Attraction Marketing - The New Buzz

There were only a few businesses with websites, and ordering online pretty much meant a phone call or fax with a credit card.
There were no 'social sites' or 'blogs', but we didn't know what we were missing. Just think what we could have done then with today's technology!

I planned to set up a website, but was too expensive then; bought the software, then had to learn how to use it. I had an idea of what to do, but was frozen in confusion. I put the website off until it was the 'right time'.

So, I set out to build my business over the phone, in person (3 foot rule), and via post cards, letters, meetings, booths & newspaper ads. I was all over the place, promoting and pushing products and the 'opportunity'. I had the start of what seemed to be a very strong downline. We had a great group of 'like-minded' folks all doing the same thing.

Then, as life happens, people started dropping off, for one reason or another. They would forget to order, or they just didn't have the money, or had also exhausted their 'warm list'. Where do we go then? Aren't these products supposed to 'sell themselves'? Yes, these are great products, and we did work hard, but we didn't work smart.

'Pitching' to family and friends got old pretty fast. Pretty soon I had worn out my 'warm list' and was off trying to find more 'victims' somewhere else and even doing 'cold calls'. Yikes!

This wasn't working. If only there was another way!

Years earlier, I heard about the 'Law of Attraction'. I listened to some tapes and read some books. I really got it about how we attract things into our life; both positive and negative, both lack and abundance.
I thought about how the flowers attract the bees. What were they doing other than just sitting there looking good? They have everything going for them. They were coming from a place of abundance and perfection.

But unlike the flower, I was coming from a place of lack; desperate for sales and needing money. The only thing I was attracting was more 'lack'. I have to remind myself to focus on what I wish the outcome to be.

I realized I had to stop going after people with my pitch, telling them why they really should buy my product or opportunity, and to not be attached to whether or not I make the sale, or if they even listen to me at all. I learned some valuable lessons and took some time to really think about what I wanted to do.

I was impressed with the valuable content and the tutorials with Mike Klingler are the best I've seen. He's basic and thorough, explaining every aspect of each lesson, step by step. Mike has a very 'Zen' quality to his easy to understand dialogue. Renegade University was like taking a college course in the convenience of my home.
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At RU I learned how to set up some social sites, which social sites were most valuable, how to write articles at Squidoo and Hubpages, Twitter, Facebook, how to start a blog, and much more. It was a great beginning for me in social networking and I can now help others do the same.
The real point of all these social sites and articles you write are to develop a presence on the Internet...so that people will remember you and look at you as an expert in your field. That's how Attraction Marketing works. You 'attract' your audience with valuable content and they will follow you.

And if you're like me, you probably don't want to 'pitch' to anyone.