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Are You Living the Life You Imagined?

2008-07-18T22:29:00.009-07:00

Do you feel strong, healthy, financially secure?

Are you too busy working to take the time to make more money than you need just to 'get by'?

Will you be in the same position five years from now?

So you've scoured the internet for a home business and are now totally confused, how do you separate the real diamonds from the fake?

Most business opportunity websites focus on money and success stories. Do you REALLY think that you can:

make money with no investment of money, time or energy, or all three;

make money legally without selling a product or service;

make a thousand dollars between Friday and the weekend;

trust someone who tricks you into reading a web page with a dishonest headline?

What YOU need to focus on is deciding what you want to do, so that you will recognize it when you find it.You need to learn how to be just as insistent as those scam artists. Learn what it is that you're looking for, and never settle for less.

Here are some of the questions you need to ask in order to clarify exactly what you want.

What do you really want in life? No matter what your current situation, you need to look beyond those particular circumstances and decide what it is you ultimately want to achieve.

For example, you may have bill collectors calling you every day. Your automatic answer may be "I want them to go away, I want to be able to pay off my debts."

You need to look beyond that. What you really want is financial stability and security so you can do what you really want to do, whether it be charitable, recreational, etc.

Yes, you want to be your own boss, regulate and schedule your own time, and control your hours and income, but maybe you also want to work with others who will train you to be just as successful as they are.

Do you want to market on the internet, sell, host parties, take orders, deliver products, handle stocking, inventory, or money collecting? Do you want to work independently most of the time, or do you want to work closely every day with others.

Don't forget that there are many aspects of going to work for others that you may be overlooking because of current stresses or worries. Will you be content to sit at home alone in your home office day in and day out? Will you miss the commaraderie of conversations around the water cooler or over lunch?

Maybe you want to stay home with your young children. Will you miss having adult conversations?

What I'm suggesting here, is to look beyond the lure of the "quick dollar" and pay attention to the details of what you will actually be doing every day in any online business. If you don't see it in print, ask! Ask those who are already working the business. Ask the owner.

Maybe what you are looking for is what is called the intellectual distribution business. It's the next trillion dollar industry. It's all about educating consumers about products and services that will improve their lives, that they didn't even know existed; products and services they already need and use which may be safer, healthier, more convenient alternatives; it's about wholesale prices, ordering online or on the phone, and deliveries right to their door.

Do you also want a system you can just plug in to, simple enough for beginners? Even if you know nothing about personal websites, live online conference rooms, or how to identify prospects interested in your products or services, you want to be successful and to have those tools and talents at your disposal. You have the will to learn and earn, the persistence and the ability to follow directions. If you are a beginner, expect to find a business that will train you completely for free.

Which takes us to costs. If you pay nothing, you will get something that is worth just that. You must expect to have to make an investment, but just don't pay for training. Every legitimate business, both online and offline, needs startup cash. You should be able to get training for free, however. Find a business that fits your budget. I've tried many things, and I know that $100 a month is reasonable; I wouldn't pay much more, however.

Not to say that it might not be easier to start with more money, but it is possible to earn as you learn. There are many ways to substitute time for money; learn what they are.

So if you read a website and think "this sounds too good to be true" or "this sounds suspicious", then probably it is! Learn what you want, and trust your instincts. If you want to work with others, find an opportunity that allows you to do just that.

Shop around, do your due diligence, but remember, ultimately this is your decision. Make it based on concrete knowledge of what you want and what is out there. You will find something that fits you; just believe that you deserve it!

By Kathryn Beach

MLM Training - The Network Marketing Success Secrets of Recruiting Small Business Owners

2008-07-18T22:29:00.007-07:00

Many Network Marketing distributors overlook for some reason the small business owner and professional. They don't attempt to talk to them about their products and business as many believe they simply would not be interested. That is not the case with many small business owners. Many are always looking for additional cash flow and ways to create a secondary revenue source.

Small business owners and small business professionals are a Gold Mine in Network Marketing and MLM. They bring to the table many things that the average person does not:

1) They bring A DIFFERENT Perspective to the marketplace and MLM. They understand business, and also how to run one, and have a business attitude when working in the marketplace, not just an employee attitude.

2) They bring EXPERIENCE to the marketplace and MLM that the average person does not have. Experience in running a business, networking, making things happen, and succeeding.

3) They bring DETERMINATION to the marketplace and Network Marketing. They MUST be determined to succeed in their business, and bring the same determination to MLM. Most small business owner and professionals are very FOCUSED on what they are doing, and determined on where they are going.

4) They bring CONTACTS and NETWORKS to the marketplace and MLM. Most business owners belong to state and national associations with other business owners, and thusly, have formed relationships with many other small business owners and professionals, a Gold Mine in MLM.

5) They bring a CREDIBILITY that the average person does not have to the marketplace and MLM. Credibility as an owner, and a professional in the marketplace. This alone is a Gold Mine in Network Marketing.

Business owners and professionals are incredible prospects for MLM, but unfortunately, can be quite difficult to approach, at least from the normal approach of Network Marketers.

How can you then plug into all they can bring to Network Marketing? How can you recruit them, but do it with a very professional approach that they will be curious about, instead of turned off like so many are?

The best way to approach them is in a VERY Professional manner and with a VERY Professional verbiage. You DO NOT approach them like you would your aunt or cousin,or best friend. Many times, with family or friends, we all have a tendency to say too much as we are excited, and want to tell the world about what we are doing.

INFERNO Secret:

The less you say, the more chance you have of getting an appointment, warm market or not.The more professionalism you have, the less negative responses you will get.

Here are several SCORCHING approaches for the telephone/Face to face for the small business owners:

WARM MARKET:

"Hello Ben? This is Mary, and I need your help on something.I am introducing into the business community a new idea that could really impact revenues for small business owners. I would like your input and insights as to how it could be applied to this community. When do you have 10 minutes?"

"Hello Ben? This is Mary. Listen, I have run across an idea that I believe can increase revenues for many small businesses in our community. It has tremendous value, and I need your help and input as to how to introduce it into our Locale. When do you have 10 minutes?"

" Hello Ben? This is Mary, and do you feel that increasing revenues in your business would be something that we could spend 10 minutes discussing?"

"Hello Ben? This is Mary.I really need your expertise on something.I have run across a way that small business owners can substantially increase their revenues and am looking for the best way to introduce it into the marketplace.When are you available for about 10 minutes?"

"Hello Ben? I need your help on a project I am getting ready to introduce into the business community. You are very well versed in business, and I want to run an idea past you and you give me your thoughts on the value of it as a secondary revenue stream to small business owners."

COLD MARKET:

Calling small business owners cold is not easy, but a great excercise for building your skill set. Here is one way we approached thousands of business owners we did not know on the phone, or especially face to face, which worked well for us:

"Hello. My name is Doug, and like you, I am a Business owner in this community. I am simply introducing myself to folks like yourself, and also an idea that has proven to increase revenues substantially for small business owners like you and me. May I drop in for a 5 minute visit this week to simply introduce myself? I would love to meet you and learn more about your business, and share an idea that has proven to increase profitability with many business owners such as your self."

Also, you can send out a short letter/ email simply saying basically the same thing.

Dear Jamie.

My name is Doug, and like you, I am a small business owner here in the local business community. The reason for the letter, I have found an idea that can help increase revenues for small business owners substantially. I simply would love to meet you, learn a little about your business, and share an idea that has helped me. I will be in touch to see when what day would be convenient.

Professionally Yours.

Doug

Follow uo within a couple of days, and see about scheduling a drop in visit.

These are just a few of the hundreds of ways you can approach small business professionals in MLM and Network Marketing.

Blessings...doug

By Doug Firebaugh

MLM Lead Generation

2008-07-18T22:29:00.005-07:00

In Multi-level marketing (MLM), or network marketing, the business owner recruits other independent distributors into his or her network. These prospects are known as MLM leads because they have shown some interest in the business opportunity. The MLM leads are, at first, usually comprised of the business owner's friends, family, and acquaintances. Once these resources have been exhausted, the business owner must uncover new prospects to recruit into his or her network. This process, known as MLM lead generation, can be time consuming and quite costly.

Through this process, the business owner mines demographic information for viable MLM leads, which are then contacted through standard direct marketing tools, including telephone and email. The target lists may be acquired from advertising campaigns that promote the product or service to potential customers or recruits, and they can also be obtained through MLM lead generation tools. MLM business owners typically utilize a couple of different methods, during MLM lead generation, to attain these viable MLM leads.

If executed correctly, a MLM lead generation program should bring together all of the most effective offline and online tools in order to ensure that leads progress efficiently from initial contact through sales closure and recruitment. This includes purchasing or licensing lead lists, which the distributor utilizes in his or her email, telemarketing, or direct mail campaigns.

An MLM lead batching or distributor gathering program is a more inclusive process for MLM lead generation. In this process, the business owner will work the leads through advertising campaigns that not only attract customers and recruits, but also invite them to build their own network. Through this comprehensive program, the business owner is building his or her network and helping recruits build theirs as well.

What are MLM Leads?

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Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a type of direct marketing that involves selling a product, service, information, or business opportunity. It is also known as network marketing, and typically operates as follows: the self-employed independent distributor first becomes associated with a parent company, and then attempts to locate and sell to customers and others who may also want to become distributors. One of the main goals of MLM is to sell the product or service and to encourage the client to become an independent distributor and sell the services or product themselves. The prospects that may be interested in becoming distributors are known as MLM leads.

These independent distributors, or business owners, receive compensation for buying the parent company's product or service, selling the product or service to others, and for expanding their network of people through MLM leads. The "downline" consists of distributors recruited by business owner, who receives commissions based on their sales and the sales of the distributors they subsequently recruit. The "upline" consists of distributors who are above the business owner in the MLM hierarchy and receive commissions based on his or her sales.

These commissions, also known as benefits or rewards, are tracked through a points system, where the points represent the total volume of products or services sold through the business owner's network. If a business owner can recruit more independent distributors, he or she will receive more benefits or rewards.

Some examples of widely recognized multi-level marketing companies are Mary Kay, Avon, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Amway, and Herbalife.

The Benefits of MLM Leads Lists

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An MLM leads list is simply the list of prospective customers and recruits that an independent distributor, also known as the business owner, has acquired. In a multi-level marketing (MLM) venture, the goal is to sell the products or services of the parent company and identify potential distributors to add to the business owner's network. If it is comprised of viable prospects, the MLM leads list is the most valuable marketing tool that a business owner will own.

The business owner generally buys MLM leads from another company, but he or she must be careful to choose a reputable source, or risk wasting time and money. There is a multitude of sources, especially via the internet, and many of them have no other interest than defrauding the MLM business owner. A business owner should consider the following points when purchasing an MLM leads list:

? Many MLM lead companies sell their leads repeatedly. Leads will likely be unresponsive if another MLM business owner has called them before.

? Several leads might not be fresh, so they may have lost interest in the business opportunity.

? The business owner should try to acquire the highest number of valuable leads for his or her money.

? The quality of the lead is imperative. A viable lead is one that, in addition to contact information, has expressed a sincere interest in the business opportunity.

? Use a service like Melissa Data to verify the correct address and phone number of the MLM Leads Lists purchased.

If business owners can acquire quality MLM leads list, then they will have greater success in building a network for themselves and their recruits.

Opt-in MLM Leads: An Overview

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In multi-level marketing (MLM), or network marketing, the MLM business owner recruits other independent distributors into his or her network. These prospects are called MLM leads, because they have shown some interest in the business opportunity. One of the best ways to contact potential customers or recruits is via email. The MLM business owner, however, must take precautions against sending "spam" or unwanted emails to people that are not interested. Thus, opt-in MLM Leads are the best prospects to contact via email.

What does "opt-in" mean?

The term "single opt-in" means that a subscriber chose to sign up for information from the sender of the email. The term "double opt-in" means that the subscriber has confirmed his or her subscription by responding to an automatically generated message sent to the email address. Using opt-in MLM leads give MLM business owners better prospects. One way to ensure the greatest number of opt-in MLM leads as possible is to use a leads capture web page.

An MLM leads capture page is a professionally designed web page designed to encourage people to request more information from you about the MLM business opportunity. This type of web site is valuable in generating MLM email leads, because the web site visitor is already interested in the business opportunity that the company is offering.

While a simple web site registration page may provide space for entering name and contact information, this may be an opportune time to inquire about the person's interest in the business opportunity. This task can be accomplished through a short survey included in the web site registration. The MLM business owner will then have the advantage of knowing that the lead is interested in the business opportunity, and that he is in a position to pursue it.

Multi-Level Marketing with Email Leads

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The multi-level marketing independent distributor continually faces the challenge of contacting new leads that may result in a customer for the company's product or service. An MLM email Lead is just like any other lead, except that the business owner (independent distributor) contacts this lead via email, rather than using standard offline methods of contact. Email leads should not be confused with a generic email list.

The difference is that an actual lead has expressed some interest in the product, service, or business opportunity that an MLM business owner has to offer. An email list can be acquired through various channels, including internet spiders that retrieve email addresses from web sites. These types of lists often result in "spam" or unwanted emails.

Like all other MLM leads, the business owner may purchase a list of MLM email leads from any number of companies that offer these types of services to MLM companies. The business owner can also generate his or her own list through a variety of marketing methods. The simple exchange of business cards between the MLM business owner and a potential lead is a good way to guarantee that the lead was interested. The business owner can also create a web site explaining the product or service and business opportunity.

A web site is valuable in generating MLM email leads, because the web site visitor will probably already be interested in the company. The web site can require registration in order to navigate to some of the more informative areas. The registration process can include the visitor's email address, physical address, and phone number.

MLM Genealogy Leads

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As with any other start up, a new multi-level marketing (MLM) venture owner will look to friends, family, and acquaintances for support. The MLM business owner must sell the parent company's products or services and contact individuals that might be interested in becoming an independent distributor in his or her network. When the family, friends, and acquaintances have been exhausted, other viable leads may include people who were previously part of an MLM network. These prospects are called MLM genealogy leads.

MLM genealogy leads are the names of people from an MLM company that is no longer in business. Previous MLM independent distributors know that to build a large and successful "downline" - the network of distributors recruited by a business owner - they need fellow networkers to help them build their business.

As with any other type of business, successful MLM business owners rely on their contacts to help their business grow. People involved in MLM ventures often stick together. If one person joins a new network, he or she might persuade others in similar situations to join the network as well. By simply working the MLM genealogy leads, an MLM business owner has the potential to create a rather large network.

Genealogy leads can be acquired through contacts within the MLM company that dissolved, or a list can be purchased from a third party company. With MLM genealogy leads, it is important that the business owner check the leads list against the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry to ensure that the list is updated regularly and that the leads remain fresh.

Finding Targeted MLM Leads

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The objective of multi-level marketing (MLM) is to sell the product or service and to encourage the client to become an independent distributor, who then sells the service or product as well. Leads are vital for any business to grow, and in order for the business owner to have the greatest success, the leads must be curious enough in the business opportunity to have expressed an interest. The prospects that have expressed an interest in becoming distributors are known as Targeted MLM Leads.

To find targeted MLM leads, business owners must first have ample knowledge of their target market. Are they self-starters? Do they have the commitment necessary to be part of a network? Business owners must also understand the product or service, the company mission statement, and its goals and objectives well enough to offer a good sales presentation. Delivering a presentation, however compelling, to someone that has not shown interest in the product, service, or business opportunity is a waste of time and resources.

Business owners can acquire targeted MLM leads from various sources. The most convenient sources are the companies that compile and sell lead lists. The business owner, however, should be careful when choosing a lead list source, as some may be fraudulent. Some targeted MLM leads are identified through telephone interviews or direct mail response. Business owners can also obtain targeted leads from promotional give-away programs that have high traffic. Usually a person will fill out a simple survey to claim the promotional item, and the business owner can then use the survey to assess whether he or she will be a quality lead.

Lead Generation: An Overview

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Multi level marketing is a type of business where a distributor receives commissions on their own sales as well as the sales of people the distributor recruits. Multi level marketing, abbreviated as MLM, is known by a number of names such as referral marketing and network marketing.

The idea behind MLM is that people not only try to sell their product, but try to recruit others to sell the product as well. The original distributor receives a percentage of their recruits' commissions, and the recruits receive a percentage of the commissions of the people they recruit, and so on. Some types of multi level marketing are known as pyramid schemes, in which recruits end up buying a lot of products they have no way of reselling. It is advisable for potential MLM participants to fully research the program before investing any time and money in it.

Many people are fascinated by the idea of multi level marketing, and so there are many multi level marketing lead generation services. These companies help network marketing businesses find recruits. People at any level of a MLM program can use these services. The world is filled with people who want to get rich without working very hard, and many of them view network marketing as the best way to do so.

Multi level marketing lead generation services find these people and connect them with MLM companies. Many MLM lead generation companies sell their lists to MLM businesses. The businesses can either buy the whole list once, or they can subscribe and receive an updated list at a set time interval. The subscription option offers warmer leads and is often the best idea. Other MLM lead generation techniques involve seminars or speeches designed to convince potential MLM participants that a program is right for them.

Many MLM companies offer a great potential for wealth to competent and motivated recruits. Despite their reputation, MLM opportunities can be a good idea. It is strongly advised, however, that potential recruits research every aspect of the company before committing to it.

MLM Success Training - The Top 15 Power Phrases for Recruiting Business Professionals into MLM

2008-07-18T22:28:00.015-07:00

What do you say to a small business owner? How do you talk to them about your Network marketing business? Many people have tried, and totally failed.

Why?

They simply do not understand that small business owners do not talk "mlm-ease." They do not know what a "downline" or "upline" is, and most don't really want to know.

INFERNO Secret:

Business owners want to know one thing: What is going to increase their profits and productivity.

We recruited hundreds of small business owners in our MLM group when we were active, and all were pretty much recruited the same way and with the same type of words and power phrases.

There are 2 things that you must understand about recruiting business professionals into Network Marketing and MLM:

1) They have their own CULTURE, and they stay within that culture. They have a culture of professionalism for the most part, and integrity.

2) They are used to a particular language and verbiage, that they expect, and you must speak at least some of that language in your conversation with them.

Here are just a few of the ways you can approach small business professionals and here are some KEY words and Phrases:

1)"Secondary revenue source"

2)"Introducing into the business community"

3) "Run across an idea"

4) " I am a small business owner like you"

5) "I Need your input(insight)"

6) "Increase your revenue stream"

7) "Expand your potential market base"

8) "Increase market value of your contacts"

9) " I am new in the business community, and introducing myself"

10) "I have an idea that I would like to run past you on increasing revenues."

11) " Revenue Option"

12) " Market Expansion Tool"

13) "An idea that has impact on the bottom line"

14) " A value based idea that can improve revenues"

15) " From one professional to Another."

These work very well, as they have the terminology that a lot of business professionals can relate to. Come up with some of your own. But make sure they are all "non-mlm." You can eventually use network marketing language, but not at first, unless you want to turn them off.

And yes, you may get some questions. And yes, you may get some objections. And yes you may get some negative responses.

Just understand that small business owners have a business to run, and many will make great customers, but will not be interested in your mlm business.

INFERNO Secret:

All it takes is ONE small business professional to explode your business. One business owner brought in over 500 people in less than 4 months in our group, and built a group that was in all 50 states, and eventually had over 8,000 people in his Network Marketing group. And he did it part time.

Small business owners can be an absolute GOLD MINE, but you have to do some digging in your MLM and Network Marketing business.

Blessings...Doug

By Doug Firebaugh

MLM Local Leads

2008-07-18T22:28:00.013-07:00

In multi-level marketing (MLM), one of the goals of the business owner is to recruit other independent distributors into his or her network to sell the parent company's product or service. MLM local leads allow business owners to collect the benefits of using professionally generated advertising while working in their local area. Working with MLM local leads, you can build trust and rapport with a prospect much quicker than if you were working from a distance. Business owners can qualify local leads over the phone, and if they are a viable prospect for their businesses, they can invite these leads to a local meeting.

The benefits of working with MLM local leads include reduction in sponsoring costs and increased rapport with previously qualified prospects. The dilemma that a business owner then face is the process of locating local leads. The quickest and easiest way is to buy an MLM local leads list. The process of finding a quality MLM local leads list is the same as the process for looking into any MLM leads list.

If, however, the business owner wishes to build his or her own local leads list, two tactics are particularly useful in uncovering local leads. The first involves the strategic placement of flyers with a short, persuasive message that encourages people to visit the business owner's website or voice mailbox. The second strategy is to create business cards with the same compelling message and the business owner's contact information.

A combination of both strategies will garner the best results. However, the business owner must be aware of the mission and positioning of the parent company. His or her messaging platform should parallel that of the parent company, and it should be consistent throughout each lead generation tactic.

Five Steps That Will Help You Succeed in Niche Marketing

2008-07-18T22:28:00.011-07:00

Niche marketing is a manifestation of how much internet marketing has evolved in recent years. Niche marketing is based on a real world model, that is, it is a business strategy that is focused on real people with real needs and with real money to spend.

Niche marketing is a technique that seeks to conquer small and usually unattended markets that are fueled by a strong passion for a particular interest. The benefits of cornering these markets are enormous. First, you will encounter little competition. Second, the market is driven by enthusiasm and they will continuously support a product that they like.

To illustrate, five years ago, internet marketing strategies focused on general markets. "I want to make money online," one would have said, "so I'm going to sell products for dog enthusiasts." But dog enthusiasts comprise a pretty broad market. A lot of online businesses are already catering to their needs.

But today, internet marketing strategies are focusing on specific markets. Instead of targeting dog enthusiasts, they target Sharpei owners. This is niche marketing in a nutshell.

Succeeding in niche marketing isn't as difficult as you might think. Here are five simple steps that would guarantee your conquest of the niche you would choose.

1.Know what people are searching for online. You need two important ingredients for this step: instinct and Overture. You think you have them? Let's proceed then. Point your browser to:

http://www.inventory.overture.com

This is Overture's super powerful and useful keyword selector tool. Type in any word and the system will tell you how many searches were made for it in a particular month.

Now you will need your instinct, as the process is all trial-and-error. Think of a field that not many people know about. For the purpose of this discussion, let's choose the word "widget."

By typing in the said word, Overture will tell us that 2136 people searched for "widget" in the month of April. This would be a perfect niche market. It's not a popular subject, and you have 2136 people, less a few repeated searches, that are potential clients.

2.Determine the profitability of the niche. Overture would have given you a list of keywords pertaining to your targeted niche. Now it's time to see if we could make money out of them. Log on to Google Adwords and check out the pricing of the keywords. The higher a keyword's price is, the more profitable it can be.

But you don't have to rely on Googles Adwords alone. You could conduct your own research by reading books and newspapers. Be on the lookout for particularized markets you could exploit.

3.Evaluate the potential market. You could do this manually by running your own search and checking out the websites that cater to your chosen niche. Scout the competition! This could take some time though, so a better option would be to invest in some useful tools. One good software you could use is Word Tracker, which would provide for you a supply vs. demand. Word Tracker would survey multiple search engines and pinpoint competing websites.

4.Create your own product. You do have to sell something, so you have to create an item that the members of the niche would want to buy. Since you're operating an online business, information would be the most ideal product that you could offer. By packaging information in the form of electronic books, membership sites, software, subscriptions to newsletter or even streaming media, you'd have an offering that the target market would always have a need for.

5.Content is king. You would want the members of the niche to visit your site, and the way to do this is by offering good, quality content that they can never find anywhere else. As we've mentioned earlier, the members of a niche are fueled by passion, hence they will always be searching for information on their particular interest. If you provide this in your content, they will come to you, and you could expose your products to them.

Niche marketing is not difficult indeed, but you can't be successful with it lying down. Some effort is still required, as is the case with all viable businesses. With steps outlined above, you will be able to corner the niche of your choice. May it be very profitable for you!

By Dave Drake

Quality Beats Quantity Every Time

2008-07-18T22:28:00.009-07:00

Back in the early days of developing my home based business, I went for the big numbers instead of focusing on targeting prospects. It took me a while to appreciate the importance of targeting (quality) instead of just going for the big numbers (quantity).

