I’m not a big fan of purchasing leads. Why?

1. Although these can be high quality leads, they are never exclusive and are almost always sold to two or three other distributors from other network. If you don’t call back fast enough, someone else will have contacted them already. And there’s always the possibility that this person burnt this prospect about the business by being unprofessional, arrogant, and pushy. You can turn this around if you’re good, but chances are slim.
2. These leads are generated by publishing capture pages (ad pages if you prefer). The prospect reads the page, and submits a form to learn more about the opportunity. You never know what the capture page looked like or what is the message that the prospect read.

I prefer publishing my own capture pages to generate my own leads. It’s a bit more work, but definitely worth the trouble! The leads that are generated are 100% exclusive, and I control the message on these pages. So when I call my prospects back, I know exactly what that prospect read.

If you lack the technical skills to put everything together, there is a turnkey solution out there that will help you get started unitl you’re ready to do everything from scratch: http://www.ezleadcapture.com.

For $17.95/month (no contract required), you get access to a wide variety of templates that are very easy to customize. If you know how to use Word, you’re in business. The monthly subscription also includes a decent autoresponder and a back office to manage your capture pages and the leads that are generated by them.

Do not hesitate to share your experiences and/or comments with us

Wow! It’s been more than a year since I’ve written anything! You know what? I have no excuse!

If you just started your home based business or if you’re planning to, proper education is paramount! Like any other profession, you need to educate yourself to be successful and make the right moves to get results.

A lot of great books and audiobooks are out there. But building a good library can be expensive, especially when you’re getting started. Remember, the goal when you’re in business et to make more money than you spend - so every penny counts!

So here’s my recommandation to you (drum roll please!): YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!

Seriously, get there, get a card if you don’t have one already and start browsing! I’ll post a list of my favorite books in my next post, so stay tuned! 

And please, do not hesitate to post!

First, what is Squidoo? The following was taken from Wikipedia:

Squidoo is a website launched in October 2005. It is a platform designed to make it easy for anyone, for free, to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. Squidoo came out of beta testing in March 2006.

Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses –single pages that highlights one person’s point of view, recommendations, or expertise. Lenses can be about anything, such as ideas, people or places, hobbies and sports, pets or products, philosophy, and politics. Lenses aren’t primarily intended to hold content; more emphasis is placed on recommending and then pointing to content on the web. Annotation and organization and personalization delivers context and meaning.

Users who create lenses are called lensmasters. A lensmaster uses the tools available online to provide links, feeds, abstracts, and lists to users who are trying to make sense of a topic. For example, a single lens could point to Flickr photos, Google maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Lensmasters are encouraged to promote personal agendas, expertise, causes, products, and opinions.

You might want to have a look at what a lens look like by visiting mine at:

http://squidoo.com/turborecruiting.

That being said, you must already have multiple web sites and/or blogs promoting yourself and your opportunity/opportunities, so why get a lens? The following was taken straight from Squidoo (Hey! Everybody can feel lazy once in a while!):

1. Share the knowledge: When you know a lot about something, it feels good to share. Help other people discover what you found out the hard way.
2. Increase your profile: A popular lens gives credibility to the Lensmaster. A popular lens reinforces your role as an “everyday expert.” And a popular lens makes you the go-to authority for those looking for help.
3. Increase your traffic: Your lens points (if you want it to) to your blog and to your website. Lenses have huge credibility with search engines, so your lens can help your other sites rise to the top of Google searches.
4. Earn a royalty for you, your organization, or your favorite charity. Think of the royalty as a bonus–and don’t quit your dayjob yet! A single lens might not earn a lot, but if you imagine hundreds of lenses working to your favor, or fundraising for a charity, it can really start to add up.
5. Just for the fun of it! Now, this fifth one is from me!!!

One thing I’ve learned is that an online marketer never have enough exposure! So get started right away. It’s free and has a very user friendly interface. Need any help? Drop me a line

Ready, set, SQUIDOO!!!

Click here to join now

Happy Belated Canada Day to my fellow Canadians, and Happy 4th of July to my American friends!!!

Everybody knows that good, effective NETWORKING is the key if you want to achieve greatness in business. So most of your time and efforts should be spent on activities aiming to expand your network. I now want to share with you another amazing tool that will greatly impact your business: APSense!

