America’s New Deadly Obsession

I’m Guilty of America’s New Deadly Obsession – Are You, too?

It was as if I just had ice water thrown in my face.  I was guilty on all counts and charges.  I had unwittingly set myself up for looking death straight in the eye and had selfishly placed my friends, family and people I didn’t know in jeopardy too.

Like most of you, I’m always working to save on time and ways to multi-task to get things done.  My car has become a sort of office away from home, allowing me the mobility to speak to clients, colleagues and family.  I have even, at times, responded to a text message while driving.

Pure stupidity.

What I didn’t realize was the frightening statistics of using a cell phone while driving.  After watching a recent recorded show of Oprah Winfrey focusing on “America’s Deadly Obsession”, I took the Oprah pledge and have made it my mission to get everyone I love to take the pledge too.  I’m hoping after you read this article, that it will prompt you to action also.

We all know the devastating results of driving under the influence of alcohol.  Innocent people are killed, maimed, lose their loved ones, and carry unshakable guilt.   A drunk driver is 4 times more likely to be in an accident than someone not drinking.

Here’s the downright terrifying news.   Talking on your cell phone while driving, whether using your handheld, a Bluetooth, or speaker, places you in the same high risk as a drunk driver.  Texting intensifies the statistics to 8 times more likely to get into an accident.

Oprah is using her powerful platform to get this message out and ask for your pledge.  Go to Oprah’s site right now and make the commitment:

“I pledge to make my car a No Phone Zone. Beginning right now, I will do my part to help put an end to distracted driving by not texting or using my phone while I am driving.  I will ask other drivers I know to do the same.  I pledge to make a difference.”

Save a life.  It may be a child, a mother, a spouse, a friend, or a complete stranger.  Or your own. Think about your responsibility to your family, friends, and those you don’t even know.   Don’t wait until it’s too late.  Become a shining example and do not use your phone while driving.  Take the pledge now. I did.

Warm regards,

Alicia Bausley
Empowered Business Entrepreneurs, LLC

P.S. I made my business partner take the pledge too.  No more brainstorming sessions while we’re running errands and rushing off to meetings.  It’s was difficult at first to make the adjustment, but now we are fine.  And most importantly, we are safe.  Please, if you hate drunk drivers on the road, take the pledge now.

How the Internet Guru and Sales Queen Met

Quite deservingly, Ann Sieg has acquired an elite Internet guru status with her breath taking success of “The Lead Conversion Kit”.   She’s a force to be reckoned with, too!  Her attraction marketing and multiple streams of income philosophies are teaching thousands how to make money in business.

I chuckle when I hear how Ann refers to me in the Foreword she has written for our new soon-to-be-released book, “The Lead Conversion Kit”.  Actually she explains that her own network marketing team fondly calls me the Queen because of my high sales conversion ratio with leads.
What does this mean for you, though, in regards to building a profitable business?  The answer in a moment! First, let me tell you a little story when the Internet guru and the sales conversion queen first met.

A few years ago when Ann was just starting to build an amazing presence on the Internet, I called and left her a message.   She called me back at my home.  I was lucky.  Her status no longer allows her the luxury of calling people back who want to ‘pick her brain’ for help.

Ann and I spent considerable time talking on the phone and I listened intently while she advised me on what I could do to solve my own problem of building a network marketing business.

It seems I had the answer already, but was not implementing it into network marketing.  It had to do with picking up a phone, calling people, and addressing their needs with a solution .  Heck, I’d been doing that successfully for years and bringing in an insane income as a result.  Geez!  This was going to be a no-brainer.

Based on Ann’s direction, I started using a sales approach called consultative selling in my network marketing business.  Immediately, I began building a cash flow.  Seriously, I was using some old leads and still converting them rapidly by approaching my prospects and solving their greatest challenge.

Within the first few weeks, I had made nearly $1,000 in commissions. Not a lot of money, but a great start.  And I wasn’t putting any cash OUT.  I was just picking up the phone and bringing cash IN.

Within a few months, I became the top performer on Ann Sieg’s network marketing team.  I still maintain that position today, even though I work two other home businesses, and while I focus on building an information product line for the business community.

