The value of silver is continuing to rise in 2011. In fact, it reached a 31-year high hitting $49.21 per ounce on April 29, 2011. The main reason for this growth is due to economic uncertainty and concerns about the bailout.

Silver has always been a valuable commodity due to it’s many uses. Silver is used for jewelery, batteries, solar energy, medicines, water purification, electronics, and my favorite.. wealth & asset accumulation.

As an asset or investment commodity, silver is one of the most recommended commodities to buy today. Top investors such as Ben Davies, Jim Rogers & Robert Kiyosaki suggest you not wait, but buy silver today!

Ben Davies via King World News states: This is the start of a great opportunity to accumulate silver. All of the key fundamental issues in the world have not gone away nor those specific to silver such as the fact that it is under-owned and short of supply in the medium-term. All of those conditions are still in place for silver.

Jim Rogers: The currency turmoil is coming.. They’ll print money until they run out of trees.. the only real answer is to own a commodity.. own silver!

Robert Kiyosaki: If you are afraid of inflation, which you should be, I would think that silver is the #1 investment today.

All of the talk about inflation and suggestions from top investors to buy silver has created a market in the network marketing industry, with Numis Network being the first to offer independent representatives the ability to acquire gold and silver assets in the form of numismatic gold and silver coins.

So, we as network marketers now have an opportunity to invest in commodities by selling a product that will not get used up and will never degrade — Gold & Silver Numismatic Coins.

As a Numis Representative, I, like the top investors previously mentioned, suggest you invest in silver today. It really doesn’t matter how you do it, just do it today!

However, if you are a network marketer looking to own your own business while acquiring gold and silver assets, visit TheValueofSilver.com.

Happy Investing!
Barry O. Canada
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The year 2009 is just about over as 2010 is on the horizon. But before we go leaping into the new year, we must first assess our failures and achievements for the current year.

Where you able to meet all your goals this year?

Did you quit smoking like you told yourself on day one of 2009?
Did you get down to the dress or pants size you planned by the end of the year?
Were you able to get rid of the debt that has plagued you over the years?

If you were able to achieve your goals — CONGRATULATIONS ~ WELL DONE!!

However, if you were not able to obtain your goals, do not be discouraged. As long as you gave it your best shot you have no reason to hang your head low. You tried. And that’s all that really matters.

I faced some very tough challenges in 2009. I retired from the military, went full-time in network marketing, and eventually found myself in severe debt. Considering all that had happened, I could of very easily given up on myself and called it quits. Instead, I was able to endure through faith and determination.

Oh, I have to also admit that my faith allowed me to receive great blessings. The kind of things that happened to me were nothing short of miracles. People started to appear in my life like angels from heaven. I don’t know where they came from, but I began to listen and follow them as they took me under their wings and taught me the skills I needed to know to finally succeed. I learned more from them in a few short months than I had learned the eleven previous years in the Internet marketing industry.

My mentors and coaches taught me that education was the most important factor in determining success or failure. Therefore, I worked really hard at educating myself in the many areas of Internet marketing. And by knowing just a little bit more than the next person, I was able brand myself as a professional in this industry. By no means am I a total expert. That sort of skill takes time. However, I know that today I learned a little bit more than I knew yesterday. And tomorrow I will learn a little bit more than I knew today. So, as long as there is a tomorrow, there is knowledge to be gained and better days ahead.

Enough about me…
It was not my plan to tell my story in this particular post. I started writing with goal setting being my topic; however, my heart sort of drifted in that direction. I guess because I know that I am not the only one to have been troubled this year. Maybe you experienced some of the same hardships this year. Perhaps you are still dealing with these hardships. If so, I will tell you that it is only temporary.

The Year 2010 just might be your year to shine. As long as you are persistent and grounded in faith, you will be able to reach your goals. Also, don’t forget to add knowledge and align yourself with people who can/will help you succeed. That in itself will make all the difference in the world.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn

I want to thank you for sharing with me this year. It’s been quite the journey. I look forward to working with you next year and to grow and learn from each other. May you have a Prosperous New Year!

Take Care & God Bless,
Barry O. Canada
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EIRO Research is network marketing company that I have been following for a couple months now. And last month I created a couple video presentations to assist EIRO Representatives to find effective marketing strategies for their EIRO Research Opportunity.

When I say effective marketing strategies, I am not talking about buying leads, utilizing your warm market, and any of the other harassment marketing approaches. I am speaking of strategies that brand you as an expert and professional in the Internet marketing industry.

You should not be chasing your prospects. Your prospects should be attracted to you by the value you bring to the table. They should want to work with you because you have the leadership qualities to help them get to the next level. This is the professional marketing approach.

Pay close attention to the following video. There’s a marketing strategy mentioned here that will work for any network marketing opportunity. Trust me, things will be a lot easier for you if you do it the way I am teaching you.

