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		<title>Do You Sleep When the Wind Blows?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilka Flood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a network marketing business is tough. Nobody said it was going to be easy.  Well, if someone did, they were not telling you the truth. It’s an uphill battle at first, but then it gets to the fun part…the part where “you can sleep when the wind blows.” During that first part you are [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a id="dd_start"></a><p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sleep_when_the_wind_blows.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3966" title="sleep_when_the_wind_blows" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sleep_when_the_wind_blows.jpg" alt="Sleep when the wind blows" /></a>Building a <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/networkmarketing/catering-network-marketing-business/" target="_blank">network marketing business</a> is tough. Nobody said it was going to be easy.  Well, if someone did, they were not telling you the truth. It’s an uphill battle at first, but then it gets to the fun part…the part where <em>“you can sleep when the wind blows.”</em></p>
<p>During that first part you are often tempted to quit. Don&#8217;t give in to temptation. Nothing worth having comes easy. In the beginning of building your network marketing business you do a lot of work and get only paid a little. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">But if you don&#8217;t quit if you keep your eye on the price and work hard then eventually you will reach a stage when you work very little in your business and get paid a lot.</span></p>
<p>Let me share a little story with you that will paint a picture in your mind you can pull up when things get tough, when you get frustrated, when doubt sets in and you are tempted to just &#8220;throw the towel.&#8221; Trust me, I&#8217;ve been there, plenty of times&#8230;.<span id="more-3965"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><strong>Do You Sleep When the Wind Blows?</strong></em></span></p>
<p><em>Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the region, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received nothing but refusals. Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Are you a good farm hand?&#8221; the farmer asked him. Well, I sleep when the wind blows, answered the little man. Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man’s work.</em></p>
<p><em>Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand&#8217;s sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, &#8220;Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!&#8221; The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, &#8220;No sir. I told you, I sleep when the wind blows.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>Enraged by the old man’s response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, and he returned to bed to also sleep while the wind blew.</em></p>
<p>~Author Unknown~</p>
<p>I love <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/personal-development/mind-conceive-inspiring-story-determination-realizing-dream/" target="_blank">inspirational stories</a> like this one and I hope you liked it too. I think of it when I hit a rough spot, when things don’t go the way I would like them to go. It compels me to push right through; it reminds me to not give up. Quitting is not an option, no matter what.  Because for one I don’t like the alternative, and two, I would like to sleep when the wind blows, meaning never have to worry about money ever again….And I’m not there yet.</p>
<p>So, how about you are you willing to do whatever it takes, so one day you don’t have to worry about money ever again? Make some noise in the comment section below. You know I always love your feedback.</p>
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<p>To Your Massive Success!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.enlightenednetworker.com/about/" rel="author" target="_blank">Ilka Flood</a><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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		<title>Who Are You Catering to in Your Network Marketing Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 20:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilka Flood</dc:creator>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Are you catering to the needy ?</h2>
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<p>When I first started out in the network marketing industry that&#8217;s exactly what I did. When my sponsor asked me to make a list of a hundred people I made sure I included everyone that I could think of who &#8220;needed the money&#8221; that a <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/networkmarketing/5-joining-mlm-team/" target="_blank">network marketing business</a> can provide.</p>
<p>Boy was that ever the wrong way to go about building my business.<span id="more-3945"></span></p>
<p>What I didn&#8217;t know at the time was that &#8220;needy&#8221; people don&#8217;t have the right attitude. They don&#8217;t have an entrepreneurial mindset. They think differently. Believe it or not, some of them are actually happy with what they have and where they are in their life. They are content with putting in their 8 to 10 hours a day at work and then go home and cuddle with a six-pack in front of the TV. That&#8217;s why it is so important to <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/networkmarketing/the-importance-of-qualifying-your-mlm-prospects-network-marketing-tips-for-beginners/" target="_blank">qualify your prospects</a>.</p>
<p>Here I thought I was presenting them with a great opportunity to help better themselves and improve their lifestyle and for the life of me I couldn&#8217;t figure out why they didn&#8217;t bite.</p>
<p>Then &#8220;lucky&#8221; for me, there were those that went for the carrot I was dangling in front of them and did join my business. But only to sit there and do nothing. Those were the kind of do-it-for-me people.</p>
<p>How frustrating! Have you ever tried to push a wet spaghetti noodle?</p>
<p>No, those aren&#8217;t the right people for your network marketing business. You will save yourself a whole lot of frustration and risk of getting burned out if you keep away from people like that.</p>
<p>But how can you tell the difference?</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">How can you tell who’s right for your<br />
