Well, throughout this blog I have written about how to choose the right network marketing company.  I have received several emails from readers asking me what I choose for a network marketing company.  So, I decided to write this post and do some self promotion J  Why not, I thought, it is my blog J

So here I go.

The company I chose about 8 months ago to be my permanent home in the Network Marketing Business is Max International.  First a little about my background.  I started online in the Internet marketing affiliate marking business about 3 - 4 years ago and have been very successful.  I was able to create a fulltime income and enjoyed working from my home office.  During this time, I had looked at an actually joined a couple Network Marketing Companies, not finding what I was truly looking for, basically because I was not following my own rules of Selecting the Right Network Marketing Company .

When I was first exposed to Max International I was already in a Network Marketing Company, but was not quite happy, so I decided to take a look.  And, I decided to use the principles I have taught to make my decision.

First step was to check the Company and its Owners.  I found 2 of the owners to be Steven K Scott and Guthy Renker . Well I was very impressed.  Two billionaires getting together to start a Network Marketing Company?  Something was up here.  So I investigated some more.

Watch Steven K. Scotts Vision Video

The only product this company had to odder was a product developed by a Dr. Robert Keller, called MaxGXL.  A one product company I thought?  I’m not sure about this.  But I did my research and what I found out was very interesting.  Stephen K. Scott and Guthy Renker and their other 2 partners, did not decide one morning to Open A Network Marketing Company and find a product to sell.  They found this incredible product, and the marketing genius’s they are, decided on network marketing as the avenue to market it, and developed Max International around this product. 

This was not just another health product, it was a category creator, with strong patents and no competition in the market places what so ever.  The company plans were to introduce other patented, unique category creating products into the company, and they have done just that.

Watch Dr. Robert Keller talk about Max GXL

Then I took a look at what has to be the most incredible Compensation Plan in the industry, put together by some of Network Marketing’s best masterminds.  Well that was enough for me, so I jumped right in.

Finally a business that I could lead with the incredible product or the company and its owners, and virtually every one I talk to is impressed.  This company fits absolutely all the critical elements of choosing the right network marketing company that I have taught in the past.

So whets happening now with my business and Max International?  This company and my business are growing like crazy.  We on the heels of a global expansion, new products, and I have never before had so much success in any business.  The owner’s vision or reaching 1 billion in sales in the fourth year of business (2 years from now) is becoming a reality which will make Max International the fastest company to reach that goal.  That is incredible and I am so excited to be a part of it.

The newest product just launched in MaxWLX, Weight Loss Accelerator.  Again, a breakthrough patented, product never before seen in the market place that actually does what it says with the clinical studies to back it. 

Watch the MaxWXL video.

We have a great duplicatible system set up for our members to receive the training and support they need to be successful in this business. 

Some of the great Network Marketing leaders today and joining forces with Max and we all get to benefit from their knowledge.  Some of these include, Ty Tribble, Bo Short and Mike Glaspie to name a few.

I am going to leave you with the following, the Max International Credo.  If any of you are interested in more information about the incredible opportunity or joining my team, give me a call at 206-973-0206 or send me an email .

Rod Larrivee

MAX INTERNATIONAL CREDO

1.  At Max, we genuinely care about helping people. We want to build an extraordinary company that makes a positive difference in the lives of people throughout the world.

2.  We believe that people can improve the course of their lives by adopting and living by truth; therefore we feel a responsibility to search for, live by, and teach correct principles.

3.  We believe that our products improve people’s quality of life. We are dedicated to bringing products to market that have science-based research, high manufacturing standards, and case studies that confirm that the products work.

4.  We believe in the principles of free enterprise, and that people should be paid well for their efforts.

5.  We believe that business relationships should benefit all the parties involved.

6.  We believe in being honest and in telling the truth.

7. We believe in having fun and in living life to the Max!

I love the “Dummies” collection of books, and have read several of them myself. Advanced Computing for Dummies, The Internet for Dummies, eBay Power for Dummies, so I decided to write my own article on the 12 Do or Die Tips for Network Marketing Dummies when selecting a Network Marketing Company.

