Today I am blatantly defying what my mentors and my students didn’t want me to do. I am giving away a lot of secrets that will take your marketing and business to whole new level. I did promise them that I wouldn’t give away the farm, but I would give away some cattle…or sheep...or whatever farm animal analogy would work well for what I am giving away. There is a lot more in my marketing system so I am not giving away everything, so my students can breath easy…for now!
I am sure you can guess from the title that I am talking about Twitter. And you would be right.
Are you getting the most from your Twitter activity?
Are you using it to its full potential?
Can you gain a ton of followers with the click of your mouse in a matter of days?
If you answered “No” to any of these questions then you are damned lucky you know me. I am going to give you some tools that will give you more than just being on Twitter alone. These tools are free and are greater than any EBook or Twitter training will ever give you, not including the training that is within my marketing system.
The first tool is from the “Twitter Gods”. A measly little toolbar, with a plethora of gadgets, tools, blogs, articles, and more and more and more and… (Ok I’ll Stop). This one alone will help you not only use twitter better, but it will show you how to use it to market and how to make money with twitter.
http://mytwittertoolbar.com/
Next is a little tool that I am sure a lot of you may already be using.
http://www.tweetlater.com
Tweetlater allows you to auto follow your followers and allows you to send out a welcome message when you do. It is very powerful for immediately getting out your first “hello” and maybe a little link to your blog or website or whatever you want them to see. It very cool because it doesn’t come off as pitchy when you give them a link right off the bat. It is part of the magical community that is Twitter.
Next there is a really nifty little tool
http://www.twollo.com/
This tool allows you to find people who have the same interests as you or are talking about things you like talking about and automatically follow them. All you have to do is put in a few keywords that make you feel all tingly in your tummy and it will look for conversations and people that match them, then follow them. A word of advice, it gives you an option as to how many people to follow for each keyword or keyword set…make sure to keep it between 10 and 20. If you do any more Twitter gets pissy and hides in the bathroom and cries like a little girl.
And last is the magical little tool that is:
http://tweetdeck.com
Tweetdeck is a handy little tool that actually sits on your desktop and lets you keep up to date with your Tweeple, (good lord the terminology is getting a little…too much), what they are tweeting, and allows you to tweet as well. All this from your desktop. It also allows you to add in your FaceBook Friends Status updates, so you can see what everyone in the free world is doing on both networks.
Well then, that is more than enough Twitter secrets to get me some hostile emails and phone calls. I think with what I have given you will keep you busy for quite a while. If you start checking these tools out and using them you will see a great increase in your leads and your marketing, not to mention your profits.
Before I end this I want to make sure you get that using all of these will not be really that time consuming. Both Tweetlater and Twollo, once set up, work by themselves. There isn’t much upkeep, unless you want to change settings, you really only have to set them and forget them. The twitter-tool-bar can be used as much or as little as you want and TweetDeck can be turned on or off at your leisure.
The Lesson I Taught My Sponsor
Today I would like to tell you all a little story about someone I talked to over the weekend.
This weekend I reconnected with my sponsor, Mark from the first MLM I was ever in. I won't tell you the name of it, but I will say it was in the communications industry. The company was comprised of 2 businesses that had combined to sort of become one. One side of it was the bigger servicing end of it and the other was the business opportunity end that did the sales. Our conversation lasted at least 2 hours, and in that time something was driven home that I already knew, but it was reaffirmed by my talk with Mark.
You see prior to my being sponsored by Mark, he had spent 7 years building his business and when we met he had an impressive downline and he was making over a million a year. His income was completely derived from his MLM business, he no longer had to work at a job and he was free to do whatever he wanted to do. He lived the life most only dreamed of.
At the time I was new to the industry and I was quiet and shy and had a hard time with sponsoring. I gave up on it after a year of trying to get my friends and family to join, as well as combing the colleges for people and all sort of other sponsoring activities. I was a sad sack to say the least and I had no posture whatsoever.
Not more than a few years after leaving it, I heard that the bigger sister company went bankrupt and in the process dragged down the other "business opportunity" end of it. In an instant all the reps that had spent years building their businesses, had nothing left to show for it.
When I talked to Mark this was reaffirmed. He told me about how he and the reps at his level had lost everything. They no longer had income coming in. Their lifestyles went from being millionaires to having to sell their big houses and cars to pay the bills. And because they had grown dependant on their life under and because of the "business" they had to start all over from zero, because most of their downlines that they had no longer trusted them because they now thought it was a scam.
