Success in network marketing is not guess work, it is not magic and it is very possible for everyone….. it simply comes down to knowing exactly how to succeed in network marketing and then going out and doing it.

Here are some key areas that you need to know on how to succeed in network marketing today.

1) Learn to harness the power of 3rd party tools. I can promise you that every expert in this business knows that learning how to succeed in network marketing is all about learning how to use 3rd part tools.

What are 3rd party tools? They are simply tools that replace you doing the presentation or explaining the network marketing opportunity to your prospect.

You see your prospect is always watching you, taking note of what you do….. why you might ask? Because what you do or say is what they believe they will have to do or say!

They are recruiting tools that allow you to simply direct your prospect to, instead of you doing the full blown sales presentation. By pointing to a 3rd party tool and letting it do all the talking you are showing your prospect how to succeed in network marketing and how easy it is to do so if you follow the system.

Not to mention…. this stops you from over talking the opportunity… not that you would do that! J

They are also training tools that you can send team members to so that they can become fully trained with out depending on you. In this example the 3rd party tools could be training websites and weekly training calls.

You see the magic in the 3rd party tools is that it provides everyone with the ability to learn how to succeed in network marketing. If you do not create systems based on 3rd party tools, you will fail.

2) Understand that learning how to succeed in the network marketing industry simply comes down to a decision on your part. Do you truly have the desire to be successful, or are you just playing with it? Are you treating your network marketing business as a business or as a hobby?

Once you make the decision to succeed in network marketing the how to will follow. In the end making the decision is by far the most important step in the process.

You must have the mindset that you will never quit. Do this and success in inevitable.

3) When learning how to succeed in network marketing this an extremely important factor.

Learn how to harness the power of the Internet to create a massive organization.

You see the warm market is a very important step in your plan, however every warm market eventually comes to an end and you must figure out a way to continue to recruit new people into your network marketing business or you will fail.

In no time in history has there been a medium as powerful as the Internet. A medium that when used correctly can allow you to get in front of so many highly qualified people with your message.

At this point in time a very exciting factor to consider is that the majority of the people in the network marketing industry have been slow to start using the net to build their business, and the ones the have are simply doing it ALL wrong.

So for the person who see’s that the time is perfect to learn how to succeed in network marketing online….this allows for a very large competitive advantage…. That is if you take the time to study successful online mlm marketers and learn from them and if you get started right….. Success is inevitable!

So what exactly is a buzz group as far as internet marketing goes?

Well, it’s a group of friends who want to help each other achieve greater success than one could achieve alone. In general it means that when you put up a website, you tell your friends to go visit it. They do that and they tell their friends about the site.

But with Web2.0 marketing tactics and powerful social marketing available to us now, the concept of a buzz group goes even further. If you have a group of a few friends in internet marketing you can ask them to visit your new site and social bookmark it to a couple social bookmarking sites. If you have a Squidoo lens up you can ask that group of friends to go there and log into their account and rate your lens.

This is a great way to start a “buzz” about your new web site. It gets the search engines looking at your site when it has no page rank or traffic.

Of course building a list and on page SEO and off page optimization are vital. But all that takes a lot of time and effort. Lots of it.

Most of all you need one way links to your new baby. But getting them the normal way is frustrating. You email webmasters and ask for a link, or do a three way link, and well, it is necessary, but pretty darn frustrating.

When you’re just getting started with a site you need immediate results. You need traffic, and you don’t want to wait for the search engines to catch on to how beautiful your work is. That’s where a buzz group can help. Each social bookmark your friends place gives you a link back to your site from a high PR social bookmarking site.

The larger your buzz group, the more one way links you’ll receive. It’s really pretty simple. You’ll get good results with a buzz group of 5-10 friends, but imagine the links you’ll get with 50 or 100 buzz group members. Imagine the page rank boost and the traffic. Something to think about.

Just have a system in place that prevents all those bookmarks from arriving at the same time. It has to be a drip effect. You can’t ask 50 members to bookmark your site one day, and then nobody bookmarks it the next. That looks fishy. You have to get some members to bookmark the site today, some tomorrow and some the next day, etc. And you have to make it very simple for your buzz group members, or they will drop out.