I’m getting ready to introduce a new book to our industry with the support and backing of our famed Internet guru, Ann Sieg.   It’s called “The Lead Conversion Kit”.  I had the pleasure of writing it with my business partner, Lisa Hanfileti.  It’s been a labor of love for the last six months.

It’s based on Ann Sieg’s philosophy of attraction marketing, multiples streams of income and my high lead conversion ratio for creating a cash flow fast.  It’s actual hands on sales training from an experienced sales person using a comfortable and easy approach to selling!

What does this mean for you?

It’s a comprehensive training manual for you, your team, and it’s an affiliate program.  It walks you through the process of lead conversion from A to Z.  No college education required.  No special degrees.  All you need is to read the book, follow our direction, scripts, and take some action.  The results?  High lead conversions will provide you substantial cash flow in your business (and with just a small number of leads).

Ann doesn’t place her stamp of approval on just anybody.  You’ve got to earn the status to get her respect and admiration.  I’m grateful for that first day when we spoke on the phone and saw the light, from which I earned the friendship of a very special lady.

This book is so complete, so comprehensive, that Ann Sieg has written a foreword to the “The Lead Conversion Kit”.  And Ken Evoy also contributed his own foreword.

Take a look at just a few paragraphs of Ann’s written Foreword within the book.  Then look for our next email, where we’ll tell you exactly why you need to get your hands on this book as soon as possible.

To be notified of the announcement of the release date (less than a week!), click on this link below:

http://www.empoweredbusinessentrepreneurs.com/early-notification-bonus.html

In Ann Sieg’s own words . . .

. . . This book is about learning and implementing attraction marketing and using the entire sales funnel, which of course happens to include working the phone.  This is totally possible when you generate your own leads via attraction marketing.  The good news is that when you develop the right sales skills you don’t need an insane amount of leads to develop a thriving downline.  Lisa and Alicia explain all this in their 7 Proven Steps To Turning Online Leads Into Paying Customers And Downline Members right inside this book!

Alicia and Lisa call it consultative selling.  Selling is what you’re going to be doing and doing it proudly and comfortably knowing that you are genuinely and authentically serving your prospect with a true win/win solution.

While Alicia and Lisa cover an enormous amount of ground including the all important lead conversion process the most important part is that this is about becoming a rich network marketer.   Not a poor network marketer.  Let me explain.

In the spirit of the Renegade Network Marketer and Site Build it! their goal is to systematically help move you out of a state of dependency and increasingly towards a state of independence.  That’s why they chose the powerful symbol of the flag of the United States, along with the title of their book “The Lead Conversion Kit”.

Alicia and Lisa put it this way, “One of the most important lessons we hope you understand now is that sales do not begin and end with your network marketing company.”

Let me share with you why they tell you this. It’s because they care.  You see it’s about being truthful and honest with you so that you can make the most well informed decisions for your business and your future.

It’s great if you’re in love with your network marketing company.   Many distributors are.  But don’t become so starry eyed that you don’t protect yourself.  Through all your hard work you owe it to yourself and your family to develop multiple streams of revenue (not just a network marketing income).

We need to remove the emotional aspects of owning and running a profitable business and look at the hard facts of business management.  It simply is not smart business to put all your eggs in one basket.

I hope you’re as excited and eager to get going as I was when I read this book. . .

That’s just the beginning of where this book will take you in your business. This is not an ordinary book.  This is a comprehensive training manual to expand your mind so you can realize the FULL potential of your business!

Warm regards,

Alicia Bausley

Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight . . . Online Network Marketers Are you Singing A Goodnight Lullaby?

As online network marketers who may be struggling to get your business going I wanted to share an important marketing tip and at the same time, make you smile.  So here it goes… I watched this video of these adorable boxer puppies being sung to sleep (and unless you are just completely heartless, this just HAS to move you).

As I watched this video I couldn’t help but think that so many network marketers are doing the exact same thing with their MLM. That is, singing their audience to sleep.

Now you may think your own private song and dance show about your MLM products or company is taking your business and you to celebrity-ville, but in reality are you a bit ‘off tune’?  What I mean is, “are you singing for the right audience?”

