The 4 Big Flaws in a Viral List Builder

I have been spending the last couple of days researching many a Viral List Builder so that you don’t have to… and if I am honest, I’m really not impressed with most of the stuff out there.

I’m gonna explain why too…

With nearly every viral list builder that I tested there was usually at least one fatal flaw in its design, at least one thing that took the point, usability or advantage out of it from you… and generally transferred it to system owner. The problem being that you put in some laborious and tedious work and the real benefit went to someone else, and their chance to increase their ‘system’… Virally.

Top 4 Flaws You Will Find in a Viral List Builder

You won’t necessarily find all of these in any one viral list builder, but you will more often than not find one of the them every one you come across -

1. You don’t actually build a list that you own – When you operate most viral list builders, you will find that you do not have direct access to the list that you are building, that stays under the direct control of the system organisers. As you should view your email list as your own asset, this is not helping you in any way.

2. You will have to earn credits to email your list – This means that you have to view other peoples’ sites in order to earn credits in order to mail your new list. This looks great on the front advertising for the program as there will be slogans such as ‘responsive list’, but subscribers are only responsive because they are looking for credits, not your information. Another problem in line with this is that often your viral list builder will expect you to stay on the newly opened page for a set amount of time, so getting credits is often a long process.

3. You will only be able to message your list every x amount of days – So after clicking on all of the emails that you have gotten into your email account, kept the pages open for the right amount of time so that you get the credits to email your list, you then find out that you can only message them once a week? Arseache!

One thing that I will add here in favour of programs like that, is that you will more than likely be able to email subscribers from a list that you have not helped build up, meaning that you get a free email blast to someone elses list.

4. Your email inbox will get spammed huge! – I woke up this morning to 50 new emails just from one service, so be ready for it. You do need to bear in mind that if everyone gets access to the list for a free email blast, you are going to be on the receiving end more than you are going to be on the giving end.

So is there a viral list builder that I can recommend to you?

There actually is a viral list builder that I can recommend… because it isn’t guilty of any of the above crimes.

First off you can plug your own autoresponder right in the back of it so any new subscribers are already plugged into the list that you own and manage…

… This means that you can do what you like with them, not having to earn any creadits in which to do so either. Sadly though, you won’t get the free email blast.

Truth is, if you are looking to build up YOUR email list you can’t really go too far wrong with this little bad boy… Oh did I mention that it is FREE too?

Click here and give it a whirl

Tbh, it is the only viral list builder out there that virally builds YOUR list.

Truth is, I have been hunkered down building something that will hopefully fix 3 problems for many of you.

With many of the people that I have been speaking to over the last few weeks, there has been an air of frustration, one where people weren’t seeing the results that they were hoping for.

So, in bizarre twist of fate I came across something so good, useful and clever that I found myself having to build a whole solution to many peoples’ problems around it right away.

Seriously, I haven’t seen daylight in 3 days…

Lemme give you a quick breakdown of what this system fixes… (I will admit it does need some rigorous testing)

The 3 major questions that I ask you…

1. Do You Want More Leads?
2. Do You Want More Duplication?
3. Do You Want More Money?

What I would like to do now is explain a little in how my new system combats all 3 of those aspects… Then I want to let you in on it

1. Lack of Leads – On the front end of the system is a 3x leveraged FREE lead generator. A great standalone solution to the ‘lack of leads’ issue and a great way to entice newcomers to your system.

2. Lack of Duplication – What I have made is a series of short videos showing your leads how to replicate the exact system that I use, and that you will be using too. No techy experience needed… Really simple… Really cool.

3. Lack of people earning enough money to keep going – On the back end we are leading into an entry level priced program which is also leveraged incomewise.

So in short, this system will give you viral duplication and not one person left out… Just as long as your people take action.

Simply put it all together, give it a little nudge and let it run on its own!

So, who wants to give it a go?

Go to – ViralMarketingElite.com and sign up for FREE

Often it is easier to just play down the possibilities of what could happen so that you can feel less guilty about doing nothing, and staying within your comfort zone.

We have all done it… But we have all also taken action and basked in the results.

