A Numis Network Review From Someone Who Thought He’d NEVER Join…
I’ve been hesitating to write this review for the last week, because of the controversy and pain of dealing with all of the comments that reviews of this nature create, but because of certain things that I said over the last couple of months, I find that it would be useful to bring out in the open a discussion of ‘The Numis Network‘ from the perspective of someone who not only thought he’d never join, but was an open, public critic of the company.

The Numis Network Is An Interesting Animal:The Numis Network Is A Funny Animal

It’s actually funny to watch the emotional, knee jerk reactions that both myself, and hundreds of other people have had to this company. Numis seems to spark more controversy, critics, and on the flip side – fanatical promoters than any MLM company that has emerged either on or off the internet for the last 20 or 30 years.

In fact, when I first became aware of the company, I thought it was the stupidest thing that I had ever seen. I wrote a review bashing it, told people not to join it, told people I didn’t think it would last, and here’s the funny thing…

…I gave people a million and one reasons why they shouldn’t buy numismatic coins – as if I knew something about the industry and was some kind of coin expert.

Sound familiar?

Sometimes the responsibility of a leader in this industry, and also a leader in life is to be willing to step down and admit that he is wrong. The fact is, as a leader in this industry, I should have never, ever criticized a company that I knew so little about – however, I wanted to take some time to address some of the specific criticism that I brought out, AND that has been raised by others.

“So Why The Heck Does Numis Attract So Much Criticism?”

The first thing that I would like to address is why The Numis Network creates such dramatic criticism in the first place, something that if you’ve found your way to this review, you’ve probably noticed. In fact, never in the last seven years in this industry have I ever seen a company that creates such massive controversy. I recently found out that hundreds of industry leaders privately thought that my last company, iLearningGlobal, wouldn’t last – but for some reason no one criticized it, ever.

In fact, not only did they not criticize it, there was no information on the internet, anywhere, from anyone who wasn’t a distributor. (The reason is, I later found out, I had one of only two teams in the company that was actually growing, so no one really cared about it – they all thought it would just fizzle out, which it did).

The reality is – people criticize what they don’t understand and they are afraid of. Why would someone be afraid of Numis? Because it’s growing so fast that people from all kinds of Network Marketing companies are both joining, and taking their downline with them. When I was in iLearningGlobal, I got 5-10 phone calls a day for a month straight asking my opinion on The Numis Network, and I had someone quitting my business and joining it at least every 3 days. I promise you, that the reason people, ESPECIALLY who know absolutely nothing about the company (which is most of them), are simply afraid that their downline is going to leave, and for good reasons.

I wanted to take a second to publicly apologize for being an ‘ignorant‘ scaredy cat.

“What About The Coins? Aren’t They A Rip-Off?”

One of the funniest things about network marketers who take a look at Numis is the questions that they ask that they never bring up about any other company in the industry.

For example, I was talking to a distributor in a juice company last week who said ‘I would never buy over-priced coins‘, and at the same time they were both selling and buying a couple hundred dollars worth of juice per month – amounting to a grand total of about two gallons of product.

Now, I would never criticize a juice company, and I buy some of those products myself – but does that even make sense as a distributor in this industry? From a consumer perspective, it’s a valid question – but if you’re in network marketing, don’t be crazy. In my last company, I was marketing a personal development service that cost $179 per month where you could get almost all of the information on YouTube for free – and hundreds of new people were subscribing on a monthly basis who felt that it was worth it. When I was in my last company, I was spending $250 per month on an auto-ship for about the same amount of vitamins that I could get at my local health food store for $50. Now, they may have been BETTER vitamins – but let’s stop being hypocrites, ok?

The amount of people on the internet that have never made a dime in network marketing that all of the sudden claim to be ‘coin’ experts is astounding. Did you know that no-one ever made a statue to celebrate the accomplishments of someone who wasted their day criticizing things they don’t understand?

So what about the actual value of the product? The ‘value’ of a product is what someone is willing on a large scale to pay for it – it’s a simple phenomenon of supply and demand. The reality that I didn’t want to admit when I took a look at the company – because I was never a coin collector – is that the Numismatic product niche is a $100 billion worldwide market, and one of our partners, Mike Mezack, PERSONALLY does more than $100 million in sales for this exact product annually – and there are hundreds of thousands of people who are more than happy to pay for it.

