Andrea's Brain Drain : A Network Marketing and MLM blog

Ironically, WordPress wins in the end :)

2008-07-24T15:43:00.003-05:00

Typepad was fine, Wordpress is more flexible.I got better at installing it, so I went back.Here's where this blog lives these days - LOL.http://AndreaGoodsaid.com/mlm-blogBlog on!Andrea

Wordpress Was a Bomb

2007-05-20T09:04:00.000-05:00

Okay, Wordpress and I were not a match made in heaven. Just a tad too techno-geeky fer me ;-)Have really missed blogging and decided to try my hand at typepad. I think I like it!Come on over and see what I'm up to :)andreagoodsaid.typepad.comSee 'ya there!

New Wordpress Blog Replaces this One

2006-09-20T08:33:00.000-05:00

Quick update :)Am revamping my network marketing website and blog L&F and location has changed as well.All of the posts that are here have been imported to the new 'on site blog' ... plan to have more regular entries and items worth commenting on from here on out.See 'ya there!Andrea

The Magic of Forums

2006-04-03T07:06:00.000-05:00

Have trouble figuring out how to market online?Go hang out with your friends!Literally.One of the most effective ways of building relationships online is through the use of niche forums. Read this blog entry on a friend's blog and you'll see why:Forums A Great Internet Marketing ToolSo what do you like to do?Go let people get to know like and trust you ... leave the marketing to your sig file ;-)

Why Friendly Follow-up Works

2006-04-03T06:43:00.000-05:00

Follow-up and customer service will set you apart from the crowd every time.Why do I think that?People just don't keep in touch anymore.My friend Sara is a perfect example ... her blog post "Maintaining Contact" spells it all out for us. She's just a 'regular gal' ...Network marketing is all about building and maintaining relationships ... you stand out from the crowd when you keep in

Building Your Brand: Online Writing Opportunities

2006-04-03T06:39:00.000-05:00

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I am 100% in favor of branding yourself first ... NOT the company you've decided to rep.I even wrote a ranting article about it last year called "On Becoming the GoTo Guy" might wanna read it and catch up if you missed it first round.Article writing is a great wat to 'become the expert' and brand yourself in a particular field

Network Marketing Secret: How to Win a Mother's Heart

2006-03-23T08:06:00.000-05:00

There is one certain way to win a Mother’s heart in this industry.Celebrate Her Children!Last weekend, I went to a semi-annual convention for a company that I rep. Or at least it was just ‘a company’ before I got there … now it’s ‘THE company’.Sure the food was great. Of course everyone was welcoming and on their best behavior.Yes, meeting everyone in person and seeing production first hand was

Candles, Gift Baskets, Cheap Wedding Favors

2006-03-10T13:37:00.000-05:00

Sometimes we need to find ways to use our products in the gift arena. Finding ways for our teams to generate cashflow is never a bad thing.Mother's day is coming right up. Mother's Day Gift Baskets are a popular option. Doesn't matter whether it's candles, telephone calling cards or vitamins that you're marketing. A themed gift basket is a great way to get your product out there without having *

The Smartest People in the Room

2006-03-02T10:44:00.000-05:00

PF HEAT Training NewsletterPassionFire Intlby Doug Firebaugh(c) 2006/ all rights reserved"The Smartest People in the Room."You may heave heard about it.There is a film out called "The Smartest Men in theRoom." It is a documentary about the ENRON scandal.It is a jaw dropping expose about the ENRON deceptionand the house of cards they built.We can all learn something from this debacle. And

Permission to Vent

2006-02-21T06:08:00.000-05:00

Permission to Vent – Two Kinds of WantsGot a new newsletter from Kim Klaver this morning with a link to an audio that I’d been meaning to go hunt down … way to go Kim!See I’ve decided to focus on simplicity.Even re-vamped my wellness website over the weekend and that’s the theme … simplicity is my goal in all things. Granted, getting there may not be simple:Coming up with systems that workPutting

Dancing to the Music that Matters to You

2006-01-21T03:58:00.000-05:00

Dancing to the Music that Matters to YouHow important do you suppose it is to have a personal story about whatever it is you’re wanting to sell?I say it’s the only thing that DOES count if you don’t have one.To my copywriting mentor early on …“Target marketing … okay I get that yes; talk to people who have raised their hands .... But who’s my target market??”“Your market is whoever it is that’s

Instant Everything

2006-01-19T04:47:00.000-05:00

Instant Everything – NWM is not about getting rich quickGreat reminder from Michael Clouse in my inbox this morning :)Expect Success!Andrea_____________________________________Instant Everythingby Michael S. ClouseA man stands in front of that rectangular shaped, nuclear-particle device some call a microwave, mumbling under hisbreath, "Come on, come on, why is this thing taking so long?"All I can

Blogger for Word ... How Cool!!

