When you use traditional methods to promote mlm many times you run the risk of loosing your friends and family. Many companies today still hold fast to the traditional way of promoting your business which is to make a list of one hundred people you come in contact with and tell them about your business. This is called pitching your business. If you have build a downline before using this method that's great, but most people lack the skills needed to be successful in that type of marketing and it does more harm then good to their personal lives.

By you continually keep hounding your friends and family to join your business and tell them how great it is, in time they will start avoiding you like the plague.

Lets face it if you promote mlm in this way you will eventually run out of people to talk to and will have to do one of three things, buy leads, start talking to every one you meet about your business or start generating your own leads. Calling cold purchased leads rarely gets you favorable results especially is you are not a pro at selling. A lot of those leads will not be the nicest people to talk to and if you are new to the game of mlm it could cause you to lose your enthusiasm with is very important for success.

The three foot rule is very tricky to master and most mlm business owners fail miserably at it because they either try to pitch their business opportunity or are to afraid to start a conversation with a stranger.

Promoting mlm using the Internet is extremely powerful, if you know how to go about it, you will never have to pitch your friends again. You can use it for marketing on a small or zero budget or on a large budget because there are a lot options for marketing mlm on the Internet. If you have a large budget for your marketing you can use PPC, (pay per click ), ezine advertising just to name a few options. You can even outsource all this if you don't have the time to learn or don't want to do this by yourself. But again if you don't know how to prospect and sell you could spend a lot of money in the learning curve of trying to learn how to prospect.

If you have a very small or no budget for marketing it is smart use one the following marketing strategies, they are free but will cost you your time:

- Facebook
- Twitter
- Myspace
- Blogs
- Forums
- Articles
- List builders

All these are fantastic ways of generating leads for your business, that is, if done correctly or they could be a waist of time and the little money you do have. If you want your marketing to be effective the trick here is to not market your mlm. Many mlm marketers that are using these strategies are not using them successfully because of the reason that they are not promoting themselves. They promote mlm instead of themselves and their system. Many network marketers don't market their own marketing style that will attracts quality prospects to them, who are looking for not just an opportunity but a leader who can mentor them to success.

Your friends, family and people on the internet don't really care about your mlm business but they are interested in making their dreams real and are looking for someone who can show them how to do this that is why you should market yourself to become a leader who can show them how.

If you promote yourself and show a system of marketing that will show them how to marketing so they will never have to buy a lead or any bug your friends ever again. Stop promoting mlm and start promoting yourself as a mentor and prospects will start chasing you because you developed trust as someone who can show them to reach their financial goals.

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