<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>John-Gregory.com</title>
	
	<link>http://www.John-Gregory.com</link>
	<description>The Official Blog of John Gregory - all about Life, Marketing and Being a New Media Mogul.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 03:51:01 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2</generator>
		<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/John-gregorycom" /><feedburner:info uri="john-gregorycom" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>The Official Blog of John Gregory - all about Life, Marketing and Being a New Media Mogul.</itunes:subtitle><item>
		<title>SEO – What is it ? Search Engine Optimisation</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/yKqX-0xJ-IU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/seo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.John-Gregory.com/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the art and science of increasing your website’s visibility to search enginesfor those important keywords and phrases that are relevant to your business. This process of fine tuning your webpages to encourage the search engines to favor your website over your competitors in their search results is designed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fseo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fseo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>&nbsp;<br />
<center>
<div id="evp-8442946ab2251f84ba528455fc76ec69-wrap" class="evp-video-wrap"></div>
<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.realresultsmedia.com.au/video/framework.php?div_id=evp-8442946ab2251f84ba528455fc76ec69&#038;id=c2VvLWludHJvLTEuZmx2&#038;v=1304221802&#038;profile=default"></script><script type="text/javascript"><!--
_evpInit('c2VvLWludHJvLTEuZmx2[evp-8442946ab2251f84ba528455fc76ec69]');//--></script></center></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine Optimisation</strong> (SEO) is the art and science of increasing your website’s visibility to search enginesfor those important keywords and phrases that are relevant to your business.</p>
<p>This process of fine tuning your webpages to encourage the search engines to favor your website over your competitors in their search results is designed at getting more people (traffic) to visit your website. Search Engine Optimisation typically includes keyword research and development, competitive analysis and industry benchmarking, backend coding optimisation, website submissions and results reporting.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.realresultsmedia.com.au" target="_blank"> Real Results Media</a> offer turn-key SEO campaigns to suit small to medium businesses so that your business can move up the SERP’s (Search Engine Results Positions) and benefit from the new business that is searching for your products and services each and every day.<br />
<a href="http://www.realresultsmedia.com.au/contact-us/" target="_blank"> Contact Us</a> Today for your Free strategy session and initial report for your business.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/yKqX-0xJ-IU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/seo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/seo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=seo-what-is-it-search-engine-optimisation</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Is this a World Record !!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/d-sV0zoD3QQ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/is-this-a-world-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.John-Gregory.com/?p=62</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoa, what a great experience I have had over the past 18 months, and to explain what I mean by the title of this blog post is that it&#8217;s been 18 MONTHS since I last logged into my personal blog and created a blog post. I never forgot about my blog I just were focused [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fis-this-a-world-record%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fis-this-a-world-record%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>Whoa, what a great experience I have had over the past 18 months, and to explain what I mean by the title of this blog post is that it&#8217;s been 18 MONTHS since I last logged into my personal blog and created a blog post. I never forgot about my blog I just were focused on some big projects outside of what I had traditionally been blogging about here. So for that I apologies and will make a certain effort to continue to add good content to this blog as I move forward.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.John-Gregory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Real_Results_Media200x200Logo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-65" title="Real_Results_Media" src="http://www.John-Gregory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Real_Results_Media200x200Logo.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a> So what was I up to over the last 18 months?</p>
<p>Firstly I went and Studied Small Business Management as I always wanted to build a Online Marketing  and Advertising Agency.</p>
<p>I have since Launched <a href="http://www.realresultsmedia.com.au" target="_blank">Real Results Media &#8211; Online Marketing Services for Local Business</a></p>
<p>I also worked of a Year on a Government Contract in the Home Sustainability Markets and got a whole     lot of experience both good and bad with all the issues and challenges people and Government are facing trying to make a difference with the whole Global Warming Issue.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>One thing for sure is I&#8217;m glad to be working back in the Online Marketing and Services Industry and as a result of getting out in the local business world I&#8217;m really enjoying helping Business owners get Real Results Online.  If you are interested in getting online makreting services to get your business website to dominate in your markets, drop over to <a href="http://www.realresultsmedia.com.au" target="_blank">Real Results Media</a> and lets have a chat.</p>