Barry O. Canada
The MLM Leads Maker

Marketing is the lifeblood of your business. If you can not generate leads for your business, you really don’t have a business. However, there is a solution! Visit MLMLeadsMaker.com and to learn how to become a professional marketer. We will teach you how to generate massive leads for your business, plus generate multiple streams of income to help you fund your business. Tap into our system and begin learning our most effective marketing strategies today!

This post is a revision from a Squidoo Lens I wrote several months ago: How To Improve Your Business Relationships. I found out through my experiences over the years that attraction marketing is definitely the approach you MUST take in order to find success in the network marketing industry. And a fundamental principle of attraction marketing is establishing or building business relationships. It will take more effort to do, but the end result is a successful and thriving business. Enjoy the message!

We live in a day and time where the know, like and trust factor is the number one thing that stands in the way of us building and growing a successful business.  Business relationships must be established in order for you to succeed.  Your customers must be able to clearly know you are there to assist them by offering them something that is truly of value.  They have to be able to know that you have their best interest at heart.  They must be able to define you, your business, and the products/services you provide.

When I began my online business venture, I had a difficult time building business relationships.  I poured everything I had into meeting people and providing them solutions based on the knowledge I possessed.  I followed the attraction marketing principles by joining a countless number of social networking sites, and I constantly engaged in conversations with everyone I met.  I retweeted tweets on Twitter.  I shared or posted their Facebook updates on my wall.  I commented on their blogs.  I did everything I was supposed to do, but for some reason, I was getting ZERO results.

I could not get a single person to retweet my messages. I could not get any of them to share my Facebook updates.  I could not sell a single product.  Geezzz.. I could not even get my upline sponsors, the people who recruited me into the business, to follow me on these social networking sites.  Now how depressing is that?

Why was I having such a difficult time in building business relationships?

Simple.. they did not know, like, or trust me.

Sure, they saw me as a nice guy, but maybe they also thought I had some hidden agenda.  People are really immune to the nice guy approach these days.  They will listen to you all day long, but when it comes down to taking action, they are very hesitant to take the next step — trusting you.  They have questions about your character.  How could this person be that nice?? Why would he want to help me??  What is in it for him??  Is this offer really free??  These are some of the questions they ask.

With the growing number of scam offers out there, you really can’t blame them for questioning your trust.  People are losing their hard earned money at an alarming rate, and your offer to provide them “a valuable service” is distorted by the facts.  Here are the facts:

National Consumer League’s (NCL) 2008 Fraud Report:

Overall Scams                        % of Total    Average Loss

Fake Check Scams                        40.79%        $3,297.76

Internet: Gen Merchandise             23.23%        $1,366.74

Friendship & Sweetheart Swindles   1.12%          $7,307.77

Top Internet Scams

Internet: Gen Merchandise             33.41%        $1,370.07

Prizes/Sweepstakes/Free Gifts        3.89%          $2,584.16

Friendship & Sweetheart Swindles   1.62%          $7,351.91

Top Telemarketing Scams

Fake Check Scams                        61.20%         $3,532.99

Prizes/Sweepstakes/Free Gifts        12.04%         $3,918.18

Phishing/Spoofing                          10.42%         $462.59

The above stats were randomly pulled from the NCL 2008 Fraud Report.  There were other scams identified, but I only pulled these for my illustration purposes.  You can see the full report at NCLnet.org.

Can you now imagine how terrified people must be of you and your so called business?  Can you imagine the amount of trust you must establish with them in order to get them to buy from you?  Today, it takes 10 times as much effort to build relationships as it took in 1997, which is when I originally started in this industry.  You really have to be more than just a nice guy (or gal), you have to have sources or credentials to prove it (content, testimonies, etc.).

You have do more than talk the talk, you have to also be able to walk the walk.

Prove it to me! Show me what you’ve done!

Your walk comes in the form of your content (value). You have to show people what you have done and let your work speak for itself.  This can come in the form having the best blog site to writing some of the most engaging articles.  The more useful content you put out on the Web, the more valuable you become. The more valuable you become, the more profitable your business, and the easier it becomes to gather a following.

So, what can you learn from my experience?

You need to know that your main focus should be on your content.  Go out there and build the best blog site, and people will notice.  Write some of the most helpful ezine articles, and people will notice.  Once you start focusing on your content (value), you will began to see a significant amount of support from your upline and everyone else around you.  People will start to comment on your Squidoo lenses. People will start to seek your advice. They will retweet your tweets and share your status updates.  You will finally break through the barrier.  You will be known, truly liked, and highly trusted in your online community!

Share Your Experiences:
How well has attraction marketing worked for you in building your business relationships?

Barry O. Canada
The MLM Leads Maker
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