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

Contrary to what alot of MLM business builders and network marketers are taught, there is a way better and more productive way to build your network marketing business.  While a LARGE percentage of network marketers today will brand their company instead of them, you can break away from the pack and brand yourself.

Whether you are building a traditional business or are looking to get known online, the strategies that are discussed in the above video are universal.  It’s all about YOUR brand.

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I know, that is a bold statement and I am sure I will have some of the industries “Guru’s” jumping down my throat about that statement, but lets face it.   Most of the products that are marketed in the MLM industry are not even worthy of their weight and if they are, they are WAY over priced.

I know, your saying that people get into MLM to make money not worry about the cost of the product right?  Yep, heard it all before. I also know that your product is exclusive to your company and can’t be found anywhere else and that’s why its $45 a bottle.  No, it’s $45 bucks a bottle so that everyone in the line of sponsorship moving the product can get paid on it.

You see, after being around for some years, I have seen a thing or two, experienced first hand a thing or two and know more then a few things about the MLM business model and how it all works.  Does it work?  Sure it does, however not for many.

Take any MLM company and divide the number of total distributors with the amount of people making a full time income or rather $1000 a month in PROFIT!  You would be surprised at how that number is probably 1/100th of 1%.  That’s right.  I’ve done the numbers.  What does that tell you?

Here is the big problem with MLM

You have companies that have one goal in mind. Moving product!  While they think that they have “The Best” compensation plan on earth and a “World Class” leadership team, here is what they are missing.

Marketing knowledge!  They have no godly clue how to fricking market their product, nor teach their distributors how to market their product.

Sure they teach you how to set up shop in someone’s home and do a sampling, tasting or whatever.  That’s not marketing. That’s pushing your product on people.  I know, you invited them and they came.  Yea, but they had no clue that in order for them to move product that they are going to have to do the same exact thing.  It’s weak. Extremely weak.

Ok, so there are some of you out there reading this saying, well my product is “Money”. I move gold and silver assets.  No, you move overpriced precious metals that you will NEVER recoupe what you spent on it. $100 silver eagles?  Come on. I don’t care whether they are numismatic or criptonic, you have an overpriced asset.

And then there are tons of other wishy washy products being marketed through the MLM business model.  The bottom line is, it is a model built on the dependence on other people to create your income.

Sure there are many people who have made millions in the business, but for those few people, in respect to the other distributors out there, there are VERY FEW people actually making money. Infact the average MLM distributor makes less then $200 a month.  That’s sad.

So what is the alternative?

DIRECT SALES!

I would rather get paid for what I produce with a small emphasis on helping my team succeed and get a back end residual income from that.  I like big fat UPFRONT commissions rather then tiny $50-$100 commissions offered in the MLM world.  Ok, so some may be like $300-$400, still pretty weak.

Think about how many products in MLM you have to move to have a $10k month. Way too many.  In direct sales, with the right product line, you can make that in a single sale.

Now I have to ask.  Would you rather sell 1000 vitamin bottles and make a $10 commission on each one to reach your $10k? or…. Sell One high end/high value information product and do that $10k in one smooth transaction?

I think I know your answer.

Then why do so many people squander their time in the MLM industry?  Why are so many struggling, frustrated,etc?  Lack of knowledge.  In the bible it clearly states in Hosea 4:6 “My people perish from a lack of knowledge”.

I think that people have the wrong expectations and make the decision to get started in the industry based on emotions and when those emotions are gone they are left with a hobby they had no business getting started with in the first place.

This is real business here.  Either poop or get off the pot.  Your not going to get into this industry, direct sales, MLM, network marketing and not work your ass off to make it.  It just won’t happen.

You must be willing to completely change who you are to make it in any of these business models.

I would love to hear what you have to say about this post. Good, bad or ugly, I promise you won’t hurt my feelings.

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Lead Generation is a skill to be learned. The days of buying lead lists and cold calling are a thing of the past and the Internet has opened up a new way to generate free leads.

There are many ways to use the web and Web 2.0 to generate an endless flow of Free leads and I am going to go over several of those techniques with you.

Article Marketing is a popular way to generate leads. Get in the habit of writing an article a day. Pick a subject in which you feel people have an interest in and that you can answer questions with. Writing articles is really about solving people’s problems. He who can solve the most of people’s problems wins.

You Tube video marketing is a great way to market yourself and answer peoples questions or tell your story.

Video Marketing has become very popular and can generate massive leads for your business.

Squidoo is a web 2.0 site that is favored highly by the search engines. Create a Lens or two to tell your story or find a topic in which you feel people can benefit from.

Craigs List is a great place to market your business. It’s totally free, however I must warn you not to place too many ads under the same account. Use separate email addresses for different accounts on Craigs List.

Google Adwords is the crème de la crème of marketing. You must have a high end product to play with Adwords. It is the most powerful advertising forum in the world and can pay for itself with the right business being used in your marketing efforts.

Lead Generation is the lifeblood of any successful business. Using the forums listed above, you can generate endless free leads for your business.

See You at the Top,

Josh Boxer

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