There’s a quote that is fitting to this blog post that goes something like this…”a road going nowhere, paved with good intentions”.

Many times I have discovered a new marketing concept and purchased the great new marketing tool with good intentions to make it work. But all too often, nothing ever happened…  I didn’t take action.

“I have all these wonderful ideas… but, how can I motivate myself to take action?” Ideas are not guaranteed money in the bank. Ideas can lead to millions… but ideas can also be a dime a dozen.

The ideas don’t matter as much as IF you take action on them.

Choose an idea that you are passionate about… something that excites you!  And then, DO something…  TAKE ACTION!

1. Develop a daily schedule for your business.
Determine first how many hours per day you can devote to your business… maybe an hour or two per day. Schedule a time slot and stick to it.

2. Prioritize your tasks.
Make a list of all of your necessary business activities.  Put them in order from “most” to “least” important. Analyze each task… how much time will it take to accomplish each task?

Once this process is completed, develop a daily schedule. You may have to limit or delete some of the tasks… not enough time. Some tasks may not have to be done every day. Some tasks can be done while you do something else… I am always thinking about what my next blog post will be. I carry a small notepad in my pocket. If I think of a great idea When I’m grocery shopping, I jot it down.

3. Make a To-Do List.
Once you have your schedule, make a To-Do list so that you can check off each task as you complete them.  This is very important, and it does two things.  First, the To-Do list will keep you on task…  if it’s not on the To-Do list you don’t do it… not now anyway.

If you have a great idea, write it down so you’ll remember it… then back to the To-Do list.

Second, each completed task on your To-Do list will motivate you… you have accomplished another step toward your objective.  On to the next!

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ToodleDo ==> http://www.toodledo.com/25
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4. Put Everything in Writing
This is VITALLY important… write everything down!

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Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

Make this commitment… I will develop a marketing plan for my online business, and I will follow it daily.

What Is A Marketing Plan?

It is NOT a long, complicated 50 page report. Your plan just needs to be a simple outline listing the following four criteria:

1. Objectives
2. Strategies
3. Tactics
4. Daily To-Do List

Let’s break these down…

1. Objectives – Define what your business is and what you want to accomplish.

The first thing to do is define your business. For example, A network marketer is not in the business of selling their particular product… that is secondary.  A network marketer is in the business of building a marketing network.

You might be in the business of marketing an online service, or another person’s digital or physical product as an affiliate.  You might be a business coach, and you would be marketing yourself.

Next, you must decide on what you want to accomplish.

Answer questions like “Do you want to build your business to a full time endeavor? Do you want to build your marketing team to 1,000+ distributors this year?”

2. Strategies – Outline basic strategies that will result in reaching your objectives.

Define What needs to be accomplished to reach your objectives? Do you need to invest money in advertising? How about obtaining marketing tools for you and your team? Do you need to build an email marketing list?

3. Tactics – The stepping stones toward accomplishing your Strategies and Objectives

Realize some research will be needed before committing to any specific strategies. For example, if your strategy is to invest in advertising, you will need to determine what type and how much to invest. If you plan to obtain marketing tools such as an autoresponder service, check them out… ask other successful marketers their recommendations.

4. Daily To-Do List

Here’s where the rubber meets the road. Develop a daily schedule and follow it. Some tasks will need to be done every day… some, maybe once a week. Evaluate the results of each task. If you are advertising online, track your ads.

By developing your Marketing Plan, it is very easy to determine your progress and evaluate your results.

Keep your plan simple… the smaller and more easy your plan is to understand, the more likely it will be that you will follow through to success.

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Each and every one of us is comprised of three parts… body, mind, and soul. To affect changes in our circumstances, we must first be willing to make changes in ourselves.

OK, let’s break that down further.

The Body

How can you truly make a difference in this world if you are physically unable to interact in it?  I see people every day for which it is a struggle just to shop for groceries.  Maybe you’re not as physically out of shape as most, but I imagine most everyone reading this could do better.

Need to lose a few pounds? Get it done.  That is my biggest challenge right now… I need to drop about 40 pounds, which I’ve done before, and this time…  KEEP IT OFF!
Do you exercise enough?  Are you getting the proper rest you need?  How’s your nutrition?  The list can go on and on.

The bottom line is this…  in order to have the energy and motivation necessary to make your online business go, you’ve got to be in great shape physically.

The Mind

One of the featured goals in most every school’s vision statement is this… Motivate students to be “Life-Long Learners”.  It’s a necessity in the world today. Change is happening all around you, and you must keep pace to succeed.

