One of the best ways to attract leads is to teach what you learned
“You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.”
Brian Tracy, Law of Attraction
When do you think you can apply teaching knowledge?
A lot of you may think you have to put in a couple of years or maybe you have to get some type of certification or degree in order to show people how to market, which is definitely not so.
As long as you’re learning and applying what you learn, you can definitely share the knowledge no matter if you’re a 5 year network marketing veteran or a 3 month old network marketing newbie.
It’s true that a lot of marketers that put in time can now find it easy to sponsor 3, 4, or 5 people a month in their business, but keep in mind that they put in a LOT OF TIME and BUILT A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS to get to that point.
Now how do beginners get the piece of the pie?
My suggestion is, if you’re a beginner, you’re main focus for the first 3 months is to build as many relationships as possible with your target market.
Adding 10, 20, or if possible 30 people a day to your friendlist on social media sites during that time is crucial.
At the same time, you want to pick a strategy and relentlessly listen to trainings, catching webinars and read blog posts as much as possible.
We all have busy lives, and for a lot of us, we find it hard to make it to a lot of trainings, but the great thing about the internet is that the majority of them are recorded for you to listen to or watch at a convenient time.
Another great thing about the internet is that it’s made it very convenient for us network marketers to BRAND OURSELVES.
To all of the veterans out there, the word branding, sounds cliche, and everywhere you turn, someone has a blog post about BRANDING.
But the fact of the matter is that we all know that it’s very powerful and if done right, will enable you to attract many leads, and eventually result in sponsoring many people.
Now for all of the newbie network marketers, BRANDING is another way of building a great reputation or self-image.
This is why committing yourself to personal development is so vital for your success.
If you haven’t already, check out my post entitled:
WHY WOULD YOU FOCUS ON YOUR MINDSET TO FUEL YOUR SUCCESS?
So let me ask you:
What can you do each day in order to attract people to you?
Well one way is to become of value to people.
This is where both your networking skills and marketing skills will come into play.
From all of the trainings and your experiences you are becoming knowledgeable whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, and you may have the answers to many of the questions that come up.
If you can answer some of the questions that a lot of people are asking then you would start to attract people and get leads right? 
So where do you find these people who need answers? Well you can join MLM social media groups and tribes, but one website that I do recommend is FOCUS.COM
It’s one way that allows you to brand yourself as an “expert”.
Within the site, there are 9 industries to choose from, but in our case we would chose the marketing industry.
There you can answer common marketing questions about setting up blogs, email campaigns, how to set up capture pages, prospecting, etc…
Also, there are times that we have questions that need to be answered. Within the site you can ask away, and when someone answers your questions, an email will be automatically sent to you.
So whether you’re a veteran or a new person, as long as you are always learning, applying, and sharing you will definitely be a prospect magnet, especially with sites like FOCUS.COM
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Excellent info Sherman! We didn’t know about Focus.com, we’ll definitely check it out! Thank you for this very informative and helpful post!
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Hi Sherman,
Very powerful post! The best strategy, even for beginners, is to learn, apply and then teach. Even if you are brand spanking new to this business you probably know more than the person you are sponsoring.
And absolutely, add new people to your network on a daily basis. This is very powerful as each one of those people probably knows at least 250 people that you now have access to.
Network, network, network!
Great stuff!
Ilka
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Hey Sherman,
You know why I love this industry, especially the group I have decided to attached myself to? They give without want.
I have not heard of Focus.com, but I am sure any recommendation from Sherman is always worth it. I’ll check it out.
Thanks for sharing!
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Hi Sherman – I had not heard about Focus either, so will also check it out, thank you. This is great advice for anyone new to Network Marketing and in my opinion building relationships and getting in the right mindset for business is absolutely essential for success and so many people new to the industry dismiss this as not important, or worse are not even introduced to it at all. Great info Sherman.
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Great information Sherman and will be extremely helpful for beginners. Where to start and what to do as well as focusing on where to begin while on this new venture.
I had heard about Focus.com but have not had time to really dive into that site. May have to do that now and really find out more how it can possibly benefit what I’m involved in. So thanks for that reminder.
Again, appreciate you outlining these steps. Very helpful indeed.
Adrienne
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Hi Sherman,
I like your post bro!Great points here:generating leads and building relationships.These are 2 crucial processes in every online business.Agree with you about the starting period:at that time a lot of work needs to be put in.Adding friends is great but we have to pay attention who we add:people with the same interests,people who want to build a business.Thus,I think is necessary to have a look on their profiles first. Also,blog commenting is an effective method to attract people to your blog.If you constantly comment omn 10 or 20 blogs ,it’s obvious that those people with come on your blog as well.Good friends and potential customers too..that’s the beauty of commenting:)Let’s not forget backlinks ,higher rankings etc.Never heard of focus.com but from your description it worth a test.Thanks for sharing.
Have a super day,
Radu -
Thanks for the tip about Focus.com… places to connect with others and build your brand are ALWAYS valuable. I love how you talk about providing value and just trying to make lots of connections, that’s where a lot of success comes from in this industry. Thanks!
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Hi Sherman,
This is a great post on how ANYONE can start to become an “expert” with online marketing. You are so right when it comes to the length of time people have been involved. It simply doesn’t matter if they are learning what works and applying it to their business.
I haven’t heard of FOCUS but will be sure to check it out.
Thanks for taking the time to share this post.
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Hi Sherman,
I always love learning about something new and focus.com is one thing I will definitely have a look at, thank you.
Our business is all about being authentically us and attracting people to use that we can help. Your advice about adding people to our networks is spot on.
Then we have to make sure that we are offering value by being who we are and teaching others. Perfect.
~Marcus
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Hi Sherman,
I remember this quote from the movie “Law of Attraction”. I have watched more than 5 times. I have started a new blog recently and I am following your advice: build as many relationships as possible with your target market. I focus each day on what I can do to attract new people to my site.
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Excellent advice, Sherman. Building a good relationship with your target market is the first step indeed. I remember a topic way back in college about corporate social responsibility. Doing some responsible acts can bring you closer to your target market’s heart.
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Hey Sherman, I didn’t know about Focus.com at all. Thanks for sharing this valuable information, Building relationships is really the foundation that needs to be laid.
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Sherman,
Another rock solid post…
And I like your suggestion to focus on building a following first.
And thank for posting about Focus.com, never heard of this authority site, page rank 6 and a low Alexa ranking of under 12,000…
I am going to be looking into this one for sure.
Looking forward to your next blogging masterpiece
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This is an awesome post, Sherman. You’re definitely right. Personal improvement is key to success in our industry. The more you listen to webinars and read blogs of success marketers, the better you’ll become. Just like Edward, I never heard of Focus.com. I’ll be checking it out. Thanks for the info.
Etieno

















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