For online marketing, it helps greatly to get your website in front of people who are actually looking for the product, service, or opportunity that you are offering. This refers to the concept of marketing your sites to your target audience, rather than wasting your time, effort, and money on people who are not already interested in what you have to offer.

Be wary of "massive action" techniques in this era when many ISPs feel their hottest marketing theme is the blocking of incoming emails, which they decide their customers do not want to receive (they are the self appointed "information police").

Many of the sources of cheap, high volume leads supply you with leads that have absolutely no interest in your particular business (or product or service) and furthermore, have been put into the list in such a manner that can get you into trouble with your ISP because you are unwittingly spamming (many of these bulk lead lists are created by robots that crawl the Internet and harvest email addresses) the recipients.

In order to be effective in the promotion your particular proposition, whatever it is, you have to seek out your target market. This is as true online as it is offline. Just because you are able to reach huge numbers of people with your message on the Internet far more cheaply and quickly than you can offline, does this necessarily mean you should?

What's the point of devoting your time and energies to marketing to a massive group of people without first knowing whether they, as a group, have a general interest in what you are offering?

It is much more efficient and effective to first find out where your prospective customers congregate, and then target that congregation, than it is to use a shotgun approach and hope that one of your pellets will somehow find its target (you know... throw enough up against the wall and something is bound to stick). You will find that by selectively targeting your prospects before marketing to them, your conversion ratio (the proportion of your target market that takes positive action and actually purchases your product or service) will be much higher than the results you would otherwise achieve without first taking the time to target your prospects. Once again, quality wins out over quantity.

It seems that a great many webmasters have not stopped to ask themselves the all-important question...What is the purpose of my web site? For some reason, many of them seem to think that the purpose of their web site is to give away freebies. Or it could be to be a "showcase" for their products. Or it could be to create links to all kinds of resources. Or it could be to have fancy flash graphics and build a brand name.

One of the biggest mistakes people new to web design make is going for more "flash" than substance. They bog down their site with a bunch of fancy colored backgrounds, 3-D text, flash presentations, etc. If a visitor to your site is using a 56K connection and has wait to more than 8 seconds for it to load (which can easily happen on sites heavy with graphics), you can expect to lose about 1/3 of your visitors.

If you're a business, the purpose of your web site is to sell a product or service. Your web site should have one main focus. It should not be selling a dozen products, a dozen opportunities, or linking to a bunch of different affiliate programs. Presenting too many options has a tendency to confuse your visitor. When someone visits your site, it should be clearly obvious what one action you want him or her to take.

By Kirk Bannerman

I Was Loosing a Lot of Money with MLM... What I Changed to Keep that Money in My Pocket!

2008-07-18T22:28:00.007-07:00

Hello everyone,

I've been around in network marketing for a few years now? I was always trying to figure out new ways to keep money into my pockets using the Internet. Yes that's right, KEEP money? The reason why I'm saying this is because I did make my share of money in the MLM industry, but I did lost a bit too. Nothing major, but if I go back and add up all my unnecessary expense, I would have been richer in less time.

Now it's time to outline the places where I was loosing tons of money. Take good notes of these situations, since many of you are probably experiencing the same issues! After that, I will explain how I patched my money leaking problems.

Communication fees
If you want to be successful in network marketing, you need to be on the phone doing sales pitch to new clients, train your team, provide customer supports, etc. Communication fees include international long distance fees & teleconference fees that represented close to 45% of my entire budget. At that time I was actually holding back on calling people since I knew I was paying 0,10 cents a minute / per person.

Time wasters
Now this is probably the most important one! Time is money? so I consider time an expense too? For example, I was saying the same thing over and over to different people. Imagine having to say the same sales pitch more than 40 times in a day! They would usually last around 15 minutes each! And the worst part, some of my calls didn't result in a sale! All that time wasted for nothing! Another example is driving down to meet some of my local clients. The province of New-Brunswick might not be that big, but let me tell you that it sure is when you start accumulating hours of driving in between destinations. I was spending another 35% of my budget on gas and other traveling expenses like meals, hotels and car expenses.

Now with the solution: A ground breaking technology that will help you communicate more effectively, while saving time and money! Believe me, there's even more to it!

I'm glad to present to you the next online business trend? Web Conferences! Web conferencing is the new way to communicate effectively on the Internet today! People from all over the world are using this technology right now. Imagine that, you can talk all you want, when you want for less than a dollar a day! There is no long distance fee and no user limit. I simply send an email to my team or prospect and I don't even need to tell them how to setup since its so user friendly. Since the day I switched to Web Conference, I've seen my sales increase and I now have more free time away from the business. Now you wonder how web conferencing helped my online business?

Automate support for my client base

I run a variety of daily live seminars to an unlimited audience in real-time audio and video

I do live pre-sales

Promotions and fire sales

Customer networking in live chat rooms

I reduced travel expenses and time for business meetings

I reduce long-distance phone bills

I can talk to anyone anywhere in the world for an unlimited amount of time?for free

I can send documents, files, and other applications instantly to anyone anywhere in the world

I improved collaboration with my downline

Finally I can build and maintain valuable customer relationships

By Frederic Blanchet

Network Marketing Success - How to Create a Massive Success ThinkSHIFT for MLM Success

2008-07-18T22:28:00.005-07:00

It is time you started shifting your MLM Success into Success OVERDRIVE.

Would not you agree?

Are your thoughts pushing you out of Success? GREAT question, as many do this day in and day out. In MLM, people play the great American past time that takes up so much time:

Making excuses, and then making more excuses. Great past time if you want to live in the past.

Brutal? Yep.

The truth? Absolutely!

And I would rather tell you the way it REALLY is, instead of the way that many lead you to believe it is. In Network Marketing, excuses is the Language of the Failure.

INFERNO Secret:

Life can either be a Paradise, or a Pair of Dice, which you then leave to Lady Luck to throw and see what comes up. Snake eyes is her specialty.

What is your life and what is your MLM business? Paradise, or just a pair of dice?

That will be determined and all revolves around how you THINK.

Are you on a Thought Path that is leading away from Success in Network Marketing?

Are you kidding yourself about your thoughts?

Are you kidding yourself about the nature of your thinking?

Are you blind to what kind of thoughts you are REALLY thinking?

Are you kidding yourself about your thinking, or lack of it?

Many do?everyday.

Most people do not realize it, but you work Network Marketing Twice: First between your ears, and then between your hours.

And what happens between your hours in MLM is nothing more than a photograph of what is between your ears! What you THINK, ends up being what you DO.

It is called Network Marketing Reality.

You live life twice as well. If you don't have it right between your ears, then there will be nothing left between your hours! Only the emptiness of frustration and Doubt , and an empty feeling of regret.

If you take a look a the word THINKING: The first word in Thinking is THIN.

Do you have Skinny Thinking?

Do you lean towards a poverty mindset?

Are your thoughts colored with Scarcity?

Do your thoughts have more of a LACK focus?

The last word in Thinking is KING! (THAT is ROYALTY THINKING!)

Do you have Royalty Thinking in your Network Marketing business?

Do you have the thinking that would excite God and get Him jumping off His Throne saying, "Now those thoughts are so BIG, THAT is someone I can work with?"

Which side of the word THINKING do you see yourself on?

Here is a Brutal Question that begs to be asked:

Up until this point in your life, what has your thinking cost you in dollars?

What has it cost your family? How long are you going to allow that to continue?

You need a ThinkSHIFT in MLM and Network Marketing. You need to SHIFT your thinking into Success Overdrive -- the gear that all winning thoughts are locked on.

If you do Shift your Thinking, and truly understand that you CAN and WILL succeed in life, then you can just about write any paycheck you want in Network Marketing.

You CAN Succeed in Network Marketing! You can Succeed HUGE!

How do you do that?

1) You need to draw a line in the sand and say, "ENOUGH is ENOUGH!"

2) Then get serious about your business, and start living the life that you and your family wants and deserves. A Life of wealth and total freedom in all you do, and everywhere you go. That can be given to you with your efforts and Thinking being in Success Overdrive.

3) Start listening and reading articles about Success and Thinking that WORKS, not thinking that is "work-less" or worthless. Input Success thoughts from others, to build your Thinking muscle into a Success thinking muscle! One article at a time, one cd at a time, one thought at a time. Your thinking will start shifting almost effortlessly.

And then you can start creating the future that most only dream of.

Is not shifting your thinking worth that alone in MLM and Network Marketing?

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

Do It! A Guide to Starting an Internet Business

2008-07-18T22:28:00.003-07:00

The first thing I did was start searching the internet for a work at home business that would fit me. You name it and there are tons information on the Internet about every conceivable subject that you can possible think of. Each website has a "guru" who purports to teach you everything you need to know about starting online businesses.

As I searched the net for about 6 months, compiling ideas, thoughts and ways to start a business, I quickly became overloaded with information. I must have signed up with 100 or so newsletters, downloaded dozens of free eBooks, subscribed to untold numbers of free online courses, and the list just goes on. One smartest things I did during that time was I didn't spend a lot of money.

I finally came to the point where I said to my self, 'Donnie you have to get out of the learning phase, and do something. My mother used to say to me when I was growing up, "Son just do it!"

To be honest with you, the hardest thing for me was getting started. There were so many programs out there and I did not know which one to choose. I finally narrowed my choices down to three and finally to one.

So the message is this: Don't procrastinate! Just Do It, while you can. It can be confusing and overwhelming when you start a home base business so my message for you is make sure you are clear about how you are going to proceed. Here are some of the things I did to start with.

1. START WITH A WRITTEN PLAN. Write out your plan. Set goals. Imagine where you want your business to be in 3 months, 6 months, 1 year from now. Dare to dream and then do everything in your power to accomplish your goals.

2. PLAN TIME FOR YOUR BUSINESS. I know that all the ads have said that 1 hour a day or 6 hours a week will be enough but it is not and this is not a free ride. Set aside ample time each day to really work your business and it will succeed. In the beginning phase you must invest a lot of time in your business if you want it to succeed.

3. SET A BUDGET AND STAY WITH IT. It is very easy to sign up for everything that each "guru" says you must have. Don't fall for that. Most of what they are selling is going in their own pocket and out of yours. Set a budget and live with it. You'll be glad you did.

4. AVOID DISTRACTIONS. Distraction will prevent you from focusing on your ultimate objective and that is to make money online. It is how well you stay focused that will differentiate you from the many under-performing online dreamers. Online ventures involve commitment of time and money, though the capital to start out is substantially lower than that of a conventional brick-and-mortar business.

5. BE REALISTIC. Chances are you won't become a millionaire over night. Hey, that would be great but you can be pretty certain that won't happen. It takes time to build any business, so make up your mind that you are going to do whatever it takes to succeed. The sooner you begin, the sooner you will reach you goal!

6. JOIN FORUMS. This is one place where you can find other entrepreneurs who are always eager and willing to help you. You will find a lot of helpful people who don't mind our "newbie" questions. Everyone had to get started sometime, so ask your questions and they will be glad to answer.

Get ready to have a ball and be prepared to laugh at yourself when you make a mistake. Remember, you aren't the first and you won't be the last to "mess up." Get out there and get started because you can have a successful home based business.

By Donnie De Loney

Network Marketing Training- An MLM Success WildFire Starts with a Single Spark

2008-07-18T22:28:00.001-07:00

You don't have to have a lot of people to start succeeding in your Network Marketing business.

YOU just have to be totally, radically, absolutely SPARKED UP! This is simply catching FIRE from a conversation with a prospect and spreading the SuccessFire to others! A downline onFIRE will need half the numbers of a regular downline to create massive Success. And a prospect OnFIRE will be what you are dreaming of and praying for!

But YOU must be Burning with Success first and foremost.

YOU must be willing to spread the message of your Network Marketing products and company with some transferable HEAT to it, as well as Energy. Burn, Radiation, and Excitement.

It's called SUCCESS RADIATION. Like a Heater in the winter time, you radiate Success in your words, actions, presence, thoughts, and expectations, and the prospect FEELS it.

Do you Radiate Success when you talk to people about your business and MLM?

What are they FEELING coming from you? Are you OnFIRE with radical expectancy or redundant mediocrity?

That is what people are going to be drawn towards. The HEAT. The BURN. The FIRE. The FLAME of Success that burns within that will not be denied, nor extinguished.

INFERNO Secret:

Look for ONE person that you can ignite, and wants to do something with their life, and pour the Success Kerosene of HOPE and POSSIBILITY on their Dreams and set them onFIRE!And then look for another, then another to ignite their hearts!

That is The Secret to Network Marketing, as it is all about creating a WildFire of Success in your group, with people who want their life to burn with Success, not mediocrity. Then SPREAD THE FIRE!

Let people watch You Burn.

People will come for miles around to watch you burn with excitement and PASSION. Pour some "Success Kerosene" of hope and possibilities on them as well, and light them UP!

All it takes is one MLM "spark" to set your business onFIRE, and it can come in many forms:

A Conversation.

A telephone call.

A chance meeting.

A question asked at the right time.

A referral from someone.

An email.

An Introduction.

A new friend.

An old friend.

Talking to someone at the bank.

Sitting next to someone in an athletic game.

Meeting someone at a party.

Someone asks you a question or seeks your help.

Your MLM Success Radar need to be turned on with a SCORCHING Focus!

Keep your " MLM Success RADAR" on and in fine tuned condition! You need to be totally "on" and BURNING when a right circumstance shows up to talk to someone.

INFERNO Secret-

When you meet people, either IGNITE them or MELT them. Either way, set them OnFIRE with your Flame of Success that burns within and sparks their heart with the Hope of a better life and future.

Prospect constantly and BE AWARE of who is around you, and what they are talking about.

Be aware of Networking Opportunities when the show up. Who is around you? Who is being listened to? Who is driving the conversation with the rest of the surrounding people?

Be aware of who is NEW, who just showed up, and who you need to meet. Simply ask for their name, and introduce yourself, and talk about THEM and their life, not yours. Ask questions that will ignite their interest in talking to you further.

Be aware of who you MEET by chance as it is no accident they are there.

Be AWARE of your SURROUNDINGS and WHO is available to talk. They could be the one who will EXPLODE your business with SUCCESS! Open your EYES, EARS, SENSES, and HEART!

BE PREPARED!

For you want to be aware when these things happen and you want to be ready to engage people when the timing is right, as they are part of your natural environment at that moment.

These all could lead to someone that could IGNITE your business and IGNITE the future RED HOT for you both!

And you know the best part?

They are WAITING on you to find them!

Spark On and let your FIRE burn in other's hearts in Network Marketing!

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

Purposeful Web Site Planning - Dont Get Started Without Goals

2008-07-18T22:26:00.019-07:00

It seems like everyone has a web site these days. And those who don't have one are probably thinking about one. If you're in the thinking stage, congratulations! Having a web site is a fantastic way to grow your business by making you more visible to the world. But before you jump on the web site bandwagon, ask yourself this question: "WHY do I want a web site?" The answer is NOT, "Because everyone else has one."

When I first developed my web site four years ago, I just knew I wanted a web presence. But I didn't put much thought into why I wanted one. So I created some web pages that seemed to make sense, sat back, and enjoyed my (smallish) hit counts. But after a couple of years, I knew something was missing... my web site wasn't meeting my needs, because it wasn't created with intention! So I went back to the drawing board and starting writing down goals. Now that my business is three- fold (organizing, coaching, and selling products), my goals had to reflect those new revenue streams. So my primary web site goals became:

? To generate organizing client leads

? To sell my products on-line

? To get people to sign up for my e-zines

My secondary goals were:

? To establish credibility as a top/veteran professional organizer and marketing specialist

? To provide helpful information and resources

Goals in hand, I roughed out my new site. With the help of my web designer, we created a home page that led to easy navigation within the site, which guides visitors to the different sections depending upon their needs. So far, judging by hit counts, sales, inquiries, and sign-ups, my goals are being met quite well!

As you plan for a web site (or think about a redesign of your current site), make sure you take plenty of time to map out what you want the site to do for you. Some ideas are listed below.

? To provide information about your company and its philosophies

? To highlight your company's "in the news" status

? To enhance the credibility of your business by having an online presence

? To highlight your products and/or sell products on-line

? To provide detailed information about your services

? To attract new clients and customers

? To keep existing clients informed

? To build an e-mail list

? To educate visitors

? To answer questions

? To jump ahead of the competition

? To provide links to other organizations

? To show your expertise through testimonials, photos, etc.

Do any of those goals sound like yours? Can you think of a few others that will make your site both fun and functional? Take the first step to a well-planned web site by taking pen to paper as your very first step to a new -- or improved -- web site.

By Sara Pedersen

Network Marketing Training - The Secrets to Controlling Negative Emotions in MLM

2008-07-18T22:26:00.017-07:00

Every new Network Marketing distributor goes through it. You will too.

Every millionaire in MLM went through it. You will too.

This is the number one reason why new distributors leave Network Marketing. It takes them out by the thousands, and can be a cancer to your MLM business, if you are not careful. Just about all new distributors go through this challenge.

So will you if you haven't already. We call it the "MLM Emotional Roller Coaster", and it can be an interesting ride during the frustrating times in this MLM business.

You will be high as a kite on excitement on week, and then next week low as whale dung. All because of your emotions and disappointments.

INFERNO Secret:

You will be disappointed by people, and what you think is going to happen, but doesn't, and it is part of this Network Marketing business.

A lot of folks cannot handle the Emotional Dynamics of this business, and your emotions can really be tested, but it is not innate to MLM. It is innate to being an entrepreneur and starting any business.

You must learn to let the downs be not so down, and the highs be not so high. This will give you an "Emotional balance" which will make your new enterprise more stable in your working it.

The M.O.N.E.Y Principle of MLM Success.

There is a Principle I have been training on for years, and helped a lot of our distributors, as well as myself to get through some rough times.

I call it 'The M.O.N.E.Y. Principle " of Success in Network Marketing, and it is one that you can take to the bank.

What is the SECRET for Networkers to create a LOT of MONEY in MLM?

M.O.N.E.Y. stands for:

"Management Of Negative Emotions-Yours".

DID YOU GET THAT?

Management Of NEGATIVE EMOTIONS-YOURS! In Network Marketing!

It's all about managing what is trying to manage you! It is all about contolling what is trying to control you. It is about directing what is trying to direct you and your business.

And understand this:

INFERNO Secret:

Whoever is controlling your emotions -- will control your business.

ARE YOU LISTENING?

WHOEVER is CONTROLLING YOUR EMOTIONS, CONTROLS YOU and your MLM business!

YOU ARE YOUR BUSINESS!!

Setbacks in MLM will happen and it will create major disappointment and discouragement, and you MUST not let it affect you long term. Sure, you will get down a little as you are human. That is all part of the business, but you always must bounce back. Every setback becomes a comeback.

The Setback Solution in MLM.

INFERNO Secret:

There is no disappointment so strong that 3 new Network Marketing Distributor sign ups cannot handle.

I had a Network Marketing millionaire tell me last year that she was so discouraged her first 2 years that she nearly quit 3 times, but she hung on to the dream, and learned a VERY VALUABLE Secret:

INFERNO Secret:

ALL Negative emotions are TEMPORARY, and they will subside.

Once she learned that, she knew that she was "In a Mood" and that would pass eventually and she would go to work harder than ever.

There are exceptions of course, but very few. Most new MLM distributors do go through a myriad of emotions the first year, and most never learn to control them. You must decide that what emotions would keep you down for 3 hours, will keep you down for 3 minutes. What used to keep you down for a week, will keep you down for a day. What used to keep you down for a month, only keeps you down for a week or less. Focus on becoming "emotionally quick." Every emotion that is negative quickly disappears from your life, and is replaced with a positive one.

OK.

How do you control your lows that will come in this business?

1) Talk to Your Upline about how they handled the negative emotions.

2) Read MLM books and continue to learn new ideas and concepts.

3) Ask "What is worth learning from this?"

4) Know that WHO is SUPPOSED to be in your business will be.

5) Know WHO is NOT supposed to be, will not be.

6) Let yourself grieve for a bit if you need to do that. Call someone who has been there and get some understanding from experience.

7) Get back to work asap. Work MASSIVELY to replace the one who "got away."

8) Continue to pour into your mind stories of those who have succeeded, and the tactics, strategies, and beliefs that developed that Success. Then copy those tactics, and beliefs.

Yep.

You have to control your emotions in Network Marketing, because they will determine about 80% of your first initial success, then they will determine about 80% of the rest of your success when you start your Network Marketing and MLM career.

By Doug Firebaugh

To MLM or Not to MLM

2008-07-18T22:26:00.015-07:00

Whether you want to be your own boss or you want to be handsomely rich, the internet offers great possibilities. Maybe too many!

You hop on the internet only to find yourself being pulled in so many different directions that you don't even know which way is up. Yipes! How do you go about filtering through the masses of come-ons?

Here's one? "Fabulous Income Immediately with Little or No Work!" Ooooh, goody!

I must admit, these ads appeal enormously to the greedy, lazy parts of my humanity. Fortunately I, like most of you, know that there is no such thing as being paid just for showing up. And you don't have time or money to lose?

So just how DO you proceed?

Rule 1 - Don't waste your energy and money with multi-level marketing outfits. These are the ones with a forced matrix recruitment and pay-out system.

Now I'll be the first to admit that there are some very reputable MLM companies out there. Some of them are Fortune 500 Companies and some rank high on the New York Stock Exchange and trade heavily on the NASDAQ.

However, just because the company as a whole is making money doesn't necessarily mean that YOU will make money. Too many of us have learned that the hard way.

THE MAJOR DRAWBACKS TO MLM COMPANIES

Here are some obstacles I encountered, which finally led me to abandon MLMs for good.

? MLM structures have a bad reputation. That's just the way it is. Whether the company deserves the poor reputation or not is hardly the point. The fact remains that you are working against widespread skepticism. ("Is this one of those pyramid schemes?") You're trying to swim upstream. Not wise.

? There is always a monthly purchase you are required to make, so you're losing money from day one. (Many companies try to deny the fact that there is any "requirement" to purchase anything. They conveniently sidestep the fact that you aren't eligible to earn any money unless you are making a monthly purchase.)

? It takes several "recruits" to just break even. And no sooner do you add one than another one bails out. It is a sl-o-o-o-o-w grow.

? Your eventual income directly hinges on the efforts of other people. Talk about giving away your power!

? Many MLM or forced-matrix structures are unstable and short-lived. The term "fly-by-night" springs to mind.

? I found myself focusing so exclusively on tracking down leads for the company I was promoting that I really wasn't aware of what was going on out on the big playing field where all the really creative people were carving out their piece of the pie. The internet is a much more fascinating arena once you take off the MLM blinders.

So You Want To Learn the Hard Way, Eh?

Maybe someone is twisting your arm, or Aunt Martha absolutely swears by it, or you've come across an ad that is just too enticing to pass up. Oh, dear.

Well, if you absolutely insist on going the MLM route, then at the very least observe the following guidelines.

? Make sure you're dealing with a reputable company, one that is at least 5 years old and is a member of the Better Business Bureau. Check out their history for complaints.

? What are the start-up costs? How about maintenance costs?

Don't forget that you will need to pay for advertising, which is not an insignificant expense.

? Is the product one that you can promote with pride and confidence? If you aren't wildly enthusiastic about your product, it's going to be a tough sell. It's going to be a tough sell anyway, but without enthusiasm, you're sunk.

? Does your product have global appeal? MLMs are not the place for a niche market.

? How much overhead does your product eat up? Fewer overhead costs translate into higher commission percentages. Physical products have production, packaging, storage and delivery costs. You're better off looking at digital information which incurs none of these expenses.

? Does your company supply you with state-of-the-art marketing strategies and ongoing training and support? Using internet tools is not difficult, BUT if you have never been shown what to do, it's horribly frustrating. And nobody likes to be made to feel like an idiot, so it's important to find a program that trains you in the basics.

Okay, my friend, I hope this helps.

Ultimately, I hope you go out and create something unique, something that surges up from your personal wellspring. Or maybe you'll find a product that someone else created that you're just wild about.

And then, as Zig Ziglar once told me with a twinkle in his eye, "Go out and sell sump'n!"