• 1) A Solid Background. The company you are looking into should have at least a 5 year history and this must be a positive history. If the company is newer, then the owners must have this positive history.
• 2) Great Leadership. If you have read Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great, you will understand this. You need to check out what the company owners have done in the past. Does your company have any high profile people endorsing their products? The owners of the company you are looking at, must already be “Great”
• 3) Re-usable Products. This really is a no-brainer, but very often overlooked. Consumable products are what are going to create your life long residual income. Without this aspect of the business, in my opinion, failure in imminent!
• 4) In Demand and Industry Growth Products. Is the company products in demand, and is the industry growing. A great example of this is the Health and Wellness industry, soon said by many to be the next trillion dollar industry following only automobiles and computers. This is a great place to start looking.
• 5) Solid Marketing Techniques. Does the company you are looking at have solid marketing techniques? Is their compensation plan fair and truly residual? You need to spend some time here. There are several models of how companies pay their associates and how they teach to recruit new associates.
• 6) Do Your Research. Oh, so important. In any business you need to take calculated risks, but you need to do your research. Look for dirt on the company and its owners, and if you do find some, check the validity of the sources claiming the dirt. You will find many failures out there claiming a company is a scam, where the real truth is, is that that person is a scam - meaning, they joined a Network Marketing Company, did not work, made no money then claimed it was a scam
• 7) How are the Products Delivered? Do you need to stock you garage full of products? Stay away from any company that makes you do this. The best company is one that ships direct to the distributor and direct to the customer, sending the distributor a commission check.
• Great Training. Is the company you are looking at going to offer you great training? Are their distributor support networks set up to train you?
• 9) Time. How many hours a week are you going to need to build your business? Do you have the time available, or are you willing to make it available?
• 10) Don’t Quit Your Job Just Yet! Remember, don’t do mistake of many Network Marketers by quitting your job too early. Find a Network Marketing Company that will not take all your time, so you can keep your current job and income source until a time when your new business income surpasses your job income.
• 11) Most Important. Learn how to dream and how to set goals. Read the book, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (Get your free copy here) You will find that 90% of this Network Marketing Business is mental. Everything starts with an idea. Conceive it, believe it, and achieve it.
• 12) Don’t Quit - Just don’t quit, and don’t expect success overnight. Many people have worked in their careers for 20 years, some went to school for 4 - 8 years, just to be in the position they are in today. Yet, still, in Network Marketing, so many people give up after 60 days, saying that this business does not work. The only failures in Network Marketing are those that quit.

Well, there is folks, my 12 Do or Die Tips for Internet Marketing Dummies J

Hope you enjoyed.

Rod Larrivee

Here are Important tips when doing article marketing and Blogging for to be rated in the organic side of the search engines.

Key word research is the most important thing in article writing. Use the two free keyword tool provided under tools in this blog.

First get an idea for a key word. If you are targeting Business opportunity seekers then find a few words that people may type in when looking for a business opportunity.

You do not want it to be just business opportunity because if your type this into Google you will see the number of results for this word is in the millions.

You want to come up with words that the results are 10,000 or less.

When you have a few words with this rating plug them into the Google keyword tool and make sure under the search category that there is some green in the bar. It does not have to be much, just has to be searched.

Now you have your keywords your ready to write your article.

Type your keyword into Google search and look for some articles written on this topic if you need help.

Your Key word or phrase should be in your title, but it should not just be the title. Add some power words to it if you can. You can get free power words by typing power words into Google .

Start Writing the Body

For article marketing your article should be no less than 400 words and for Blogging no less than 200 words.

You want to have your exact keyword phrase that is in your title in your article at least 3 times. This goes for both types of articles.

The first should appear in the first paragraph,- but should not start with it.

The second should be in the middle.

The third is in the last.

You can use other similar words or phrases sprinkled in through out the article.

