Yeah, he really called me “Bug Eyes”…

Pretty sure it was because I had these blue eyes that were way too big for my face.

My daughter Emma got the same eyes and she just gets “Oh my gosh, your eyes are so pretty”.

And I got “Hey, Bug Eyes”.

I’m cool with it…no real scarring. Besides, funny nick names are like a badge of honor in our family.

But Grandpa Ed’s “you learn something new everyday” saying has really struck me this year.

My birthday is in January and I honestly feel like I am learning more right now (every day) than I have in any other time in my life.

The big lesson I want to pass on to you today is to be ready for change.

My email newsletter used to consist of a picture of a James Bond looking guy with a focus on revealing secrets related to the Network Marketing industry.

When I first came up with the idea, I thought it would be cool to be kind of “secret agent like” and I had fun with it, but at some point I came to the realization that I am not really a secret agent.

I know…hard to believe, eh?

After a while, I got bored with the shtick and I am pretty sure that my female readers never really related to it in the first place.

So it was time for a change.

But what was going to be my shtick this time?

After some serious thought, an idea began to form. This was about the same time that I ran across an email expert who I knew of before, but never really dug very deep into his stuff. Much more on the Secret Email Expert in the future.

Heh.  There I go again with the whole secret agent stuff. = )

Well, after reading a bunch of his emails and thinking back to what I learned about email at a $10,000 mastermind weekend, I realized what  I needed to do.

My emails didn’t need a shtick.  They needed a real and authentic voice….the real me.

So from now on what you see is what you get. If I learned a lesson that related to marketing and making money online by taking my 11 year old son to a “birds and the bees” class…

…Be prepared to hear about it.

Alright?

Hope you are cool with that, because I really doubt that you will get blog posts like this anywhere  else (at least in our industry).

Now, since I took the time to explain all of that, I am going to save the Canned Ham winner until tomorrow.

But, the moment you have all been waiting for…

The number one way to make moolah on and off  line is (drumroll): Make customers happy!

When you provide a product or service that makes people really happy (that solves a problem for them) you will basically be able to print money at will.

If you are struggling online right now, you might want to write down the ways that what you are selling makes people happy and solves problems.

OK, I’m out!

Talk to you soon -

Ty Tribble
http://www.ProsperityFactory.com

I am pretty sure that you do not have to be a baseball genius in order to successfully coach a T-Ball team.

But there are a couple of things that you do need…

1. A loud voice.
2. A plan.

We would practice a few blocks from our house at a local elementary school and my wife would tell me that she could hear me giving instruction from about 3 blocks away.

Yep, I’m one of those loud talkers.

Loud on the phone, loud when talking to friends at a restaurant, just loud in general I guess.

So what does a loud voice have to do with getting results online?

Well online, a loud voice doesn’t really have anything to do with volume.

It has to do with the number of people who can hear you.

If you are expanding your list on a daily basis, then every day your voice gets a little louder.

Your influence becomes a little stronger and your ability to sell something or sponsor someone gets a little more likely.

Next and probably even more important than a loud voice was my plan.

Before I decided to coach, I watched several T-Ball games and did my best to get inside the head of a first time T-Ball player at the age of 4 years old.

I know what you are thinking…

“Ty, it had to be pretty easy to get inside of the head of a 4  year old for you since that is pretty close to your mental age anyways!”

Not funny at all.

OK, pretty funny. But back to the plan.

So my plan was to focus on the very basic fundamentals of T-Ball.

And we drilled and practiced these fundamentals like crazy.

We didn’t run around to all kinds of baseball web sites to learn the latest hitting techniques and the latest infield drills.

It was an all out laser focus on the basics.

• Where do you stand in the field?
• What do you do with the bat after you hit the ball?
• Where do you run?
• Where do you throw?

Again, we did not work on the finer points of a hitters swing.

We worked on where to run and on NOT throwing the bat after we hit the ball.

My point?

I know people who have spent thousands of dollars over the last 12 months on every single guru launch without even spending 5 minutes or 5 dollars on developing a plan.

So, do you have a plan for your business?

Do you know what you need to be working on?

Action steps?

A blueprint?

I’m not picking on you here.

Most people have no plan at all.

They run from shiny launch to shiny launch and pray that ”this secret technique” (that they just spent $297 on) will be the one.

So grab a sheet of paper and see if you can draw out your plan.

Let me know if you need some help.

Talk soon -

Ty Tribble

P.S. If you need clear action steps and a proven blueprint, you should have a look at “The Factory” (it’s coming soon):
http://www.ProsperityFactory.com

P.P.S. I just realized that I didn’t announce the canned ham winner and that I still didn’t tell you the # 1 way to make moolah on and offline.

Sorry, I got carried away with T-Ball.

That’s what you got for subscribing to the email tips of a self-diagnosed A.D.D. guy.

Tomorrow, I promise!

Admittedly, I have A.D.D.

I’m not officially diagnosed or anything but I have psychologist friends who will vouch for me.