Regardless of how you decide to go about earning your dough, I'll always have a kind word and plenty of encouragement for you. That's my specialty. So come on over and get your motivation here: http://www.Calling-All-Entrepreneurs.com/

We'll be waiting for you?

By Rosella Aranda

Network Marketing Tips: Celebrate Your Failures - Every Failure Is A Step Closer To Success

2008-07-18T22:26:00.013-07:00

Dear friend, have you been trying and failing in every business opportunities that you have tried? Have you bought so many ebooks and still get nowhere...perhaps you have invested and lost money in many ventures, well i have a quote for you from the author of 'Think and Grow Rich'. He said..

"A man is not whipped until he quits in his own mind"

So you are not finished till you quit. Every failure is a step closer to success. Thomas Edison, the famous inventor tried over 10,000 times before he finally got his desire, the electric bulb. 10,000 failures!! What a great man he was, because he knew that...Quiters Never Win.

Why did i say you should celebrate your failures? Well, if you look around you, 90% of the people don't fail anymore which also means they never succeed.

These people have given up their future to their bosses and the government to help them with salaries and pention.

They have the so called 'job security' so they don't take any risk. They move up the corporate ladder one step at a time till they retire. They never fail because they don't take risks.

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people won't do"

You are planning to shape your financial future. You want to have more control over your life, you want to decide your income, when to go on holidays and what to do with your free time. You take business risks, you invest in opportunities, you work hard and so on.

None of those might be paying off now but if you quit looking then you are whipped. Have you heard the story of the guy that stopped 3 feet from the vein of gold because he could not be bothered to dig anymore?

Don't quit now. Keep going. When you initially started looking for opportunities you know you can do it but maybe now the self confidence is wearing out. I suggest you make an analysis of yourself to know what business is best for you. Don't be distrcted by other's resutls. If someone is making millions the easy way in a business, it does not mean you'll have the same result doing same business.

You must fall in love with what you do. Heart connection is important. Find something that sets you on fire. Find something that involves your passion. Passion first, then money will come.

Every successful people were faced with temporary defeat but they never quit. Keep going, and don't quit.

I leave you with last quote from Henry Ford, he said...

"If you think you can or you think you can't, you are absolutely right."

See you at the top.

Oh! by the way, the best way to get very very rich in this new century is through network marketing business. So to avoid many unneccessary failures check out what MLM has got to offer you.

By Aliyu Odumosu

Network Marketing Training - Secrets to Inoculating Yourself Against Negative People

2008-07-18T22:26:00.011-07:00

The Inoculation, What You Are Going to Face in MLM.

When you want to prevent something from infecting your body, what do you do? You get a shot, or an inoculation into your body.

There are many viruses and germs out there that can take away our health and create a sickness in our body which can become a real problem if not cured. We need to keep up our Physical health, and sickness away from us.

INFERNO Secret:

The same goes to our Success Health.

What is that?

When you join a Network Marketing Company, you are moving into a very focused Success Environment that demands your Success Health remain strong, as there are a lot of Negative Infections that can invade you success health from other people's beliefs and negativity. And it creates a Virus or Flu of doubt, disbelief, and eventually a cancer of failure.

Most people in this world never experience Success of any significance in their lives, and due to past conditioning, they have a very weak immune system to negative thinking and negative lives.

And when they get that Flu of mediocrity or failure-- It rarely leaves their world, and they become Infected Terminally for Success. They were not Innoculated, nor aware of the Success health problems, as they are more focused on Survival health, as most only do that through life.

INFERNO Secret:

You MUST Become inoculated from all of the negatives and failure focused thinking out in the world. You must keep your Success Health at FULL Force when you join an MLM Network Marketing Company!

How?

By understanding the INFERNO Secret of why a lot of people are negative about your business and future success. And if you understand this next Secret, you will be Inoculated from ALL Negative Thinking no matter who it is, and no matter what company you enroll in.

INFERNO Secret:

Most People do not want you to become successful and pass them by, and make them look bad.

Why?

Your Success will Mirror their Mediocrity and failures.

And it will totally render their Excuses they have been clinging to and hanging on to as a Farce.

You will have proven their excuses wrong, and it will force them to look at their life as it really is: Going nowhere as far as the Ladder of Success in Life.

INFERNO Secret:

There is something we at PassionFire call the Unspoken Understanding.

What's that? It is understood and never really spoken out loud:

If you don't mention my rut filled, talent wasting mediocre life, I won't mention yours.

And Success reveals that as it really is -- just an excuse for ACCEPTING Mediocrity in their life, and doing nothing about it.

Brutal? Yes. the Truth? Absolutely. I understand that Network Marketing is not for everyone, but a person can still pursue Success on their own path to unleash the Greatness within them.

What Do YOU DO to Become Successful In MLM?

If you are going to be successful in this business, you MUST Inoculate you and your distributors from people who will try to convince you this won't work. They will tell you that it never has, and it never will work. They will tell you that you will fail. How does an Unsuccessful person merit much attention when they won't even look at the facts of the matter?

INFERNO Question:

What Success in their Life do they have, to try to determine yours? What gives them that right to do so?

INFERNO Answer:

They have been Successful at keeping their own Success at bay, and they want to try to keep yours at bay too.

EXCEPTIONS:

There are folks out there who will want you to become Successful and be your biggest cheerleader. But this Business will be simply not for them. They will encourage you and tell you to Go for It!

These folks will be great Consumers and Referral Sources for your MLM Products.

But for the Most part, many folks will decry your joining a Network Marketing Company as a:

Silly Dream.

INFERNO BRUTAL Question:

What Life do you want to end up with? Depends on who you listen to. If you listen to someone who dared to escape the Rut Jungle, and Rat race, and dared to make 100,000 dollars a year, you have a good chance of doing just that yourself.

But if you listen to your negative friends, take a look at their life, their car, their home, their vacations, as that is where you are headed.

The MLM Leadership Secret:

Leaders never listen to any negatives as they know why they are there: to stop them.

You need to take a SHOT for the NegativeFlu out there.

You know what the word STOP stands for?

See How Others Triumphed. (SHOT).

And then copy and model their Success Focus, their Attitudes, their Habits, and Actions.

Inoculate yourself, and then your group with a FLU SHOT!

Which stands for: Forget Loser Urgings -- See How Others Triumphed!

INFERNO Secret:

Take others with you! When Folks start being Negative, ask them: How would you like to radically change your situation? I can help! As you go up the Ladder of SUCCESS, take them with you.

And your Success probably will go through the Fire of Ridicule as well, and it's normal.

If you were going to open up a restaraunt, copy shop, or a retail store, there are people who would try to talk you out of it. DO NOT LET THEM DO IT! YOU DESERVE SUCCESS!

INFERNO Secret:

YOU, and YOU ALONE, will live your life. Do not let someone else try to live it for you because what you are trying Intimidates them. Get a FluShot! And Keep your Success Health Healthy, and your Business long after you join your MLM Network Marketing Company will continue to GROW to Massive MLM Success!

Blessings....

By Doug Firebaugh

How to Network Your Home Business

2008-07-18T22:26:00.009-07:00

Finding ways to get your home business noticed has always been at the forefront of a successful home business.

With the Internet giving us all a much more level-playing field, the opportunties for getting your home business noticed by potential new customers is through a networking strategy.

There are many ways to network your business but in this article I am looking at just the one: networking through online forums.

Online forums have never been as popular as they are today. Basically, a forum is a online public meeting place of like-minded individuals who raise and discuss topics of interest.

The beauty of online forums is that you are not restricted by your location. You are potentially networking with anybody, anywhere. Some bigger forums have members into the tens of thousands from all across the world.

With so many forums to choose from it is best to select a few and dedicate your time to those, remembering that it is better to go after quality and not quantity. What I mean is that it is very easy to find 15, 20, even 40 forums that you could easily join. But you will be spreading yourself far too thin.

My suggestion is that you select at most, 5 forums and focus.

Most forums have an introduction section, where new forum members can introduce themselves. What you will want to do though is, before posting, go through the forum and get a feel for it. Notice the type and tone of the discussions. Is it dry and serious? Is it light and funny? Is it a tough and dirty place?

Once you feel comfortable with a forum start posting. Most newbies (that's what you are called when you first join up a forum) maybe hesitant to get into it, feeling they may make themselves look silly. There's no need. Most forums are very open and helpful to newbies.

Make sure you ask and answer posts as well. Don't just make a quick introduction and come back every other week, expecting leads to come your way. Visit every day, post welcome posts to other newbies, answer questions you know, even chip in with your views.

Sure enough, you will develop a reputation. Hopefully, one of a person that is helpful and knows what they're on about. This translates into an asset for your business. As you gain credibility amongst your potential market, the barriers to a successful business: building trust, are well ... being built day-in, day-out.

From a home business perspective, developing a forum strategy is a highly cost-effective way of marketing your business and building your credibility.

Conducted with a long-term view, networking via forums can lead to a strong and loyal customer base.

By Martin Neumann

Ideas On Promoting Your Home Business Opportunity

2008-07-18T22:26:00.007-07:00

Have you got yourself into a home business opportunity but don't know where to begin to generate yourself some leads? That happens among many of us that join a home business opportunity, you are not alone. Many will join and give up before really putting any effort into the business. Those who are determined will put forth effort and succeed with effort.

When you become a home based business owner, you will want to get the word out. First off, tell the people in your warm market, your friends and family and maybe even co-workers. Don't stop there. Create yourself some business cards on your computer or even order some online. Vistaprint.com offers 250 professional cards FREE of charge, you just pay the small shipping and handling fee. I have found these FREE cards very useful. What I would do is order some professional cards to hand out to those you come in contact with. Then if you can, create a bunch on your computer that you will use as drop cards. Drop cards are business cards that you leave everywhere you go. Remember, nobody will visit your site if they can't find you. The more cards you get out to the public, the better chance of getting someone interested in what you have to offer.

You might be thinking that you don't know anyone to give business cards too, well if you think that you are wrong. Include a card in everything you send out in the mail. If you dine out, leave one with your tip. Always keep a stack in your car as you just never know when you will need one. There are many places you can leave cards, the sky is the limit.

Drive your car a lot? Why not use your vehicle as a method of advertising. I did this last year by buying two magnets for each side of my vehicle's door. The magnets have a few bright colors on them, therefore catching attention. Be sure you magnet says something catchy and make sure you have ways of contact on your magnet. Be sure to include a phone number and your website link if you have one. I got mine online and very affordable at www.jalapenodesigns.com.

Another great method in generating leads is by online advertising. You got to do your research first before jumping into this one. You will find you can place ads on all sorts of websites and online newsletters. My preference would be placing ads in newsletters. Be sure that the ad is placed in your "niche" market. Don't place an ad on a site or newsletter that is not similar to your companies market. Also, when placing ads on websites, be sure to ask the webmaster what their unique daily or monthly visitors is, not the hits. Most people, not familiar to webstats will look for the hits which is not an accurate number of the visitors to a website. Remember to do your research first, there is LOTS of places online that you can WASTE your hard earned money.

One of my favorite ways on generating visitors to my sites is through online message forums and discussion groups. There are millions of forums online. The forums range from every kind of topic you can think of. Find a message forum on a topic you can relate to and become an expert in that topic. Most forums will let you put a signature line at the end of your post. You will be surprised the amount of visitors that will come to your site coming from a signature line in a post. I have been very successful with this method and have tracked my website stats to verify it. It won't bring in millions of visitors, but it's better then nothing.

And lastly, don't forget your signature line of your emails. If you send emails all the time and don't have a signature file that goes out with each email, you are losing out on lots of free advertising opportunities. If you are the type of person that receives lots of say joke emails and forwards them, you are missing out on even more advertising. You just never know who is going to see an email, see your link and click it. Don't miss out on any free advertising you can get. Every bit of effort counts.

Don't give up in the beginning like most do. If you believe in your company, stick it out. There are always ups and downs and any real business takes work and effort to build it. Find something you have a passion for and you will fly upwards.

By Stefani

Fundamentals of MLM Business

2008-07-18T22:26:00.005-07:00

MLM or Multi-Level Marketing is a home-based business. It involves the sale of a consumer product or service, person-to-person, away from a fixed retail location. As the term 'multi-level' suggests each salesperson is a part of the chain, called a distributor, a representative or a consultant depending on the company they represent. These independent sales people market products and services to customers primarily through personal relationships and one-on-one retailing.

The MLM Consultant receives a commission on each sale, and so does the sponsor who referred that consultant to the company in the first place. There are people making great money in MLM using a variety of methods. Some work exclusively online. Others work exclusively offline. Some lead with the products. Others lead with the business. But they all have one thing in common- they found something they love to do and they started doing a lot of it!

In MLM business when you refer people to your business they go on and refer others. You get paid commissions on the sales of everyone you ever refer to your MLM Company. When the people you refer go on and refer other people you get paid commissions on those orders too!

The secret of success in MLM business lies in networking. So much so that MLM is now referred to as Network Marketing. All you have to do is get people interested in not only buying the product but also selling it. Finding such people is crucial to the business. Don't worry though. It doesn't take many. Don't just think of the people you know; instead think of all the people each one of them knows.

When you join any company your sponsor will ask you to get 3 people. And you will, in turn, tell each of the three to get 3 people and so on. Soon you'll be sitting on top of a pyramid. The three in your down-line will make three each, and their nine will make three each and so it will go on multiplying. And, with every sale down the line you earn a commission. Thus, your MLM business can generate earnings for you long after your involvement in the initial sale.

That simple little business right there would be a six-figure income in just about any MLM or Network Marketing company. The fact is that once you become a member of a Network Marketing Company you'll need to find others that want to join you. This is one of the reasons why you need to make sure you find a company you really believe in. You should be able to believe in the products you promote in order to convince people to buy them.

There's a million ways to build your MLM business. Basically, you need to tap all your sources to find the right people who could be people you know or those who are interested in the product. The best MLM Consultants teach you how to do the business in a way that you like.

Multi-Level Marketing is the last real chance the average person may ever have to change their financial future and live a life with the free time and money they could only dream about before.

By Joseph Then

Network Marketing Training - The FAST Start New Distributor MLM Success Formula

2008-07-18T22:26:00.003-07:00

That is how most people want to go in this business, and rightly so.

But you have to have a system or process to get there. That is what this training is about--a quick way to get off to a fast start and make something happen.

There are 4 key components to a good F.A.S.T. Start Training, and they are:

1) First things first.

You must be trained on the first parts of the education process in this business, and those are the important points on:

A) The Company facts and details on the history and management
B) The Products and the benefits of each product plus piece points
C) The Compensation Plan and how it works and how you make money
D) Your Upline and who they are
E) Developing your product story and your business success story
F) The Paperwork and how it is done
G) The Tools that you will use to build your business

2) Action steps you will take.

What will you do once you have gone through the "First things first" part?

A) You will learn how to do your Memory Jogger
B) You will learn how to approach and contact them
C) You will learn how to Neutralize Objections
D) You will learn how to do a Presentation
E) You will learn how to Follow up and ask for the decision
F) You will learn how to retail the products

3) Start the process Step By Step.

Once you have been trained on the basics of the Action steps, you start the actual process of Network Marketing:

A) Prospect for the initial contacts
B) Contact them
C) Deliver the Message
D) Follow up with agreed plan
E) Ask for the Decision

-Prospect for the initial contacts.

This is where you choose who on your Memory Jogger will be contacted.

-Contact them.

This is where either you or you and your upline contact the names.

-Deliver the message.

This is where you either set up an appointment to go see them, get them on a conference call, or get them to try the product, or whatever else you set as the message.

-Follow up with agreed plan.

This is where you simply follow up and keep in touch with the prospect.

-Ask for the Decision.

This is where you get a decision of what they are planning on doing as far as product, business, or referrals.

This 5 step by step system is a VERY Basic and easy path to follow for the new distributor. It gives them 2 things

1) Initial Education on the basic information on WHAT
2) A Step By Step on HOW

These combined with a strong dose of MOTIVATION and LEADERSHIP will make for a HOT FAST Start training for you and your folks.

4) Then see what Path you will go with them.

Where do you go from here? Product sale? Recruiting? More Info? Referrals? Bring to a meeting? Decide what needs to be done.

Then Do it.

A FAST Start training needs to be 3 things:

1) Easy to train on

Don't complicate it?make it easy and fun, and make it easy to learn.

2) Easy to Learn

Yes, easy to learn, as if it is not, then you will only end up de-motivating and confusing many of your prospects.

3) Easy to Duplicate

THIS IS A MUST! If you do it right, and make it easy to duplicate, you will find that the training will become more and more taught as well as engaged in your group, and by your budding Leaders as well.

Get your folks off to a FAST Start with this F.A.S.T. Start training. It will create some excitement and also lots of activity.

PassionFire also has a SCORCHING FAST Start Training Manual- A HOT Start- The First 14 Days! Check it out at our online store for Success in MLM and Network Marketing.

By Doug Firebaugh

Guaranteed Tour Takers or Guaranteed Signups

2008-07-18T22:26:00.001-07:00

When you join a MLM opportunity they give you usually a couple of affiliate websites, copy of good ads, scripts to cal leads and lots of other things to help you. Then you're told to go out and tell your friends and family members about your business.

This is not how you want to build your business so you turn to the Internet. You find so many different things out there telling you to do this and do that and your business will explode. After you try a few things the only thing you got was a lighter pocket book. It takes time to learn how to recruit online and there very few that ever master it.

What even worse is down line building is a huge numbers game. Its going to take a lot of numbers just to find one good recruit because 90 to 95 percent of the new recruits wont do a thing.

Until know there's finally a solution. Automaticbuilder developed a new program called Guaranteed Tour Takers (sometimes known as Guaranteed Signups). They actually hired some top notch internet marketers to drive quality traffic to your site. You purchase Guaranteed Tour Takers in blocks of 100 and usually you will get between 5 to 15 signups. Which is excellent because most people don't even recruit one person. The best part of this new program every one can do the same thing so know you got 5 to 15 people doing the same thing. This just continues until you have 1000's of people in your down line.

By Shane Woods

MLM Training- The Secret of the Daily Success Actions of the MLM Millionaire

2008-07-18T22:23:00.025-07:00

Millionaire.

Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? We interviewed a lot of them for this Network Marketing research project, and found some interesting stats on how they perceive, and work "the numbers" in MLM.

Most people have a fantasy about becoming a millionaire in network marketing, but that's all it truly is. Just a fantasy that lays in the mind of folks that most never even try to engage.

As one number one earner said:

"The difference in me and most is that my Vision for becoming a millionaire was so crystal clear, and I didn't drive it, it drove me. It was something that was a calling almost, and it was never a fantasy, but a fanatical urging that wouldn't go away."

Hmmm.Fanatical Urging, that wouldn't go away. He said that it simply became a PASSION in his life. THAT is a CLUE to what it takes to become a big success in MLM.

Most see a fantasy, not a fanatic. As another number one earner said, "If people would get as excited about their company as they do a football game, they would be rich within 3 years."

Excitement in MLM.

INFERNOSecret:

If you are more excited about a football game than your business, you will fumble in MLM eventually.

Another top earner said, "It's amazing how people yell at baseball or softball games, and then become strangely silent about their future, as if someone else was determining it."

The sad part, someone else usually is.

What was surprising is the perception with some folks that Millionaires in MLM got "lucky," and found the right people who did the work. In rare instances that is true, but most millionaires I chatted with had a differing perspective on that, as well as the activity level that needs to be done when recruiting.

The most astonishing fact we found was that MLM Millionaires were "reality based" in understanding the TRUE numbers it takes for massive success, as most folks are Fantasy based. They think they can make 20 phone calls and get rich.

One top earner said," All I knew was I had to talk to 1000 people. That was what I was told to do. So I was on a mission to do that, and it ended up over 3000."

Now she says, "I do what I want when I want, for how long I want with my kids. It is a miracle!"

Here is a breakdown of what we found in the activity of the average, Successful, and millionaire distributor: (from over 1400 responses and interviews)

(All numbers part time. The millionaire numbers are what they averaged when they were part time. THAT will open your eyes!)

The Numbers of The MLM Study on Success. Hours worked a week: Average: 6 Successful: 12 Millionaire: 25

Phone dials a day: Average: 5 Successful: 15 Millionaire: 50

People talked to a day: Average: 1 Successful: 7 Millionaire: 15

3 ways a day: Average: 1 Successful: 5 Millionaire: 15

Presentations a week:(phone-face to face) Average: 2 Successful: 8 Millionaires: 20

Leads collected a week: Average: 2 Successful: 20 Millionaires: 50

Follow-ups a day: Average: 1 Successful:4 Millionaire: 10

Sales a week: Average: 1 Successful:3 Millionaires: 7

No's gotten in a week: Average: 2 Successful: 10 Millionaires: 25

Conference calls with guests weekly: Average: 0 Successful:2 Millionaires: 5

Number of applications weekly: Average: 0 Successful: 1 Millionaire: 4

As you can see, the part time millionaire activity level was as high as most full timers.

As you can see, activity with millionaires is much more intense that the average or even successful distributor. And in recruiting, the numbers worked were so much more.

How is your activity level? Are you close to even the "successful?"

May I suggest you be.....

Why?

Your future lies within that answer in MLM and Network Marketing!

By Doug Firebaugh

MLM Recruiting - The REAL Reasons Why People Join Network Marketing Companies

2008-07-18T22:23:00.023-07:00

If there was a way that you could guarantee to explode your MLM recruiting, and touch people in such a way that most would follow you to the moon if you went...

Would that be of interest?

Whether you are online, or offline, (and again, still, almost 90% of all recruiting takes place offline.) This article will help give you an idea that literally exploded my business once I learned it, and I was blessed with a SCORCHING recruiting ratio for years and years in Network Marketing.

What is "Recruiting Beyond the MLM Business?"

Before we get to that, let's go over what we at PassionFire call "The Empowerment Void" in most folk's lives.

What is that?

Learn This next Axiom of MLM Recruiting, and change your own life as well as others.

Most people, go their whole life without once ever being told they could truly succeed, that they had it in them to do great things, and worse, no one has ever taken the time to show them they care enough to help or show them how.

And most people today are STARVING for someone to help them get beyond where they are in life -- in debt up to their eyeballs, and going on a treadmill of repeated mistakes that they just cannot seem to break.

They are looking beyond where they are now to try to do something with their life. That's where you come in and an MLM home business.

We teach that you must in recruiting touch a person's heart before they will touch your application. People want to feel good about their life, future, and working with you.

That is why you must "Recruit Beyond the MLM Business." That's where their true interest lies, not working with you, as much as you working with them to help them get out of the "Rut Jungle" and rat race.

How do you do it?

With your Focus.

Focus on what the Network Marketing business can bring to their life, beyond the business. You must bring to their life a Vision BIGGER than the business!!! What would that be?

A Radical, Life changing, revelation so powerful they will never be the same Vision that motivates them to go on a life Changing Crusade!

Or something so simple as:

The difference in their thinking it will make.

The difference in their Personal growth it will make.

The Increase in Self Esteem it will make.

What it can bring to their life financially.

The Learning that will occur to help them in their Passion.

What they can teach their kids to give them a better chance at having a great life.

How their perception of what can happen in their life will change.

And most important: The Person they want to become, they WILL become, through the growth, maturing, and increase in ALL aspects of their life. Through what they will Learn, Ignite, and Evolve into with your Network Marketing business.

Ask them: "If you learned to handle people better, how would that help you in Life?"

'If you became a more disciplined person, would that help you in Life?"

"If you became a more Powerful communicator, what difference would that make?"

And the "5 Power Words of Vision in MLM Recruiting:

"Imagine the feeling of this:" (Name a Benefit...)

"Imagine the feeling of People being riveted to what you have to say because they want to Listen due to HOW you are saying it. How would that feel?"

"Imagine the feeling of being in a Position to have the resources to help a great friend in need. How would that feel?"

"Imagine the feeling of knowing absolutely nothing could stop you if you decided to do succeed at something. How would that help you?"

People would follow you to the moon if you are Sincere, Authentic, and Truly Care about taking the Time to help Put their Life on Track to Their Dreams and what they View as Success.