<p>On the other side of your currently working in the Local Internet Marketing industry and have some cool services and would like to work with other Local Marketing Experts, I&#8217;d be interested in hearing what you have to offer.</p>
<p>So with that I&#8217;m going to wrap this short blog post up and i&#8217;ll be adding a new video real soon.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/d-sV0zoD3QQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/is-this-a-world-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/is-this-a-world-record/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=is-this-a-world-record</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>This System Gets My Highest Recommendation..</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/Za5kRtnI06w/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/this-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuity system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residual income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russell brunson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check it Out and see for yourself, why I think Russell Brunson has really OVERDELIVERED on this&#8230;. Your $197 pre-loaded MP3 Player is paid for in full&#8230; &#8230;and is ready to be shipped to your door. Read the entire page here to see what you need to do next. http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity Here&#8217;s the scoop&#8230; This *free* [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fthis-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fthis-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>Check it Out and see for yourself, why I think</p>
<p>Russell Brunson has really OVERDELIVERED<br />
on this&#8230;.</p>
<p>Your $197 pre-loaded MP3 Player is paid for<br />
in full&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and is ready to be shipped to your door.</p>
<p>Read the entire page here to see what you<br />
need to do next.</p>
<p><a title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!" href="http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity" title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!">http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the scoop&#8230;</p>
<p>This *free* MP3 Player has a 6 hour seminar with<br />
Internet multi-millionaire Russell Brunson&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;where he reveals how he made over $4-MILLION last<br />
year online!</p>
<p>For the next few days (or until he sells out)<br />
Russell is GIVING away a *free* pre-loaded mp3<br />
player with over 6 HOURS of content teaching<br />
this powerful new system.</p>
<p><a title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!" href="http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity" title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!">http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity</a></p>
<p>And he did it in a way that ANYONE can follow.</p>
<p>Get your pre-loaded MP3 Player on his web site<br />
before you&#8217;re too late:</p>
<p>http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity</p>
<p>This incredible MP3 Player will be<br />
shipped to your door&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230; and it&#8217;s already PAID FOR! <img src='http://www.John-Gregory.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
HERE&#8217;S THE CATCH&#8230;<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>Because Russell is eating all of the cost for<br />
you he has made this an extremely limited offer.</p>
<p>(He only has 500 of the pre-loaded MP3 players<br />
in stock)</p>
<p>You must get your MP3 player now before you miss<br />
out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance.</p>
<p>Read the entire page here to see what you need to<br />
do next.</p>
<p><a title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!" href="http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity" title="===&gt;&gt;&gt; Check This Out !!">http://johngregory.thesecondtier.com/microcontinuity</a></p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/Za5kRtnI06w" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/this-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/this-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=this-system-gets-my-highest-recommendation</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>743 Million People use Social Media – Leverage this Traffic Today</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/AyUUIvThvYA/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/web20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is Going to Short and to the Point! (This have NEVER been offered Before) ***Not Sure we&#8217;ll Ever Do it again !!! This Offer Must Go Offline Soon.*** If You&#8217;ve looked at the Extreme Value and amount of Cutting Edge content in the Platinum Membership of Web20Formula You&#8217;ll know what a Killer Offer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fweb20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fweb20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>This post is Going to Short and to the Point! (This have NEVER been offered Before)</p>
<p>***Not Sure we&#8217;ll Ever Do it again !!! This Offer Must Go Offline Soon.***</p>
<p>If You&#8217;ve looked at the Extreme Value and amount of Cutting Edge content<br />
in the Platinum Membership of <a href="http://www.web20formula.com">Web20Formula</a> You&#8217;ll know what a Killer Offer this is !</p>
<p>(Order Here)<a href="http://www.web20formula.com" target="_blank">===&gt;&gt;&gt;Web 2.0 Formula Lifetime Platinum Membership (90% off) Just $197 Today</a></p>
<p>Each Day <a href="http://web20formula.com">Social Media Marketing and Video Marketing</a> just becomes more and more essential<br />
to your positioning and self branding strategies online.</p>
<p>On Top of All That !</p>
<p>Social Media is becoming one of the Most Sort After New Professions with 75%<br />
of Businesses Looking to Hire Social Media Consultants in the Next 12 months.<br />
