Marketing Merge Network - Internet Marketing for Network Marketers

• www.MarketingMerge.com
• Click on Professional Login
• Go to 'Attraction Marketing'
• Then 'Marketing Tutorials'
• Then 'Social Marketing'
• Then Misc. Tutorials in far right corner
• Be sure to review the slides and find the 'bonus' slides under the Webinar 

We held a training on Tuesday but had to record these tutorials Wednesday due to a technical issue.

Topic:  Getting More People onto Your List without More Work.
 
These are now posted in your Professional back office, in the Social Marketing Section, Phase II (Misc. Section).
 
Part 1 (88 Minutes)-- Make it Easy for Prospects to Get in Your List 
 
Part 2 (A Look at a 2nd Example and Some Follow Up Points)
 
Patience + Action will pay huge dividends.
 
Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

P.S. Professional level members of Marketing Merge can log in at www.MarketingMerge.com to access all step by step tutorials.  To find a guide and access our free or low cost training to generate your own leads online, go to Google and search for either:  Renegade University, Marketing Merge or Marketing Merge Guide

We're holding two important events next week...

• Tue. -- Squidoo Phase II Advanced Training - Increase Leads, Increase Results
• Th. --  Marketing Merge Guides Network Super Training -- Overview of SEO Plan & Q and A Session

These event may not be listed on the calendar in your back office when you get this email, but they'll be posted over the weekend.  I wanted to give you as much notice as I could.  I've just decided today to do these events.
 
The first event, which will be on Tuesday at 6:30 pm PST (9:30 EST), is a "vitally" important training for anyone who has created more than a few content pages, including 2 or more Squidoo lenses... and who has made it into Phase II of your social marketing tutorials.
 
You need to be somewhat familiar with these terms in order to attend:

•    bookmarking
•    key words
•    tags
•    anchor text
•    title tags

These terms have been covered thoroughly throughout the Phase II training.
 
IMPORTANT!
 
If you're just getting started don't attend this event yet... I'd like you to catch the recording of it later--after you've created some content, including two or more Squidoo lenses and you have gotten into Phase II training in your back office.  If you're not sure where all that is than you need to watch the webinar that gives you a tour of your Professional training area in the 'start here' section.  This is all simple if you follow the steps.
 
Marketing Merge Guides -- First Training Webinar, Thursday at 6:30 PM PST (9:30 PM EST)
 
The Marketing Merge Guides "No-Cost Lead Generating and Higher-Level Training" is Starting.
 
If you have submitted your first links to apply to the Guides Network you will receive an email from us about this event on Tuesday evening.  This will be open to questions and answers.  
 
If you have not submitted your requirements to apply for the Guides Network before yesterday, June 20th, you cannot attend this live event.  However, once you do submit the requirements you will have access to the recording of this event, and all future live events.
 
On Thursday's event  we will have a 'Super Training,' where I'll explain and outline how I am building a massive search engine optimization web 2.0 program, of which the leads are shared with the participating Guides.  
 
Anyone can apply and participate, but you must contribute.  Information can be found at:  http://www.marketingmerge.com/guide_network

Note there is a button at the top of that page outlining the program.  
 
I'd like to end this email by reminding everyone that nothing significant and valuable will come without dedication, hard work and effort.  We're giving you a tangible "How To" step-by-step outline, unlike any that has ever existed before it... if you're patient enough to work through it you'll build an incredible asset and pre-position yourself to collect the huge influx of networkers who are headed this direction.
 
I'll see you inside the training area.
-Mike Klingler

Hi everyone.  If you recently joined the Professional Training level,
welcome!

As you start through the tutorials and begin setting up your own presence
on the Internet, what you’re really doing is building an asset that will
feed your financial success indefinitely—

No matter what happens you’ll always OWN that web of content and the
skill to generate leads and generate cash-flow through your marketing.
That’s powerful.

So stick to it… even when life gets in the way.  Learn how to take a
time-out when necessary, and then RETURN to it when you can.

If you feel stress in your life, understand this means you’re expanding.
 You can either resist the growing process or find a way to work with it.
It’s up to you and so is the quality of your life.

For those of you who are deeper into the Training, I have some updates for
you below.

We’re Growing Very Rapidly…

It’s probably no surprised that we’ve been swamped since launch day of
the Professional Training area on February.  We're stepping up.  We're in
the process of expanding our team so we can support all of the projects
we’ve talked about with greater speed.

Update on Marketing Merge Guides Program…

If you're not familiar with the Guides Program you can review it now.
Note there is a conference call (button at top of page):

http://www.marketingmerge.com/guide_network

If you're brand new to the Professional Training area the ‘Marketing
Merge Guides Program’ is not for you at this time.

Continue through the tutorials and learn about this Guides program after
you have reached Phase II in the Social Marketing section of your
Professional back office.

Note to Those Who Have Applied to Become a Guide...

If you have submitted your first step links you'll receive your next set
of instructions soon.  I have just received my first set of articles today
and will now begin receiving articles for the Guides Marketing Network each
day going forward.

Your next set of instructions on how to become a full-fledged member of
the Guides Program will be sent to you as soon as I get the initial
articles up.  That will be followed by our first 'Guides' Webinar where
I'll share with you the steps I'm taking to construct this massive
marketing campaign.

This is a huge project to help contributing members generate leads while
we teach you more detailed higher-level lessons of attraction marketing
through building your web of content.

More About the Training Series Program...

I've been a little frustrated by the time line in completing the Training
Series I spoke about last week.  I am still finishing up on it.  In short,
it will become the basis for all of our training... and will make it much
easier to teach all of this.

So far, the Professional Training area has focused primarily on the
technical step by step details of setting up your own marketing online...
and we'll continue with that.

