Greg Billings

If you’re building a passive income network marketing business, you probably have wondered about millennials.

Or, maybe you are a millennial wondering about starting a business . . .

I recently came across an article highlighting four reasons why millennials should consider starting a business.

First, “You’re not a good employee and don’t like working for anyone else.” Ahhh? You think this applies just to millennials? Guess again!

If you find that pit in your stomach every Sunday night as you think about what the week is to bring, it just might be time to do something about it.

Second, “It’s easier than ever to become an entrepreneur, and technology has a lot to do with it.” Expanding a network marketing business using technology is simple . . . and scalable.

Third, “You’re thinking about leaving your day job to pursue your passion full-time. As a young, aspiring entrepreneur, focus on how that passion is going to help other people.” There are plenty of network marketing options that can both appeal to your passion, and help other people.

Health and wellness, beauty, financial, and travel (my business).

And finally, “You know how to use social media marketing to reach lots of people quickly.” Watching my own kids, millennials wake in the morning with social media and hit the pillow at night after social media.

Whether a millennial or not, the world is wide open and at your fingertips through the proper use of social media to build your business.

Hit me up if you want to discuss business building options . . . whether you are a millennial or not!

The article:  4 Reasons Young People Should Become Entrepreneurs

If you have been involved with internet marketing for any amount of time . . . or are new . . . you have heard the advice “Build Your List”.

First, why?

A posting at Blogger Sidekick laid out the stats on email:

Of people that use the internet, 85% of them use email as a medium for communication. In contrast, all of the social media networks combined cover only 62% of internet users. So even if you mastered every single social network you wouldn’t have the market coverage that email gives you, and that audience would be spread across a number of platforms that you don’t own.

Did you get that last comment . . . “platforms that you don’t own.”

That is crucial to understand your business. You Inc.

Building your list, and sharing value to that list, is your asset.  For your business.

Using effective tools, like capture pages and autoresponders, you own that asset.

But how?

The steps are pretty straightforward, as this article points out:

• Setup a site for email capture
• Create an Offer of Value
• Attract People to that Offer

There is a ton of information in this post. If you are beginning, you do not need to worry about all of these “bells and whistles.”

One person commented on this article, saying this is a marketing strategy that often is overlooked as we “obsess about social [media]”.

Couldn’t agree more!

Click here for Blogger Sidekick’s  “List Building—Get More Subscribers Than You Can Handle”.

I welcome your thoughts!

I came across an article at Website Magazine listing over 20 keyword tools that need available to those interesting in improving their paid searches or SEO ranking.

Many in the article are ones that you might recognize:   Google’s free Keyword Tool, Alexa, and Google Trends.

However, there are some new to me:  Microsoft Advertising Intelligence, Ranks.nl, and TweetVolume.

I haven’t had the chance to go through all of them.  Working through them to pick and choose on the best is on my To Do list!

Click here to access this article on 20+ Keyword Tools.

(You will need to register for this free site.   I recommend you do.   They post a number of good articles with helpful tips for internet marketers!)

Have you ever wondered how you can turn a quote into those neat pictures you see on Pinterest, in blog Posts and

I recently learned about a new online tool that will turn your quotes into a visually attractive picture you can put online.

On your Pinterest boards.  On your blog.  Or in your email messages.

Here’s an example of one that I did:  

I prepared this online picture quote using a free online internet tool at Quozio. (Click here!)

Visual pictures and videos are both excellent ways to present your information.

And this is a great way to take those quotes that come “across your desk” and put them in your materials.

Hope you find this useful.

Internet marketer Ryan Deiss at Digital Marketer recently posted his weekend reading list.

This article was on there:  30 Terrible Pieces of Social Media Advice You Should Ignore

The story appeared on the HubSpot website.

It’s an excellent read.   The author says:

There are a lot of so-called “social media experts” out there. Dishing out advice, sometimes based on limited experiences, and sometimes based on nothing at all. Even the true social media experts sometimes share some misguided advice based on their beliefs and experiences. So with all this bad advice floating around the web, how do you distinguish between what you should — and shouldn’t — believe?

The author looks at all of the “expert guidance”.  Including email, outsourcing social media, and whether you need to be on every single social media network.

This jumped out:  “no single social media site is the Holy Grail.”

This I continue to learn . . . daily.  Don’t stretch too thin!

Take a look.  A very useful article.