APSense is a free Social Network driven by people who share common business interests. It is the place to be if you want to make contacts, find new collegues and new customers. There’s even a free software to help you communicate with your network more efficiently.

So don’t wait. Open your free account right away and learn how to build your own Social Network in under 10 minutes by clicking here:

Like always, feel free to post your comment or to drop me a line.

Happy Networking!

My friend David always share some very interesting ideas and concepts on his blog DidYouSmellThat.com, and yesterday was no exception. It’s an interesting concept called the Reciprocal Review Carousel.

The idea originated from one of the Top 10 Young Hot Money-Making Blogs finalists, a great fellow named Alex that created the very interesting HowtoSpoter.

If you own a blog (if you don’t, what are you waiting for?!?), follow these simple instructions:

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Reciprocal Review Carousel idea is based on few simple and yet effective link-building and blogging techniques I have learned:

• Build value of the blog by creating a link from within content.

• Provide a value to community by doing a review on blog you personally like.

• The Link to your blog has exact anchor text you want and helps you boost Google Rankings.

• No more then 30 outbound links from any page to prevent penalties for link farming.

• Viral effect of the link – as more bloggers participate, link to your blog with YOUR anchor text, coming from quality content post will spread.

Here is How to participate:

• Copy the entire text between the specified lines.

• Create a post on your site and put at least one paragraph explaining how you joined the Reciprocal Review Carousel.

• Paste the text you copied into your post.

• Remove the Bottom Review and At the Top add your own review with a link to a site reviewed, at least 2 sentences about the site and a note – Reviewed by: Your Anchor Text. Link your anchor text to your site. Here is an example:

TurboRecruiting.com: Success is at your fingertips. You will learn about developing multiple streams of income, getting out of debt, leadership, global networking, and much, much more! Reviewed by: Eric J. Wilson

Sites Reviewed:

• NutriSynergy.com is all about Total Health and Freedom! If you want to learn more about getting healthy physically and financially, you want to visit this web site and pay close attention to the information presented in there. You’ll quickly understand how it could change your life. Reviewed by: Eric

• Mixed Martial Arts Blog If you love mixed martial arts, The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC and PrideFC, then you will love this blog! Fight coverage, predictions, mma fighter interviews and an online mma store. Reviewed by: David

• Andy-Coates.com is an original creator of Viralink concept and a blog publishing information on Magic, Personal development and blog development. I have found a wealth of information on getting your blog noticed and generating the traffic for free. Reviewed by: WordPress Web 2.0 Guide

• ILoveMLM.com If you’re a serious Network Marketer, I can’t recommend this site strongly enough. Make sure to read and apply what’s in the classic The Ultimate MLM Blueprint For Massive Success. Reviewed by: Eric

• Secure Your PC For Internet blog run by Colin and provides essential information everyone accessing internet should know. Identity thefthbecoming more and more of an issue and by visiting his blog you can minimize the risk of being compromised. Reviewed by: Alex

• VI-SU blog is all about WordPress, AdSense, SEO and internet marketing. Although mostly written in German I have found that using Google translate is worth the effort for his posts. Reviewed by: Alex

• Home With Heather is a great informative blog targeting WAHM (Work At Home Moms) and run by … you guessed it – Heather Masson. Information on what works for her in internet business written is very easy to read and comes from her personal experience. Reviewed by: Alex

• A Copywriter’s Blues blog published by Alex Badalic, a veteran of advertising turned musician gives you great food for soul. I have found some nice old videos of Johnny Cash performance and he has a lot more of vintage videos to satisfy fans. Reviewed by: Alex

• Did You Smell That blog authored by one of the veterans on network marketing filled with business ideas you can use. David Ledoux is well known and respected in online community and now he makes his experience available via blog posts. Reviewed by: Alex

• Best Damn Blog run by Richard Wing is all about Internet Marketing. Your visit will be rewarded by honest reviews, freebies and information you need to succeed in this cut-throat business without sacrificing your integrity. Reviewed by: Alex

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All in all, this exercise took me about 10 minutes. Can’t wait to see my rating go up! Have fun people!!!

