Instant Teleseminar Review

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Have you ever been shut out of a conference call because the pin # keeps coming up as invalid? Have you ever been in the middle of a fantastic training call only to be unceremoniously booted off for no good reason?

Such are the ways of free teleconferencing lines. It can be a really frustrating experience and can cost the host dearly in non returning attendees.

I finally got sick of people complaining that they couldn’t get into my calls and so I decided to shop around and see what was available.

Instant Teleseminar is the service that I chose to stick with in the end, here are some of the reasons why;

1. Excellent call quality, even though I call internationally to host my calls

2. Live web simulcast, this gives people the choice to listen via the ‘net or call in.

3. Easy to use dashboard. It is very easy to setup a professional call

4. Professional looking welcome page

5. Easy to use Q&A box

6. The big button - this allows you to put the links to various products that you are promoting. This alone is worth the monthly cost if you are doing regular calls.

7. Recording feature. There is an after event page where people can return to listen to the teleconference.

Pre-event Page

I have had many teleconferences using this service now and apart from the fist time I used it and had troubles due to someone hacking into there system, it has been seamless. The experience on each end is A1!

If you would like to see what this service can do for your business, then go over to Instant Teleseminar to get a free trial account…

Combining The Renegade University & The Renegade Marketer

There is a very strong movement towards network marketers doing business on the Internet. Ann Sieg’s ebook, The Renegade Network Marketer covers in great detail why it makes so much sense. The only problem for many people is that the Internet doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

Many people give up Internet marketing out of shear frustration before they ever really get started . It is a whole new world that is very daunting for many people. Network marketers moving into this field require a lot of support initially, and as a result of this demand, a number of great training programs have come onto the market. The Renegade University is one such support system.

The Renegade University is a training membership site that has the newbie Internet/network marketer at heart. The training was designed by mlmer’s, which makes it very well suited for network marketers wishing to use the Internet to generate retail sales and prospects for their mlm business.

The Renegade University was designed around Ann Sieg’s, Renegade Network Marketer System. This makes it the perfect membership site for people who are serious about promoting The Renegade Network Marketer ebook and system.

5 Great Reasons to Combine The Renegade University With The Renegade Network Marketer

1. The Renegade University is free to join - once you setup your profile, your links to The Renegade Network Marketer ebook are in the welcome and training center. This is a very nice place to send people who are interested in purchasing The Renegade Network Marketer and so it essentially becomes a powerful sales and prospecting tool.

2. You are positioned as the guide for your prospects - when you refer someone to the free membership part of the site and they log in, you appear as their guide. As you will see, all of my contact details are right there, including my own website links. This makes it very easy for prospects to initiate contact with you.

3. The Renegade System setup training is all in that free area - one of the big challenges for people is to understand how to setup all of their affiliate links and get to a point where they can start promoting The Renegade Network Marketer. The Renegade University does this with very simple and easy to follow tutorials.

4. Your team of prospects will now use the backend products and become effective marketers - The sale on the Renegade Network Marketer ebook is a nice commission of $33.50. The main point of The Renegade System is to continue to benefit from affiliate commissions as your prospects use the tools and services in the Renegade System backend. The only catch with this is if your prospects don’t know what to do…they won’t use any of the tools.

Now that you Renegade prospects are tapping into great marketing training, you will start to see the affiliate commission flow in as they implement what they are learning. This is the way the Renegade System was designed to work.

5. You will now see 2nd tier commissions from Renegade Network Marketer ebook sales - when a Renegade affiliate of yours sells a Renegade Network Marketer ebook, you will get a $6.50 2nd tier commission. As your prospects are taken through the training at the Renegade University, they will become better marketers and sell more books, which means more commissions for you.

If you have 50 affiliates all selling 2 renegade ebooks on average per month, that equals $650…not bad for no effort on your part (of course you put in the initial effort to sell them the ebook in the first place).

The best part of all

almost…

The Renegade University is an affiliate program and so you will receive $18 per month per person that you refer.

So as you can see, it is a true win/win scenario for everyone. You get to make the most out of your commissions with your renegade prospects, while they are getting training and learning how to do the same.

What could be better than all that?

Well seems you asked!

The Renegade University Bonus

Where to get more information

You can get a free membership to the Renegade University here…

I have created a forum that outlines the marketing system that I help people setup, you can view that by clicking here…

If you would like to see a video of where I breakdown and explain the marketing system that I use for The Renegade Network Marketer & The Renegade University, you can watch that here…

Buying a Domain Name

Purchasing a domain name is a very simple process. Basically all as you are doing is purchasing an address. The name of the address is going to give people an idea where to find you. For example people who suffer with migraine headache will be looking for places where the people who know about migraine will be hanging out.