You want your paragraphs to only be 2 or 3 sentences, this is best to get the reader to stay and read your whole article with a line space in between each paragraph.

All these keyword will then become your tags for Blogging and keywords for article marketing.

If you wrote an article now you want to submit to article directories.

You can do this a few different ways. You can do it manually, you can set buy a directory submitter or you can have a company submit for you.

I would suggest just submitting manually to the10 best article directories with a high page rank.

You have to go into each of the article directories you chose and set up an account. Use the same user name and password; this will make it easier for you.

Here is one to get you started, Ezine Articles http://www.ezinearticles.com

You can have a submitter service do it for you and they send it out to many directories in your category.

The best service for a beginner is Isnare. You can purchase to send your article out in small quantities and for somewhere at a cost of 2-3 dollars an article.

But when using a service you have to follow their guidelines and with Isnare an article has to be at least 500 words.

You can also use your own article submitter.  Check the Recourses Section Below for great ideas:

Home Business Niche Article Club
30 fresh home based business articles a monthe for your blog or article writing efferts

ISnare Article Distribution
The best on the Net for Automatic Article Submission

Article Submitter Plus 
The Best Software for Self Article Distribution
© 2008, Rod Larrivee

Are you ready to start blogging? That’s right! By the end of today you’ll be publishing your own blog using Google’s own Blogger technology.

What is a blog?

Here’s a direct description from the Blogger website: “A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It’s a place to collect and share things that you find interesting- whether it’s your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember. Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.The blogging experience is about not only putting your thoughts on the web, but hearing back from and connecting with other like-minded folks.”

Why publish a blog?

Publishing a blog allows you to instantly create new content-rich web pages. These new pages can be linked to from the home page of your current website and/or promoted separately. By creating additional content-rich website pages and promoting them from your home page or through other means, you’ll be accomplishing two important things:

1) You’ll provide more value for your website visitors. This increases the “stickiness” of your website making people stick around longer and ultimately trust you more. On the Internet, trust translates to profits!

2) Search engines LOVE fresh content created through blogs. By publishing your own blog and adding fresh content to it on a regular basis, you’ll attract the attention of the major search engines who will list your website in their directories for FREE. That’s right! As soon as you have pages of your blog in the search engines, you’ll start attracting free qualified traffic to your site without paying a dime for it.
Are you ready to get started?Come on… it’s EASY, it’s FREE and it’s FUN! In fact, you’ll have your own blog setup in 3 easy steps.Let’s get started…

Click here to visit the Blogger website.

Once you arrive and look things over, click the “CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW” arrow.

Next, you’ll arrive at the “Create an account” page. Complete the 5 simple fields on that page.

TIP: For your user name, I suggest using your first and last name combined OR or a word or phrase related to the Max International Business.Check the “Terms of Service” box and click on the “CONTINUE” arrow.The next page is the “Name your blog” page. Enter a title Example: Your Name’s Home Business Blog or Your Name’s Work at Home Journal or something like that… Be creative! Now enter your blog address. Again, I suggest using your first and last name combined OR or a word or phrase related to the Max International Business. If the name is taken, try the characters of your first and last name combined or anything else you want to be your blog address. Whatever name you decide upon will create your blog URL such as: www.YOURBLOGGERUSERNAME.blogspot.com

Next, complete the word verification field by typing the characters you see in the picture above the field.Click the “CONTINUE” arrow.Next, you’ll arrive at the “Choose a template” page. This page allows you to choose a custom look for your blog.Take a look at the designs available and select one by marking the selection circle inside the blog template image. You can easily change the template later, or even create your own custom template design once your blog is set up.Once you’ve selected your blog template, click the “CONTINUE” arrow.Congratulations! Your blog has been created!