But it has been clear that a training foundation was needed to teach (and
make it easier for you to teach your own prospects and team) this
effectively.  The Training Series will provide that foundation.  I'll be
sharing it with you shortly and then we can get back to regular business
(regular training webinars and support calls).

Should you be calling your prospects that come into the University?

Yes.  If you call prospects that have joined your list and met you inside
the University, it will certainly have a lot of benefits.  You'll build
relationships faster… and that will lead to more and faster cash-flow and
enrollments.

But... it's not required any longer.  You have another option.

You can choose to focus on setting up your marketing until you have all
the people you need coming to you… calling and emailing you first.  So
you have a choice.

With that said, I suggest you DO call people if you're unsure which way to
go because it will speed up your growth significantly, while you're setting
things up so more people come to you.

We'll provide a lot of training in this area (about what to say on the
phone) but in the meantime, remember to provide solutions, offer help, but
don't waste time gabbing.

Identify where they’re at, how they’re doing and plug them into the
system if they want to learn how to attract prospects.  Keep things simple
and think about the needs of others and you’ll do great.

Have you added your own links to Your Own Content inside the University
Yet?

Remember that if you’ve created some content at Squidoo, Hubpages,
Ezinearticles, a video, blog or a web site—link to it so that your
prospects will see it when they access your University.

The power of generating leads through the Renegade University lead capture
pages is that it sells you.  That is key.  And by having your own content
it shows you are a leader who offers value.

You can add those links from your Profile area in your system in your
Professional account.

Are You Having Challenges Finding Time to Set Things Up?

Whatever you do, don't let the challenges of your daily life allow you to
miss this window of time to get yourself up on the Internet in front of the
wave.

This system was priced extremely low on a monthly basis so you could go at
your own pace.  It would take 3-9 years in this program to equal the cost
of many weekend trainings that cover much less.

Whether you get your initial web of content set up in 90 days or 6 months,
just be sure to follow through.  The value is here.

Build your web of content and don’t ever expect to receive much until
you've given much (this is a law in all models of business).  The cost for
time and financial freedom is high—but it IS realistic.  If there has
ever been a right place and a right time, you’re standing on it.

Build your web of content and lead with value!  Get it done.

Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

P.S. Log into your Professional account from
www.MarketingMerge.com

Hi everyone,
 
I just wanted to share something pretty huge that's coming up...

I also have some updates and a message for those of you at the various stages of setting up your ‘attraction marketing’ content—like if you’re stuck anywhere in the process, for example.
 
A Formula for Creating Attractive Content
 
I've been working on a training series that I believe will have a profound impact in helping you (and your team) create content that is very attractive to your 'target markets.'
 
The training series is a step-by-step formula for creating content that ‘speaks’ to your prospects in such a way that they hear you and respond.

The training series is also going to be a powerful tool in helping your University prospects ‘get’ the message FASTER.  That means more people who will see you as a valuable asset to their success as their guide—the precursor to building a business relationship and enrolling them onto your team.

Although we have had several Webinars sharing helpful ideas on creating your own content, most of our training so far has focused on getting you set up on the Internet for the first time in a large-scale way... to help you overcome the initial 'technical' hurdles and to see how everything links and fits together.

First and foremost you just need to get on the Internet in a big way and as long as you move through one tutorial at a time, you're doing this now.
 
That IS extremely important and we're proud of the results we’re seeing in the step-by-step approach--we're seeing it help hundreds of people to get out there online and start attracting prospects even though they knew nothing about the Internet just a couple months ago. 
 
In fact, one of our members enrolled 12 new people into their primary business within a single month (when he had never done anything close to that before) and he didn't even know how to use email 6 months ago!  And yet he’s now able to build his entire business with the online social marketing methods.
 
The 'Huge' Training Series Coming Up Will Take this to New Heights!
 
I know that the next step for most of you is getting 100% clear and confident on 'what kind of content' to create.  The training series I'm working on will take you through a step-by-step process to help you do just that with more confidence and clarity.
 
But what I'm just as excited about is that part of this training series will be shared with your free University prospects.  By helping them become crystal clear right away on how attraction marketing works upfront... I believe you will see a significant increase in responsiveness from prospects, coming to you in the form of more Professional upgrades, e-book purchases, and most important, phone calls and email questions to you, putting you in a better position to enroll them into your business.
 
Once we get through Phase II in the Professional back office (video marketing and a few other areas) we'll move further into training in this area... teaching more on what to say and do when your prospects call and email you.  We'll also get into detail about what to say and do if you want to call them first. 
 
Starting out with the first phase of the training, which I hope to be ready next week... we'll help you get a lot more clear on how to create valuable content for your prospects... and, as I mentioned, part of this series will be used to help your University prospects 'get' attraction marketing faster as well, which means more prospects seeking guidance from you and moving forward in all the ways we want to see.
 
I'll let you know when the first stage of this new training series is complete. I want to get it out to you as quickly as possible so it will initially be in written form... so you can start applying it to what you've been learning in your marketing already.  Over time, we'll add more supportive Webinars that compliment the training for those at the Professional level and that's where we'll get into the 'what to say' to prospects on the phone. 
 
We've already started to share 'what to say' in your emails to prospects to get them calling and emailing you first... be sure to read below for a link to the Email Marketing Course 5 Webinar if you haven't watched it.
 
A Message to Our Members Who are Just Getting Started...
 
If you're new or just getting ready to get back into going through the Professional training, here's all you need to do. 

Start at the beginning in your Professional back office where it say 'Start Here Checklist.'  Then follow the tutorials step-by-step.  Within days you'll have your first content pieces up and on the net. 
 
Within weeks or sooner you'll be getting into Phase II training, and from there you can start improving your results by building your 'web of content' foundation as instructed, step by step. 