network marketing  business?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t know the person the best way to find out more about him or her is to <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/networkmarketing/assume-prospect-questions/" target="_blank">ask questions</a>. <em>What do they do? How long have they done it? Have they ever thought about doing anything else? Do they have any networking experience? </em>You get the drift.</p>
<p>You can tell by the answers you get if they are a prospect for you or not. You want to look for people that are self-motivated, hard-working,  people who are able to think out of the box  and are self-starters. People who read instead of watching TV, people who better themselves through personal development. Those are the people who are right for your network marketing business.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”</em>  ―Zig Ziglar</strong></p>
<p>This post was inspired by Oliver Tausend&#8217;s Facebook status up date from this morning. Oliver is a very good friend of mine and a fellow network marketer. If you&#8217;ve never been to his blog you are missing some incredible content&#8230;.<a href="http://askolivertausend.com" target="_blank">AskOliverTausend.com</a>. Thanks, Oliver, for the great inspiration!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>&#8220;Give the person with a need&#8230;a job. Give the person with a desire&#8230;an opportunity.&#8221;</em> -Tom &#8216;Big Al&#8217; Schreiter</strong></p>
<p>You know I always love your feedback. So please add your thoughts below in the comment section. Maybe you have some other tips on finding the right people for your network marketing business.</p>
<p>To Your Massive Success!</p>
<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/about/" rel="author" target="_blank">Ilka Flood</a><br />
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		<title>Your Brain is in Stand-by Mode &#124; Biorythm Truth or Myth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilka Flood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You feel it without even looking at the chart. You&#8217;ve hit an &#8220;off day.&#8221; So what do you do? Go back to bed? Not an option. There are things to do, places to go, people to meet. You can&#8217;t just take the day off just because your biorythm chart says&#8230; &#8220;Intellectual: The period of creativity [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/full_moon_biorythm.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3924" title="full_moon_biorythm" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/full_moon_biorythm.jpg" alt="biorythm" /></a>You feel it without even looking at the chart. You&#8217;ve hit an &#8220;off day.&#8221; So what do you do? Go back to bed? Not an option. There are things to do, places to go, people to meet.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t just take the day off just because your <a href="http://www.bio-chart.com/" target="_blank">biorythm chart</a> says&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;</em>Intellectual:<em> The period of creativity is over. Your brain is in standby mode.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>Stand-by mode???? What in blazes do you mean? My brain can&#8217;t be in &#8220;stand-by mode.&#8221; Today is blog writing day. I NEED my brain!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what I was faced with this morning.</p>
<p>Ha, stand-by mode, I&#8217;ll show you. I work right through this flippin&#8217; stand-by mode.<span id="more-3923"></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">What is a biorhythm anyway?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>According to Wikipedia</strong> <em>biorhythm is an attempt to predict various aspects of a person&#8217;s life through simple mathematical cycles. Most scientists believe that the idea has no more predictive power than raw chance, and consider the concept an example of pseudoscience</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sample_chart.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3928" title="sample_chart" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sample_chart.png" alt="Sample Biorythm Chart" width="515" height="359" /></a></p>
<p>Hmmm, interesting!</p>
<p>But whether it is fact or fiction, have you ever noticed that your mind as well as your body is on some sort of roller coaster? It goes up and down. You have good days and not so good days.  Maybe it has something to do with the moon. Close to full moon you find a lot more loonies out there than usual. They also say that more babies are born during that time.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if all this is true, but what I do know is, that on some days I have more energy than others. And on some days I am more <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/creative-marketing/thinking-box-marketing-creative-marketing-ideas-holidays/" target="_blank">creative</a> than others. And other days I&#8217;m more emotional.  It’s gotta have to do with something. Might as well blame it on the biorythm.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Does this biorythm thing work?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>My husband swears by it. The first time I heard about this was about 30 years ago when I was dating Randy. He used to draw out his biorythm by hand and then plan his activities accordingly. Quite frankly, I thought he was nuts back then. However, I&#8217;ve come to realize that his biorythm &#8220;theory&#8221; worked pretty accurately for him.</p>
<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/desert.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3932" title="desert" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/desert.jpg" alt="" /></a>When he was studying for his first Master’s degree we lived in Ft. Huachuaca, Arizona.  Right smack in the middle of the desert. Like clockwork it would get dark around 3 o&#8217;clock in the afternoon during monsun season and storms would be rolling through. You never knew when the lights would go out. I don&#8217;t ever remember that many power outages happening again.</p>
<p>We had just become the parents of a bouncing baby boy and Randy wrote his papers on an electric typewriter. (Remember those?) He almost religiously used to draw out his biorythm to figure out when his intellectual curve was up and then he wrote and studied as much as he could before the lights went out again. Oh yes, we also had a manual typewriter stand by just in case.</p>
<p>Randy is a firm believer that this biorhythm thing works. It’s always been working for him. I have to admit, I still don’t pay that much attention to it, but maybe I should. As I will be digging deeper into <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/networkmarketing/5-joining-mlm-team/" target="_blank">building a business</a> with my husband again I can’t afford “off days” and I also need to plan out things better than I previously have. I can no longer afford to leave things to chance.</p>