That takes a lot of planning. And you definitely don’t want to post a list of member URLS on a website and have them all click on the links to bookmark them. If you do that, then all the bookmarks will be originating at the same web page, and the search engines won’t like that. Some social bookmarking sites might even ban you or delete those bookmarks. Be careful, and you can put the power of a buzz group into action for you and your friends.

Okay, so you’ve signed up a new Distributor and they’re ready to get started. They’re excited and they just want to get out there and tell the world! They tell their family, close friends, neighbours, everybody! And after 2-3 days, nothing! Why didn’t anyone respond? Not to worry – it’s a common scenario in many multi-level businesses. You send off a load of emails, send out a few letters, phone a few people, design a new leaflet and nothing comes of it.

Here are 3 things that your new distributors need to consider from the beginning of their Network Marketing businesses:

1. To learn the ropes - you shouldn’t be just letting them loose straight away! They need to learn effective techniques of customer and distributor gathering, right from the start.

They need to know how to approach customer and distributor prospects in the correct manner. One way to do this is to go on the company’s official training (if any is available) – but get a commitment before they join, that they will attend the official training.

Set up a meeting with them straight away, as soon as they’ve joined, and find out exactly the reasons why they have joined. Also, help them work out a plan, and set some goals, so they can achieve these objectives and actually get what they want from the business.

Go with them to see a prospect and let them see how you do it. After all, they’ve been telling people everything they know about the company, which isn’t a lot frankly. Why not? Because they’ve only just joined!

2. Focus on your prospect

Most advertising that we see around us is institutional – it focuses on the company, the product features and benefits, etc. Branding is a form of institutional advertising – TV advertising of brands such as Coca Cola and McDonalds– trying to fill your mind with constant messages.

The same can happen in Network Marketing. Whether you are looking for customers or distributors, the mistake is to talk about or promote your business with a message that focuses on the above. If you do not focus solely on your prospect, it’s institutional. For example, you might focus on the company, the compensation plan, the services, the rates, etc.

You must focus on your prospects, on their desires. What they want should take

priority over what you or the company wants. So, find out what they want in life, want they want from your business and tell them ‘what’s in it for them’! A good idea is to keep a record of their dreams for future use – so you can remind them why they started the business in the first place.

3. Don’t use hype!

You’ve just started a business and one of the main things you need to establish is some credibility. Now, some of you may already have a credible reputation with a bricks and mortar business or through your employment. Others might have to start building credibility through their new home based business. Either way, it’s important not to go making outlandish claims about your product or your opportunity. If it’s good, you won’t need to anyway.

Now, the internet is a useful tool for reaching lots more people then ever before, but unfortunately, the result is that some people hype up claims in their adverts. Some are obvious but many adverts can be subtle. For instance, “never sell anything” might appeal to a lot of people who don’t like selling, but in truth, all business involves selling.

Another example is: “we’ll do all the work for you” – now, if this was the case then there would be no need to sponsor anybody. Don’t use hype like this because it can be detrimental to the industry. People have to have a reason to start a business, to want to join the MLM industry on their own terms. We just have to find people with a reason, who want to join and who want to work for their own futures.

So, be realistic with the people you talk to, in your adverts and don’t hype up your claims…

I know. I know. The title of this article looks like a big typo. Just give me a minute to explain what it is that I mean by that.

When I started out with my affiliate marketing business, the biggest first step or obstacle for me was deciding exactly what I was going to do. I knew that I wanted an internet business that I could run on autopilot, with just a little work on my laptop each day, after I got everything rolling. I knew that I wanted my own website with affiliate links. I wanted an auto responder to handle my newsletter and training. I wanted a team of caring people to work with that would help me when I got in pinch. I wanted quality products to sell that I would be comfortable selling to my own mother. I wanted the products to pay out high commissions so that I didn’t have to sell 1 million widgets or whatever to make a nice income. And I wanted a success formula to follow that was proven to work for other people.