There was a guy in my old team (no-mentioning names here, because he’s a cool guy) who went off on me about how it’s ‘unethical‘ to sell numismatic coins and he could never do it because of his fantastic ‘ethics‘. Well, it just so happens that this guy has also never made more than maybe $100 a month in network marketing, and in five months sponsored a grand total of one distributor, and every single other person that he had in his team – I personally put there, for a grand total of about 15 people. Now, I LIKE this guy – he’s cool, and I do believe he can and will succeed in this industry (or I wouldn’t have put people in his team), but don’t give me bull-crap.

If you’re going to claim to have some kind of superior ‘ethics’ – don’t talk to me about it until you have some results to show. My ethical friend there is now selling water for $50 a case. (***As a note – I love the water deal, and will probably buy some – and I’m not talking about my friend John, who is a great leader who I believe will eventually make a million a year in this industry and who HAS sponsored a LOT of people – I’m just pointing out a general inconsistency that is created out of fear of failure). If you’re going to claim ‘ethics’ don’t pretend you’re a leader if you have never made $200 a month in network marketing.

“Is Numis An Investment? David X Seems To Say That Numis Reps Are ‘Claiming’ It’s an investment.”

One of my biggest hang ups when I first looked at The Numis Network was that I just couldn’t figure out why someone would pay $99 for a coin that had around $18 of silver in it. I was looking at it through the eyes of a precious metal investor – and the fact is, that I had never even watched an entire business presentation from the company and I had no idea what the word ‘numismatic’ meant.

Funny enough, when I finally did, I noticed that not just once, but at least three times throughout the course of the presentation, that not only did the rep specifically mention that Numis is NOT an investment, but that there was a whole five minute section of the presentation dedicated to explaining the exact difference between an ‘investment’ and a ‘collectible’.

Because we can legally make a statement ‘historically, the value of these coins has increased’ DOES NOT mean we are even remotely claiming that it is some kind of investment – so stop being an idiot. David X is known now in our inner circle as ‘The Coin Messiah’ or ‘TCM’ because of his desire to ‘save everyone‘ from buying numismatics. (As a side note – I like David, and I don’t think he’s intentionally being ignorant – I think he’s just spoken out and now maybe his pride is in the way).

See, once I actually saw the presentation, I got it right away – because I’ve been collecting things my whole life. When I was about 8 years old, I started collecting comic books, and today that collection is probably worth $20-$30 thousand dollars. If I told you ‘historically, comic books have gone up in value…’ would you think that I was an investment advisor?

No. So stop trying to pretend that Numis reps are proposing investments, when on every page of our websites, and for five minutes in the presentation we explain the exact difference between investments and collectibles. Collectibles DO go up in value, it might not be in 5 years, 10, or even 15, but my dad had a mint condition copy of Spiderman #1 – which I believe is worth over $100,000 because over time, collectibles get more rare.

Do you see how silly the whole ‘investment’ objection is? It doesn’t even remotely make sense unless you’re trying to say that the company does the EXACT OPPOSITE of what is right on the front of their websites.

“Hasn’t This Been Tried Before? I Knew A Guy Who’s Best Friends Dad Lost His Shirt In A Coin Deal”

No. In fact, when I looked into the company – I thought that it had because I’ve seen ‘Gold and Silver’ deals go under before. The critical difference is that those companies were dealing in an entirely different product niche – they were marketing ungraded bullion coins for an unwarranted mark-up in price.

In fact, I’ve sponsored several people into Numis that were in ‘Gold Unlimited’ in the 90’s, and from what I understand, what we do couldn’t be further from what has happened in the past. The Numis Network markets Gold and Silver NUMISMATIC coins graded by the three most respected grading agencies in the world, and we market a LEGITIMATE product that people are already spending money on – at competitive market prices – which is not just different from what you have seen – it is an entirely different kind of industry from anything that has hit the Network Marketing model in the last 120+ years of this industry.

We are a ‘first mover’.

“Isn’t The ‘Executive Kit’ Just An Excuse To Pass Money Around?”

One of the things that I criticized about the Numis Network when I first looked at it was that it seemed that 90% of the income came from something called a ‘coded’ bonus (which was an accurate assumption, it does). Well, the coded bonus is created from the sale of ‘The Executive Kit’ when you’re enrolling a distributor for $495 and they purchase the ‘Fast Track Collectors Kit’. Len Clements, a well known network marketing analyst, said that the value of the actual sign up is questionable, and that it could be viewed as something that just exists for the sake of compensation – which would be valid if there wasn’t actual, tangible value in the enrollment kit.