Let’s say you have a mlm product called ‘Pickled Pear Juice’ and that is really good for migraine. If you have an address called www.pickled-pear.com, it is not going to help people with migraines find you.

Let’s think of it this way, if you name starts with A and your name is put in the phone book under P, what are the chances you will get found? Right.

As long as you are thinking about what your prospective customers will be looking for, you should be able to pick a name that is relevant.

Purchasing a domain name is a very simple thing to do. Here is a very short video showing you the simple steps you will need to take.

Purchasing a Domain Name

7 Top Tips for Purchasing a Domain Name

1. Choose a name that is easy to remember

2. Always try to place your top rated keyword in your domain name

3. ALWAYS purchase the .com of your chosen domain name

4. Take the proper steps to brainstorm multiple ideas before settling on a specific name for your domain

5. Choose a name that is generic in terms of your industry

6. If you domain name of choice is taken, try putting a hyphen between the words (this makes it harder to spell and increases the possibility of typing errors but if you are getting found through the Internet rather than word of mouth, that is fine).

7. Set your domain name to “auto-renew” every year

If you follow these steps, you should be able to pick a good domain name for you business. You should never pay more than $10 per year for a domain name.

To register a domain name with GoDaddy, click here…

Host Gator Review

Web hosting is one of the key elements for an online business. Choosing a web hosting company that is reliable, inexpensive, and has all the features that you will need is critical.

There are a number of things that you should consider when choosing a web hosting company.

1. Cost per month
2. Storage
3. Bandwidth
4. Domains allowed
5. Uptime
6. User friendliness
7. Available features

Let’s look at each of the components so that we can understand the criteria in order to choose the right web hosting plan.

Cost per month: you should be able to get web hosting for under $10 per month, anything more is too expensive unless you are storing a lot of video and have a large audience.

Storage: this will not be a consideration for most people. The least expensive plan with Host Gator for example allows 350 gigabytes of storage. And just how much is that you might ask? Well there is 1440 megabytes in a gigabyte. That is a lot! To put it into perspective, let consider the training videos that I host on my account.

The average video I produce is around 10 minutes long and usually about 80mb in size. That would be 18 training videos per gigabyte. If I have the most inexpensive hosting plan with 350gb, it would allow me to store 5,400 10 minute video tutorials and still have 50gb left over for other files!

As you can see, storage is not an issue.

Bandwidth: This simply means the amount of space available to deliver information.

Domains allowed: a domain name is simply the address or the url of a website. The amount of domains allowed will determine how many websites you can have on your hosting account. I currently have 6 websites with my account and will probably end up with over 10 within the next few years.

Uptime: Uptime refers to the amount of time statically you website is live on the Internet without interruptions.

User friendliness: I have had hosting plans where I was bamboozled by the way the information was stored. Control Panel is what I prefer, it is very easy and intuitive to use.

Available Features: there are a lot of features that are usually on offer with web hosting, the ones I consider most important are; Fantasico (easy WordPress installation, PBP forum, and a whole more), MySLQ data base, shopping cart, PHP scripts allowed, Pop3 email accounts. There are a lot of other features, but these are the ones that allow me to have my online business running smoothly.

There are 3 possible plans for shared hosting with Host Gator;
1) Hatchling - $4.95
2) Baby - $7.95
3) Swamp - $12.95

Let have a look at the Host Gator Plans

Obviously, Host Gator fits all of the requirements with ease. It is very affordable to have a e-business.

If you go over to the Host Gator site, you will also see that all of the other requirements for web hosting are also met with a lot of other added extras as well. When you get to the site, you will see the tab for ‘Web Hosting’, that is the tab that will take you to the plans. The plan that you will need is the, ‘Shared Hosting’ option.

To view the Host Gator plans, click here…

To watch a video tutorial of setting up an account with Host Gator, click here…

My Review of Your Squeeze Page Version 3.0

In this post I wanted to bring to your attention a piece of software that I use all the time.

If you have been using squeeze pages, then this is definitely for you. It is Matthew Glanfield’s Your Squeeze Page Version 3.0.

Matthew claims (I will back him on this) that with this software you can:

-create professional looking squeeze pages in under 5 minutes
-add audio, video, or other media to your squeeze page
-customize your thank you page according to what the visitor entered in the squeeze page
-automatically test and track every component of your squeeze page

Now, before I go any further, you should first determine whether you need squeeze page software in the first place. If you are trying to build a list at all, then you need to use squeeze pages, but there are three different options on how to go about creating one:

1. Design your own.

This option requires at least basic knowledge in HTML, FTPing and even a bit of PHP if you want to do your own tracking.