Here’s a group that DID sing for the right audience (us baby boomers, in particular!):

I’m talking about the right target audience here!  The Spaniels didn’t put their audience to sleep! No way, in fact their song reached the U.S. top Pop 30 chart because their audience couldn’t get enough of their singing..

“What’s A Target Audience?“

Target Audience.  It’s one of the most misunderstand phrases for new online network marketers.  And it’s a shame, because it takes them all the way back to old school methods of network marketing – where we were taught to approach anyone and everyone about our product and our opportunity (at the same time!).

Ouch!

When you ‘sing’ your song to your target audience, you want them to sit up and take notice.  You do NOT want to sing them to sleep, where they click off your website or blog, because the ‘song’ isn’t right for them.

Here’s an example:

I could have titled this page, “How to Fix the Fuel Pump on your Car”

What would that one headline have done for you?

Well, quite frankly, my target market is network marketers who need expert help and guidance to build a successful online business.  So, that headline certainly would NOT get people to my blog or website.  And even if they did stumble upon this site, they wouldn’t stay here, because the message does not interest them (well, a couple of you guys MIGHT like this topic – but don’t count on me to fix your fuel pump!).

You see, you have to determine WHO you want to ‘sing’ to so that you attract the right audience and keep them mesmerized with your ‘voice’.

What tiny little target market might be interested in what you have to teach with your network marketing product?

Yes, I said teach, because successful online marketing is about educating others about a solution for their problems, challenges, or needs.

If your network marketing company sells greeting cards, then you are going to promote a greeting card product.  Ask yourself who specifically could be your audience?  Well, honestly, I can think of several ‘audiences’ immediately.   How do I do that?  I think about WHAT that product could do for someone with a particular problem.

Notice, I said product and not opportunity, because that would be an entirely different audience (more on that in another blog post).

Here’s another example.

I need to consider the problem of my target audience.  I ask myself, “How could a greeting card help someone?”

Then I write down my ideas:

• It could be a relationship builder – allowing a friendly and warm exchange of communication
• It could be a show of gratitude by thanking a customer for their business and making them feel special
• It could be a referral generating tool, sending a $5 gift card each time a referral comes in prompting them for more referrals
• It could be a customer retention strategy, providing valuable information in a more personal way,  to keep a customer base attrition to a minimum
• It could further pre-qualify a lead flow
• It could be a way to communicate with family and friends
• It could be a way to set someone apart from typical direct mail

Now, I have started to generate a list of HOW my product could help, but I want to fine tune it to WHO it can help.  I have many choices.  So, I start my list again:

• Realtors (a specific target audience)
• Veterinarians
• Tax Accountants
• Dentists
• Small Business Owners (a more general audience)
• Network marketers
• People who love to write (a more general audience)
• Journalists  (a more specific audience)
• Mothers
• School teachers
• Dads

Now, I have something to work with here.  So let’s say I want to start writing content to my target audience to promote my network marketing product.  I’m going to review my list and choose, specifically, veterinarians.  Now, all the content that I write about is going to talk just to THEM and teach them how my product can solve their problem!

All the keywords I use in writing my blog or website, would be giving them good quality information that educates them on the use of a greeting card to further their business and increase their bottom line profitability.

I am ‘singing’ to the right audience.  But I won’t be putting them to sleep, because they will be interested in I what I have to say, as long as I make sure to keep the information valuable to them and to address their specific wants, needs, desires and challenges.

Remember, your writing must be all about YOUR audience.  It must be about them.  Or you will put them to sleep, or they will click off your website, blog or article.

So, one more time, let’s sing in unison, Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight!

Warm regards,

Alicia Bausley

Why You’ll Likely Fall Flat on Your Face in Your MLM

I despise hype in the network marketing industry.

Unfortunately, MLM hype is what made me jump into my first network marketing opportunity more than 30 years ago.  Within six weeks I quit.

Why?  Well, thirty years ago, I was forced to use the old school methods of network marketing (and we all know that is set up for quick failure).