Source:(Social Media Jobs Salary Survey 2009)</p>
<p>These employers indicated that they considered social media oriented roles to be essential<br />
to the success of their businesses over the next 12-18 months.</p>
<p>Does that Tell you Something ??</p>
<p>Are you skilling yourself Up to be apart of this New Revolution in Online Marketing and Sales??</p>
<p>Why Not learn <a href="http://web20formula.com">Social Media Marketing</a> , and apply it, growing an online business and at the same time<br />
becoming a highly sort after for employers as this new media becomes the solution to all the failing<br />
old media advertising and marketing of the past.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the Deal &#8230;</p>
<p>*Yellow Pages are DEAD</p>
<p>*Newspapers are Dying</p>
<p>*Radio advertising is Dying</p>
<p>*Television is in Decline</p>
<p>These Old Media&#8217;s are getting CRUSHED by New Media&#8217;s (Social Media)</p>
<p>==&gt;&gt;People are not Buying Newspapers.. (They Read Blogs)</p>
<p>==&gt;&gt;People are not Listening to the Radio like they once did (They Listen to Ipod&#8217;s)</p>
<p>==&gt;&gt;People are not watching as much T.V (They are on Youtube and Facebook all night long)</p>
<p>Look, I hate to break the News to you, but Social Media is Changing Everything</p>
<p>You need to see it and make the changes to accept it or you may even be out of work<br />
as fast as the businesses that Don&#8217;t embrace it will be.</p>
<p>I can Give you 100 Reasons why this is happening, but that&#8217;s going to be kept for another Blog Post</p>
<p>Get your Web20Formula &#8211; Social Media and Video Marketing Platinum Membership for 90% of the regular Price ==&gt;&gt; <a href="http://web20formula.com">http://Web20Formula.com</a></p>
<p>Learn How to Use Social Media, to grow and market any Business Product or Service</p>
<p>(Order Here)<a href="http://www.web20formula.com" target="_blank">===&gt;&gt;&gt;Web 2.0 Formula Lifetime Platinum Membership (75% off) Just $197 Today</a></p>
<p>Here what You&#8217;ll get:</p>
<p>*  Overview of A Million Dollar System &#8211; The total overview of the Million Dollar System explained on a video. Topics on the video includes : Web 2.0 Online videos, Web 2.0 Materials, Web 2.0 platforms, Web 2.0 Mindset,Web 2.0 Marketing with Video, and more &#8230;</p>
<p>* Recommended Web 2.0 Resources &#8211; List of recommended resources using the Web 2.0 Formula platform&#8230;</p>
<p>* Video Optimization and Analytics &#8211; A closer look at YouTube Insight&#8230;</p>
<p>* Traffic Tips for Video + Social Marketing &#8211; 10 Devious Traffic Ranking Tips for Video + Social Marketing&#8230;</p>
<p>* 90 Day Challenge Road Map &#8211; A video series on how to improve your online business on a 90 day challenge&#8230;</p>
<p>* Massive Online Success Formula &#8211; An audio call which explains how to leverage your business using the  Massive Online Success Formula&#8230;</p>
<p>* Master of Social Media &#8211; A video series on the secrets of social media experts success stories&#8230;</p>
<p>* Video Learning Centre &#8211; Video Tutorials with helpful tips and tricks on how to optimize your online business using the Web 2.0 Formula platform&#8230;</p>
<p>* Recorded Training Calls &#8211; Webinars on the 3 Part Crash Course in Video Marketing and Massive Online Success 6 week Tele-Class Series&#8230;</p>
<p>* Killer Video Conversions &#8211; An Ebook containing tips and tricks on how to optimize traffic to your website through videos&#8230;</p>
<p>* Affiliates &#8211; Affiliate program offered to members in promoting their business online&#8230;</p>
<p>* Bonuses and Download Products</p>
<p>* and much more!!!</p>
<p>Get your Web20Formula Platinum membership Click Below for Only $197 (90% Discount)</p>
<p>(Order Here)<a href="http://www.web20formula.com" target="_blank">===&gt;&gt;&gt;Web 2.0 Formula Lifetime Platinum Membership (90% off) Just $197 Today</a></p>
<p>See you on the Inside,</p>
<p>John Gregory<br />
Web20Formula Head Coach</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/AyUUIvThvYA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/web20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/web20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=web20formula-24hr-fire-sale-social-media-jobs-exploding</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Network Marketing Advanced Training</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/JLvab7wVNrQ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/uncategorized/network-marketing-advanced-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magnetic  sponsoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsoring online]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=46</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for some ADVANCED TRAINING? Today I want to share with you THE MOST VALUABLE training I got that really helped me to put all the pieces together&#8230;and allowed me to finally understand how to explode my business using the internet. If you&#8217;ve read Mike Dillard&#8217;s Magnetic Sponsoring then you understand the basics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Funcategorized%2Fnetwork-marketing-advanced-training%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Funcategorized%2Fnetwork-marketing-advanced-training%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>Are you ready for some ADVANCED TRAINING?</p>
<p>Today I want to share with you THE MOST VALUABLE</p>
<p>training I got that really helped me to put all</p>
<p>the pieces together&#8230;and allowed me to finally</p>
<p>understand how to explode my business using the</p>
<p>internet.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve read Mike Dillard&#8217;s Magnetic Sponsoring</p>
<p>then you understand the basics and the foundation</p>
<p>of Attraction Marketing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">===&gt;&gt;&gt;  Magnetic Sponsoring Online</a></p>
<p>This is where it all starts.</p>
<p>Now, if you&#8217;ve also purchased his highly recommended</p>
<p>Building on a Budget Course, then you learned some</p>
<p>great low cost marketing strategies that can really</p>