Too many people are "Recruiting Beyond Their Bank Account." They are focused on what that person can bring to their bank Account, verses what they can bring to that person's life.

True. Money drives a lot of the business. But would you rather CHASE the Money, or ATTRACT it?

MLM Millionaire's Secret.

MLM Millionaires in this Business didn't Chase the Money. It was Attracted to them. Through Helping others. (Yes, I know their are exceptions, and Mean Spirited people do exist, but as a general rule.) That is what Recruiting MagneTechs(sm) is all about.

Learning the Power of ATTRACTING Success, Not Chasing It.

And people are attracted like a magnet on steroids to a BETTER, BIGGER, and BOUNTIFUL Life.

And recruiting Beyond the Business in Summary is this:

Show How your Business can help people in their Life, with Results and benefits beyond the Network Marketing Business.

If you just caught what i just wrote, your paycheck will be growing beyond your dreams in MLM and Network Marketing Recruiting.

Blessings?

By Doug Firebaugh

Earn More and be Financially Free through Network Marketing

2008-07-18T22:23:00.021-07:00

People have been finding ways to make money to make life easier for them. Money that can help them support their lifestyles and provide for a comfortable, worry-free existence. Different approaches have been mixed with different reactions. While some are willing to take more risk than others, it is these risk takers who usually hit the jackpot. Many businesses have been founded with the pain of many burned attempts to strike it rich. When the internet boomed in the early nineties, everyone wanted to get into the action. Eventually when the hype went down, many investors got dragged along but some made a fortune. While there were some casualties, those that made success made it good because they were willing to try something new.

But still, the internet is still a good venue in making money, although not as profitable as before, one good idea can still provide you a good income. All you need is determination, self-discipline, a good product, a computer and an internet connection, a little business know how and computer literacy won't hurt either. Ecommerce has been all the buzz lately, with the convenience of the internet in bringing people closer, selling your products and services has become easier to do with large numbers of potential customers.

One of the businesses that made its mark is the network marketing or also known as the multilevel marketing. Even without the internet, network marketing became a huge hit already, albeit the different types of reaction from the consumers. In a nutshell, network marketing is a form of offering your products and services via distributors. Anyone can be a distributor, when you are one, you can get income from selling your products as well as for recruiting other distributors. You also receive commission for what your recruited distributors sell and for what their recruits sell as well. This is called the downline of the original distributor.

With network marketing, you are not dependent on others or to a boss. It's like you franchised your own line of the business. The amount you will receive depends on your diligence and commitment to your network. The more products you sell the more commission you make and the more recruits you have the more commissions you will have from them. With enough recruits, you could just wait for your commissions from their sales.

With network marketing, you get a free reign on how you run your business. Also you get financial freedom and would be able to impart these with other people. You can get your friends and family to join in on the business and watch each other grow businesswise. This is as valuable as the profits you are going to make. But like all businesses network marketing is not without its risks. There is no guarantee that it will succeed. But many have, so this all depends on your willingness and the product being marketed. Look for products that are used everyday by people. Or, try out a product that is new and innovative, try to see if it has a potential by test marketing the product or the service which is rendered. Check if you yourself would use it. You must be very knowledgeable about your product because people are going to ask questions about it, and that's good. If you get the curiosity of the people, chances are they are interested.

Network Marketing doesn't grow overnight. Be patient that is one of the beauties of network marketing. Your marketing strategy is done by word of mouth. The more people you recruit the better the chances to saturate the market with information about your product. You don't have to spend oodles of dollars for big TV ads or newsprint ads. Add the internet into the picture and you get advertising in which tens of millions of people could see allover the world.

Many people think that network marketing is wrong because you're just setting up other people to compete with you. That is not the case. What you get is a sales force and free advertising. You will still get a percentage in their sales while cutting down on your own personal selling time. Network marketing promotes teamwork, partnership and ties to the community. With Network marketing, there are no real losers.

Which MLM Opportunity?

2008-07-18T22:23:00.019-07:00

So, you have become an MLM Opportunity Seeker and you have made the decision that you want to change your life. Perhaps you have been introduced to an MLM/Network Marketing Opportunity through a family or friend, or even friend of a friend.

Amongst the barrage of information available it can be very confusing in evaluating the Best Work At Home MLM opportunity. There are so many home based MLM Opportunities out there! Choosing which MLM Business is best for you involves a process which cannot be rushed and must be a decision made amidst all the fog of hype and excitement upon which it may (usually!) be presented.

It would take a hundred pages to got through the steps needed to choosing which MLM Home Business Opportunity to be part of, and indeed there are many books already written on the subject, but I will touch on two essential points which I think are essential in choosing which MLM Opportunity to be part of, and funnily enough, they do not depend on the company itself. Don't get me wrong, the MLM company is important, but the most important aspects of choosing an MLM Opportunity is your WHY and WHO you are going to be working with.Many of the successful people in Network Marketing will tell you that in order to succeed in your MLM Opportunity, you need to have a strong enough WHY.

Why do you want to start a MLM business? Every MLM Opportunity is a challenge if you haven't got a driving force, a solid basis on why you are taking this path. If there is no desire, actually, no Burning Desire, that real forward motivation, you will not succeed in your MLM Opportunity. Why? Well building a network marketing business is a challenge and a journey. Many times in any journey we face obstacles and minor challenges, and it is our ability to manage these obstacles that allow us to reach our destination, our WHY. In Network Marketing it is easy to get discouraged and give up on your MLM opportunity once you have reached a small hurdle. So, think about WHY you want to be involved in MLM. Is it to spend more time with your kids? To have the freedom to travel all around the world? To be able to play golf when you want to? To not to have to answer to a Boss? Understanding your desires is the first step in evaluating an MLM Opportunity.

The second step is to find WHO you will be working with in building your MLM business. MLM is a new business for many of us, a new way of doing things to what we are accustomed to. Many times the people who have exposed the MLM business Opportunity are themselves just starting out in the business, hence it is essential we find somebody 'upline' who will help us, train us, coach us, MENTOR us to reach our WHY. MLM is about duplication, duplicating the success of some individual who is successful in a particular MLM Opportunity. By learning the steps in which this MENTOR has built their business, we will be able to build our business in the same way. This has been a brief overview on choosing an MLM Opportunity, and is just a summary on the factors I consider important in helping people determine which MLM Opportunity is right for them. Choosing which MLM Opportunity paradoxically almost has very little to do with what company you choose but in the dreams and desires you possess and the people who must find who will help you achieve your dreams.

By Alvin Narsey

Network Marketing Tips - Same Number of Years In The Business, So Why Different Results?

2008-07-18T22:23:00.017-07:00

The first time i went for my network marketing business training, i watched as different business builders came on the stage to tell their business success stories. What i noticed was that, leaving those that operate their business part-time out, many of them have been in the business the same number of years but achieve different business results.

First off, i'll like to make something clear to whoever is reading this. Success ladder does not get crowded at the top. The successful people at the top will not impact your own business in any way.

In MLM the harder you work, the more successful you will become. It doesn't matter how you define harwork. If hardwork means sitting at your computer table generating hot leads or standing by the corner of the street distributing flyers, as long you are getting the message out there about your business and your company products.

Whichever way you choose to run your business you will always face rejections and other types of hardships. One thing is true in this business, the more rejection you face, the more successful you will become. So i don't know any reason why you won't want more rejections everyday.

If you think little, act little, do little training, go for little training, take little rejections, it means you will achieve little results. The top earners in our business have been through hardship before they finally get the results they desire. Are you preapared to go through the same.

Network marketing business is a number game. Talk to 100 people a day, get 1. Talk to another 100, get another one. That means if you talk to 10 people a day, it will take you 10 days before you can get 1. The higher the number of people you talk to, the more successful your business becomes. That is the universal law of average.

In mail order business, the author still gets very rich with a 2-5% success rate. Even though 95 out of 100 said no to the mail, the author still gets rich. Rejections does not matter. It only means someone somewhere is waiting for you. Don't take it personally, it might not be the right time in the life of the prospect.

Get your message out there, speak to more people, and you can then guarantee yourself a long-term financial security.

Understanding The Power Of Network Marketing

2008-07-18T22:23:00.015-07:00

Terms such as Network Marketing, 'MLM', and Multi Level Marketing all refer to the same type of business model. This industry has had more than it's share of scumbag crooks and con artists that have used and abused the concept. However, if you do your homework and get involved with a legitimate network marketing organization, this business model has exceptional income potential.

Network Marketing can produce outstanding results if you know a few simple concepts, the understanding of which is critical to your success.

Network Marketing, MLM, and Multilevel Marketing are unlike franchises or conventional businesses in that they take advantage of all three of the important, yet misunderstood principles of:

1) Leverage (of Time and Money)
2) Residual Income
3) Geometric Growth Through Duplication

Unfortunately these principles are not well understood by many of the people that undertake network marketing. And that's just one of many reasons why so many fail at network marketing. There are lots of other reasons, and it would take volumes to cover them all. But this is one of the more common ones. Because if you don't comprehend and believe in these principles, it's impossible to help others fully understand and appreciate them.

First, lets look at LEVERAGE:

Every successful person or business takes advantage of leverage. There are only 24 hours in a day and no matter how talented you are or how much you get paid per hour, if you don't take advantage of leverage you're limited by the number of hours in a day. As a side note, I have heard of cases where an occasional lawyer was billing more than 24 hours per day...but, I guess that's another story. By learning to leverage your time, you can also benefit from a percentage of other people's efforts, and dramatically increase your income while creating more free time for yourself.

The unique and wonderful thing about the Network Marketing business model is that everyone has the same opportunity to become the 'owner' of his or her own business - with a fraction of the investment of time and money of a franchise or traditional business.

In network marketing the people at the top definitely have a vested interest in helping others on their team succeed.

Would you rather receive 100% of one person's efforts, or 5% of the efforts of 100 people?

Obviously 100% of one is always only ONE. But 5% of 100 is FIVE.

Not only will the total result with leverage almost always be amplified, but your income is not dependent on only one person. If your income is produced by the activities of many, it is much more dependable. Even if something unexpected or negative happens to one or more of those people, it only has a minor effect on the TOTAL production.

It's great to get paid while you're sleeping or away on vacation. That's one of the many advantages of leveraging your time.

Now, lets consider RESIDUAL INCOME:

When someone mentions residual income many people automatically think of actors or musicians.

Residual income is recurring income that you continue to receive long after the work you've done to produce it has ended. There are lots of ways to produce residual income. However, many people don't understand it, and still others have never thought about or been exposed to it.

A very simple example of residual income is interest earned on money in the bank or investments. You continue to receive this income without having to invest any more time to produce it.

Suppose you had the choice of doing a job and earning $1,000 once, or getting paid $50/month for the rest of your life...which would you choose? If you chose the $50/month you obviously "get" the concept of residual income.

Clearly, $50/month will surpass a single payment of $1,000 relatively quickly. And if it lasts for a few years, or better yet - the rest of your life - it will really be a blessing.

Residual income is certainly not about "getting rich quickly", even though with the right opportunity it's possible to produce a substantial residual income stream in a relatively short time.

Most people who fail at network marketing either choose the wrong network organization or just give up too soon and quit because they expect overnight results. It is important to recognize that the real beauty of residual income is on the back end, not the front, and that once you build it you have the financial security and time flexibility to do just about anything you desire for the rest of your life!

Last, but not least, lets address GEOMETRIC GROWTH (DUPLICATION):

The classic illustration of geometric growth is the frequently used penny-a-day example.If you save one penny on the first day, and double it every successive day, (day two you have 2 pennies and day three you have 4 pennies, and so on) how much will you have at the end of 30 days?

The answer, to the astonishment of many, is $5,368,708! Amazing, but true.

That's a simple and dramatic illustration of how networking can work. If I can teach you, I've doubled myself. If we each teach someone else, we've doubled again. As this duplication or geometric growth process goes on and on, it can produce some amazing results in a relatively short period of time, just like the penny example above.

So there you have it, understand and apply these three principles

1) Leverage (of Time and Money)
2) Residual Income
3) Geometric Growth Through Duplication

and, given sufficient time and effort, you should enjoy a successful and financially rewarding network marketing experience.

By Kirk Bannerman

MLM Network Marketing Success Secret - Own The Product

2008-07-18T22:23:00.013-07:00

Did I hear you say that these are not your products? These are somebody else's?

Well, well, they say that there is a thin line dividing success and failure.

And they also say that it's all in the mindset.

I strongly believe in these statements. Together they mean that a subtle change in the thinking pattern can transform failure into success.

Affiliate marketing or MLM network marketing has provided earning opportunity to scores of people. By all indications this form of market promotion is here to stay for a long time.

When an affiliate tries to sell a product for some one else, why would or why should people believe him? What will project him as a person whom people can trust?

Many of the affiliate programs give their affiliates web pages with affiliate links. These can be pages for sales, memberships, or simply for information. An affiliate can display these pages by various means. He remains in the background and hopes that these pre-made web pages will attract people to take a desirable action.

While this approach works in many cases, much better options are available in MLM network marketing or affiliate marketing.

What I am discussing further is for those who have decided to stay in network or affiliate marketing business for longer term and who wish to make a difference by their own efforts.

How can an affiliate influence decisions of his prospective customers? By coming out of the background and offering his opinions, reviews or recommendations. He has various means of reaching out to the interested people - articles, own website, press release, advertisements, mailing to opt-in list - to name just a few.

When the affiliate offers his views or recommendations to others and expects them to act on his call-to-action, it is imperative that he really knows about the product or service he is trying to promote. Just knowing about the product is not sufficient, he should be able to present his case with conviction, feeling and passion.

This is where "owning" the product comes in. If the affiliate doesn't like the product, he shouldn't be selling it in the first place. However, if he has decided to promote and sell the product, he needs to know the product so well that he develops a feeling for it. He can consider buying and using the product himself so that he can narrate his first-hand experience. In any case he should try to sell only those products which he truly approves. It should be as if he "owns" the product with all its merits and demerits and is prepared to vouch for its credibility.

He should project his views with true feelings and compassion as a result of his owning the product or accepting the product as his own. If he is less than sincere in his approach, it will somehow show thru and people will most likely not listen to him. True conviction can come only when he truly associates himself with what he is trying to sell.

Even when he puts his heart and soul in his presentation, not many people will believe him in first instance. He will need to develop means (such as a mailing list) to communicate with interested people repeatedly, gradually building his case and persuading them to buy. All thru this process the sincerity and conviction of the affiliate should be clearly visible.

This process has additional fallout which in my opinion is more important. The affiliate builds up his image as someone who is an expert in his field and can be trusted. This image will ensure his income in future. His credibility will be his most important asset.

He will be able to build relationship with his long term customers. This is a gradual process, may take time but creates a solid foundation for future business.

And it all started with his "owning" and endorsing the product in the first place. This is the real foundation for a successful MLM network marketing business.

By Empower

The Why Factor In Network Marketing Success

2008-07-18T22:23:00.011-07:00

In the popular Reality TV show, "Fear Factor", contestants recruited from across the USA compete in both physically and mentally challenging stunts for the grand prize of $50,000. These brave hearts dive through underwater mazes, jump from helicopters, and eat the most disgusting dishes served up with maggots, rotting cheese, pig's eyes and such. The natural question that comes to you as the viewer is, "Would I do that for $50,000?"

In fact, many contestants walk away from a chance to win the final prize out of sheer fear or disgust at the challenges. Yet the lucky winner often walks away with just a few bruises and an upset stomach but $50,000 richer than before.

The viewers get a peek into the mindset of the contestant through the answers given to the host's questions about why they wanted to be on the show. Many times it's just for the money-no surprises there- but other times there are 'more noble' reasons such as to get out of debt, pay for a child's college, or prove to other family members their stoicism.

When preparing for a stunt and during the performance itself, the host will often shout to the contestants a reminder of the prize they are working towards and their reasons for being there. This often proves a great motivator for some contestants who were about to give up.

This may just be Reality TV but there are many lessons here that can be applied to having a successful Network Marketing career. Just from viewing a few episodes of "Fear Factor" it becomes obvious that there are many contestants who entered just for the chance to be on television. Elimination at the first round is inconsequential because they would have accomplished their 'dream'. In the same way, there are many people who join a MLM opportunity just for the fun of it. They have no set goals, plans or burning desire to succeed. This is a sure recipe for failure.

Your chances for success in Network Marketing are only as strong as your "why". When faced with the challenging moments it's your "why" that will keep you going.

Even though money is a great motivator I can boldly suggest that it's not enough. Just think about it: we don't really need more money just what that money affords us. In fact, the most important things in life-family, health, love, freedom-can't really be bought. There is many a rich man who would pay his entire fortune to regain his health sacrificed to gain his wealth.

At the same, time there are many people who continue working into their retirement years because they enjoy the work even more than the monetary reward. Money is a lot, but it's not all.

Here is where goal setting becomes paramount because your goal is intimately attached to your reason for doing the business. If your 'reason why' is to get your kids through college then your goal will be proportionate to that reason. When obstacles get in your way then these setbacks are measured against your ultimate goal and your priority will become apparent in whichever wins: your goal or the temporary setback.

Many people approach network marketing with a lottery mentality. They hope that their investment will luckily pay off in some grand stroke of luck. But no business works that way. A good sponsor versus a recruiter understands their people's "why" and can use it to help them achieve focus and a long term plan. A strong "why" becomes like an anchor that sees network marketers through the highs and lows of doing the business. As Winston Churchill said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm".

We are often charmed and inspired by the 'rag to riches' story of people who overcame great odds and abject poverty to become very wealthy. What drove these people to financial success were not so much the prospects of wealth but the disgust with poverty. They hated their situation and they converted this hatred into a positive force that motivated them to take action. There was no looking back because they were too familiar with what was behind them.

History is replete with stories of people who overcame great odds to excel in their fields. Only recently, Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the seventh consecutive time despite his battle with cancer. Did you know that Beethoven was deaf and John Milton was blind?

A classical example of the results of having an unconquerable "why" is found in the life of one of greatest presidents of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. He failed as a business man, a farmer and in his first attempt to obtain political office. When elected to the legislature he failed when he sought the office of speaker. He failed in his first attempt to go to Congress. He failed when he sought the appointment to the United States Land Office. He failed when he ran for the United States Senate and failed when friends sought for him the nomination for the Vice-Presidency in 1856. But he was finally elected president in 1860.

Passionate desire and a strong will to succeed in spite of obstacles are far more important than raw talent. In network marketing it's not the gifted leader or speaker that reaches the pinnacle of success but ordinary people with extra-ordinary "whys," they MUST succeed.

Unlike in the "Fear Factor" TV show, to succeed in your own business you won't have to jump out of moving helicopters, eat beetles and slugs or walk a tight rope stretched between thirty-story buildings, but you must possess the same passion of a $50,000 winner. The great thing about Network Marketing is that there is room for more than just one winner ? and $50,000 is a joke when you really consider the number of millionaires this industry has produced.

So how strong is your "why"? Your answer to this simple question will determine your success in this home business venture more than any other single factor.

By Greg Aldrich

Network Marketing Tips - Helping Strangers First Makes No Sense

2008-07-18T22:23:00.009-07:00

Network Marketing business is the opportunity of the 21st century and we have accepted that by joining the business. After we signed up for the business opportunity or simply to buy our products at a lower discounted price, we are told to make a list (200-2000 names) of people that we know.

Many new people in the business don't want to go throught this process. They find it hard to approach those they have relationship with. You will hear different excuses why they cannot approach them until they have started to make enough money. Is that understandable? No. Should you start from approaching people that don't know you? No.

Your mindset will either make or break you. Wrong mindset will kill your business very fast.

Imagine this, millions of people around the world want a change in their life. Millions are not happy with their income. Millions are seeking personal freedom and better lifestyle, better health, material things, time and money to enjoy the basic needs of life and so on. They need us. They need network marketers to show them the way to achieve these things. They need us far more than we need them (not really true :-))

I see many business builders using wrong approach, and wrong mindset, to build their business. Most business builders feel as if they are about to rob a prospect off of their money by telling them to sign up for the business. You don't have to feel inferior talking to anybody about our great industry no matter their status, unless they have already became very rich and have all the time in the world to enjoy their wealth. if any of 'enough time' or 'enough money' is missing, then you still have a upper hand.

We help people. We change lives. If you have that kind of mindset you won't have to worry about who to approach and who not to approach. You will build your confidence with the right attitude and mindset.

So why does it not make any sense helping strangers first? The answer lies in the fact that we help people change their lives. If you are given a chance to save either your friend or a complete stranger, who would you choose? I don't know about you but for me, it'll be my good friend.

The people in our circle of influence trust us and will do anything to make us happy. They will be easier to convince, if they are ready to listen to our business presentation, than a complete stranger.

Try help them out of their financial situation. In network marketing business we get rewarded for helping people. The more people you help, the richer you become. Make your warm contact list and go for it.

By Aliyu Odumosu

Network Marketing Training: The MLM Millionaires Big 3 MLM Recruiting Secrets

2008-07-18T22:23:00.007-07:00

I have never had such a response to anything in these articles like we have had with this PassionFire study on Millionaire Recruiters.

WOW! And we have been swamped with emails for copies of the study. We may release it at a later date, but we appreciate the kind interest and comments.

This article we are going to cover:

"The MLM Millionaire's Big 3 Recruiting Secrets."

All the Millionaires which I chatted with and interviewed had their own flair and processes, which is what makes Network Marketing great. The different nature of the education one can get is immense.

But after interviewing them and seeing what they all had to say, there were 3 commonalities between them all as far as what they focused on and how they saw things.

Millionaires in this business are different. VERY Different.

In their work ethic, focus, activity level, belief and determination to make things happen, and they make things happen all the time.

But 3 things really stuck out about them all, and it really made an impression on us to find out that they perceive things differently than the average network marketing distributor.

That is the reason they became Millionaires. And they should be modeled in most every aspect.

The "Big 3" MLM Secrets that we discovered. 1) "Millionaires don't wait for something to happen, they are too busy MAKING something happen."

One top earner from JAFRA told me that she took her new folks by the hand, and led them down a path that was all about activity and results. She didn't wait on them to go do something. She took them and DID something WITH THEM. (DID YOU GET THAT?)

Another number one earner told me that he gets his distributors to "hit the ground running, because they have to keep up with me!" This number one earner said that he NEVER waits for his phone to ring. He goes out and MAKES it ring from all that he does with his folks and his personal recruiting.

Another number one earner said, "This is NOT a waiting game. It is a WINNING game, and the average MLM distributor plays the waiting game. But not my people. We are focused on winning at recruiting, and let the others who wait get the crumbs we leave."

WOW! What an attitude and focus! This Intensity at making something happen permeated every Millionaire we chatted with, no exceptions. And many folks who we chatted with were constantly interrupted with 3 way calls on their cell phones and pages.

Their whole demeanor said: MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN!

2) "Millionaires don't count the calls, they only count the applications."

I was amazed at the numbers that these folks ran even when they were part time.(We covered this in another article). And we discovered that MLM Millionaires don't count the calls, rarely if ever.

As one millionaire so aptly put it, "Count the calls? You gotta be kidding. I just call till I score." Asked if he had any notion of how long he sits and makes calls-- "All night if neccessary, doesn't everybody?"(DID YOU GET THAT????)

MLM Millionaires see what they do as the Norm and not anything special. They just call and keep calling, never minding or caring about the numbers, only waiting till they "score" and recruit someone.

The Power of ENOUGH in Network Marketing and Direct Sales.

As another top earner said, "I'm too busy making phone calls to count how many I have made. I am only interested in one number -- ENOUGH. And I know I have hit that when I have recruited someone, and I do nearly everyday."

ENOUGH? You gotta LOVE IT! What Focus! What determination. Is it any wonder she earns 100,000 a month? I hope you guys are GETTING THIS!

3) "Millionaires see Negatives as the Ultimate Positive"

As one number one earner said, "Negatives? WHAT negatives? I never get any. I only get an answer and that answer from my prospect is either "I GET IT" or "I DON'T GET IT". And if they don't, who cares? I got it, and that is all that matters! And I will find those who DO get it!"

Again, DID YOU GET THAT?? What a focus and perception! A top earner for Mary Kay said, "There is nothing but positive with recruiting. Either people are POSITIVE about this business, or I am POSITIVE I don't want to work with them."

