Six days into the new year, and this is the first blog post since the clocked turned over to 2009. I do not know about you, but I have needed some down time to get my house in order, both literally as well as figuratively.

But I have been busy launching stuff in 2009.

My latest site is My Internet Tips - one of my infamous .Info sites that gives away all kinds of free advice (this one only has one post so far, more will come).

This is recently on the heals of launching My Blogging Tips, the Web 20.0 Tips, and Article Marketing Tips as follow-ons to the original Gmail Tips video training roster.

What have you done so far in 2009?  Do you have big plans? Do you still want to follow through on those plans, but don’t know where to turn?

That is why we are here at Occupy The City.  Become a member of our community and see the difference it makes in your life.  As a team we will help you build your home-based business, and provide you all the tools you need to suceeed in online marketing. Learn More About Occupy The City today!

The art of attracting multi-level marketing leads is something many don’t have the ability to do or the stomach to achieve. The latter reason applies particularly to network marketers using old school methods of prospecting which meant approaching people directly and pitching a business opportunity.

The truth is, it’s a style most hate and just don’t want to be part of. And who can blame them. It’s unprofessional and hit and miss. The key is to pitch your oportunity to people ready to receive your offer.

Another problem with the old method of prospecting is that even if you do manage to sign someone into your business the chances of them dropping out are high. They didn’t ask to see your opportunity in the first place and usually there is a lot of pitching and convincing taking place. Many resort to making wild claims such as you don’t need any skills to do this business.

So attracting MLM leads is not easy…well, not quite true. The internet has leveled the playing field…enormously. And better still, targeting only responsive leads has never been easier.

Who Wants To Hear Your Offer?

The secret is in attracting people who actually want to hear about your offer. In other words, targeted leads. Approaching anyone and everyone is not the way to source leads. It’s an unprofessional way to do business and will convey an image of desperation on your part.

The internet has breathed new life into lead generation for the MLM business in such a way that many are building successful downlines simply through targeted leads obtained online.

Now you may be thinking “well, I’ll just go and spend several hundred dollars and purchase a few thousand leads from a lead generation company.” No, that’s a shortcut to going broke. When you do this you don’t have control.

In the main, these are extremely unreliable and who’s to know how many times these leads have been used even though they are promoted as fresh and targeted.

How To Source Targeted Leads

The best way of getting leads are the ones you source yourself. How?

• By offering people something of value. By setting yourself up as someone who knows what they’re talking about.
• By building a blog or a website on network marketing and having an optin form to a report of some type which people can download for free.
• By promoting yourself to people who are looking for exactly what you have to offer.
• By building a relationship with your leads before you even talk about your offer.

I shot this video to show how a little Search Engine Optimization and Web 2.0 property building can go a long way to ward driving you free traffic to your money website.

I will post another video just like this at the end of next month so you can see how or work is progressing.

Don’t waste another min making the simple mistakes that sterilize the results of most beginning to intermediate marketers .

One of the first things we learned with Occupy the City is that each of our new members starts with a different amount of knowledge about online marketing or the internet in general. Regardless of knowledge level we also found that nearly everyone could benefit from education on some of the most basic principals of linking and anchor text. Providing training that meets you at your level to help you move forward is just one of the many ways Occupy the City stands out in a sea of info products and business opportunities.

If you are blogging or using web 2.0 to drive free traffic to sell your affiliate products or network marketing business this one piece of information will make all the difference in the world.

Notice how the link in this post uses the key word “online marketing” instead of the name of the company.  Anyone searching for Occupy the City is going to find plenty of info with out any help from me. What we are going for in this example is creating a back link using relevant key [...] Continue Reading…

Are you generating free highly qualified leads for your business?

Or are you spending money on leads that don’t have a clue who you are or why they should care? Are you spinning your wheels while your upline tells you to talk to every person that comes within 3 ft of you?

Chances are extremely high that no one within 3 ft of you cares about your business. Quit setting yourself up for embarrassment and rejection, and for the love of all that is still good in life, stop trying to talk to under-qualified prospects.

If you are buying leads or wasting money on advertising that does not end in sales you need to change your strategy.

When I started my first network marketing business it was because I realized that I could market that business on the Internet and ONLY talk to people that had already completed a very informative presentation and then requested a meeting with me.