<p>help to grow your business quickly even if you have</p>
<p>limited funds to work with.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">===&gt;&gt;&gt; Building on a Budget</a></p>
<p>Now here&#8217;s the deal. If you are one of those truly</p>
<p>SERIOUS entrepreneurs who will stop at nothing</p>
<p>to achieve your absolute wildest dreams&#8230;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re anything like me&#8230;</p>
<p>Than you want to learn EVERYTHING you possibly can</p>
<p>from the Top Producers that are really making it</p>
<p>happen.</p>
<p>Can you imagine generating 9,817 Leads in 1 Month?</p>
<p>How about sponsoring 1,732 Reps in 31 Days?</p>
<p>Or what about making over $11,000,000 in Five Years?</p>
<p>If these numbers sound impossible or unrealistic for you,</p>
<p>then this training is NOT for you.</p>
<p>You really need to be a BIG THINKER to even</p>
<p>imagine achieving these types of results.</p>
<p>However, if these numbers get you excited, then I think</p>
<p>its time you take your business to the next level.</p>
<p>John I want you to know that this is the training that</p>
<p>really made the biggest difference in my business.</p>
<p>And today I&#8217;m going to share it with you&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">Magnetic Sponsoring</a></p>
<p>This course will teach you the EXACT FORMULA Mike Dillard,</p>
<p>and his colleagues used to become M1LLIONAIRES!!</p>
<p>This is his ADVANCED COURSE and I promise you he doesn&#8217;t hold</p>
<p>anything back.</p>
<p>Look I&#8217;ll be straight with you John&#8230;</p>
<p>If you consider yourself a serious entrepreneur, then</p>
<p>you need to take the next step and join the BIG LEAGUES</p>
<p>my friend.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve said enough.</p>
<p>Its game time.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">===&gt;&gt;&gt; Magnetic Sponsoring Online</a></p>
<p>See you at the top!!</p>
<p>John Gregory</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/JLvab7wVNrQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/uncategorized/network-marketing-advanced-training/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/uncategorized/network-marketing-advanced-training/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=network-marketing-advanced-training</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Are you using this simple tool to make money on auto-pilot?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/7U2Nu5KtkGw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/are-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing sales funnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mlm leads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network marketing success]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=45</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[************************************************* Set Up YOUR Very Own Attraction Marketing System: http://www.SponsoringOnline.com ************************************************* Today we&#8217;re going to discuss how to create a marketing sales funnel that ALL of your prospects get moved through so you&#8217;re making cash while you&#8217;re eating dinner, watching a movie, hanging out with your kids, or kicking back on the beach. And yet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fare-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Finternet-marketing%2Fare-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>*************************************************</p>
<p>Set Up YOUR Very Own Attraction Marketing System:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com" target="_blank">http://www.SponsoringOnline.com</a></p>
<p>*************************************************</p>
<p>Today we&#8217;re going to discuss how to create a</p>
<p>marketing sales funnel that ALL of your prospects</p>
<p>get moved through so you&#8217;re making cash while</p>
<p>you&#8217;re eating dinner, watching a movie, hanging</p>
<p>out with your kids, or kicking back on the beach.</p>
<p>And yet 95% of network marketers DO NOT USE IT!?</p>
<p>Insanity!?</p>
<p>This simple tool will EDUCATE your prospects</p>
<p>automatically (kind of like I&#8217;m doing here) so you</p>
<p>don&#8217;t have to manually keep sending people information.</p>
<p>It will stay in touch with your prospects 24&#215;7 and will</p>
<p>help brand YOU as the leader you need to become</p>
<p>if you ever want to make serious money in this</p>
<p>industry.</p>
<p>And you can literally promote absolutely anything</p>
<p>you want, as long as it is of value to your prospects.</p>
<p>And it is CRITICAL to your success.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s called an email auto-responder, ie. an Internet</p>
<p>Network Marketer&#8217;s best friend.</p>
<p>This is how all the top producers do business and</p>
<p>THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE of ANY internet business!!</p>
<p>Using an autoresponder allows you to have MULTIPLE</p>
<p>streams of income (A HUGE KEY TO MAKING MONEY ONLINE).</p>
<p>I personally have over 20 sources of income that ALL of</p>
<p>my prospects get exposed to at some point through my</p>
<p>on-going communication with them and this pays me</p>
<p>THOUSANDS of dollars per month regardless of whether or</p>
<p>not they join my primary business.</p>
<p>There is no question here&#8230;if you want to be a top</p>
<p>producer you must be building YOU and your own list,</p>
<p>period. We&#8217;re going to teach you how to monetize that</p>
<p>list in the upcoming days.</p>
<p>Get your very own automated email auto-responder here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com/" target="_blank">http://www.SponsoringOnline.com</a></p>
<p>******************************</p>
<p>&quot;I&#8217;m relatively new to internet marketing and all I</p>
<p>did was follow the MLSP training that they provide.</p>
<p>On Nov. 6th, 2008, I sent out my 1st video for the</p>
<p>mass internet utilizing some of the advanced techniques</p>
<p>I learned inside of MLSP&#8230;I ended up on the 1st page</p>
