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May 28, 2005

Dial-Up Death?

I'm up at my cottage, and I miss broadband already! I have a dialup 56K modem with an accelerator, and it's unbearable!

I never realized how dependent the internet business world is on broadband. With dialup I find myself doing email once a day, and then getting off the web. Surfing is excruciating, and my online time is slashed by 90%.

Of course, more positive is that it frees up my time to sit by the pool, read, write, and smell the roses. Kind of the whole point of having a cottage in the country, right?

Now if only broadband cell phones would get launched around here....

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May 22, 2005

Google Searches for David Ledoux and MLM Lead

Just for fun I pulled my blog logs for google searches this month.

Top 20 of 96 Total Search Strings
# Hits Search String
1 27 12.56% sizzle cards
2 22 10.23% david ledoux
3 17 7.91% usana vitamins
4 10 4.65% tom vu
5 9 4.19% usana products
6 8 3.72% #1 mlm trainer
7 6 2.79% mlm prospects
8 5 2.33% mlm trainer
9 4 1.86% mlm sizzle cards
10 3 1.40% david ledoux usana
11 3 1.40% mlm tv leads
12 3 1.40% network marketing usana
13 3 1.40% sore quads
14 3 1.40% usana network marketing
15 3 1.40% x-rep training
16 2 0.93% david ledoux audio
17 2 0.93% david ledoux marketing
18 2 0.93% lupus usana
19 2 0.93% mlm lead generation blog
20 2 0.93% mlm prelaunch


People are finding my blog for David Ledoux, mlm leads, mlm prospects, sizzle cards and a few surprises! Tom Vu and quad training were surprises.

I wonder if I can get ranked for the term "you look amazing"?
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May 18, 2005

Is Email Going To Die?

Do you love or hate email? Or neither? I am growing to hate email more and more every single day. I have 4 personal accounts, plus 1 corporate account. All are clogged with ezines, spam, and crap. The filters on gmail, yahoo and hotmail vary in their effectiveness.

I have one corporate account that gets over 800 spams a day. And less than 50 of them are in English. It's maddening.

On the other hand, I find myself using text messaging on my cellphone more and more. I work with a lot of twenty-somethings, and its their preferred method of communicating.

I am testing Skype-out as well now instead of my home office phone. The thought of being tied to a desk is nuts in this day and age. I can grab my laptop, head to Starbucks, and phone all over the world for free or nearly free. Check out Skype.com if you haven't yet.

I would never join an VOIP MLM, or any telephone MLM that's for sure. Eventually Microsoft or some big cable provider will bundle it for free with some package.

Tons of changes. The scary part is how many people are getting left behind. Most of the prospects that I have been meeting with have cell phones, but spend almost zero time online...cell phones seem to be winning the war of the pda/laptop/desktop/tv box wars.

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May 17, 2005

Post To My Blog Via Email?

Still struggling with learning to post via email....haven't got it mastered yet.


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May 15, 2005

Random MLM Musings Late Sunday Night

Some random mlm musings...

I figured out a way to compress my Usana True Wealth video onto my cellphone. It's surprising clear, the audio is crystal, and at 9 minutes long, gets a cool wow factor with a prospect....except...no one else I have met has a smart phone so its kinda unduplicatable.

I met a prospect of one of my downline...he's about 25...I asked him if he had a dvd player...he looked at me like I was retarded. "Yo, dude I gots one in my SUV...."

At least half my prospects in the last week didn't own dvd players...I tell them that they're $39 at Best Buy now and they're shocked... I've been working in a strange sub-dimension of people with no computers, no dvd players, who live their lives on the bus, subway and at their jobs...they walk the earth like zombies...I think I used to be one of them, years ago....

There is a strange break in the current space-time continuum between those under the age of 30, and those over...I see desperation and fear on those older...I see apathy, skepticism and a burning desire for something, anything other than the path their parents are on in the younger.

The older ones come home, exhausted and slump into an easy chair to eat microwaved dinner and watch some mindless reality TV...the younger are out, headphones in, talking on the cell, drinking coffee.

I've been so glued to the web the last 5 years, the world has completely changed and I'm only noticing now....it's like a Twilight Zone episode...I come out of my bomb shelter and weird zombies are walking the earth.

Dig this and dig it good.... AMBITION IS IN SHORT SUPPLY...when you find it, nurture it.

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May 12, 2005

MLM Leads & The Secret To MLM Lead Generation

I am constantly asked, "David, how can I buy mlm leads that work?"