<p>If this biorhythm thing really works I can <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/daily-habits-determine-success-network-marketing/" target="_blank">schedule important things</a> around peak days and the not so important things to off days.  I’ll be trying this out. What do you think, care to join me?</p>
<p>Here are two sources I found that let you draw out your biorhythm:</p>
<p><a href="http://cycletourist.com/biochart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cycletourist.com/biochart/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bio-chart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bio-chart.com</a>/</p>
<p>So, do you believe in biorythm? Are you using it to determine your highs and your lows? Please share your thoughts with us in the comments below.</p>
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<p>To Your Massive Success!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.enlightenednetworker.com/about/" rel="author" target="_blank">Ilka Flood</a><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
<p><strong>P.S.</strong> How’s THAT for stand-by mode, lol?</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilka Flood</dc:creator>
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<p>Why is it that people who belong to a great <strong>MLM team</strong> do so much better than those who don&#8217;t?</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it, humans are social animals. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">We like to belong to something</span>, be it a club, a tribe a community, family, team, whatever. We just do better. Yes we even thrive, when we are in a group together with other like-minded people.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>The ability to direct individual accomplishments<br />
toward organizational objectives.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”<span id="more-3812"></span></em></strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">So, what is a (MLM) team?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>A &#8220;MLM team&#8221; or any team for that matter, consists of a group of individuals with different strengths and weaknesses, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">working together to achieve a common goal</span>.</p>
<p>I went over some of this already in an early blog post&#8230;<a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/teamwork-important-network-marketing-success/" target="_blank"><em>&#8220;Why Is Teamwork Important for Your Network Marketing Success?&#8221;</em></a></p>
<p>So, even when we build our own home business, we don&#8217;t want to do it alone. We want to do it together with others who encourage, inspire and motivate us.</p>
<p>Of course the precursor to finding a great MLM Team is to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">join up with the right company first</span>.</p>
<p>A company that resonates with you, whose products you love and which are unique, sizzle and are consumable.  A company with a compensation plan that is fair, easy to explain, and allows the average person to make money.</p>
<p>Once you have decided on the company that is right for you it&#8217;s time to find the right MLM team.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Qualities to look for in order to Find the<br />
MLM Team of Your Dreams</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Who is the team leader</strong>? Does he or she exibit leadership qualities and is he or she the right kind of mentor for you, the one you feel can lead you to success? Don&#8217;t look for goo-roos they are often full of fluff. (I&#8217;m being kind here.) A true leader doesn&#8217;t lead by words but by action.</li>
<li><strong>Is the team using a duplicable system and do you feel comfortable using it?</strong>It sometimes happens, that the team leader will dictate exactly how you will have to market your business in order to remain part of the team. If you break out of the mold and try something creative of your own, you&#8217;re toast.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Trust me, this is NOT the kind of MLM team you want to be on.</span> (Also read:<a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/highway-experiencing-upline-horror/" target="_blank"><em> &#8220;It&#8217;s Our Way or the Highway | Are You Experiencing Upline Horror?&#8221;</em></a>)You want to find a team where you get GUIDANCE on what to do and how to do it, but you still have the freedom to be creative and try some of your own marketing strategies. This is especially important because one day, you are going to be the leader your team will look up to and they want to keep their freedom to try some of their own techniques as well.</li>
<li><strong>Is there enthusiasm within the team?</strong> I don&#8217;t mean ra-ra-shish-ka-bob, rather genuine excitement and a positive attitude. Excitement is contagious; you want to catch that virus because the people you will be talking to about your business, your potential team mates, will sense that and who wouldn&#8217;t want to be part of a team of excited and fun people?</li>
<li><strong>How about the over-all team atmosphere?</strong> Are team members getting along or is there cliquing going on? Are team members supporting each other? Is there a sense of sharing ideas, strategies, experiences a sense of genuinely helping each other?</li>
<li><strong>What about team training?</strong> Are there exclusive team calls, webinars, product training, prospecting training, personal development training and/or help on how to use company or third party tools? What about help with 3-ways calls? All this is very, very important. The more you can learn from and with your team members the better. We are all motivated, (I hope at least) but learning together in a healthy team environment is so much more fun than learning alone.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Is it really possible to find a MLM Team like that?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Absolutely! I know it is. If you can find all these qualities on one single team, then my friend you&#8217;ve hit the jackpot like Randy and I have.  But even if you only find 4 of the 5 consider yourself very lucky.</p>
