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This brilliant….and I robbed and duplicated  from George Hartmann, Master Distributor for SponsorDaddy, an analogy with the Wizard of Oz and networking and online business building.

Dorothy wants to get back to Kansas. She proceeds down the yellow brick road and meets the Scarecrow.

What is missing with the Scarecrow? Brains.

It takes brains, wisdom, knowledge, and education, to build your network marketing business.

Who do they meet next?

The Lion! Courage is what is missing for him! What happens when you get a bump in the road when you are creating your online presence?

They proceed ahead down the yellow brick road and meet the Tin Man! His heart is missing! Do you have heart when you are in the process of branding your name? Do you keep in touch with your leaders, do you follow or Lead?

And how about motivation. Are you inspiring to listen to? Do you truly listen to prospects and have the heart to understand what they are saying?

We have Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man going to the Land of Oz. They want to find the Wizard so Dorothy can get home and the others can replace what is missing.

They encounter the Wicked Witch on their road less traveled and more!

How many times do we have a hiccup in our lives and our journey of building our business and we give up? When there are forks in the road, do we trip and say this will not work. OR Do we dust ourselves off and forge ahead?

You know the rest of the story.

What are you willing to do today to have what most people do not have?

Do Today what most people will not do and have what most people do not have!

Are you missing any of the attributes of the characters in the Wizard of Oz?

Do you want to achieve your goals for this year and beyond?

I would say the Wizard of Oz characters have mastered the skills it takes to have explosive growth in your online and network marketing business.

BE A DOROTHY AND FORAGE AHEAD NO MATTER WHAT STEPS INTO YOUR WAY!

To your success,

rebecca russell

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Great article for you to read on how to manage your business and time.  Focus!

Rebecca Russell

The Internet is great, I love it…. it brings so many people together. We can meet people, chat to them, read their work, watch their videos and see their photos all within a few minutes of getting to know them.

We can find information and research at the touch of a button these days, but still WE CAN’T SUCCEED.

10-20 years ago, the biggest issue was finding out the information, today… it’s managing it, sorting it and avoiding overwhelm!

For us internet network marketers, there are SO MANY opportunities. We get pitched a new idea, the next best thing, or the next best product every SINGLE day.

You really do need to have your FULL PROTECTION SUIT on to repel all the new opportunities and products that fly into your email inbox daily.

FOCUS is the Key! Stick to 1 or 2 things and learn them well. Decide which kind of MLM training you are going to learn and learn it well. Become an expert in one key area and teach others how to do the same.

If you can stick to one MLM opportunity and one MLM system and work it every day, you WILL succeed.

I personally find that I have to take stock of what I’m doing every week. I read through my goals, check that I’m still on track and prune my activities down to the main ones.

If you scatter your focus too much, you’ll scatter your results…. laser focus = laser sharp results.

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Jim Rohn has some fabulous quotes but I liked this one…The same wind blows on us all, it is the set of the sail that changes your life”.

What does that exactly mean?   You have three groups of people.

1. Make no changes in your life group!   You are happy with what you are doing or maybe you would like to be doing something different but don’t know how or just can’t do it.  So 10 years from now your life will be the same.  In my experience no changes usually can result in a bit of backsliding into something you would rather not be doing.  Especially  in today world  with the internet moving so quickly, everyday technology is changing so you may end up in a “you snooze and you lose” situation.
2. I will wait and see what others do group! There are a lot of people that are dreamers.  Tomorrow I will do this or that but tomorrow comes and nothing happens.  Some people are just too afraid to stick their toe out there,  outside of that safe zone.   Some of us have people that will help us with our dreams but we  really are not listening.   As a result nothing changes   These are the people that are going to wait and see if it works for someone else and then maybe make a few changes.  The problem with that is the opportunity may be gone.
3. Or the let gets started group! These are the people that  have a vision or dream and they know in their heart they are going to achieve.  They are not afraid to make mistakes, are willing to listen, and will take chances. This definitely is not the easy route but it is the only way changes occur.  Yes there will be failures,  maybe even a lose of money but if you are going to make changes and set the sail for where you are going it does take some courage to step out of that comfort zone.  After some very hard work the end result,  you will gain  more confidence, pride in your accomplishments and the knowledge that you have chosen your path, your destiny, your course of action.

I can speak from experience. I have over the last years and especially this past year have been learning how to explode by network marketing business online.  At first I thought that I was out of my league.  I am of the retirement generation so the computer was like this great big foreign box sitting in the room.  But I did #3,  I set my sail and just did it.  I have had lots of help, took classes, listened to all videos and tapes available, asked  questions when I didn’t really know what to ask, but one year later I am on course.  No, I am not done, because as I go I need to keep trimming my sails.   As I see it the journey is not over, life and things change, so must  I.