As a distributor who has purchased the kit – I can tell you nothing could be further from reality. Let me just give you a couple of examples.

In my last company, iLearningGlobal, I had to manually enter all of my distributor’s information into a contact management system just to be able to email my downline and keep them in the loop of what we’re doing as a team – a chore that took at a minimum 2, and usually 5 hours a week and cost me an extra $50 per month – or $600 per year.

Just ONE of the things that is included in that $495 signup is a BBS system that I would have gladly paid $495 for by itself just to save the time, not to mention the actual savings from the system itself as the team expands. I also had to completely design a sales funnel from the ground up in that company, where in Numis, they have a pre-designed custom internet marketing sales funnel that’s included, IN ADDITION to the most professional customer website I’ve ever had, a website that I have ACTUALLY had customers just go to and buy product because that Mike Mezack guy is so good at selling.

In fact – as a distributor, I’d have to say that the $495 distributor enrollment is going to save me $5,000 a year in pointless fees and systems that I would have to pay for elsewhere, but don’t need at all as a Numis rep – PLUS, you get a perfect Mint State 70 Silver American Eagle (retail value of $125) with the $495 distributor kit – so don’t give me crap, especially if you’re selling a $1000 package of vitamins you could buy for $200.

When I was in a vitamin company, I had to pay $1,000 for the vitamins when I joined and order another $500 in sales tools – and I GLADLY paid, because it made me money, I just don’t need any of that ‘extra’ stuff here – because it’s included. If you buy a Subway franchise, it costs over $20,000 PLUS you’ve got to pay overrides every month to the Subway corporation and rent real estate space and pay for employees – now THAT’S passing money around.

The ‘Numis Doesn’t Have Residual Income‘ Myth

When I first saw Numis, I called an industry leader (who shall remain anonymous), and asked him what he thought, and he said something that I thought was fascinating, he said ‘In my opinion, you can’t mark up a fixed priced product enough to pay a downline’.

Well, when I first wrote a review on Numis, I mentioned how the residual income is crappy because they are, in reality, only paying out about 30% of the ACTUAL MONEY SPENT on the flagship product – the MS70 Silver American Eagle. Well, I was right about the 30% part (they pay 50% of BV, and there is 60 BV points from one MS70 Silver Coin that costs $99).

You see, I was comparing the payout of Numis to the payout of juice companies, vitamin companies, and my company, which range from 40%-60%, and I pointed out how, magnified over a team of thousands of people, 30% seemed like a lot less money.

Well, if retention rates were all the same, that would be completely true, and if Numis didn’t have a coded bonus (more on that in a bit), you would need quite a lot of people to make a significant monthly income. What I wasn’t admitting, however, is the whole myth of residual income in most companies isn’t really true, anyways.

For example, in my last company, I was told we had a company wide retention rate of 93%, which if it had been 100% accurate, the residuals from that product would have been absolutely astounding. What I wasn’t aware of, though, that I found out when the company closed down, is that we ACTUALLY had a 93% monthly retention rate (big difference), and that in the Network Marketing industry, 93% monthly retention is actually pretty good. (Now to be fair on myself, I think I had a bit better retention than average, but still…)

I built a team of around 1000 people in a well known vitamin company, years ago, and today I still have that business – THE ONLY people that are still on an autoship are people that had life changing product experiences. All of the ‘I take vitamins, and feel great’ people have canceled their product orders, one by one and now there is a grand total of MAYBE 30-40 people who got ‘cured’ of something for taking them (don’t tell the FDA).

I talked to Ray Higdon, one of the founding distributors here at The Numis Network, and he’s been a distributor for around 8 months at the time of this writing and has had right around a 94% total persistency for 8 months in his business – that’s A LOT better than a 93% MONTHLY retention, and a LOT better than you’ll get in any vitamin company in the world.

Sometimes, LESS is more – as is the case with this. Why aren’t people canceling their autoship? I guess there’s something that’s cool and attractive about getting pure, Mint Condition Gold and Silver coins in the mail every month – people don’t feel like they’re spending money, they feel like they’re purchasing a valuable collection of assets – BIG difference.

Here’s the COOL thing… Residuals are just an ‘EXTRA’ bonus in The Numis Network…

So people are keeping their auto-ship (because getting Gold and Silver in the mail is ‘cool‘ or for whatever reason – it’s still happening, which is getting me pumped just thinking about it) – but here’s the best part about Numis…

…residuals are just ‘extra’ here. You see, in most actual MLM companies, there are no residuals – incomes are formed and maintained by systems that keep people flowing in to the company faster than they leave – that’s not residual income, it’s ‘promotional’ income. REAL residuals in most companies are actually quite small (with a few big exceptions), because people don’t like being on auto-ships – so when they decide not to build a downline, they cancel their product order – which happens about 85% of the time within 12 months.