(Just so you know, it wasn't. It was very big and what they did completely paved the way for the "Newer" MLM communication businesses. Matter a factly, the heads of it are now in 3 of the top Telecom MLM businesses that exist in our business)
Mark told me about the pain of going back to a job after so many years of not having one. I felt bad for him, how could I not. He assured me that it is so much worse to have to go back to work after getting to that level, than anyone who hasn't gotten to "retire their job."
So what is my point in telling this story?
What is the moral of this story?
It is this. Whatever MLM or Network Marketing business you are in, you must realize that it is only 1 vehicle. Thinking that it is the begin all and end all is, quite frankly, delusional. Not matter what vehicle someone chooses; be it real estate, stocks, an MLM business, currency trading, or whatever else....holding all you eggs in one basket will only assure that if something happens to that basket, you will lose everything. It is like having your only retirement plan be your 401K. If something goes wrong, you are a 70 year old greeter at Wal-Mart. Your "opportunity" is only one of many, and it is in NOT the best. What you do with it makes the difference and how you do it and how open you are to getting it done will determine your success and your income. In the world of online marketing the phrase “The money/power is in the list" holds true for your "opportunity" as well. Building a list means never saying you’re sorry, if this business or that business isn't for them or doesn't fit in finances or one day goes under. Building a list and teaching them to market and how to succeed in whatever "opportunity" as quickly as possible, means that that there will be a whole lot less animosity if 1 vehicle doesn't pan out, because there are plenty more out there. Not to mention, if you do as I do, you will be able to teach them to harness affiliate commissions to fund their business as well as their desired "lifestyle". Imagine having your affiliate commissions equal or dwarf your company's comp plan. Instead of having one company, your MLM, paying you; you have 20 or 30 streams of income coming in aside from your MLM.
Incidentally, Mark was very excited about this idea. He is going through all of my marketing stuff right now. Imagine that, I just sponsored my sponsor from years ago. I guess I finally gained posture. I can teach you to have that much posture as well. See what Mark is now so excited about.
http://www.mlm-mastermindmarketing.com
This weekend I reconnected with my sponsor, Mark from the first MLM I was ever in. I won't tell you the name of it, but I will say it was in the communications industry. The company was comprised of 2 businesses that had combined to sort of become one. One side of it was the bigger servicing end of it and the other was the business opportunity end that did the sales. Our conversation lasted at least 2 hours, and in that time something was driven home that I already knew, but it was reaffirmed by my talk with Mark.
You see prior to my being sponsored by Mark, he had spent 7 years building his business and when we met he had an impressive downline and he was making over a million a year. His income was completely derived from his MLM business, he no longer had to work at a job and he was free to do whatever he wanted to do. He lived the life most only dreamed of.
At the time I was new to the industry and I was quiet and shy and had a hard time with sponsoring. I gave up on it after a year of trying to get my friends and family to join, as well as combing the colleges for people and all sort of other sponsoring activities. I was a sad sack to say the least and I had no posture whatsoever.
Not more than a few years after leaving it, I heard that the bigger sister company went bankrupt and in the process dragged down the other "business opportunity" end of it. In an instant all the reps that had spent years building their businesses, had nothing left to show for it.
When I talked to Mark this was reaffirmed. He told me about how he and the reps at his level had lost everything. They no longer had income coming in. Their lifestyles went from being millionaires to having to sell their big houses and cars to pay the bills. And because they had grown dependant on their life under and because of the "business" they had to start all over from zero, because most of their downlines that they had no longer trusted them because they now thought it was a scam.
(Just so you know, it wasn't. It was very big and what they did completely paved the way for the "Newer" MLM communication businesses. Matter a factly, the heads of it are now in 3 of the top Telecom MLM businesses that exist in our business)
Mark told me about the pain of going back to a job after so many years of not having one. I felt bad for him, how could I not. He assured me that it is so much worse to have to go back to work after getting to that level, than anyone who hasn't gotten to "retire their job."
So what is my point in telling this story?
What is the moral of this story?
It is this. Whatever MLM or Network Marketing business you are in, you must realize that it is only 1 vehicle. Thinking that it is the begin all and end all is, quite frankly, delusional. Not matter what vehicle someone chooses; be it real estate, stocks, an MLM business, currency trading, or whatever else....holding all you eggs in one basket will only assure that if something happens to that basket, you will lose everything. It is like having your only retirement plan be your 401K. If something goes wrong, you are a 70 year old greeter at Wal-Mart. Your "opportunity" is only one of many, and it is in NOT the best. What you do with it makes the difference and how you do it and how open you are to getting it done will determine your success and your income. In the world of online marketing the phrase “The money/power is in the list" holds true for your "opportunity" as well. Building a list means never saying you’re sorry, if this business or that business isn't for them or doesn't fit in finances or one day goes under. Building a list and teaching them to market and how to succeed in whatever "opportunity" as quickly as possible, means that that there will be a whole lot less animosity if 1 vehicle doesn't pan out, because there are plenty more out there. Not to mention, if you do as I do, you will be able to teach them to harness affiliate commissions to fund their business as well as their desired "lifestyle". Imagine having your affiliate commissions equal or dwarf your company's comp plan. Instead of having one company, your MLM, paying you; you have 20 or 30 streams of income coming in aside from your MLM.