Now it’s time to add some content to your blog… Now that you have your blog setup, it’s time to make a post to it. OK, here’s the format for your article:

Enter the Post Title First.(POST CONTENT GOES HERE)

After your post enter:About the Author
———————-
To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: (Don’t use these words exactly, get creative, make something up to encourage your readers to click on your link below.ENTER A KEY WORD PHRASE HERE Highlight the above keyword phrase, click on the hyperlink button, then enter your web site address.  This will make the keyword phrase clickable, and direct those who click on it to your web site.Copyright © Your Full Name Here
———————-

Labels - Now enter a keyword, or keywords that best describe your post, including the main keyword in your title

Click on Publish Post
Congratulations! 

You’ve just published your post on your own blog! Now, every time you have new content to post, simply repeat the process described above.At this point, you have the option to view your blog or simply move on and continue adding posts. If you decide to view your blog first, click the (in a new window) link.Give yourself a pat on the back. You are a blog publisher now!

Now it’s time to tell people about your new blog.Before we get into the action of marketing your blog, allow me to share with you the philosophy of why blogging and publishing content online is so important and profitable…

First, most people surfing the Internet are looking for information. In other words, most people are not actively seeking to buy a product. And nearly everyone expects to get the information they are seeking for free… Speaking specifically about the marketplace of people who are “interested” in having a home business and/or making money online, most of these people want to find good information about the subject FIRST.

Therefore, becoming a provider of trustworthy information about home businesses, work at home opportunities and online money making ideas positions you as the source for what people are actually looking for in the first place. Also, blogs are the most search engine friendly Internet publishing tool in existence.

This means that the pages of your blog can start being indexed by the search engines almost immediately and some of the your blog content pages will start showing up in the FREE listings of the search engines when people search for various key words. Therefore, adding quality content to your blog on a regular basis can generate free targeted traffic to your website potentially forever.

Now we’re getting into some extremely powerful FREE Internet marketing techniques… These techniques take more time and effort to implement than paid advertising, but they are completely FREE and they do work.OK, let’s get to work… You want to start by “pinging” your blog to get the automated traffic machine started.

First, click here to visit the Ping-o-Matic website.Once you get to the Ping-o-Matic website, type in the name of your blog in the first field.In the second field, type in the complete URL of your Blogger blog. Example: http://www.YOUR~BLOGGER~USERNAME.blogspot.com 

NOTE: Replace YOUR~BLOGGER~USERNAME with your actual Blogger username!

This is very, very important!!!

Next, select (check) ALL available “SERVICES TO PING”.

Now, click the “Submit Pings” button.A status report will appear on the next page indicating the status of your blog pings. What this does is notify a bunch of blog listing services about YOUR blog. Now they will send spiders over to your blog to index the content and link it to their network!

Congratulations!

You’ve completed the first important step in marketing your new blog. Now, anytime you update the content of your blog by adding new articles, publishing your thoughts, etc., re-visit the Ping-o-Matic website and ping your blog!Let’s move to the next step of promoting your blog…

IMPORTANT: To make your blog work for you, you *MUST* add fresh and original content on a regular basis. You can start making posts every day or two about your own online marketing experiences and/or you can update your blog with fresh articles. If you do not know what to write about, use Home Business Article Niche Club.  They will provide you with 30 articles a month that you can modify and post to your Blog.
Congratulations again!

© 2008, Rod Larrivee 

If you are looking to get into the Network Marketing Business, selecting the right network marketing company is the most important step you need to take to get started.

Picking the wrong Network Marketing Company can be disastrous. Take a look at the following points when making your decision.

- Solid background. The company you select should have at LEAST 5 years of history, and it should be positive history. If it is a newer company, this can be a ground floor opportunity, but  its Owners must have the positive history, and a very strong financial backing.

- Great leadership. I learned this from Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great. See what the company leaders have done in the past. Also - Are any high profile figures endorsing the products? (With a high profile person’s reputation at stake, they will only associate with top products.)

- Re-usable products. Whatever you’re selling and or consuming needs to be items that are used up quickly and re-ordered regularly. (Mortgage Refinancing doesn’t work in network marketing because the average person only refinances every 5 years.)

- In demand products. Example, the health industry is seeing tremendous growth due to all of the baby boomers. This is paired with the life expectancy rising every day. (We’ could be at life expectancy of over 100 years in no time.) The health field is a GREAT example of a great place to investigate.