I'd like to see you creating a minimum of 30 content pieces between your first month and your 3 month.  If you're behind, just go at your own pace.  What's important is that you go because this new model is just starting to rev up… it’s not close to explosion phase yet. 

If you move forward you will have tremendous advantages with the ability to generate your own leads, offer these highly targeted leads (and your knowledge) as an incentive for others to join your team, and to monetize in many different ways.

Keep moving forward at any pace and you'll protect yourself from the economic concerns of the day and future.  If you set this up online you'll be able to leverage it into money in a million different ways... by offering real value to the right people.
 
Marketing Merge Guides Program
 
For those of you who have applied for the Marketing Merge Guides Program we'll be sending you the follow up instructions to join the free lead rotation before next week.  I'll send you a thorough update then.
 
If you don't know about the Marketing Merge Guides Program for more specialized training and leads (from my own massive marketing campaign) you'll be introduced to that when you're deeper into Phase II training.
 
Video Marketing Training
 
We'll be adding to the Video Marketing Training soon.  The next step is to show you how to use a Cannon Powershot Digital Camera.  Presently, we have all the tutorials up there on how to use the Flip camera, step by step to shoot your own video and get it up onto YouTube.  Once we have the Cannon tutorials up we'll get into the marketing side of the training.
 
How Do You Get Prospects Emailing and Calling You First?
 
If you didn't watch Email Marketing Course 5 and you want the answer to the above question, that's your next video to watch.  Click to watch it now here.  Or, you'll find it in your Professional back office by clicking on Attraction Marketing and then Marketing Tutorials (then look to your right for Email Course 5).
 
It's long but it's detailed and specific about 'getting prospects to call and email you.'  Even if you're not using I-contact (maybe you use Oprius or Awebber, etc), and even if you're still new in the training, I think that Email Marketing Course 5 is for anyone who wants to get clear on how you get this all set up so prospects actually call and email you first. 
 
Email Marketing Classes--Where You Get Them Coming to You
 
We'll pick up where we left off next week--right now I want to finish up on this new training series I mentioned first because I think it'll be huge.
 
Have You Added Your Content to Your University Yet?
 
A while back I mentioned you can now add your content to your University so your prospects inside the University can see you out there on the net and the value you offer.  You can do this in the Edit Profile area.  If you have questions contact support.  I'll do a tutorial on it but not for a couple weeks... it's pretty self explanatory but again, if you need any help just email support@marketingmerge.com
 
I get a lot of questions like, 'How do I turn a generic networking prospect into a downline member?'  Or, 'How can I attract prospects who are looking specifically for an opportunity right now?"  And I often answer these questions as best I can for our support gal, Didi, to answer as they come in. 
 
The bottom line is this... The Internet is changing everything about the networking business.  You just have to first get your 30+ pieces of web content up there by following the tutorials.  Then you improve upon it.  You get your prospects list growing.  Instead of cold calling and talking to 10 people a day the old way you do this.  You create a residual effect where lead add onto your list each day even when you're doing other things or distracted.  You build it up on your own time, over time--you go as fast or slow as you want to go.
 
But whatever you do, keep doing it because this has only began.  What you're putting out there will be in front of a massive migration of networkers who haven't heard of any of this yet but will be for the next several years.  Plant your seeds.  You'll have a beautiful garden.
 
There is just no better way to protect yourself from this insecure economy than getting your tail online.  So keep going through the tutorials at your own pace... watch Email Marketing Course 5... ask support if you need help knowing what your next best step is... and hang onto your hats because the email training series I mentioned above should be out next week!
 
Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

The link for details about the Marketing Merge Guides program can be found here below.

The recording of the 'Marketing Merge Guides' Webinar is at the top of the page. 

This information is only for those who have gone through several weeks of training at the Professional level.

Click to review the Marketing Merge Guide Program

Thursday's Email Marketing Class 5 should be up in the archived areas at Professional back office later today (Saturday May 24th).  I highly encourage everyone to watch this at some point as it gives real examples of what you write prospects (and how to write your own) to get them calling and emailing you and interested in your specific offers.

Today's Webinar on Advanced Training for Search Engine Optimization and Linking Strategy (to get more prospects from your content and effort) will be posted soon in back office as well.

There is an email I sent to the Univeristy members I suggest you review.  There is plenty of your own Internet content that you can create from the message given in that email.  Click here on Attraction Marketing - Give Before You Get to view it.

Quite a few people have asked me about Oprius, an email company that provides a service similar to I-contact, Awebber, and others, which allow you to send emails to a large list at one time, or to set up auto-email campaigns or auto-responders.

Oprius offers other features that are tailor-made for the network marketer.

So why didn't we start teaching this instead of I-contact when we started our email marketing classes?

Because I haven't fully tested it yet.

Once I do I will certainly provide some training on how to use Oprius if it measures up to the deliverable rate of I-contact.

Deliverability is, by far, the most important thing to look for in an email service.

This means how many of the emails get delivered.

This will have a lot to do with how well established a company is with the email service providers like AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, and even bigger 'behind the scenes' players that decide whether or not an email gets delivered or blocked.

We have tested I-contact for several months before using it and deciding to teach with it.  Once I'm satisfied with some preliminary testing with Oprius we'll provide training there.

Remember, when you're setting up your initial attraction marketing process, don't jump around a lot.  New services will always come and go.  The key is to set up your attraction marketing components (like having an email system in place) and then move forward.  You can always come back and make changes going forward... after you're getting the results you're after.

We'll follow up on this in the future after I have had time to fully test the deliverability rates of Oprius.  I'll let you know what I find.

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

Loading leads you have purchased into an auto responder is considered Spam.  It is also not very effective because your prospects don't know who you are or why you're sending them emails.