Well, in The Numis Network – people LIKE their autoship – because they’re building value every month – but aside from that – it’s totally irrelevant in my opinion, because the ‘Coded’ bonus pays so much danged money out if you’re growing at all – the residuals are just a nice, extra bonus. Let’s face it – residuals take forever to build, anyways, I want to make money now, don’t you?

If you’re critical of the coded bonus, I understand. I didn’t understand it either when I looked at it, and I didn’t know my history. The coded bonus was innovated by a company called Excel Telecommunications in the 90’s, which was the fastest growing MLM company in the history of America, hitting $1 billion in sales four times faster than Microsoft. The top earner in Excel earned $1.7 million per month for 18 months straight, 95% of which came from a ‘coded bonus’ written almost ‘exactly’ like the bonus in Numis.

(We’ve made some improvements, and we have residuals, too – which Excel just didn’t have…)

I can’t say exactly how much I made my first week in business – but I’ll tell you this – that ‘coded’ bonus made me more money in my first 14 days than I ever made in a month in my last MLM company after SIX MONTHS of aggressively building.

It’s VERY, VERY cool – and we pay it weekly.

…and if we’re going to talk about ‘ethics’, let’s talk about the ‘ethics’ of telling someone their is residual income when there is not. I’m so sick of people filling my head with crap in this industry – that it’s time for us ALL to set a new standard, don’t you think? How about the ethics of getting someone involved in an ‘opportunity’ that gives them a grand total ‘promotional’ check of $200 after they finally have their 200th person in their downline?

With Numis, people have the ability to generate commissions quickly, now that’s an ETHICAL business to promote – because let’s face it – we’re in this industry to create wealth…

…or are you just here to ‘piddle around‘?

My Final Thoughts

The reality is, even thought people aren’t willing to admit the simple truth – The Numis Network is growing like a wild, uncontrollable fire. In this, or any other profit driven industry – you can either get involved with an idea that is moving on it’s own, or you can do what I tried to do in my last venture – which is to FORCE an idea that nobody gets into the minds of the mass populace.

That’s hard – and it doesn’t work for the average person.

The Numis Network is hot. It’s moving. It’s easy for the average person to explain – COMMISSIONS can be generated quickly if you’re producing, and let’s face it…

…getting Gold and Silver in the mail every month is just cool. It’s almost like we have an extra paycheck once per month… We get paid weekly through all of our ways of earning – and monthly on an autoship of Gold and Silver.

As my good friend, Larry Beacham, a GREAT Network Marketing leader says:

“Everyone sells something – why not sell money?

Everyone collects something – why not collect money?”

Ha ha.

Let me tell you what I told Cedrick Harris and Brian Fanale the other day – I believe that The Numis Network is MY FIRST legitimate chance to build a team of 100,000 distributors in the network marketing industry – it’s the only thing that I’ve ever been a part of that ACTUALLY duplicates, and I’m just flat excited. My PRODUCT is money – and I’m proud of it. Let’s go out – and TRANSFORM the destiny of nations.

If you’re on the fence, get back to the person who invited you to view this article, and find out how you can lock in a spot. Timing in this, and in life, is critical. I’ll look forward to working with you.

-David Wood

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Working from home can be lonely, but it also can be hectic. It can be amazingly inspiring, and sometimes it can be frustrating. No matter what situation you face, there is always an answer out there. Here are some ways to deal with those situations from people who work at home themselves.

Practice your communication techniques to ensure that your home business is as effective as possible. A great deal of your home business will rely on communication whether on the phone, internet, or in person. If you aren’t aware of proper communication practices, you could fail to reach those that you target in your business.

Set up an area in your home for your business. Mark it clearly, not just for you and your family, but for tax purposes too. To be really successful you need a separate room you can call your office because you can’t run your successful business from your kitchen table. If you lack extra bedrooms, try to use partitions to separate a business area.

Sound professional when you answer your business phone. Working in your pajamas is one of the perks of a home business, but make sure your customers don’t know about it. Avoid background noises such as sounds your unruly kids, kitchen equipment or fighting neighbors make. Maintain a professional appearance for your customers.