As if I would want to get a “Ty officially has all of the symptoms of A.D.D.” testimony.

Uh yeah, anyways…

So just about anything can distract me.

Shiny objects. Noises, Donuts.

You get the picture.

It kind of reminds me of new online marketers.

Most new online marketers tend to focus on the wrong stuff.

Like Blog Design or Twitter Followers.

And guess what?

It’s not just the new online marketers that focus on the wrong crap.

I know plenty of marketers who spend hours looking at why one email was opened by 14.2% of subscribers while another email was opened by 9.4%.

A canned ham goes to the first person who can tell me why the number of people who open an email is a worthless stat.

Yep, a canned ham is up for grabs to the first person who can tell me what is the most important thing to focus on and track.

Mmmmm…a canned ham. Better hurry!

Talk soon -

Ty Tribble
http://www.ProsperityFactory.com

P.S. I forgot about the # 1 way to make moolah on and offline.  Dang it.  A.D.D. moment.

I’ll fill you in tomorrow.

Yesterday, I asked my email list subscribers (see the left side panel if you aren’t subscribed) a simple question…

“Where are you from?”

I also asked about their home business experience.

Before I share the method of my madness, I want to ask you a question.

Do you think my email yesterday made my subscribers feel different than other emails you get?

I hope it did, because I am sincere in wanting to get to know you (and them) better.

But here is the crazy thing…

More people open the “Where are you from?” email than any other email subject line I have ever used in over 9 years of marketing online.

I believe it’s because we crave real connections.

Kind of blows the “sit at home in your underpants and hide from everyone while trying to make money online” theory huh?

So today’s tip?

Do something to truly connect with people.

Send a couple of your Facebook “friends” a personal
message.

Ask them what they are working on.

Be real.

Have fun.

Be yourself.

Be interested.

Being interested works a lot better than being interesting.

Alright, time for me to shuffle.

Talk soon -

Ty Tribble

http://www.ProsperityFactory.com

P.S. Hey, bet you can’t guess the number one (fool proof) way to make moolah on and offline…send me your guess in the comments.

Not so pretty huh?  But it was a start and according to Ray Higdon (a top MLM Blogger today),

“We would all still be using stone tablets to get the word out unless Ty showed us the light!”

Now I don’t now about stone tablets, but I was early to the MLM Blogging game.  Truth is, I started early, made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot.

I passed on what I learned in the form of a click by click training program called MLM Blog Secrets. But as we put together Blog Secrets and the more in depth MLM Blog Code, in partnership with my good friend Ann Sieg, I felt like one thing fell through the cracks…a WordPress Blog Theme designed for the Network Marketing industry.

Something easy and simple to use.  Pretty much “Fill-In-The-Blank” so that non-techy people could take advantage of having the power of a blog.

So after a bit over a year on the drawing board I am pleased to open up MLMBlog Theme.

I was looking up the origin of “the cart before the horse” and found that the Dutch actually have a slightly different version…”harnessing the horse after the wagon”.  I kind of like that a little better (for no real reason) but it should also be noted that the Dutch also brought us the yacht, the stock exchange, telescope, submarine, fire hose, four wheel drive, the CD and of course the windmill.

God Bless the Dutch.

The “I Need 20 Leads A Day Or I’m A Failure” Myth

Now let’s talk about leads.  First, let’s squash myth that you need to have 20 leads a day to build a business.  Don’t believe everything you read online, unless it’s written on my blog…then believe it all. = )

I don’t care how many gurus talk about creating 20 to 50 leads a day, you flat out don’t need that many to have success. There are certainly different levels of activity when discussing building a Network Marketing business, so let’s focus right now on the folks who really want to make 2012 a great year.  For those of you who are in less of a hurry, feel free to dial down the numbers.

I actually like to call my leads “potential business partners” or “potential customers”.  The reason has to do with how my mind picks up on my internal language.  So yes, you absolutely need people to talk to in order to make your business a success. But don’t “harness your horse after your wagon”. (heh)

5 Quality Conversations A Day

Rather than concern yourself with how many leads you have (because it doesn’t really matter), how about making a decision to have 5 quality conversations about your business every day.

But there is something that actually comes before the leads, quality conversations and even the decision to take action…your dream.

Some of you might think that I am taking a short ride to Cheesyland when I talk about your dream, but your dreams and goals are probably the most important part of the success puzzle.  They are the fuel that will move you forward. I devoted an entire chapter in my book (Double Your Income) to dreams and goals.

Once you know what you want to accomplish (a worthy dream or goal) then you get started with the formula:

(Skills + Leads) x Action = Financial Success

I say Leads in the formula because you have to have them, but the real secret is the Action.

There is not a single person reading the blog post that can’t find 5 people to talk to a day about their business once they make the decision to talk to 5 people a day.  I know that sounds like a riddle, but it’s really not.  If you decide to take Action, you will find the leads.