WOW! What a great mindset and it is no wonder she earns a TON of money every year. To her, there are NO negatives.

There are people Who are NOT for MLM.

One female top earner for a company said, "The real winners in MLM understand that there are more people who are NOT for this business, then are. And Millionaires get rich by NOT caring who is or who isn't for the business. It doesn't matter. All that matters is they MUST find one who is, today."

As you can see, the "Big 3" that all MLM Millionaires had in common in many instances border profound.

I would suggest you start embracing these 3 principles that ran through all the interviews, and start modeling their Focus, Mindset, and Vision they have for their business.

It is called "The MLM Millionaire Perspective, " and it's worth a Million Dollars in MLM and Network Marketing.

By Doug Firebaugh

Invest In Yourself, Invest In Your Future

2008-07-18T22:23:00.005-07:00

Commonly held wisdom tells us that it is a very good idea to save 10% of what we earn.

Many popular authors of financial self help books explain in great detail that after 20 to 30 years this 10% savings can likely help you retire from your day job. In fact, you probably know of such people that live in your neighborhood that have paid themselves first in this manner and over the years amassed considerable wealth.

If you are able to sit down today and adjust your living expenses so that you can live on 90% of your income to start saving 10% you are fortunate indeed. Especially if you happen to live in an urban area where the cost of living is continually increasing. Additionally, if you, as many people do, already give regularly to a local church or charity 10% of your present income that will only leave you with 80% to budget.

Most people think such a savings strategy to be extremely difficult if not impossible to follow. However if you read more closely to the advice given by popular authors, they are trying to tell you that you should use some of the 10% you are saving to improve your skills so you can earn more. Their message is to continually improve your earning ability in order to increase the amount you can earn.

Nobody expects NEVER to get a raise or earn more money. They may not believe that this could happen any time soon at their current job but certainly they realize that their life's ambitions are not limited by their current situation. Unfortunately when they sit down and attempt to map out a financial strategy to get ahead they usually forget a basic fundamental economic principle. Learning new skills always means the ability to earn higher wages.

Even in something as simple as weaving carpets there are lousy cheap polyester carpets and very expensive Persian wool rugs. Some created by lousy carpet weavers at minimum wage. Other's created by expert carpet weavers that have studied their craft and honed their skills in modern factories.

Most people think earning more money means that they have to have a second and third and maybe even fourth job. How depressing! What they really need is an opportunity to earn more income and then have the income grow exponentially. In financial terms this type of income is usually called residual income.

When you go to an investment advisor they always like to explain that if put X dollars in an investment and reinvest the interest then it will begin to grow exponentially. If you practice this type of investment strategy it can lead to a very large sum after 20 years. Especially if over those years you contribute monthly a small amount to cause the principle to grow.

Network Marketing is a business opportunity that can lead to exponential income growth or residual income. You begin by starting a part time home based business usually called an independent distributorship that earns income by recommending the products to others and earning commission income on those referrals.

The key to exponential growth in Network Marketing that is important to understand is simply this: You always introduce the business opportunity to others when they buy the products because you are expecting to find some people who will also be interested in the business opportunity. Those people you train to do the same as you are doing. Recommend and introduce.

By sponsoring new distributors and teaching them to do the same a downline is created. Network Marketing companies pay a percentage of the retail cost of the products back to the distributors. This percentage is divided up amongst the distributors who had a part on recommending the products up to 8 levels deep in the downline. Like the interest investment, the goal is simply to continue recommending the products to others and training those whom you sponsor as new distributors to do the same. This activity ensures that you will experience exponential growth in your organization.

Over time this simple duplicatable activity will lead to a very large group of people who are doing the same work of recommending the products every day in your organization. Over time this also can lead to very large commission cheques because of the exponential growth.

By investing in yourself a small portion of the 10% savings to learn the art of network marketing you will have a new skill. This new skill will allow you to over a few short years to establish a business owned by yourself that's income is only limited by the number of people you introduce the business to as well as train them to do the same.

Since there are considerable tax advantages to owning a home based business you should also consult a tax consultant for information for your province or state. Usually the tax savings amount to over 10% of your income so if you're careful you can create a business that breaks even in the first month.

Success is not hard. It just takes a bit of work focused on the right activities, activities that create income.

By Ted Sullivan

Network Marketing Business Tips: Put the Law of Average in Your Favor

2008-07-18T22:23:00.003-07:00

Network marketing is a number game. The higher the number of people you speak to, the better you become, and the bigger your organisation becomes. When you speak to many people, you will get different sorts of rejections and objections. As long you keep learning from this objections, you will be able to turn any negative objections in your favour. The law of average will then start to apply.

If you do something often enough, a ratio will start to appear. The ratio increases as you practice even more. The ratio increases to a point where it remains constant.

For example, when you start to speak to prospects in network marketing business, it may take 20 prospects to get 1 who is interested in changing their life. That is a ratio of 1 in 20 people. As you practise even more, you get to a point where you will be able to get 2 out of 20. Then 3 out of 20, then 4. As you continue talking to more people, without letting rejections and objections hold you back, the ratio will continue to around 6 out of 20 people.

When you get to this level, nothing can stop your business being very successful. You will be on your way to reaching the top of success ladder. The important thing is that you should make up in number what you lack in skills. You don't have to worry about other business builders who have super sales or recruiting skills. Take time to learn from them but don't wish you were like them. You should make up in number what you lack in skills.

If the super salesman can get 18 out of 20 prospects and you can only get 2 out of 20, if you compete with the super salesman you can still beat him. How? You make up in number what you lack in skills by speaking to more people. If you speak to 100, you will get 20. You beat him.

You should always get your message out there. Don't prejudge anyone you should or should not speak to in this business, because you never know whose time is right to take a look at your business opportunity. Once someone's time is right, you will not need any special skills to convince them to see the opportunity that is lurking in network marketing business.

You should prepare different presentations for different situations and commit them to memory. You will need 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes and 1 hour business presentation scripts. You will have to commit them to memory because you will need to use the same scripts for everyone you appraoch. Don't make mistakes of trying to adjust your scripts to suit everyone. You never know what part of your presentation will get your prospect's attention. Use same business presentation for everyone. More important, repetition is the master of all skills.

Put the law of average in your favour. Speak to as many as possible daily. Speak to everyone no matter their status, you never know if the time is right in their life. Once you undestand that not everyone join network marketing business for the monetary benefits alone, you will have the right mindset to approach anyone no matter what you assume is their current financial status .

Get your message out there, talk to everyone, everywhere. You don't know who is looking for opportunity. If you get a NO, brush it off by saying...

"Some Will, Some Won't, So What? Because Somewhere Someone Is Always Waiting"

Network Marketing Does Not Only Build Serious Business, It Also Builds You

2008-07-18T22:23:00.001-07:00

Network Marketing is an easy way for an ordinary person to build a massive worldwide business. The business you build is just like any other business but with many of the hassles removed.

You have a group of people who work directly and indirectly for you but they are not employees, you have many products or services for sale just like in any other business type and you continue to market and advertise your products just like in other business types.

The only difference is that in network marketing business you are free from warehouse, payroll, huge capital investment, office rent and other hassles traditional type of business can bring. You are left with a pure and practical way of building a successful business very fast. All you will ever need to bring to the table is...YOU.

Even though the company may supply you with the best tools and systems in the industry, without the 'YOU' factor you will not succeed. It starts from within. You have to beleive in the industry. You have to believe in yourself that you can be successful in the industry.

The 'YOU' factor is the most important ingredient you can take to any business. In network marketing, if you lack qualities of an entrepreneur/leader, your sponsors/uplines are always there to help you to build the 'YOU' factor. Network marketing business is a business where people help one another to succeed in life.

Ask anyone that has been in the business for a long time and they will tell you that the most important benefit of network marketing business is that it can build a new 'YOU', It can make you a person that succeeds in any venture in life. Once you are built into a strong, positive and optimistic person, you can assure yourself of success whatever you do. That alone is more than the monetary benefits of network marketing business.

The weekly/monthly training, the success news you get through newsletters, weely goals setting, time management training, financial training, leadership training, and so on can make YOU a better person. Once you learn how to get out of your comfort zone few times, you'll notice how massively your life has changed. You'll not only notice within you, but also on your pay check :-)

So if you are still considering joining network marketing business, i suggest you go for it for this benefit alone. Take it as your life training school and very soon you'll thank yourself for making that decision.

By Aliyu Odumosu

MLM and the Internet, What A Perfect Match!

2008-07-18T22:21:00.017-07:00

In the good old days back in the 80s, MLM distributors build their business the hard way. Things were difficult. People's impression of network marketing business as a scam made it worse and lead generation had to be done through the crude 'friends and families' way...

Ten years later things have changed. Many skeptics have seen ordinary people build a successful home based business and they have joined in too, and most important, the internet was introduced.

The introduction of the internet was a major progress in network marketing industry. Not only that it makes it easier to build business, the time it takes to have a four figure downline has reduced dramatically too. The internet is a very important tool to have in MLM business. With internet, you can have a worldwide customer base, a worldwide business partners, you can generate leads that are interested in your product or business opportunity and most important, advertising is cheap compared to doing it offline.

Internet is a form of leverage. You can do a lot with very little time and effort. It can bring targetted leads for you all day for the business opportunity and for the product sales. Without those two lead types you cannot build a successful business.

Although many people still use the 'friends and families' approach to jump-start their business and i am not against using that elementary method but many experts have used the cold market only to build an empire through the use of the internet.

The good thing about the type of lead generated from the virtual world is that it is very targetted and moreover, you are not chasing them but they are chasing you to find out more about your business.

There are still many MLM companies out there that have not implemented the use of this amazing leveraging tool. They are doing a great disservice to their distributors and even to themselves since the success of their distributors is proportional to the success of the company as a whole.

Many crude methods that were used in the old time have been replaced by the use of the internet, example of those methods include;

1 Home Presentation - Home presentation has been replaced by online presentation where the prospect can view a complete video/audio presentation and have full understanding of the business opportunity. The prospect may also request online for a CD/DVD presentation to be posted to them for free. This kind of approach has only been possible since the birth of the internet.

2 Training and Support - In my MLM organisation our communication system is second to none. We receive all current news as they are breaking through daily newsletters from uplines. We also have a program called Trainex which enable trainer/sponsor to interact with downline's computer as if he's there beside him/her so he can show him/her how to use the different programs that make our business simple. This makes building international business possible since you wont have to travel long distance to show your distributors what they need to learn to build their business. This is only possible because of the power of the internet.

3 Uneffective Advertising - Advertising on the internet is cheaper and more effective than advertising in national newspapers. it is also easier to track what is working and what is not working online.

Network marketing business is...building a business without the hassle of building a business. You must have fun while doing it and it must not cost you arm and leg. The implementation of a powerful form of leverage, the internet, is very important so that you will take less time and build a strong worldwide business from the comfort of your home.

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By Aliyu Odumosu

Network Marketing Tips

2008-07-18T22:21:00.015-07:00

Network marking is the ordinary person's best opportunity to make extraordinary income. Well-known author, Robert Kiyosaki says ethical network marketing businesses are like business schools. They teach people the power of building their own business

Find the Best Business Opportunity

Believe that the business opportunity you have, is the best ever home based business. If you are currently in an organization that you do not believe in 110 per cent then find something else. If you are not excited to get out of bed every day and grow your business, then find another business. If you do not belief in the products you sell and are not using them, then find another business opportunity.

Have a Business Vision

You must have a Vision of where you want to be in 5 years time. Have written goals and plans of how and when you will attain your Vision. Read your goals and vision statement at least daily. Have both long term and short-term goals.

Stay Focused

There are many distractions when working from home. Have a weekly meeting with yourself. Ask yourself if you have done all you could to grow your business. If you were your employer, would you have you back again next week?

Be Consistent

Ensure your plan and goals are realistic. Be sure you are following your plan. Have a written list of your daily activity. If your plan is to talk to 5 people a day and you only talk to 4, then commit to talking to 6 tomorrow. Don't finish work until you achieve your goals for that day. Do not compromise.

Have Faith in Yourself

Sometimes this means blind faith. Believe you will succeed and you will. Mark Hughes, the founder of our organisation, says 'fake it until you make it'. Act as if you are already well established and wealthy. America's leading philosopher, Jim Rohn says that you need to work harder on yourself than you do on your business and you will reach your goal.

Customer Care

Care more about your customer and their satisfaction than you do about the money you make. Follow up customers to ensure they are happy with the products/services you provide. Take a personal interest in them. Your excellent service and caring attitude will bring you repeat business and many referrals.

Empower Your Down Line

Care more about your down line that the money you make from them. Take time to know what their goals and dreams are. Concentrate on working with them to achieve their goals and build their business. This will automatically build your business?

Have a Fantastic Attitude

Work at deleting negative thoughts from your mind. Change your self-talk. Use positive language. Make a commitment to yourself that you will never complain about other people. Work toward having a reputation of a person who always sees the glass as being overflowing Be respectful everyone you come in contact with.

You will not make your fortune in your first week in business. Work constantly on reaching your goals. Focus on your vision, be consistent and follow your plan. Change it if it is not working. Continually improve your attitude. Remember failure is not an option.

By Cheryl Haining

Child-like Confidence will Build Your Network Marketing Business

2008-07-18T22:21:00.013-07:00

You learned most of what you know in your first few years of life. We can gain insight into improving our current situation by observing the behavior of young children. They believe in themselves, nothing is impossible. Their dreams and their reality mesh easily.

Children are Accepting

Children go to a park as individuals. Within 5 minutes they have made friends with some of the other children in the park. They talk and interact with no inhibitions. They trust others will be welcoming of the. They are not concerned about rejection.

Be child-like. Talk to people you meet about your business opportunity. Offer your opportunity to everyone. Do not judge them. Do not decide what category they fall into. Leave it for them to make the decision. Share your story with everyone.

Run Toward your Fear

Children are unaware of fear. They never consider "will they like me" "Will I look foolish" "What will they think of me" They are upfront and straight- forward. Recently I observed 4 young boys peeing in a park. One asked the other "Are you a boy or a girl" He replied, "I am a boy." There was no embarrassment. The first boy was not told that was a dumb question. We can learn a lot from the innocence of children.

We learn by asking questions. Ask people if they are interested in learning more about your business. Ask more experienced people how they run their business. The more you learn the more you can share with others. Children do not experience fear. Your fear is your growth coming to meet you. Step forward and shake fear by the hand. You will be amazed at how much more you can do. As you grow so your fears shrink.

Be a Product of Your Failures

Watch a child taking their first steps. They totter and fall. Then they try again, they keep trying until they can walk! If you do not try, you will not fail. But you will not learn. We grow from our mistakes. Be brave enough to take a risk. If it is a wrong decision learn from it. If it is a correct decision you will move forward. Children learn and grow so rapidly in their first few years.

There is no failure except the failure to try. Don't regret the risk you did not take. Commit yourself to moving outside your comfort zone every day. Success is a numbers game. The more effort you put in the better results you will have. The more 'no's you receive, the closer you are to a' yes'. If you are not failing you are not working hard enough.

Children Soak up Knowledge

You eat three times a day to be nourished. You must read three times a day to be wise. Exercise and nourish your body and your mind and you will achieve greatness. Spend at least one hour a day on some form of personal development. For your business to grow, you need to grow. Be child-like in your willingness to listen to new ideas. Children are positive in their acceptance of new ideas. Adults often put up barriers to new/ different ideas. They say "That will never work", before they even try. Be willing to try new concepts, try out innovative ways. You will be well rewarded for your openness to change.

Take time to study children's behavior. Regain their joy in life. Learn from their self confidence. Accept new ideas. Don't listen to your fears. Build your business with a child-like confidence in your abilities. Your life and your business can grow as rapidly as children do.

By Cheryl Haining

MLM Pyramid Misunderstanding, Its Actually Inverted and Fair

2008-07-18T22:21:00.011-07:00

Many people that bad mouth MLM industry use the pyramid structure to give impression that it's a scam type of business whereby the people at the top earn all the money while people at the bottom earns few hundred dollars. Can you spot something? I'll show you...

The above is only true in traditional business. Those big businesses you see everyday, and where you are currently employed.

MLM business pyramid structure is inverted. How? Well, people in network marketing business starts from the bottom and have a chance of climbing to the top where there is a lot of space for as many as possible that are ready to work hard and commit 3-5 years to reach the top.

In an inverted pyramid structure, the space at the top is enormous. Climbing to the top does not create competition among others who are already there. Same is not true in traditional business pyramid structure. The space at the top is very limited and it's only lucky employees or those with extra talent and education that get to the top of the structure.

It takes many years to reach the apex of the traditional pyramid structure while in MLM business you can get to the top of the pyramid in less than 5 years.

In traditional business, you become a liability to the company by climbing to the top because of the increase in income. In MLM business pyramid, you become more valuable to the company and to your leader by climbing the struture no matter how much you earn. That is why MLM leaders are more than happy to help you climb the struture quickly, and you do that while having fun building your business from the comfort of your home.

Lastly, MLM inverted pyramid allow you to earn more income than your leader who introduced you to the business. You get paid according to the effort you invest in your business, unlike traditional business whereby people at the top that do little earn the big checks and it is not possible for people at the bottom to earn more than those at the top. Is your salary more than your manager's? I guess not..

Now that you have read this far, which of the pyramid do you think is unfair?

By Aliyu Odumosu

Network Marketing Success - The ULTIMATE Success Understanding in MLM

2008-07-18T22:21:00.009-07:00

There is a question that determines probably 80% of your Ultimate MLM Success. And whether you understand it or not, may determine a lot of what happens to your business in the future as well as how your prospects respond to you.

What is this Million Dollar Question?

Do you know what business you are REALLY in?

Most folks in MLM would probably answer:

"Nutrition, Telecommunications, Make up, Wholesale Purchasing, legal products,skin care,weight loss," etc. Even some might answer "people business", or "marketing," or even a form of product distribution.

All of these answers are correct, but show the limited understanding of most people in network marketing.

Some people might even answer that we are in the "dream" business, which to some degree holds some truth. Others might answer that we are in the "talking" business, as we talk to people. And still, others might answer that we are in the "Leadership" business, which again, is partly correct.

But we are looking for another understanding:

The Ultimate Understanding.

This alone, if understood, would dramatically increase your Network Marketing results, and paycheck

Most of the answers you would get from the average MLM distributor lack the true understading of what business you are in in Network Marketing. It would be like working as a personal trainer in a gym, and thinking you are in the sore muscle business.

But understanding which business we are in is EVERYTHING, as your approach to this business will ultimately lead to what is felt by the prospect.

Many folks are confused as to what business they are in, so the confusion is heard in their words and felt in their actions. If you are somewhat confused, this confusion can be heard in your voice, felt in your presence, and seen in your eyes, and it radiates like heat. You are just not aware of it, while your prospect totally is.

Let's be real:

If you were working at any company, and you didn't know what business they were in, would you last very long if you did not find out? Would you be able to function in the capacity that you needed to?

It is the same with Network Marketing. If you don't "get it", then the prospect never will, for they will feel the lack of focus on your part, and be hesitant to follow you, and you will not be able to function as effective as you need to due to your lack of total understanding of what we really do in Network Marketing and MLM.

So what business are we REALLY in?

The MLM Leaders know they are in the business of :

"Touching and Changing People's lives."

That's it.

You are a "change agent", a lot like a real estate agent. Real estate agents market properties and homes, and you market change and growth. And that means you also are an agent to help create change and growth in people's lives in ways that they never thought possible, with your products and business. And you can help improve their life, lifestyle, and future dramatically.

And your focus, and ULTIMATE GOAL is to change lives so you can INCREASE, EXPAND, ENLARGE and EMPOWER their lifestyle, hopes, and dreams.

Those actions of Increase, Expand, Enlarge, and Empower are what we call the "Power Four", as they are what we all want in and out of life, in some format.

If you understand what business you REALLY are in, then every action you take will have such a greater impact, and a greater chance for Success. This understanding does something that is a MUST in Network Marketing:

It puts your Network Marketing prospects FIRST, including their interests, and dreams they have for their life. If your prospect senses that you are there to GIVE to their life instead of TAKE, they will be drawn towards you, and compelled to listen to you.

If you do focus on touching and changing people's lives, and not just selling or recruiting, you can become Super Rich in MLM and Network Marketing.

blessings...doug

PassionFire Intl

http://www.passionfire.com

By Doug Firebaugh

Tips for Success in Network Marketing

2008-07-18T22:21:00.007-07:00

Network marketing has a fantastic range of business opportunities. First find the best business for you. Then write down your goals. Next decide on your time lines to reach your goals. With known goals and timelines you can build a written plan for your business.

Have a Written Plan

An airplane uses most of its' fuel at take off. Network marketing is similar. You need to put in a huge effort to get your business off the ground. If you remain consistent in your efforts your home business will fly. If you are inconsistent you will be stopping and starting. You will use up so much fuel on each take off that you will burn out before you reach cruising level. Don't finish work until you achieve your goals for that day. Do not compromise.

Follow your written plan. Draw a line down the side of your diary page. Mark non negotiable times. For example when you will do Personal Development, follow up calls, advertising and for how long. Stick to your time limits. Also write down the things that you must achieve for the day. This gives you a visual reminder of your Daily Method of Operation (DMO). This is a simple way to keep a daily check on your time management skills.

Plan Your Time Wisely

Decide on the areas of your activity that give you the most return. Continually ask yourself "Is this activity directly and positively related to retailing or recruiting? Don't lose your self in the unimportant activities. Remember the 80/20 rule. This states that 80% of your business will come from 20% of your work, 20% of your customers will provide 80% of your sales. So it is imperative that you concentrate on the 20% and do not getting lost in the 80% that is not important. Structure your time so that it is invested where you achieve the best rate of return for your home based business.

Realize that we all have a continual responsibility to grow, learn and improve ourselves. Commit yourself to at least 1 hour of personal development a day. This can be fun and easily achieved. Always have a positive cd/tape playing in your car. When you do gardening, housework or exercise, make sure you are listening to personal development tapes/cd's at the same time. Don't make it a chore. Make it a fun and integral part of your day. How your business will grow is directly related to your personal growth. You need to work harder on yourself than you do on your business.

Treasure Your Down Line

In order to build a successful network marketing business you need to build a great down line. Give them confidence and belief in themselves. Show them you believe in them more that they believe in themselves. Care more about their business than you do about your own. Encouraging their success will automatically build your business. Give the most time to the people who deserve it, not those that want it.

It things are not going right don't blame your down line. Look in the mirror and find where you could have done it better or differently. If you take this approach you will have a strong team with a high retention rate.

Therefore choose the best business opportunity for you. Take responsibility for your business. Have written goals and a realistic plan. This plan will lead you to your goals. Continually work on self-improvement. Caring for your down line will build a strong organisation. Follow this advice and watch your home based business soar.

By Cheryl Haining

Traditional University or MLM University? You Choose

2008-07-18T22:21:00.005-07:00

Time moves very fast and time is money, as they say. When people seek other types of knowledge in life, such as general knowledge acquired from traditional schools, colleges and universities, they are prepared to wait and spend 3-7 years before they can see result they seek such as grades and Degree.

Unfortunately, people cannot wait such long years to learn life skills. Everyone wants success now!

Think about it for a minute, the benefits you will derive from the time spent in traditional university where you spend 3 years cannot be compared to the enourmous benefits you'll gain from attending MLM university.

Network Marketing business should be treated as if you are attending a university. In this university, you'll learn so many skills such as entrepreneural skills, financial skills, leaderships skills and so on. You'll also learn other life skills and personal development skills. Do all these success skills worth 3 years of your life?

All the skills required to survive in MLM business cannot be learned in few months in the business, just like a university degree cannot be earned in less than a year.

The slow and steady accumulation of wealth while learning all these skills that will help you build a successful worldwide business is worth 2-3 years of your life.

Many successful MLMer set themselves long-term goals alongside short-term goals and are not in a rush to acquire a million dollars few months into the business. Don't get me wrong, it's possible to set high goals and achieve them but the impression of joining MLM to make fast bucks should be removed from a new distributor so that they can have a great start.