I got the chance when I was a kid to play at a big music show for exactly that, I was shaking but still walked into the audition.. right at the last minute when everyone was just starting to pack up and go home. I most definitely wasn’t the best of the candidates, and by a long shot too, but I knew I could nail the piece in question… Just had to go in there and get it done.. Which I very nearly decided not to do.

If I had have gone with my original gut move, shyed away from it and let everyone pack up and leave, I wouldn’t have gotten the chance to play with some of the most amazing and talented musicians out there, and play gigs way above my station.

But you gotta make the move.

So, why is this week going to be a big?

I’ll tell you why… My team are pulling out all of the stops this week and are throwing webinars, 2 everyday, all week. Webinars to get your business off to the best start; to turn your prospects into your distributors.

There are some crazy incentives for all too… But I’ll let them tell you all about those ;p

Click here for the most IMPORTANT webinar you will watch in 2012

So, what is it going to be? Another week of not quite getting the results that you crave, or a week of bold and brave action, synchronising with a team who is going ‘balls out’ to make sure you get results?… and results by the end of this week too.

You jump into this week with both feet and I’ll bet you’ll be glad you did.

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Mahatma Ghandi is renowned the world over for his principles, gall and dignity under fire. By using non-violence and mass civil disobedience the man led many a conquest against his assailants, most notably leading India to her independence in 1947.

Not only being one of the world’s appearingly least likely revolutionaries he was also a great philosopher who took on the most modern of adversaries whilst living in a simple sustainable community, wearing traditional Indian robery on a vegetarian diet.

His teachings and wisdom have had a great effect on millions of people the world over. So many quotes of his have been so beautifully annunciated one can only revel in their clarity, my favourite of which is ‘Become the change you wish to see‘.

When taking a minute to really understand the words and phrasing, you soon begin to realise that such a seemingly innocent, softly worded sentence is in fact an enormous call to action, a challenge of such magnitude that most people shy away from it day and day out.

“Become the change you wish to see“

We all have our own vision of how we would like our micro and macro lives to be, the action to take time to envision it being so ineptly named ‘daydreaming’. Many people speak about envisioning how you want to be and how you want to live and becoming that person today. This again follows in the light of what the ‘Great Soul’ (translation of Mahatma from Sanskrit) is on about.

In my opinion there is far too much chess being played in the lives of modern men and women. I know myself that I am always viewing and trying to understand what the consequenses of my actions may be. I am very much one who does not want to negatively affect anyone in any way, but sometimes you have no choice if you want to follow the path that you believe in your heart to be the way that is best for all, for fulfilment of your personal, social and community desires.

The problem with the industry/community that I have chosen to become a part is that it is so frustrating when you see others consciously not become the change they wish to see. Thing is, you can never force this type of change on anyone, it has to come from within themselves and only then can you help them nurture it.

Why is it so important to ‘Become the Change You Wish to See‘

The truth behind the matter is that more often than not we believe many of our problems are a result of external forces, where in realism most can be dealt with, sidestepped and overcome by a change within ourselves. Take a look at this post, ‘Perception‘, for an idea of how pretty much anything can be turned around.. Especially when you look at it form the right angle.

I have said already that there appears to be a bit too much ‘chess’ playing going on, which means that we are being directed through life by external forces. If you want to do something that you wholeheartedly believe in… do it. If you think that you can’t, find a way to. If you align yourself to the things that you hold true, away from others’ opinions you will open up a new side to what you are capable of. It’s not easy, but it is one of the most liberating things in the world, to align yourself to what you believe, to live it, to ‘become the change you wish to see‘.

The world needs people to do this more than ever before. Let’s use the example of what happened a few days ago. Wikipedia shut down it’s english site due to the possibility, and to protest the possibility, of the SOPA Act being passed in Congress. The thing that I find to be weird is that people are all talking about what sweeping powers people will have over others’ websites and content. But remember, this only possible if people recognise that power.

Let’s say you are the CEO of an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and some arm of the Government ‘forces’ you to unplug someone’s website from the internet matrix… you can always refuse. It is only through acquiescence that civil liberties are trampled.. (It also doesn’t help when the enforcing parties carry guns too admittedly). If everyone takes the stance of non-compliance with seemingly over the top legislation what do you have left? Unenforceable legislation, chosen by the people and for the people.