<p>Yes, there are teams out there just like that, encouraging, nurturing, lifting each other up, celebrating each others little and big successes and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">genuinely caring about every single person on the team</span>. You don&#8217;t have to be the &#8220;Lone Ranger,&#8221; you  just have to do your homework.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope that you will find the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">MLM Team of your dreams</span>, one that will help guide and support you and lead you to the lifestyle you desire and so truly deserve.</p>
<p>To Your Massive Success!</p>
<p>Ilka Flood<br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilka Flood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The times where people thumbed their noses at a network marketing business are behind us. As a matter of fact the network marketing business model is getting more and more exposure around the globe. And in light what just happened on Wall Street lately it&#8217;s really a good thing too. People need to be made aware [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/network_marketing_secret_ag.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2758" title="network_marketing_secret_ag" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/network_marketing_secret_ag.jpg" alt="Network Marketing Secret Agent" width="150" height="225" /></a>The times where people thumbed their noses at a network marketing business are behind us. As a matter of fact the <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/degree-network-marketing-time/" target="_blank">network marketing business model</a> is getting more and more exposure around the globe. And in light what just happened on Wall Street lately it&#8217;s really a good thing too. People need to be made aware that there is still an opportunity to create a great lifestyle regardless of the economy.</p>
<p>So, why are there still so many network marketers out there acting like secret agents around their friends, family and others in their circle of influence? Why are so many still not sharing the fact that they own and operate a <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/follow-degree-network-marketing/" target="_blank">network marketing business</a>? Maybe they feel that they won’t be taken seriously by those closest to them.<span id="more-2757"></span></p>
<p><strong>But just think…</strong>would you spend a lot of money opening up a beautiful restaurant in a prime location, serving the most delicious food and then not tell anyone that it even exists?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think so. I bet the first people you would tell would be your family and friends. Right?</p>
<p>I know what you think now. <em>“But, my sponsor told me to make a list of friends and family and I did. Then I approached them with my business opportunity and now nobody is talking to me anymore.”</em></p>
<p>Trust me, I know the feeling, and so do thousands of other <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/successful-network-marketers-common/" target="_blank">successful network marketers</a>. It&#8217;s a typical mistake people new to the network marketing industry make.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what went wrong</strong> &#8230;.You &#8220;approached people with your business opportunity.&#8221;</p>
<p>To stick with the above example of the restaurant that would be the same as asking people to partner up with you in the restaurant business.  But they don&#8217;t want to buy a restaurant franchise they just want to enjoy great food.</p>
<p><strong>Instead you should have approached the situation this way&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Hey uncle Marty, I just opened up a new restaurant downtown. If you know anyone that likes a great barbeque would you mind sending them my way?&#8221;</em> Uncle Marty might say, <em>&#8220;Hey, I like a good barbeque. Where&#8217;s your place located?&#8221;</em></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Don&#8217;t pitch your network marketing business,<br />
ask for the referral instead.</h3>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Here’s another example, relating more to a real network marketing business situation. Let&#8217;s say you are marketing a natural product that helps people with high cholesterol. The conversation then would go something like this&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Hey uncle Marty, I started a new business marketing a natural product that helped me lower my cholesterol. By chance would you know anybody who might be interested in lowering their cholesterol?&#8221;</em></p>
<p>This approach takes the pressure off both of you. Uncle Marty doesn&#8217;t feel like he&#8217;s being pitched so he doesn&#8217;t put his guard up. Instead he&#8217;s listening and maybe already thinking of people he knows. And you feel more at ease because you are just asking for a referral.</p>
<p>There really is no need to act like a secret agent because of fear of rejection.  As a matter of fact doing so might cost you a great deal of business.</p>
<p>Did you know that every person has a circle of influence of around 250 people?  This is how many people usually attend a wedding or a funeral.</p>
<p>I actually put this number to the test, because I thought, like so many, &#8220;There&#8217;s no way I know 250 people.&#8221; So I sat down one day and started writing down the names of people that I know &#8230;and, who knew me by name as well.</p>
<p>I was really surprised when I came up with a list of 265 names right off the bat without even trying.</p>
<p>So I bet you a soda pop, if you sit down and do the same thing you will come up with at least 250 names as well. How many of these people know what you do? Seriously?!</p>
<p><strong>Takeaway:</strong> Start working on that list and let everyone know what you do. Tell them that you are running your own network marketing business. However, stop pitching and start asking for referrals instead. You may be surprised about all the business coming your way.</p>
<p>To Your Success,</p>
<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/about/" rel="author" target="_blank"><strong>Ilka Flood</strong></a><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I needed to do a quick follow up to my previous blog post “A Degree in Network Marketing” mainly because Len Clements, Founder &#38; CEO of MarketWave,Inc, who is working with Bethany College on the development of this project left me a couple of links with his comment to more information on the [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/degree_in_network_marketing.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2502" title="degree_in_network_marketing" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/degree_in_network_marketing.jpg" alt="Degree in Network Marketing" width="200" height="133" /></a> I thought I needed to do a quick follow up to my previous blog post <strong>“A Degree in Network Marketing”</strong> mainly because Len Clements, Founder &amp; CEO of MarketWave,Inc, who is working with Bethany College on the development of this project left me a couple of links with his comment to more information on the project, which I would like to share with you. Thanks Len!</p>