It is in your best interest to prepare new distributors to be ready to commit at least 2 years with serious hard work and dtermination to succeed. And the good thing about MLM university is that you earn as you learn and the income continues to grow.

The reward and difference between spending 3 years in MLM university and in traditional university can be seen on the pay-check after the 3 year period. Please bear in mind that general knowledge acquired in university is equally important but the point i am stressing here is that in order to avoid false expectation of income potential of the business, it's important to prepare new distributors of what to expect and the time it'll take to be a graduate in the business.

Set short-term goals, mid-term goals and long-term goals, with hardwork and commitment you will never have to look for jobs after your graduation from MLM university.

By Aliyu Odumosu

The First Step To Massive Success Is Personal Development

2008-07-18T22:21:00.003-07:00

A man with doubtful mind, lack of self confident, inaction, lack of persistence and determination if given the best proven tools and systems for success will still fail. Success comes in three 3 steps. These 3 steps must be in order for a man to have anything in life.

These steps are BEing, DOing and HAVing. The BE must always come first. You cannot DO anything about wealth accumulation until your whole body is aligned. Personal development is important in wealth accumulation. You must belief in yourself, and must belief you are worth of being wealthy. Like magnets, the constituents must be aligned in same direction for it to attract other materials. So is the human mind attract wealth once you are ready in your mind. With a burning desire for success you can have anything you ever want.

One way of developing your BE part is reading inspirational books. Others include daily affirmations, listening to inspirational tapes, attending trainings and business seminars and so on. Affirmations works wonders. By repeating to yourself positive words, your subconscious mind takes these words to be true. You will see positive things happening in your life by using daily affirmations.

Personal development should never be stopped. No man reaches the limit of his mental growth. Attend training often especially if you are in MLM business. Rejections can take you down anytime so continuous self growth is recommended. There will come a point when your personal growth will have surpassed any rejection, and when you get to this state of mind that you treat misfortunes as part of life and business you will be able to succeed in any life venture.

By Aliyu Odumosu

Systems Dont Fail But People Do, Does Your Company Has All Necessary Systems In Place?

2008-07-18T22:21:00.001-07:00

The secret of success is following a proven system. As much as many people know of this principle of success, it still amases me to see new distributor being left with little or no system to follow in network marketing business.

What are systems in network marketing? Communication system for quick information distribution and effective training across the globe, recruiting system that a new distributor can simply follow to build a successful team, marketing system to sell the company products - either online or offline, and quality training system that new distributor can easily duplicate.

These are the necessary systems a network marketing company that has the success of it's distributors at heart must have. When new people are brought into this business and are left to do the 'trial and error' themselves, although they might end up with success at last but it usually takes too much of their time and too much of hardwork.

The less persistent people drop out and bad mouth the whole industy. The reason why i joined one of the most successful MLM company in the world is because the way they have designed their tools and systems. You have to follow a step-by-step plan to success. You cannot move to the next level if you have not completed the previous ones. The discipline keep everyone focused and doing the same thing.

Systems don't fail. The systems have been proved for years to work and bring result, so why re-invent the wheel. If you are still with a company that has left you on your own or you are doing something different from your upline, everyone is doing as they please...please do remember that people fail, but systems don't. I suggest that you look for a different company with effective tools and systems. Good luck with your network marketing business.

The Break Out Point is The Key to Finding the Right MLM

2008-06-29T22:00:00.017-07:00

Everyone who has thought about starting a Home Based business Fall into 3 Categories. They Tried an MLM and Failed. They looked at an MLM and were very skeptical. They Tried an MLM and have succeeded. No matter which of the 3 Categories you fall into until you have caught an MLM at is Break Out Point you have not reached financially independence.

The Break Point of an MLM is when it start's to reach those Huge Exponential Gains. It is the point where the membership just explodes. Here is an actual example of a Break-Out MLM. This example uses a group within an MLM that I have personal knowledge of.

On Oct 1,2001 this group had less then 10 Members

On Nov 15,2001 this group had right around 100 Members

On Nov 30,2001 this group had right around 200 Members

On Jan 1,2002 this group had right around 1,000 Members

On Jan 16,2002 this group had over 10,000 Members

This Group peaked at over 120,000 members and at the time of this writing Aug..... 2005 Still has over 100,000 Members.

The actual MLM currently has over 17,000,000 members. Can you imagine the excitement the members of that group felt watching it grow by over 9,000 members in about 2 weeks. That surge of excitement was enough to propel that group to over 120,000 members a little over a year later even tho the Person at the top of that group had some family matters that kept him from guiding his team. It just broke out. Their was no stopping it.

How did this Break Out Occur. The Group leader was in constant contact helping and encouraging his group, He sent them E-mails at least once a week, He had contests and ran Ad Co-Ops, He found 5 or 6 leaders who also had breakouts. In January of 2002 4 of the top 5 members (measured by number of direct referrals) were in this group.

By Mike Makler

The Misconception Of Multi-Level Marketing

2008-06-29T22:00:00.015-07:00

Ever wonder why people are so turned off at the mention of Multi-Level Marketing? Is it legal? Is it a pyramid? Who benefits the most? Where does the money flow? In this article we will examine basic differences between Multi-Level Marketing and a Corporate Structure.

Let's take the corporate structure first. Almost all of us work in this type of structure everyday. The corporation or company is headed by a CEO. Below him/her are upper management people i.e. Vice President, Controller, Senior Sales Exec...etc. Below them are middle management people i.e. Department Heads, Retail Directors, Consultants and various Supervisors.

Finally we reach the Sales Representatives, Customer Service Representatives, Stockers, Cashiers, Cleaners, Drivers, etc.

So who makes the most money in this type of structure? If you were flow chart this all out, it would look like a "Pyramid" The CEO makes the most money, then a few upper management, then more middle management, then most workers. It is the person at the "top" of this "pyramid" that makes the most money, because in this type of structure, you are paid based on "where you are" in the structure. The only ways you increase your earnings are if someone in the structure gets fired, dies, or quits. As a result, everyone in the structure can move up.

So....lets take a look at a Network Marketing Structure and compare. On the surface, both structures are mirror images of each other. BOTH look like a "Pyramid" structure. Flowchart it out. An affiliate sponsors someone, they sponsor more, they sponsor more...etc. But.....who makes the money here? The guy at the top? Possibly, but most likely not. Here's why:

Even though this structure looks identical to a corporate structure pyramid, in this structure you get paid STRICTLY on what you do, not on where you are within the structure. Wouldn't it seem fair that if you do more work, you should get paid more money? This structure is simply a structure of business owners. Pay is based ONLY on what you do, not your position within the network. This is what differs Network Marketing from a typical "Corporate Structure Job".

Here, only YOU are in control of your income. With a job, someone else is in control of your income. Think about it. Which option is the most fair? If you have comments or questions, please write us at www.bizmancan.com

This article was written by E. Christopher Keenan

Finding Your WHY!

2008-06-29T22:00:00.013-07:00

"Finding these three letters: W. H. Y. will guarantee you ultimate success in your life and in Network Marketing!"

For millions of average Americans, Network Marketing continues to be the best vehicle in building a lucrative business in a short period of time. Two to five years of continuous effort will bring AWESOME results.

Yet when we look at the statitistics, out of an estimated 200,000 Americans joining a Network Marketing company each and every month, approximately 85% of them quit within 90 days from starting their Home-Bases Business.

Why does that happen?

Is the Network Marketing Industry at fault, or is our focus aimed in the wrong direction? How do you maintain your motivation when the first few weeks or months don't bring the success you expected?

I am here to tell you that it's our focus that is at fault. Our focus must be on the following questions:

1. "Why" am I doing this business?

2. "Why" did I get started in the first place?

3. What was motivating force that compelled me from the get go?

4. What is my ultimate "success-reason" (or my "Why") for doing this?

Everyone in this industry has had some powerful motivating force that compelled them to get started. This is the force that caused them to visualize the power of their opportunity. This force, or reasons, are what is called your "Why." Your "Why" is what you must focus on daily, in order to achieve your ultimate "success-reason" (your "Why").

The following steps can help all Network Marketers get "Fired-Up" so they can find and achieve their "Why."

Commit It To Paper!

Go over your reasons in your mind. I mean, really dig deep down inside. Then, write down all the reasons "Why" you started your business.

Were you looking to spend more time with your family? Were you wanting to assist others. Did you want to become financially independent? You must be absolutely clear as to what inspired you to go into business for yourself, and then write it down.

Read It (Your "Why") Aloud Every Day!

Read it once in the morning when you wake up and once in the evening before going to sleep. This acivity will assist you in sinking your "Why" down deep into your heart and mind. You could even rewrite your "Why" every morning. This will really keep you focused, and keep your mind open for opportunities throughout the day. It is unblievable what this activity can do for your daily motivation. It will move you to action.

Share Your "Why" With Others

Sharing your "Why" with others will put your convictions into overdrive! It will drive you into taking massive action, and will super-charge others along the way.

Always remember that Network Marketing, just like any other business, has its ups and its downs. Talk to any successful marketer and they will all tell you, "Yes! That's the way it is."

So, it's an absolute necessity to continually focus on your "Why." If you do, you will continue to take super-charged massive action in building a huge Network Marketing business. That business will be the vehicle in which you travel to the ultimate achievement of your "Why."

"Assisting People To Success - One Heart At A Time!"

By Lou Everett, Sr.

EXPLODE Your Network Marketing Team Into An INCREDIBLE Recruiting Machine!

2008-06-29T22:00:00.011-07:00

Let's face it! Most people who join a Network Marketing Company assume that their "A" number one function is to Prospect! Prospect! Prospect! - Enroll! Enroll! Enroll! So, they spend much of their time, money, and effort prospecting and enrolling, never realizing that these new people will need training, especially if they have never marketed before.

Of course, enrolling new people is SUPER important. But, I am here to tell you; there is more that you need to do, in order to succeed!

What's just as important, as Prospecting and Enrolling, is what you do with those new people, once they are enrolled and part of your team.

Think about it! What good is a whole bunch of new people that are doing absolutely nothing? That certainly wouldn't help your business any! Would it!?! But, what would happen if you worked with those people and trained them to duplicate your efforts? Whoa! You would be motivating them to cause an EXPLOSION in your organization!

Further, if you let them just sit there and do nothing, and you never communicate with them, they definitely won't make any money. What will be the result? They will drop out, and you will be forever prospecting and enrolling, instead of seeing your organization "EXPLODE into an INCREDIBLE Recruiting Machine!"

So, you must teach your people to DUPLICATE your efforts. When you do that, everyone in your group will do a little, causing a whole lot to be accomplished, throughout your organization. This benefits the whole team, and is a whole lot better than if only one person does all the work.

Just think?..If you had?..say?..10 good people and you taught them to duplicate your efforts. What would be the result? Your business would grow exponentially!?..And, what if you had 20 good people? * Think about that! * This is a very POWERFUL, POWERFUL way to build a business. The results will be *HUGE* Commissions Checks!

So, please don't enroll people and then ignore them. If you ignore them they will not stay with you. They will be gone within a couple of months. Instead, do everything in your power to ensure your team members succeed. This is the best way to build that AWESOME "Residual Income" that we all desire.

What is really AWESOME, though, is that this is a GREAT time to be alive and working our Network Marketing businesses. Why? --- Because of modern technology! Today, anyone can have their own website, their own Internet Voice Room for presentations and meetings, and the simplest form of communication on the net?..E-Mail.

Even the telephone companies, nowadays, have GREAT Flat Rate Long Distance packages which make it affordable for just about anyone to call as much long distance as they wish.

So, take advantage of all the fine tools that we have. Don't ignore your team members. Communicate with them! Work with them! Train them! Encourage them! If you do, you will "EXPLODE Your Network Marketing Team Into An INCREDIBLE Recruiting Machine!"

"Assisting People To Success - One Heart At A Time!" (SM)

By Lou Everett, Sr.

Dream Stealers

2008-06-29T22:00:00.009-07:00

"Honey, I tried to tell you this wouldn't work."

"Why did you get involved in this, anyway?"

Odds are someone close (spouse, parent or sibling) has spoken those very words to you. You may love your family to death, but they are the very people, more than all others, who would steal your dreams.

Strange, don't you think, that the ones who love us the most are often the ones who would keep us from reaching the stars?

Our culture teaches conformity rather than individualism. We may hear words about individualism, but those words many times pay lip service to an ideal of what could be rather than what is. In truth, our culture demands that we live our lives in conformity like those around us.

However, we shouldn't think that dream stealers are out to steal dreams, they are not. Dream stealers only have our best interest at heart. The problem for them is that somewhere long ago, someone stole their dream. So now our dream stealers are living in conformity with those who stole their dream. Once stolen, it is only natural for dream stealers to want to save us from the heartaches they experienced as dreamers.

Strange, messed up world, isn't it?

I am writing these words to give you hope, and to encourage you.

Do not allow ANYONE to steal your dream. All the good that improves quality of life is made possible by dreamers. These are people who withstood an onslaught of nay Sayers who went on to achieve their dreams and more.

One example:

Think for a moment how one man, Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, has changed our lives. Sam made variety, convenience and competitive pricing an everyday occurrence all across the land. He eventually forced vendors to do business on his terms, and literally changed how American's shop. How do you suppose that happened? It all started as a dream in one man's head that turned into a passion.

Many years ago, I happened to meet and speak privately with Sam. Though one of the wealthiest people in the world at the time, he struck me as an ordinary person no different than you or I. In fact, unless you knew him you would never know who he was. For Sam frequently dressed himself in a pair of overalls, wide brim hat and drove around town in an old pick-up truck.

Sam faced many obstacles and nay Sayers all during his Wal-Mart days. It would have been so easy for him to quit, to live in conformity. But Sam sought out people of like mind and lived off their enthusiasm for what he believed could be. The rest is history.

The next time you drive through your town, notice all the small business shops, and even those big chain outlets. The people who own them are the real heroes that make differences in peoples lives. They are the risk takers that conformers secretly admire.

To achieve your dream know this. You will suffer failures and losses getting there. The secret of achievers is that they never accept life as it is, only as it could be. So to a large degree, success in life is measured by the number of times we get back up after falling.

Stay away from dream stealers:

Never allow someone making $30,000 a year tell you why you cannot make $100,000 a year. If they happen to be a family member, love them but do not allow them to steal your thunder.

Seek out achievers and dreamers:

Spend your time with people who will lift you up, not pull you down. Seek out achievers who are willing to coach and mentor you. Do not try to re-invent the wheel, but duplicate the actions of achievers. Read books that will increase your knowledge and empower you. And remember the following...

Life goes on, with or without you. No matter how badly things may appear, the sun comes up and sets without fail. Said differently, the universe is here to serve you when you're ready for it to do so.

Babe Ruth:

You've heard that Babe Ruth held all kinds of records in baseball: The home-run record was his for almost a generation. What you don't often hear is that Babe Ruth also held the strike-out record.

The "Babe" struck out at bat more times than he homered, but hey, I like that. Here's a guy who never let his failures stop him from becoming a champion.

Unlike Babe Ruth, some of us are so often paralyzed by the possibility of failure that we never even make the attempt. And that is perhaps the biggest failure of all, not that we try and fail, but that we never try at all.

Achievers will tell you that their achievements are not what matters, but rather it was the trip there that makes their life so fulfilling.

Imagine that!

So live your life the way you want it to be, not the way it is. When you learn to use failure as a tool to build and grow, life takes on a whole new perspective. Take it from someone who knows: Never, ever allow anyone to steal your dream!

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe can be achieved." (Napoleon Hill)

By JIM LYNN

Are You A Network Marketing Professional? Or, Are You An Amateur?

2008-06-29T22:00:00.007-07:00

Do you look like a professional Network Marketer? Do You Talk like a professional Network Marketer? Do you write like a professional Network Marketer?

Do your marketing results show you to be a Network Marketing professional? And, most importantly, does your team see you as a professional? Or, are you viewed by them as an amateur?

You know, when I went to school they never taught us about professionalism. And, from what I hear, it is no different today.

As a result, society has gone to lower standards, and a mediocre life style is accepted. That's why so many people perform like amateurs and maintain a "just getting by" way of life.

So, which are you? "Are You A Network Marketing Professional, Or?.. Are You An Amateur?"

Below are 12 points to assist you in answering that very important question.

> A professional Network Marketer learns everything there is to learn about Network Marketing.

An amateur will spend time going around this, at every opportunity.

> A professional Network Marketer is able to discern the needs and wants of his/her team.

An amateur just assumes what his/her team needs and wants.

> A professional Network Marketer looks like a professional, talks like a professional, and dresses like a professional.

An amateur is lackadaisical in these areas.

>A professional Network Marketer is "Laser-Focused" and has a clear understanding of his/her "Why."

An amateur is not "Laser-Focused," is distracted, and is not clear on his/her direction.

> A professional Network Marketer learns from mistakes and uses them as stepping stones to a higher level of success.

An amateur will ignore or try and hide his/her mistakes.

> A professional Network Marketer will tackle things that may be difficult - things he/she really don't like to do.

An amateur will expend a lot of energy just to avoid these things.

> A professional Network Marketer will finish what he starts.

An amateur will just let things pile up, never really finishing anything.

> A professional Network Marketer is always positive and optimistic.

An amateur allows negativity to maintain prominence in his/her life.

> A professional Network Marketer is always ready to assist when problems arise.

An amateur will avoid others who have problems.

> A professional Network Marketer is always cheerful and enthusiastic.

An amateur is usually full of fear and insecurities.

> A professional Network Marketer never gives up.

An amateur gives up at the first sign of a struggle or a little adversity.

> A professional always over delivers.

An amateur does only what is necessary to survive.

So, which one are you...A Network Marketing 'Professional,' Or, A Network Marketing 'Amateur?'

"Assisting People To Success - One Heart At A Time!" (SM)

By Lou Everett, Sr.

Soldiers of Prosperity

2008-06-29T22:00:00.005-07:00

Unified Mastermind

Forget big brother. He no longer cares.

Once upon a time, you spent $25,000 to $100,000 and went to college to learn and to be trained on how to be employed. Then you signed on the dotted line, slung the chain with your ID card pinched to it around your neck, your new employer trained you, nurtured you, paid for your car and your babies being born and they then showed you a ladder leaning up against the wall and cried, "go climb!"

As long as you didn't drop the ball and make too many mistakes, you were safe and you could retire in glory. You didn't have to worry about your career and the notion of having numerous transitional career changes, back then---would have sounded like a bad joke.

Remembering IBM

Back in the day, the company would take care of you, justice and hard work would prevail and loyalty----going both ways---were the highest of corporate values.

That was yesterday. No, erase that. That was a generation ago!

In today's business climate all we have--- is each other.

Literally. It's us buzz mates against big business. Now the network rules (yours) and intangibles like your network, your reputation and how well you can serve others, within your own network, is the commodity of the new economy and the Soldiers of Prosperity who champion this crusade of capitalists to other fringe dwellers.

It's about being unified, "as one," not separatists, working alone, next to each other, in office cubicles, for the greater good of the boss.

Did the business climate change? Huh buddy, you bet it did.

In today's world of intense competition, restructuring, and corporate takeovers, lets not even go into the splats and "tanks" so many of the behemoths are experiencing.

Ever hear of World/Com or Toys-R-Us? What happened?

The key today is THE NETWORK! Not the corporation.

It Used To Be About Who You Knew Today, It's More About Who Did You Help

The key today and the new commodity is everyone's own individual network, a network of capital, a network of trust and integrity and a network of cohesive profit margins---working for the good of all, equally, for the strong, who demand to be THE FOOD CHAIN instead of the paid pencil pusher.

You are either the hunter or the hunted. People who provide the most food always eat the best, right? But it's a decision. Therefore the mandate leads towards unification, not DIFFERENT "levels' of potential income.

---Side Bar--- Did you ever notice on in the world of "Big Blue" everyone is paid in relation to what their LEVEL (think pyramid) pays?

CEO: $2.1 Million
President: $900,000
COO: $610,000
Chief Executive: $350,000
Chief of Sales: $178,000
Top Salesman: $125,000
His Secretary: $34,000

Not good. Not bad. But if given a choice, would you want to control your income or have it controlled by a system that ONLY dishes out an income that the prescribed "level" pays?

Here in America, some of is prefer to BE THE FOOD CHAIN instead of working for the those that control the food chain.

It's as I said, being the Hunter or the Hunted. U-Pick.

So many of us in the earlier days cried, "but I need the benefits!"

Here's an idea. Why don't you create income streams so deep that you can pay your OWN families benefits with [just] the interest from one of your savings accounts!

Or, with the "side" two or three thousand a month you earn from say, income stream # 23!

It's a choice. Just a choice.

Today's network is a resource of people, ideas, profit streams and a buzz about soldiering each other to prosperity. One that simply will not go away, Unlike any other time ever-----in history, more people have decided to work------as one---to manifest the greater good of themselves, of each other and their personal rights, as Americans to get filthy stinking rich.

In fact, if you are not soldering your own mastermind and serving a network around you and pushing other people ahead of you, you better start. Because that is today's link to the new economy.

People helping people.

Why bother even thinking that the company can take care of you if the company isn't even sure if it can take care if itself?

So where is Big Brother these days? He's looking out for #1 and pulling his hair out because of the constant and never ending list of new competitors that keep hurling spit balls at him. And not from across the street either. Now the competition is "global" for Pete sake!

(read that last paragraph again if you can)

RICH DAD, POOR DAD
What is making people successful today is sharing resources and networks with each other and "love is the killer app" (incredible book by Tim Sanders)! Just look at the networking books that have been become best sellers by Robert Kiosaki

Personal networks have become "bank" and that is the new economy.

As marketing fans---think Jay Abraham on crack!---we have read the marketing books, learned the psychological triggers and now we all know what impulses people to buy, we went to the motivation seminars and we even own the t-shirt to prove it!

POSITIVE THINKING
However, trying harder, chanting louder, believing in yourself more and thinking positively, while useful, if you are new, are no longer your short stack of things to get ahead with anymore.

As a matter of fact, it's not even about you anymore. It's about what you can do for others and how well you can attract and mange your own network of people. The guy who said (his name is Dale Calvert), "build other people and the people will build your business" was right. So right!

Some call it Affiliate Networking. That's what this is and that's the buzz word and the bizz stream of the people now in the know and the people of today who are taking back what the CEO's and the office cube patrol monkeys took from us. Our security. Our pride and the fun of being on the hunt to get ahead.

So who are we?

Soldiers of prosperity.

We are "as one" and unified.

That's who we are

Sound strange? Maybe new? Forget it. It's an old formula that corporate types told you didn't work.

The little guy thinks that success is something that he has to look for inside of himself. Not true. Success is all around each of us and walking by us all of the time. The key then, as a Master-Mind, is to be open to it and the sub-set to that clearly, is to be open to everyone, not to some, but to everyone around you.

Norman Vincent Peale started the crusade of "me" and if you believe the people of this world who sold you on positive thinking and that believing in yourself is the key to caviar wishes and lottery winning dreams, I'd debate that.

Start Here:

BELIEVE in me.

BELIEVE IN OTHER PEOPLE.

Yes self-image is key. But where does self-image come from?

It starts with a vision FIRST of other people.

Applaud those around you.

Build up those around you.

Give it away. For?.

What you give away you get to keep.

That is a Soldier of Prosperity

Do you work where you are tolerated?

The rich work where they are CELEBRATED.

Small people can't BUILD other people.

Be a BUILDER of others.

NEW INFORMATION

Here is new information. It's hard to get someone who is near bankruptcy to start chanting, "I can do it. I can do it."

It's hard to take the employee MIND and teach them over night to start getting pumped up about their potential to start earning $25,000 per month. That's not something we can easily.

So start here and teach people this.

Step 1: BELIEVE in other people FIRST

Step 2: Start to DO and SEE things as they see them.

Step 3: Little by little, your own belief, in yourself, will start to grow.

But most people never even thought of having a mentor or a coach. Except for Millionaires like Michael Jordan and Tom Cruise. They have coaches, stylists, fitness trainers and assistants. Helpers.

