Answers To A Series Of Questions: The REAL TALK Life Of An Internet Marketer

I was recently ask a series of questions from one of my Facebook group member. He is considering Network marketing as a way to generate extra income as he faces retirement after 30 years in the workforce. 

I was humbled, when he inquired that he had read a few of my posts and articles. Feeling that I had a "wealth of knowledge" for which he could pull from.

In reflection, as I replied to him, that I have been doing this online networking for over 15+ yrs. That I am in fact, NO guru nor marketing sensation. Yet, what I can offer, are facts, hard knocked real world experiences in an industry that is some what saturated and can be misleading. Yet, one can create a worth while income if one is serious about their ultimate goal........to network using the internet to generate an extra income source.

I have also re-published a couple of articles from a few years back to include along side this post. I have title them "Back to the Basic Series" that follows. Tagged below:

 Back To The Basic Series: Web Presence - When Marketers Need To Network Market

Back To The Basic Series: What Is SEO.....Search Engine Optimization?

I would like to start this article with this proven reality. There are many many roads that you can and will travel down in your pursuit of  success in this industry. Whether you travel by MLM (multi-level-marketing), direct-sales and/or affiliate/referral marketing. The methods for which you will acquire your brand/name recognition,  generate leads and the product and services you choice to associate with will require effort. Nothing ever in my life have I done, wanted or that was worthwhile.......came easy or without setbacks, disappointments and failures. POINT BLANK!

This is life's law, and when it comes to money, there is plenty of it out there in the world for sure. But no-one, no-one is just going to give it to you nor will it come instantly. Keep that within your common view points as you journey along your ventures.



As you will find out as you read on, I will be honest, yet simple. In the last few years, a fav. quote of mine has been just that "simplicity is simple". As with many of life's episodes, difficulties generally become even more challenging when they are dealt with negatively or with complexity. 

"LIFE is really not that complicated (especially now, in our modern age state), humans just make it that way!"

 To start off with, my last 3-5 post/articles are re-prints from 2009 - 2011. I'm republishing them as they not only apply to my current projects, yet are taken it back to the basics. Again, keeping it simple. 


Once your foundation is secured, all other endeavors can now be built upon this infrastructure. So please indulge yourselves in my previous articles after you have read my reply to my fellow colleague.

QUESTIONS ASKED:

Who is your target market ?? How do you promote your service?? What are the most effective channels of communication?? What are your biggest challenges and your biggest success?? Would you change anything that you have , looking back ?? 

I will be as straight forward and honest..........as that would be my best advice.

Be honest, always be upfront & truthful. Because this will have a direct effect on what I feel is the most important aspect of your business/company..........
Your name aka your "Brand"!

Below are the stages I went through in the transformation of my logo and image. I started this journey for him, my son.....my why!
(WE) would always remind me that it wasn't just about the WEalth, but WE (Him & ME!). As the times of trials and life's tribulations arose, it would also become my motivation. To never forget why I began this quest.

   

For me, my tactic/strategy was whether straight forward. Wehit has been in circulation for a few years now. The thought process into the name stems from people who are always interested in wealth building, health & wellness. Which is the #1 product for online marketer, plus it was actually what I started out marketing. I was with a company called "Legacy For Life" which is something like i26 now. Of course, the internet and technology is everywhere. Wealth Health & Internet Technology acronym for WE.H.I.T. Along side the fact, I wanted us (WE, my son & I) to hit it big on our own terms.



When you work as hard as you will, put in the insane amounts of time and spend the types of $$$ to acquire clients & consumer. The last thing you want, is to lose him/her over distrust.





As you've seen recently, for example, the Wynn Resorts. A very successful venture for all these years. Then wham! A bad practice, lie or of course, the mistreatment of your employee, client or customer. Everything you worked for is swept from underneath you within a blink of an eye.

For years his brand will be tarnished. (I believe they are selling the brand resorts) With the #metoo movement in full swing. Yea.....probably the best business move.

But if you were a little mom & pop business your brands reputation would be a bit more costly, even devastating.
So yes, always treat everyone you come in contact with the utmost respect. As you will see later on, longtime clients/consumer relationship may become long time friendship relationship.