<p>of Google in the #6 position ON MY FIRST TRY!</p>
<p>If I can generate my own leads, ANYONE can!&quot;</p>
<p>- Bill P., OH</p>
<p>******************************</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time to start generating your own leads, funneling</p>
<p>them through your own professionally created squeeze</p>
<p>page, and guiding them through your carefully crafted</p>
<p>marketing funnel if you want to join the ranks of the elite.</p>
<p>This is the ONLY way top earners market online&#8230;</p>
<p>Come join the 3% who have figured it out:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com/">http://www.SponsoringOnline.com</a></p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/7U2Nu5KtkGw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/are-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/internet-marketing/are-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-you-using-this-simple-tool-to-make-money-on-auto-pilot</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Sponsoring Online – The Easy Way !</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/baaYcnViDlA/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/mentors/sponsoring-online-the-easy-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home based business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to generate free leads online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mlm leads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network marketing success]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a little known Secret, that 97% of Network Marketers and Home based Business Owners have NO clue about&#8230; And that&#8217;s one of the Major reasons.. that they&#8217;re not having Success **Question Time** Do you know how to grow your business globally via the Internet and make money even if say people say &#34;NO&#34; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fmentors%2Fsponsoring-online-the-easy-way%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fmentors%2Fsponsoring-online-the-easy-way%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>This is a little known Secret, that 97% of Network Marketers and<br />
Home based Business Owners have NO clue about&#8230;</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s one of the Major reasons.. that they&#8217;re not having Success</p>
<p>**Question Time**</p>
<p>Do you know how to grow your business globally via the Internet and<br />
make money even if say people say &quot;NO&quot; to your business ??</p>
<p>Do you know have to get paid on the &quot;Production Value&quot; of the Industry??</p>
<p>When was the last time you got paid 10 different incomes BEFORE a<br />
prospect even joined you in your business ??</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t know the answers to these questions you may be<br />
interested in the <a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">Sponsoring Online system</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">www.SponsoringOnline.com</a> works for EVERY network marketing business.<br />
It gives you the Tools, Training and more importantly the Leads to Explode<br />
your primary Network marketing Business Online.</p>
<p>This is how the TOP income earners make the 5 figure a week incomes<br />
and still build the biggest businesses in their primary program.</p>
<p>They generate 10+ different income streams each month even if<br />
people say NO to your Main business.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll Learn how to earn on the &quot;Production Value&quot; of the entire<br />
Network marketing/ Home Based Business Industry&#8230; I&#8217;ll explain !!</p>
<p>People who are serious about building a huge successful business open<br />
their wallets 5-10 times a month to buy, Training Systems to Learn how to<br />
build their business faster, Tools to leverage the Internet and other<br />
powerful marketing channels, and they also buy Leads and Lead Generation<br />
strategies to once again Explode their business building efforts&#8230;.</p>
<p>1-2 of the times they open their wallet (IE.pay money) is for covering costs<br />
of their primary business&#8230; the other 3-8 times they spend money is for<br />
Training Systems, Tools and Leads!</p>
<p>The Serious people you want in your business are spending this money ANYWAY<br />
.. here&#8217;s where 99% of Network marketers set themselves up for failure..</p>
<p>They let the most serious people buy the Training Systems, Tools and Leads!<br />
from Other Leaders who have figured this out !!!</p>
<p>Why not set yourself up 1 time so they buy from you and You make money<br />
from the 97% of people who will NEVER join your business anyway ???</p>
<p>&#8230;.. this is a Marketing FUNNEL</p>
<p>Do you know what that is ?</p>
<p>This is how to put an extra $500 &#8211; $1000 per week in your pocket, BEFORE<br />
prospects join your Primary business.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">www.SponsoringOnline.com</a> gives you the ENTIRE  Funnel<br />
Everything is set up for you&#8230; your just need to put it to work for you</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been in the Industry 9 years.. and I know Armatures Vs Professionals..<br />
just by what the LEAD with in their marketing.</p>
<p>I have a down line in my Primary business with Over  49,781 people, but I&#8217;d NEVER<br />
lead with that business&#8230;Marketing Online, as I&#8217;d be leaving money on the table!</p>
<p>If your SERIOUS about using the Internet to Grow your business, do yourself<br />
a Huge Favor&#8230; get the tools that make it easy..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SponsoringOnline.com">www.SponsoringOnline.com</a></p>
<p>See you on the inside,</p>
<p>John Gregory</p>