If I were a savvy business entrepreneur, I would have used ‘big boy’ marketing methods.  But it was, quite frankly, way out of reach of my monthly household budget.  TV, radio, billboard, and even local newspaper was ridiculously expensive.  Internet was not even an option then.

So I guess I had an excuse for failure.

Let’s face it, most of us have experience with trying to succeed with network marketing by just “sharing” our product and having an obscene passion for the products or the company.  And with that excuse, I didn’t feel so bad about quitting.

We’re not so lucky today, to have an excuse to quit our MLM.   Because today, real-life, honest to goodness marketing skills are affordable and within any monthly budget.

You know what though? Most people will fall flat on their faces with their MLM because they won’t take the steps to get skilled in using this one, extremely affordable marketing source, called the Internet. They’ll say that they are technologically challenged, or don’t have the time, or need to make money fast. And that my friend, sets them up for immediate failure in their MLM business.

Excuses.

And they have lots of them.

Are you financially strapped?  Can’t spend another dime?  Wish you had some hands-on help?  Feel extremely challenged even turning on the satellite dish?  Have a feeling of information overload and overwhelm?

Then take advantage of a very generous and rewarding offer. Renegade University, the step before Renegade Professional starts you on your way to online marketing at absolutely NO cost, not a single penny.

Today, within five minutes, you can begin to learn what thousands are already successfully doing (including me and my business partner of Empowered Business Entrepreneurs, Lisa Hanfileti). Renegade University is LOADED with online marketing step-by-step training tutorials that they are GIVING away.  You could be taking these courses for weeks before you get through them all. It’s a feast for network marketers who are challenged with finding prospects and overwhelmed with how to promote their MLM online.

I call it a Basic Marketing 101 course. You need to take these steps first before you can even consider taking the advanced 300 or 400 level classes. (Why would you jump into your junior or senior year of college when you haven’t taken the steps in your introductory courses?)

Of course, you could also be of the MLM mindset that nothing is going to work for you, too.  That’s okay – we’ll put you in the MLM failure category and wish you success in working for someone else in a 8 to 5 day job for the rest of your life.

But if you are really an interested business entrepreneur, who wants to make your MLM work (and do so profitably) then you’ve come to the right place.
I challenge you to take a look at this amazing site to introduce yourself to learning how to attract prospects to you.

We just posted a whole new page on our website, and created a 14 minute video tutorial of the Renegade University (including how to log in and how to use it!).  Take a look at it here:  http://www.empoweredbusinessentrepreneurs.com/build-an-online-business.html

Don’t hesitate for another moment to take the very first steps to truly get into attraction marketing.  I’ll be looking for your feedback too!

Warm Regards,

Alicia Bausley

P.S.   Just FYI – Renegade Professional officially opens their doors on June 22 – and they will remain open!  You’ll be notified of more details once you log into Renegade University.  We’ll see you there!  Our picture will be on your welcome page!

An Online Marketing Course From Two Renegade Professionals – Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler

If you’ve been following us closely in Empowered Business Entrepreneurs, then you know we have been quite successful at creating and providing valuable information to others who are in business for themselves.  Your business success is important to us. Building a business is not always easy. And we are certainly aware that taking an online marketing course may not have been your first selection of things to do over the summer for building your business.

We have experienced the same sense of overwhelm and frustration in learning how to bring in a cash flow and remain in the ‘black ink’. So, learning online marketing was necessary to get to the next level. We just had to bite the bullet and dive in!  Thankfully, we learned right from the start that finding a mentor would be critical to our success and learning how to keep our small business doors open.

The Internet is the medium that is available to almost everyone – no matter their demographics, income level, or where they live geographically. Online marketing has now become the number one way to reach millions with nearly no out of pocket expenses. Using the Internet is quite literally holding the world in your hands.

Finally, everyone has access to promoting their business without paying exorbitant advertising fees to newspapers or magazines. Most of us could never even consider the power of TV, radio or billboards, because of the excessive costs it represents to our small business budgets.

The Internet can generate the same kind of sales that a multi-million dollar
TV campaign does, but for a mere fraction of the cost.

However, you need to have the right skills and tools to make this kind of online marketing impact.