The Internet can be unforgiving

When people see your name, brand, logo or anything that you are associated with. You want something "positive" to be the first thing that comes to their mind.   

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I guess the next question I'll tackle real quick would be, would I change anything hindsight? 

You know, we all in hindsight can be assured this rosy path to our goals and successful outcome of our ventures. If only we did this or changed that. Fact is, life doesn't work like that. We live and we learn. We apply, we do and we respond to the re-actions of our actions. 

Internet marketing, just as most businesses is a funny business. When I first made the conscious decision to pursue online marketing as a way to make an income........I was working in the prison system, running a mobile D.J. business, doing music production work, on call for a moving company (Mayflower). After my daughters wedding, I found out I was going to be a dad again. (I have two older children from a previous relationship that had ended several years earlier.) 

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I stayed busy......what I learn before about raising children is they grow up fast. As much as I tried to be in my two oldest life, when you looking at them at 20ish, you still question yourself. Wondering, could I have been there more? Looking at two grown people that you watched morph from tiny babies. Does a little mojo on your psyche. Knowing that I now will be going through this again, what was I going to do this time. 

I had some sales experience (Funny thing is I really didn't like sales, remember being honest) I sold computers, TV's but mainly audio equipment. Big screen TV's was the rage, bag (bricks) phones on the raise. Try convincing people to pay $1 - $3 a minute to make a phone call, where you had to be in a certain location because of limited coverage. When a phone booth call cost between 15 & 25 cents. 

When I would sale audio, my main gig, due to my background in sound and recording engineering. I knew my equipment pretty well. Yet, we were trained/told to upgrade customers. I always stayed within the top 3 sales leader-board. And I didn't consider myself a salesperson. what I did was sell what people needed. I'd ask them what they plans were, how long they expected to use their equipment. Fill them in on the future of audio & video. In other words, I was educating them along the way. They became my repeat customers. 

They would even pay me to come to their homes and set up they equipment. Remember back then, you start talking about left & right channels, Dolby surround sound, center, rear speaker hook-up, syncing Dvd/laser disc players with Cd players and cassette decks to receivers. Well.......most people just want it set and play. 

What I'm getting at, when we talk about hindsight, comes from my most important quote ever. I use this a lot........
"Everything Happens for a reason" 

You read into the road/path ahead of you and take what was giving to you yesterday and grow with it ~ win or lose! If I was to take even a little something and changed it.......would the message/lesson afforded me or someone else, get to it's destination. Our mistakes are our life's lessons. Some of us need a few knocks to get it right, some get it right off the bat. 

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As business & entrepreneurs, those mistakes and set-back are what makes you stronger and hopefully grow. I can't change anything hindsight......but I can use what I've learned yesterday to better my path tomorrow. So should you.

Our goals are one big picture puzzle. In our minds we see it. We can plan it out on paper for clarity. Yet, it is when we execute, fall down and get back up, when we appreciate the little gains over the huge setbacks. We put a little piece of that puzzle together. The more pieces we get to collect or learn and apply it the base of the puzzle....... the clearer that puzzle, that picture becomes.

 

Next I'll cover targeted audience, there's a couple of ways to look at this. Your audience will be determined by your product or service. It's really that simple. Once you've provide the internet a means to finding you.......website/blog. That's where you start on SEO, Search Engine Optimization. Your product/service will determine your keywords and phrases that you will use. 

As for products or services,  you may come across some that will say concentrate on one product or services. And yes, that's fine. Especially if you are new to this industry. Focus on setting up your brand and establishing SEO. But you will soon fine out.......let me use the following as an example. 

Go into any store, restaurant or shop. You will not find any of these places with just one item. You won't go into the grocery store to find just one product, into a restaurant, and only one item on the menu or at service shop, where they offer just one kind of service. 

Why then would you spend amazing amount of time and energy building on one item. You want to build for expansion. This is called multi-streams of income. The wealthy use this simple method always.

Do you need a sales funnel to help sell your products or services?

