My First Take On Magnetic Sponsoring

If Magnetic Sponsoring hasn't worked out well for you, I'm really sorry to hear that. I'm not going to say it's a good or bad product nor defend it either way, but it's still not perfect.

I read the book from cover to cover and have referred back to it when needed without taking any bias on whether or not Mike Dillard has a personal agenda. Would you have ever known what business McDonald's is really in if you haven't bought and read the book? Or what do they promote when you go to Las Vegas.

Magnetic Sponsoring alone is not about getting you to generate business leads for free. It allows you to provide a cover for your purchase leads in the event they say no to your primary business. After all, you buy leads, don't you? Let me ask you this. What happens when you pay $2.00 for a lead and they say no to your business and they don't want to have anything to do with you? What if the lead that you purchased turns out that they want to help people lose weight instead of saving money on dental? There goes your two bucks and there goes your potential friend. Do you believe you'll ever recover that money? Chances are slim and if I'm gonna do a business like that, I'd rather pay my $6 (3 leads) and get me a lengua (tongue) burritto.

Magnetic Sponsoring is not about getting yourself free leads. It's about making a friend, building trust with that friend, and making a potential good quality cold lead into a warm lead that puts their trust in you. It's about providing you with the mindset on how you should you attract potential candidates for your primary business (doesn't matter what business it is).

Now let's see how this thing really works. How about you, what are you really in the business of doing? Are you really selling dental plans when we're all doing front-line recruiting? So what are we really in the business of doing? Look at McDonald's - why are they so successful when in the first place, I can make my own Big Mac and probably do a better job (i also have the ingredients to the secret sauce) such as making it charbroiled instead of fried.

Do you think McDonald's will last long if they decided to be in the hamburger business? How about us lasting longer if we're really into the business of selling dental plans.

You can't expect perfection in anything. That goes for a system that McDonald's, us, and Mike Dillard uses.

Whether I made money on it or not is another matter, but if you ask me how much I made using Magnetic Sponsoring, what I'll tell you would make you kill me (instead of me killing you), so I won't.

Let's just say that I got at least more than twice my money back and have bought a newer edition of it to keep me up-to-date. I may sound like a more-on for doing that, but when I've gotten more than my return-on-investment for purchasing it, I can't say that I got scammed by Mike Dillard if I've used some of that money to buy me a PlayStation 3 and supply me with next month's purchase of leads (yeah, I still buy leads) while my business building continues.

Don't underestimate what Magnetic Sponsoring can do for you. However, it's not going to do the business building for you.

Adios...till next time folks...

Using EZines To Get Your Site Plenty Of Traffic And Possibly Leads

Although I'm not that great of a writer, one thing I'm aware of is making sure that when I write something, it will keep the reader interested, it transitions smoothly from one topic to the next, and there will be value for the reader to read it.

How about this new deal called Ezines. I first heard about Ezines last year, but for whatever reason, it was just another article that's on the web. So you're probably going to wonder, why would you write one up? Who cares about this thing?

I'm sure you've heard about networking with your peers. Remember when you're in high school or college, you network with other people by joining clubs, social gatherings, or even by being in the classroom. You connect with these people because you and that network of people have something in common.

However, your association with them may not last because you all be moving on with other things. When I was working on my bachelors and my two masters, I built a pretty good network of people who share the same ideas as I do. When I left school, most of them have moved on or some who I met have different interests.

I believe it's not a bad idea to keep networking with others with similar interests. That's when I got the idea of ezines from several networkers. Although I may not get traffic from the general public about my interests (why should I?). I just want to get traffic from a certain audience. You know, someone who wears a pair of size 11 wide Crocs, my favorite pairs of sandals (i'm already on my 2nd black pair--in fact, my daughter katherine is on her 2nd pink pair or Crocs).

If you're willing to write and advertise your skillset out there on the Internet, ezines may be your ticket. Ezine websites are indexed by search engines and depending on what keyword you optimize it for, someone may just find you.

For the last two years, I've been involved in designing websites, but for one main reason...to drive traffic to it. However, promoting it will take much work and in time, traffic will grow. With the e-dental-plus.com website, which I own, it wasn't even ranked in alexa last year, but now it somewhere around 2.8 million. My goal for the end of the year is to get it down below 2 million, but there's a lot of work cut out for me. Perhaps, I would need to start writing ezines about the dental programs that I offer at e-dental-plus.com.

Before go off a tangent, I want to get back to the deal with ezines. Make sure you have something to write about and when you write it up, follow the AIDA format. That means...