Do you have a coach? Do you have a life-style coach? Why not.

UNIFIED MASTER-MIND:
Where I started and how I climbed from small to bigger was by believing first in other people. Back then, when I was scraping to pay bills and all of that "I used to be poor and now I am rich" rhetoric, but back then, even when I thought of myself as a squished little jobber, I drew GREAT vision and tremendous HOPE by running next to other people who were undeniably ringing the bell and making a killing by building up other people and helping other people create and build their own personal affiliate networks.

Terrible Odds If you focus on yourself you are the only game in town. Terrible odds by anyone's measure However, if you focus on other great people you just can't help but advance your own thermostat, raise your own expectations of possibility, balloon your own earning potential, build a richer network of fellow Soldiers--you can't help but grow large.

My first two steps out of the gate where (a) in my gut, believing in everyone around me even more than I believed in little ole me (b) believing in our free enterprise system with so much zeal that short of success simply wasn't an option to me.

THE MASTER-MIND: Your Greatest Resource!
If you are new and the idea of masterminding, (people sharing business resources collectively as a network) and of all of a sudden having hundreds of new friends and cool new biz-mates at your simplest of whims, if that notion seems foreign to you right now, only because you are new, guess what and good news, we have been here and doing this, really, since the middle fifties.

Remember Glenn W. Turners network, "DARE TO BE GREAT!"

What we do and what we will explore with you is not anything new. The difference though, is now networking has become a national obsession for some and even a priority for many, whereas years ago, this form of networking, as a business, was only a by product of a larger business model.

Today? The network IS the business!

The old adage, "Time is money" is way old century and very Machiavellian (urrrr! ruff-ruff!) thinking.

The Network is The Model
The Master-Mind is Where The Money Begins

The "now think" is this, the network is revenue. Not [just] money. Revenue. Equity. Residual income.

Stuff big brother always knew about but kept away from the cogs in the wheel. The employees worked for a wage while the big hairs and the people who dined in the corporate cafeteria worked for equity and residual slam dunks.

In the last century we worked to make money. Now here in the new economy of people, we work for a loving instead.

Now "loverage" rules (see "Conversations with Millionaires" by Michael Litman and Jason Oman!) and the little guys aren't so small anymore!

Our collective ability to SHARE THIS ALTERNATIVE THINKING with others and buying power creams any other market share that anyone wants to waste time penciling on paper and apparently, we are the new world order.

Did Bill Gates just buy-up Lotus (March 2005)? You bet. That's because POWER begets power. That's because the more tools Microsoft can offer people the larger their monopoly is.

POWER. Shared power. That's what we do and that's what we sell at Unified Master-Mind. We share our rolodexes and we share various income streams. We share our coaching and we chair the power.

No upline. No downline. No managers. It's unified. As one.

In the streets and outside of our own network here at Master-Mind you can beat each up and claw your way up through various competitors who you destroy.

Competition and democracy is a good thing. So play hard and pray even harder. Outside. Under the red, white and blue.

Brother In Freedom

Here though, amongst your brothers and sisters of Freedom, amongst each other here, within our master-mind, it's bringing up each other. There is not competition; call it a "safe house" if you will.

ON THE STREETS
Oh sure, the hipsters and the kids with baggy jeans may be what television (and McDonalds) prays to, but it is we boomers who cripple those CD burners in size and it is we who have the most money to purchase.

It is we who rock and never forget that.

Plus the BIG BRANDS (yawn) are begging for our trade and what you will dig up in chapter one will be worth two Martini's-not one.

Integrity and Being Likable are Intangibles The difference between working for money and building a network is that when you work on a level that is higher than simply money, your equity becomes residual.

Which points back to each of our own individual intangibles, i.e., your network, your reputation and your ability to serve the network and for the good of all within the Master-Mind

What We Do
As I said, our lineage dates back to the middle fifties and all that is old is new again. What UNIFIED MASTER-MIND is, more than anything else, is a celebration of business in and of the way it used to be and never should have stopped.

We are in the people business and the product that we sell is business consulting and business ideas that only work when you add other people and BUILD other people as hard as you build yourself.

That is why we call this UNIFIED MASTER-MIND.

Our Mantra
Use money and love people. Not vice versa. This isn't about "them" against us. Although to know thy enemy is good business so say's Sun Zui in the classic, "The Art of War."

Instead, this is about us and how there is far greater security, for all of us, if we join together instead of independently being scattered under the umbrella of Big Brother.

I salute you and I salute your own network,

Welcome to Unified Master-Mind (Our Industry)

By Joe Schroeder & Eric Gordon

MLM Money Making Opportunities

2008-06-29T22:00:00.003-07:00

There are still real money making opportunities mlm style available that you might want to take advantage of. Even though many people these days consider any MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) business opportunity to be bogus. You just need to know what to watch out for when looking in this particular arena.

So, before you go trolling for mlm money making opportunities, you should be aware that many a mlm company is fake. Stay away from any mlm company that doesn't have a contact person, a valid land address, an email address, and a phone number where you can get assistance and support on their particular money making opportunities mlm. You also want to be sure any mlm company you deal with offers a money-back guarantee for a risk-free trial.

To find mlm business plans that will help you make a decision and also save you time and give you the opportunity to plan and increase your chances of success. Click Here! money making opportunities mlm plans. Also other business plans of over 1400 different types of businesses. Not all of them are home based or mlm businesses. But you can look over the large variety of business plans offered. If nothing else, they may give you some fresh ideas for a business of your own.

Also, watch for sales pitches telling you that you can get rich doing nothing and do it overnight to boot on money making opportunities mlm. These are the truest signs of a scam. Don't waste your time, or, worse, your money on them.

A true mlm business opportunity will have a mlm consultant to help you learn the ropes of establishing a mlm home based business. Most mlm business opportunities offer you products that aren't easily available or that are drastically discounted that you can sell from your home or online.

Make sure any products that you sign up to sell are legitimately hard to get or fill a "niche" that isn't already overflowing with products in your area. Otherwise, you're going to have a hard time selling the products as part of your money making opportunities mlm. Without a need, there's no reason to buy.

Another type of mlm home based business involves mlm network marketing over the Internet. A company sets up a website for you and then provides mlm network marketing training and tools designed to help you drive traffic to your site. And this is where most people miss the boat when it comes to mlm business and mlm marketing.

Just because you have a website does not mean you will sell products. Aggressive marketing is needed. If the mlm company you're considering doesn't provide training and marketing tools for their money making opportunities mlm, forget them. They're a complete waste of time unless you're an Internet marketing genius.

Also, automatically dismiss any mlm company that tells you you'll get rich right away. This may be true for some people, but they're usually highly knowledgeable about marketing, especially marketing on the Internet, to begin with. It takes time to establish and grow an mlm business. And, again, without the support of an mlm consultant, training, and the proper marketing tools, you likely won't make any money at all.

So, should you still pursue money making opportunities mlm style? If you're willing to put effort into one, the answer is yes. You can make money with an mlm business. You just have to go into it with your eyes open. And you have to stay away from high-pressure sales and marketing people who know how to push your buttons.

Everyone would like to get rich overnight. Everyone would like to do nothing and still make thousands and thousands of dollars each month. And if it were possible to do these things, everyone would be doing them. It just isn't going to happen, though.

Not without, yes, support, training, and marketing tools-and a lot of time. But if you're willing to put effort into a mlm business, believe in the products you're selling, and have patience, you can make money.

Just don't expect it make it today, or even this week. Being realistic will save you a great deal of frustration and help you stay focused on doing the work necessary to build your mlm business.

Before you choose any mlm company for your home based business, however, do thorough research on it. Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if the mlm company has had any complaints lodged against it.

Go online and find sites that rate mlm business opportunities and that have a mlm review or two available for you to read. Better yet, find sites that report mlm scams. This protects you from wasting your time and money. After all, you want to make money, not waste it!

By Randy Wilson

Let Them See It To Sell It

2008-06-29T22:00:00.001-07:00

You know that problem of having a fantastic offer that you tell people about, but they don't get it, or don't believe it, and therefore don't buy it? Well know there maybe is a way of improving your chances.

You see the problem is, your prospective customers or business partners can't see it, your product, your service, or you! The good news is that you can now let them see you and your offer through Video Email, and video on demand.

Research shows that an average person will remember -

10% of what they read 20% of what they hear 30% of what they see 50% of what they see and hear together 80% of what they see, hear and do.

It is expected that Video Email will replace text email over the next few years. It would have perhaps happened sooner if it were not for the high cost and large file sizes involved, but that has all changed now. You can open a video email account for just $9.99 per month, making it accessible to just about everyone, and new "streaming" technology removes the problem of large files.

Can you imagine the impact of this on ebay, for contacting your down line, for demonstrating software or products to potential customers. I could go on but to see some real examples see the link at the bottom of the article.

With the huge growth in customers that is already happening Video Email is also becoming the hottest business opportunity around. At present the US alone spends around $2 billion on streaming information, and this is set to rise to £12 billion in just a few short years. As one new customer starts sending out video emails, another soon follows as people open accounts to reply to each other.

The next few years are going to be very interesting indeed!

Article by Paul Turner

Reminisces Of An Aspiring Internet Marketer

2008-06-29T21:59:00.003-07:00

I've spent a lot of time and money on trying to promote various programs on the internet.

Over 18 months I spent close to $10,000 US Dollars on e-books, internet marketing courses, training materials, web hosting, domain forwarding, autoresponders, AD trackers, advertising costs, traffic exchanges, exit exchanges, search engines, pay-per-click programs, ezines, subscription fees, randomizers and doublers !!

I also lost money when a few programs that I was involved with went under, including a payment processing company called EzPayWay which disappeared owing me over $1400 in commissions.

All the money that I did make online was ploughed back into yet more programs and yet more opportunities. It was a vicious circle and I ended up getting deeper and deeper into debt. I was just fortunate that I had a good JOB to fall back on.

At the end of those 18 months I took a break from everything to do with online businesses. I dropped my internet marketing 'escapades' and focused on other areas in my life that I had been neglecting, like my health and my relationships with my wife and other members of my family.

After 6 months of mental and physical recuperation getting myself back on track, I decided to give it one last try ...

I got in touch with several of my key contacts and asked them what they were up to, what programs they were promoting and what they were making money with on the 'Net.

However, when I resumed my internet activities I changed a number of things in my approach :

#1. Maintain FOCUS

You know, there's always going to be a newer program, a better compensation plan, a more professional website. I was no longer going to run around promoting every single opportunity that came my way.

I was going to pick a handful of the best opportunities available and only promote established companies that were highly recommended and highly profitable.

#2. Promote businesses in line with PERSONAL INTERESTS

My interests include making money, internet marketing and self-development.

I decided that I was only going to promote products that I have a good understanding of, that I'm quite knowledgeable about, and which I have no qualms in recommending to others.

That is absolutely vital no matter what you're selling online or offline

If you're not passionate about the products you're marketing how can you be an effective salesman and convince others of the benefits of your products?

#3. Take MASSIVE ACTION

The 'Net is like a large powerful and never-ending ocean. My previous efforts had been merely little pebbles tossed into deep waters. They had no effect what-so-ever in the great scheme of things.

To get results on the 'Net your website needs a great amount of exposure amongst the Millions of other websites and programs.

There are several ways of driving lots of TRAFFIC to your websites such as:

* Traffic Exchanges * Getting listed in Search Engines * Pay-Per-Click Advertising * Banner Exchanges * Emailing OPT-IN lists * Marketing to Purchased Leads * Advertising in Ezines

You'll need to learn about all of these different ways of generating traffic to your website. Personally, I advertise my website using all of the methods above.

Instead of trying to build up downlines in free marketing programs, I decided to PAY for TRAFFIC to promote my business opportunities.

And this brings me nicely on to my next point...

#4. Diligent TRACKING of advertising

Previously I was literally throwing money down the drain by NOT carefully tracking the different types of advertising I was spending my money on.

When I did get sign-ups to programs or sales in affiliate programs I was none the wiser as to where these sales came from and unable to clearly identify which mode of advertising was attributable for the sales.

I was like a sniper firing away in all directions without a scope to home in on my targets !!

#5. Lastly, I added the HUMAN ELEMENT to my business

A lot of business might be conducted on the internet, but the internet is merely a tool. The buying and selling of products, especially in network marketing, involves the personal recommendation of services from one party to the next.

This personal element had been missing from my business all along.

I had been emailing thousands of FFA leads per day (Big Dogs style), sending out emails to loads of Safelists, sending emails to thousands of MLM Leads using autoresponders, but NOT ONCE over the course of 18 months did I actually SPEAK to anyone.

Sure, I made a few sales but they were far and few between. I also came close to trouble a few times as a result of a SPAM complaint (I'll save that story for another time but I can tell you that it was the last time I used FFA leads!).

These days, I call up my prospects and try to establish a rapport with them. I find out what they want out of life, what their interests are and if I can help them. I tell them about my experiences, what I've learnt trying to market various products online, how I'm a better internet marketer now than ever before by doing what I'm telling you now.

And you know what??

I enjoy waking up in the mornings, I make new friends everyday, I call up interested prospects, I find out what they want, I help them get what they want, and now I get PAID more frequently!

The TELEPHONE is as much a tool for Internet Marketers than the 'Net itself.

So there you have it...

A simple internet marketing strategy that has served me well on my return to Cyberspace.

I hope that you find a few things here to help you improve your internet marketing endeavours and ultimately, take you that one step closer to achieving online success.

Written by Tony Bhachu

Network Marketing Training - The MLM Success Secrets to a BLAZING One on One Presentation

2008-06-29T21:59:00.001-07:00

The One on One MLM Presentation is key to Success in Network Marketing. How do you do a HOT One on One Presentation in Network Marketing that is riveting and SCORCHING? If you learn how to, your sales will double and recruiting explode. And it is very simple to do if you know how.

How do you do it?

Simple. Step by Step, and walking the prospect though a Success path that educates them on your program. Not a lot of steps either. Maybe 4 or 5, and thats all. Keep it simple.

Then, vow to do a weekly appointment for an MLM presentation, week after week after week. That alone will ignite your business.

In building your dream or mlm business, your goal is to get at LEAST one retail appointment weekly, and share the products with a friend. They should have listened to a product tape/cd, or watched a company DVD, or even listened to a recruiting CD. If your prospect has not listened to them, then let them watch your company DVD while you're together (if your compnay has one) and leave a tape/CD with them.

INFERNO Secret:

You Need a BOTTOM LINE MESSAGE FROM YOUR HEART!

Say words that reflect these:

The products work! It's exciting! (Energy & Enthusiasm)

What if it DOES work for YOU? (Hope)

Try it now! (Create Sense of Urgency).

Who else can you think of? (Referrals)

There are Power Phrases and Focuses which will maximize your results and make you more money in the long run. Use them, and make a habit of saying them. Get with your sponsor to learn these Power Phrases and learn exactly how the company wants you to talk about the products and business.

Ok? you have decided how many customers you need this month. Now, you're in their house, and looking at them. What tools do you need with you, and what do you say?

On a one on one retail appointment, you need:

1) Product catalogue and brochures

2) Products/Samples

3) DVD and/or Product Tape CD to leave with them

MLM Success Suggestion:

Maintain control and lead the appointment at all times. You are guiding them down a path. Make them feel comfortable, and let them know you are glad you are there. Be brief and simplistic as your time is valuable, and they need to see that they could easily fit sharing these products into their own lives. You want them to think, "I can do that!"

The Retail Appointment is basically divided into 5 parts:

1) Sharing the Company Information

2) Telling Your Product Story

3) Showing the Products and talking benefits to the prospect

4) Compensation

5) What's next?

When you are in your friends' and family's home, you need to break the ice, "warm them up" first, and talk about them, their family, and what is going on in their life. Ask questions about them. You may find them telling you of concerns in their life where your network marketing company might just be the solution. Listen closely and get them talking and opening up! This sets the stage to talk to them about your company.

The Secret of Network Marketing Amplification.

Use what we call in our Communication seminars "Amplifiers." These are phrases and questions that help open up and amplify what the prospect is saying:

1) "Tell me a little bit about yourself, your family."

2) "Tell me what's new in your life."

3) "That's interesting, tell me more."

4) "Uh huh?really?"

5) "How does that make you feel?"

6) "I appreciate you sharing that with me."

7) "Where did you go on vacation this year? Why There?"

8) " What would you do with an extra 1000.00 a month?"

Once you've talked about them for a bit, and bonded and connected to the mlm prospect, move it along to:

1) Sharing the Company.

"Let me tell you why I am here. I have run across an amazing company, and I simply wanted to share with you what it has done to my life and future. I figure you may know someone who could benefit from these amazing products like I have, and who could use an extra 1000.00 a month. Let me share a little about the company."

Then cover 3-4 bullets about the company, like location, owners, vision, and financial mangement.

2) Telling your product story.

"Let me explain what impact that these products have had on me and my family. It been amazing?"

And then tell them your Personal Product Story. Keep it brief, no more than 1 minute.

3) Showing the products and talking benefits.

Here is where you actually show the products or brochure of what you are marketing. Do not over do it, Keep it simple and brief. Say:

"Let me share with you the products quickly and tell you about their amazing benefits."

Show a company DVD, or get out the product catalogue/brochure and briefly go over the products you are talking about, or simply hand them the products,(or brochure) let them 'take ownership", and you tell the benefits of each as they are looking at them. Show them the product testimonies if you have them.

"Can you see how someone could truly enhance their life with products like these?"

4) Compensation.

"There is also a way that you can get your products for free, or even earn a substantial part time income with this company. How would you like to get 4 paychecks at your job every month verses just one? We have 4 ways we get paid."

Then cover the 4 ways you make money in your mlm compensation plan.:

There are 4 ways that most compensation plans make money: Retail Profit, Building a Team, Leadership Bonuses, and Rewards, like cars and trips. Do not get too detailed, but here is a secret:

INFERNO Secret:

SHOW THEM How they can make money with your compensation plan, and then ask them what they are going to do with it!

Go over how you make a retail profit, how the overrides on your own team works, how the Leadership bonuses and % increases work, and how the rewards work. Keep it simple, and get them to think- "I can do this!"

The MLM Decision.

5) "What's Next?"

You need to move them along, and get a sense or feeling of where they are as far as what you have said. Ask:

"Is this making sense to you?"

"What did you like best about what you've heard so far?"

"Can you see yourself becoming successful in something like this?"

Or?

"Based on what you have heard, do you see yourself more as a customer or a distributor?"

Then move them to either putting an order together, or putting them in the next step of the process that your company teaches you to do.

With this simple step by step MLM Presentation Process, you can double the sales volume overnight, with this MLM One on One Presentation in Network Marketing.

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

What if You Could Design the Best MLM Pay Plan

2008-06-29T21:58:00.031-07:00

Here is the Challenge. You need to design an MLM Pay that will appeal to the Builders (Heavy Hitters) as well as the average person. Would you use a Unilevel, a Binary, a Forced Matrix or perhaps a Hybrid of all the above.

Here is a strong candidate for the Best MLM Pay Plan Ever Built. It combines a Unilevel (To appeal to the Builder). A 2x20 Forced Matrix with the Possibility of Infinity Bonuses (to Appeal to the average Joe), Fast Start Bonuses and Infinity Bonuses on the entire organization.

Now let's examine each part in a little more detail

The Forced Matrix

A 2x20 Forced Matrix is really the best of a Binary combined with the Best of a Forced Matrix. Unlike a Binary you earn money on both legs each and every month. Since a full 2x20 Matrix would have over 2 Million People for 99% of your membership it might as well be an Infinite deep Pay plan.

The Unilevel

You could pay a Sponsor bonus each and every month to Directly to the sponsor or you could create an Infinite wide 3 Deep Unilevel matrix where you pay 1/3 of the sponsor bonus on each level. So Instead of paying $3 to the sponsor (If You sponsor 10 People you earn $30 Monthly), you pay $1 on each level for 3 Levels (So if you Sponsor 10 who sponsor 10 each who sponsor 10 each (You Earn 1,110 a Month).

Fast Start Bonus

You would of course pay a Fast Start Bonus.

Infinity Bonus

Use the Breakage generated by the Forced Matrix and Unilevel to pay an Infinity Bonus based on Production. This would allow team members to earn on the Entire Organization not just on their own Team.

More Fun Extra's

Now Imagine if you could have

A Mortgage Bonus

A Vacation Bonus

A Car Bonus

Advertising Co-Op Bonus Pool

Special Awards Bonus Pool

A $200,000 Down Payment Bonus toward your Dream House Bonus Now If you could only find a program with the above pay structure at an Affordable with a product everyone Wants,

By Mike Makler

MLM Professional as a Freedom Fighter

2008-06-29T21:58:00.029-07:00

"I am a freedom fighter. All of us in the MLM industry are freedom fighters." Profound words from Professor Vasupal, an acknowledged MLM leader, who in my view is unarguably the most successful Network Marketing Leader and a top earner in these parts of the world.

While driving back home I kept thinking of these words as they had a magical impact on me. I never imagined an MLM or Network Marketing professional could be called a freedom fighter. But when you really look at the profile of an MLM person, the description of a freedom fighter fits him like no other description can.

We all are fighting one of the major tyrannies in the world. The tyranny of poverty. is the primary target of any network marketer. Not only for himself but for hundreds of others who are part of the team of any independent networker because in this system of enterprise, your success is intricately linked to success of your team and down-line members.

All network marketers are also establishing one of the best and most democratic free enterprise system in the world. This is the only system in the world where, the opportunity is equal for every one irrespective of nationality, education, skills, religion, and gender. A free enterprise system where there are no barriers to entry except that you must be an adult.

Here too is a global community which is free from any kind of political, ethnic, geographic, gender or cultural bias and truly integrated citizens of the world. The only requirement to be part of this amazing democratic enterprise system is honesty, persistence, vision, and a burning desire to help everyone succeed.

Can there be a better world. Could there be a higher cause than to fight for the economic freedom of the entire world? There is no bigger liberation than economic liberation which will definitely impact and create a more peaceful world.

MLM Success Training - The Secrets to Deciding Who You Will Become in MLM

2008-06-29T21:58:00.027-07:00

There are many factors that impact Success in life. And that is true for MLM and Network marketing as well. There are also factors with any good training program, and these ultimately will determine the success of your teaching.

There are three "Maximum Factors" to learning that MUST be a part of any MLM teaching process. If these factors are not met, then the training is less than what it should be.

You must have:

1) Education.

This will come from the mlm company Training Manual the company has made available to you . There are other trainings available as well, which all will help educate you. The Education Factor PROVIDES you the KNOWLEDGE.

2) Motivation.

This must come from the Leadership and teaching style, additional self-development teachings, as well as encouragement during the challenges. You must build you while you build your business. This factor ENERGIZES the KNOWLEDGE!

3) Activation.

This is where the teaching MUST get the new person DOING, not just Learning. You must ACTIVATE the new distributor the first 7 days to get into the game, and start the sharing process the first week. It is an industry fact that the distributors that experienced some form of success their first week, had a pattern of more success their first year, then those who did not. This factor ACTIVATES the KNOWLEDGE!

Educate!

Motivate!

Activate!

And the goal of PassionFire is to Maximize your Company Training Manual, the tools they use, your Leadership, and your MLM Success!

And yes, there is a whole lifetime ahead of you, but we must focus on getting you started the right way. There will be more articles coming! This process is simply to help take the Training Manual your company has, and Empower what you do with it, and GET YOU INTO IMMEDIATE ACTION & RESULTS!

The Road to Becoming in Network Marketing.

Let's move forward, and talk about whom you are planning on becoming in your MLM and Network Marketing business.

Before you ever call anyone, or even start your learning, you need to be honest with yourself about your Role, and what you are going to be doing as you build your dream mlm business.

Many people never define who they are in this business, and what they are going to do. And because of that, never have clearly defined tasks or focus in building their dreams. This will create a "fog" or lack of clarity in which direction you are going to be heading and what you will be doing with the hours you have to work your business.

In your wonderful Network Marketing company, you need to decide which one of these roles you are planning on taking on and which is most comfortable for you at this time. Understand, you will grow tremendously in this business and company, but there always needs to be a starting point.