It can also get your account removed if the auto email company you're using finds out you're doing this.  That's because their email delivery rate will go down (more emails will be blocked) and therefore, their other customers will move to a better email company.

This is different than loading in prospects that you have generated from your own marketing... such as when you generate the list from a lead capture page like The 7 Great Lies, Magnetic Sponsoring or Renegade University.

When you generate leads with these lead capture pages, or lead captures pages of your own, the leads will either know who you are (because they saw your name and face in Internet content you've created that attracted them to the lead capture page).... or they will most likely remember the topic, which would be very specific.

I should mention that there are 'grey areas' that you may get away with if you use your smarts.  For example, some people buy leads from someone who only sells them to one person... and if you know exactly what's on that lead capture page you should be able to write an appropriate email that would allow your lead to know it's not spam.

In the next Email Marketing class (course 5) we're getting into detail about what to send to your list so they do remember that they had subscribed to your list... which is the perfect beginning to the emailing process.

You can register for Email Marketing Course 5, which is on Thursday, after logging into your Marketing Merge Professional account (look at top of page after logging in for registration link).

Hi everyone,

We had an issue with the system on the 15th and had to back up part of the database to the 8th.

You can continue referring prospects and using the system as usual. 

However, any changes you made to your system between May 8th and the 17th might need to be done again. 

Did you do any of the following between the 8th and the 17th?

• Update or Edit your profile area in any way,
• Change your username or password,
• Change or add new text on your personal site.

Remember, this only affects changes you may have made between the 8th and 17th.

Any changes you made before the 8th or after the 17th should not be affected in any way.

Note that if you loaded photos into your system between the 8th and the 17th we still have them but they may not appear for you yet.  We should be able to correct this within the next few days without you having to reload your photos.

While we were working on the problem for a few hours on the 15th we had to make a decision to either turn off the lead capture pages or direct all leads into one account so they weren't lost completely.

We decided to let prospects come in during that time so they weren't lost completely.  So there were some referrals that came in on the 15th that were forwarded into my account. 

It is very important to us that these end up with the right referrer. 

We have been calling and emailing these prospects to determine their proper referrer (a huge job).  There were just under 100 affected but we have  been able to confirm 81 of these and have placed them to the proper referrer.

There are now about 20 remaining that we have not been able to personally reach yet, and we will continue following up with them.

In the case where a prospect does not know their referrer we ask a number of questions to back-track to where they may have found the referrer on the Internet. 

• We ask how they learned about the University
• (If they don't know) We ask if they did a Google Search. 
• We ask where else they may have been that led them to the University originally (facebook, squidoo, etc)
• Did they see a picture along the way.
• Was it a man or woman. 
• Did they come across an article, video or blog (etc). 

So far we've been able to confirm the correct referrer through this process with the prospects we have reached.  Although it has been extremely time consuming we feel it is very important to do all we can (of course).

Remember, this only affected leads that were coming in while we were responding to the problem for a few hours on the 15th.  Any leads that came in before and after the 15th were awarded to the proper referrer as usual... and everything is working properly right now.

Basically, what happened was that a hacker had inserted a script through a lead capture form that scrambled all the Member IDs.  All we had to do was back up the database to correct the issue.  But while we were backing up the database we had the choice of shutting everything down, or to allow leads to continue to come in through the main account, which was not affected. 

We decided to let leads in so prospects that came in during this time were not completely lost.  Once the database was backed up, everything was back to normal later that same day (the 15th).

There may still be a few areas in the system that aren't working properly because they may have been impacted by the security we have added to prevent this from happening again.

We are correcting these areas as we find them. 

You'll know if you come across this because you'll be forwarded back to the Marketing Merge login page (such as when you're trying to submit something or change something in your system). 

If you see this please email us so we can correct it.  We expect everything will be corrected within a few days or sooner.

Other than this, everything is back to normal but we have tons of work to do to play catch up so please try to minimize the emails to support at this time until we are caught up.   Of course, if it's important go ahead and contact us but we are going to be back logged for a few days.  Please don't email twice on the same issue.  We're doing all we can to get caught back up.

If you were one of the people affected by this (if you made changes to your account for example between the 8th and the 17th and have to do those again) we're REALLY sorry about the inconvenience. 

Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to have slowed anyone down.  We're seeing more leads come into the system than ever! 

We're 100% committed to making this the best 'attraction marketing' training and support system available to build your business in the modern age.  We're accepting this as a growing pain and are moving forward full-steam ahead. 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

Did you know that there are people searching for an upline in your company?

And they're not just looking for just any upline, they're looking for someone to join who knows something about Internet attraction marketing.

If you started setting anything up at all from the Professional tutorials, you most likely have a jump start that they will want to learn from.

How do I know there are people searching for Internet attraction guides for specific companies?

I've been getting quite a few emails from people asking if I could refer them to someone who is at the Renegade Professional level and in a particular MLM company.

They are usually people who already know they want to join a particular company but haven't signed up yet.  They tell me they'd like to join someone who is in Marketing Merge and who started using Internet attraction marketing.

I don't refer them to anyone because these people were already referred to Marketing Merge or the University by a guide who wouldn't appreciate me sending their prospects elsewhere.

However, they often go to Google or Yahoo and search for Renegade University and (company X).  Or, Marketing Merge and (Company X).

Will you come up?

If you're very far through the tutorials, at least to Phase II, you already know how you could come up. 

These are the best most targeted leads already eager to sign up with your company.

And what this tells me is that there are people looking for Internet Network Marketing coaching WITHIN a particular network marketing company even outside of the search for The Renegade and (Network Marketing Company X).

If I were you I'd be creating squidoo and hubpages (as well as blog or web pages) targeting key words like:

Internet Network Marketing and (Your Company Name Here).

or...