A - Attention - Depending on what they read on the headline will determine if the article will be read.

I - Interest - be sure to address what's in it for them. If you don't address this, they'll just click the "back" button on their browser.

D - Desire - put the features on the topics that your article offers. Highlight 4-7 important bullets in this area.

A - Action - Make sure there's a link that allows them to take action, such as your product website or the website you want them to go to to fill out some form or whatever.

Well if you keep your ezine in this format, you may have little trouble addressing what you want to convey to your readers.

So for those of you businesspeople wanting to promote their product, their service, what they do well in, find other people who share the same views as you through a website, don't take ezines lightly. Although there are other options to increase traffic to your website, ezines are one of the ways you can get more visitors to your website. However, the way you write your content will have an impact on whether your visitors come back.

If you want to successfully generate traffic to your website, implement ezines. Don't forget to make that effort in being a good writer. It carries a lot of weight with your readers.

Sidney

P.S. Here are my recommended resources if you want to drive traffic to your website and you're on a limited budget. The subject of ezines is also discussed in these resources.

Magnetic Sponsoring - by Mike Dillard - learn how to use the skills that made Mike a millionaire
Building On A Budget - by Mike Dillard - learn how you can advertise your business on a limited budget. Ezines and press releases are also mentioned in this course.
Attraction Marketing Formula - by Ferny Ceballos - Learn the secrets of Google AdWords, capture pages, ezines, press releases, craigslist, ebay advertising, and more. Learn it in detail.

Building On A Budget - Another Mike Dillard Classic Must Grab - Free-Press-Release.com

Press Release - Building On A Budget - Another Mike Dillard Classic Must Grab

" Mike Dillard, Author of Magnetic Sponsoring, expert internet marketer and copywriter, teaches five best ways that generate free good quality leads for your business on a budget. "

by Sidney Juachon

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200803/1204938671.html

Just started out their own business? Next step is to find a way to make that business be known on the internet.

Thanks to Mike Dillard and company, Building On A Budget is conceived. This book is intended to help someone starting out their business while being on a very limited monetary budget (not to exceed $500 a month).

However, other resources like time, will, determination, and the energy to do the work must be available.

Those who belong in this category will learn how to generate free traffic to their website and thus get free leads through the following topics by the time they completed this book:

How to turn your traffic into live exclusive leads...even on a budget.

Craigslist - Very popular online classifieds site gets 6 billion visits a month and your ad gets visited.

Videos and You Tube - Your videos on YouTube, the 2nd most visited website in the world (behind Yahoo.com) will get your business a lot of exposure.

Press Releases and Ezines - popular media where your business can get real strong exposure. Get a few more articles and you may be dubbed by many as an expert.

Blogs - Why setting one up can get you web traffic leading to qualified prospects within 24 to 72 hours.

Funded Proposals - Why let your leads go down the drain when a prospect may say no to your business. Instead help them make sure that when they start their own home-based business, they either get Building On A Budget or Magnetic Sponsoring before they decide on an opportunity. At least they didn't have to hear you say "I told you so!" and instead they say "I read it so!".

I just read through this whole book and it's well written with simple to follow instructions. Although I already know how some of the topics in this book are processed, I learned some new ways on how to drive more traffic to my websites.

For those of you who needs a way to build your business on a limited budget, this is the book you want to get and I encourage you to get it.


For more information about Building On A Budget, you can go to http://myaplan.buildingonabudget.com and see the details of this Mike Dillard classic.

You cannot afford not to have this book. Highly recommended.

Spending Money On Leads?

Are you spending too much money on leads like I did? I won't mention company names since I might get into hot water, but all I will tell you is I average over $100 spending on lead companies and I still have some people who say that they don't recall filling out a survey.

Some lead companies sell leads that are exclusive to the company you work with, but I believe this is an understatement because in the first place how did these people know they want to work with this company to begin with. For example, I got a phone call from the one of the lead company reps and was told that these leads have already shown interest in working with this company.

Apparently, I didn't buy them because they are way too expensive. If I use an expensive bait and caught no fish, I wouldn't get my money's worth and can go bankrupt real quick.

The next best thing for me is to do Google Adwords and Yahoo Search. With the use of the ideas that I got from Magnetic Sponsoring, I was able to generate my own product leads and I'm getting them like hotcakes. However, I'm also focusing on getting leads so that I can sponsor those who wanted to join my team, but because of the competition in trying to get people to join you, I would have to find other ways in generating those leads.