Anyway, I digress…

Only you know what it is that you want to achieve, what lifestyle you want to live and also what ethics you want to abide by to get there. I challenge you to heed the words of the ‘Great Soul’ and ‘become the change that you wish to see’. Change what it is that you do on the inside and manifest the world that you want on the outside.

I have embarked on a mission to do just that, and to help others too and Network Marketing is the only model that I have found that fits my ideals. I earn money by helping others gain their time and financial freedom. Something that I believe still blows the minds of many and hence why they continue to be sceptical.

I just want to tell you now that it is possible should you choose to go after it

Become the change you wish to see

The truth is, and Nick will explain this well for you in the video below, we all have a dream. I have written posts about this subject already but one of the largest elements for failure is often one’s lack of ‘belief’. We have been beaten up for so long with the idea of ‘fit the mold and don’t ask questions’, that I know so many people who have the picture of the lifestyle that they want to live, they just don’t believe that they can achieve it.

And it really effs me off

I have studied all kinds of subjects and read all sorts of books about how to succeed and there is one common thread throughout them all. The main ingredient for success is Desire. You must have a desire to succeed; a will to win. (To find out more about motivators and desire read this)

The starting point of all achievement is desire

- Napolean Hill

The thing that I love about Network Marketing is that just as long as you have a dream; a desire to succeed, the industry will take you in. You don’t need any skills, previous experience, nothing. The industry will still take you in. It is the ‘foundation’ that you can spring off to get to where it is that you want to go.

But it won’t get you where you want to go on its own.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure

- Bill Cosby

In your quest for success you will be tested left, right and centre. Listen to Bill, he knows what is up. In my opinion, Network Marketing is a lifestyle choice and one should really not think in terms of monetary reward when you first start out. You may have an autoship of $100 a month which you are beginning to get tired if you are not making any money, but this is your foundation. I have a friend who has paid about $100 a month for his autoship for the last few years but it now pays him anything from $20,000 – $50,000 a month back. View your autoship as your education and ‘growth’ fee. You have enrolled in the shool of ‘YOU’.

Ok, maybe that did sound a bit cheesy but you know what I mean.

Take this time and new ‘access’ to the wealth of information that your team and upline are more than likely sharing with you and go to work on YOU. Become the leaner, meaner, more knowledgable and valuable you. Be the beacon for the ones around you that may need a little help to get to where they want to go. Lead the way.

If you have desire you will succeed, every step you take is a footstep closer.

Check out Nick Sarnicola in the video below, he’ll explain a little more about what I am talking about -

I could go into the Eckhart Tolle stuff here and tell you that you need to look at yourself speaking to yourself and all of the jazz (sounds weirder than it really is), but when something is pointed out in its simplest form, it resonates and makes comprehension so much easier.

Now, I got an email through from Rachael Macgregor, who is a fab UK marketer, pointing me over in the direction of Diane Hochman. If you have been in online networker space for any length of time I’m guessing you know who Diane Hochman is, she rarely needs an introduction and has a troupe of real diehard fans. I have known of Diane for quite some time but haven’t been exposed to her as much as some.

What came out of this email was a webinar that Diane did explaining her take on how she ‘runs’ her business.

When you see the attitude that she has about new persons in her arena, you will begin to understand how you can take the pressure off yourself when it comes to your business.

See why Diane is so popular and take a look -

Put your name and email into the box on this page if you want access to a system that will do everything that Diane is talking about for you.

Blogging, article marketing anything distant from the phone or skype is the best place to hang out as a newbie, it feels good. I’m building a multi-million dollar networking business… Without the slightest bit of networking…

You can build yourself up a big business using these and other longer winded methods of getting people in fromt of what you have to offer, or you can hustle.

The first time that I heard the phrase ‘hustle’ in a network marketing context, was from the seemingly youthful wise man also known as Jonathan Budd. He was all about the ‘hustle’ for the first 3 months or so when he was building his business from his parents basement.

So what is ‘hustling’ in comparison to the comforting time intensive activities that we have all more or less become shyly good at, at some point in the past?

Well, you can break nearly all marketing into two categories -

Active and Passive Marketing

The truth of the matter is, if you want to build up a business with any speed you are going to need to become an officionado at the ‘active’… or the ‘hustle’ as JB put it. Calling people, networking on facebook and moving them to Skype as soon as you can, is active.. aka ‘hustling’. You’re in the game and chewing up the competition and spitting them out.