<p><a href="http://www.SPONSORINGONLINE.COM/?t=sponsoringonline -blogpost" target="_blank"><img src="http://mlmleadsystempro.com/images/banners/MLM.Banner-2-468x60.gif" border="0" alt="Attraction Marketing System" /> </a></p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>.</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/baaYcnViDlA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/mentors/sponsoring-online-the-easy-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/mentors/sponsoring-online-the-easy-way/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=sponsoring-online-the-easy-way</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Blogs, Self Branding and YourName.com</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/zCHSFHoFAh0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/self-branding/blogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress blog setup service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 I ran across a guy online that changed my whole outlook and online direction 100% in the space of a few weeks&#8230; He said: Online business success ONLY comes to those who are Self Promoters &#34;You are either comfortable with Branding and promoting Yourself in your business&#8230;. OR you work for someone who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fself-branding%2Fblogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fself-branding%2Fblogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>In 2006 I ran across a guy online that changed my whole outlook<br />
and online direction 100% in the space of a few weeks&#8230;</p>
<p>He said: Online business success ONLY comes to those who are Self Promoters</p>
<p>&quot;You are either comfortable with Branding and promoting Yourself in your business&#8230;. OR you<br />
work for someone who is comfortable with Branding and promoting themselves&quot;</p>
<p>There is NO &quot;in between&quot; here &#8230; it&#8217;s as simple as your do.. or you don&#8217;t !</p>
<p>When I finally understood that if I didn&#8217;t believe in myself and what I was all about, how in<br />
in heck would other people believe and trust in me enough to do business with me ??</p>
<p>Let me explain this further&#8230;</p>
<p>The Focal point of all this is YOU, www.yourName.com</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t own <a href="http://www.godaddy.com">www.yourName.com</a> &#8211; Go Get it Now !</p>
<p>It will take you just 5 minutes and you&#8217;ll be done..<br />
OK Here is a Video I created to show you how to do it:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.web20formula.com/blog/online-tutorials/how-to-get-a-domain-with-godaddy/">How-to-get-a-domain-with-godaddy</a></p>
<p>Once you have www.YourName.com you need to install a Self Hosted WordPress Blog.</p>
<p>Self Hosted means that it can never be deleted by the free blog hosting companies<br />
and your blog will become an asset, your Hub, your central nervous system of all your activities online.</p>
<p>You also need to have the blog optimised so that the search engines eat it up and list you<br />
on page 1 of Google, that way when people Google your name, there you are on page 1.</p>
<p>This is critical in boosting your success online.</p>
<p>If you want to see what I mean.. go google me : john gregory</p>
<p>you&#8217;ll see that my blog in one page 1</p>
<p>that&#8217;s the power of a well set up blog.</p>
<p>If your a home business owner, a Internet marketer, a network marketer or even thinking of<br />
getting started in ANY business you want to promote online your just have to get a properly<br />
set up blog or your not even in the game.</p>
<p>Blogs have been around for years, and they are so effective because they are updated with<br />
fresh and relevant content&#8230; this is exactly what search engines like Google are looking for.</p>
<p>Blogs also have the ability be more friendly than a sales page or a sign up form, and all your<br />
marketing efforts should be aimed at sending as much traffic to your blog as it&#8217;s a way of educating<br />
and informing your visitors about what you do, and what you offer in a way that people prefer.</p>
<p>Ultimately you need to position yourself online to help and add value to your target market, and<br />
your blog is the place to do that in the most powerful way.</p>
<p>You can add video and audio to your blog, you can link to your other websites, you can give away<br />
a free report, ebook, video or newsletter from your bog to build your list. you can add feeds and<br />
widgets from other social sites like Twitter and my bloglog and so much more.</p>
<p>Hopefully by now you can see how your blog can pull everything your do online together.<br />
It really is your foundation to your online success.</p>
<p>If your ready to get your own Fully Search Engine Optimised Blog that will position you online<br />
in the most powerful way, we can help you.</p>
<p>I have a <a title="Done-For-You WordPress Blog Setup Service" href="http://john-gregory.com/services/done-for-you-wordpress-blog-setup/" title="Done-For-You WordPress Blog Setup Service">Done-For-You WordPress Blog Setup Service</a> and because you are reading this article,<br />
I want to give you a special offer thats even better than what you can see here:</p>
<p><a href="http://john-gregory.com/services/done-for-you-wordpress-blog-setup/">Done For You Blog Setup Service</a></p>
<p>You will get everything that I outline above, and I&#8217;m going to give you free hosting for your new blog<br />
for 6 months, after that it will be just $10/month in hosting fees. I&#8217;m also going to give you a futher<br />
discount of $50 so that you can get your blog set up for just $197.</p>
<p>to get your blog up and running in less than 72 hours<br />
Contact Me Today to Setup Your Blog here: <a href="http://john-gregory.com/contact-us/">http://john-gregory.com/contact-us/</a></p>
<p>Please use: **Special**Done-For-You WordPress Blog Setup (as the subject line)</p>
<p>to your online success,</p>
