You’ve probably heard or heard of the Bon Jovi song “You Give Love a Bad Name”.  I heard that song this morning and immediately thought of all of the multi level marketing / network marketing people spamming my email inbox and social networking sites on a daily basis.

I don’t care if you’ve got a product that will make me shrink down to a size 0, grow 5 inches taller and make me have the energy of a 5 year old overnight, I’m NOT buying it from a spammer.

You could have a free eBook that will grow legs, walk out of my computer and build my business for me - I’m NOT downloading it from a spammer!!

You give MLM a bad name.  You very well may have the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Most MLM companies have great products.  However, you’re probably wondering why you can’t build your business.  It seems that the harder you try, the worse it is.  You get more and more desperate and it shows.  It’s really not your fault.  Some silly upline probably told you to do it this way.  They probably don’t know any better either and are probably just as “green” as you are.

The emails you send to people who have never requested information from you are spam.   The comments you post with your veiled sales pitch on social networking sites are spam.  The phone calls that your auto dialer makes are spam (well…you know what I mean).

If you pique my curiosity even a little bit  about your product, I will go google it before I will buy it from you.   Maybe it’s just me, but I refuse to reward a spammer with commissions.  That just promotes more spam.

If you’ve got a great product put up a blog where you can talk about it.  Then work on getting targeted traffic to come to you.  You don’t need to chase people down and beat them over the head to buy your products or download your free ebook.  I have great products and a free ebook, however, the only ones that buy my products are people who are searching for a solution to a problem and find my other blog.   The only ones who download my free ebook are those who are searching for a better way to build their business or searching for a way to make money from home.  These people find my blogs and get my products or free ebook or blogging course.  I don’t EVER spam out emails to people begging them to join my business.  I don’t EVER jump on new people coming into myspace or facebook with “HEY - I’ve got a great free ebook - get it here”.

YUK.  PUKE.  EEEWWW.

Stop acting like a carnival barker “STEP RIGHT UP…COME ON IN…”  No wonder you send people running.  When you hear a carnival barker on the megaphone you know it’s going to cost you money and you’ll probably lose in the long run, but the games are fun.  When people associate spammers with carnival barkers, they run the other way because they are thinking that the stakes are much higher and the games probably aren’t going to be fun.

STOP the madness.  YOU - spammers of the world - give MLM a bad name. There are MUCH better ways to go about building your business.

YOU Deserve Success!!

Roxanne

I feel like I know you!

Those are some of the best words I’ve heard lately.

Three years ago I was a relative unknown on the internet.  Now, I have people googling me on a regular basis.   Let’s take a look back and see how that happened.

Back in 2006 I was following an MLM trainer who was setting up a new social networking type site.  This trainer had conference calls to help get people started with their site memberships.  She was a brilliant trainer, but was unsure about some of the technical questions people were asking.  I was a site member and was on the teleconferences.   I would answer the technical questions as they came up.  After the 2nd or 3rd call, the trainer spoke up and asked “Roxanne, can I just hire you?”.  Of course I said “Sure” and I became her technical support rep.

At the time, I had already started my blog and had been commenting on her blog so some of her customers had already interacted with me.  I became known as the “go to gal” for tech support among her followers.  A lot of great relationships that I still have to this day were formed during my time working for this trainer.  Many of these people are my business partners today.

Some time later, another MLM / network marketing trainer approached me and asked me to work for him.  He had heard that I was working for this other trainer.  I worked for both of them for a while until the first trainer started to move away from training and I stopped working for her.

Since that time, the people who knew me as her tech support person have recommended me to others needing help.  I have taught courses and became a trainer for another group that I’m involved with.  All along, I’ve been “out there” on the internet social networking with my blogs and social networking sites and forums.  One gentleman who joined my organization recently said to me “I googled you and you’re everywhere”.

The past 8 or 9 people who have joined my business have either heard of me through someone else, found me on a social networking site or forum, found my blog, or come across a training I’ve done and googled me.

An amazing thing happens when you no longer have to pick up the phone and call people.  My mentor told me it would happen.  He told me that people call him and ask to join his business.  I said to myself “Yeah, right.  This guy is crazy if he expects me to believe that”.  I believe it!!  It’s happening to me and it’s amazing.

I mentioned that I work for another MLM trainer.  His phone (through the power of vonage and the internet) rings into my home office.  I answer the phone “Good morning, XYZ company, Roxanne speaking, how may I help you?” and I hear “OH MY GOSH - Is this Roxanne Green?”  I say yes and hear “THEE Roxanne Green??” again I say yes and I hear a gasp on the other end.  Then “I’ve been listening to your trainings and I thought it sounded like you”.

I didn’t think I would ever be THEE Roxanne Green.   It’s pretty amazing.

The power of social networking.  If you simply get out there and be yourself you, too, can be a star through the power of social networking.  You have to rise above the crowd.  Don’t be out there pitching everyone.   Even if you think you’ve got the greatest deal since sliced bread, you can’t pitch people on it.  Even if you’ve got a free report or a free ebook or free tips for people, you can’t pitch them on it.

This can work for any online business.  Not just network marketing.  If you’re selling golf supplies find out where golfers congregate on the internet and go talk to them.  Go to forums, blogs, social networking sites and find golfers.  Focus on simply creating relationships with them.  They will want to know more about you and what you do if you just be nice and be yourself.  Simply be genuine, helpful and courteous.  When people are ready, they will remember you and come looking for you.  Give great quality content and make it real easy for them to find you.

YOU Deserve Success!!

Roxanne

OK. It’s true. I’m appalled. I’ve been working social networking sites for quite a while now. I’ve learned a LOT over the past year or so.

I work with a group called Mentoring For Free. We coach and mentor people to have success in their network marketing businesses. The following audio is a call I did last Saturday for Mentoring For Free. In this audio, I talk about our eBook. If you don’t have that and want to see what it’s all about, feel free to visit my site here and get your free eBook.

If you are on Social Networking sites like myspace, facebook, direct matches, adland pro, etc… you need to hear this audio.