It is very important to take as much action as possible to market yourself and build up a good reputation and develop relationships online if you are to make a success of your MLM or online network marketing business.

1. Blogging For Success

In the old days people used to have traditional websites but these offer no interaction and are often difficult to edit and change.

The best direction to go is to have a word press blog. Word press is a free upload on most hosting sites. I use Blue Host but you can chose from lots of others.

Some themes offer more help with content than others, I

use Socrates as it does most of the work for you as well as offering great monetising choices, but you can use many more if you wish.

A blog, updated regularly and followed up with good information and perhaps video content in an autoresponder newsletter, offers your customers a unique opportunity to have a two way relationship with you.

Providing buttons and stuff to offer interaction on the site is good too. You can add Twitter and Facebook account links on your front page . It can be fun.

This will give a voice to your brand and allows you to provide great, no obligation information that people can use to build their business and begin to trust you enough to join you in yours.

A great training resource on blogging which I am always happy to recommend is the Blog Success Team. They helped me enormously.

Go here for Blog Success

2. Your Email

This is a real easy one!! Use a signature block in your emails that you send out. Include your name, website address, tagline (if you have one) or one-liner highlighting your area of expertise, and any other contact information you want in front of your potential customers.
3. Get Social

There are social networks for everyone and everything! Social networks allow you to expand your own network and tap into the connections of others with similar interests. Be professional, consistent and genuine in all of your social networking endeavors and you never know what doors will open!

Forums such as Warrior Forum are another form of social networking and source of great advice and information on how to succeed online. Find forums that are in your area of expertise or your potential customers area of interest and get involved. e.g. just go to www.google.com and key in MLM or Network Marketing Forums. Add your url in the signature. Ask questions and answer questions, be genuine and willing to give before you expect to receive anything!
4. Be Part of a Two Way Conversation

Develop a list of other sites that encourage two way conversation and get involved. Leave meaningful comments on posts that interest you. Always use your first name or recognized nickname when leaving a comment. Do not insult the site owner by leaving “keywords” in place of your name – I usually delete those comments here. Do leave the URL of your website in the URL field (when available) and use an email address that works in the event that the site owner would like to continue the conversation directly with you.

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