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I attended an online webinar recently hosted by Brian Fanale, co-owner of MLM LeadsystemPRO.

Brian had a special guest for this webinar, his name was Daegan Smith. If you do not know who Daegan Smith is, you can Google his name.

In this webinar Daegan shared openly what made him tick and he had everybody on the end of their seats as he took us through step by step what he does to generate traffic online. Using not just one method of lead generation, but numerous methods. Daegan advised it was better to have 20 pillars to your marketing machine, rather than just 1 or 2.

Daegan then talked specifically about Ezine Marketing and how to set it up the right way to improve your ROI by cutting down on money wasting. Daegan’s tips were simple, but money savers, even I could see that.

The “golden nuggets” as Brian Fanale put it just kept flowing. I locked onto a number of tips that Daegan shared with us for FREE. But the biggest tip Daegan had from my perspective was the importance of tracking everything that you do.

Basically if you are not tracking you are just wasting your time being in business.

This leads onto the topic of this post “The Importance Of Tracking Your Marketing Results”.

Reasons To Track Your Ads

Know which ads are converting and which are not

See what media your ad performs best in

Identify niche markets

Identify highly competitive keywords and

Low competitive keywords

Understand conversion

Ad Tracking Providers

The best way to understand ad tracking is to get hands on experience. You can read and read, but your understanding will come from using an ad tracking service yourself.

Google ad tracking services to find one that fits your needs and budget or have a look at the following to get you started:

TrackThatAd

HyperTracker

MyViralSurfer

Several months ago I read an email on The Importance of Having Your Own Lead Capture Pages by Melanie Milletics.

She invited me over to her MLM List Building Secrets Blog to gain access on how to “get it done” for myself. The information was so easy to understand I just had to make it available to the readers of Internet Marketing Tips For Home Business Entrepreneurs.

Bookmark Melanie’s MLM List Building Secrets Blog as I am sure you will find other handy information to move your business forward.

It is very interesting to see  Squidoo on the rise yet again. But did it ever fade?

Jack Humphrey on his Friday Traffic Report Blog congratulates Seth Godin with his vision of sticking with Squidoo.   Squidoo is now ranking in the Top 100 sites in the US in Traffic.

Just last week ago a fellow Warrior Forum Member was commenting on the success of her Squidoo Lens over 6 of her own websites.

If it’s working, why not give it a go.

With Blog Watch, I will be sharing with you Key Blogs that I follow and uncovering tools and ideas that you can use to move your business forward.

The Alexa Rankings were all fairly low for these Forums when I recently checked, which means visitor numbers to these sites is high.

Meet potential business partners, Form friendships, Help others.

In no particular order the 5 Top Networking Forums that I personally recommend follows:

Work At Home Forum

Warrior

WhyDoWork

WAHM

Betternetworker

They say it is important to be plugged into the industry. This helps to reinforce your belief, motivate and confirm.

Do you follow one mentor or several mentors?

Recently I listened to a conference call out of Canada where the speaker was talking about The 7 Critical Business Building Activities. I was surprised that the information corresponded 100% with the information I had been reviewing with another Company.

Two different companies with the same crystal clear message.

So What Are The 7 Critical Business Building Activities?

• Always Build Your List
• Set Appointments
• Make Presentations
• 48 hour Follow up
• Celebrate Success
• Always Be Involved With Fast Track
• Lead By Example

By the way the speaker mentioned is a millionaire, the formula for his success he credited to The 7 Critical Business Building Activities.

Have you been wondering if you should be participating in Network Marketing or MLM online forums?

With thousands of online forums available, covering topics from gardening, to health and fitness, travel and work from home, and mlm, the categories you can choose from are endless.

Here are the 10 Reasons Why You Should Bother With Forums…

1. A link to your website can be included in your forum signature file

• When you set up your profile upon joining a new Network Marketing or MLM forum, be sure to update the signature section located at the end of your post with your website link and short website description.

• More links to your website will help with the search engine rankings of your website.

2. Forums are places where you can learn and grow

• Like minded networkers come together to share what they know all you need to ask is questions.