<p><strong>If you missed my previous post, you can catch it here, <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/degree-network-marketing-time/" target="_blank">“A Degree in Network Marketing.”</a></strong></p>
<p>Basically I was writing about Bethany College intending to offer a four year Degree in Marketing <span style="text-decoration: underline;">with emphasis on Network Marketing</span>.<span id="more-2529"></span></p>
<p>You can read Len Clements’ full article about it here.<br />
<a href="http://www.marketwaveinc.com/viewalert.asp?id=153" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketwaveinc.com/viewalert.asp?id=153</a></p>
<p><strong>You probably have a lot of questions about this like…</strong></p>
<p><em>What’s the benefit of taking this class when I can find education<br />
and training in Network Marketing out there for free?</em></p>
<p><em>What will I learn in this course?</em></p>
<p><em>Who is going to teach this class?</em></p>
<p><em>How much is it going to cost?</em></p>
<p><em>Is there an online version of this course?</em></p>
<p>You will find most if not all the answers to your questions by listening to this 49 minute interview Len Clements did with David Frost, Assistant Professor of Bethany’s Business &amp; Economics Department who is spearheading their network marketing projects.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketwaveinc.com/RadioShow.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.MarketWaveInc.com/RadioShow.asp</a></p>
<p>This has never been done before in the history of network marketing an industry that is 79 years old. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Never before has a fully accredited undergraduate college offered a Degree in Network Marketing</span>. And if Bethany College can pull this off and succeed at this, I’m sure a lot more colleges and universities around the country will follow in their footsteps.</p>
<p>Just think what this can do for our industry.</p>
<p>Please make sure you listen to this interview. I would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.</p>
<p>To Your Success,</p>
<p><a rel="author" href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/about/" target="_blank"><strong>Ilka Flood</strong></a><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Especially newcomers to the industry often feel quite uneasy telling friends and family exactly what it is they do. The simple reaction of, &#8220;oh, you&#8217;re doing one of those pyramid things,&#8221; sends shivers down their spine and stops them cold in their tracks. Would having a Degree in Network Marketing make them feel better? &#160; [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/degree_in_network_marketing.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2502" title="degree_in_network_marketing" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/degree_in_network_marketing.jpg" alt="Degree in Network Marketing" width="200" height="133" /></a> Especially newcomers to the industry often feel quite uneasy telling friends and family exactly what it is they do. The simple reaction of, &#8220;oh, you&#8217;re doing one of those pyramid things,&#8221; sends shivers down their spine and stops them cold in their tracks.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Would having a Degree in Network Marketing make them feel better?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Maybe. At the very least it would lend more validity to the industry. No college in the world would offer a degree in something that wasn&#8217;t legitimate.<span id="more-2501"></span></p>
<p>The business model of Network Marketing, or Multi-Level Marketing isn&#8217;t new. It&#8217;s been around for at least 50 years and it contributes billions of dollars yearly to the global economy. However, its reputation has only slightly improved in recent years. Mainly because of such celebrities as <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/network-marketing-no-longer-a-dirty-word/" target="_blank">U.S. President Bill Clinton</a>, Donald Trump and Warren Buffet. Just to name a few.</p>
<p>When you look at it with an open mind, it&#8217;s actually quite a brilliant business model. One that allows ordinary people <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/earn-residual-linear-income/" target="_blank">start their own business</a>, often just for a few hundred dollars start-up cost, and potentially go on and achieve extraordinary success. More millionaires have been made in this industry then in any other. But still it has a bad name because of a few rotten apples.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">Bethany College to be the first to offer degree in Network Marketing</h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>LINDSBORG, Kan.— Bethany College will add a new network marketing curriculum in fall 2011. The program was created through Bethany’s new Center for Servant Leadership that promotes the awareness, understanding, and practice of servant leadership by individuals and organizations.</em></p>
<p>This is a major step forward towards the acceptance of the Network Marketing business model and one that is in my opinion long overdue.</p>
<p>Robert Carlson, the chair of the business program said this in a statement, <em>“Entrepreneurs have not been taught how to correctly use network marketing. This has led to many using unethical, unsustainable, and nonproductive network marketing business models. We want to fill the education gap and teach students how to use the foundations of servant leadership to successfully and honorably operate a network marketing business.”</em></p>
<p>I love it! It&#8217;s about time and I hope this is only the first of many colleges out there to offer a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Degree in Network Marketing</span> to their students.</p>
<p>You can read more of the article here: <a href="http://www.bethanylb.edu/news-4-11-NetworkMarketingAddedByBethany.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bethany College to be the first to offer degree in Network Marketing</a></p>