If you are able to tackle all of these things, you can save yourself some money. However, you might still find yourself spending far too much time.

2. Hire a web designer.

In my opinion, this is much better than option #1. Rather than waste your own time trying to learn HTML and all those other acronyms, you can simply hire somebody to do it for you.

This will cost you anywhere from $50 to $500, depending on how much work you want them to do.

3. Use squeeze page software.

This option falls somewhere between #1 and #2. It will save you the hastle of learning HTML, and it will save you the money from hiring a web designer.

The only problem is finding the right software. A lot of them out there will quickly create squeeze pages, but then you have to figure out how to upload them using FTP, and how to test and track everything.

Others will save you the latter problems, but then aren’t very flexible.

I found Your Squeeze Page Version 3.0 to solve all of those problems. With it you can:

-host unlimited squeeze pages (no extra cost for each page)
-track, test, and split-test EVERY component, from your headlines to your audio and video to your offer
-avoid learning HTML, PHP, FTP, MySQL, and any other technical term
-build your list faster and better

You can check out a demo video here:

http://www.yoursqueezepage.com/overview.php?ref=13020

Be sure to post your comments on what you think of the software!

Stephen Anderson

Double Dutch

There seems to be a few missing links for people that have purchased Ann Sieg’s Renegade Network Marketer. It is not the ebook where there are gaps, on the contrary, it is so densely packed with valuable sales and marketing information that the light of day couldn’t be seen through the cracks.

Perhaps the biggest gap for people, is knowing how to put all of the great information into action to get results in their mlm business. It is really up to each individual affiliate to learn the methods of how to promote The Renegade Network Marketer. This is the case with any affiliate program on the Internet.

In fact, within the back end of the Renegade System, there is a huge amount of very helpful information on how to use the Internet to promote the Renegade Network Marketer ebook.

I am an affiliate with over 50 different programs and I can honestly say that The Renegade Network Marketer System has more information on ‘how to promote’, than any other program that I am affiliated with.

In the back end there is also a wide selection of promotional materials such as; banners, book graphics, Ad copy, and a whole lot more.

So why is it so hard?

Perhaps for many network marketers, this is their first attempt at Internet marketing. They may have used their computer for corresponding with people via email and surfing the web, but all of this other Internet marketing stuff…Double Dutch. It is all “Greek unless you are a Geek”.

The frustration and confusion that people often feel is completely understandable. Entering Internet marketing for the first time is like being strapped onto the space shuttle and launched into outer space.

There are all these terms to cope with that are most likely not even close to our vocabulary; domain names, redirects, webhosting, html code, ccs script, affiliate links, banner ads, ezines, PPC, adwords, adsense (incensed), blogs, web 2.0, facebook, squidoo, social marketing, squeeze pages, landing pages, opt-in forms, autoresponders, teleconferences, webinars, forums, yahoo answers, tracking codes, commission junction, paydot.com, tracking cookies, and on and on!

“Hold the space shuttle, let me off ’cause my head is spinning”.

What makes it worse, is that the more money you spend, the dizzier you get. Some people are probably thinking;

“I purchased The Renegade Network Marketer to solve a problem and now, I am up to my eyeballs in html code and I can’t see the forest from outer space.”

If that is you, don’t despair, let the shuttle come back down to earth and swap it for something a little cruiser. One thing is for sure;

“The Internet is not going anywhere, so why rush?”

I remember my first anatomy class when I enrolled into an oriental medicine course…same feeling, completely and utterly overwhelming!

It is like learning a whole new language. Internet marketing is not much different in my experience. The only difference is that there is someone ready to take your money at every click!

Taking it Slow and Easy

Sometimes when something is new on the market there is an urgency to capitalize on the momentum that is built up around a launch. This is certainly one phase of promoting something and does have merit, however, that period is over for The Renegade Network Marketer and so you can take a deep breath, relax, and go about building a promotional system in a nice orderly fashion.

The Renegade University

The Renegade University is a membership site that specializes in taking Renegade Network Marketers through Internet marketing methods, in an easy to follow, step by step fashion.

There is a free membership area that will give you the basic information that you need to setup your Renegade Marketing System. You can get a free membership here…

In the video below, I take you through the marketing process that I prefer to use to integrate The Renegade Network Marketer and the Renegade University into a complete marketing system.

This covers the process of using the marketing concepts taught in the Renegade Network Marketer ebook and the marketing methods taught at the Renegade University to generate retail sales for your mlm products.