Or, I am asked, "David, what is the secret to mlm lead generation?"

Let me cut right to point. When it comes to mlm leads, I always believe that learning to generate your own mlm prospects is always more important than plunking down your visa card and buying mlm leads.

Why?

Teach a man to fish....

What happens if your mlm lead vendor goes out of business? What if the guy who has mlm genealogies for sale vanishes? What if the multi-level markeing lead broker runs out of hot fresh radio and tv leads?

You get the idea.

But...and it's a huge but...what if every member of your downline knew how to create their own mlm leads, locally and long distance, in real time, for under $1.00 per lead?

Would that be any good? Yes or yes?

Here's been my April 2005 MLM Lead Generating Experiment:

total hours worked: 25 (april 6 - may 12)

Total phone calls in: 124

total prospects spoken with: 42

total 1on1's: 14

apps signed in hand : 4

My pipeline is completely full. I have calls coming in daily, several dozen to call back, meetings lined up all of next week, etc. etc. A network marketing dream come true if you've been looking to break through to the next level.

How did I do this? Secrets to MLM Lead Generation

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Testing The Upgrade


If you can read this, it means I upgraded my blog software correctly.

I am a big believer in outsourcing, paying for talent, time leverage and all that good stuff. But sometimes you just need the exhileration of mental frustration. Learning the difference between ASCII and binary uploads, chmoding permissions, cgi-bin files and the like really stretches ones brain!

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May 11, 2005

What Ever Happened To Those Sizzle Cards You Ask?

On Monday I did 5 1on1's. Yup, coffee shop, circles, the whole nine yards. One was a definite NO, 4 were maybes. Now comes the fun aspect of follow-up and getting them started right.

Here's the mlm ninja trick from that day. I discussed the concept of sizzle cards with each prospect. I got them to initial one in the bottom right with their initials in the code box. I showed them how they could put out 100 cards, and possible generate some leads. I average about 15 calls per 1000 give or take a few.

Out of the 5 plans, 3 of them each took 100 cards. They promised to initial them and to get them out in 24 hours. So while they are watching the DVD, they are also getting me more leads. So far today I have 3 calls from those cards. That's 3 mlm prospects that I didn't have to work for or pay for. Do you see the big picture with this?

Every meeting can turn into more mlm leads....oh oh!

You're missing the boat if you don't have a few thousand cards a month moving through your hands. MLM Lead Generation Secrets

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May 08, 2005

How To Work With Broke People In MLM

Just a quick personal observation about working with broke people when building your downline. There are several schools of thought. I know a lot of big check earners that won't work with anyone who can't afford $3000 in initial committments to the product and tools. I know some that will sponsor anyone that can fog a mirror.

I think short term cash positions aren't that important. A far more important asset when building a big downline is ambition and enthusiasm. Out of the Top 20 income earners in a huge MLM company that I recently studied, I know at least 10 were completely flat broke when they started. Funny how a maxed out visa card and a mountain of bills can motivate someone on the path to greatness.

Do you not work with broke people? Depends on your definition of "work with them". I did a presentation for a prospect on Friday for one of my downline. The prospect left with a DVD to take home and watch, plus 100 sizzle cards. He put his initials on every card and went out to place them. I turned a prospect into a prospector in 45 seconds....how do you like that?

The old tagline that is unflattering but true..."every dud knows a stud" is very very meaninful in network marketing. I never vote anyone off the island...I let them swim for it and am constantly surprised who has the will to win.

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May 05, 2005

Commenting On No Comments

One of the private members over at my Big Money Free Time Society mentioned that the comments section wasn't working on my blog.

I thought so.... I keep getting tons of trackback spam from gambling shacks but no comment spam. I didn't turn it off - I think it simply stopped working.

On a tangental note - if you search google for "mlm prospects" or "usana vitamins" or "bus shelter experiment" or "Tom Vu, you'll see my blog on the front page. Interesting....
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pain relief

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May 03, 2005

Sore Quads?

My quads are so sore...the Pynnster and I were blasting yesterday at the gym... I worked up to 185lbs on the squat to failure...it's a little unnerving getting stuck halfway down with that on your back.

Then we did leg press...worked up to 530 lbs. to failure....I was whimpering like a kitten after I crawled out of the sled on the final set...tried to do a set of lunges with 35lb dumbells but was too crippled.

Today I am walking like a cowboy after a long day in the saddle. Am going to go do sizzle cards after dark tonight to seed my May activity. Should be fun!

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