Internet Network Marketing Coaching and (Your Company Here).

and...

Renegade University and (Your Company Name Here).

and...

Marketing Merge and (Your Company Here).

and...

The Renegade Network Marketer and (Your Company Here).

You get the point.

Now you don't have to create several different pages although you could.

One options is to create one page that would share a little about the new model of marketing and how people in X company who are seeking guidance will find useful information at your page.  Give useful tips for people in company X (your company or others) and at the bottom have a message that if they're seeking a guide to contact you.

Then create lots of incoming links to that one page (with variations of what people might be typing in)... like 'Company X and Internet Marketing' and 'Company X and Renegade University' -- and so on.

People who are looking to join a specific company who want an upline who is involved with Marketing Merge and/or Internet network marketing will find you.

(Hey, if you're new to Marketing Merge training, just go through your step by step tutorials and this will all make sense soon). 

And a note to everyone: we'll be covering this in webinars and I'll be giving you tons of training on things like this going forward.  It will all become simple to you if you work hard and let your imagination wander at the same time.

Review the comments below and if you have any questions on this, fire away!

Once you have created some Internet content you want to make slight adjustments to keep improving your results to generate more and more leads on a steady basis. 
 
Most likely you've just started this process and you're wondering where you can improve.  I'll show you one very big area you can improve on today. 
 
Commit to constant and never-ending improvement and you'll have 30+ leads coming in a day (and a lot of cash-flow) for whatever target market you want.  You'll write your own ticket in any business if you see this process through.
 
If you've created a Squidoo Lens, Hub Page, Blog, Article, Site, or ANY Internet content at all, and you've watched the Phase II tutorial on how to use anchor text to improve your search engine rankings, this email will help you improve your results significantly... with only a slight adjustment to the way you use anchor text.
 
Are You Brand New or Haven't Created Internet Content Yet?
 
If you're brand new to Marketing Merge and the Renegade Professional level you can disregard this message. 
 
Your next step is to take just a couple hours and start building your first Internet content that will position you to start attracting prospects for the first time.  Always connect with your guide if you have questions on your next step.  To find your guide, log into your Professional account and click on the icon, 'Go Back to School.'
 
The Biggest Improvement Members Can Make...
 
I'm always looking through member's content to see where I might improve or add to the training tutorials.
 
One thing I caught recently is that many of you are linking directly to your lead capture pages for Renegade University, The Renegade Network Marketer, Building on a Budget, Magnetic Sponsoring, SBI, and a long list of other affiliate products.
 
That's great that you're putting those links in front of your audience, but here's a tip that will significantly increase the number of leads you generate from your current efforts.
 
1. Create an Internet page (like a Squidoo, Hub, Blog post, or site page, whichever) that gives an overview of each of these affiliate products you're referring to. 
 
2. Give a review of that affiliate product on that page you create (like a review on Renegade University, Renegade Professional, Renegade Network Marketer, Renegade System, Magnetic Sponsoring, SBI, etc). 
 
3. On this review page you'll of course want to link directly to your affiliate links.
 
4. Now, go back through all your content at your Squidoo, Blog, Ezinearticle, etc... and look for where you may have linked to an affiliate link (like Renegade Network Marketer, University, Renegade System, Magnetic Sponsoring, Building on a Budget, etc)... and link to the review page instead.
 
Why?
 
Because as we've covered in the Phase II tutorial intro class, every link is a vote in the eyes of the search engines like Google.  So you want to create a lot of incoming links to your own content. 
 
If you don't do what I'm suggesting here, and you link to your Renegade affiliate page (for example) without first linking to a page that reviews the Renegade, you aren't giving your own content a vote.  You won't have a page that can come up on the search engines for that search term and you're totally missing the boat (and the point) to the goal here.
 
But if you link 'Renegade Network Marketer' to a review page that you've created about The Renegade Network Marketer, you now have a better chance of coming up on the search engines when people search for Renegade Network Marketer (in this example).
 
And it's not just about the search engines.  Content on Hub pages and Squidoo or Ezinearticles can attract traffic and leads from other sources as well.
 
Let me repeat the goal here this way:
 
When you're linking to things, make sure you find every opportunity to link to your own stuff!
 
You may have to create some short and sweet review in order to accomplish that.  You can always come back and make it better later.  But at least start creating links to your own stuff (about Renegade University, Renegade Network Marketer, Building on a Budget, etc).
 
In fact, you should have a review page on people too.  So in your writing when you use the words Ann Sieg, link it to a review page you have on her.  And so on and so on.  This is what I mean when I say build a web of content.
 
Do this and you'll start generating a ton of leads. 
 
Important...
 
But do it outside of just Renegade, Ann Sieg, Building on a Budget, etc. 
 
Another example:
 
If you referred to a book in an article and linked to an Amazon book... you could instead link to a VERY short and sweet overview about the book, which then links to the Amazon link where they can buy the book.
 
Now when people search for that book there's a good chance you'll come up on the search engines?
 
Let's say that book was 'Your First Year in Network Marketing,' by Mark Yarnell, which is highly searched.  How beneficial would it be to be coming up on the search engines when search for this (or the hundreds of other books your target market is searching for?) 
 
If you only had linked to the Amazon link without first creating some content to link to, you'd be missing all those leads you can generate.
 
When you build out your web of content look at what you've already created.  Look at what you can create next based on what you've already written about.
 
For example, another top search phrase is 'Network Marketing books.'  Look for places in your already existing content to 'plant' these kinds of terms into.  Then create a page about 'Network Marketing books' in this example.  Then whenever you're creating new content going forward and you see a chance to use that term 'network marketing books' link it to that page so it has a great chance of coming up.
 
There are tens of thousands of things you can do this with.  And this applies to any target market, not just network marketing.  I just used those examples.
 
