Written By Loren Woirhaye, May 20th, 2009
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes
Eric Louviere is smart about some online business stuff that really matters – so I’m re-publishing something of his here. Not because I’m too lazy to write something, but because Eric says it very well and you should take it to heart. I’m not some lone bug-eyed freedom-prophet – I get my insights from watching what works in business – and reading what other people who watch what works write. So read this:
If you’ve been a newbie for over a year, then you might be a redneck.
No seriously, if you are a newbie right now, then you need to stop being a newbie and start selling stuff. In fact, just get a squeeze page up and send traffic to it.
If you do that, then you’ll be further along than 95% of all newbies right away.
Send traffic to a squeeze page, and you’re in business. That’s it.
Want to make six figures per year? send enough traffic to a squeeze page that you build a list of 5,000 subscribers or more.
I’m now fully convinced that people dont make money because of the BARRIERS they put up that prevents them from making money.
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Written By Loren Woirhaye, May 7th, 2009
Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes
You and me are own worst enemy.
… and it’s all in our minds!
…Especially when we let negative feelings put up walls to achieving our personal and professional goals.
We see this every day – person A begins talking enthusiastically about a new opportunity and immediately persons B and C shoot the idea down by focusing only on the negative outcomes that could potentially result.
I’m guilty of this – big time!
I’m a pessimist (learned from experience) about a lot of business stuff – since most businesses fail I think I’m justified – because it is far easier to get it wrong than get it right!
In the big-picture however, I am a relentless optimist. I know that each new plateau of success requires overcoming unwelcome challenges.
That’s life. Check your own experience to corroborate my opinion – it will probably match-up.
Case-in-point (non-business): I sucked at guitar when I started. With each new accomplishment in skill, dexterity, or comprehension of musical principles more finicky challenges presented themselves – and could only be overcome with dedicated practice and self-assessment.
And some days I just felt like I wasn’t making any progress at all… sometimes for weeks.
Then… Big
Written By Loren Woirhaye, May 1st, 2009
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes
For a guy like me to write about goal-setting is a little strange – because I am more averse to setting goals than a lot of people – or perhaps I just do it in unconventional ways.
I’m gonna try to share some insight. Like most stuff, take what you can use and the stuff that feels stiff or unnatural to you… well, consider what foreign lessons have to offer but also follow your intuition. Getting to where you want to go and enjoying the journey are equally important in my book – which is why I’m averse to the kind of “type A” GET RESULTS goal-setting we sometimes see.
There are some sort of formulaic and common-sense stuff you should take to heart when deciding what your goals are going to be. Writing about it always seems kind of stiff and academic to me – because there is a big difference between saying you’re going to kick the ba1l past the goalie and actually getting on the field, getting knocked-around and persevering doggedly until you succeed.
Getting goals has a lot to do with stubborn determination in my experience. How you set
Written By Loren Woirhaye, April 28th, 2009
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
Would you like to finally bust-out and start doing the right stuff to make money with network marketing, combining old-school methods with the new online technology?
I’ll bet you would.
You are probably skeptical and you have every right to be.
Because I am sure you get buried in emails from self-centered promoters practically begging you to join their MLM.
Even if you see the profit-potential of MLM I bet you are more than a little concerned you’ll pick the wrong opportunity, the wrong leader, or won’t be able to get this marketing stuff figured out.
Those are valid concerns – and because you have them you can know that you are the sort of discerning person who can actually create phenomenal results in a business when you finish gathering data and make up your mind to move forward and start making money with your home business.
I believe in you.
You ARE capable of WINNING in the marketing game – getting the freedom and fun, the lifestyle that most working stiffs would love to have.
I’ve got a new goodie for you.
It’s a report that will help you make the right decision and get the right kind of business
Written By Loren Woirhaye, April 24th, 2009
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes
Hey folks,
If you look down this blog a bit you’ll get the feeling I was actively promoting an MLM launch. I was. In January.
As a direct marketer I try to follow my heart, but I also look at the numbers.
Looking at the numbers from that last MLM launch I was involved with… well – the amount of traffic and leads you would have to generate for that particular program would be A LOT for a measly payout of $12 a month.
By my estimate, about 800 targeted visitors for each paid signup.
Yikes!
The numbers don’t work. Such a low rate of prospects upgrading to paid members isn’t acceptable to me and I cannot in good conscience lead you into such a losing proposition.
The product was targeted at “internet marketers” yet looking at my own numbers I gotta conclude that people just didn’t want what we were selling… or they already had something else that was working for them.
I learned some stuff from the launch…. and particularly my belief that MLM is a very difficult way to make money online was validated.
Not because MLM is bad, but because the payouts per customer are