Organize your work space in a manner that works for you. You will want to be sure to stay organized and keep everything in the proper place. This will help you save time and deal with customers easier. It also helps you complete projects in a timely manner and stay focused.

When looking for home business supplies, shop online rather than at a brick-and-mortar retailer. You can save a lot of money by searching online for your supply needs. In fact many online retailers offer deeper discounts if you subscribe to an ongoing automatic purchase of the product. This is a great way to save, and these days every cent helps!

Home Based Business

If you are planning on starting a home-based business, why not try teaching music lessons? If you play a musical instrument, you have an invaluable tool for making money. Good music teachers command good pay, you can use any room in your home and you will have no start-up costs. It’s the perfect way to use your talent to your advantage.

Reach out to investors or loan companies. A home based business can be financially risky to start and run, so make it easier on yourself by gaining financial support. Without this support, your home business may stay small, as you do not have the capacity to put yourself out on the market.

Leadership

If you plan on hiring additional employees to work for you in your home business, you should first consider developing your own personal leadership style. You must set boundaries and consider how you will provide training, support, and discipline of your your prospective employees. A fully developed leadership style will make it easier to convey your expectations for future employees.

Always remember that your home business is just s business, so you can’t take it personally. Breathe deeply and calm yourself in any situation that isn’t going your way. There are many resources out there which will help you, especially other entrepreneurs, so never fear. The answers are out there, including the ones above!

Great Advice On Running A Home Business

Owning a home business can be great, and I’ve done that a couple times in my life. One time was owning and operating a horse boarding stable for about six years and I enjoyed it very much. I had the ability and knowledge to operate the business and very much enjoyed the people who were my customers.

Take the time to explore different options before finally deciding on which business to go with. Focus on market trends and research the company or idea before deciding to go with it. The internet is a great resource to find any information you need on trends and company research.

Pay estimated taxes. For a home business owner, it is preferable to pay your taxes four times a year. Unless you want a shock when it’s tax time, contact the IRS and set up a payment process. Not only are you responsible for regular tax, you will have to pay self-employment tax.

Set goals you want to achieve daily. There may be a few things you don’t get around to, but setting reasonable and achievable goals everyday can help you accomplish a lot more. Set boundaries if you are working out of your home so your family will respect your work and time.

Get a toll-free number for your home business. If much of your business is done over the phone, you may want to consider opening up a toll-free line as well as a business line. These encourage people to call in, because they know it is not costing them to be able to speak with you.

To advertise your business create fliers, brochures and postcards. Ask businesses to hang your flier in their window, or post them on bulletin boards. Mail the postcards out to potential clients. To draw in more business put a code on your advertising materials that entitle the clients to a one time discount or free trial service.

Home Based Business

When you have a home business it is very helpful to have a supportive peer group. You will probably have to find others and start your own network. The people may not work in the same industry, but you will have one thing in common, the motivation and drive to have a successful home based business.

When running your own home based business it is important to remember not to get easily distracted by new ideas. It is important that you give things time to work out. For your business to succeed, you must be able to focus. Stick with one thing that you are working on and make it a success. Do not jump from project to project.

Leadership

If you plan on hiring additional employees to work for you in your home business, you should first consider developing your own personal leadership style. You must set boundaries and consider how you will provide training, support, and discipline of your your prospective employees. A fully developed leadership style will make it easier to convey your expectations for future employees.

The business did have it’s drawbacks though since people are pretty much the same the world over. While most of my customers were great, there were a couple who gave me some headaches. I did have to sell a couple horses since their owners didn’t pay and then dropped out of sight. Also, the physical work was pretty hard.

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To be wealthy to most, is to learn to live within your means and save money to do extra things. If you try to keep up with the Jones’es you are not living within your means. Also known as ( Executive Ego ) , when you try to impress your friends and neighbors, you will usually exceed your means.

I am going to buy this because “I deserve it”. I have heard this so many times and usually buy someone who does not have the money for it. Just over borrow and go deeper in debt. You do not deserve it if you have not made the money to buy it. Deserve is directly related to the effort put forth.

If you will learn to be comfortable with yourself, you will become wealthy. If you want a new car and don’t have the money, you should ask yourself, why do you need a new car. If you justify that you need the new car, then you should go out and make enough money to buy it.

Sit down with pencil and paper and write it down. What is your goal, buy a new car, take a vacation or anything extra. Write it down and write down your current income. Then write down your expenses. Then compare this and see what you have to change to afford your goal.