- Solid marketing techniques. There are something like 6 or 8 main models of how a network marketing company can pay it’s associates. Make sure the model of your company is fair, and is truly residual. (So that if you ever stop growing your business, your income keeps coming in.) Also - How do you find your associates? (Through the internet? Friends and family?) (Read Richard Poe’s Wave 4: Network Marketing in the 21st Century)

- Do your research. You need to take calculated risks to be successful in anything in life; but make sure you’ve done your research by checking out the BBB (better business bureau), and other resources. See if there is any “dirt” on the company or owners. (Most important though, is to check the validity of the sources claiming the dirt.)

- How are the products delivered? (Do you need to stock a garage full of products? Can the associates place orders directly?)

- Great training. Make sure that you will have the proper training and support from your team. You don’t want to be a part of something where you’re totally on your own to figure it out. (This typically relates directly back to the companies compensation plan.)

- IMPORTANT - How many hours per week do you need to put into the business? Are true passive/residual income techniques employed? (e.g. How do you find your downline? How do they get trained? How much help is your upline?)

Now that you nave selected the right network marketing company, take note of the following points as you get started.

- Make sure you keep your current “linear” income job until your new network marketing company residual income can overtake it!

- MOST IMPORTANT - Learn how to dream, and also learn how to set goals. (Read Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich) 90% of this business is mental. (This is true of any endeavor in life, playing professional sports, achieving great wealth, affecting mass humanity, etc.) EVERYTHING starts with an idea in one person’s head. Conceive it, believe it, and achieve it.

- Don’t Quit, and don’t expect success overnight.  Some people have worked 20 years in their career to reach the success they have now.  Some of you went to school for 4 - 8 years, just to start your career.  Yet still, in network marketing, many quit after 2 months, disappointed that they were not a success in 60 days, and saying that network marketing does not work.

The only failure’s in network marketing are those that quit.  There is no other way to fail.

© 2008 Rod Larrivee

So you have done it, you finally got your web site up, and ready for business.  Now its time for you to sit back and watch those orders start rolling in . . . right? . . .Wrong!  You now need to start proper web site marketing strategies to start driving the traffic to your site, to start generating the sales that you need.  The internet is no different than the main street store.  No traffic, no sales.  Good web site marketing strategies designed for your business will ensure your web site’s success.

You are probably being bombarded daily with emails like “blast your web site to billions” and “top search engine rankings in 10 days”, if it was only so easy.  On the internet you will find tens of thousands suggestions on web site marketing strategies, but the good news is, there are only a small handful of web site marketing strategies that really work, and these are all you need

Below I will list in my opinion the twelve web site marketing strategies that will work to drive traffic to your site. 

• An Autoresponder - To some of you reading, you may not yet know what an autoresponder is, but you need to get one, learn how to use it, as your online business grows, it will become you secretary, and will be building you list of prospects and customers so you can communicate with them often. Make sure your web site has an opt-in form where you visitors can join your newsletter.
• Traffic Exchanges - You need to get traffic to your site and have your product or business exposed to as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Join as many of these traffic exchanges as possible, surf for credits, or buy credits, and get some traffic to your site.
• Forum Marketing - Join your industry specific online forms and start communication with other members and start exposing your web site to them.
• Pay Per Click Advertising. Learn the PPC business and start running some ads. PPC advertising like Google Adwords, let you drive targeted advertising to your site immediately.
• Classified Advertising - Start posting 5 online classified ads every day on a variety of online classified advertising sites. Web site marketing strategies like this and PPC allow you to get traffic to your site now, as you are waiting for some of the other methods to start working
• Article Writing - Still one of my favourite web site marketing strategies. You’re reading this article right now, right? Maybe when you are done you will visit my site below, that’s how article writing works.
• Blogging - Start you own blog about your business and industry. Start posting to it every other day, and linking back to your web site
• Ezine Solo Ads - Rent someone list today and send out an email about your business to the subscribers of that Ezine. Pick an Ezine that is relative to your market. Ezine readers are always interested in reading your offer.
• SEO and Linking - Talk to a professional search engine submission company to see how they can help you. Create a linking campaign with others you know in the business to link back to your site.
• Social Networking - Join some of the more popular social networking sites out there, join the business groups relative to your business, start adding friends, and exposing your product and service to them. Social Networking is one of the most powerful web site marketing strategies available today
• Web 2.0 - Web 2.0 has recently revolutionaries the internet. Sites like Squidoo and bookmarking sites will drastically increase traffic to your site.
• A Schedule - This is the most important part of your web site marketing strategies. Make a weekly schedule for yourself, on which of the above marketing tactics you are going to do on a daily basis, and follow that schedule religiously.

