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And now for Part 2 of the interview with Roger Blackman .............

Here it is .......

Roger Blackman: It IS Direct Matches Jo. I tell my team that if they just want to send emails and group mails, they only need the $9.95 membership.

Jo Baker: What is the benefit for joining DM?

Roger Blackman: Well, I get leads from there every day and earn commissions too.

Has your sponsor not briefed you on DM?

Jo Baker: No

Roger Blackman: DM is overrun by amateurs and grabbers unfortunately.

Jo Baker: How do you mean?

Roger Blackman: I mean that many members are saying how they are millionaires and they can make anyone else a millionaire too. They blindly pitch their deals on people and when they sponsor someone into their Dm team, they leave them to fend for themselves. Kinda annoys me. Being authentic isn't that hard surely.

Jo Baker: So, in my case I would have to be just one step ahead of them, because I don't know much more than my grandma ....

Roger Blackman: Your grandma rocks then ‘cos you know plenty Jo. You just don't believe it yet.

But yes, you really do not need to know much to offer help to the majority of internet marketers.

Jo Baker: Feel like I am running in my head all the time but getting nowhere

Roger Blackman: You need that check list and an action plan

Jo Baker: (Your website looks pretty cool)....BlinkWeb looks keen, but like most things on the net these days, is offering the 'complete training you'll ever need to be succesful with online marketing'

Roger Blackman: (re his website) ...and it delivers, all my own work too. Thanks

Jo Baker: (re BlinkWeb) I like the idea of being able to produce a webpage easily, but before I put something out there I need to know what I am selling ,besides me... not keen on promoting a loop

Roger Blackman: (Did I send you the BlinkWeb link already? It's free too, cool)

Jo Baker: (That would be great!)

Roger Blackman: (Ok, here it is .. www.business.blinkweb.com/?aff_a62ccdb1c805d1058fce)

Jo Baker: Big question, there are soooo many webs out there touting that they are the definitive authority on online network marketing ....who actually IS?

Roger Blackman: In which aspect of network marketing? Training?

Jo Baker: I think that for me that is the most confusing aspect of it all, yes, I guess the whole A-Z of it, how to do it.

Roger Blackman: Then for me it's the Renegade Pro, best thing I ever did. It's the whole package!

Jo Baker: ....then you have the programs about how to earn multi-million figures....

Did you try other stuff besides RP?

Roger Blackman: Yes, I have. I earned over £4k in under 3 months from Private Millionaire and got just under £2k from Magnetic sponsoring within the 6 months I used that, but Renegade has blown away the competition in Attraction Marketing and now I'm focussing on ME as a business, it's all on the up.

Jo Baker: I joined Liberty League International, and stopped that after three months after not getting anyone interested, and I am now with a top ranked health company, but I think that it must be where I am coming from that is my block, I want to help people get healthy and wealthy but I do not seem to be projecting that... I feel this underlying current of desperation inside of me and not sure how to change it ......

( Thanks for the link to BlinkWeb too, btw)

Roger Blackman: Being desperate will come across to your prospects Jo. Be confident in your ability and forget the money. Focus on what you're good at and what you want to do. The money will follow. Obviously you need to be mindful of monetization and I can help you there too. But what you can do is use Attraction Marketing to build a following for YOU and those that do not join your primary business, can still be monetized.

Jo Baker: You put your finger on it, I am not confident in my ability

Roger Blackman: (I just got the link for SquareSpace too, so when you get to test out the blog platforms, consider checking out their free trial maybe.)

Big killer! If you do not trust YOU, why would anyone else ? Certainly not a stranger.

Jo Baker: I have the greatest trouble accepting what I'm good at and so struggle with being able to identify it.....

Roger Blackman: Ok, so think on it for 3 minutes and then tell me 3 things you're good at ...

Jo Baker: Sorry, I feel like I am back at square one...

Roger Blackman: In a way you are, you need to know what you are good at, what you want to do and then you can move on Jo.