Make it a goal to better yourself everyday… read everything you can. Turn of the TV and watch some training videos…  learn how to better market your business.

Don’t know how to build a website?…  Learn! Don’t know how to do social marketing? Learn!

And learning doesn’t stop with “Knowledge”. Find some great motivation and personal development helps, and…  you guessed it…. Learn!

The Soul

The third aspect of the trio is probably the most neglected. Humans are “Spiritual Beings”. I’m not going to get preachy here, but the quote I listed yesterday is all so true… “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose his soul?”  True happiness is never achieved only from the “things” of this world. If you need someone to talk about this with, send me a message.

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1. Become a Better Me

Start here – each of us is comprised of three parts… body, mind, and soul. To effect changes in our circumstances, we must first be willing to make changes in ourselves.

Our body – make the necessary changes in our lifestyle to reach the best physical condition that we can achieve.

Our mind – never stop learning… you can’t do new things if you don’t know how.

The Soul – the most neglected of the three is our spiritual nature. It has been written, “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose his soul?”

2. Develop and Follow My Marketing Plan

Marketing Plans are essential in developing and building a business of any type… online or offline. But the fact is, most online marketers don’t even have one. Make it a priority in 2012 to both DEVELOP and then FOLLOW a Marketing Plan especially designed for your entrepreneurial endeavors.

3. Make a Commitment To Take Action Daily

The number one reason most marketers fail is because they don’t take action on a consistent basis. Schedule a time slot every day for your business, and stick to it. And when working on your business, don’t waste time on activity that does NOT produce income.

4. Help Others Succeed

Zig Ziglar said it best… “You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” Get your eyes off yourself, and help others achieve their goals.

5. Write and Publish Blog Posts Every Day

This is an activity that pays dividends untold. Every marketer should know this for sure. Last month, before I started blogging in earnest using the IBO Toolbox platform, I had less than 100 visitors to my site. This month I have had 2,662 visitors… and most of the traffic is from my blog posts on my IBO Social page.

(Over the next five days, I will break each of these Resolutions down in greater depth, and offer several new ideas on how these can be accomplished.)

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vision of the future
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integrity
organization skills
knowledgeable
credible
persuasive
charismatic
a team builder
clarity of purpose
solves problems
servant attitude
leads by example
patient with others
takes action
understands followers
consistent
empowers others
adaptable to change.

Let’s gather some useful insights by analyzing this list.

Notice what characteristics are included… positive characteristics that require people skills. The leader must put himself in vulnerable positions, and yet still be confident and sure in his leadership position.

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Multi-Level marketing, MLM, Network Marketing, or whatever you choose to call it, is the vehicle that has enabled countless numbers to enter the ranks of business owners.

But the question I am pondering in this post is this…  Is MLM right for you?  Here are some checklists to ponder.

Network Marketing Checklist – The Product

The first thing, perhaps, is to consider where your interest lies. I have seen companies that sell everything from health foods to chocolate to everything in between.  I have seen companies that market digital products and services…  I have even seen companies where their product is their opportunity itself.

So the product is important considering these 2 points…  You must believe in what you are marketing.  You’re probably NOT going to do well in a dog food MLM if you hate dogs, right?  Second, the company must offer a quality product and stand behind it.

Network Marketing Checklist – The Company

As I said before, there are a ton of MLM’s out there… so pick wisely.  For a newbie, I believe that it is better to work with an establish company that is going to be around for years.  I personally lost over 30 downline members in a company that went belly-up just after 18 months.  The compensation plan is important…  but not as much as the company’s longevity.

Network Marketing Checklist – The People

OK, here is where the rubber meets the road…  the people.  Do some research.  Once you have settled on a company and their products, find an upline that has a great performance record…  great sponsors are gold.   Another thing that is most important is the training platform for new distributors…  maybe not so much for you, but for the new reps you bring in.

Network Marketing Checklist – YOU

OK, now we’re down to the most important factor in your network marketing success…  YOU.  Everything revolves around you and your ability to market and relate to people.  Zig Ziglar once said “You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”  Get your eyes off of yourself, and help others… either by meeting needs with the product you are marketing, or by helping others reach their success goals.

Zig also said “Building a better you is the first step to building a better America”…  or world, for that matter.

Network Marketing Checklist – The Question

So we’re back to the original premise…  is MLM right for you?  Are you willing to put in the work to market your

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Tuberminator, a YouTube resources was added to the Audio-Visual Strategies vault.

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