Incidentally, Mark was very excited about this idea. He is going through all of my marketing stuff right now. Imagine that, I just sponsored my sponsor from years ago. I guess I finally gained posture. I can teach you to have that much posture as well. See what Mark is now so excited about.
http://www.mlm-mastermindmarketing.com
Ask not, but simply give in order to trully recieve
This is story that was given to me by a friend and business partner. It is a true testament to what my business and my ideals of a businessman are. To give to those who need, and see them recieve so much more because of it. I teach so that others can learn to do what I have been taught to do. My mentors give to me, and then I give to my students, friends, and business associates what has been bestowed upon me.
So here is the story:
Good morning said a woman as she walked up to the man sitting on ground.
The man slowly looked up.
This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her
coat was new. She looked like she had never missed a meal in her life.
His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many
others had done before. "Leave me alone," he growled.....
To his amazement, the woman continued standing.
She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows..
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"No," he answered sarcastically. "I've just come from dining with the
president. Now go away."
The woman's smile became even broader.
Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.
"What are you doing, lady?" the man asked angrily. "I said to leave me
alone.
Just then a policeman came up. "Is there any problem, ma'am?" he asked..
"No problem here, officer," the woman answered. "I'm just trying to get
this man to his feet. Will you help me?"
The officer scratched his head. "That's old Jack. He's been a fixture
around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?"
"See that cafeteria over there?" she asked. "I'm going to get him
something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile."
"Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man resisted. "I don't want to go in
there!" Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.
"Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything."
"This is a good deal for you, Jack," the officer answered. "Don't blow
it."
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got
Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner. It
was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had
already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived...
The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table. "What's
going on here, officer?" he asked. "What is all this, is this man in
trouble?"
"This lady brought this man in here to be fed," the policeman answered.
"Not in here!" the manager replied angrily. "Having a person like that
here is bad for business."
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. "See, lady. I told you so. Now if
you'll let me go. I didn't want to come here in the first place."
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled. "Sir, are you
familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?"
"Of course I am," the manager answered impatiently. "They hold their
weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms."
"And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly
meetings?"
"What business is that of yours?"
I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company."
"Oh."
The woman smiled again. "I thought that might make a difference." She
glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle. "Would you like to
join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?"
"No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied. "I'm on duty.."
"Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?"
"Yes, ma'am. That would be very nice.."
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel, "I'll get your coffee for you
right away, officer."
The officer watched him walk away. "You certainly put him in his place,"
he said.
"That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all
this."
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest. She
stared at him intently. "Jack, do you remember me?"
Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes. "I think so -- I
mean you do look familiar."
"I'm a little older perhaps," she said. "Maybe I've even filled out more
than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that
very door, cold and hungry."
"Ma'am?" the officer said questioningly. He couldn't believe that such
a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.
"I was just out of college," the woman began. "I had come to the city
looking for a job, but I couldn't find anything. Finally I was down to
my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked the
streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I
saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get
something to eat."
Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember," he said. "I was behind the
serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for
something to eat. I said that it was against company policy."
"I know," the woman continued. "Then you made me the biggest roast beef
sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to
go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that you would get
into trouble... Then, when I looked over and saw you put the price of my
food in the cash register, I knew then that everything would be all
right."
"So you started your own business?" Old Jack said.
"I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I
started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered." She
opened her purse and pulled out a business card. "When you are finished
here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons...He's the personnel
director of my company. I'll go talk to him now and I'm certain he'll
find something for you to do around the office." She smiled. "I think
he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you
can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your
feet.. If you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you."
There were tears in the old man's eyes. "How can I ever thank you?" he
said.
"Don't thank me," the woman answered. "To God goes the glory.. Thank
Jesus... He led me to you."
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance
before going their separate ways...
"Thank you for all your help, officer," she said.
"On the contrary, Ms. Eddy," he answered. "Thank you. I saw a miracle
today, something that I will never forget. And..And thank you for the
coffee."
.................................