Jo Baker: Proof reading

Artistic design - know what looks good when I see it

Pattern recognition

Roger Blackman: So you have a sensitive artistic bent?

(....and you want to be honest)

Jo Baker: I am also very interested in healthy eating even if I do not always have the discipline to follow it, lol!

Sorry, what do you mean I want to be honest... do you mean that I like to be honest?

Roger Blackman: Ok, so you are ideally placed by your interests to promote a health product. And the health and wellness industry is taking off right now.

(I simply meant that you want to be honest with your prospects Jo)

Jo Baker: Yes, I am artistically wired, like looking at things, creating and designing, but not so expert at the manufacture... (ok, got that...about being honest with my prospects )

Roger Blackman: So, by using Attraction Marketing and all that Renegade Pro will teach you, you will be able to get focus and direction, drive and cash along the way while you build your health business longer term.

Interview with Roger Blackman ( TheFreeOnline Coach)

So, here is the interview that I promised, divided into two parts – enjoy ! J

‘Starting from Square One in Online Network Marketing’ - by Jo Baker

Interview with Roger Blackman ( TheFreeOnline Coach), London UK - 7^th July 2009

Roger Blackman: Hi Jo, what did you make of the Renegade tutorials you read then?

Jo Baker: Have read most of it, it appears that I did not print off everything, one section was missing.

I think that the basis of people feeling as if they know you is a good one.

Roger Blackman: Well, it's more the case that they do get to know you, authentically.

Jo Baker: I have 'allocated' Sundays as a day that I can write stuff, so thought that I could write a 'blog' then, I have a book that I am very slowly writing when I make my mind up to do it, lol.

Have you used WordPress or a blog-site similar? What response do you have from readers?

Roger Blackman: Cool, I'm working on Blogs at the moment and they will be the focus of a new email series, I think. I'm using SquareSpace for mine.

I have used WordPress and BlogSpot before though.

Jo Baker: Not heard of that one, they are mostly free aren’t they?

How do you think they compare?

Roger Blackman: Yes, but SquareSpace isn't. There's a 14 day trial then it's $8 a month.

In this case, you see the difference in you get what you pay for. Unlike the capture pages as a comparison.

Jo Baker: How do you mean?

Roger Blackman: I mean that with the capture pages, the free ones, like those that I recommend, are great. But with the blogs, the paid one I'm working with is, in my opinion, a superior option.

Jo Baker: What makes it superior?

(You can tell when I am using both hands for typing, my grammar improves !) (rofl)

Roger Blackman: The overall variation on pages, sections, appearance and functionality.

(It is that enter key that gets me.)

Jo Baker: I guess, not having used any as yet, I will find out what I need when I do it.

Roger Blackman: Yes, you will. I shall be sending out some emails on blogging soon. Did you get the one I sent on 21st June ok?

Jo Baker: What was the title on that one?

Roger Blackman: Blogging for Beginners

Jo Baker: Yes, I did, time zone threw me there, I got it on 20 June, and it had ittybitty writing on it

Roger Blackman:....oops J

Jo Baker: Very hard to read, but it had the link to a video on it

Roger Blackman: Yes

Jo Baker: If I have two hours a day to put into prospecting and setting stuff up online, what is the best plan of attack? How do I prioritise my time?

Roger Blackman: Have a daily check list.

Jo Baker: I do that, but I'm not sure if I am focusing on the right things, in the right order.

Roger Blackman: Put on it prospecting activities, cycle them if you have multiples. Take time to develop new ideas and add new aspects and items of content.

Jo Baker: ( I am a slow reader and it takes me a little time to get it)

Roger Blackman: If they bring in leads, they are right. If they bring you nothing, they aren't

(Slow is fine, just so long as you make progress, nobody is timing you.)

Jo Baker: Prospecting activities - like placing ads, setting up blogs etc.

