What's the biggest obstacle in approaching a stranger for any network marketer?

This week's Kick Start features an interview with marketing director, Rachel Embry. She is a self-described introvert who was once a top network marketing income earner.
According to Rachel, talking to strangers seems to be one of the biggest fears in this business. But she overcame it. And if she can do it, why can't you? Here's how an introvert describes the science behind the fear of talking to strangers.

What's the biggest obstacle in approaching a stranger for any network marketer?

Rachel: I think for most networkers, there are 2 big obstacles that stop them from easily approaching a stranger. The first is lack of belief.

I'm going to explain how this "looks" by telling you a story.
When I was actively recruiting, the system I followed was to quickly get a distributor trained and then get him/her on the phone to invite people to take a look at the opportunity. This is a common system and many network marketers follow it.

Powerful Internet Marketing Secrets

6 Powerful Internet Marketing Secrets that Most Network Marketers Completely Ignore...

Earlier this year we hosted a sold-out webinar with Jackie Ulmer, the network marketer genius who "cracked the code" on using the internet to build her downline. Jackie let us in on some of her most powerful (and mostly ignored) internet marketing secrets.

If you're serious about getting more qualified leads in the next 6 months than you've gotten in the last 6 years, AND you want to use the internet to do it, then this 120 minute recorded webinar of power-packed information, is for you.

1. The Power of Overcoming Objections. Most network marketers skip one of the most powerful abilities of the internet: to overcome common objections BEFORE you meet with a prospect. What are the3 most common objections you hear? Jackie will show you how to eliminate them...without having to speak a word or argue with a prospect again!
2. The Power of Personality. Do you lead with your company? Your product? Your opportunity? Big mistake! People buy YOU first. Jackie will show you how to use the internet to lead with the only asset the competition can't duplicate: YOU!

The-5-Minute-Guide-To-Cheap-Startup-Advertising

The following is a guest post by Rob Walling.  Rob Walling has been an entrepreneur for most of his life and is author of the book Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup.  He also authors the top 20 startup blog Software By Rob, that's read by tens of thousands of startup entrepreneurs every month and he owns the leading ASP.NET invoicing software on the market in addition to a handful of profitable web properties.

Imagine that you've just completed version 1 of your product and you're preparing for launch. You’ve greased the wheels with a few bloggers, targeted some keywords with SEO, created a bit of linkbait, and scheduled the press release to launch in the morning. At this point your co-founder turns to you and says: “What are we going to do with the $300 we have stashed away for advertising?” Consider this your lucky day. The goal of this article is to provide you with the core of what you need to know about cheap startup advertising as quickly as possible, so you can start spending that ad budget wisely. Let's get started.

Two Key Advertising Strategies

The half-life of advertising traffic is zero. This means that the moment you stop shelling out cash, the traffic stops. The problem is that with typical conversion rates of 1-2% you're paying for 98 or 99 out of every 100 people to walk away and never come back to your site. To combat this inherent wastefulness of advertising, I have two key strategies I recommend no matter which method of advertising you use.