Doing these above twelve web site marketing strategies on a daily and weekly bases will ensure the success of your online business.  As you can see, there is work to getting traffic to your web site, and it will not happen overnight.  Many people I have talked to quit doing the things above after 30 days and they say “it does not work”.  Sorry folks, the truth to that statement is that they (the person) is not willing to work. Carry on with these web site marketing strategies for three, six, and twelve months, and you will have success in your new online venture

© 2008 Rod Larrivee

So you have decided to take the plunge, and join a network marketing company.  Well, keep your wallet in your pocket for a while yet, you need to know how to choose the best network marketing business.  To do this, you need to understand what a network marketing company needs to have to help ensure your success. 

There are five critical elements help you select the best network marketing company.  You want to join a great company, don’t you?  If you plan to put your heart and soul into you new home business for the next few years, you need to study intensely the companies you are looking at joining.  This only makes sense, because you do not want to invest you time and money into a company that might not be there in a couple of years, or a company that is not in a growth industry.

Below are listed the five critical elements to help you choose the best network marketing business.

• 1) The Product: The Company must have a product, or products that are focused in one area of concentration. This allows you to focus your marketing efforts in one category of products, thus laser targeting your customers.
• 2) The Industry: This must be a growth industry. If you going to join a network marketing company you want to be sure that the products they offer are in demand and that demand in increasing every year. For example, maybe a health product targeted to baby boomers, there is a product in demand and an industry in rapid growth.
• 3) Company: The company is probably the most important, the product and industry can be great, but if the company is not going to be around in two years, why join. You need to be sure that the Company has the ability to give you long term growth and financial security. Check out the companies history, and for newer companies, concentrate on the ownership. Checking out the ownership and owner’s history is very important here. I am not talking about a successful six figure network marketer, who just started a new company with this great product, I am talking about owners with multi-million and billion dollar backing and a previous history of success.
• 4) System: A system to market you business must be simple and easy to duplicate. The company and upline distributors must be willing to help you succeed. This is a critical step to help you choose the best network marketing business.
• 5) Global Reach. The companies with the most potential for success out there have ground floor in their global expansion. Many network marketing companies went form the millions to billions in sales during their global expansion. You want to be a part of that.

Now, having read the above five critical elements of how to choose a great company, you need to consider whether or not you are gambling your and your family’s future on a company that does not meat this criteria. There are many great network marketing companies out there that fit these 5 critical elements on how to choose the best network marketing business, so do your home work, and make that very important decision to find, and join on of them and change your financial destiny.

©2008 Rod Larrivee

It is often believe by SEO professionals that if your web site is not attracting new business, and increasing in hits on a weekly and monthly basis, then you web site has officially entered the internet world know as the “dead zone”.  Bu hiring a Search Engine Submission Company, your can help you website get out of this dead zone. There are many of these companies out there that claim to be able to help you, but do your research before you get involved with a Search Engine Submission Company.

They type of programs that a good Search Engine Submission Company will offer can vary greatly.  From a simple monthly submission to the search engines, to full optimization of your website and key words and submission to hundreds of thousands of link directories in an attempt to get back links to your site.

