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Success Is Like A Puzzle

Have you ever put a puzzle together? I know that’s kind of a crazy question because we’ve probably all put one of those little four piece puzzles together as a kid. But I’m talking about one of those 500 or 1000 piece monsters.

Tell me you’re not overwhelmed when you dump that box of pieces out on the table.

There’s definitely a challenge lying in front of you. But, you start taking the steps necessary to put that thing together. If you’re like me, the first thing you do is make sure all the pieces have the image side facing up. Then I try to find the four corners to start with. After that I put the border together and work at filling in the middle until the puzzle is complete.

Now I’m not a big puzzle guy, but I don’t mind the challenge now and then. When you finish one of those bad boys you really do feel a sense of accomplishment. Have you ever noticed how similar it is to creating a successful life? At least with a puzzle all the pieces are in a box and you just have to figure out what piece goes where. The life puzzle requires you to figure out what the next piece is and then find it. And it’s not always laying right there in front of you.

I knew a long time ago that I wanted my own business but I didn’t know what I wanted that business to be. Then I discovered network marketing. I had some mediocre success and then my business flattened out. I just couldn’t do the cold calls and walk the malls anymore because it was taking a lot of time and was very ineffective. So I decided to go into retail(the only reason anyone should ever do this is to learn about people). Six years was enough of that. After that I decided I was going to be a copywriter. I just didn’t realize how much I was going to be involved in marketing.

But it all makes sense now.

In order to be successful I was going to have to be using more than just one piece of the puzzle. Online marketing involves:

• Driving traffic to your site
• Generating leads
• Creating good quality content
• Having a product/service of value to offer your prospect
• Getting your prospects to take action

Needless to say it’s all a bit overwhelming. But don’t get me wrong, it can be done if you can figure it all out. The toughest part is who to trust to teach you because there’s a lot of “guru’s” out there today promising riches overnight for nothing. I suggest you run the other way from those guys.

I soon realized that I didn’t just want to be a freelance copywriter. This marketing stuff was getting interesting and network marketing was always in the back of my mind.

I had never quit taking the products and I knew people like Mike Dillard and Ann Sieg were very successful network marketers AND they built their empires online.

I had to figure out how they did this.

After signing up for their newsletters and doing some research I decided to join Ann’s Renegade team. I have to say it’s the best move I’ve ever made. The only thing I wished I had done differently was to have joined her team sooner. Everything I learned up to this point from multiple people I could’ve learned here. But that’s how life works sometimes.

No regrets.

Now I’m on the Renegade Team and charging forward. I literally have all the ‘pieces of the puzzle’ right in front of me to build a seven figure income.

If you’re like a lot of people I’m guessing you have your puzzle laying there in front of you with the pieces scattered everywhere. You know what you want it to look like when you’re done but you you’re overwhelmed and don’t even know where to start.

Start here by reading The Renegade Blog.

If you’re truly ready to put together a seven figure income producing puzzle this just may be what you’re looking for. I know it was for me.