If your present occupation does not generate enough income to meet your needs and wants, then chances are you have probably considered engaging in an affiliate program to make extra money on the side. If you really want to create bigger revenues, heads up: there are five important tips that can help increase your income through this online venture. After applying these useful tips, who knows? You might even end up leaving your desk job to go full time in this up and coming profitable venture.

1. Joining chat rooms, forums and message boards can really help magnify your affiliate revenue. But before jumping headfirst into the rush of things, screen out groups of people that might find your products and services to be of little use of them. Be part of assemblages that can find meaning and purpose to your products. And when you do get to join them, stop short of saying “Hi! Hello! I am selling so-and-so products”. Instead, create rapport by showing a genuine concern for the needs of a particular group before presenting your items. Doing so will gain their confidence in you as both a friend and a seller. Putting it simply, hard selling = spamming = loss of clients.

2. If you have the time and the interest, do try to write your own eBook. On the extra spaces, offer to place advertisements of your products and your site. You can then give copies of your eBook for free to other people. This is hitting two birds with one stone: you gain an appreciative nod from your audience because of your generosity, and you subtly introduce to them items and services for sale through the ad spaces.

3. Also, get organized and create an affiliate program directory in your website. Offer viewing of this directory for free, and watch that hit counter go crazy with the skyrocketing numbers you get from the countless numbers of interested Netizens.

4. Many people will be offering the same products and services as you, so up the ante and stand out from the crowd by creating unique-looking ads. Get those creative juices flowing and design ads that are a cut above the rest.

5. And finally, do make honest and well-written reviews about your products or services to give people the impression that you are not biased and you have tried and tested the product or service yourself. Don’t make empty promises, just real-life testimonials about how your items have helped you attain some of the goals that you desire for yourself.

It is important for you to appreciate that you are not merely involved in sales. Selling is your career. You’re a professional.

There is a vast difference, that you must never lose sight of.

The dictionary describes a professional as someone “engaged in a specific activity as one’s main paid occupation”. It also describes a profession as ” a vocation or calling that involves some branch of advanced learning”.

It is clear that both these definitions are appropriate descriptions of the work in which you are involved and distinguishes you as a professional..

Everyone is involved in selling:

When you come to think about it, everyone is involved in selling in some way or another. Selling is persuasion and negotiation.

Think of a small child and parents in a department store. The child sees a
tempting toy; gains attention by dragging the parents towards the item; then begs the parents to buy the highly desired item.

In return the child promises to reward the parents in a variety of ways.

The promises are tempting: Never to nag again; permanent good behavior; eating vegetables and other appealing forms of behavior.

The child is an excellent natural negotiator and the parents, sold on the idea, agree to keep their side of the bargain!

Or consider the politician, who attempts to persuade constituents to vote for him, promising in return increased benefits. The preacher promises spiritual satisfaction for adherence to a certain moral and ethical code.

Everyone in every calling offers something in return for something else.

There is hardly an aspect of life that does not contain the same elements. The difference between your occupation and that of a doctor, lawyer, dentist, accountant, teacher – to use just a few examples – is the nature of the service being offered.

Never forget you are a professional.

Your occupation is your main source of income. As a professional your occupation required some form of advanced learning. The fact that some professions involve a greater length of time in the learning process is irrelevant.

Like everything in life, your success in your chosen profession depends on your skills.

Of course you already possess certain skills. But like all professionals, you are very much aware how important it is for you to improve your skills.

Selling, as you well know, is a skill. It is a skill that can be improved with training.

The importance of a positive attitude.

Many people involved in sales unfortunately have a negative attitude unworthy of their profession. They feel that in some ways it is not as prestigious as other more glamorous or charismatic professions.

To some extent this has been due to an unfortunate stereotype that has been perpetuated in literature, the cinema and T.V.

The Salesman is often portrayed as an overbearing, or cunning,devious person who will use any means to trick unwary customers to buy a product of dubious quality.

Sometimes the Salesman is depicted as a struggling, loser who drifts from one job to another.

Consider the type of person many people have been conditioned to think of as the “typical” car salesman. This unfortunate stereotype persists.
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Some professional sales people come to accept this completely fallacious, demeaning view of themselves as accurate!

Often there is a tendency to belittle oneself and not attach sufficient importance to the very important role played in our economic system.

As any economist will tell you, nothing could be further from the truth. The salesperson is an absolutely essential cog in the wheel of our democratic, free enterprise system and our capitalist economy.

Without this vital link between the producer and the final customer commerce would grind to a halt.

Compare your career with those of others.

Have you ever stopped to compare your vocation with that of someone involved in what might be considered a more glamorous profession?

A close examination of many occupations will reveal that in many cases the work is tedious, dull, boring and monotonous in the extreme.

I mean no disrespect to the important work carried out by people involved in other professions, but can you imagine yourself having to cope day after day with the physically demanding profession of dentistry for example?

Can you visualize yourself continually examining the teeth of patients, day after day, hour after hour?

I had an interesting experience a short while ago. It re-enforces the idea that not all professions are as attractive and as charismatic as they may seem on the surface.

The son of a friend of mine is an airline pilot with an international airline.