I am not a religious man, but I do believe in the Law of Attraction and that the Universe, whatever that may mean to you, rewards and gives you what you want the most. If your mission is to be successful, you must give more than you get, you must love more than you are loved, you must teach whatever you are taught, and you must strive harder than those who who would wait to simply recieve without ever actually giving. The world needs people like you and me to make things better. We must succeed so that our success inspires others to succeed. And from our great wealth we must give back to those who need someone to give them what they need most. A life with vision and compassion is a legacy I can pass on to my son, in the hopes he does even more than I did in the time I was on this planet. He is what I give to the world to make things better, for if I do my job well as a father, it is his legacy that will be worth talking about.
So here is the story:
Good morning said a woman as she walked up to the man sitting on ground.
The man slowly looked up.
This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her
coat was new. She looked like she had never missed a meal in her life.
His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many
others had done before. "Leave me alone," he growled.....
To his amazement, the woman continued standing.
She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows..
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"No," he answered sarcastically. "I've just come from dining with the
president. Now go away."
The woman's smile became even broader.
Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.
"What are you doing, lady?" the man asked angrily. "I said to leave me
alone.
Just then a policeman came up. "Is there any problem, ma'am?" he asked..
"No problem here, officer," the woman answered. "I'm just trying to get
this man to his feet. Will you help me?"
The officer scratched his head. "That's old Jack. He's been a fixture
around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?"
"See that cafeteria over there?" she asked. "I'm going to get him
something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile."
"Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man resisted. "I don't want to go in
there!" Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.
"Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything."
"This is a good deal for you, Jack," the officer answered. "Don't blow
it."
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got
Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner. It
was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had
already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived...
The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table. "What's
going on here, officer?" he asked. "What is all this, is this man in
trouble?"
"This lady brought this man in here to be fed," the policeman answered.
"Not in here!" the manager replied angrily. "Having a person like that
here is bad for business."
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. "See, lady. I told you so. Now if
you'll let me go. I didn't want to come here in the first place."
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled. "Sir, are you
familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?"
"Of course I am," the manager answered impatiently. "They hold their
weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms."
"And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly
meetings?"
"What business is that of yours?"
I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company."
"Oh."
The woman smiled again. "I thought that might make a difference." She
glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle. "Would you like to
join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?"
"No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied. "I'm on duty.."
"Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?"
"Yes, ma'am. That would be very nice.."
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel, "I'll get your coffee for you
right away, officer."
The officer watched him walk away. "You certainly put him in his place,"
he said.
"That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all
this."
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest. She
stared at him intently. "Jack, do you remember me?"
Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes. "I think so -- I
mean you do look familiar."
"I'm a little older perhaps," she said. "Maybe I've even filled out more
than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that
very door, cold and hungry."
"Ma'am?" the officer said questioningly. He couldn't believe that such
a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.
"I was just out of college," the woman began. "I had come to the city
looking for a job, but I couldn't find anything. Finally I was down to
my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked the
streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I
saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get
something to eat."
Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember," he said. "I was behind the
serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for
something to eat. I said that it was against company policy."
"I know," the woman continued. "Then you made me the biggest roast beef
sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to
go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that you would get
into trouble... Then, when I looked over and saw you put the price of my
food in the cash register, I knew then that everything would be all
right."
"So you started your own business?" Old Jack said.
"I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I
started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered." She
opened her purse and pulled out a business card. "When you are finished
here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons...He's the personnel
director of my company. I'll go talk to him now and I'm certain he'll
find something for you to do around the office." She smiled. "I think
he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you
can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your
feet.. If you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you."
There were tears in the old man's eyes. "How can I ever thank you?" he
said.
"Don't thank me," the woman answered. "To God goes the glory.. Thank
Jesus... He led me to you."
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance
before going their separate ways...
"Thank you for all your help, officer," she said.
"On the contrary, Ms. Eddy," he answered. "Thank you. I saw a miracle
today, something that I will never forget. And..And thank you for the
coffee."
.................................
I am not a religious man, but I do believe in the Law of Attraction and that the Universe, whatever that may mean to you, rewards and gives you what you want the most. If your mission is to be successful, you must give more than you get, you must love more than you are loved, you must teach whatever you are taught, and you must strive harder than those who who would wait to simply recieve without ever actually giving. The world needs people like you and me to make things better. We must succeed so that our success inspires others to succeed. And from our great wealth we must give back to those who need someone to give them what they need most. A life with vision and compassion is a legacy I can pass on to my son, in the hopes he does even more than I did in the time I was on this planet. He is what I give to the world to make things better, for if I do my job well as a father, it is his legacy that will be worth talking about.
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