<p>John Gregory</p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/zCHSFHoFAh0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/self-branding/blogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/self-branding/blogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=blogs-self-branding-and-yournamecom</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>Most Business Owners have it all Wrong – Video tells all…</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/ho2obeoSFcY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/most-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new media marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online social networks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=33</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to stop embarrassing our potential customers with cold calls, mail shots and advertising, instead creating a better business experience through community building. It&#8217;s been said time and time again&#8230; that in today&#8217;s highly competitive marketplace, people only do business with people they know, like and trust. Heavy duty interuption marketing campains via the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fmost-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fmost-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>We need to stop embarrassing our potential customers with cold calls, mail shots and advertising, instead creating a better business experience through community building.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been said time and time again&#8230; that in today&#8217;s highly competitive marketplace, people only<br />
do business with people they know, like and trust.</p>
<p><center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="344" width="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBGgWPwlNa4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBGgWPwlNa4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" height="344" width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBGgWPwlNa4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></center></p>
<p>Heavy duty interuption marketing campains via the old &#8211; Mass Media are failing and business<br />
owners are loosing more money than ever before, and wondering whats the solution to this problem.</p>
<p>The only way you can Listen and Learn to exactly what your customers Like and Dislike about<br />
your Products and services is via <a href="http://www.Web2Formula.com">Social Media</a></p>
<p>What are People saying about Your Business in Social Media ?</p>
<p>To Learn how to Leverage Social Media in your Business Visit : <a href="http://www.Web2Formula.com">www.Web2Formula.com</a></p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/ho2obeoSFcY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/most-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		<enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBGgWPwlNa4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" length="1005" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBGgWPwlNa4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" fileSize="1005" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>We need to stop embarrassing our potential customers with cold calls, mail shots and advertising, instead creating a better business experience through community building. It&amp;#8217;s been said time and time again&amp;#8230; that in today&amp;#8217;s highly compet</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>We need to stop embarrassing our potential customers with cold calls, mail shots and advertising, instead creating a better business experience through community building. It&amp;#8217;s been said time and time again&amp;#8230; that in today&amp;#8217;s highly competitive marketplace, people only do business with people they know, like and trust. Heavy duty interuption marketing campains via the [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Social Media Marketing, marketing 2.0, new media marketing, online social networks</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/most-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=most-business-owners-have-it-all-wrong-video-tells-all</feedburner:origLink></item>
		<item>
		<title>The Social Media Marketing Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~3/Y_yvhvSduQY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/the-social-media-marketing-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media dilemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter Users]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://John-Gregory.com/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of buzz about social media marketing these days. We have all heard it, and no industry is immune. All of the facts and figures point to the inevitability that your business will be affected by this turn in the marketing tide. This all got me to thinking about the dilemma that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fthe-social-media-marketing-dilemma%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.John-Gregory.com%2Fsocial-media-marketing%2Fthe-social-media-marketing-dilemma%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>There is a lot of buzz about social media marketing these days. We have all heard it, and no industry is immune. All of the facts and figures point to the inevitability that your business will be affected by this turn in the marketing tide. This all got me to thinking about the dilemma that social media poses to each and every business entity.</p>
<p>The dilemma is in weighing the cost of participating versus the risk associated with not embracing social media marketing. <strong>So how can you mitigate your risk?</strong> Spend a moment with me to understand why you should not overlook social media for another minute.</p>
<h2>Social Media Marketing: Now or Later?</h2>
<p>The part that may be the hardest for many companies is that this shift in the marketing tide has occurred during an already frightening time for business people. Companies who used to advertise in newspapers have found that they are largely ineffective in 2009. This has further added to the already obvious demise of print media. Similarly, television is losing the marketing battle at an astonishing rate. Your local affiliate stations used to receive a piece of the national advertisers spending, and that was cut by the major networks. This is all happening because the Internet has fully eclipsed all other media in both total adspend and consumer reach.</p>