I'll do a tutorial on this coming up. 
 
By the way, another good tool you can use in addition to Good Key Words (that may even be easier) when seeing what key words might be the best to target is:  http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com
 
You can type in a key word and quickly see how popular it is.  This helps determine which key words might be best to go after next.  It may also show you why you may be coming up on search engines but not getting any traffic yet. 
 
There are benefits to starting with low ranking words that few people type in just to get on the radar with Google and Yahoo.  But once you come up on the search engines for those you want to quickly move onto going for more competitive words.  You'll have content already in place to create incoming links to do that.
 
Use the free tool above to help you identify where to focus next. 
 
The above information is moving you into more intermediate training.  This is where you can really start creating results.
 
Partners in success,
Mike Klingler
 
P.S.  I’m not sure if you noticed but you can now add links inside your University to Internet content you created.  You can do this from your Edit Profile area in the Professional back office.  You can link to your Blog, Squidoo, Hub Page, video, etc.  This is powerful because it shows your prospects that you have value to offer… that’s the fundamental basis for attracting them to you.  A tutorial is coming out on this soon but you can use it now.  See Edit Profile section.
 
Check it out now by logging into your account at www.MarketingMerge.com
 
P.S.S. If you are new I'd like to repeat that you simply need to start at the beginning in your Professional back office.  Within hours you'll be completing your own Internet content and you’ll be right here improving upon what you already have!

We've created a program to help us identify our most serious students so we can assist you on a more personal level with traffic and coaching.

This program will be referred to as the "Marketing Merge Guides."  It is the first step in becoming a member of the Marketing Merge Mastermind.

In return for your involvement as a 'Marketing Merge Guide' you will:

• Be part of a group who receives ongoing free traffic, prospects and exposure
• Take your first step in becoming a member of the Marketing Merge Mastermind group
• Have the opportunity to become a paid coach after passing through the qualifications (optional)

How it works:

We'll be investing $10,00 over a 90 day period to create a web of content that will produce leads strictly for the Marketing Merge Guides.  I'll also be investing at least 20 hours per week of my own time along with hundreds of hours of additional 'hired time.'

I'll be doing all of this for the sole purpose of creating leads for this special group of people in our community. 

You can certainly be one of these people if you follow the instructions that will make you a member of 'The Marketing Merge Guides.'

I'll link every blog page, Squidoo Lens, Article, press release, Hub Page, video and other social marketing content I create that promotes Renegade University to the "The Marketing Merge Guides" web page.

The list of Guides will rotate on the page.  When you're added to the list you'll start at the bottom but rotate to the top as the days go forward.  This keeps it fair for everyone in the group to receive balanced exposure and leads.

The 90 Day Blitz...

I've hired 2 free lance writers who will create a total of 4 articles per day for 90 days, under my direction, to take a strong position on the search engines in a number of key targeted areas.  That will yield 360 unique articles.

I've also hired a part-time helper to post this content onto the web at a number of predetermined locations (the same places we've been teaching you about), and I've hired a 2nd part-time person who is more advanced at SEO to go through each of those individual content areas and use proper anchor text and SEO strategies (as we have been teaching you). 

Of course, I will make a final pass through all of this content and regularly revisit each area to optimize what's created.

So over a 90 day period, we will be producing 360 individual pages of content, targeting very specific key words and linking them for optimization (as we've been teaching you how to do but on a much grander scale).

I will be leveraging the page rank of my current Internet content to create faster results.  Much of my content ranks on Google from a 1-3+.  This means that these pages have some 'pull' on the search engines and I'll be using it to drive traffic to the 'Guide' community.

Why Would I Do All This Work to Generate Traffic for Others?

Because I believe we can accomplish something incredible as a Mastermind group with a common goal. 

Instead of taking all of this traffic for myself I am convinced we can lead the charge for change in the networking industry by working together.

So what's your part in the deal?

Well, you may be surprised to learn that you're not going to pay a cent to become a Guide...

That's Right! 

I'm handing tens of thousands of dollars of marketing (throughout the full course of this year) over to strictly benefit the "Guide" community. 

And.... all future marketing that I do to promote Renegade University will go straight into the Guide community traffic page.

And... I'm putting hundreds of hours of my own time (throughout this year) and thousands of hours of hired time into this project.

And yet I won't be charging you to become a Guide.

I was going to charge $397 for this.  Then I decided not to...

By showing my commitment to you I believe I can inspire a few more of you to commit to yourself in this project long enough to win big.

What I ask for in return is your willingness to contribute to our vision to become the single best coaching and training program for network marketers seeking assistance in attraction marketing.

You will have some tasks to do so that you will be contributing to the traffic generated by the community. 

If you have gone through many of the tutorials in the Professional back office, these tasks should not take more than a couple hours (for some of you less than 1 hour total).

A couple hours in return for being on the receiving end of the Marketing Merge Guide traffic is reason enough to move on this diligently.

But there are more benefits for those who join this "Guiding" program....

1.   I will hold special Webinars showing you what content we've created and why we've created it to accomplish a specific outcome on the search engines.  We'll use this project to cover more advanced training about anchor text, search engine optimization and lead generation.

2.   Also, by becoming a guide you will be taking the first step in becoming a paid Marketing Merge Coach.   This will be optional of course and there will be more qualifying steps that we will cover at the next junction.

3.  You will be taking the first step in joining the Marketing Merge Mastermind. 

Although there will be a cost to joining the Mastermind (because of the unique one-on-one time you receive going over your own individual marketing), there is not a cost to becoming a Guide.

We'll share more details and instructions for joining the "Marketing Merge Guide" program between May 14th to 15th.  A post will be made to this blog on Wednesday, May 14th at 2 PM PDT linking to the details and instructions. 