2005-10-21T06:12:00.000-05:00

Testing Blogger for WordThis may feel a bit off topic, but since I’m writing one of my other blogs as part of a team, ironing out some of the details about posting and blog management are cropping up and I thought I’d share my solution here.There is a nifty little plug-in that you can download for your Word program. (note: must be running Word 2000 or better on Windows for it to work)This is the

'Big Al' Cameo on MFF Call

2005-07-29T06:34:00.000-05:00

Anyone who's ever had the good fortune to hear Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter (www.fortunenow.com) speak knows how nice it was to have him as a guest speaker on our Mentoring For Free calls this week.In a quick 15 minutes on the Wednesday afternoon training call Big Al delivered this handy, unique local lead tip.Only use this if you would like leads who: are employed hate their job are local to

On Becoming the 'GoTo' Guy

2005-06-08T06:24:00.000-05:00

Become the 'GoTo' GuyFor years we’ve been taught to identify ourselves as reps for one XYZ company or another. We have our fancy business cards printed, some letterhead, maybe an address stamp. We use the company logo and replicated websites as points of first impression. We market ourselves as being associated with that company with abandon … heck, we even have the T-shirts to prove

Building Your Own Blog

2005-05-25T01:54:00.000-05:00

There have been enough people trying to find the beginning of the 'Start your own blog' series that I thought a post with a link on the template might be a good idea ;-)So here it is and here are the links to the three part series (which you can now access from the side menu):Day 1: How to Start Your MLM BlogDay 2: Pinging Your MLM BlogDay 3: Syndicating Your MLM BlogNow of course, 'MLM Blog' are

"A Millionaire's Secret" -by Allen Says

2005-05-11T16:33:00.000-05:00

This came through the other day ... it's a keeper ;-)To your success!Andreahttp://MentorFirst.com"A Millionaire's Secret" -by Allen Says-------------------------------------------------Washington DC was nasty as could be. As I sat on the bench waiting for my bus to arrive I couldn't wait to get back to the backwoods of Louisiana. I had almost sat in a pool of blood that was on the far end of the

Building Relationships: The Enemy Within

2005-05-09T17:01:00.000-05:00

Building Relationships: The Enemy WithinWhat is it about people?!What is it that makes us live our lives in judgment of each other and ourselves day in and day out? Programming is the culprit. Think you don’t fall into this category? Guess again!We’ve all got it to deal with to one degree or another. There will always be someone who has an opinion they want to freely share when they probably

Network Marketing Tip: Do You Re-invent the Wheel or Just Drive the Car?

2005-05-07T03:39:00.000-05:00

Network Marketing Tip: Do You Re-invent the Wheel or Just Drive the Car?There are those in the Network Marketing industry who would have you believe that their way is the only way for a booming business to be built.Others will say ‘Here, here’s your business, now just out there and get cracking!’Most sponsors fall somewhere in between in terms of support (IF they have any real business knowledge

The Folly of Presumption

2005-05-03T04:22:00.000-05:00

The Folly of PresumptionRecent discussions with fellow networkers have centered on whether true ‘walk-away’ and lifetime residual incomes are really possible. I don’t know … I’m not there yet.But it has set me to thinking.There’s one thing that's probably a common thread between all of the people who have succeeded to this end (or as close as the industry allows for ... let's not get hung up on

Straight Talk About Who’s Worth Talking To

2005-04-29T04:01:00.000-05:00

Straight Talk About Who's Worth Talking ToAll right now, before you go getting your knickers in a twist, let’s get one thing straight. When I say ‘who’s worth talking to’, of course I mean, when thinking about your NWM/MLM prospecting, where should you be setting your sights? How can you make the most of the time you have and be certain that you’re spending it in the best ways?Time is as Precious

The Two Faces of Fear

2005-04-20T07:50:00.000-05:00

The Two Faces of FearWhat are you most afraid of?Fear of failure drives more people's big choices everyday than any other emotion we know. You may not even notice how much your day to-day actions are driven by this. If you’re like many people, it’s fear of failure that gets in your way and causes you not to act. You wonder whether you’re going to be good enough.You wonder whether people will like

Bottom-Fishing for Business Partners

2005-04-18T12:12:00.000-05:00

Bottom-Fishing for Business PartnersI wonder some times what we could ever have been thinking telling people that Network Marketing is all about recruiting.I mean do we really want just anyone tied to our livelihood.. a lifestyle that we are planning to be long term ?… forever in fact in a perfect world.Do we want to be at the beck and call of needy and lazy, WHINEY people? Or are we better off

Build your own future

2005-04-17T16:39:00.000-05:00

Build your own futureMy best friend once told me that he would know that he had 'made it' when he could make a hundred bucks while sitting on the john. ‘Course, that was before he had a phone in the bathroom.I think he kind of missed the point with that move…. He had the right idea. Give me residual income over linear income any day. But I would have thought the idea

Common Sense vs. What They Really Want

2005-04-12T13:32:00.000-05:00

Common Sense vs. What They Really WantAny marketer will tell you that if you want a slam dunk, you might just as well forget what people need. People don’t dig deep and often for the things that they need.Consider this ...Everyone ‘needs’ gas if they drive a car … nobody enjoys paying for it…. They do it because they WANT to use their car.Everyone ‘needs’ to eat … but their grocery choices are

The honeymoon's over ... what now?!