If you are an employ you may need a raise or an extra job. If you have your own business you need to do more of it or add something new. Sometimes we get bogged down in our own self-pity and everything just seems like it will never work out. If this seems impossible you should look for an alternative. Write it down and it will help you to see where you need to go.

If you are in business for yourself sometimes the government regulations will really cause a hard ship. You have to study hard to see if you can overcome these. In some case it is possible to find an alternative, write it down. Most new compliances are foolish but can be overcome even though it can be expensive some time prohibitive. If a new method will not work do not dwell on it move on.

Find a friend that has been successful and ask them for some input. You do not need to have similar businesses just the basics can give the alternative that you need. First you may have to overcome depression or burnout. What ever it takes just do it. Do not procrastinate this is devastating. There are a lot of people out there that will help you, just ask. Just because you are working hard everyday does not mean you are getting ahead. You need a long term plan written down. Then you have a goal that is doable.

You may need to go on line and study some of the leadership skills books that are available. You can find help on any subject you want but the main one you need to learn is YOU, if you are all into yourself you are not teachable. Because if you are not open to new ideas you are only wasting time. Having first hand experience with most situations coming from a large family of entrepreneurs there are not many situations that are not familiar, some good and some bad.

Sometimes you just have to move on to something else. One good alternative is network marketing. The leadership skills found in some of the teams are just awesome. The MLM business is one of the fastest growing sectors at this time.

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Article Marketing Explained

Lots of people have heard about article marketing but do not really understand what it is. There are different ways article marketing can be used to help you.

Writing an informative article about something that is related to your website content, service, or product, then mass submitting it to article submission or free content websites.

Because of the links in your author bio section or footer of the article, every article directory you submit to is linking back to you. While this creates a lot of one-way inbound links, you have to remember that those websites are not likely to be related to your product, service or website content.

In addition to that, those article directories also link to thousands of websites. Even on the page where your article appears in their site, it’s likely that many other links accompany your links on the same page, further diminishing the value of those links.

It is worth the effort. Those inbound links will definitely not hurt you and will help some, but the goal of submitting your article to all of those article directories is so that other Webmasters and Bloggers can find your articles.

Whenever a webmaster or Blogger uses your article in a website or Blog that is related to your content, product or service, then you are accomplishing a lot. Those are valuable one-way inbound links and will carry weight with search engines like Google.

Writing exclusive articles for high-traffic websites.

This is another way you can use article marketing to enhance your search engine rankings and link popularity as well as get traffic directly from those who read your article.

For this, you really need to polish your writing style. You need to write an informative article that is grammatically correct first of all. It needs to be 500 – 700 words.

You need to provide references for your facts and acknowledged quotes to support your theories or opinions. It will also help you illustrate that the information is correct. These types of articles require more research because they need to be accurate.

Once you have your article written, offer it as an exclusive article to just one high-traffic website where their topic is related to your content, products, or services. This article will be seen by many if it is accepted and you will see a direct result in the amount of traffic you get from just one article submitted to just one website.

I will offer one last way to use article marketing effectively. Writing the article as you would an exclusive article as mentioned above for another website and putting it into your own website.

Once you have the article written and posted into your website, take the link directly to the article page and start posting in forums and commenting on blogs that are related to the topic of your article. Use the link to that article page in your sig. line or as a reference if you find people discussing exactly what your article explains.

By using the article to help others, you will find they will want to see what else you have at your website. By linking it in your sig. line, you also increase link popularity for that page and for your website. Make sure that the rest of your website is linked from the page you put the article into and it can even help your website get crawled by the search engine spiders.

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John S Tucker is the founder of Think Ahead Marketing Limited, based in London. The company has recently released the Strategic Online Business Masters E-Course, covering all aspects of online business. This can be downloaded for free at http://www.internetbusinesscore.com/sobmasters.html .

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Article Marketing And The Eye Of The Spider

Ever wondered how internet marketing worked? How does anybody who is into internet marketing inform his potential customers that he exists? And how do customers who are looking for something specific, know where to look for it? Given the sheer profusion of pages on the internet, this can be a herculean task for both the buyer as well as the seller.

Internet marketing is all about catching the ‘eye of the spider’. ‘Spiders’ are ingenious little devices that search all the pages of the World Wide Web looking for those pages that are most relevant to the search term that the internet user has entered. Not only do spiders find the appropriate pages, but they also rank these pages in order of relevance, making it easier for the user to find what he is looking for. Goes without saying, anybody looking for something would first click on the page that is right on top of the list. If he finds what he is looking for, that’s it- he looks no further. It is only if he does not find what he wants that he will then go down the list of pages that the spiders have ranked in decreasing order of relevance. The key then, is to make sure your website is ranked right up there above all others that have the same keyword.

