Joint ventures are one of the most effective ways to grow your business. Yet, like many of the most effective marketing strategies, when done improperly, your results may often be poor. When you try to sell your product, you use all sorts of conversion tactics such as building a relationship, getting your benefit across, using deadlines, exclusivity and calls to actions. So it would make sense to follow the same guidelines when trying to attract joint venture partners r...

Design company Tomato was founded in 1991 in London by John Warwicker, Steve Baker, Dirk Van Dooren, Karl Hyde, Richard Smith, Simon Taylor and Graham Wood. In 1994, Michael Horsham and Jason Kedgely joined.

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That's what the ACN gal's email said today: "I'm looking for effective 'pique' phrases to pique the person to attend a one-on-one, or evening events." Pique=arouse, as in, arouse someone's interest. Here's what I told the gal. What piques YOUR interest about this business? Why did YOU decide to do it? 1. You've always been a closet entrepreneur and this was your chance to come out? 2. You've always wanted something you could get behind, something you could b...

This is a story submitted by Mary Jane Medlock, a gal who went from 11 to 7,029 regular customers in the last 36 months. Of those, she personally sponsored 2,362 as of today, 7.26.06. She's just now starting recruiting. You can listen to her (Episodes 1,2 and 18-19) tell how she got her first customers, and how she keeps them all together now that they've grown to over 6,000. It's an aww shucks, story for me... "In July of 2003, an crossline friend of mine saw that I wa...

There are many great MLM training materials that are available. There are also a few that are not so great. You need these materials in order to build your MLM business, and you need the proper trainings on how to use them properly. There are some things that you need to consider before you spend any money on MLM training tools. These are the five main things that you need to take a look at for great MLM training tools. 1. Quality. The quality of recording, sound, du...

I knew things in our industry had changed, but I didn't realize just HOW MUCH they had changed until recently. Now we all know nothing stays the same, and progress is always welcome in Network Marketing, but I don't think many of us are truly aware of the vast differences we've seen technology bring in just the past few years. Ten years ago--even five years ago--a successful couple or individual working in Networking limited themselves to a single program. Why? Because wor...

MLM is a legitimate and potentially lucrative way to work from home for your own MLM business opportunity. By directly selling products while creating your own upline downline, you can work your MLM business opportunity part-time, from home, and at in your own hours. Even with all the potential for making money, you should decide, though if an MLM is for you. Many people are blinded by all the benefits of an MLM when determining if this type of business is right for the...

I am all for advertising. It�s a way of life, and it is needed. I know that without advertising, my local broadcast channels would not be free. I know the power of advertising. I have used advertising in various methods, and I place other people�s ads on my blogs, websites, and in my newsletters. However, there comes a time when it�s too much. I subscribe to two paid print newsletters every month. They are both put out by well-known marketers, both men I believe are at ...

Is that my butt? The question sure got your attention. Just like it got mine. And that is the purpose of a powerful headline. Let's start this story from the beginning: