Generating leads on the internet can be one of the most frustrating aspects of Internet Marketing for people who are just getting started.  There are many ways to generate leads online, both paid and for free.

What you lack in money to put towards lead generation you will make up in time, trust me, I know.  What you lack in time, you can make up with a solid advertising budget.  let me explain.

I know a ton of people that generate content (Articles, blog posts, Press Releases and videos) to create traffic and leads.  What any of them will tell you is that it’s EXTREMELY time consuming to produce this kind of content on a scale that is going to produce enough leads to feed their business.

The other challenge is, you need to have the right tools.  You can’t just write about anything, make videos about everything and expect people to find your content.  Your content needs to solve your prospects problems.  It needs to be informative.  People don’t like a sales pitch and this is where most newbies go wrong.

They are so fired up about their product or service that they think everyone will be fired up about it.  Truth is, no one really gives a rip about it.  Your product doesn’t solve problems, people do!

Internet Lead Generation is best done via paid advertising.  Whether that be PPC, PPV, Solo-ads, Banner ads or whatever, it’s the quickest way to generate leads online.  It’s also allows you more time to concentrate on getting that traffic to convert even better by split testing.  When your spending all of your time producing time consuming content to drive traffic, there isn’t much time for much else.

There is an exception to this rule though.

I have found a honey hole of traffic that I get for Zilch and have generated thousands of leads through it and put thousands in my pockets because of it.  I spent over 2 years learning how to generate leads through this source and have actually put together a course showing you step by step, exactly how to set yourself up with a system that you can literally spend 20-30 minutes a day on and produce anywhere from 5-25 leads a day from.

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I simply spend a few minutes of day posting on Craigslist using my system and spend the rest of my time talking to my leads on the phone and placing ads using paid traffic techniques.

I see a lot of people getting stuck because they complicate Internet Lead Generation.  While it can be tricky, anyone can learn to generate leads online.  It just takes the decision that your going to commit yourself to making it work no matter how long it takes.

One more thing.  Stop looking for results on a daily basis.  You need data to determine whether something is producing for you and that data needs to be pulled over the course of time.

Stay Thirsty My Friends,

Josh Boxer

There are many ways to generate leads in your network marketing business.  Some hold on to traditional techniques as this is what they are comfortable doing.  Is there anything wrong with it? Nope.  It all depends on what kind of momentum you want to have in your business and how fast you want to grow your organization.

I have built my business both ways.  I used to spend every spare moment I had in what I call “contact mode”. I was always talking to people everywhere I went. I simply started conversations and looked to find out a few things about a person. I wanted to know if they were happy doing what they were doing for a living, if they were making all of the money they wanted and living the life they wanted.  I would guide them down a path in a conversation to find out what made them tick.

Did I have success using these techniques?  I had some success, but could never create enough momentum, nor have others duplicate what I was doing to build my list of potential business partners.  I learned a lot about people during this portion of my life. Mostly, I realized that most folks were comfortable doing what they were doing, or, were afraid and skeptical about starting a new venture in which they were unfamiliar.

The funny thing is, when you got done interviewing someone or showing them your business plan, they first thing they would do is call either their best friend or significant other to try and explain what it is you showed them and ask for their opinion.  This is the downfall of most people.  They listen to others who have no experience in business and take financial advise from them.

NEVER TAKE ADVISE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN LIFE FINANCIALLY!

I learned this early on.   Learning how to generate leads for my network marketing business was a science.  I quickly learned that there were way more people online looking for what I had to offer, than in my town.  Sure you could tap into lists of other people, but you had no credibility with those people.  When online, a cool thing happens.  Your message can reach the far ends of earth with the click of a button and you can control your sales funnel, meaning guide people through your system at the rate in which you want them to go.

For me, there has never been a better way to generate leads than online.  Some people laugh and don’t understand how I can build a relationship with people online.  They don’t understand they powerful systems and tools that we as online marketers use.

Most people are real good at promoting their business, however, fail to realize that people are not looking for businesses, they are looking for leaders.  I see it all of the time.  People send me to their company replicated web pages and there are only two options, join their business or contact them for more info.  I am not saying this is wrong, however, what separates these folks from every other Tom, Dick and Sarah that are using the same exact replicated site?  The answer is nothing.

You have to separate yourself from the masses.  Stop doing what everyone else is doing and be unique.  Use the road less traveled.  Step into unfamiliar ground and learn a new skill set.  Learn how to tap into the billions of people that are online looking for what you have to offer.  Have a system in place to help people get exactly what they want out of business.

Network marketing lead generation is crucial to your having a thriving business in the 21st century.  Your either going to be the hunter or the hunted.  I prefer the ladder of the two.  How about You?