What do you do when you lose your job, and you are dead set on never looking back at Corporate America? Easy. You start your own business with as little money as possible. And for those who say it can't be done, you obviously don't know my story and how I implemented a low-cost MLM lead generation strategy in no time to get things going.

Now, I'm not going to lie to you. It's easy to develop an MLM lead generation strategy. But coming up with an effective and profitable MLM lead generation is another challenge all together. Just to give you an idea of the task at hand, Google returns just shy of 5 million search results for the term "MLM lead generation." But that's no excuse for you not to claim your piece of the pie and some free hearty MLM business traffic. Here are three strategies you can start using today for little, if any cash upfront.

Social media is a wide-open free-for-all MLM lead generation goldmine. And if you're not dipping your hand in the cookie jar, you are just plain foolish. It is no secret that multiple six-figure incomes are being manufactured by many thanks to free social media traffic that produces high quality MLM leads.

Look, the fact is that when it comes to MLM Lead Generation, attraction marketing and social media are like fine wine and a good complementary cheese. The social media platform allows the principles of attraction marketing to shine because it offers a great place for people to connect and share their stories. And your MLM business activities, struggles, milestones, etc., can most certainly be part of the conversation.

As long as you stay true to attraction marketing principles within your MLM lead generation efforts, social media provides you with a friendly and non-pushy outlet to brand yourself as a leader and and expert. You can offer great value and insights to your potential prospect pool without the sales pitch, which will go a long ways toward maximizing your MLM lead generation efforts and prospecting results. And guess what? The target audience potential is enormous. Facebook alone has over 450 million users at the time of this writing. So the field is wide open. And hey, it's totally free!

Article marketing creates huge personal brand awareness and large monthly paychecks. This is probably my favorite strategy because I love to write. But frankly, it's also a very profitable and powerful MLM lead generation tactic if you know how to use it. See, content marketing is about two things: establishing authority and building a strong back link presence. If attraction marketing is a major part of your MLM lead generation and marketing efforts, then by now you know that branding yourself as an expert in network marketing is crucial.

What better way to accomplish this and project a strong, trustworthy brand image than by popping up all over the place when people search for you? If you show up on related searches to network marketing or MLM lead generation, for instance, your target audience can't help but perceive you as being an industry authority. Through the natural laws of perception, people will gravitate towards you and eventually extend their trust to you simply because you have something they want: inside knowledge.

All you have to do is write compelling content based on solid keyword research and always make sure you give them an outlet or a call-to-action that allows them to follow up with you at any time. Do this correctly, and you'll have in your hands one of the most effective, and profitable MLM lead generation strategies in internet marketing today.

List builders is a nice MLM lead generation tactic if you have the patience for a little trial and error. And I say that because I think this particular strategy can be a little dodgy at times if you don't have the patience to stick with it. But hey, any targeted lead is a good lead if you can find. So let us not discriminate. Just be prepared to get a little creative with it.

Basically, list builders allow you to mass-email a solo ad to someone else's targeted list. If you don't know who your target audience is, then there's a chance you haven't read Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring yet. In that case, I'm going to have to insist you head over to the resources page on my blog (see resource box below) and you get cozy with it. Pronto. In fact, it takes no more than 2-3 hours to read the eBook. Do it and ask why later if you still feel compelled.

At any rate, the reason list builders are a good start is because you have an opportunity to market to a warm audience eager to hear what you have to say. The problem I have found is that a lot of people using these services learned about it from articles much like this one that talk about MLM lead generation. So there is a slight issue with saturation. Nonetheless, with a little creativity you'll still generate some quality leads once you find your winning ads.

Now, here's a word of caution. 10% of your marketing will likely generate 90% of your profit. Which means 90% of the time you're in trial and error mode. MLM lead generation works the same way. Some things you're going to be good at. Other things are going to fall within your weak intellectual attributes. So make sure you experiment until you find what works for you. Or find a mentor who is having success with the strategies you want to implement and learn everything you can from them.

Just remember, stay focused and keep at it. It's really not that hard to do when you know how. Just don't expect results in a day. It will take a few weeks for things to compound and get going. But once it does, get ready for one fantastic ride, my friends. So get to work and stay the course no matter what.