Just building the most beautiful website, and uploading it your server, will do nothing for you unless the search engines know you are there.  You can however wait for them, but you will be waiting some time for their crawlers to actually find your site.  Sometimes six to twelve months.

How search engines actually work is by sending what are called bots out that search the internet for new content then spider your site.  They will find you only two ways.  If you tell them directly that you are there, or if they find your website link on another important site they are already spidering.

How Google decides to show you site in the search listing for a specific search term depends on a few things.  How important and relevant Google feels your site will be to the searcher is the biggest decision factor.  The importance factor come from if the search engine actually knows you exist, and how many other sites are pointing back to your site, and how much traffic your site is receiving.  The relevant factor comes from if the contents of your site, matches what the searcher is searching for.

Now, what you want a good search engine submission company to do for you is actually four things.  Have one of their professional SEO annalists take a look at your site and ensure it is optimized properly before beginning a SEO campaign. Then manually submit your website to the top ten search engines following each of these search engines rules. Automatically submit your website to the more than 10,000 other smaller search engines also following all the submission rules.  And finally, submit you website to as many directory services possible, in the proper categories, with the proper keywords, to create as many back links as possible pointing to your website.

This type of service by a search engine submission company is not a one time thing.  It must go on for six months to a year to have any lasting effect.  During this type of campaign, it is your job to use other internet marketing tactics to help improve the ranking of your web site.

In closing, proper SEO marketing will be the do or die for your website.  Traffic is the only thing that will lead into sales.  by hiring a search engine submission company to do all this work, it can leave you to concentrate on your business, promotion, and sales.

© 2008 Rod Larrivee is a professional online marketer and SEO expert helping many online business achieve more traffic and sales to their website.  Visit his recommendation for the top Search Engine Submission Company

At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have nothing to do with one another. But many of us with ADD develop negative thinking patterns because we become frustrated by our challenges and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even harder for us to manage those challenges and move forward.

Practicing positive thinking allows people with ADD to focus on our strengths and accomplishments, which increases happiness and motivation. This, in turn, allows us to spend more time making progress, and less time feeling down and stuck. The following tips provide practical suggestions that you can use to help you shift into more positive thinking patterns:

1. Take Good Care of Yourself
It’s much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising, and getting enough rest.

2. Remind Yourself of the Things You Are Grateful For
Stresses and challenges don’t seem quite as bad when you are constantly reminding yourself of the things that are right in life. Taking just 60 seconds a day to stop and appreciate the good things will make a huge difference.

3. Look for the Proof Instead of Making Assumptions
A fear of not being liked or accepted sometimes leads us to assume that we know what others are thinking, but our fears are usually not reality. If you have a fear that a friend or family member’s bad mood is due to something you did, or that your co-workers are secretly gossiping about you when you turn your back, speak up and ask them. Don’t waste time worrying that you did something wrong unless you have proof that there is something to worry about.

4. Refrain from Using Absolutes
Have you ever told a partner “You’re ALWAYS late!” or complained to a friend “You NEVER call me!”? Thinking and speaking in absolutes like ‘always’ and ‘never’ makes the situation seem worse than it is, and programs your brain into believing that certain people are incapable of delivering.

5. Detach From Negative Thoughts
Your thoughts can’t hold any power over you if you don’t judge them. If you notice yourself having a negative thought, detach from it, witness it, and don’t follow it.

6. Squash the “ANTs”
In his book “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life,” Dr. Daniel Amen talks about “ANTs” - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like “Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me,” or “The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!” When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!

7. Practice Lovin’, Touchin’ & Squeezin’ (Your Friends and Family)
You don’t have to be an expert to know the benefits of a good hug. Positive physical contact with friends, loved ones, and even pets, is an instant pick-me-up. One research study on this subject had a waitress touch some of her customers on the arm as she handed them their checks. She received higher tips from these customers than from the ones she didn’t touch!

8. Increase Your Social Activity
By increasing social activity, you decrease loneliness. Surround yourself with healthy, happy people, and their positive energy will affect you in a positive way!