 I'm going to address the two questions on promotions & effective communication channels as one. It will be some what short and sweet. (I think) Establishing your brand, your identity online as your foundation. This will start a domino effect as you apply a multitude of strategies along the way. 


First, you will find that there will be an endless sources of marketing materials at your disposal. They will range from free to $1000s. Take your time. Because you first want to figure out what your niche or identifying trait will become. Meaning, what will people come to associate you with. 

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As you pin point a direction you want to travel. Keep in mind these thoughts. This will be a long term endeavor. (This is a business, remember to build it as that) You will be able to do most of the work via internet/computer/smartphone. 

With that being said, remember you want this to be a passion not a job! So, think about the things you like, what are you comfortable with and what will you want to do consistently that you will have fun doing. Believe me, with all the time & effort necessary in putting your business all together. It is less stressful when you are happy and passionate about it's what you are doing and about it's outcome. 

What hobbies do you like, what are you interests? What are your talents, jobs skills? Apply those in your business plan! Yes, internet marketing can have a business plan, this is your future business and income stream. Business plans help you focus on the details that easily get overlooked. When you have these in place.....realize that this leads to your knowledge base. You should be a bit comfy talking, writing and promoting what you know. There is where you will find your target audience. There you will find your avenues to products and/or services to exploit. 



As for channels to market. Every place, every outlet and every medium is a potential exposure, client or sales. Money is everywhere. So you must get your brand, product and service to the masses (a narrowed target mass of course). Offline, flyers, talk about what you do to people.



Remember, you should involve yourself with products & services you are passion about. 

Things that you like, are interested in or hobbies. All you really are doing then is talking about what you love and oh by the way.......you have a product or service attached to it. 

Challenges in internet marketing are establishing your network and capturing quality leads. I said earlier, money is everywhere. Yet, people are hard pressed to come up off of it.

Simply start with what you are comfortable with in terms of the different types of services to use. Your main focus will be the use of "SALES FUNNELS", this will help build your "LIST". 

But get solid in the uses of your essentials.........websites, blogs, writing style and the use of social media outlets. Then explore paid services. You will go into them with a much better understanding of their effects and worth.

My biggest success?
.........finding and building relationships. Your business is consumer oriented. You are socializing. Make them apart of your family. On all my different media outlets, the ones that are still around. Stayed around even though they were at one point or another a client/consumer then dropped out or stop buying product. Yet, because of the relationship built, they are still in my circle today. 

I still have what are now my personal friends, that were merely online marketer back when I started. So I actually build my friendship base along the way. Some have help me deal with issues as I was raising my son solo. He's a teenager now....and trying to be a grow-up before he really is. "Sign!" And a few have been a blessing because there were times I'd be online or call and have met, talk with him. So he also knows a few of them from when he was like 5 or 6 yrs. old. 

Everything happens for a reason........Do what you love, give it 100% and it just works out in some form or another. Again, I haven't made my millions yet......but all that effort, knowledge from the past, it sure is shaping that future! Live & learn.......LIFE of an online marketer!

Continued success & blessings
Andrew "1stPeacemaker" Hayes

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SUPER SIZE Your Life: Personal Strategic Plan

"Let's Do This" in 2018! 

(This years motto for me)

I know you want to achieve specific goals and enjoy tremendous success this year. It's not that hard to do--especially when you have the right tools.

That's why I'm writing to you today.


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What if you ran your life the way the greatest and most successful CEO's in the world run their companies?

Do you think you'd be more successful, more accountable, and much more focused on getting results?




Sound like a "crazy" idea? 

Well, it shouldn't.

Imagine for a moment that your life is a business.




Your goal should be to get the highest return possible on the investment of yourself in everything you do.

In other words, your time and your energy - mental, emotional and physical energy - are investments.

Your time and energy are your personal equity.

A business wants to maximize how it invests its equity, because in business, everyone knows and understands that equity is limited.

We have only so much.

Isn't the same true of your personal time and energy?

So it makes sense then, that you need to strategically plan how your investments are being made, so that you can maximize them to get what you want.