<p>Also please read MLMWatchDog.com&#8217;s article on the same subject <a href="http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/Report_MLM_Is_Good_2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">A Degree in Network Marketing – We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!</h3>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am getting tired of the looks I sometimes get from friends and family when I tell them what I do. It&#8217;s time for our industry to be treated with the respect it deserves. I feel (and that&#8217;s just my opinion) the success rate in our industry would rise significantly if newcomers to the industry will be taught correctly.</p>
<p>Here&#8217; s looking forward to a bright future where we can all hold our heads up high and proudly proclaim&#8230;</p>
<p><em><strong>&#8220;I am a Network Marketer and darn proud of it!&#8230;And by the way, did you know, you can even get a College Degree in Network Marketing  now?&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We’ve come a long way baby, and it’s only getting better.</p>
<p>To Your Success,</p>
<p><a rel="author" href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/about/" target="_blank"><strong>Ilka Flood</strong></a><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
<p><strong>P.S</strong>. What are your thoughts about this? You know I always appreciate your feedback in the comments below. Please don&#8217;t miss the <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/follow-degree-network-marketing/" target="_blank">&#8220;Follow up on A Degree in Network Marketing&#8221;</a> I wrote after Len Clements Founder &amp; CEO of MarketWave,Inc, left me some links with more information in the comments below. You don&#8217;t want to miss this!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it, we all have made our fair share of mistakes when it comes to marketing our network marketing business. But in the following story you will discover 3 marketing mistakes that will be absolutely fatal for your business. Imagine for a moment… You are a Grammy Award winning musician who has played for [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marketing_mistakes.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2342" title="marketing_mistakes" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marketing_mistakes.jpg" alt="Marketing Mistakes" width="200" height="133" /></a> Let’s face it, we all have made our fair share of mistakes when it comes to marketing our network marketing business. But in the following story you will discover 3 <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/homebased-business/7-common-but-deadly-mistakes-of-new-network-marketers/" target="_blank">marketing mistakes</a> that will be absolutely fatal for your business.</p>
<p>Imagine for a moment…</p>
<p>You are a Grammy Award winning musician who has played for royalty and sold-out audiences around the world. You normally get paid over $1,000 dollars per minute, but because of a few <strong>marketing mistakes</strong> you only earn $32 for a 45 minute performance.<span id="more-2341"></span></p>
<p>This really happened.</p>
<p>Fortunately it didn’t happen by accident, but was an experiment conducted by <em>The Washington Post</em> in 2007.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">What was the purpose of this experiment?</h3>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To find out if people when they are busy and distracted would notice that something special is taking place, would they be paying attention?</p>
<p>Grammy Award winner Joshua Bell, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">one of the most talented musicians in the world</span>, was to play a 45 minute concert in a D.C. subway station at the most busiest time of the day –early morning.  This wasn’t an ordinary street musician. People would fly all over the world to listen to him play. He even played in front of royalty and sold millions of CDs.</p>
<p>On this particular morning he was playing one of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the most elegant pieces ever written</span> and he was playing it on a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">300 year old Stradivarius valued at $3.5 million dollars</span> and often referred to as the most perfect instrument in existence today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youtu.be/hnOPu0_YWhw" target="_blank">Watch this! You won’t believe what happened</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youtu.be/hnOPu0_YWhw" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2343" title="joshua_bell_DC_subway" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/joshua_bell_DC_subway.jpg" alt="Joshua Bell playing at D.C. Subway Station" width="400" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Joshua Bell played for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">45 minutes</span>. Over<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> 1,000</span> people walked by him, not even giving him the time of day. Only 7 people stopped to listen.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">That would normally have been a $45,000 performance. Instead he only earned $32.</span></p>
<p>Wow!</p>
<p>From over a thousand people who walked by, there was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">only one single person</span> who recognized him and said hello. That’s incredible, given his talent and fame!</p>
<p>That’s less than a 1% conversion ratio.</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">There is a valuable lesson to be learned here about marketing mistakes.</h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Although this experiment wasn&#8217;t meant as a marketing lesson in particular, there&#8217;s one in there. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A big one!</span> From a marketing point of view, Joshua Bell&#8217;s concert in the subway was a complete and absolute disaster.</p>
<p><strong>1) First, his timing was totally off.</strong></p>
<p>At morning rush hour, people are preoccupied and busy. They have only one thing on their mind&#8230;their destination, which usually is work.</p>
<p><strong>2) He performed for the wrong target market.</strong></p>
<p>People in a subway usually aren&#8217;t the right audience for classical music. And if there were a select few, like the lady who recognized him, they certainly wouldn&#8217;t expect a musician of such magnitude as Joshua Bell to perform a concert there. He was totally out of place.</p>
<p><strong>3) No branding.</strong></p>
<p>Nobody knew who he was. No signs, no flyers, no posters, no announcements or third party introductions. Nothing!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">What can you learn from these marketing mistakes?</h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>1) Timing is everything!</strong></p>