9. Volunteer for an Organization, or Help another Person
Everyone feels good after helping. You can volunteer your time, your money, or your resources. The more positive energy you put out into the world, the more you will receive in return.

10. Use Pattern Interrupts to Combat Rumination
If you find yourself ruminating, a great way to stop it is to interrupt the pattern and force yourself to do something completely different. Rumination is like hyper-focus on something negative. It’s never productive, because it’s not rational or solution-oriented, it’s just excessive worry. Try changing your physical environment - go for a walk or sit outside. You could also call a friend, pick up a book, or turn on some music.

When it comes to the corporate world, protocol is pretty much the religion. To know the things needed to do are the basics of productivity, but interaction and having a steady mind makes up the entire thing to true productivity. There are those who seem to work well even under pressure, but they’re uncommon ones and we are human and imperfect. To get these little things like stress under our skins won’t solve our problems. Sometimes it takes a bit of courage to admit that we’re turning to be workaholics than tell ourselves that we’re not doing our best.

Rod Larrivee
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The question is always asked; “How do I get people to join my network marketing business?”  The answer is quite simple - Establish a trust with them. We need to get into the prospects mind, and to do this, we need to fully understand why people join network marketing.

We all remember the day we started, and saw that presentation of that ideal opportunity, and we had our reason to join network marketing.  That was simple for us, but to discover your prospects reason, which probably is not the same as yours is a bit more difficult. Our reason of getting involved may seem a good reason for someone else to get involved, but all too often, this is where network marketers fail.

The most important part in sponsoring a new member into your network marketing business is the follow up.  If we can move people, they are more likely to join us. If we can discover why people join network marketing, discover your prospects reason, their why, they will be more likely to join you, and more likely to stay.

Let’s first go over the top seven reasons of why people join network marketing.

• 1) Extra Income. There are a lot of people today living pay check to pay check due to the rising costs of food, fuel, and housing. Many people are just looking for a few extra dollars a month, so the money stops running out before the month does.
• 2) Financial Freedom. This is a big reason that people are looking towards network marketing. Many presentations out there focus directly on this reason, but is certainly is not the only reason. If you only focus on this reason during your follow up with a prospect, you will lose more than half your prospects, as this may not be their reason.
• 3) More Time. You may be talking to a big income earner that is putting in 70 - 80 hour work weeks, that does not have time for family and friends. These people are not looking for more money, they are happy with their current income level, they just need more time with their spouse, kids and friends. They need time to travel, and enjoy life.
• 4) Retirement. This is a big one. There are so many baby boomers out there that now realize that they have not adequately planned for their retirement. Currently their income is sufficient, but they realize at the age of 60 - 65 they will not have the income coming in to support the lifestyle they are currently living. They are looking for the “Plan B”
• 5) Helping Others. This is a unique person. They are more interested in helping others achieve their dreams, than helping themselves. Everyone needs one of these people in their network marketing business. Some have already achieved financial success, and just are looking for a vehicle to share with others and help others achieve theirs
• 6) Leaving a Legacy. Some people out there are looking to set up a legacy for their family. With many good network marketing opportunities out there, this is possible.
• 7) Owning Their Own Business. There are some people that hate working for another man or woman. They would settle for half their income, if they could be their own boss.

Now, it your job to study and learn these reasons of why people join network marketing. These 7 reasons above will cover 98% of your prospects why.   You can call these the 7 motivation factors in people lives,

When you are doing a follow up with your prospect, after they have seen your presentation, it is your duty to ask them, what their motivation factor is.  They don’t care about yours; you do not even need to tell them what your reason is.  The follow up needs to be about them.

Again I reiterate that the follow up must be about them.  After you discover their reason for joining network marketing, tell them yes, you can help them achieve this, and start expanding on it.  After they join you, and many will, talk about their reason every time you speak to them and keep it in front of them always. Following this simple technique on why people join network marketing and it can vastly increase your sponsoring rate and retention rate.

©2008 Rod Larrivee

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