That blog post and the instructions will remain at this blog for 24 hours and will then be removed. 

They will then be posted again two weeks following.

Why are we posting and removing the instructions... only to post them again two weeks later?

Because we need to keep the number of people we work with to a manageable level.  We'll be starting to support people on a more one-on-one basis, beginning with the launch of this program.  We will therefore be launching it in 'phases.' 

So there you have it. 

This is the beginning of the next phase of Marketing Merge.

Partners in success!

Mike Klingler

P.S. Go to the main page here at http://www.marketingMergeNetwork.com and find the first blog post to spot the link to the details and instructions about the Guide program.  Remember, they'll be removed on the 15th at 2 PM PDT and will be posted again two weeks later.  This helps us work with a manageable group so we can provide the value we intend to.

Email sent on May 7th (referencing an announcement about the Email Marketing courses).

A note to beginners and those of you with challenging schedules:
 
For those of you who aren't at the stage yet of needing to set up your own Email Marketing campaigns... remember, you don't need to attend every event we hold. 
 
Everyone will be setting up an 'attraction marketing' business at a very different pace.  What's important is that you move forward at some pace and never give up on your goals. 
 
This may mean watching one tutorial every two weeks during hard times when your schedule is rough.  Then, when things free up you can conquer one or more tutorials per day for a period of time.
 
By approaching the process this way you maintain a level of momentum and progress forward.
 
This is a fundamental key to success.  

Getting from where you are now to where you want to be requires a specific (but simple) strategy:

1. Decide what you want your life to be (more free time, better financial picture, etc)

2. Be willing to start from where you are with your situation as it is now (you can't start from anywhere else)

3. Be willing to learn from others who have walked the path before you (this speeds things up)

4. Take actions when you can.  If that's a little now it's completely OK as long as you seize opportunities when you have them to do more when the chance arises.

THAT is the single path that will take you where you want to go.
 
Those who get off this path won't arrive anywhere they want to actually be, and they often struggle for much of their lives because of it.
 
Some people love to try to make this a lot more complicated but it really isn't complicated. 
 
The path to success is narrow.
 
It is aligned with signs all pointing in the same direction. 
 
The other paths you can choose to take lead to poverty... both financial poverty and emotional poverty as well (these are the paths of distraction, worry, blame, regret, being a victim, confusion, overwhelm, indecision and the list goes on...).  These paths to poverty are covered with conflicting signs and thickets... they all lead to endless struggle.
 
So, stay the course based on what you want to achieve in YOUR life. 
 
Back to the subject of these training tutorials...
 
Don't allow yourself to get overwhelmed if you can't attend every single event we hold.  You're not supposed to.  Simply start from where you're at and move at the pace you're able to.  That's it!
 
Revisit the 4 keys to success above and get 'firm' on each one before closing this email today.
 
Partners in success,
Mike Klingler
 
P.S.  Remember to white list support@marketingmerge.com to get these emails in your inbox.  Go to www.whitelistus.com

If you're new to 'Professional' at Marketing Merge, welcome. 

Our suggestion to you is to keep things simple. 

Follow the tutorials step-by-step as they've been placed in front of you in your Professional back office.
 
Remember, you're creating a life-long rewarding position on the Internet that will continually allow you to attract prospects and customers to you for any business you choose to pursue. 

Like anything valuable this takes work. 

But it's not an overstatement to say this process will change your life if you see it through. 
 
Changes and Updates at Marketing Merge and the University...
 
1. Over the next couple days we're upgrading the University so that you can show off your 'Internet content' to your prospects as they enter your University system. 
 
You'll be able to add links to your articles, Squidoo lens, blog, web site, video and other content at the left side margin on each page at the University, bringing the system to life.
 
This is going to help you in at least two ways. 
 
First, it shows your prospects you're a leader with value to offer them.  It further builds the relationship and shows them that you lead by doing.  That will help to attract business partners who are seeking guidance.
 
Second, it pushes more traffic into the content you're creating, which improves search engine rankings and gives you more exposure, which generates a growing number of leads (as we've discussed in the tutorials). 
 
So over the next few days prepare to choose your favorite Ezine article, Hub Page, Squidoo Lens, Video and Blog or Web Site to place into your University. 
 
You may want to do some refining to improve what you've done.  You'll want to show your best work.
 
I'll soon have a Webinar going over how I'm using this new feature at the University and will give you some tips as well.
 
2. We have made some recent changes to the University that make it more streamlined, simpler for newbies, and that highlight you even more as the guide.  You can view these changes, and more that will be added over the next few days, by logging into your professional back office and clicking on the 'Go Back to School' icon.
 
3. One of the changes we made was removing the link to the Marketing Merge Network Blog. 
 
We'll make this blog more generic before referring anyone to it again. 
 
I'd like the Marketing Merge Network blog to be 100% for the support of the community and not in any way promoting me personally.  We'll let you know when it's ready.
 
4. We are still working on the Marketing Merge Mastermind course plan.  We will be making an announcement as soon as this is ready.  The Mastermind will allow groups to work together and to receive personal attention to help improve their marketing strategy.
 
5. For those of you following the video marketing course, the video tutorial is posted in the Professional training area on how to get a camera if you need one.  We'll start a consistent schedule for the video marketing courses later this month and will then be having them nearly each week for some time.
 
6. The next Email Marketing class is on Thursday.  We'll post the registration link (and email it) on Wednesday.  It will be held at 6:30 pm PDT on Thursday.  Remember, we're not just covering how to use I-contact to set up your own auto-email campaigns. 
 
We're also going to teach what content to put into your emails to prospects so you are providing the kind of value that attracts them to your offers (your opportunity or products). 
 