JUST DO IT…SET YOUR SAIL TOWARDS YOUR GOALS!

I agree with Jim Rohn  says, “The same wind blows on us all, it is the set of sail that changes your life”.

Wishing you massive success,

rebecca russell

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WHAT IS AN ALEXA RATING?

Alexa is a subsidiary of Amazon.com that ranks every single website on the internet and  measures the amount of traffic to that site. Only those with an alexa toolbar installed can be included in the ranking.

The alexa toolbar is located at the bottom on a website page in the lower right hand corner. Place your cursor over the word alexa and a number will appear. Anything under 1,000,000 is good and better to be under 500,000. Naturally, the lower the number the better which should mean there is more traffic to this website.

How do you get a lower alexa ranking the honest way is to write good blog posts regularly, have other alexa websites owners make comments on your blog posts, connect other social sites to your website i.e. facebook, twitter, plus many others, be truthful in your information that you do post, and I like to add visuals.

To install the alexa toolbar just google alexa on the internet and follow the directions.

To conclude, there are many opinions about the importance of the alexa ratings, read some of the other articles on the web and make your own decision. I like to apart of the alexa rankings because it does give me some idea how much internet presence I have, that the search engines and others are reading and looking at my site.

To your internet success,

Rebecca Russell

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HI I AM BACK.  It took me 2 months to switch my blog from one host to another.  I will advise that any time you want to host a blog be sure that you:

• ask others what they are using
• search the different sites
• check to see if  they have live chat available  24 hrs a  day
• and most importantly that  can you really contact them
• These are important issues to pay attention to when searching for hosting your blog.

IT TOOK PERSISTENCE and believe me I thought I was going to cry.  I had taken a great class to learn how to set up a blog and post good articles, set up widgets etc.  And my alexa rating was in the low 300,000, which was  good.

But I needed to move my blog and I needed to pick a new host.  Well the old host failed to pass on to me any of the necessary database especially the usertable info which created a huge problem.  Luckily for me my new host was clever and could thru search and discovery was able to pull out my information.

RESULTS:  I am back up and happy.  My alexa rating has gone back up to 700,000 but I know with some good posts and added widgets and traffic I will be able to lower my alexa rating.

Wishing you all the best of luck,

rebecca russell

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Network Marketing Tips:  Last night I just listened to Steve Amundsen, SEO expert talked about the importance of keywords in article writing for your online blogs.

Are you looking for internet presence?  Do you want online network marketing to work for you?  Then you should take heed to the information that I learned last night on my Lighthouse Marketing call.

1. The point of online network marketing is to generate free leads or contacts to your business.

2. A blog is the easiest way to generate links and traffic to your business.  You can set up a free blog or it is best to have a hosted blog (which I have).

3.  Decide what you selling, what is your business about…health products, organic gardening, red tennis shoes, etc.

4.  Before you start writing an article or post do a keyword search.  A keyword search will let you know what word or phrases people are searching on the internet and how many times.  It would be a waste of time to write about something that no one is searching.  To find out what people are searching go to…Google Adwords.

5. Then write your article about your keyword.  Use the keyword in the title, in the body of the article, and at the end.

6.  Content of your article should original, not all copied.  Search Engines are looking for good content.  Eventually you will become an expert and your name will appear in the top 10 sites  searched for that subject.

I found these network marketing tips valuable to my online network marketing business.

Wishing you success in your business,

rebecca russell

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Running a one-person business is a creative, flexible and challenging way to become your own boss and chart your own future. It is as much about creating a new life as it is about making a living. It takes courage, determination and foresight to decide to become an entrepreneur, especially if you are venturing into the unchartered territories of business from the relatively safe cocoon of the corporate world, where paychecks arrive regularly.

There is no secret formula to determine if your business will be all you dreamed, however most successful entrepreneurs have the following characteristics:

• PERSEVERE AND HAVE FAITH…no one said the road to success is easy. Despite your good intentions and hard work you will have setbacks but your courage to persist in the face of adversity and your ability to bounce back after a temporary disappointment will assure your success. You must learn to pick yourself up and star all over again.
• FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS…You cannot be everything to everybody. Each of us has our own strengths and weaknesses. You must identify what they are and channel your efforts into the areas that you best  and seek help or assistance in areas you were you are poor. Learn to transform your weaknesses into strengths, consider taking training classes.
• BE WILLING TO LEARN…You do not need to MBA or PhD to be successful in your business. In fact, studies show that most self-made millionaires have average intelligence but in order to succeed were willing to learn.  You must be willing to ask questions and remain curious, interested and open to new knowledge and in this day of fast moving changes in technology it would be wise to now how to market on the internet.
• HAVE GOALS…..You have a vision and you have the faith in yourself to believe that you can achieve your dreams or goals. But do you know how to get to your dream and goals?  It is easier if you  have a concrete plan that will provide the steps toward your ultimate goal. Put that goal in writing, place in a location that you can see it everyday otherwise it is just a fantasy. Start each day with a list of things that you need to do that day to move closer to your goal. Your ability to set goals and make plans for your accomplishment are the skills necessary to succeed.
• NEVER CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE…As an entrepreneur you need to fully believe in your goals and that what you are doing will better your environment/mankind and personal self. You should alway have a strong faith in your ideas, capabilities and self and believe beyond a shadow of a doubt you have the ability to achieve your goal. Your confidence in achieving your goal should be balanced with calculated risk you need to take.
• CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO NETWORK…In business, you are judged by the company you keep. Great business people are always looking for ways make alliances with people who can help you and whom you can help in return. To succeed in business, you need to possess good networking skills and always be alert to opportunities to expand your contacts.
• THINK SUCCESS…To attain the kind of success you want, you need to have big dreams and a clear vision of what you want to achieve. You should actively visualized success in your mind until you can almost feel that it is within your reach. Management gurus have taught us the power of visualization-you can have what you want if you can simply envision it i.e. if you want to be rich, picture yourself in luxurious surroundings holding a fat bank book. Play this image back in your mind every opportunity. What does it feel like? How will it change your life? What will your business look like if you achieve the million-dollar mark? The process of envisioning success should be a constant activity; you need to think that you are (or will be) successful every single waking hour of every day.
• WORK HARD…Every successfully entrepreneur works hard, very hard. No one achieves success just by sitting and thinking about it all day. Personal  success coach Brian Tracy put it this way “You work eight hours per day for survival, everything over eight hours per day is for success.” Successful business owners put in a lot hours to get started, anywhere from 10-60 hours per week. If you are in the star-up phase of your business, you will have to breathe, eat and drink your business until it can stand on its own. Working hard will be easy if you have a vision, clear goals and are passionate.
• BE PASSIONATE…Success in business is all about patience and hard work, which can only be attained if you are passionate about your goals. Entrepreneurs who succeed don’t mind the fact they are putting in lots of hours per day,  because they absolutely love what they are doing. They  know success will comes easily because they love what they do. Why? Because people are more relentless in the pursuit of goals they love. If you hate your job, do you think you will ever be successful  or care? No way, you may plod along, even become competent at the your job but you will never be a great success at it because you are not passionate about it.. You will start a business to change some or all of your life. To attain this, you need to develop or uncover an intense, personal passion to change the way things are and live your life to the fullest.
• LIFE IS SHORT….Life is too short to not to live each day with passion.

rebecca russell

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How many of you are still working your network marketing the traditional way;

· weekly meetings

· phone calling purchased leads

· talking and maybe bugging your warm market

· passing out your company promotional materials.

What about the newest, coolest, and most used method of communication today.

That’s right the internet. Isn’t it important that you get your business in front of the most eyes possible. By the end of 2007 there will be more than 1.2 billion people on the internet, according the Internet World Stats.

Why aren’t you using this great modern piece of technology to promote your business, online network marketing.

These are some of the benefits:

• Your contact list will expand greatly
• People looking for an internet marketing business will find you online
• Serious minded business partners will be able to find you
• Less of MLM objections
• You can eliminate the need to ask family and friends to look at your business,
• No more worries about what the business attire is for the business meetings, you can dress how you want
• No more set 9am -5pm hours, the internet is open all day, even on holidays
• No more commuting to the office, the office can be steps away
• Reduce the costs of working out of the home; childcare, gas, lunches, and clothes
• To open up your business, the overhead costs are minimal
• If you have a laptop you can carry your office with you
• Global market at your finger tips
• The internet is available to all of us
• Easier to expand your business, you teach others to duplicate what you are doing

Hope this has been helpful

Rebecca Russell

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· AARP statistics state, to achieve a retirement income of $60,000 a year, the baby boomers(Americans born between 1946-1964) will need:

*$1200 a month from Social Security

*and $1800 from a retirement fund

*and then will still need to have investments of $700,000.

· Most retirees do NOT have that kind of money put away for retirement….. they have been living too much in the “here and now”, keeping up with family needs, and inflation therefore putting little or no money into any investment program.

· For the baby boomers, now is the time to be looking at this, work with a financial advisor, go to planning clinics in your areas, talk to your friends and family and find out what they are doing.

For me, I am doing it now, multiple streams of income.

· Just don’t wait.

· You may have to make some sacrifices and make some changes to do this.

· It’s never too late to get started…no matter what age.

· Bottom line, you do not want to outlive your money$$$$$$$

To your excellence,

Rebecca Russell

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