Richard Quek’s Blog

Wow! What a response to the ‘Buy Me A Name’ page. I am glad that many members took advantage of the offer.

One problem is that some members did not include the full url and therefore their link will not work. Please include the url with the “http://www.”.

I had to restrict the number of space to one for each member due to the limited space available. Hey! I know some of you took advantage and claimed more than one space! In fact much more than one….

After much thought I think it is for the best interest of everyone that I implement the following guidelines:

1. The space will still be FREE unles you choose to have additional features.

2. The maximum number of words on the page will be 500.

3. All the spaces will be on the page for a maximum period of 14 days. All spaces will be removed on the 15th and 30th of each month.

Members can claim a new space again AFTER the spaces are removed provided they are in the first 500.

4. For Paid members the space will remain for 6 months. Anyone who paid for the additional features amounting to at least $30.00 will be considered Paid members.

5. F.ree members can have a maximum of 2 spaces. If you have more than 2 spaces you’ll be disqualified and ALL your spaces will be deleted. No explanation will be provided!

5. Paid members can have any number of spaces provided that each space are paid (at least $30.00).

I believe that the above arrangement will be fair for everyone. Once the space is cleared members can begin to stake their claim. Therefore if you missed a word that you like, you can always claim it in the next period. It also makes it possible for members to change their words and ads every 14 days.

Please make sure that you enter your url and details correctly.

One last thing… I belive in the principle of ’sowing and reapng’. Please do take your time to view the ‘words’ belonging to others if you want others to view yours.

If you have your own list please recommend them to get their FREE ‘Word’.

You are also welcomed to contribute any freebies or articles. Any positive comments will be greatly appreciated.

The above guideline will take effect from 15th August 2006.

Happy Promoting!

Richard Quek

As a way of thanking members for their support I have started a “Buy Your Word” page. You can claim a name or keywords on this page.

http://www.richardquekblog.com/ads/

At the moment it is free for members. There is a small charge if you wish to have additional features.

I’ll have to start charging once it has been claimed by 200 members or by the 31st August 2006, whichever comes first. To be fair each member can only have one space on the page.

By the way, the members who register for updates will always receive these important notices first hand.

Best Wishes

Richard Quek
P.S Please restrict to only ONE space per member to allow others the opportunity to promote.

Do you set Goals?

You need to set Goals whether you are involved with Internet marketing, Network marketing or Personal development.

Here is a simple Goal Setting software that I created. It will assist you to set your financial Goals.

http://www.richardquekblog.com/bonus/mygoal.zip

Training is an extremely important, yet often overlooked, part of multi-level marketing (MLM) success. In MLM companies, distributors of a product recruit other distributors who will likewise recruit more distributors. MLM companies are very common and often appeal to individuals with no previous business experience. Often, individuals are hoping to get rich quickly and without putting forth much effort. However, the success of a MLM company is neither guaranteed nor easy. In order for a company to be successful, the individuals who make up that company also need to be successful. In order to achieve individual success, training is usually necessary.

First of all, a MLM distributor needs to be able to recruit other distributors. This requires a high level of professionalism as well as good communication skills; a distributor must make prospective recruits feel comfortable and assure them that they are in the hands of an expert who can help them. Then, the distributor must be able to give a convincing sales pitch and
convince the potential recruits that joining the MLM company will be a lucrative experience.

In addition to recruiting a large number of people, a distributor also needs be careful to recruit people who will contribute to the MLM company. If new recruits are not successful – if they fail to recruit others – then the original distributor is not successful either. Therefore, distributors must develop a keen sense of judgment, and recruit only those people who will add to the success of the company. Once promising individuals are recruited, distributors need to keep those recruits motivated.

All of these required abilities – professionalism, sales, judgment, and motivation – should be developed during training. Some distributor may resist the idea of training; after all, they are trying to make money, not spend money on classes. However, proper training will increase a distributor’s chances at success.

Distributors, or prospective distributors, who wishes to train for MLM success have several options. A quick web search will reveal numerous website, books, classes, and lectures that teach the basic skills needed to succeed as a MLM distributor. When picking a training program, distributors should look for programs that have a good track record. MLM Insider Online (http://mlminsider.com/besttrainerresults2004.htm) offers a list of the training programs that were voted the best.

Are You Uncovering Market Niches Without Knowing It?

Almost everyone uses the Internet to search for information. After all, that is what the Web is…a gigantic sea of information. Is it possible that you have uncovered a market niche (or maybe many) through your everyday research?

Over the past eighteen months or so that I have been a “captive of the Internet” I have found the need to search for specific information on many topics. Sometimes those searches have been difficult and resulted in hitting literally hundreds of web sites in my quest for answers.

I find a great article here and an interesting tip there. A link to more information on another site which leads to another site and so on and so on. Finally, after many hours of searching,

I gather enough information to satisfy my original desire for an answer.

Has this ever happened to you? If it has (and I am reasonably sure it has), did you overlook a market niche in the process?

Fact: If you have trouble finding information on a topic - then anyone else looking for the same information will have the same difficulty finding it, too.

What’s this got to do with uncovering a niche?

If enough Internet surfers are looking for information on that topic and having trouble finding it, you would be doing a valuable service by gathering the results of your research into one web site. Doing so could create an awesome niche.

Sound interesting? Here are some habits that I have formed and use whenever I do research on the Net:

Create a new folder in my “favorites” section of my browser. Bookmark every page on which I find information that is related and valuable to my search If the site has an ezine I explore the “archives” for articles related to my search and bookmark all those pages. If the site has a “links” page I explore those links for more information on my research topic. Again, bookmark all good information. I have found that using these methods produce two very beneficial results:

1) I can easily find my way back to the information that was so difficult to find.

2) By doing a little more research I can find just how many people are searching for the same information. If I find that number to be large enough, I have uncovered “ready made” content for a niche web site.

What do you do if you feel there is a niche?

Get permission from the authors to reproduce their articles on a new site or in a new section of one of your existing sites. Call it a “topical directory” or an “information library”.

And be sure to add some content of your own.

It is then a very simple process to test market your new “niche”. This test can be done without spending much money and could possibly result in a web site that garners a large amount of very targeted traffic.

Think about the research you have done in the past. Now - go find a new niche!

About the Author…
Darrell Finkeldei is the creator of NetProfits4Beginners.com