The Marketing Pipeline

The Renegade Guide Forum

You can learn more about putting a marketing system in place over at my forum:

http://renegade-guide/forum

If you have been feeling overwhelmed by the whole Internet marketing thing, I hope you found some encouragement in this article. It does get easier as time goes by and before long, it will be as easy as riding a bike.
Looking for training wheels?

Joining Forces With The Renegade University

Since The Renegade Network Marketer was released in June of 2008, I have been coming up with ways to help people get the most out of Ann Sieg’s Renegade Network Marketer System. I have created training videos, an ebook, blog posts, and held webinars to help my Renegade Marketer customers as much as I can.

When you are in any particular niche, it is quite natural to keep an eye on your competitors to see what they are up to. Competition is a great thing and only means better materials and services for paying customers. When the Renegade University came onto the marketing radar (or Google alerts), I have a feeling that this would be a strong competitor in the niche of helping network marketers understand Internet marketing.

At first, I viewed the Renegade University as competition to what I was doing in relation to training materials. When it was launched in late December, I joined the free membership area so I could see what was in there. I had a bit of a look around but didn’t pay too much attention as I was too busy holidaying on the Gold Coast.

When I got back from my one month long holiday, I had a mountain of work to get through and so I didn’t go over to The Renegade University, I was just too busy.

When the Renegade University Professional Upgrade was released, I felt compelled to go over and check it out. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the training offered actually complimented what I do beautifully. I really enjoy helping people setup and implement their marketing systems and the Renegade University has excellent training on how to market using the Internet. This I felt was pretty much the perfect combination. Joining forces with The Renegade University would actually make my life easier and allow me offer a lot more value to the people that I work with.

I immediately joined up and started working on a bonus for people working with me at the Renegade University. I wanted to offer something to people that would allow them to get double the value when working with me.

There are two levels to the Renegade University;

1. The Renegade University Free Membership - this is an area where people can get good training on setting up their Renegade marketing system and get into some basic marketing.
2. The Renegade University Professional - this is the paid area of the site and has a large range of training videos on offer. The training is such that beginners will be able to benefit from it and there is also plenty of information for the intermediate to advanced marketers.

For people working with me in The Renegade University there will be an extra level, The Accelerated Marketing Class. I have restricted it to 25 people per term. This will be an intensive course where there will be a lot of additional training and marketing resources on offer.

For the people that are working with me at The Renegade University on the Professional level but are not in the Accelerated Marketing Class, there will still be a lot on offer.

My marketing system and materials will still be available and I will be doing additional training calls, but not to the same level of personalization that I will offer to people attending the accelerated course.

The Renegade Professionals will also have to do all of their own installations and customizations of my marketing system where as I will be doing this for the accelerated class to allow them to get into action much quicker.

Here is a video that goes through the marketing process that I will be offering the accelerated class and Professionals.

More Information

I have created a support forum for Renegade Network Marketers. There is a thread there where you can see a breakdown of what materials are needed to join my accelerated marketing course. You will find it under the topic of ‘The levels of training at the Renegade University’. This will explain all the materials needed and the costs involved.

If you would like to create a free membership at the Renegade University, you can do that by clicking here…

Renegade University Review

The Renegade University is a training site that is designed to help network marketers who want to learn how to use the Internet to grow their mlm business. This is a membership site designed by network marketers for network marketers. The Renegade University uses The Renegade Network Marketer by Ann Sieg as the text book. The training is, ‘marketing tactics’ focused and one of the main themes is social marketing. There are some great resources that also allow for effective promotion of The Renegade Network Marketer ebook.

There are 2 levels of The Renegade University;

1. The first level is the Renegade University Free Membership area where there is a good amount of training that will help people set up their Renegade System and get into marketing on a basic level.
2. The second level is called the Professional level. There is a paid area and has a very extensive training section that is designed to help beginner to intermediate marketers learn the ropes of Internet marketing. Once you get your free membership you can then chose to upgrade at anytime. There is a 7 day period where you can trail the training available for $1.

I am offering some very tempting bonuses for people thinking about using this training. People who have upgraded to the Renegade University Professional level through me will have access to a personalized version of my Renegade Guide ebook and the video training series that I have created. I also offer my Renegade professionals additional videos that I create so that they can continually add content to their training site is a similar fashion to this one.

For a select group of people I will be holding an accelerated marketing program. This is a program that is for only the most serious marketers. It requires a substantial time and money commitment. People who do this course would be the type of people who are interested in being trainers using technology. They will learn how to run online workshops to train their team of Renegade prospects is the skills of setting up marketing systems.

You can read more about the Renegade University Professional Upgrade Bonuses and the Renegade University Accelerated Marketing Course in the support forum for Renegade Network Marketers that I have setup.

Back to school?

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