Building a network marketing business online can cause even those of us who do not have ADD to act like we have it in one way or another. Here are some tips on how to stay focused when working your network marketing business online.

1. Have clear and specific goals for your online networking. Examples include: how many leads you will generate per day, how many conversations you will have with people on facebook etc.

2. Use a timer when working with social media or on anything in which you can have a tendency to spend too much time.

3. Work on videos, articles and blog posts in blocks of a few hours per week rather than spending a few minutes here or there.

4. Have a clear and defined action schedule for each day of the week and stick to it.

5. Avoid working on too many projects at once. Get one site or blog profitable before you start working on another one.

What other tips do you have?

This is a question that many people do not think about when starting a network marketing business or when deciding to take their business to the internet. Not all network marketing businesses are as internet friendly as others. There are various factors that you need to consider when using the internet for network marketing.

1. What is my company internet policy? All network marketing companies have an internet policy even if you are not aware of it. Some companies are stricter than others and so making sure that you understand what you can and cannot do is crucial. Some companies let you do almost anything you want while not allowing you to use logos and pictures anywhere you want, while others are very strict and may not even allow you to say the company name on facebook. Most however, are somewhere in between.

2. How likely are people to be willing to buy your product or service online? Various products sell better online than others and if you are going to achieve the kind of online network marketing success that you probably want you will need to be able to sell the products online and not just recruit new reps. If your product is the kind that needs to be tasted, smelled or otherwise sampled before most people will buy it, how easy and cost effective is it for you to mail a sample to someone?

3. Does your target market do business online? While nearly everyone does business online in some form or another certain target markets do more business online than others.

4. How varied are the possibilities for marketing your product online? With video nearly every product can be marketed. However, certain ones are easier than others.

What other questions do you have about the viability of marketing your network marketing business online?

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a successful online network marketer? Although there are many methods of running a successful network marketing business online there are some common habits and characteristics shared by all successful online network marketers.

1. They work on their business online everyday. Some days they may spend more time than others but they never fail to spend a minimum amount of time making new connections and promoting themselves and their businesses each day.

2. They focus on developing and sharing themselves and what they can offer to others rather than trying to sell others on their products and opportunity. They focus on their uniqueness and share it freely and openly with others.

3. They focus on building relationships. There is more than enough spam and insincerity to go around but there is a big lack of people who are real and authentic. Successful online network marketers focus on the later.

4. Have more than one website. They lead primarily with a website full of useful and interesting content which offers a newsletter or Ecourse that they publish regularly. They also add content to this website and they sell their visitors first on themselves and then on their company and products.

5. Are always fueling and adding to their pipeline. They know that the first time a prospect sees their website is not always the right time for that person and so they are always ready and available when the timing is right and they never stop adding to their pipeline.

6. Are always working on their self-development. They know that their network marketing business will only grow as quickly as they do and so they are always working to become better and to improve themselves. They have an excellent and positive attitude primed for success.

7. They never ever give up or quit. They know that a successful online network marketing business is never built over night and they commit to their business long term, set measurable goals and they keep going on matter what happens.

Marketing your online network marketing business online can be profitable and fun if you follow some simple rules. Here are 10 things you must do and 10 things you must not do.

Do

1. Focus on one network marketing business at a time. Trying to market multiple opportunities at the same time is a recipe for disaster.
2. Build relationships first, rather than trying to get money first.
3. Have a long-term perspective and be committed to working your online networking business for at least 3-5 years.
4. Use a combination of online methods. There is no one magic method that will explode your business.
5. Work on growing yourself and your knowledge. The more you learn, the more you will have to offer to others and the more money that will come along with it.
6. Take the time to plan your marketing and then to work your plan.
7. Develop a daily task list of what you will do every day and then do it and refuse to let anything or anyone distract you from doing it.
8. Offer content and value first above anything else. People will be drawn to you.
9. Build a list from day one. This is crucial to your long-term success. Offer value to your list so that people will want to buy from you and to do business with you.
10. Stay focused and avoid internet ADD like the plague. It is tempting to work on multiple projects and to get carried away working on many websites and projects at once. You must avoid this by working on one project at a time.

Don’t.

1. Spam. People hate it and it will cause you to loose more friends and business than you will gain by doing it.
2. Forget to build relationships and focus only on how much money you will earn.
3. Sign up new people into your business and then forget about them. Train them and develop a system for keeping in contact with them.
4. Fill your newsletters and emails with lots of ads and affiliate links. One or two is plenty.
5. Forget who your target market is and try to market to everyone.
6. Try to hard sell or convince people to join you or do business with you.
7. Rely only on email. Telephones exist for a reason. Take the relationship off line whenever possible.
8. Pretend to be someone else. Put your personality and your experiences into your marketing and let people see a portion of you.
9. Forget to follow up. The fortune is in the follow-up is really true and you must do it.
10. Forget to do what you say you will do. Be a reliable person people can count on.