That might not be for everyone, certainly not the spitting bit, but I really want to make clear what techniques are going to get you ‘out there’ and in the game quickly, and what are the longer methods. The longer methods are not things that you shouldn’t do, but if you want to see results fast they shouldn’t be your focus, they should be more of an after thought.

Putting yourself in front of people, be it in a networking group down the road, or tapping up people on Linked In, is commonly known as real networking… or ‘hustling’ to the romantics of the group.

Sitting back waiting to pick up some leads whom have not been specifically targetted is known as passive marketing. That includes anything from blogging all the way to hoping to snag someone from Twitter on a random tweet. Can be great, but if you want direct results.. You’re going to need to be direct.

Arise over the fear and get out there and meet some new people, 10-15 everyday is a good ballpark to start with. You could tap them up on Facebook and chew the fat, see what they are up to, see if what you have to offer is something that may benefit them.

Remember though no pitching and get permission before you send any links

(Here’s a heads up on what you are really selling to prospects – What Are You Really Selling and to Whom? )

Now go get to it! ;p

Just a cheeky little something from the film ‘The Hustler’ and take note

“You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it’s me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can’t miss? ‘Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know, this is my table, man. I own it.”

- Fast Eddie

Person A gives Person B some money

Person B gives back Person A some value

Although rather simplified, as this transaction process happens trillions of times a day, the premise is bang on.

He also goes on to ask, ‘Which guy do you want to be if you want to be rich?’

Obviously Person B, because he gets all of the money no?

If we take this one step further, Person B is selling something of value to Person A, something that fixes a problem for him/her. The problem that I see all over the internet is that we marketers are solely focused on one half of the equation… and the wrong half too for the Person that we want to be. Many are focused on the monetary reward and not the value that they are giving.

Without any value to offer we have no stake in the equation as Bs. Yes if we have money we can be on the other side, but until we have something of value for someone in our niche, we have nothing to sell.

A Mr. A. Einstein put his view on this matter pretty succinctly…

“Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value”

In this, Uncle Albert has put forward a great recipe for success. A philosophy found in all entrepreneurship and much followed by the Network Marketing community.

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning”

- Benjamin Franklin

 To become great, one must follow a great path, that is the path less trodden. If getting wrecked all weekend and watching TV all week was the path to success then 95% of the population would be successful… Without even trying.

If we are going to sell value to people over and over, we need 2 critical things namely -

• Something of value
• An understanding of how to sell

Before you close up on me, I would like to add that we are all salespeople pretty much all day. You are often selling someone on what to have for lunch, where to go, what TV programme is better to watch. I know that you probably don’t realise this but every idea that we have, we have to sell to someone (unlikely people will pay you for it in money at first though), in order for it to get some traction and for us to get our way. The only time that this is really used by most people is when in a job interview though, and I think that is possibly why so many people shy away from it.

We are brought up to ‘fit in’, to be an outsider or ‘outspoken’ one is discouraged. Terms like ‘you can’t change it’, ‘that’s just the way it is’ are all too present in the growing up process. ‘Children should be seen and not heard’ being one of the greatest ‘shut up and become a cog in the wheel’ phrases I have ever known. If you follow this advice you will never learn how to sell and certainly not be able to sell yourself, it will just feel weird.

You wanna get where you wanna go? You’re going to have to confront that.

Take pride in your achievements, as they are going to be your first reward in this process, especially in Network Marketing. You will first get a lead before you sponsor someone. If you manage to get someone interested but it doesn’t work out, celebrate that you overcame the first hurdle… You got a lead!

Now do it again and approach the second hurdle a little differently, using the knowledge you gained in the failing to sponsor the first one.

The road less travelled is most certainly the more difficult one, but the rewards are exponentially greater. You will most likely be starting as a Person A, you may stay on that side for a bit while you learn things, spend money on education but you will become a Person B when you have applied what you have learned… Then you have value for Person As to benefit from.

Here’s what I recommend that you do daily if you are starting out.