Here are a few tips on how you can use article marketing to catch the eye of that all-important spider and get your website ranked right up there, where it can be seen by millions of users.

Make sure your article content is original

Spiders never forget! They memorize every article they have ever crawled over. If they come across a similar article during subsequent searches they immediately pick it out as a plagiarized copy. Instead of the brownie points you would expect to win for featuring valuable content on your web site, your web site would get penalized for featuring copied content. It is critical to make sure that your article content is always original.

Post your original articles on your own website first

By posting your original content on your own website before distributing it to other sites, you stake a claim to your article, and prevent those spiders from penalizing it for duplication. Also, when the spider picks up your article during a search, if the article is posted on your website, it will lead the reader straight to your site circumventing the round-about route.

Embed those keywords and keyword phrases

Using appropriate keywords and keyword phrases throughout your article while maintaining optimum keyword density, is critical. Proper keywords used correctly helps spiders index your website and leverages your search engine optimization. It is important to remember that proper usage of keywords and keyword phrases is critical. Keywords that are randomly placed throughout the article, known as keyword stuffing, will only help get your article disqualified and penalized by search engines. And if your article that is unintelligently keyword stuffed, does get past the search engines, your site visitors will be none too impressed with the quality of your articles and will almost certainly turn away. Once this happens, it is almost impossible to lure them back again.

Increase your link popularity

Spiders determine the popularity and relevancy of your website by the quality and quantity of inbound hyperlinks from other websites to yours. Include an “About the Author” section with a link to your website in every author resource box at the end of your article. It is obligatory for other websites to include this section if they decide to publish your article on their site. This in itself will guarantee you unlimited free publicity. If your article is informative and interesting, and is placed on several sites, you would automatically get plenty of links pointing back to your site. This is guaranteed to catch the eye of the spider and increase your search engine ranking.

Maximize your exposure through article distribution sites

By submitting your articles to large distributions sites such as GoArticles.com or eZine.com you increase the chances of your article being repurposed by other webmasters who are continuously seeking quality content. This can have a kind of viral effect and send a continuous stream of significant traffic towards the direction of your articles.

Persistence pays

Writing just one article, no matter how good, is not enough to get you the desired results. Catching the eye of the spider takes time. To reap the benefits of article marketing requires time and patience as well as the unswerving commitment to generate and disseminate good quality articles consistently. This is what will create a valuable footprint in your field of expertise and help increase the number of back-links to your site.

Maintain that word count

Most websites will only accept and distribute articles that meet their specified article requirements with regard to minimum and maximum length. As a rule, articles should be no more than 500 words and no less than 300 words.

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John S Tucker is the founder of Think Ahead Marketing Limited, based in London. The company has recently released the Strategic Online Business Masters E-Course, covering all aspects of online business. This can be downloaded for free at http://www.internetbusinesscore.com/sobmasters.html .

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Group Coaching: Take Advantage Of The Numbers

Coaching on the Internet is one thing that many Internet marketers are turning to. There are various options available to you when it comes to finding someone to help you build your business. In this article we want to talk about group coaching and the benefits of having more than one coach to work with.

1. You need marketing help. Starting an Internet business is something most people have no background in. This means you are going to need a lot of help marketing your business.

Marketing really starts with choosing a niche, domain name, website hosting and finding products to sell. Then you will need help learning how to promote your new business online.

In reality you should be spending 90% of your time just on advertising and marketing when you first start out. Because there are so many ways to promote an Internet business having a coach to give you tips on what works is invaluable.

Group coaching is even better because you can pull on the strengths of the various coaches. You will also find several that you feel more comfortable working with which may not be the case if you work with just one coach.

2. You need personal development. You need to have the personal skills it takes to build an Internet business. Self improvement is one area that most of us can do better on.

This includes everything from goal setting to developing a better self image. Generally your business will never outgrow your personal growth and coaching can help you improve yourself.

3. You need financial advice. Most Internet coaches do not spend a lot of time on this, but from a business standpoint it is worth knowing a few things.

For example trying to build an Internet business 100% on free advertising methods generally does not work. Coaches can help you establish a realistic budget for your Internet business based on your personal finances.

