For 40 years the internet basically laid dormant for commercial purposes, then in the early 1990's it began to take hold. In 1993 there were only 100,000 people on the internet. By 1995 there were some 15 million people on the internet and statistics showed that over 5 billion dollars in business was done on the internet.Today there are around 60 million people on the internet and it is growing faster every day. By the year 2001 it is projected that up to 400 million people will be on the internet and 263 billion dollars of business will be done on the internet. Who is going to do this business? The people and companies that position themselves now! How do you spread the word about your opportunity to real people today.
In this day and age of internet marketing there is a multitude of business opportunities springing up that combine the use of internet marketing, multi-level marketing (with an increasingly diverse range of compensation plans) and electronic commerce solutions. When or even before you have decided which of these vast array of businesses that you wish to become involved with, you need to consider how you are going to be able to contact others in a non-threatening, relationship building way that will result in the development of yours and their own existing business.
One way of doing this is by convening a breakfast club for the purpose of members exchanging pre-qualified leads to other members of the club. This is networking in its truest sense and local businesses respond remarkably well to this weekly meeting where all members come to know, like and trust one another and make referrals to their respective business associates.
The meeting starts at 7:30 am and finishes at 8:30 am sharp as all are busy and need to get on with their respective businesses. The restaurant is pre-booked and serve buffet style. The format is simple and informal. However, when the members have finished eating, the convenor invites everyone in turn to give a 2 minut.....Click here for access to the rest of this article ->
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