Terry Xiao Blog

I just finish my telephone call with a person that called me after he saw me blog and Facebook fan page and he was frustrated and was asking for advice.

First of all, I felt his pain as we have all gone through or are presently going through the pain of succeeding at home. He told me about all the programs and M.LMs he had been in and that he tried this and that. He mentioned a couple of Guru programs and the poor guy was frustrated at his next to zero results.

After a few minutes, I knew his problem and how to fix it…

I told him there are two things that matter more to your success then anything else.

a. Marketing

B. Mindset

I advised him that we can always work on finding effective marketing and there are lots of ways to approach this to fit all budget levels. There is effective online and offline stuff.

Also, mindset is what was really holding him back. His attitude was not in the best place, he felt people had taken advantage of him and even though he was a nice guy…he had a “victim mentality”.  Read more...

It’s kind of funny to see the MLM guys in one corner and the Top Tier guy in another as to what is best. I have to tell you the truth; marketing is marketing and you just have to find something you like and then apply yourself.

I want to explain in detail a system called the Press 1 Marketing System and you can see the pros and cons and see if it is applicable to your business and style. I’ll be blunt and direct and on the surface it may seem like just a voice broadcasting service and it may stir up the emotions of that being old school or “I always hang up on those things” and you would be partially correct, but…. The Press 1 Marketing System has gone well beyond a simple calling service as they have incorporated sizzle calls, which is old school but believe it or not work very well to get people to take another step forward.

At the end is just simple, they combined a few tools and bundled it in such a way that it’s a turnkey marketing system for any business. One tool using a simple to use system whereby plugging in a keyword you search for active network marketers online by company name, niche and you can even search by geographical area and more. You can have 100 or thousands of prospects.  Read more...

The internet is still on the rise and there’s never been a better time to launch a home business. Working from home is the choice of millions and millions are making money at home with there computer. Traditional network marketing is still big, along with scheduling parties and selling products to friends. However, how do you know the best home business opportunity for you? Keep reading.

There are many business opportunities to chose from. Such as multi-level marketing, ecommerce and intellectual property sales. You can save time by finding websites that demonstrate the best business out there.

What appeals to you? Do you have a hobby? You can make money taking public domain books and articles and crafting them into books and articles for sale. You can sell products or other online opportunities to others who want to break into the field. Bottom line, find something you enjoy.  Read more...

Early on, I realized to succeed required getting and developing the right “mindset” to be my own boss. This meant getting over self-defeating talk and convincing “me” that I could do it.

I sold myself on the idea of going into business for myself, but that didn’t take away the realistic fears and insecurities. I began as an independent mortgage broker with my sister as a receptionist in a tiny little office and I poured over Tony Robbin audios and listened to Les Brown tell “me” how I can do this or that no matter my circumstances or present situation.

When I started the business there I did not have any idea when the paycheck will be set or when the money would arrive, and even worse I worried that the money might not show up at all.

This became my biggest fence to climb.

However, I kept going and eventually grew that operation to three offices with over 40 employees and even opened a Real Estate franchise some time later with over 40 people there as well.  Read more...

Right now I am going to converse about something that appears to be one of those things that folks either love or hate. What I am discussing is multi-level marketing, otherwise known as mlm or multi-level marketing. Right from the beginning I will say that there isn’t any have to have extreme views about this, it is simply a venture model that you can use should you wish.

Nevertheless, it’s critical that you understand HOW the enterprise model of multi-level marketing works. I think you’ll find basically 2 reasons that some folks seem to be almost electrocuted, simply by hearing someone mention the word multilevel marketing. Either they have tried it themselves, or simply because they didn’t have a clue on tips on how to do it they failed totally. Or they belong to the group of people who can’t get the idea that mlm means pyramid scheme out of their heads.  Read more...

I don’t know about you but this has a lot to do with your mindset, your positive outlook on things and that equates to the success you have OR don’t have. Aspiring entrepreneurs need the support of their spouse or partner. Fortunately, my wife is 100% supportive.