Can you think of an occupation that presents as much glamour and prestige in the eyes of the public?

But in a recent discussion with him I was very surprised indeed to discover that he found his career monotonous and boring. He seriously considered changing his career, even though it would mean a considerable drop in salary.

The rewards of a selling career.

As you will appreciate, everything depends on your attitude to your work. Selling, as a profession can be exciting, stimulating, satisfying and immensely rewarding financially.

Every day presents new challenges. There are no limits to the goals you can set yourself.

You can look forward to each day with eager anticipation. Unlike many other profession it is never boring.

And, as has been pointed out, it is important to continually improve your skills and levels of expertise. The rewards you receive will be commensurate with your effort.

Devote yourself to becoming proficient in every aspect of your profession.
Improve your product knowledge so that you are regarded as an expert in the particular field in which you specialize. There is no end to the possibilities and the challenges.

The North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain is filled with small communities and cities that offer the best of both worlds: easy access to big city amenities and the atmosphere of small town living. This is the draw that most people feel when it comes to purchasing real estate and making those important decisions about where you will live and work.

There are few decisions you will face in life that are more important than where you will raise your family. In other words, the place you will call home. The area known as the North Shore presents many beautiful options when it comes to establishing roots and growing families.

This is also an incredible place in which to enjoy the single lifestyle with its close proximity to New Orleans, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the many attractions and events that abound throughout the region.

Do not make the mistake, however, of allowing the allure of New Orleans and the big city lifestyle to overshadow the many benefits of Mandeville, Louisiana. Real estate is one of the first things you will want to consider. Real estate is much more affordable in St. Tammany Parish as you will get much more house for your money with your Mandeville La real estate buy.

Another important consideration when it comes to real estate in Covington, Louisiana and other surrounding areas is the education that can be had for the price of a longer commute in most cases.

When you look at the big picture, Covington, Louisiana real estate has a lot to offer growing families as well as those that are just starting out. Schools are only a small token of the many family benefits that abound on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain with the lake itself being one of those attractions that most families find an enjoyable part of living there.

Hammond Louisiana real estate is another worthy consideration for those seeking to escape the hectic pace of life in the immediate vicinity of New Orleans, Metairie, or Kenner. You will face a little bit longer of a drive time, but prices for real estate are much lower than in New Orleans.

There are plenty of attractions that are well suited for families in the area as well. One huge event to take place in the Hammond area is the Louisiana Renaissance Festival held each year in the fall.

Couple events such as this with easy access to New Orleans and other North Shore communities, and Hammond is yet another winner for those seeking not only a home for their families but also a sense of community that is often absent in larger cities.

When it comes to quality of life, Mandeville Louisiana real estate is truly one of the best available options for families in or around the Crescent City. Check out the local school systems, entertainment and cultural events, and take advantage of the close proximity to all of the conveniences that cities such as New Orleans have to offer consumers, businesses, and families alike.

There are few living arrangements that offer all of these benefits tied up in the pleasant package that St. Tammany Parish presents.

When you first sit down with your prospects remember this:

“It’s not about you, it’s all about them.”

So give them just the bare minimum introduction about yourself and why you’re there.

Something like:

“Hey, thanks for fitting me into your schedule. I know you’re busy. I’m really excited about what I’m going to show you tonight/today. It’s totally changing my financial future.”

You then ask them some questions about who they are; what they do; what challenges life may be throwing up for them etc.

I’ve written another article that covers these questions in depth: “Secrets Of MLM Success: Seven Powerful Questions That Will Explode Your Enrollments!” You can Google it if you want more information on what to ask.

Only after you feel you know why they are looking at your business do you get to show them your presentation.

Here are some hints:

* Don’t make it too long.

* Don’t get into too much detail.

* Don’t get hung up on the compensation plan (unless you’ve got an information hound).

* Just briefly show them retail profits, recruitment, commissions on downline sales and realistically how much they can expect to make in six months, a year etc. if they put in the time and effort.

* Show them the big picture too but don’t frighten them off with numbers they don’t yet believe they can achieve.

As you go along make sure to draw them in with questions:

“Do you see how that works?”

“Do you see how this could help you solve … (recap one of their needs here)?”

Then you Wrap Up:

“So that’s how it works… what benefits do you see here for yourself?”

Here’s where you ask for Questions:

“Do you have any questions?”

Answer the question and then say:

“OK! And other than that is there anything else you’d like to know?”

Answer all of their questions and then ask the enrollment question:

Enrollment: This is really simple… you just flow into it.

“Great, if you don’t have any more question then let’s get you started.”

Pull out your enrollment form, pick up your pen and ask:

“OK, let’s start at the top. What’s the correct spelling of your first name?”

If it hasn’t come up before, you can just about bet the question of “How much will it cost?” is going to come up here.

Answer the question, explain the options and ask: “Which one of those options seems most appropriate for you?”

You just keep looping back here; as the last minute questions come up, you answer them and go right back to the paper work.

Do it this way and you’ll sign up a lot of people!

One on one presentations are very powerful but we want to incorporate all the tools we possibly can to achieve big success in our MLM business. Often people who work in the warm market neglect to harness the power of the internet. Using the internet to generate leads can really up your game.

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