At Empowered Business Entrepreneurs we refer small business owners to only a few online marketing courses that offer unbelievable value. All are very good programs, some with more benefits the others.

But a new course is opening up for just a pre-determined time and it has caught our attention.It’s called Renegade Breakthrough Mentoring Program (RBMP). It’s a program spearheaded by my mentor Ann Sieg. Ann and her new business partner Mike Klingler of Renegade Professional have teamed up to offer a very elite online marketing course.

It provides tremendous value including a six month mentoring program with Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler.

Their focus is to Develop Your Business “Power and Influence” Skills. They’ve already set up a members-only forum to interact with other interns that are part of the online marketing course program.

We want to tell you that the price tag may be a bit heavy for your budget.  One thing we have never recommended to anyone is to go into debt to pay your online marketing courses.  We feel that Renegade Breakthrough Mentoring Program would be a good fit for someone who is serious about building a business using online marketing techniques.  If you have the tenacity to stick with the program for six months, do the homework and apply what you learn, then this is an incredible opportunity to work with Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler.

[However, if you are limited in your finances, you can still participate in an exceptional online marketing course through the monthly membership of Renegade Professional when their doors open again (rumor is that it will be soon!). To start the benefits of this online marketing just log into Renegade University and walk through Steps 1 through 3. We are confident you won’t be disappointed!]

The doors  open to Renegade Breakthrough Mentoring Program on Monday, May 18th.  This very unique online marketing course opportunity.  Click on this link now to purchase your spot in the six month mentoring program with Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler: http://EBE.renegadebreakthroughmentoring.com

Those who join RBMP during May 18 through May 25 will have one year free membership with Renegade Professional (nearly $600 value).

Don’t delay. Consider your budget options now. Is this a right fit for you? If it is, you are in for some real study time. Be prepared to get into homework mode and consistent action to develop your online marketing skills. If you have more questions go ahead and Read This Before Buying the Renegade Breakthrough Mentoring Program.  But do it now while Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler are accepting new students.

Be sure to ‘Speak Your Mind’ below and let us know what you think.  We are here for YOU!

Small Businesses Survive a Struggling Economy By Using Internet Skills

Even with our struggling economy and grim outlook on our financial future, small business owners can survive using Internet marketing skills.

The Labor Department released harsh details for February that another 651,000 jobs were lost due to employers laying off employees.

Analysts are concerned that although our economy may recover, the job loss may continue to mount. Small business owners are frantic too.

The Orange County Register recently reported that 4.5 million people are jobless in just two categories alone, including college-educated and those with some college education, which is one third of all unemployed in the United States.

As the jobless figures continue to climb and our economy struggles to survive, small business owners are feeling the heat and many are closing their doors, going bankrupt and losing their life savings.

However some remarkable statistics recently released provide relief, financially and emotionally, to those savvy small business people who are becoming skilled in Internet marketing.

In the book The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto, Ann Sieg quotes the following statistics:

According to Forrester Research, online sales will continue to grow by 11% in 2009.

According to Jupiter Research, online video marketing will QUADRUPLE in 2009.

It’s becoming apparent that becoming a skilled marketer on the Internet doesn’t take a college degree.

With the proper direction and hands on training, small business owners can be creating valuable content and driving people to their site or blog and converting this traffic to a sound and repeat customer base. Not only through written content but through social media marketing which is absolutely free.

In fact, Ann Sieg’s The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto leads her readers to the answer to immensely shorten this learning curve.

As founders of Empowered Business Entrepreneurs, we’ve realized the potential of becoming skilled in Internet marketing. Because of our own successes, it’s hard not to share the journey with other small business owners.

If you’re a small business owner and concerned that the economy is going to wipe you out and take away your financial security, you need to take the steps to insure yourself. We call it “Online Steps to Offline Freedom™.”

At the end of this struggling economy and frightening job loss rate is a rainbow for those who think “out of the box”. This means not sticking to the same old thing. If the same old thing is not working, move ahead and get skilled in marketing online and experience for yourself the dramatic results the Internet is bringing to small business owners worldwide.

We’d love your feedback on this blog post. Be sure to let us know what you think!