In the previous blog post, I did a review of MLM Lead Specialist… formally known as MLM Lead Genie.

Wow!  Wow!  I didn’t expect so many pieces of email from readers.  I have chosen not to print their name in this blog post because I do not want any negative reaction from the company toward their comments… but here are some:

“I ordered the survey leads and it was so full of duplicates and garbage names (such as ‘rjrjrjr kdklms’).  It was ridiculous. Just going through the list and seeing names like Hot Dog, Bo Bo, Wet Man, and other crap like that makes you not even want to call through the list.  The leads are not scrubbed or otherwise checked for stuff like this.  What a waste of money.”

“I bought a list of Optin leads and one person was listed 5 times in my list! I realize these are cheap leads, but I’m not paying for the same lead 5 times.”

“Interviewed leads – are you kidding me? Apparently my definition of an interview is way off.  Not was I was expecting.”

“Of the leads I spoke with, the prospects were beaten up, over called, and most had no idea how they ever got on a list.  I think I had one guy say he was looking. I’m going back to my old leads company.  Forget this stuff.”

There were several other emails, some not quite as bad as these, but it really does go to show you that you get what you pay for.  MLM Lead Specialist may be one of the cheapest MLM Lead companies on the market, but from what I’ve seen over the last 2 months since writing that review, you might be better off going elsewhere.  Or, at the very least, buy one of their smallest lead packages and test them for yourself.  They do have a money back guarantee which is nice, so don’t take my word for it, give them a whirl and then leave a comment to this blog post and let me know how it went.

Keep recruiting!

  ~ Sean

Last week I mentioned my recommendation for buying Dani Johnson’s script book.  In that recommendation, I made mention of Dani’s seminar, First Steps to Success.  I’m going to give you my best advice… and I don’t think I could offer anything greater than this advice right here:

Within the next 30 days, sign up and schedule yourself to attend the next Dani Johnson seminary.  If you can’t afford to go, you’re fooling yourself in thinking that you can really make it in this business.  Don’t buy one more lead without first investing in yourself.

Below is a video of one of Dani’s seminars.  It will blow you away.  Take my advice and plan to attend.  You can click on the link below the video to go to Dani’s site for more information about the next FSTS seminary.

First Steps To Success seminar by Dani Johnson

The reason so many people fail online so quickly is because they don’t get traffic, at least not enough of it.

The problem is, people end up spending money on advertising without making much (if any) profit back, or they simply spend too much time trying to get free traffic and burn themselves out.

Of course, once you’re successful you can pay someone to get you the traffic, but how do we get out of the never ending cycle of trying to get traffic without wasting time and money? Find out more about The Secrets To Selling Your Product Like A Pro.

Well, I am going to start with the fundamental tasks that you should focus on first, then we’ll take it from there…

1. Directory submissions.

This can be achieved using automated submission software or can be done by hand. It’s a little dull but will result in lots of back links to your website for better visibility in the search engines. This is pay off as you add more content and back links to your site.

2. Social bookmarking.

This is about submitting links to the major Web 2.0 social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Propeller and Reddit (to name just a few). The great thing is you can use software such as socialmarker.com to make the process far easier. You can also buy inexpensive software to automate the whole process.

The benefit of social bookmarking your content is so that you gain back links from these authority sites (which is essential for being found in the search engines) but also, if you content is worthwhile and interesting, you increase the chances of your submission being passed around other readers really quickly, which can of course result in a lot of traffic to your website.

3. Back links.

Back links are the backbone of getting your pages listed high in the search engines. The more people link to your site naturally (i.e. without being paid or listing your site in some sort of link farm where the site linking to you is junk), then the better your rankings will be in the search engines. Not to mention the direct traffic that will come from the actual links from other sites too. Take a look at 4 Methodical Ways for Massive Traffic that is Targeted.

4. Collaboration.

Most people want to be the “one person wonder” or the sole entrepreneur in their business, which is fine. However, don’t underestimate the sheer power of teaming up with other well established websites directly and offering your content, help or other services in exchange for some exposure to your own website.

The classic “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” effect comes into play here and trust me, it works like a charm providing you genuinely approach people to help them first.

There are of course, many other ways to start getting traffic to your site such as writing articles like this one, or getting involved with many of the Web 2.0 properties out there online today. The more social you become with your website at other people’s parties, the more people will come to your party when you come to tell them about it…just like real life isn’t it?

