Media Revolution.

I have been recommending my fellow network marketers to get involved. Some have seen the importance of getting involved while others have not. The ones who won’t get involved absolutely baffle me. I have heard several of my downline make statements like, “I don’t have time to play around on Facebook!”

Play around on Facebook?? Are you CRAZY?? Do you realize the incredibly powerful opportunity you are missing out on?

I knew Social Media was a powerful marketing tool but it wasn’t until I watched the video below that I realized just how powerful it is.

Watch this video. It is a MUST SEE!!

There are lots of Social Media Sites you could get involved with. Below is a list of a few important ones. I will include my profile links so you can connect with me on each one.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aromanotes 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melodiekantner
Twitter: http://twitter.com/melodiekantner
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/melodiekantner




Important Social Media Sites for Network Marketers:

Better Networker: http://www.betternetworker.com/members/aromanotes
thatMLMbeat: http://thatmlmbeat.com/members/melodiekantner

There are lots more I could list but you get the idea.

I love how Social Media has changed the face of my business. Please leave a comment and let me know how the Social Media Revolution has impacted your business.

Before you spend money on network marketing or business opportunity leads, watch my video. Over the years I have had my eyes opened up about how many leads companies are nothing more than crooks.

Hey, if you want to try out MyLeadSystemPro, you can take a 14 day trial. I’m sure you will be as impressed as I am. With 16 years in the network marketing industry, I have seen a lot and very little impresses me.

“Early to Bed, early to rise, work like heck and advertise” — Ted Turner

There is an advertising mistake that many network marketers and home business owners make. It’s no surprise, the mistake is that many network marketers make is that they don’t advertise.

What is it you want to accomplish with your business? Whether you want to earn a supplemental income to help your family’s financial situation in a sluggish economy or you want to experience FREEDOM from working the 40 hour Work Farce, isn’t the bottom line to generate money?

The really big income earners in network marketing are masters of mass prospecting. They have a goal, they know WHY they want to have a successful business and they have a PLAN!

Part of that plan includes advertising and an advertising budget. That budget should include money you set aside to do weekly and monthly advertising.

In the beginning of my network marketing career I was in the middle of a financial crisis and money was tight. My advertising budget was $25.00 a month. I saved coins in a jar for extra money for my advertising budget.

At that time I was doing a lot of postcard mailing and putting up tear sheets and handing out flyers to people I came in contact with. Whatever I could do to get people to come to my web site or give me a call.

There are also lots of free ways to advertise but these require a large budget of your time. Social media is a way we can do that today. I the early days of my business, I didn’t know about social media. I don’t even think it was around yet. That was 15 years ago.

You can find money even in a tight budget. Sit down with your family and discuss ways you can reduce spending in areas of your life.

Here are a few ideas:

Use coupons for grocery shopping.
Reduce the size of the cable bill with a smaller package.
Spend less on entertainment and eating out.
Sell things in a consignment shop.
Sell things on Ebay.
Have a yard sale.

There are lots of possibilities. I used to watch the ground and pick up coins. I still have an ongoing joke with my husband and my son. I always tell them to watch for coins and pick them up.

On a side note:
In the book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” T. Harv Eker says to pick up coins and celebrate your abundance and that you just attracted money. So, you have more than one reason to watch for coins.

Whatever the type of advertising you choose to do, if you are serious about the success of your business, you will invest both time and money into advertising. I recommend a variety of both free and paid advertising. As your income grows, your advertising budget grows.

Have you heard of Social Media Tribes? Social Media Tribes is a way to get more exposure to your blog posts. You help other people get more exposure to their blogs by commenting and sharing their posts and they do the same for you. It’s a community of sharing and helping each other.

I just recently started using Tribes and I must admit, I find it a bit confusing. Well, thanks to Beth Hewitt, I am better understanding how it all works.

If you are a little confused as I was, read their helpful tutorials on Social Media Tribes at the link below:

Tribe Syndication Methods, Systems and Tools Part 1

Here are 5 Social Media Tribes for free content syndication:

The Networking Superstars Tribe
Tribe Syndication Association (TSA)
Tribe Mastery for Social Buzz
Tribe Mastery For Social Media
Tribe Syndication Network