• Learn something new to do with your business
• Read at least 10 pages from a book to do with business or your niche
• Connect with 10-15 new people to do with business or your niche

The more value that you bring to the marketplace, the more that you will be rewarded, which brings me nicely back to the title -

“That’s not how much they pay… That’s how much they pay you“

- Jim Rohn

 I managed to find the Frank Kern video where he explains the economy. He’s always good for a bit of entertainment (although the screenshot on the video does make him look a little messianic)

The Pursuit of Happyness

There, I did it… That one little y has had a surprising effect for just one letter, simply in a word. There I have been thinking… In fact, I don’t know what I have been thinking because it is one of the themes of the film.

I did feel a bit of a dick yeah… when I realised…

Anyway, back to the point…

I have been chatting to quite a few people recently about their networking business efforts online. There seems to be quite a bit of negativity out there, people are getting disillusioned and there is an air of ‘quit’ about, which deeply saddens me, and I am going to tell you why… and hopefully it will have an effect on the way that you view what it is that are doing.

This is my call to arms

Can you remember back to the day that you ‘got’ your compensation plan. Not everyone sees it the same way that some do, I know this for a fact because not everyone signs up there and then. What was it that was going through your head?

If you were anything like me, I was like a teenager again on the inside… Ofcourse, trying to be sensible on the outside… You know, show my professionalism and all that, but the truth is we all see a glimpse of who we will become… and it is an amazing feeling. You feel light, dynamic, energetic.

People join their respective companies for a plethora of different reasons, the array of personal motivators is vast, but there is a common thread to them all, the thread of accomplishment, success, strength and the feeling that anything is possible.

I suppose the saying what goes up must come down is a fair assessment of what happens next.

The big problem that I see in network marketing is that the excitement puts the blinkers on reality. Don’t get me wrong, to a certain extent it’s great. Most people at their first network marketing presentation are there because they know that they need some magic and positivety in their life, and also some real income (that or they are a sucker for sales and prospecting technique). For most to be able to put up with much of their working conditions, day in and day out in a JOB, they should really be considered incredibly humble, persevering and patient. But never-the-less, when people begin to realise that their visions of grandeur are going to take a little more effort than they originally thought to accomplish, suddenly all hell breaks loose.

People deflate pretty quickly.

The sad part is that not everyone’s career survives past this point. As I have said before this is really quite tragic due to the fact that that generally means they have given up on their dreams, albeit often temporarily. Truth is, the reward is so magnanimous that if it really was that easy then everyone would succeed all the time.

Rumour has it that it takes 10,000 hours of study to change one’s career path and become professionally competent in a new one. Then it is surely fair to say that it will take 20,000 hours for someone to succeed in a network marketing career that is only half paying attention. I’m not trying to say that I am saintly and always at 100% because I know for a fact that I am often distracted and have a penchant for procrastinating, but I am also not so shy as to forget to factor that in on my perceived success rate.

Try this, everytime you think about quitting, raise your game. Get angry about failure and channel it into your success… You do that and there is no way that you will not get there in the end, it’ll probably be sooner rather than later.

We are in this for some of the biggest and most noble reasons known to man. To help people, provide a better and more ethical existence for all our fellow human beings. We are in this to create lives of abundance for everyone around us, not just for the few. We are in this to grow and help others grow and learn how to extract the best from ourselves. To create more meaning in all that we do.

To become better human beings. For ourselves, for our families and for every other human being.

Just look at what Chris Gardner went through to achieve his dream.

Let’s get to work!

It depicts ‘one up over The Man‘, or a ‘result‘ one could say.

What I want to address in this post is the quickest route, in my opinion, to get online results for your network marketing business.

You have probably gathered that, set up right, the internet can flush leads at you all day and night to fuel your business. That fixes the No.1 problem that network marketers have; no access to a fresh supply of leads, day in and day out.