You can start today by asking a very simple question:

“I was on a guy’s blog today who wrote a book called “Double Your Income” (due out next month-ish)…it’s about creating a second stream of income without getting a second job.  Have you ever thought about doing something like that?”

Who do you ask?

Five People. I don’t care where you find them.  Warm Market, Facebook, Professionals or “that guy”at Starbucks.

Another Way To Look At It

Let’s pretend that I offered you a job and it pays you $10,000 a month.

Here is your job description:

• Have 5 quality conversations a day about your business.
• Invite those who show a want, need or desire to learn more at a presentation (online or offline).
• Follow up with those who show interest, getting them in touch with one of your team leaders via sit down meeting or 3 way call.
• Develop your skills.

That’s it.  I don’t even care how many hours a week it takes you (10, 20, 30 hours?) and I will pay you $10,000 a month to do it.

Would you find people to call if your $10,000/month depended on it? Of course you would!

Yet you can make that money or more if you do what I just described.  You see, the challenge with leads is a mental one, but it is one that you can overcome.

I look forward to seeing your results!

Heh.  Algebra.  Let me say right of the shoot that math was not my best subject.  The good news is that my new formula has little to do with math and everything to do with financial success in your business.

Before I give you what the formula means, I have to fill you in on how and when it came to me.

So, there I was, laying in bed this morning after my daughter (so politely) burst into my bedroom, swatted the light on and proceeded to my bathroom to do “14 year old girl stuff” that she could have easily done in her own bathroom.

On top of that, I spent a bunch of money on new pillows this year for Christmas (I mean a lot of money) and they suck. I am seriously pondering some pillow theft the next time I stay in a hotel with sweet pillows.

All of this to say that sometime between 6 and 7am I was laying in bed, awake and normally, I don’t care for 6 to 7am unless I am catching a fish.

But as I lay in bed fighting with stupid, idiot expensive pillows and thinking about ways to get back at my 14 year old (like paying a visit to her during her High School lunch time), I came up with a formula.

The formula is something that I have seen work for years (online and offline) and this formula is actually the basis for something that we are calling “The Factory”.  The Factory is launching soon and I believe it will be the missing link that a lot of people have been looking for (more on that later).

Now that I have tortured you with my pillows and 14 year old, let’s look at the formula.

(Skills + Leads) x Action = $uccess

Let’s break this down, starting with “Skills”.

The training and education that you gain wil give you the knowledge to perform the skills it takes to be successful.

Digging in a little further, I am talking about the following:

• Personal Development
• Leadership Development
• Marketing Strategies
• Communication and People Skills
• Financial Education
• Internet Marketing
• Investing

These skills plus your ability to create Leads is the foundation of your business.

Leads

There is a huge disconnect happening in the world of creating leads for your business.  Or maybe a better way to say it would be that I believe there is a huge disconnect in what is being taught about how to create leads for your business.

One school of thought is teaching “brand you” as a leader so that you can “attract” others to you.  It’s classic attraction marketing, right?  And it works.  But it’s a catch-22 or paradox. Meaning that the only way to really be successful branding yourself as a leader or mentor is to actually be a leader or mentor, so most people really struggle with this and ultimately end up failing (or more appropriately, giving up).

The other school of thought has people marketing a system or web site that furthers the brand of other leaders. Nothing wrong with this.  I made a lot of money (well over 6-figures) by promoting Ann Sieg’s Renegade System and Mike Dillard’s Magnetic Sponsoring when they launched their systems a few years ago. MLSP was all about branding the owners of MLSP, especially Norbert and the Empower Network is branding a shirtless David Wood.

Again, not saying this is wrong at all…just laying things on the table to examine.

When branding a system, you will spend your time and resources spreading the world about the system leaders in order to create leads and I want to stress once again that this has it’s place.

The third school of thought is to use a hybrid of the first two schools, taking the very best of “branding you” along with the best of what the leaders have to offer. (Yep, I am alluding to “The Factory” again).

Any way you cut it, you need leads. Skills + Leads.

Action

Action for our purpose is defined as “doing enough of the right things”.  Based on 20 years in Network Marketing I would say that most people stumble hardest when it comes to taking action. It’s pretty simple.  No Action, no results.

So there you have it, my new formula.  It’s simple and real and something that I’m sure we will be talking a lot more about in the future.

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I always try to find the good in everything and I guess the good coming from the hacking of my site is a new dedication to providing all new content for TyTribble.com.

One of the things I am going to do differently about this go around is that I also plan to blog about my own personal blogging strategy.  I plan on doing updates about my traffic, search engine ranking, Alexa ranking and more.  Not long ago I launched an information product called MLM Blog Secrets where I trained people how to develop content and traffic on a new blog.  Granted, this site will be a bit ahead of a brand new blog because my name already gets searched, but keeping track of these stats should be interesting and helpful.

Anyways, I’m glad you stopped by and look forward to “seeing” you again soon.

Warmest -
Ty Tribble

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