Roger Blackman: Yes

Jo Baker: It is the new ideas I have trouble with ~ because I'm not sure what I am doing, I don't have time to go over stuff that other people have already found does not work.....

I know that I am not that old, but I also feel like I do not have lots of time to waste anymore!

Roger Blackman: That's easy ..

Ok, want direction on development Jo?

Jo Baker: (Development like 'the Secret', ‘Beyond Freedom’ with LLI, ‘Think and Grow Rich’, ‘Science of Getting Rich’ by W Wattles?) Yes please, any help is appreciated.

Roger Blackman: That kind of development is great yes, that's personal development. But for developing your business strategy..... 1) Complete all tutorials at Renegade University.

Jo Baker: Ok, will do that ....

Roger Blackman: 2) Join Renegade Professional and follow the directions laid out there.

You will shoot ahead and will only be working at your pace. It's really quite amazing and I don't say that lightly.

Jo Baker: What is the cost for that again?

Roger Blackman: The Pro?

$49.95 a month and the best $49.95 a month I've ever spent on my business too.

Jo Baker: Is that USD?

Roger Blackman: yes, about £34

Jo Baker: And is it tax -deductible :)

I am in NZ and so that converts to about 60-70NZD

Roger Blackman: It's a business expense, so it's tax deductable here. I'm assuming it is there too.

Jo Baker: Ok, do you mind me asking you about your business online... what do you do, are you full time, and approx what is the income you are making from it ?

I know that there people out there who say they are doing really well and you see shots of their accounts, but all of that can be engineered so to speak, even testimonials can be borrowed or pretend...

Roger Blackman: No I don't mind. I coach mainly. My first primary, DM is just a monetization component now and of course lead source. And although I do have another company that I work with, I have stepped back for a while to get the coaching up to speed so I can automate it more while keeping it personal too. A challenge, but I welcome it. This is what I do full time, the earnings vary but I afford all my bills, business wise and household and I am stepping things up nicely. I'm not a millionaire by any means, not this year anyway, but I pull in over £500 a week and that's going up weekly pretty much.

Testimonials and screenshots of accounts are baloni in my book, never have believed them and it strikes me as crass that you'd go there with prospects that are quite often hard up.

Jo Baker: What is DM?

Roger Blackman: It's one of my lead sources, one of the best actually.

I run a team of networkers there, have done since January 2005

Jo Baker: I would like to set up something that will provide an income so that I can really build my business and not have to rely on my job for it, which I do now....

Roger Blackman: Good plan, the only plan too.

Jo Baker: The biggest problem is the amount of time I spend in my job, not just time but energy and when I am finished I feel like that ...... You still did not say what DM was?

Roger Blackman: Sorry, it's a business networking community for online entrepreneurs.

You create a business profile and make contacts, then, in my case, offer them help in network marketing.

Jo Baker: Is that like Direct Matches...

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As above, where Roger talks about customers/prospects/team members joining YOU because you have made yourself available and known - you can see at the moment in the Media and in the US how people are mourning Michael Jackson because they felt as if they knew him, and in a way they did - because they saw him and knew a lot about him - so it is important to be seen, to be open and honest and building relationship..... He certainly did have a huge impact on the music industry, and it is sad that he died at an age that is now considered still so young.....My thoughts and condolences are for his family, especially his children. R.I.P MJ

Start Attracting Your Market

There are so many good books, and videos, and courses ..... it can all be a bit much, so, where do you begin?

Perhaps, starting at the beginning is good!

First, ask yourself these questions:- these are about YOU.

What is it that YOU want to do?

What excites you and gets your passions fired up?

What are you good at?

Now : -These are about your MARKET.

Who is your target audience/market?

What do they need, want or don't want?

How can you help them find their solution?

There was a saying I heard on a kid's movie, but it is relevant to all the problems/solutions in the world - "See a need, Fill a need!"

Once you have the answers to these questions - you are set for the next step!