<p>I can give you a long list of the things which have added to the social media boom, but I do not think I will need to explain this. You know it is here, and you are quite possibly feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. It is a huge transition. It is kind of a big shuffle where everybody is just trying to find their way and hope when it all settles that they will have made the right choices and that they adapted to the new rules of marketing soon enough to be effective. This really is a dilemma of when to make a quantifiable effort: will it be now, or will it be later? When should you adopt the new rules of engagement? Are you too late? It is too soon? The questions are so plentiful and pressing that I have watched it paralyze many would-be good business decision makers.</p>
<h2>Social Media Dilemma: Risk vs. Risk</h2>
<p>Perhaps you are just warming up to the idea that this “new” media is where things are going. The fear of jumping in is really pretty normal. After all, it is hard to believe in something after you have watched all the things you always knew about business and economy suddenly change. Most of us were always told that our home would always be a great investment. That seems to be a bit shaky now, although it will certainly return. We thought companies like General Motors, AIG, and others were unshakeable and that the whole world economy could not all just collapse. Things have changed, and amidst all of that change around you, the thought of spending what seems like a fortune in order to effectively participate in a marketing method with a whole new set of measurement metrics probably feels a bit uncomfortable at best.</p>
<p>So what will make all of this feel better and help it all make sense? The answer is this: If your competition does it sooner and better than you, the cost of lost opportunity will be greater than any other potential risk.</p>
<p>Social media marketing is truly not as new as you may see it on the surface. In many ways, it is the way it used to be done in every company, for as long as business has been done. The tools have changed a lot, but the communication basics are that if you develop a warm market, your business will always perform far better. Your sales process will be much smoother. Your brand image will be enhanced by the added customer satisfaction. The list of benefits to the added communication of social media marketing over advertising as usual should not be so hard to understand. All the same, as a social media and Internet marketing professional since the mid-1990s, I still often feel like I am trying to explain the color blue to a person devoid of sight.</p>
<h2>A Picture of Social Media Marketing</h2>
<p>I want to provide you with a mental picture of social media marketing. Work with me, please. Let’s say that you are about to walk out the door to drive to your local Wal Mart for a couple items. You are going to pick up a garden hose, some razor blades, a new alarm clock, and a few other items. As you head for the door with your car keys in hand, the doorbell rings. You get to the door and there is a salesperson standing there to greet you. They are with a company you have heard of, but you have never met this person. He says that he has all of those things you planned to pick up at Wal Mart. He has the garden hose, the razor blades, and even the alarm clock, and he happens to have them right there. He even has the brands you would buy. How does this feel to you? Are you a bit uneasy about it? Many people have answered this question for me, and it seems that the vast majority would still get in the car, drive to Wal Mart, sort through the aisles, wait in line, and return home. The trust factor compels them, and the guy at the door just did not have the trust yet, regardless how hard he tried.</p>
<p>I have a new picture for you. The person standing at the door is somebody you have had some brief communication with, and you realize you have some mutual friends. It warms up with a bit of friendly conversation, and what do you know. You belong to the same social group. It all starts to look different now, does it not?</p>
<p>The differences in these scenarios are very similar psychologically to an advertisement compared to a social media approach. In addition, with a social media approach, it is altogether likely that the phone rang before you even grabbed your car keys and a friend was on the other end to let you know they were sending the hose, razor, and alarm clock guy over. It has a completely different feel, and it is the reason that advertising has always been an uphill battle compared to proper relationship marketing.</p>
<h2>Social Media Fears: The Biggest Dilemma of All</h2>
<p>Now that I have walked you through an analogy of digital social media compared to yesterday media, let us look at the worst social media dilemma of all. This time, you are in the selling position, and you are the guy at the door. Answer yourself this question: do you want to be that guy at the door trying to peddle your goods, or would you rather be the hose, razor, and alarm clock guy who took the care to build relationships and will be walking up to the door already announced.</p>
<p>If you fear what happens if you embrace social media marketing today and that it may not work for you, the greater question should be in which hose, razor, and alarm clock salesperson you want to be. If you leave it up to your competition, your cost will be much greater indeed, because the deepest cost is that of missed opportunities.</p>
<p>This article written by : <a href="http://www.awebguy.com">The Web Guy</a></p>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/John-gregorycom/~4/Y_yvhvSduQY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/the-social-media-marketing-dilemma/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://www.John-Gregory.com/social-media-marketing/the-social-media-marketing-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-social-media-marketing-dilemma</feedburner:origLink></item>
	<media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel>
</rss>