To this day, I will not talk about my business to anyone that has not already learned everything they can about it from watching the videos on my website. Those videos cover about an hour’s worth of important information and details about my business. [...] Continue Reading…

While you do need to believe in what ever you choose to do and be able to commit to the long haul, home based business success is still only about sales. Sales are the result of effective marketing and advertising combined with a system for converting your marketing and advertising into sales.  A marketing system, a sales funnel, and quality advertising are key elements to success in every home based business

These elements are far more important and will lead you to success much more readily than your interests.

A successful business is not a hobby and should not be treated like one if you truly want to attain financial freedom.

Once you decide that you want to start a home based or network marketing business it is easy to become overwhelmed by all the home based business opportunities available. How do you choose the right one? Take a good look at your strengths, and your available time.  You absolutely must  find a way to get the most mileage from what you are already good at. You will want to start a home based business opportunity with a community that will provide for you the elements critical to your success [...] Continue Reading…

Crisis and opportunity abound today. It seems strange to say that, but really the two go hand in hand.
We are in both a health crisis, and a financial crisis.
Wellness network marketing will be the key for many people to overcome these challenges.
People are beginning to suffer from health challenges younger than ever before. Could this have something to do with our over worked, over stressed, nutrient depleted lifestyle?
The baby boomer generation is definitely feeling the squeeze from both of these major issues griping the world today. This is a big part of the reason that the wellness industry is on track to become the next trillion dollar industry.
Are you living beyond your financial means? Is your health everything it could be? How about your diet, your lifestyle, do they nurture your body? Is stress about your job, and your financial future affecting your health? Is stress about your health affecting your health?
Change your thinking. Change your emotional responses now. What can you DO differently about it? Keep doing the same thing and nothing will ever change.
It won’t be an easy process to change your life. Make no mistake: change is hard, [...] Continue Reading…

Occupy the City strives to provide its members with every possible tool that an entrepreneur could need for building their business… giving them the best shot possible at online network marketing success.
Just one of the ways they do this is through training, and not the type of training you might expect either.
Instead of filling their heads with useless product propaganda and pseudo-science Occupy the City trains its members on valuable skills, techniques that could be put to use online to drive traffic for any business or website imaginable.
However, unlike most info products on the market, this training does not just pile a mountain of content on the user, and then send them on their way wishing them luck. Yes the training inside Occupy the City can be applied to building any business or marketing any product, but it is tailored, and focused in such a way that allows the OTC community to leverage the power, and synergy of the masses.
In other words, Occupy the City members participate in a massive scale community marketing effort for capturing natural search traffic. Each member’s participation not only benefits them as individuals but also the entire community as well. This [...] Continue Reading…

I did not write this but it is exactly the attitude that has seen me through life’s most difficult challenges and ultimately has lead me  to succeed. I hope you find it helpful.

Today is a day with endless opportunities. The opportunities and possibilities sparkle all around you. Today, reach out and grab some of them. Engage deeply in life. Allow yourself to immerse yourself in life. Do not hold it at arm’s length. Get out and do. Be active. Engage. Make mistakes. Learn. Grow. Change. Evolve. Develop. Let the learning begin, through action and active choice. Let the learning continue, through more action, overcoming fears to experiment, daring to do.

Today, be an active force in your own life. Today, take each so-called problem and turn it into an opportunity to experiment, to try a new way of approaching something, to be creative in finding a solution for it. Today, be your own best guide and resource, following your own instincts, seeking knowledge from outside, yes, but never going against what feels right to you, inside, in your center of truth.

Today, trust yourself to know what is right for you, what is good for you. So many of the problems [...] Continue Reading…

The choice is yours right now. Take decisive action toward creating the life that you envision for your highest self, or keep doing the same old thing for the same old result. It’s as simple as making the decision and taking actions that move you towards your dreams while holding to your faith.

Faith has been my biggest asset for success. Every time a challenge presents itself it is my faith helps me to allow the solution to manifest.

Here’s a list of the goals that I have achieved so far:

1. No Boss
2. Stay at home dad
3. I work when I want
4. I play when I want
5. I can read all morning long on Monday if I want
6. I get to play with my kids when I want
7. I can go on vacation when I want
8. I can stay in my pajamas all day if I want
9. The sky is the limit for my income
10. Created a system that can duplicate success for any one with the drive to achieve their goals.
11. Developed marketing to drive growth for an entire business community
12. Solved the problems commonly faced by network marketers.
13. Created a community of professionals dedicated to your success.

I am exceedingly [...] Continue Reading…