I know some people, who sadly enough, will never succeed because their spouse runs around saying things like, “That’s a waste of time”. If your spouse or significant other is angry you’re spending time working on something other than your “real job” its going to be difficult to start a business and work around the negativity they feel.

If you have a supportive spouse, then that’s great and keep going, take lots of action to action to inspire that continued trust and support. What if you’re not married or you don’t have a significant “other” in your life? Simply, find a person or persons that will be very supportive of what you’re doing. Focus on those that will cheer you on and make you feel 10 feet tall. However, this is not just some mind game you MUST take action, implement and be a leader in your business because if you don’t take it seriously…no one else will and then you are left with people that doubt you. You don’t want to go there….  Read more...

The secret to success in Natura would be to visualize it as what it is and take it critical. It’s a business enterprise and each and every business enterprise must market in order to get prospects and customers coming through the doorways. I realize that the majority of network marketers in Natura are originally trained to try to sell their family, close friends and warm market. The thing is those folks are just your present warm market. You will need much more than just your current warm market along with a tactic to be able to also turn a cold market into hot prospects.

You need countless streams of Mlm prospects banging on your door with credit card in hands all set to get started. How can you accomplish that? It is referred to as attraction marketing. It’s also referred to as value driven sponsoring. You should be dedicated to giving value to the prospect and not on acquiring their start-up fees just for the heck of the signup bonuses. You mostly won’t get it anyway.  Read more...

Why do men and women across the world look at this great business YOR a fraud? YOR is definitely a business which countless numbers are changing lifestyles with. Yet, many are convinced that somebody is actually after their few hundred dollars simply to snatch it. Does it imply that McDonald is a fraud because they are charging one million dollars for their business business? YOR isn’t a fraud. Nonetheless, you have to master a few skills in order to become successful in the business.

Joining an MLM such as YOR for some marketers turns them to another staff. Regardless of the fact that they told you that you’re an independent business owners, the simple truth is that they control your account and it may be terminated at will. I know, that is a harsh truth. I recognize that the signup bonuses might have been classified into numerous streams of income. You only create financial freedom through recruiting other reps, therefore that is a single stream of income. Wealthy individuals understand the power of multiple streams of income.  Read more...

If you are brand new to the Internet business and without many online technical skills, you might seriously consider starting an affiliate marketing business. There are many reasons for this but the primary one is that once you join an affiliate program, you will be given everything you need to begin and essentially there is a possibility that you can earn while you learn.

The affiliate program will give you an affiliate ID, URL link and a web page that is encoded with your link, so you can just start marketing and advertising on day one. This is really the only work you need to do, as opposed to if you were struggling to put together a site. Most affiliate programs also provide banners and other advertising resources for you to use.

Once you start one program and ‘get your feet wet’ then it is always a good idea to expand your horizons by going on to add other programs to your portfolio to create multiple streams of income. It is easy to duplicate what you are doing to promote one program for another – and another. This gives you more capacity to earn a higher number of commissions and hence more money.  Read more...

You can make affiliate marketing sales in many ways. You can just specialize in one program, focusing all of your effort on promoting that business opportunity. With this method you just use the ‘off-the-shelf’ web page that the program provides to their members. As you become more acclimated to Internet marketing techniques you can add more programs to your portfolio.

Another way to increase your income from affiliate marketing sales is through what are sometimes called ‘back-end’ sales. The way this is done is that you promote your program(s) and then either at the point of sale or shortly after the sale, you propose an offer to give your customer a special ‘deal’ on something else as a way of saying ‘thank you’.

The back-end sale can be something related to the first sale or not. It seems that this would work particularly well if the back-end offer was something that supported the first one. Such as for instance if you offered them some tools or services that would help them to succeed with the first product they bought. You could also offer a special that includes information that they need to know about various techniques that are used in Internet Marketing to help them learn how to succeed.  Read more...