4. You need a support system. Most group coaching programs will have a members only forum. It is good to interact with the coaches as well as other Internet marketers similar to yourself.

Social networking has helped make the Internet a smaller world, but it can still get kind of lonely sitting in front of your computer. Having a support system with coaches and other Internet marketers can help overcome that.

These are a few tips on why there is strength in numbers when it comes to group coaching. One of the fastest ways to become more successful is having people to turn to when you have questions on your Internet business.

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Suzanne Morrison is on the staff of the Affiliate Power Group where they help people learn affiliate marketing. Check out their free affiliate marketing course if you need help making money as an affiliate marketer. It offers helpful tips on doing affiliate marketing the right way to make money online. http://www.affiliatepowergroup.com

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Blogging – What Is It All About ?

Blogging is hard even if you’re a natural or trained writer. It’s difficult to write and write well on a consistent basis, let alone every day. It is all about sharing knowledge and experience. Thus it is important, that you must have lots of knowledge relevant to your blog niche.

Blogging is an art form in its own and is a valuable resource in this day-and-age. Print media simply CAN NOT keep up with the digital world (or the public’s demand) and for a company that, as the author has pointed out, has tons of money invested in blogging, it’s pretty damn stupid to go and insult that which gives you money. It is still the center of the social media universe. Now you could easily argue I am a bit biased on that point but the facts support the argument. Blogging is much closer to the informal discussions you have in the hallway or via email than it is to peer-reviewed papers. We have to convince faculty members (and other people involved in science) that blogging is the new email.

Blogging is the perfect small business marketing tool. If you’re selling and gaining leads via the web, then the web is also your main marketing super-channel. It isn’t just a hobby, it’s a way of experiencing the world. Blogging isn’t dead in my eyes. I think a person’s first instinct is to give up if their blog isn’t popular, but all it means is that they have to get better.

Blogging is often taken as informal writing. While this may be true, it does not mean that it is okay for a blogger to disregard writing rules. It is about not following a form, but making your own form. To all those bloggers out there who say you “have to be a niche blogger” in order to be successful I say . Blogging is not for the faint of heart!

Blogging is one of those things which has inserted itself into American culture whether we like it or not. According to the BlogWorld site, of the 147 million Americans who use the internet, almost 40% of them read blogs. Blogging is a GREAT way to achieve that level of communication. Blogging is a reflection in the mirror of what we want to show to the world. For the most part, blogging is about us.

Blogging is not a unique concept, its simply one of the oldest concepts applied to HTML rather than pen and paper. In this matter the buzz word blog and ever possible tense there of are nothing more than keeping a journal and using HTML rather than Pen and Paper to do it.

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Best Possible Ways To Get The Word Out About Your Business Online

There are lots of new business owners that are looking for the best possible ways to get the word out about their business, many of these people fall victim to the age old question of how to boost traffic to a business site. There are a few basic tips that any business owner is able to do in order to get the results that he or she is seeking out.

The one area that many people will have a little bit of trouble with is the task of finding a method that will get them the results that they are seeking out while still being able to get the most out of any effort that they place forward. This is a process that any business person needs to make sure of if he really wants to have a good enough starting point.

Use one of the many online services where you can outsource most of your nitty-gritty tasks in order to get the most from your efforts. There are also plenty of places online that can help you determine which keywords are guaranteed to really bring in more targeted visitors toward your website as a result. There are several different types of keyword services that you can certainly take advantage of in order for your business site to be found by only the exact prospective customers looking for what the business offers.

Another essential step towards boosting traffic to your business site is the acquisition of backlinks for your site. Links are another very important factor that you will need to make sure you consider carefully before you make the full decision as to what you will be implementing in regards to your marketing. There are several places in which you maybe able to acquire links from. You should perform the process accurately in order to get the full effect out of this marketing effort.

One thing that is also having a lot of success lately is viral video. This is certainly an opening for you to make an impact out of for your business. There are many different types of videos that any person is capable to do which will allow you to get your business name out to the general public. In the video, make sure that you include a link that will let the people know how to reach you.

Last but certainly not the least thing you should give more focus on aside from researching them is the proper use of these keywords. This is so vital to the success or failure of any business, the more that these are used in a responsible manner, then the better the results will be and this will aid you in your business efforts. This is one of the biggest things that will indeed help or break your company.

How to boost traffic to a business site should no longer be a great concern that hinders people into achieving success towards their respective businesses. If you are able to follow those tips mentioned, then you and your business should indeed have a lot of success.

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