<p>People are busy. Your fellow networkers are busy. So if you want their <span style="text-decoration: underline;">undivided attention</span> you have to give some thought to when the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">best time for your marketing</span> will be.</p>
<p>According to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://60secondmarketer.com/blog/2009/02/17/what-are-the-best-days-" target="_blank">60 Second Marketer</a> the best day of the week to send out email campaigns is Friday. What a coincidence, I have found this to be the best day to send out blog posts as well.</p>
<p><strong>2) You have to target the right market for your product or service.</strong></p>
<p>Just revisit the example above. Out of over 1,000 people, only 1 person recognized Joshua Bell. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">If you market to the masses, you will yield the same results</span>.  Not good and very expensive on top of it.</p>
<p>Think about the junk mail that comes through your inbox or in your postal mail box. It is clearly not targeted to a specific niche, is it? It&#8217;s a total waste of advertising dollars. You have a much greater chance of making a sale if you target a specific niche, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">people who search for and want your products or service</span>.</p>
<p><strong>3) Branding is key!</strong></p>
<p>If you want to be successful in your network marketing business then <span style="text-decoration: underline;">branding is Key</span>. For one, you want to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">differentiate yourself from your competition</span>. <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/customerservice/thank-you-notes/competitive-edge-competition-applying-principles-appreciation-marketing/" target="_blank">Stand out from the crowd!</a> Be different. Make a name for yourself. You are uniquely YOU and you want to convey that to your audience with your <span style="text-decoration: underline;">unique selling point</span>.</p>
<p>In time, people will get to know you and connect with you because you have what they want. They will recognize you by your brand and they will recommend and refer you to others.</p>
<p>Do you agree that making these 3 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">marketing mistakes</span> can absolutely be fatal for your business? I always love your feedback so please leave your thoughts in the comments below.</p>
<p>To Your Success…</p>
<p><strong>Ilka Flood</strong><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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		<title>Will Your Daily Habits Determine Your Success in Network Marketing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely! If you like it or not your daily activities or lack thereof, greatly influence whether you will have success in network marketing or not. If you are falling short on your goals maybe you should take a closer look and evaluate the reasons why. Are your daily habits leading to success or failure? It [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2161" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/success_in_network_marketin.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2161" title="success_in_network_marketing" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/success_in_network_marketin.jpg" alt="Success in Network Marketing" width="200" height="133" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Success in Network Marketing</p></div>
<p>Absolutely! If you like it or not your daily activities or lack thereof, greatly influence whether you will have <span style="text-decoration: underline;">success in network marketing</span> or not. If you are falling short on your goals maybe you should take a closer look and evaluate the reasons why.</p>
<p><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Are your daily habits leading to success or failure?</strong><br />
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<p>It is very tempting to hop out of bed, firing up your laptop and see if <em>“you’ve got mail.”</em> But starting out your day by checking your email first thing in the morning might not be a good idea.<span id="more-2160"></span> At least this holds true for me.  If I don’t absolutely watch it, I find myself following this link and that link and before I know it it’s two hours later.</p>
<p>What is even worse is that this behavior sets the tone for my entire day. I will be out of focus and procrastinating the rest of the day. I then go to bed at night totally mad and very disappointed in myself because I know better.</p>
<p>Sounds familiar? Not a good thing, is it?</p>
<p>But even if you shoud have some really bad habits, like me, it&#8217;s never too late to drop them and develop some new and positive ones.</p>
<h3>Here are 6 tips on how you can develop some good habits to help you have success in network marketing…</h3>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<li><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Don’t start your day out disorganized and with no real focus and direction.</strong></span><br />
Instead make a <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/rinse-repeat-formula-successful-network-marketing-business/" target="_blank">“To Do List”</a></span></strong> of your tasks the night before. Organize it by importance, which means the most important task you need to do the next day should be on top. And the least important task should be at the bottom on your list.</li>
<li><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Make it a happy day.</strong></span><br />
You&#8217;ll get a lot more done if you have a positive mindset instead of being grumpy or in a lousy mood. I know it&#8217;s not always possible to jump out of bed with a smile on your face just excited about the new day. So if you happen to have got out of bed on the wrong food, not all is lost yet. Go for a walk. The fresh air will clear your mind and stimulate positive thoughts. Listen to some uplifting music or watch a short inspiring video.</li>
<li><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Don&#8217;t procrastinate.</strong></span><br />
I know it&#8217;s easy to put things off that we dislike doing. But having them &#8216;hang over our head&#8217; can really cripple our productivity. It&#8217;s best to get them out of the way as fast as possible. Brian Tracy recommends to <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eatthatfrogmovie.com/" target="_blank">“Eat that Frog.” </a></span><em> </em> </strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>“Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.” </em>William James</li>
