Peek their interest on any given subject, connect it with a well written resource box and you've got a well oiled traffic generating machine.
While this has been a proven system for online success, I believe you can take it one step further by accelerating the process. Think of it as a form of article writing in high gear.
I mean let's face it, unless you were a born copywriter, writing quality articles usually require a hefty time commitment. This is the foundation of what discourages so many people and they give up before they get into the swing of things.
It's safe to say that the more articles you write and distribute, the more leads, subscribers, and customers you'll attract to your website(s).
So how then, do you speed up the dreaded process of article writing? The answer lies in being persistent. In essence, just keep writing.
The truth is that the first few times you write an article, it's going to take a long time. The natural instinct is to give up and put article writing on the back burner.
You want to avoid this trap at all costs. Just keep the end result of floods of targeted visitors to your website firmly in your mind. Get out your calculator and figure out your typical conversion rate.
Now imagine if you had 100 articles on 100 different websites that pulled in around 1,000 page views a day. What kind of surge would that give to your website? Once you start seeing the results you won't ever want to stop. Imagine if you had 500 articles, or even 1,000!
However, persistence is useless without taking action. So in order to churn out articles at lighting fast speed, follow these 5 steps:
1. Get comfortable. Before you sit down and start brainstorming for article ideas, make yourself as comfortable as you can. Do things like change your clothes, enjoy a good healthy meal, and have a shower.
2. Eliminate distractions. Try to write your articles at a time of day where it's the quietest in your home. If you have children, consider writing an article or two after they've gone to bed.
3. Write from your heart. Avoid the trap that most newbie writers fall into by trying to make your first draft the final one. The first time you write an article, it should always be written from the heart, not your brain. Let yourself flow and don't stop. Just keep writing. Only after your first draft is done, should you go back and edit.
4. Write like you talk. Another good thing about articles is that they don't have to be complex instructions on how to do things. Write an article the way you would talk to a close friend. Use simple words that you normally use when you speak.
5. Tell a story. People love reading compelling stories because they know they can usually relate to it. Just remember a time you got excited about something and told a friend how much you enjoyed it. You can apply that same experience to article writing. The advantage here is that you don't have to do much, if any, research.
By combining these 5 steps along with a healthy dose of persistence, you'll be able to break through the barrier of newbie writer. Writing articles will become second nature to you and eventually you'll be at a level where you can crank them out in just 10 minutes. Trust me; you'll be glad you did.
When deciding on an MLM opportunity it is critical to understand the compensation plan as it details everything you need to do to get paid a specific amount of money. All MLM marketing plans have advantages and disadvantages and by doing your homework you'll be able to decide which one is best for you. Before we describe the seven most popular types of marketing plans, there are two things in every compensation plan you need to know about.
Demotion means dropping from one rank position to a lower one. It usually results in a loss of future potential income. Or, your remainder quota required to reach a certain target is increased. The volume achieved in the past does not count towards the grand total anymore.
Maintenance, sometimes called autoship, is the minimum amount of sales volume,usually every month a distributor or serious business builder has to buy either his own personal volume or combined with group sales in order to maintain his rank, be eligible for bonuses, overriding commission or sometimes even maintain his distributorship. Having maintenance or no maintenance has its pros and cons. Here are three scenarios to give a clearer picture:
Mandatory Maintenance
Require you to purchase products every single month. This is good if you have built a large organization and it ensures you have guaranteed income every month. Not good if you are forced to maintain and you are not making money in your business. If you are in love with the product and don't mind paying for it every month then it is fine. But this can cause a person who is not seriously building or is still struggling with his business some pressure and it is one of the main causes of drop out in MLM.
No Maintenance
There is no monthly purchase requirement. This is very good for people who have just started their business or for people who are just casually trying out an MLM. There is no pressure and a person can be in an MLM for years but still at the same rank.
The bad news is that it might not be good for the long term,because no maintence means no requirement for downlines to buy anything, unless your group is in love with the product or if you and your downlines have built a solid customer base and the demand of the product is there.
Optional Maintenance
You are required to buy a certain volume of products when you want to override your commission from the company. This is very good in the sense that you are not pressured to pay maintenance and you only pay when you are making money.
Now that you understand how demotion and maintenance fit into the equation, here are the top 7 MLM compensation plans:
The Stairstep
The Stairstep or step and ladder plan is a simple plan that has requirements that you must meet to get up the "Stairs of Success" Every step is a promotion usually based on achieving a certain volume and each promotion or rank gives you a larger cut.
The Unilevel
The Unilevel is a simple "Number of Levels" that the company will pay you, and usually there is no promotion or rank. You make money by getting a certain override off of the volume, and usually there is a requirement of volume to qualify for a check.
The Binary
The Binary is an interesting design for a Comp Plan. It usually has 2 "legs" that you can have "Business centers" in, and you have a volume requirement to get paid on each leg. There is what is called "balancing" in the Binary model. You must balance the volume from each leg to make sure you maximize your commissions.
The Breakaway
This plan has been said to have become somewhat unpopular in the industry, as you could lose the business you build, once it gets to a certain level of success, and it "breaks away" to no longer be a part of what you get paid on. It usually appears in stairstep.
The Matrix
The Matrix or sometimes called a Forced Matrix is like a pre-order tree. A computer driven plan puts into your group by computer, and they go in the next available slot. Usually this plan is combined with some form of a Binary and it does work well if there are a lot of people that are recruited and working together to fill the matrix.
The Australian Two Up
This is a marketing plan that is very unique. Basically, the two people you recruit are given to your upline sponsor and the rest of the recruits are yours.
The Hybrid
A hybrid is a combination of any of the above features. An example would be a Forced Matrix with Unilevel benefits ensuring that those who actually work to fill the tree gets paid more, or an Australian Two Up with Stairstep advancement to offset the disadvantages of distributors being too deep in an organization.
Many companies are now combining the advantages of several models to create MLM compensation plans that will help distributors maximize their income.
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