3. Forums are a place where you can share your expertise

• You do this by answering “posts” from fellow members with your personal recommendations on how you would handle a situation or where you can locate information that can solve their problems.

4. Forums are a place where you can create networking relationships and potential future (JV) Joint Venture deals

No doubt the more posts you have in a forum, the more influence you will have to attract JV partners.

5. Forums are a great place to prospect for your network marketing business

• Be aware, by prospecting this does not mean agressive prospecting. Remember most members are after problem solving information and do not appreciate the hard sell.

6. Partcipating in Forums can provide you with ideas for your future Blog posts

• You will notice trends developing within forums if you participate in several.

7. Participating in Forums can enhance your “personal branding” within the industry

• You can become the expert in your niche.

8. Forums allow you to follow Company specific threads

• Some forums post Company specific threads. There is usually conditions around adding a new thread for an individual Company.

9. Forums give a chance to continual practice your problem solving skills.

• This practice allows you to be more effective in live situations when opportunities should arise in public.

10. There are Forums that have separate threads where you can promote your products or services.

Commonly Advertising and Promotion

Note:

Each forum that you join will have rules and procedures that you must follow. If you break these rules and procedures you risk your forum membership being terminated, but more importantly your reputation may be damaged by the actions you have taken.

Study previous posts in each forum before you start to contribute. This will give you a feel for the types of questions have been asked in the past by members and how these have been answered.

Interesting question?

No doubt you have a Facebook or Twitter account or possibly both. I recently became a part of the Facebook and Twitter phenomenom although am taking things step by step.

Some of the Pro’s of using Facebook?

• You get to meet a diverse range of people from all races, educational, career backgrounds
• You can have fun joining different groups hobbies, to making friends, gardening.
• You can post photo’s and video’s for your friends to see.
• Connect with like minded people on business level.
• Invite people to events (ie birthday parties)

So is there a downside of using Facebook?

The personal conversation “live” on the telephone is just about non-existent as people sit behind there computers instead of picking up the phone.

• People will SPAM your Facebook page.
• You need to watch out for the hacking threat.
• You need to be on your guard for people with hidden agenda’s (ie trying to get you into there online business).

So the question is What Did People Do Before Facebook and Twitter ?

Online social media like Adlandpro and Direct Matches (business networking)  have been around for a while  BUT what I believe is valuable but underutilized is Forums.

Forums are still very popular today and I believe are less spammy than Facebook and Twitter.

Maybe Forums don’t have all the bells and whistles, but they are packed full of handy information and constructive feedback.

I am a fan of the new wave, but Forums still pack a punch.

I was listening to a call the other day between Todd Falcone and Dan McCormick, on Todd’s MLMPower hour call http://www.mlmpowerhour.com/.

There was something that Dan said during this call that really struck accord with me.  Dan said  “you need to find your voice”,  a way that works for you.

During my introduction to the Home Business industry through my network marketing nutritional company, I had been shown the Company way of presenting the opportunity and looking after new customers.

• Making A List of Family and Friends To Approach
• Getting up on stage and sharing my testimonial
• Buying Leads

What I found though in reality I was much more comfortable with a lower key approach, namely connecting with people through online methods and then following up later by email or telephone.

This style appeals and works for me and I have been subconciously moving in this direction more and more.

Listen to the call between Dan McCormick and Todd Falcone at  http://www.mlmpowerhour.com/. as I am sure you will get something out of it to make you think, where am I ?

Where am I now ?

Where do I want to be ?

How do I intend to get there ?

So to answer the question “What Must Happen To Be Successful ?” You must first believe in yourself and what you are doing and then everything else will follow in the time that is right for you.

Today is the official  launch of my new training resource for Home Business Entrepreneurs who are serious about building a Home Business online.

I will be sharing with you internet marketing tips and strategies as these come to hand.

If you are new to the home business industry, this site has been developed with you in mind right through to those Home Business Entrepreneurs with a little more experience.

Starting up a Home Business of your own is NOT easy and requires hard work, time, and there is usually a requirement for you to learn new skills.

Use this training resource to enhance your learning and build your business.