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In 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright were struggling to fly the world’s first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. At the same time another man, Samuel Pierpont Langley, was also trying to build an airplane – with the assistance of an entire staff.

His assumption was that if he put a big enough engine on the airplane, he could get anything off the ground. He focused all his effort on that one project: creating a super-powerful engine for the plane.

The Wright Brothers‘ approach, however, was to build a glider that would glide from a hilltop with no engine at all. They focused their energy on (finesse), balance and steering – power was almost an afterthought. Only after it worked with no power would they try to put an engine on it.

After three years of tedious experimentation the glider was working well, so they commissioned bicycle shop machinist Charlie Taylor to build them an engine. It was the smallest engine he could design – a twelve-horsepower unit that weighed 180 pounds.

Needless to say, the Wright Brothers changed the world and became famous historical figures, while few have ever heard of Mr Langley. Their approach of making the plane fly before applying high power was the superior one.

„Langley had spent most of four years building an extraordinary engine to lift their heavy flying machine. The Wrights had spent most of four years building a flying machine so artfully designed that it could be propelled into the air by a fairly ordinary internal combustion engine.“ – Smithsonian Magazine, April 2003 There’s a direct analogy to your success in network marketing here. Your advertising budget is the engine. Your sales and marketing system is the glider.

An engine without a good set of wings will not work. But when you put an engine on a workable glider, you have a plane. When you feed customers to a sales and marketing system that can „fly,“ you have a business.

If you have an effective sales and marketing pipeline that simply lacks customers, you have a glider; just apply a lightweight engine (read: sensible marketing budget) and it will soar. But if you have traffic that’s going to a lousy or non-existent sales and marketing pipeline, you don’t have a business. You have a money pit.

Here’s the lesson:

Money can bring you a lot of traffic, but it’s only valuable to the extent that your sales and marketing pipeline is designed to convert the traffic to leads and sales. It’s about lead conversion. You grow your business by having a quality system. So as you’re getting started, marketing methods such as Google Adwords are like a lightweight engine that you can turn on and off instantly. You can test your glider safely without crashing, without killing your momentum, without burning through a lot of money fast.

This is the lesson that network marketing casualties learned the hard way. We were a lot like Langley. We focused on the engine instead of the wings. When it didn’t take off, we just poured more gas into the engine (bought expensive leads, paid for expensive newspaper ads, conventions). When none of that worked, we thought we’d put it on a rocket launcher and force it up into the air (we were going to hire a copywriter to design a system for us for $US60,000).

Thank goodness we found Pro Elite before we went to that stage! Think of all those companies with their „platinum leads“, their useless cookie-cutter websites, their pills & potions. Their exotically named products, their empty promises, small checks and their fast-folding down lines. 97 percent of distributors make a beautiful arc, smash into the ground, and explode in a ball of flames.

And you know what’s interesting? Some never see the crash coming. Some never trace the arc and wonder why they’re not gaining altitude.

My friends in network marketing, great people, hard workers, are quietly digging themselves into a deeper hole as their company and its heavy hitters feed off their labor and dreams.

Laughing all the way to the bank.

While we continue to wonder how it is that a company can present as „an opportunity“ something in which at least 97 percent of people will spend more than they earn. Not to mention the toll it takes on their self esteem, energy and lifestyle.

And the companies seem genuinely surprised when people claim the „brick“ they were sold, won’t even make it off the ground, no matter what size engine you put on it.

We on the inside, at PRO Elite, are never surprised.

What are you waiting for? Give yourself some wings.

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Does It Have To Be Business Blogging To Have Online Success?

Like Yaro Starak advises, every company should be involved in business blogging. Business blogging is one of the easiest ways to communicate with customers and prospects on the Web. It is also an effective way to build an online business, and strengthen your brand. Assigning a blogger to manage your blog can ensure that it is updated regularly.

Business blogging is a worthwhile undertaking for every company. Blogging is a simple way to stay in touch with customers and prospects online. Blogging can also be used to build and strengthen your online business and brand. Designating a blogger to manage your blog will keep it updated on a regular basis.

It is easy to setup and maintain a blog. Several services online will let you create and operate a blog for free. Some even have page templates that will give your blog a great design and layout. Managing a blog does not take much effort. You basically log in, enter the subject and body of your post, then publish it. That is all it takes.

Posting content that interesting and useful consistently is the key to building a successful blog. If you post several blogs on topics that your audience is searching for, your prospects will find you online. With your blog, you can develop new relationships with your visitors. As you post to your blog regularly, prospects will begin to see you as an expert. Eventually, they will be open to buying from you.

If you want to create a buzz about your business online, a blog is the perfect tool. With so many sites and people online, there is a lot to read and talk about. Use your blog to keep a conversation brewing about your business, products and services on a daily basis.

Blogging lets you react quickly to circumstances that may affect your company. A quick post about breaking news lets your audience know that you are on top of current affairs in your industry. If information is posted about your business online, your assigned blogger can address the issue instantly.

Blogs let you build strong relationships with existing customers. Posting to a blog on a regular basis builds trust. When customers trust you, they are more likely to buy your products and services again and again. If your customers are comfortable with your business, they may refer you to friends and family who are in the market for your products or services.

Blogs can help you build a strong brand. When you post regularly to your blog, you will keep your audience engaged with your brand. As you publish more blog posts, you will strengthen your brand. You will also increase awareness of your bland to online users who are not familiar with your business.

If your blog posts contain links to your website, it can improve your search engine rankings. Whenever new links that point to your website are established, it gives you a little more firepower with the search engines. Using popular keywords in your blog posts can make it easy for your prospects to find you on the search engine sites.

Consider business blogging for your business if you are not currently using blogs. Blogs can help establish you as an expert online. They help build and manage relationships with customers and prospects. With consistent use of blogs, you can eventually increase online sales. If you are not currently using blogs, you may be losing business.

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