Although I haven't put buying home based business leads in the back burner, I would make sure that I take the most economical route in getting those leads. However, I want to get a good return of investment.

If you're looking for ways to generate free leads like I did, I encourage you to get a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. If you're serious about exploding your business and make sure that you're not leaving money on the table, and also finding out why you shouldn't promote your business to your friends, and learn how to become a leader in your organization, you won't think twice or thrice about picking up Magnetic Sponsoring.

What Expenses Can Be Deducted In Your Home Based Business

It's almost tax time and we all have to file our taxes. Some of you would be dreading this time of the year because you may have to look for your paperwork, receipts, your earnings, and probably the previous year's tax return. Unless you run your home business as a corporation when you can choose which month do you want to end your year, it otherwise ends in December 31.

The only thing I could say is anything you spend that's incidental to running your business is deductible. However, any assets like furniture, computers, vehicles, and perhaps a portion of your house may need to be depreciated for several years. Furniture usually takes about 10-15 years, computers are usually 3 years, and vehicles are 5 years. Books and training you purchase may be deducted as an expense in its entirety, like the Magnetic Sponsoring book. How about leads that you purchase? They are deductible since they are incidental to running your business. Trips to convention (including hotels, rental cars, convention fee, and plane tickets) are deductible.

I'm sure there are many more, but if you don't know what you're doing, I highly recommend that you consult a certified public accountant (CPA). You want to focus on doing your business and don't let the tax blues hold you up. I recall the guy who played "Uncle Jesse" in the Dukes of Hazzard TV Show, the late-Denver Pyle, has hired an accountant to keep track of what comes in and out of his bank account and because of that, he was able to focus in his acting career. Thus, if you want to spend more time focusing in your business, just hire a CPA to free you with the worries.

Why Start A Home Based Business

Why should you do a home-based business

First of all, the main reason for starting your home-based business is to take total control of your life.

You can do what is called a brick-and-mortar type business. However, you need to find a location for it, pay rent, utilities, phone, insurance, hire and fire employees, deal with local regulations, provide employee benefits, and the list goes on. In addition, you have to be consistent with your business hours or else you'll lose customers. I've known people who have this kind of business and within 5 years, they shut it down because of the high overhead, the stress, and the headaches in running it. If you take vacations, you need to have someone run the business. At the end of a period, you also need to deal with generating financial statements, in which, you need to hire a certified public accountant.

In the case of working a job, like most people do including me, whether it's full time or part time, you work under their terms, not yours. When working for someone else, you help them get promoted or get rich. One screw up determines your fate.

Many people like me dread waking up in the morning and have to go to work. That may include commuting for about an hour or two back and forth to your job. You may run into rush-hour traffic and may need to find parking when you get there. Isn't that terrible that you have to go through that just to make it through life? Giving yourself 20-40 years of your life with undying loyalty to work for someone and then just before you approach retirement age, you get laid off? How about doing a terrific job on a project and one day your time comes for a promotion and you don't make the cut. Or you went through several interviews and didn't get selected for a job that you might spend a good portion of your life. Is that what you want to go through? Leave your kids behind to go to work?

Anyone can do a home based business if they have the right attitude for it. As far as experience is concerned? I don't know. I believe it goes with the character and temperament of each person.

I'm sold in the business model used by the company I work with. It's a better model than what most businesses use and it's more convenient for the business owner.

In this business, give it about 4 consistent years and you'll make more than twice your boss.

I'm gonna borrow a phrase from Kim Klaver. Do you want to make the change or stay the way you are?

I encourage you to make the change. If you're currently employed, do your due diligence. There are tools that allow you to start your own business. There are also teams that can help you get your business going. However, the call is still yours...whether you want to make the change or stay the way you are.

One thing I would recommend to you is before you go into any venture, make sure you pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. This book tells you the realities that you will face when you do any home-based business, but it will better prepare you on how you will execute your business. In any business, you need to come up with leads. You can purchase telephone-verified opt-in leads (between $4-$5 per lead) or generate your own leads. You do it the first way, you may wind up going broke. This book will help you get started in generating your own leads practically for almost nothing. In addition, it will help you gather all the pieces in helping you become a leader.

It doesn't matter if you work with me or you work with someone else. The bottom line is you have a grip on what you're doing with your home business gig.

Otherwise, you'll remain in the dark on how the home-based business industry work. Do yourself a favor. If you're tired of the 9-6 rat race, the 4-hour commute, and uncertainty in your job, I encourage you to start a home-based business and pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring. You won't regret it.