But if you want results, you won’t go about your business the way that I have…

I came online about 3 years ago and pottered about with some websites, learning a bit about affiliate marketing here, some more stuff there, not really paying much attention. Got a bit excited for a while and lost a load of money sending Google PPC traffic directly to an affiliate capture form. Some of you will understand the behaviour pattern because you have been there. I was basically being an uncouth, technoilliterate guy throwing internet stuff at a wall seeing if any of it would stick, and it saddens me to see other people still doing it. (You can see the progression that I went through before I figured out where all the cool kids hang out if you check out  Online Business Systems – The 5 Step Evolution)

Smart people find people who are doing what they want to do, study what it is that they do and emulate it

(which is a polite way to say that they copy it)

I’ve only started properly doing this in the last 5 – 6 months… And the difference is remarkable. I have managed to cut the ‘tinkering with my website‘ habit down somewhat (side effect of being a highly analytical and visual type) and am doing more ‘meaningful‘ things… Like prospecting/connecting with people and implementing new things that I learn.

Now, I’m not at the ‘smashing all of the competition on the latest launch leaderboard‘ level yet, but by implementing what the smarter than me’s are doing, my business has taken life. There’s positive, meaningful interraction. There’s leads coming in daily, and my lists are growing.

So, what has been the catalyst for all of this change?

I attribute it to 3 things…

1 – Having a definite state of mind. Might sound a bit airy fairy to you, which is understandable, a few years ago I would have laughed at you for even mentioning it. I used to pretend that mindset mattered to me, even when I first started this website, but I have come to realise that it is in control of everything that we do.

Seriously, don’t take your state of mind and it’s exercising lightly.

We all know how quickly a good day can be lost by a snide comment from someone, or a twat in the line at the supermarket. Protect your positivity with everything that you have, it’s value is exponential. Every focused, energised, positive minute is a minute closer to what you want to achieve, a negative, unenergetic minute is one futher away, and without being aware, you can go from one to the other in a flip of a switch; unfortunately more likely the wrong ‘other’.

Your mantra needs to be that you are going to do this whatever happens. You will succeed however long it takes. Which leads me nicely into the next the point…

2 – Figure out a good routine, but make sure that you commit to your routine everyday (or at least as close to. At worst every couple of days). My thing is blogging, I just love it, but that wasn’t always the case. With everything, the more you do it, the better and quicker the action becomes, then it becomes a much more joyful experience.

If you set yourself up with a daily ‘this is the minimum effort I can get away with putting in‘ action plan and make sure that you always do it so that you are moving closer to your goal everyday. I see far too many people do lots of stuff for 2 weeks and then get bored and stop. I stopped blogging everyday and only blogged about twice a week for a short time recently, I don’t suggest it because it decimated my traffic… and my focus. Also, if you have a minimum action plan that is really easy to do, the more likely you are to stick to it. As you progress and speed up, add more stuff to the plan.

Consistency = Momentum = Compounding Results

I know at the beginning it feels like a big mountain to climb. You have little or no leads and it took you 2 weeks of blogging last time to get as many opt-ins. Don’t despair, and I hear you, I know it is harsh and unforgiving at the beginning, but every article/post/video you put up is a new way someone can find you. The more you have out there the more you will capture.

Think of your action like a fishing net. As it starts to get pulled up (your content starts to get better rankings), the fish (leads) are still out there and not in your grasp. All of a sudden (as your blog authority goes up for instance) that net comes out of the water and all of the fish are ‘caught’. As you get more content out there that receives better rankings, so your results will compound.

3 – MLSP – My Lead System Pro. The guys (all of them, the founders and the community) have shared so much of their knowledge with me. I have learned so much in the 6 months of ‘paying attention’ that I have put in.

This post isn’t about trying to sell you MLSP although I do highly recommend it. What I do highly suggest that you do though is sign up for their wednesday webinars (you can get on them for free). They will share a whole lot of amazing stuff that is working online NOW. The gang are great and the system is too. Make use of the 2 week trial for $10 aswell (at least I think that is the offer)

The faster you implement what you learn, the better, but it can be a bit overwhelming at first admittedly. Learn what you can and attract leads using the ‘system campaigns’; pre-setup marketing for you to use with your new traffic generating methods.

So in short, if you want some ace and fast results in the next 6 months…

1. Use preset marketing funnels like MLSP’s. (It took me a good 2 years to figure out what I was doing ‘techywise’ when building a funnel and I still believe that my copywriting is weak)
2. Know that you are going to succeed and don’t let ANYONE ‘steal your power’.
3. Do something EVERYDAY to move you closer to where you want to go.

Oh, and keep it fun too