<li><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Grow your knowledge.</strong></span><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/successful-network-marketers-common/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong></a><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/internet-network-marketing-business/successful-network-marketers-common/" target="_blank">Successful network marketers</a></strong></span> always feed their minds. They are constantly learning new things, methods, strategies and so on. So make it a habit to learn something new every day, even if it is just a new word. Just think, within a year you will have broadened your vocabulary by 365 new words.</li>
<li><span style="color: #445e7b;"><strong>Grow your network.</strong></span><br />
Your <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/socialnetworking/twitter-business/" target="_blank">success in network marketing</a> </span></strong>can only be as large as your network. So make it a habit to grow it every day. Make the aquaintence of somebody new each day. Connect on Facebook or grow your Twitter account. Reach out to someone and lend a helping hand. Build those all-important relationships of know, like and trust.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #445e7b;">Avoid or limit time wasters.</span></strong><br />
Email and social networks can really suck your time. So be sure to set a time limit for those activities. 10 to 15 minutes at a time should be sufficient enough to check your inbox, update your status and reply to messages. If you don&#8217;t get it all done in that time, carry it over to your next scheduled time slot for those tasks.</li>
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<p>Developing these good habits should send you well on your way to reaching &#8220;success in network marketing&#8221;. What do you think? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m off to the next task on my list&#8230;</p>
<p>To Your Success,</p>
<p><strong>Ilka Flood</strong><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
<p>P.S. You certainly don&#8217;t have to, but it would be really awesome if you would re-tweet and share this post on Facebook. Thank You!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Mavis Nong from “Attraction Marketing Online” not only is an expert in her field and a shining example for Attraction Marketing, but in my opinion, she will most likely also be the most kind and selfless person you will ever meet. I have known Mavis for about a year now and have learned [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mavis.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2153" title="mavis" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mavis.jpg" alt="Mavis Nong" width="110" height="152" /></a> My friend Mavis Nong from <strong>“Attraction Marketing Online”</strong> not only is an expert in her field and a shining example for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Attraction Marketing</span>, but in my opinion, she will most likely also be the most kind and selfless person you will ever meet.</p>
<p>I have known Mavis <a href="http://enlightenednetworker.com/customerservice/thank-you-notes/99-firstblog-post-100/" target="_blank">for about a year now</a> and have learned a great deal from her about blogging and marketing online. Giving must be her middle name, because she always provides great value without asking for anything in return. A true Go-Giver!<span id="more-2145"></span></p>
<p><strong>So I dedicate today’s blog post to my good friend Mavis Nong.</strong> It is with great gratitude that I thank her for all she has been doing and continues to do for me as well as many others around the world.</p>
<p>Whether she knows it or not she has been a tremendous blessing to me over the past and especially during the past view weeks as I have learned a lot from her about improving my blog and how to reach higher rankings in search engines.</p>
<p>With this, I would like thank Mavis by giving back to her, as well as introduce her to those of my readers who may not know her yet.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.attractionmarketingonline.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2152" title="mavis_nong_attraction_marketing" src="http://enlightenednetworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mavis_nong_attraction_marketing.jpg" alt="Attraction Marketing Online" width="438" height="111" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Mavis is THE authority as far as optimizing your blog for the search engines.</strong> On her blog <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.attractionmarketingonline.com" target="_blank">&#8220;Attraction Marketing Online&#8221;</a> you can find tons of information about online marketing strategies, and amazing blogging tips to help you build a successful business online.</p>
<p>And that’s not all …Mavis also just started a new series called <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.attractionmarketingonline.com/frequently-asked-blogging-questions/" target="_blank">&#8220;Ask Mavis&#8221;</a> where you can ask her any burning questions you may have about blogging and she will answer them for you. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">How cool is that?</span> I tried that just the other day and Mavis answered my question about <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.attractionmarketingonline.com/frequently-asked-blogging-questions/" target="_blank">how to get indexed by Google</a>.</p>
<p>With things constantly changing on the worldwide web it&#8217;s hard to keep up. Mavis however, seems to be always on top of things.</p>
<p><strong>So be sure to head over to </strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.attractionmarketingonline.com" target="_blank"><strong>&#8220;Attraction Marketing Online&#8221;</strong></a> and bookmark it as I&#8217;m sure you will not want to miss any of the great information there.</p>
<p>Trust me, Mavis Nong&#8217;s blog is a very valuable resource and if you follow her suggestions you will be well on your way of having a successful blog yourself.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mavis, a heartfelt thanks for all you have done! You are a true inspiration and I am very blessed to have you as my friend. Wishing you a bright and successful future!</em></strong></p>
<p>Be blessed,</p>
<p><strong>Ilka</strong><br />
The Enlightened Networker</p>
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