Ten years ago network marketing was struggling to gain traction online. Fast forward to today, and it has more than a foot hold on a large chunk of internet real estate. Competition is getting more and more creative and new people are joining the mix daily. If you are into internet network marketing, the following are the survival tips you are going to need to stand out from the crowd and thrive in the online portion of your business.

First, you need to stand out from the hoards of competitors. Yeah, but Eric, how am I going to do that? Great question and my answer is that you and I are different. What makes us different is our uniqueness. There in lies your answer. Promote your differences to the masses in a way that people stand up and take notice. Standing out is the most important tip that you can take. If you don’t find a way to stand out, you will find yourself on the wrong side of survival.

The next thing you need to do in order to survive the internet marketing world is to be sure you are capitalizing on the power of video (YouTube, etc.). Video marketing is a super way to brand yourself because you have to step out from behind the computer and step in front of the camera. There is no hiding imperfections or nuances here. The great thing this does is lets people know you are real and have a life other than online. If you want to generate hoards of traffic, study your target audience and find out what their biggest pains are. Get rid of your Billy Mays like sale pitches and get real.

Social media has proven to be one of the best places to cement yourself for surviving internet network marketing. You use the sites to develop relationships and rapport with people. These sites make the process of moving prospects from cold to warm by allowing them to see that you are a real person and have a life outside of the internet. People join REAL people, not the ones that spend 24/7 online looking for the next best thing. Learn to leverage the enormous power of social media and your business will no longer be in survival mode. It will be in thriving mode.

The next survival tip is to create a network marketing conspiracy. Find like minded people in the business that have similar goals and aspirations. Collaborate on ideas, occasionally market to each others lists, and be sure to form these alliances with people that are strong where you are weak. You don’t have to know how to do everything, but just know the right people and where to get the right answers. A great example of someone who used this tip to the Nth degree is ex President George W. Bush. He wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but realized his strengths and weaknesses and surrounded himself with people whose strengths complimented his weaknesses. Maybe not a great example, but my point is if he can do it, so can you!

Finally, remember the people. If you get nothing else out of this article, remember that the network marketing business is about people. And yes, sooner or later you are going to have to talk to these people somewhere other than email if you wish for them to join you. Email, blogs, and articles can only build so much of a relationship with people. Understand what your target markets ills and grievances are and make them your own. If you can do this, you will have control over your destiny and not just in business, but in life as well.

Your survival in the next ten years is going depend on your ability to master a lot of these tips. Creating longevity in the internet marketing business is a tricky thing to do if you are not willing to put in the time to develop these survival tips mentioned above. Start today by taking your video camera with you and documenting some of your activities. Read and research all you can about the people you intend to influence until you have an intricate understanding of their thought processes. From now on when someone asks you “Do you feel me?” you can say with absolute certainty “YES”.

Will you find yourself in the 5% or the 95%? You have the tools, but it is up to you to use them.

Eric McMillan is a entrepreneur that has laid out this survival guide for internet network marketing. If you want to finally find success in your business and get on with your prosperity, visit Eric McMillan’s Genius MLM System Now.

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