With all the “social network” (social networking) websites and Web 2.0 chatter going on today, I found this article of great interest.  I do have an account at Facebook but like myspace.com when it was in it’s infancy, I thought FaceBook.com was for college kids.  Maybe there’s something more to the story?

Microsoft won its latest sparring match with Google on Wednesday, securing a deal to buy 1.6 percent of the social networking site Facebook for $240 million - a move that values the young site at $15 billion and bolsters a new model of online advertising.

The highly anticipated partnership in the trendy virtual world of social networking suggests that:

– Microsoft has emerged as a rival of Google, which reportedly also had been wooing Facebook and already has a $900 million advertising deal with MySpace, Facebook’s biggest competitor.

– Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks prescient for refusing to sell the Palo Alto startup to Yahoo for an estimated $1 billion last year. Wednesday’s deal sets the worth of the 23-year-old, who owns a 20 percent share, at an estimated $3 billion.

For the rest of the story, go to http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/25/MNQPSVHG7.DTL

Statistics say that over 90% of people fail in MLM. For Internet MLM we are advised to write articles, use pay-per-click ads, set up blogs etc to draw traffic. But unless we are taught specifics of how to use keywords, best places to advertise, how to write articles that grab attention it can lead to heartache.   I know that myself personally, as much as I read that we should create our own newsletter to create our own list, for the longest time I didn’t understand how this was supposed to work.

Multi Level Marketing (Network Marketing) is still flourishing all over the world, yet still over 90% of those who participate fail to achieve the goals they set for themselves. Methods which once worked for the introducers of Network Marketing are now outdated and most new recruits have trouble sponsoring and retaining others into their MLM business.

However the internet has allowed new methods to be developed which make Network Marketing accessible to everybody in a way that the MLM industry founders could not have imagined. One of the main leaders and teachers in the new methods is Mike Dillard, who created the Magnetic Sponsoring system. His 10 day free “Boot Camp” and his book, Magnetic Sponsoring; are highly revered by many. They teach the principles that took him from waiting tables to a $250,000 MLM business in just 4 Months.

Magnetic Sponsoring has been responsible for changing the way many thousands of people all over the world run their MLM business or Internet business. Simply put, Magnetic Sponsoring is about positioning yourself as an expert by making available free information to “magnetically” attract people to you. Once they have bought into you, they may be interested in your business.

The only drawback that many people had with the Magnetic Sponsoring system is that it is very generic in nature (as it is was designed with any MLM business in mind). As such it is great at teaching the underlying principles of magnetically attracting people to your MLM/internet business, but it leaves the reader to work out the fine “how to” details for themselves.

Internet marketers are often advised to write articles, use pay-per-click ads, set up blogs and so on to draw traffic to there on-line business. But unless they are taught specifics of how to use keywords or the best places to advertise, or how to write articles that grab peoples attention, we don’t attract the traffic to give away the free information to. You can not position yourself as an “expert” if nobody is looking. More importantly, you still don’t make money in this brave new Internet business world.

The good news is that Mike Dillard, along with 2 other internet marketing experts, Tim Erway and Tom Bell will soon be launching “MLM Traffic Formula” to fill in the gaps. This is a training package designed to teach the finer “how to” points of magnetically drawing traffic to your site in the first place. Then you can apply the principles from the Boot Camp and Magnetic Sponsoring book of giving out free information, positioning yourself as an “expert” and build your contact list. The money is always in the list.

According to Mike’s promotional material, when launched his MLM Traffic Formula will teach you about:

• Capture Pages: How to create killer capture pages that turn traffic into your very own live, exclusive leads 24/7
• Copywriting: The inside secrets to writing insane copy that tells your story, sells your products, and even sponsors for you automatically
• Pay-Per-Click: How to (correctly), create a stampede of instant, extremely high quality traffic using Google Adwords.
• Search Engine Optimization: How to get your personal website in the top 10 Search Engine results when people look for your opportunity or product… and do it in weeks or even days!
• FREE advertising: How to generate Free leads and top Search Engine results in less than 72 hours with blogs, press releases, forums, and online articles.
• CPM/CPA Networks: How to email offers and opportunities to millions of people legally.

I personally have been impressed with Magnetic Sponsoring, and am using the principles to share this information with more network marketers around the world because I personally know what it’s like to “do the deal” every day yet still not have results to show for it.  I’m tired of placing ads, buying leads and chasing people only to be told “no” over and over again.   When I read that the biggest problem we have as networkers is that we are not taught to “market” our business, nor do most of us come with that experience yet we’re trying to teach others to do what we don’t even know how to do ourselves, it made total sense to me.

To request more information about the MLM Traffic Formula visit: http://pcincome.mlmtrafficformula.com/

If you haven’t already taken the FREE 10 day Boot Camp, then request it at: http://pcincome.magneticsponsoringonline.com/

If you are like me, you are working very hard at building your MLM Business or Network Marketing opportunity into a successful (quit-your-day-job) income. It’s sometimes hard to do with just your “warm-market”(sometimes? Try impossible.), so I started looking for other ways. In fact, I was looking for a way to expand my “warm-market” since most of my family members had quit taking my calls. I am SURE you know how that is. Then I saw an ad that looked kinda like this…

Want to know how you can Magnetically attract endless new prospects and customers to you, with credit card in hand? Sign up for this free 10 Day Boot Camp to learn the tactics and strategies behind Magnetic Sponsoring and become the Hunted instead of the Hunter.

Stop chasing down leads and start having them calling you!

I have to say, that single ad has changed my life! I signed up for the 10 day boot camp, got the first email right away and started reading. I was hungry for what I was reading and after just the first installment, I knew I was on to something, so I ordered the Magnetic Sponsoring Book as well.  Then while I was reading my day 6 of the bootcamp, my eyes opened wide.  I knew it!  I knew he was talking to me!  And now I know why this felt so right when I first started reading it.  This is it!  This bootcamp and book re-introduced me to concepts that were just vague memories in the back of my mind of how I got started in the industry. He reminded me so much of HOW to be successful in network marketing in today’s world.

Look, the techniques that worked for our parents aren’t viable any more. Things are changing too fast, the “drop-out” rate is at an all time high, with most MLM’ers looking for the next “good-thing” to come along. This boot camp, and the eBook Magnetic Sponsoring teaches you how to insulate yourself from this attrition rate, freeing you to do what you said you wanted to do when you got into this business. Have more time for yourself.  Tell me, when was the last time you went to a social gathering and didn’t prospect? Wouldn’t you like to remove some of the pressure and be able to enjoy yourself again?

Imagine it’s 6 months from now and your business has exploded as a result of sponsoring more people than you’ve ever sponsored before.  Whether you’re new to the industry or even if you’re a seasoned network marketer, you would be doing yourself and your downline a huge favor if you would invest a little time in yourself and your business by taking the FREE 10 day boot camp and getting the very reasonably priced eBook.

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