3) Use Your Name

It amazes me how few people actually put their name or signature on their website or product. If you are using your own website to promote your networking opportunity, then by all means let people know your name. Oh yes, and make that your REAL NAME. It may be fun or cool to refer to yourself as El-Diablo or Fat Jake or angel_eyes20 in chat rooms and discussion boards where anonymity is preferred and encouraged, but for heaven?s sake please use your real name when doing business online. The more people see your name, they more they will grow to trust you and listen to what you have to say.

If your name is difficult to pronounce in its original spelling, then simplify your first name, maybe from Yasmene to Yasmeen, but retain your last name.

Remember, people want to know that they are dealing with honest marketers, and putting your name and complete contact details in every business dealing is the way to go.

4) Let People See You

Besides having your name and signature everywhere on your website, include a picture of yourself if you can. They say a picture speaks a thousand words.

Putting a face to the name can help people remember you better. Make sure its not random picture from your 21st birthday bash or of you and your buddies in a high school band competition, I mean a serious, studio-quality photo of yourself, smiling, dressed elegantly, saying ?Hi, how can I help you?? Try this and see the difference for yourself.

When a businessperson approaches his customers with a paper bag or ski mask over his head, he will be mistaken for common thief or a con man. When he approaches them with a smile and sparkle in his eyes, they stop and listen. People will trust a face they remember.

5) Provide Valuable Free Content

This is actually easier than most people think. You don?t have to be a big success to be able to write useful content for your website. It?s just a matter of sharing your thoughts and beliefs with others. Whether others like it or not, is a whole different story. Remember that there are always people who know less than you do in any subject.

It?s just the way the world works. Some people know more on certain thing and less than others. I used to think the Internet operates something like this:

Internet Guru sells e-book > Broke Chef Buys it Because and Wants to Make Money Online > Internet Guru Makes Even More Money

Well, it might work that way in terms of learning how to make money online. But what if, on the other hand, the Big-time Guru wanted to get recipes on making a great-tasting chocolate cake or apple-pie? He would look for someone who knows something about baking, because he obviously does not! And the chef, even after reading the guru?s e-book, thinks that only successful people can write useful content, and never gets his ?home-made apple pie? recipe written and distributed freely on the inter net, with a link back to his website, where the guru can buy the chef?s whole cookbook for a reasonable price!

Well, that was just an example of how everyone can write free content. YOU know something that others may not. You just need to brainstorm a little to get ideas out and start working on them. In terms of network marketing, even writing articles about mistakes you have made, can be useful to the guy who just realized there?s this thing called the Internet. A least he knows what he must avoid, from a guy who has been there and done the mistakes before just a couple of months ago. He might even a p proach you, eager to start a network marketing career on the Internet, because he knows you?re an ordinary guy who will not try to sell him something he does not and will never need.

The possibilities are endless!

6) DO NOT Give Wrong Advice

Don?t be too eager to recommend a new software or tool to your downline organization. That is, at least, until you have achieved a reasonable amount of success with it. Giving the wrong recommendations is a sure way of killing trust in your organization, especially if people start to lose money.

If you have no solid advice to give, then give no advice at all. Simply refer people to your company?s website to get more information. This is especially important when you already have a large number of affiliates under you.

7) DO NOT Sell Junk to Your Affiliates

If your objective of building a large organization is to repeatedly e-mail them your whole collection of affiliate links and products to make a quick profit, then welcome to the club of around 1 million other quick-buck artists. These people don?t last very long in our industry, and I would generally put them in the same category as spammers. I?m really sorry if I sound a bit too harsh on this, but I really HATE this type of people! The last thing I need is my upline team sending me coupons and discount offers on flowers and kids toys. Why would I need all this? If on the other hand, they are recommending a lead generation source that they have used and provides good results, I would thank them a million times for saving me all the effort, and would gladly join, even if I know that they would be earning money when I do. Hey, after all, it?s a fair exchange!

8) Sincerely Help Others

You are often the only source of reference for your affiliates. It can be really daunting and scary for people new to the world of online MLM, and sometimes the only person they trust is you. Therefore, it is your duty to make sure that they get all the help they need, even when it might not be directly profitable to you. I once had a guy from Algeria join my organization. This guy was really motivated and contacted me several times. I told him to upgrade, as it will benefit him in many ways.

As it turned out, his country apparently did not have a credit card system. It wouldn?t take a genius to figure out that without a credit card, it would be rather difficult to do effective advertising online. In fact, it would be rather difficult for him to do almost anything online. This is a case of a non-profit situation, and it would have been all too easy for me to abandon him to his own resources. Instead, I gave him extra attention, some free leads, motivation and requested help from ou r support team. To his credit, he did a great job of keeping himself motivated. Sincerity can touch a person?s life, and I feel that the reward in this case is in the satisfaction, not the money.

9) DO NOT Use Hype

You might disagree with me on this one, so let me clearly state why I say it. The Oxford dictionary defines hype as ?To exaggerate how good or important something is?. Assume that I tell you my network-marketing business opportunity is a ?100% automated, guaranteed money-making machine. No sales and effort required! Make $10,000 in your first week, only if you join NOW!?

Did that turn you on? Maybe it did. If indeed my business can do that (which is rarely the case), then wouldn?t it be great? Everyone in this world can fire their bosses and work at home, earning thousands of dollars a day. But what if it does not? What if it actually required effort on your part, sales, a big advertising capital and know-how to make it happen? What if you don?t actually earn anywhere close to $10,000? Obviously you?ll have one affiliate less to worry about.

Keep this up, and you?ll have a networking business that works like an unplugged sink. The more water you pour into it, the more get drained out. Dropouts will occur faster than new opt-ins, merely because you mislead people with information that is inaccurate. This can cost your business a lot, especially if you?re using PPC advertising as you main source of lead generation. Real networkers use reasonable excitement, not hype, to recruit. There?s a lot of difference in that!

10) Think Long Term

Always think of your online network marketing business as a long-term project. Set long-term goals and look for mentors who can teach you. Work your business slow and steady, and you will definitely get there. Seek to build trust with affiliate members and your upline team. This may concepts more popular in 'offline network marketing?, but I honestly believe it to be true in the online version as well.

I wish you all the best in building a large network for yourself. Never give up!

Gobala Krishnan is a Powerline Team Leader with SFI Marketing Group, one of the fastest-growing network marketing affiliate programs on the Internet. He is also actively involved in traditional network marketing. You can find out more about his business opportunity by visiting http://www.quickinfo247.com/7968644.3007/FREE

bala@newagemen.com