Building a Downline

One of the keys to having success with multi level marketing (MLM) programs is to build a huge downline. Let me give you a couple of examples of this.

If you have a look at my Business Opportunities page you will see programs such as the Plugin Profit Program, Empowerism and SFI. In each of these programs, building a downline is a major key to being successful. For example, each person who you sponsor in Empowerism will earn you an instant payment of $20 and a recurring payment of $7 per month. Plus anyone who signs up for Empowerism under one of your downline members will also earn you a recurring income of an extra $1 per month.

Similarly, for the Plugin Profit Site, each member that you sponsor will earn you a recurring income of $10 per month from host4Profit, in addition to your earnings from the other programs included as part of Plugin Profit.

Another place that downline building is crucial, is with traffic exchanges. Most traffic exchanges give you credit every time one of your downline surfs. This can really add up. I currently have such a good downline in some of the traffic exchanges that I never actually have to surf to earn credits.

So, what are the best ways to build a downline? I'll tell you about some of the methods that have worked best for me in the past. Some of these methods are free and others cost money.

Home Income Team (HIT) - This is a great site that offers a downline builder for all the main traffic exchanges, home business opportunities and other tools. They also provide training and lots of Empowerism splash pages and lead capture pages that can be used to help build your Empowerism downline. If you are already a member of Empowerism, you can sign up with the Home Income Team for Free here If not you can sign up using this link, but you will be required to join one of the Premium business opportunities in the site to get a HIT account.

Pay Per Click - Use the signup page for the program you are trying to build a downline for, or even better use a page you made yourself to help you stand out from the competition (or one of the pages from the HIT program described above) and advertise in the search engines. This is one of the best ways to build a downline as you are targetting people who are actually looking for an opportunity, provided you pick the right keywords. Find out all you need to know about PPC Search Engine Marketing here

Profit Rally - this is a very effective way to build and recruit for building downlines and includes downline builders for many of the major traffic exchanges, business opportunities such as Empowerism and SFI, safelists and more. You can also add 2 of your own opportunities (or 6 if you are a PRO member).

All you need to do is join Profit Rally for free and set up your program IDs for each of the business opportunities and traffic exchanges that you are a member of. If you aren't already a member of some of the programs, you have the option of joining up under your sponsor. Once you have everything set up, all you need to do is advertise one of the many splash pages or sign up pages provided by Profit Rally, using traffic exchanges, your website or whatever method of advertising you choose.

Traffic Hoopla - this is also free to join and allows you to build your downlines in all the best traffic exchanges and safelists. Every week Traffic Hoopla compiles a report of the best traffic exchanges and safelists, based on their extensive testing. They publish the top 5 of each on their website and list the others in alphabetical order. You can also optionally purchase a full detailed report for a small fee.

In a similar way to Profit Rally, all you need to do, is sign up for a free account with Traffic Hoopla and set up your IDs for all the traffic exchanges that you are a member for. After this, advertise one of their splash pages or sign-up pages on the traffic exchanges or using another method of advertising. I managed to build a substantial downline in Traffic Hoopla by advertising the top traffic exchanges, as traffic exchange surfers are generally interested in knowing what the top traffic exchanges are! As well as using Traffic Hoopla for downline building, you can also make sure that you are surfing on the best traffic exchanges, based on their list.

Instant Buzz - This is a free program that you can quickly download. It becomes part of your Internet Explorer toolbar and displays non intrusive text ads while you surf. Every time you view a different web page you accumulate advertising credits, which allow your own text advert to be displayed on other people's browsers.

Forum Networking - There are thousands of discussion forums on the internet, on every topic you could possibly imagine. Most discussion boards allow posters to attach a "Signature" with their post containing additional information about themselves, such as their name, URL and sometimes even an advertisement.

By visiting a few of these forums regularly and participating in the discussions, asking and answering questions, you can build up trust with other forum members, whilst at the same time getting free exposure for your website (or your signup URL for Empowerism, Profit Rally, SFI, The Plugin Profit Site or whatever you choose).

My favourite forum is the Warrior forum. This is a busy internet marketing forum, full of all types of people with an interest in internet marketing, including those who make millions on the internet. As well as getting lots of great advice in this forum, I have made lots of new contacts and got quite a few signups for my programs and visits to my website along the way. Just try to make a useful contribution to whatever forums you join - be sure to read the forum rules and don't spam!

Your own website & list- Finally, let's not forget - your own website. If you have your own website and are promoting it ensure that you have a place where visitors can sign up for all the relevant programs that you are a member of.

If you also have an ezine or maintain a mailing list, be sure to have a sign up form on every page on your site and if possible, offer a free gift for signing up. You can then periodically email your list to tell them about the programs that you are a member of

If you don't have your own website, You will find information here about how to start your own website and how to build a list. Or you can signup to the Plugin Profit Site and get your own website, including your own 400 day ezine & access to the Warriors Forum.

Finally, don't forget to download your free copy of the E-book Follow Up to Wealth This book gives you lots of resources and ideas for building your downlines in programs such as