I’ve only scratched the surface of getting heavy volumes of traffic to your website. If you’d like to know more about using the new wave of traffic inducing methods to really get your business off the ground, then check out SEO Press Formula here at How To Create Real Blogs In Just A Few Clicks.

Full time professional blogger Darren Rowse from Problogger.net has almost 400,000 visitors per day! Hong Kiat from hongkiat.com and John Chow from JohnChow.com has nearly 200,000 visitors per day! How these top bloggers do it? You will be shocked if I told you how these bloggers build their massive traffic!

The unbelievable secret of traffic to a blog…

Just sit tight and be prepared, what I am going to tell you is huge, if you take this lightly, I guarantee you will fail! Without this step, you are just another blogger, no more no less.

Secret #1 – Participate in bloggers’ community and build relationship with them.
You need a lot of friends to be successful on the blog business, each of them including yourself is the “salesman” for other bloggers! When I tell you those professional bloggers are sharing the **SAME** traffic, don’t be surprise, this is very true. You help other peoples to promote their blog, and they will return the favor to you too.

Secret #2 – You need to jump start your traffic, at least 100 unique visitors per day!
Don’t think for a moment 200,000 visitors will flood your blog in few months, you need time to reach those numbers, especially when you first start…You can roll out multiple blogs in the shortest time after your succeeded with your first blog, you have all the resources you needed.

Build up your basic traffic with consistent quality post, the very basic traffic will come from 18 Powerful Proven Strategies To Increase Blog Traffic:

1. Forum
2. Articles
3. Blog directories
4. Bookmarking sites
5. And many more…

Secret #3 – Post Good Content.
You must put time, effort and passion into creating godd content, if you are passionate about your post, you can attract your reader and they will follow you from day 1! This is extremely important to grow your blog traffic, do it CONSISTENTLY!

Secret #4 – Just Do It Until You see Results!
The result will be slow in the first 2 months, but if you keep doing it, you can expect some great result start from 3rd months! Your blog traffic will start to jump fast! You need to build up the momentum of the traffic, and the only way to do that is you do it until you see the result, if you gave up half way, no one can help you…

Just be patient, you can blogging for money very soon, just do it and IMPROVE what you are doing from experience, as long as you see a bit of progress, don’t give up… We support your growth!

5 Ways To Make Money From Affiliates Programs Without Your Own Website

It is possible for anyone to earn affiliate commissions without having a website. As an affiliate, you earn some commission for every sale that you create, and all you have to do is to direct visitors to the merchant’s website.

Affiliate marketing is very appealing to people who want to start making money online quickly. You don’t have to have your own product, and you don’t need to worry about payment processing or product handling. When you have decided that you want make some money online with affiliate programs, you just sign up with an affiliate marketing program and choose the products you want to promote and start making money!

Since it is so easy to join an affiliate program and start making some money, how can you start marketing these affiliate programs if you do not have your own website?

1. Use Pay per Click (PPC) advertising to drive traffic to the merchant’s website using your affiliate link. When the people you direct to the website purchase a product, you earn commissions.

2. Participate in relevant online groups and forums and have your affiliate link in your signature. As you make posts in the forums, you will be advertising your affiliate link and driving traffic to the merchant’s website. When these people you send to the merchant’s website through your affiliate link purchase a product, you earn commissions.

3. Write articles and have your affiliate link in your resource box or author biography. People who will read your article will then visit the affiliate program’s website through your affiliate link.

4. Write product reviews and post them on other people’s websites. Many webmasters can accept some product reviews on their websites if these websites are on related niches. At the end of your product reviews, include your affiliate links, and this will drive traffic to the affiliate program’s website through your link.

5. Start a blog. Starting a blog is easier and quicker than starting a website, so you can start a bolg. It does not cost you anything because you can sign up for a free blog with blogger.com and start publishing on your blog straight away. Write posts related to the affiliate products that you are promoting and add affiliate links to your posts. This is an effective way of promoting your affiliate products.

So, as you can see, you can still make money online with affiliate programs even if you do not have your own website. In fact, you can start to promote your affiliate products as recommended above without a website, just with the knowledge of some online selling tips. And once you start making some money, then you can build a website.