2005-04-09T06:41:00.000-05:00

Finding balance in your close business relationships... talk about a tough thing to do!Just as with any other people, the relationship you will come to have with your team members will have its ups and downs. Must leaders sacrifice? As a leader, finding balance between feeling like you know someone well enough to be a good mentor and still staying private enough that you don't get lost in the

Just Lookin' for Bob ...

2005-04-07T00:19:00.000-05:00

Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter has the best way of making his point crystal clear with word pictures.Here's the one that just rolled out across this afternoon's training call for Mentoring for Free.How much easier would it be if all if the prospects who were ready willing and able to join you in your business were named 'Bob' and all you had to do was go through your day "Lookin' for Bob"?Could it

MLM genealogy software

2005-04-05T01:48:00.000-05:00

MLM genealogy software... time for another search engine friendly topic*I've learned a little bit lately about mlm genealogy software. I don't know how to build it or where to get 'the perfect list' that's been generated by mlm genealogy software, but, the important parts are clear to me anyway.MLM genealogy software is the software that network marketing companies use to store and track their

Syndicating your MLM blog

2005-04-04T09:31:00.001-05:00

This is the last entry I plan to be doing on 'How to Blog'.My last two entries: How to start your MLM blog and Pinging your MLM blog have given you all the information to put your own blog together ... if you've gotten yours online then great! If not, use the above links to get yours online today, okay?Today we'll put a few final touches on the template. I'll also be pointing you at

Pinging your MLM blog

2005-04-02T11:08:00.000-05:00

What the heck is pinging?!Pinging is a short cut to getting people's attention.You should 'ping' your blog after every entry or major change that you make.I'll show you where to go to 'ping' in a minute.But first, I want you to head over to feedburner.com, you'll see where it says:"If you currently publish an RSS or Atom syndicated content feed, FeedBurner can help you!" Well, it just so happens

How to start your MLM blog

2005-04-01T17:55:00.000-05:00

Do you wanna be at the front of a wave for a change?MLM blogging is the wave of the future for serious NWM leaders online.Theres just no way around it. The more junk that gets put on the web, the more spam that clogs up peoples email, the more and more important it will become to find a way to be invited into peoples web space.Opt-in lists are great too and can go very slickly hand in hand

Identity theft sucks!

2005-03-31T07:11:00.000-05:00

Today I’m going to let myself be distracted just a tad.This just came into my inbox. I don’t know the source, but it’s all great advice about how to keep your identity and credit safe.Unfortunately, this is a problem that’s all too common these days. We network marketers are out there making every effort to get people to contact us and may need to be extra careful.But rather than shutting down

Affiliate marketing vs. Network marketing

2005-03-29T08:03:00.000-05:00

There’s a funny tug of war, a kind of ‘them and us’ between affiliate marketers and network marketers.It’s most in your face online, but then many differences are.I say it’s a ‘lack’ way of looking at the world. People don't want to take the time to understand each other’s point of view. That feeds the fire. Funny, I see more things alike than deal-breaker differences.This sort of arguing is like

Can product educators also be business builders?

2005-03-28T20:40:00.000-05:00

For years I’ve been struggling with the idea of having to become a nutritional expert in order share product effectively. Just this afternoon, I tried muscle-testing something on my daughter (who is able to test herself without trouble) and I just couldn’t get it to work! So frustrating. I think that I'm just not meant to be involved in that part of people's personal health

Building Relationships with Network Marketing

2005-03-26T09:35:00.000-05:00

I've had an editing note from my copyrighting mentor ... 'less words more often', he says ...lol.We'll just see what I can do about that Richard (grin).The topic that's been floating around in my brain today is a kind of 'which comes first ... chicken or egg' question. So which comes first ... The business or the relationship?Going with the idea that network marketing is indeed not a sales

Blogging for Prospects

2005-03-24T00:16:00.000-05:00

Blogging is all the rage and MLM blogging is perhaps the next marketing wave to consider riding as the soon-to-be late great email campaign comes to an inauspicious demise.Marketing of the SPAM variety has brought the hey day of email marketing largely to an end. And as surely as the day must follow night, we who want to market online to veritable strangers are having to modify our approaches.The

MLM and Taxes

2005-03-22T14:13:00.000-05:00

Oh dear tax time again ...I don't know about you, but I spend the last days of March and the first days of April EVERY year finding anything and everything to do that will distract from doing them. Let's face it, who really likes sitting still while sorting out bookwork, digging out the expense receipts, gathering together the mileage, etc... and so on ad infinitum. I know I sure

A big 'Ah-hah' ~ I'm learning MLM truth

2005-03-20T12:08:00.000-05:00

I can't actually in good conscience call what I have experienced up till now a NWM/MLM 'career'. But I consider these last few weeks to be the turning point and I will be sharing the newness and truth on mlm (pardon the grammar, it's for the search engines ;-) that I learn here with you.One glorious day back in 1995 or so, I came to be listening to a Robert Allen tape set. This tape set was my