If you haven't seen the recorded Email marketing tutorials you'll find them in your Professional back office by clicking on Attraction Marketing, then Marketing Tutorials.  It's on the right side of that page.
 
In Summary...
 
There is a lot going on I realize. 
 
What is important is to go at your own pace, step by step, following the courses in the order they are presented to you.  Do this until you have things down well enough to know how to pick and choose what you're excited to learn about next.  Always consult with your guide if you need help. 
 
Or, if you can't reach them, contact support@marketingmerge.com
 
It doesn't take long to have your initial web of content created. 
 
Once you're at this point, you focus on your links and anchor text (ad described in Phase II). 
 
You use social book marking properly... as discussed in the tutorials. 
 
Most important, you create new content (lots of it)... or you hire someone else to do it as we've shared... to bring traffic to older content you have.  You keep building things up and out UNTIL you get the desired result.
 
If you're at this point in the process, this will be the focus of the next tutorials in Phase II.
 
Again, if you're new... start from the beginning.  It won't be long you'll be right here following every detail of what we've discussed today.  It's a process like anything else.  But it's one that pays indefinitely if you see it through.
 
Partners in attraction,
Mike Klingler
 
P.S. Log in follow the changes to your University system. 
 
- Go to www.MarketingMerge.com
- Click on Professional Login and Login
- Click on Go Back to School
 
We'll announce as soon as you can add links at the University to your content.  We'll also have an event going over which content of yours to choose to link to for best results in attracting business prospects.

Hi,
 
This email is only going out to those who had registered for one of the recent Email Marketing Webinars... just to remind you about Saturday's Live class.
 
10:30 AM PDT (1:30 PM EDT) Saturday:
 
Email Marketing Course III
 
Register at the link found at top of page after logging into your Professional account at www.MarketingMerge.com

In the last course, Email Marketing Course 2, we showed you how to create a list in your I-contact system.
 
On Saturday we'll show you how to load in your leads and prepare you to send your first email.
 
We won't actually send the email but we'll have it all ready to go after Saturday... all it would take is a couple clicks.
 
Much of what we'll cover in this Email Marketing series is how to create the email content (auto responders messages, etc) that will go in these emails... but let's not jump the gun here.
 
Hey, there's no need to attend the live events... you can always catch the archived recordings.
 
I encourage people to attend some of these Live events wher possible so we can all connect as a group... it can help keep you moving forward at a nice pace if you're able to do it.  But it's not imperative.
 
Watch the first two courses before attending this course.
 
They are archived in your Professional back office (at Marketing Tutorials area as well as in Archived events).

It can be found by logging into your Professional back office:

1. click on 'attraction marketing'
2. click on 'marketing tutorials'
3. You'll see a section on the lower right dedicated to Email Marketing.
 
Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

Many of you have done an outstanding job with getting your blogs started... we're even seeing them popping up all over the Internet.
 
We're holding a Q and A event on May 14th to help you take your blog to the next level.
 
Don't expect this to be an exciting event... this is nuts and bolts stuff. 
 
This is where the rubber meets the road as they say. 
 
This is where the real work comes in that most people spend their whole lives (literally working their tails off) trying to avoid.
 
Those working hard on their blogs right now, at this stage, are the ones that are really serious about winning.
 
Instructions for submitting your Blog Question...
 
Please follow these instructions carefully if you are submitting a question or questions.
 
You need to have gone through blogging courses 1-5 in your Marketing Merge Professional Training area to submit a question. 
 
If you haven't done so there may still be time.  Each of the events are archived in your Professional back office in the Social Marketing area.  See below if you need help locating those tutorials.
 
Please do not submit questions unless you have gone through blogging courses 1-5.
 
However, all active Professional members are welcome to listen in.
 
Submitting Your Question(s)
 
- Just 3 questions per person

- Write your question down as succinctly as possible

- All questions on this event must be related to blogs (or marketing the blog)

- Submit question(s) before Sunday, May 11th so we can prepare.

- Send them to support@marketingmerge.com with the subject:  My Blog

We will answer questions with the Live Webinar screen where possible.
 
The event is at 6:30 PM PDT (9:30 EDT) on May 14th, Wednesday.  You'll see the registration link for this at the top of your main page after you log into your Professional account.  It will be posted there by May 2nd in the morning.  
 
If you need help locating the archived training on Blog Classes 1-5:
 
- Log in at www.MarketingMerge.com to your professional account
- Click on Attraction Marketing
- Click on Marketing Tutorials
- Click on Social Marketing
- Look to your Right for the blog tutorials
- Go step by step
 
Partners in attraction!
Mike Klingler
 

This is an email I recently sent to the community to share another side of Internet attraction marketing I don't usually talk about.  But it's truly an important message to remember as you go forward here.

15 years ago when I was first being mentored in my networking business, a very successful upline took me to a party--a backyard barbecue. 
 
I didn't like parties. 
 
I wanted to build my business.
 
In the car, on the way there, he shared some things with me that he knew I needed to hear. 
 
While I heard his words... I didn't listen. 
 
It appeared to me that what he was saying had nothing to do with making money in my business.
 
Just tell me what I have to do... cut the B.S. 
 
There's no time to play around.  I've got goals to accomplish.  Places to go, people to see.
 
There are a lot of people who opened this email with skepticism. 
 
"This email's a waste of my time," they thought to themselves.  Maybe you felt a little this way?
 
They're a lot like me. 
 
It's easy to forget what matters most in life when we have a goal to accomplish... with a thousand things in the way.  We just want to make money and we want to make it NOW.
 
I'm still much this way... it's part of my character.  Not because I'm a greedy SOB, but because I continuously visualize what I will be able to accomplish in this lifetime, and what I can do for those I love.
 
But as I get older I learn that in my quest to 'make the world a better place' by acquiring wealth, I have sometimes