I know I wanted a lot! But I was certain that I was going to start my own business and I was certain that I was going to make it work. I wanted to get it right the first time. I knew with all the garbage and scams out there that finding everything I wanted was going to be a difficult task. I’m not saying that all the other programs out there are scams. What I am saying is that there are a lot of scams out there though. The good news is there are also a lot of great people out there that are willing to help you succeed if you will just let them. Just be careful!

For a beginning affiliate marketing business owner trying to get all these details worked out can be overwhelming. I know it was for me. I researched everything for hours and hours trying to find the best auto responders, the best, most profitable programs, the best program for designing a website, the best methods of free advertising and so on and so forth. I studied and studied till my head was about to explode! I was suffering from a disease that has killed many affiliate marketing business startups, Information Overload.

Then I discovered a wonderful secret to making money with your own affiliate marketing business. Don’t try to figure it all out on your own! I repeat, Don’t try to figure it all out on your own! Find somebody successful that has a simple program with a turnkey, duplicative system already setup for you. Then all you have to do is plug into their system and be persistent and success will come. This will save you a lot of time, money and headaches. There are a few great programs out there that can set you up with everything you need to get started one step ahead of the competition. The key is to find the affiliate marketing business system that’s a perfect fit for you. Everyone is different. Just do a little research and these systems are not hard to find.

I was fortunate enough to find a great team of people to work with where everything I wanted and more was supplied to me. Everyone is not that fortunate though. Many, many people start out with their own affiliate marketing business and really get put through the ringer. They waste thousands of dollars on get rich quick schemes or hop around from one failed opportunity to the next. Just find a reputable program with training and a great system and stick with it no matter what. The money is there to be made just be careful.

When you are looking for ways to make money, you will most certainly look for all possible avenues of an honest living and make sure that you get the most for an investment, if you have to make one. You may also have encountered network marketing, and because of the negative images surrounding it, you might have been discouraged to join. Your hesitance is understandable, but guess what ñ you might have heard the 7 lies of network marketing before, and you need to change a bit of your mindset in order to see how network marketing can help you.

Network marketing can actually help you earn cash if you do it right, so take a look at this list before you dismiss it entirely.

1. Network marketing requires you to pay out with a lot of money. Not all network marketing schemes require you to make an investing ñ in fact, some of them will require a small fee in order for you to start purchasing things, which you can then sell. If you encounter a network marketing scheme that tells you to pay up front with an exorbitantly high amount, and you are made to expect a lot of returns that sound unreal, then the deal might be a scam.

2. All network marketing schemes are scams. Sure, there are some bad guys out there who want to get your money and run, but not all marketing schemes are out to ruin your life. There are actually extremely good people who want to help you succeed, so don’t be afraid to try out a scheme - better yet, don’t be afraid to ask the network marketing scheme officers questions, and do your own investigating to check how good a scheme is.

3. Network marketing will not earn you any money. Network marketing can actually pay out generously, and if you do it right. If you are able to get stable and reliable downlines, you can actually earn a lot of money!

4. You can earn millions through network marketing, and within the first few weeks of work. Now don’t get your hopes up too high ñ network marketing requires some degree of work from you, so don’t believe network marketing offers that tell you that you need only a few tasks done before you can start laughing all the way to the bank.

5. Network marketing is illegal. It’s not.

6. Network marketing requires you to have loads and loads of friends and to network constantly. Well, you do have to network constantly, but if you are able to pick out three or four friends who share your aspirations, and who are as sales-savvy as you, then you will fare better than people who have hundreds of friends but only a handful who are able to meet the sales-savvy levels of network marketing.

7. Network marketing products or services are of low quality. People actually buy such products and services, and money is made off them. You only need to pick the right program that has products and services that you believe in so that you can sell them better.

These are only 7 lies of network marketing, and there may be more misunderstanding, thanks to negative images often propagated by mass media. To find out more, do your own investigating, and see how network marketing might be able to help you. Who knows? You might find a good program that has the right fit for you, and you can start networking, selling, and earning.