Welcome. Please, sit down. Take a deep breath and relax.

No, I’m serious! Please keep an open mind because what you’re about to learn might change your life and way of doing business forever.

Maybe you’re not ready for it yet - not everybody is! Have you watched the

212 ° movie ?

If you did, it will all make sense. If you didn’t, what are you waiting for? It might seem blunt, borderline pretentious, but if you want to be an eagle, flock with eagles.

Let’s begin with Wikipedia’s definition of synergy:

Synergy refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater than that predicted by knowing only the separate effects of the individual agents.

Synergy can also mean: A mutually advantageous conjunction where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. A dynamic state in which combined action is favored over the sum of individual component actions.

Now that we’re clear about definitions, let’s get busy. I’ve been watching what’s going on for quite a while and I’ve seen some very powerful concepts out there.

But until now, it appears that I’m the only one that figured out that simple but very powerful recipe…

Ingredient 1:

David Ledoux’s DidYouSmellThat.com’s Intern Program (FREE)

David will send you a series of emails in which you’ll learn how to use to power of the internet to your advantage by taking specific actions on a regular basis. The techniques he’ll teach you will dramatically increase your presence on the web.

Ingredient 2:

Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring Program (FREE 10-day boot camp).

Mike’s system is designed to attract potential business partners. You will never have to pay for leads again. As a matter of fact, you’ll probably get more leads than you can handle! It offers you your own web page (setting it up takes about 2 minutes!), a very interesting back office with tons of tools, tips, and infos. It also offers you an affiliate program to help you make money right away. Sign up for the boot camp to learn more.

Ingredient 3:

John Chow’s Make Money Online (FREE)

John Chow is making tons of money with his blog, and he put together a very well written ebook in which you’ll learn how to turn your blog into a mean, crazy, money machine!

Each one of these programs is excellent on its own, but combine all three of them and you’ll get massive, explosive results! That’s Synergy!!!

Please do yourself a big favor: GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY!

You have absolutely nothing to lose and everyting to gain.

So what are you waiting for??? Seriously???

TAKE ACTION, NOW!!!

I wish you success, and I appreciate you!

“At 211° water is hot.

At 212° it boils.

With boiling water, comes steam.

And steam can power a locomotive.

It’s the One Extra Degree that makes all the difference”

What you just read is the introduction of a very inspiring video:

212°

I just can’t believe it!

David Ledoux’s Didyousmellthat.com just voted my blog the 10th best new money making web site on the internet last June 5th! And if you google David Ledoux, you’ll quickly realize that he knows what he’s talking about!

Blogging is hard work, and since this blog stuff is pretty new to me (the first time I heard of WordPress was about a week and a half ago!), I’m VERY proud of that 10th place and it makes all of my efforts worth while - Believe me!

Being successful at ONLINE MARKETING was one of the only thing missing in my arsenal, and I urge you to have a closer look at Didyousmellthat.comand its TOP 10 Money Making Web Sites. As David puts it:

“I mentioned how one of your most valuable resources
that you’ll ever own is a packed Rolodex filled with names of
people who know how to get things done.

The votes have been counted, and we just posted the winners of
the Top 10 Young, Hot Money-Making Blogs Contest!

You’ll want to visit these blogs, take notes and bookmark them. Several of these
entrepreneurs have built brand new websites in
the last 60 days that get over 400 visitors per day and climbing!

The people on this list are rising stars, and worth your time to
get to know. Is anyone you know on the list? Check it out:

http://didyousmellthat.com/main/the-winners-of-the-top-10-young-hot-money-making-blogs-contest-announced/

Talk soon!

David Ledoux”

David’s DidYouSmellThat.com TOP 10:
Turborecruiting.com

Profitablecandlemaking.com

Beasavvywriter.blogspot.com

HowToSpoter.com

NathanHuppatz.com

Stephenwelton.com

Linkrambler.org

AffiliateMarketingDiary.com

Andy-Coates.com

And the big, big WINNER:

RyanShamus.com!

A big congrats to the winner and all the finalists!

People, remember… Things don’t have to be perfect. Just get things going - TAKE ACTION - NOW!!! And things will only get better with time

I appreciate you!