That's why when I previewed this powerful program, I immediately wanted to tell you all about it too, because this IS the answer to getting your ticket punched!

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The Wealthy Smell Opportunity - That's Where They Go

Shut up & just do what the wealthy do!

   In an earlier post, Wall street & the stock market  I mentioned that it seems the wealthy just know where the money is.  They smell it and that's where they'll be. I'm sure there's a little more to it than that. Yet, it would be quite impressive if that were true. 

   What they do have, is they share traits that are consistent with each other. They are entrepreneurs, constantly looking for opportunity. They are disciplined, self motivated & go-getters. 

   You don't have to tell them to put an effort into a project. First in - last out! They want shit to get done. Which brings into play an obvious trait.......leadership. In order to have their vision brought to fruition, they must be able to delegate the right team players to produce the required performance.

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   On the other side of that, are those with the negative notion that the rich just get richer. Which actually is a true statement. But to some, being rich or wealthy has a negative stigma attached to it in their mind. Of course, this clearly would have a profound effect on a persons ability to engineer a profitable wealth building strategy.  

   Without fully understanding their reasons for wealth deficiency, they tend to just has a negative outlook on the rich and affluent. Let's just call it what it is........HATERS!  ok

   To be honest with you, once you're rich, is there any other way to go?  SAVE & INVEST, there's only a certain amount of material things one can buy. (most wealthy citizens, are not generally flashy) Only so many properties you can reside at. How much money can you spend in a day. At which point, logic would entitle one to invest it into something worthwhile and be charitable. 

   If you work arduously to gain wealth and a good life. Would you want to go back to anything less? Of course not! 


  My view point is this, if I knew someone had one million dollars and by the next year they were broke. I'd be a bit upset at them. How could someone blow away a million dollars?  Yes,  I'd be disappointed cause I know I would have done something differently.

   
   How many of us have been at the office or workplace. And been asked, what would you do if you had a million dollars?

   Now, I've been in this scene a few times myself. And 85% of the time, people have had a fairly decent response on their spending habits with that million dollar.

   Paying off  bills, buying a home, giving a little something to their closest relatives are the typical responses.

   However, I love it when I hear the ones that get a bit more defined. Knowing about savings, investing and buying property. 

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   Before we go into the body of this post, which is doing what the wealthy do to remain financially independent. I  also want to take a look at several view points surrounding the pros & cons about wealth! Along with some of the causes why there are people who never obtain prosperity while others do. 
Sometimes over & over again.

When it comes to wealth & riches.........

Let's make one thing perfectly clear that the two are different. Yes, they really are.

Rich - technically is having enough money for a comfortable living today. One can afford the luxury of life NOW!

Wealthy - in it's simplicity, the wealthy are rich for generations. Wealthy beings have not only their children life's financially secured. They have their grandchildren children secured.


  

 The theme itself  (creating wealth or riches) can be a little like politics to some. Sure, most people want to EARN their fair share. Even aim to become a little secure & comfortable with the abundance in life. 

   Some will and have commit unspeakable crimes to control it. And be controlled by it.  Others fear it all together. Being as.......
Money is the root of ALL evil!

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   I personally, struggled for years with my own demons. One of them being that money would change me. Or I would forget where I came from if I was to wealthy. (You would be amazed at how many feel like this). Another was my negative sub-conscious mindset. Mine, the fear that I might not be around tomorrow, so I'll live and spend day by day, pay check to pay check. Many others do just that in their own lives.....sabotage their future with reckless financial thinking.

   Which brings us to the core of this post.....changing the way we think about money. Doing what the wealthy do, point blank!  There's nothing wrong with being wealthy. Nothing at all. That's just it! The only unsound belief in becoming wealthy would be how one gains that wealth status. An honest hard working effort, should NOT demean anyone from enjoying their spoils nor the lifestyle because of your assets! 

   Those of us who have had that negative mentality, have to realize that somewhere somehow, someone or something implanted a virus in our conscious that has conditioned us to that way of thinking. It did not happen over night and will not be cure nor debug/rewire itself over night! 

   You must simply, re-condition your thoughts. You must want to be wealthy. Picture yourself in that nice home, taking great trips. Surrounding yourself with readings, pictures, videos and people who you will interact with on that level. 

   Mapping out a plan, fine tuning those steps every single day. It's one thing to see or dream the end goal yet, entirely another level to get there. 

   Picturing yourself helping others, because giving back is essential to wealth building. But, you must help yourself first in order to be able to help someone else. To empower others you must first empower yourself. 

   Wealthy people believe it or not, generally don't spend crazy money. Just cause they can doesn't mean they do. If you think about it, that would seem to go hand in hand with being wealthy. Mostly, because they invest.

   Control self-gratification. Stop living day-2-day. Learn saving techniques, budgeting habits. 

    Stop putting off tomorrow what can be done today! Just get it done and out the way. And move on to the next step or goal.

   It will take time. There will be many up's & down's, setbacks......disappointments, rejections not to mention failures. All of which are needed so that you will learn what you are really made of. To build up character & strength.

Failure is the must ingredient in a well done success story. 

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   To be honest with you, as I wrote in my success/failure. Failures and setbacks in our lives are simply a test. Do you really want what you are going after? 

   See, winner don't quit right? You are not failing nor undeserving of riches. You must also master the achievement, respect it, along with appreciating the efforts it took to fulfill it.

   Those that receive money fast, most likely will lose it the same way. That scenario has been played out time & time again. Ask any drug dealer, there are plenty of lottery winner that'll tell you the same. Whether they learned the hard way.

If one....lives by the sword - surely they will die by the sword.

   Earn it by honest hard work, play hard honestly. Hard effort includes putting in sacrifices. Giving up the now for the tomorrows. 

   Remember we are changing our thought process, the attitudes & those nasty bad habits.

   Understanding that once those old habit and thought patterns are broken. You can now began to think in earning money passively.  You will still need to put in the work, the 9-5  or even overtime. Because you must now think about having while putting that money to work for you. 

   What is your goal......do you have a meaningful reason behind getting wealthy. 

What is your WHY? 

This must become your passion. 

   Have something that gets a fire lit underneath that ass. Believe me, when you are passionate about something you're going to go for it. You're going to want to get it done. That's when you know your heart is in it for the long haul.  That it's a true destiny and not just a fad nor wish.

   You are going to have to take risk, get use to it. Do the necessary research, footwork and due diligence. Remember, at times actions will not always come out in your favor. You will understand why it didn't later. These are your learning curves. It could be telling you, it's time to do something different or try harder. Time will inform you on which!

Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over again then expecting a different result.  

That above statement was put there for a reason. Read, learn & carry it within you. 

        It does mean something!

  Passive income simply means you are making money without you directly participating in the venture. A savings account is a passive income. It is sitting in a bank making you more money without you doing anything more than the initial work.

   Writing a book, producing a song or music album, making a movie. Opening up some franchised stores ALL are passive income. What do they ALL have in common?

Doing something once, get paid over & over again for the effort.

   Owning rentals, investments  & real estate are also passive income. And here we are. The point in which this post supplements.

Warren Buffet says it clearly, "Don't depend on a single source for income (to build wealth). Make investments that create multiple sources."

Invest, investing & investments 

Yes, another  attribute the wealthy & rich ALL have in common? They invest!

   They take their money, buy into an investment and hold onto it for a long long time. Over time as the markets whether it be stocks & bonds gradually climb. So does their value as well as their profits. It sounds simple and it is yet. The hard part is your initial monetary investments. You first must come up with the investment dollars, then learn how to pick great stocks and study how the market system works.

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   As we continue further along these postings, we will dissect the many path that will strengthen our knowledge base. It will seem daunting, confusing even tedious. One lesson we surely will gain........patience. Patience will win the game. Building you a secure financial network must include it.

  So you might be thinking, yeah not for me. Maybe YOU are one of those that have that bad habit, falling into your old caution or fearful of failure ways. 
   That is why I put those words at the top of the page.........

SHUT UP........JUST DO WHAT THEY DO! 

Then get WEALTHY

  

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