Which one best describes you now?

1) Retailer of the Products.

This is simply the lifeblood of our company, and is where you share the products with your friends and family, and build a business with lots of customers over time. The retail profits and commissions you earn can become a significant income.

2) Retailer of the Products who wants to grow into a Business Builder

Many friends that you share these products with will know someone, or even be interested themselves in working with you in building their own business and dreams. Never be pushy, but MAGNETIC, with excitement, energy, and passion as you develop a team who decides to duplicate what you're doing. Serious part-time supplemental income can develop here.

3) Serious (Career) Business Builder

Serious Business Builders are the potential Super Stars of your business and company. And they are the leaders of your company. Their focus is amazing, and work ethic is strong.

And many Serious Business Builders grew into this Role, by starting as retailers of the products only. The Path to Success can be traveled many ways, but the key is to KEEP TRAVELLING THE PATH! Career incomes are made at this level.

Which one do you see yourself as now? There is NO WRONG ANSWER! You need to do what excites you most, and then simply start.

That's it. Just START.

What excites you the most, and "feels right", will be what you do initially the best. As you grow, you may change your focus and direction in MLM.

Once you define what you plan on becoming, and what role you will be stepping into, you do not have to stay there. You may start off as simply a retailer and share the products, and eventually grow into the company's number one earner. All things are possible!

Decide what you are going to do, and then step into that role, and master it. You will be shocked at how easy it really is to create success in your life once you decide to.

Especially Success in MLM and Network Marketing.

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

7 Different MLM Compensation Types Explained

2008-06-29T21:58:00.025-07:00

As the Number of Network Marketing Programs proliferate the Number of Network Marketing Payment Types increase as well. This Article will explore 7 types of Payments that a Network Marketer can receive. Many Plans Employ Hybrids where they combine 2 or more of these Payment types into their Pay Plans.

1 - Uni-Level MATRIX PLANS

This is often referred to by the un-informed as the Dreaded "Pyramid". A Unilevel Matrix allows you to have Unlimited Width and Limited Depth. Simply Point let's say that you are personally responsible for signing up 10 team members. You will earn a commission on all sales generated by your 10 Team Members. (You could in fact sign up 100 or 1,000 or even 1,000,000 or more people on your first level). Now lets Say each of your 10 Team members Sign up 10. Since 10x10 is 100 You will now have 100 People on your 2nd Level. You would also earn commissions on all Sales Generated by your 2nd level. A Typical Uni-Level will pay down 5 or More Levels. If each person were to continue to get 10 this would leave 1,000 people on your 3rd Level, 10,000 People on level 4 and 100,000 People on level 5. A very promising but highly unlikely scenario.

2 - FORCED MATRIX Pay Plans

A Forced Matrix is Similar to a Unilevel Matrix but it limits the amount of people each person can have in their first Level. A Very Popular Kind of forced Matrix is a 3x9 Forced Matrix.

With a 3x9 Forced Matrix The Most People you can have on Level 1 is 3. Now the most people each of those 3 can have on there level 1 is 3 which leaves you 9 people on your 2nd Level, A 3x9 Matrix By the Levels

3

9

27

81

243

729

2.187

6,561

19,683 Total - 29,523

One Advantage of a Forced Matrix is Spillover. Spillover occurs when you sponsor more people then can fit on your first level. So if we use the Unilevel Example above and Assume Everyone Sponsors 10 You Would not only completely fill your 3x9 Matrix but you would actually have enough people left over to fill a 10th level of 59,049 and partially fill an 11th level of over 170,000.

3 - Fast Start Bonus

A Fast Start Bonus is Seldom the only part of the compensation plan. More often then not it is used as an extra incentive to sponsor more people. The Fast Start Bonus is Typically a Lump sum payment of up to 100% of the First Months Membership for anyone you sponsor

4 - Sponsor Bonus

A Sponsor Bonus is often used with a Forced Matrix. It is usually a Monthly Recurring Bonus and is paid each month on everyone you personally Sponsor.

5 - BREAKAWAYS

Breakaways are used with Matrix Pay Plans. When a Team member reaches certain qualification they break away from your team and you no longer receive the Matrix Pay out on that team member or anyone in that part of the Matrix (the Break Away). You do however receive a Lump Sum Monthly Commission of the entire Volume of the Break Away Unit.

6 - INFINITY BONUSES

Are often Used with matrix Pay plans. They allow you to earn down an Infinite number of Levels if you meet the Qualification. You could be blocked by someone on a lower level who also qualifies.

7 - BINARY PLANS

A Binary Plan is like a 2xInfinity Forced Matrix with a Twist. In a Binary you would have 2 Legs. You would typically earn a commission on the Entire Volume of your weakest Leg. Many binary's have systems in place that may allow you to earn Commissions at a later (via a Carryover) on your Strongest leg.

While the pay plan is important. It clearly is only one small part of the MLM you choose to join. You should look at the whole package, Pay Plan, Product, Automated Tools. Market Size, Start-Up Costs etc.

By Mike Makler

I Could Have Quit $1,000,000 Ago

2008-06-29T21:58:00.023-07:00

Two Things (Maybe Three):

1) Over the course of this on-line training series, you will uncover ideas and formulas, that I dare say, you have never seen before.

Let this first training letter be an example. You'll see and you will uncover ideas and Networking antidotes that are typically reserved, only for "Senior" F/T $25,000 per month super-recruiters.

2) The second thing you will uncover, is that to break out of that traditional work-at-home mindset on something for nothing will require you to treat your home business like a REAL business. You will have to invest in yourself.

People Pay $40,000 to $75,000 For Almost Nothing

The training you are about to dig into was not written or intended for brand new people who haven't climbed up into the $2,000+ monthly income bracket.

Those types, the "newbies" and sophomore beginners probably would read what you are about to, and scratch their heads asking, "How is this going to translate to me making money." However, it's not better leads that ultimately makes Networkers become F/T mega-watt check earners. It's not even their companies products.

If it was, everyone with killer products would be making a F/T income in this industry. Instead, it is those who UNDERSTAND and know people.

Consider this. "Become the right kind of person and you begin to attract the right kinds of people."

It is people with INSIGHT into how people think. INSIGHT on how to motivate and lead people, it is those people, and only those people, who ultimately take a killer product and good lead sources, and recruit other super-winners.

Now then, with that said, let me speak to you, the advanced Networker.

The PROBLEM with (I said problem) with the "average" Networker is that they are F/T employees trying to pretend they are entrepreneurs about to create an extra $50,000 to $100,000 per year annual income.

I should know, I know what it is like to have a downline that does a Million a month in sales. I know what it is like to have people front-line earning $10,000+ per month.

Yup. I have been there, bought the T-Shirt and "done that." So listen up.

The problem is that most of the people we (we as an industry) are speaking to are employee minded people. People, bless their little white socks and employee badges linked around their necks, people who are used to being taken care of, burped and people unaccustomed to RISK.

This is why business owners, people who know what it is like to RISK money and people who are more prone to living on the edge, this is why THOSE kinds of people usually make the big F/T income in this industry.

Here is how the "employee" minded Networker thinks and speaks.

I am not a risk taker.

If I don't make my money back quick, I am going to quit this deal.

I won't recruit friends and family. That might embarrass me.

I want to earn $5,000 a month with as little investment as possible.

Now sit back and think. How many people have you spoken to like that over the past thirty days?

Admit it. We both speak to people like that all the time.

Try this.

Do this.

This will help you.

I want you to do something. And if you will do [this] you will be blown away and walk away with a much deeper appreciation for this industry.

Please go grab a local newspaper of yours. One of the big ones.

From there, I want you to locate in the paper, where the business opportunities are. I want you to NOTICE how much pizza shops and little convenience stores are selling for. Then I want you to spend a little time calling and investigating them. The reason is this.

I want you to see for yourself, first hand, that people are selling real businesses, for twenty-five to ($75K) seventy-five THOUSAND dollars that barely break even.

I want you to see that people ACTUALLY invest $75,000 in a little store in order to sit there TWELVE (12) hours per day in order to take home a net income of $500 a week.

I then want you to 100% totally appreciate how in this business, you can net $1,000 to $5,000 per month (first year) by investing under a grand a month in your home stay-at-home-business.

"Joe, how does this help my business?"

"Joe, who cares about Deli owners and how much they sell their businesses for?"

I'll tell you why this is such a BIG DEAL.

BECAUSE the people you are RECRUITING will NOT make you money and they will not stay with you without them investing in themselves BEYOND buying the products each month.

Imagine investing $75,000 bucks to buy a small business that turns a net profit of $25,000 a year. People do that all the time.

Now imagine being in our business and investing only $2,000 to $5,000 in order to make that EACH MONTH.

But that's not how the conditioned "employee" mind thinks.

The little guys, the newbies, the people YOU are going to train have to realize that in America, you don't create a $40,000 to $100,000 income for FREE.

Without advertising it won't work.

Without spending $200 to $500 a month on leads.

Something for nothing doesn't work.

The next time you have a new enrollee who balks at the idea of them spending $2,000 to "set themselves up" KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

They are the EMPLOYEE pretending to be an entrepreneur!

Their employee MIND does not understand?

I am a F/T employee at a company.

I now need to CHANGE how I think and act.

I need personal development.

I need to INVEST $2,000 to set myself up. Not $50,000.

But I need to invest in business tools, leads and ads.

And the problem, is that you as a heavy-hitter or even a soon to be heavy-hitter super recruiter and full-time mega-earner, it is YOUR JOB to educate and hold them accountable.

Insanity. Here is what it looks like.

"I want to earn an EXTRA $3,000 per month by investing only $200."

That's insane.

That's also, well, it's stupid.

And you need, as a leader, to EDUCATE and tell your younger freshman recruits when they are out-of-step. When they are setting themselves up for failure.

Lets be honest.

How many times have we recruited people who we knew full well would be "out" in a month or two? I will confess, I am guilty.

Just once then, just maybe, if only to exercise our integrity, we tell certain future recruits, "what? You don't have a $1,000 to get yourself started? Well you know what, do yourself a favor and buy a lottery ticket instead!"

So what can we do?

Knowing this, how can we change people from low minded "lottery" Networkers to entrepreneurs? How?

For one, educate them. Get them to read something like this.

CHALLENGE them.

For example, after you recruit someone and they tell you they only have $50 bucks to invest in building their business, ask them, politely, "just for kicks, can you name me a business in America that makes the owner an extra $25,000 a year for a monthly investment of $200?"

These ideas help you because THESE are the TYPES of people that answer opportunity ads. "Employee" types are out there wasting your time answering your ads and taking up your precious time on the phone.

Therefore, knowing what they look like, from a mile away helps you to better identify them faster.

The Entrepreneur doesn't have to get rich fast. They understand that slow is safer and that building a long term stable business is a safer bet that anything that promises to be fast money.

The entrepreneur is ready to invest $1,000 to $5,000 to set-themselves up. It's basic business 101.

Yes, it takes money to make money. It takes money to create a pipe-line (a funnel) of leads and prospects waiting to hear about your juicy opportunity. The Entrepreneur is patient. They have the long term vision.

Phone Interview Leads. Gotta love them.

What they are, are people that have been phone interviewed more than once by us. That's right. These are people without a primary program and people looking for an opportunity. Folks who have $300 to $500 to join and even more money to actually build their business.

By Joe Schroeder

9 Sure Fire Methods to explode your Downline

2008-06-29T21:58:00.021-07:00

Everyone dreams of building a Profitable MLM Sales Team. Unfortunately many MLM Sales Team suffer from Massive Bleeding that starts at the Bottom and keeps moving up Month after Month. Here are 9 Simple Steps you can follow to not only stop the Bleeding but continue to grow your organization strong.

1 - Newsletter

Send out a weekly newsletter with a brief tip. Let your members know you care. It has been said they don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Use your newsletter to acknowledge and praise key team members, give tips and advice etc.

2 - Free Newsgroup

A newsgroup is a great way to promote teamwork. It enables your team members to help each other. A Newsgroup sets your team apart and makes it seem special.

Some Tips to Quick start your newsgroup:
Visit the Newsgroup often giving and requesting feedback. Make sure your team members know that you will visit the newsgroup on a regular basis. You might even want to post a schedule letting your team members know when you will visit the newsgroup. That way if your team members request feedback from you they will know when your next scheduled visit will be

Use your weekly newsletter from step 1 to promote your newsgroup and encourage your team members to take advantage of the newsgroup. Have a section of your newsletter devoted to your newsgroup.

You can set up a free Newsgroup at Yahoo, Google and MSN

3 - Set up a Free Forum

A Forum is similar to a newsgroup. A Forum has more features then a newsgroup and can be used in addition to or instead of a News Group. You can set up a free forum here http://forumwise.com/

4 - Blog

A Blog can be used to compliment your newsletter. Your blog is an additional way to keep in contact with your Team and show them you care. Make it a point to have a Quick Tips or Tools you can post once or twice a week in your blog. The Blog is also a great place to post timely updates. You should also post your weekly newsletter in your blog as an easy way for your team members to see previous newsletters. Encourage your team members to start their own blogs and even offer to link to team member blogs.

5 - Conference Calls

Organize regular Conference Calls. Conference calls can be used as a recruiting tool. Conference calls can also be used as a way to motivate and help your team. You should have some members only conference calls weekly in addition to conference calls each weeks devoted to recruiting. http://www.freeconference.com/

6 - The Buddy System

Set up small buddy groups. Encourage these buddy groups to have weekly conference calls amongst themselves.

7 - Ad Co-op

An example of an Ad Co-Op would be a Pay Per Click ad Campaign where the URL of members who participate in the Co-Op are rotated based on Co-Op Shares Purchased.

8 - Contest

A contest is a Great way to motivate your downline. Offer something of value, free Leads, An E-Book, Ad Co-Op Shares or even paying their membership fee for a month or more.

9 - Find your Leaders

It seems to be a common known fact that 20% of the people get 80% of the results. Find and motivate your 20%. Setup a time where you meet with your leaders, Seek your leaders advice and keep your leaders motivated. Let your leaders know they you will be their for them. Encourage your leaders to develop and help their leaders.

Bonus Tip 10 Free VOIP

Encourage the Use of a Free VOIP service like SKYPE. This way your team members can talk to you and each other without costly long distance charges. Free Services like SKYPE allow members to voice chat with each other over the Internet for free.

If you had to sum up the secrets of building and sustaining a large MLM team In three words Caring, Communication and Involvement stand out.

By using the above 9 Steps plus bonus step 10 you enable you not only enable your team members to communicate with you and each other but you strongly encourage communication. The Above Steps keep involved in the team and allow your team members to be involved also. Since actions speak louder then words by implementing the above steps you truly show your team how much you care.

By Mike Makler

Use This 3 Prong Team Building Power Punch To Explode Those MLM Teams

2008-06-29T21:58:00.019-07:00

By Combining 3 Free Online Tools you will learn to Motivate Your Downline. Create a strong Team Identity and Promote Team Work and at the Same Time Explode your Downlines.

In a recent Article I talked about 9 Sure Fire Methods to explode your Downline. In this Article I discuss 3 of those methods in more detail.

Prong 1 - Newsletter You can E-mail this newsletter using the Downline Mailer or Free or Paid Auto responders available on the Internet. The Delivery method is secondary the key is to have a newsletter. You need to let your Downline Know you care and want to help them.

Here are some things you can do with your Newsletter

Announce Contests

Explain Key parts of the MLM program you are involved in

Run Contests

Spotlight a Downline Member of the Week

Have a Tip of the Week

Give Recruiting Tips

Announce the Ad Co-Op

Announce Conference Calls

Brag a little about how well you are doing

Encourage them to Join the Team Newsgroup and Post.Have your team members looking forward to receiving the newsletter by Keeping a Regular schedule as much as possible. If You say you are going to send out the newsletter every Friday, send it every Friday.

Prong 2 -The Team Blog A Blog just ads a little more versatility to your Newsletter. Post each and every Newsletter in your Blog. This allows new members to get up to speed by viewing old newsletters It also allows older members to review past newsletters anytime they need too.

In addition to the Newsletter Posts Be sure you blog at least 2 more times a week. Like Your Newsletter try and keep a Blog Schedule. Be sure and tell your team Members that you may have Surprise Blogs so to check more often. Encourage your Team members to add your RSS Feed to their Favorite Blog Reader

Things to Blog about

new Ad Resource you found.

A Little known feature of the MLM Program

A huge Surge in membership.

Some topic that seems to be getting attention in the Newsgroup

Update something you wrote in your newsletter with new and improved Information

A quote of the day, Week

An Interesting article someone else wrote Prong 3 - The Newsgroup The Newsgroup is the most important part of the 3 Prongs (You can sign-up for a free newsgroup at Yahoo, Google MSN) The Newsgroup is the place your team members can go to interact with each other. The newsgroup is the place where your team members help each other. This is the place your team to really does become a Team.

You need to be pro active in the newsgroup. You need to Post Replies to your team members. You need to ask Questions of your team members so you know how best to help them. Use the newsgroup to gauge the Pulse of the team. The Newsgroup is your eyes and ears into the heart and soul of your team.

Use your Blog and your newsletter to promote your Team Newsgroup. You really want to get all your team members involved in the newsgroup. The team Needs to know and believe the newsgroup is theirs and they can guide it any way they want too. Have the team to choose the newsgroup moderator.

By Mike Makler

Financially Free with Network Marketing?

2008-06-29T21:58:00.017-07:00

Are you also curious, but skeptical, about becoming financially free with network marketing? Do you think financial freedom is only a dream? Why would network marketing be the answer? How should you use it to achieve financial freedom? Let's begin?

Let's assume you've got a job or you're self-employed. That means you have to show up for work to get paid. You can say you exchange your time for money. As we tend to spend our money on food, our home, car and other stuff, we have to keep exchanging our time for money.

Although most of us have accepted this, that doesn't mean it has to be this way. When you feel yourself resisting your 9 to 5 routine or the limited amount of income you'll be making, you're ready to look beyond these limits.

The solution to the "exchange your time for money"-problem is to create passive income. As the word suggests this is income that you don't have to work for. How can that be?

There are two ways by which you can achieve this:

1. Invest in Real Estate to get rental income

2. Own businesses that don't require your presence

You can still create passive income in real estate today, even without having money, but knowledge of buying houses in preforeclosure is a must. So, if this is your thing, go for it!

If you want to own a business, here are four ways you can get one:

1. Buy a business
2. Buy the rights for a franchise
3. Start your own business
4. Network marketing

The first two options generally require a large investment. If you have the money and the ability to tell a good opportunity from a bad one, be my guest.

The third option is the most difficult. Remember, you want it to be the kind of business that doesn't require your presence, so you'll have to have the knowledge to set up all kinds of business systems, hire people, get finance for the start-up period. Also, you have to have a product.

However, once you've managed to build a successful business, it can be very satisfying and it can make you very rich. Just read on to find out how you can learn the right skills while growing the capital for your start-up.

And then finally, network marketing. You don't need capital, there is already a product and all systems (production, communication, distribution, payments) are in place. This means you have no risk and you can start right away.

But can this be a business that doesn't require your presence? Well, not immediately, but you've got a great chance that it will be in a few years! How's that? Two reasons:

1. If you focus your marketing efforts on the internet, you can use tools like a website and an autoresponder. Once you've set-up these tools properly with your "unable to resist" marketing campaign and you've got traffic coming to your website, income is automatically generated for you for a long time after your initial efforts.

2. People can join the program under you. As you build your "downline" and teach them well, they start generating sales, from which you get your share. So for that part of your income your presence is no longer required either.

Then, when your presence isn't required anymore, you can set up another stream of passive income. With this strategy you are well on your way to financial freedom.

Network marketing doesn't necessarily have to be your end goal. Use network marketing to learn! Learn what it means to run a business. Then you can either excel in network marketing or prepare yourself to start and run your own business.

Hopefully, this article helped you make a choice if and how you want to become financially free. Making a choice you feel confident about helps you to keep going when things don't go as smooth as you would like them to go.

By Ruby Arens

A Simple Step by Step Approach to Fail Your Way to a Financially Successful Home Based Business

2008-06-29T21:58:00.015-07:00

He (or she) who is the first to fail a Billion Times wins. He (or she) who dies with the Most Failures win. In order to start and run a Successful Home Based Business you need to learn how to fail. Those who fail the best and the most are the most successful.

In a Seminar Given by Robert Allen a few years back he said the Difference between those who are Financially successful and those who aren't, are that Financially Successful people know how to fail. Robert Allen went on to say that a Financially unsuccessful person fails trying to find a traditional job and when they finally succeed what do they have a JOB. But a Financially Successful people fails to put together a million Dollar deal, but when they finally succeed they have a Million Dollar Deal.

Taking Robert Allen's Theory of Failure a step further you will learn how to build a successful Home Based Business, failure by failure. Anyone who has tried to start a home based network marketing business knows about failure. If you have never been successful at running a home based network marketing business it is probably because you have not failed enough. You need to fail 100's upon 100's of times to establish a successful home based network marketing business.

The key to any successful Network marketing business is building a team. The secret to building a Good team is Failure. You make a call trying to add a team member and you are told no (that's a failure). You keep calling and they keep telling you no, (Failure after failure). You finally get someone to join your team, but they fail to build a team so they quit (another failure.) You may need to make 10, 20, 30 or more phone calls to get that 1 team member. You may need to get 3, 4, 5, or 10 team members to get a successful team member. You show me a successful home based network Marketing business and I will show you somehow who is a Top Notch Failure.

He who dies with the Most Failures is the "BIGGEST" Winner.

By Mike Makler

MLM Training- The New MLM Distributors Getting Started Checklist

2008-06-29T21:58:00.013-07:00

A List for MLM Success.

That is what I am talking about here. Every new mlm distributor needs a checklist when they get started to create a "map" of what the need to do to get started.

Why?

Simple.

Duplication.

If you have a checklist that a new network marketing distributor can follow and check off what he/she has done, then you have created a system that can not only be duplicated, but also taught.

By virtually anyone.

A checklist also will provide another thing besides duplication.

Accountability.

If a new MLM distributor knows that he/she will be asked about completing part of a checklist, then the odds of them doing it just went up a lot!

It simply shows the new Network Marketing distributor tasks that need to be done, and a good checklist will even have the date the task was done.

INFERNO Secret:

If a new mlm distributor has a list of things that they must do, the seriousness of the focus they have will increase significantly.

You, as a sponsor, must provide a PATH to success in the beginning that WALKS the new distributor through the first tasks that need to be done.

And it must be a step by step path.

Your checklist must have some form of direction to it and purpose. It cannot be just a list of tasks that are meaningless. They must be what will get the new mlm distributor prepared for the initial launch of their new MLM business.

There are many forms and kinds of checklists. I have seen many out in the industry, and all of them differed in some way.

It's not the list itself that is important as the fact that there is a track to follow and a path that you can access as you get started in this business.

A list should contain 3 things:

1) Tasks that Set up the new distributor with the MLM company.

This part of the list should contain what is needed to get the new distributor in the computer and inventory ordered, and anything else your company requires you to so.

2) A list of what needs to be done to set up and engage the MLM business.

This can be as simple as a warm market list and a time to start calling the names.

3) Target Dates to accomplish the tasks in Network Marketing.

Make the dates have a sense of urgency but not intimidating to the new person?

And a list should always be "user friendly" -- easy to follow and not complicated as this will expedite the new mlm distributor's willingness to get it done quicker.

Here is checklist that will work for any new distributor and get them focused and on track for Network Marketing success:

Steps to MLM Success for a New MLM Distributor.

1) Make sure all the paperwork is in and Product ordered.

Date:______________________________

2) Schedule the first MLM Training Session and Kick off Meeting

Date:________________________________

Kick Off Meeting Agenda for New MLM Distributor:

3) Go over the New distributor Manual-Section by Section

Date:_________________________________

4) Call and get 3 way calling set up on their phone

Date:__________________________________

5) Go through the tools and brochures and answer any questions

Date:__________________________________

6) Start the warm market and "Hello it's Me" letter list (Memory Jogger)

Date:___________________________________

7) Go through Fast Start Training (If applicable)

Date: ___________________________________

8) Role Play with new distributor approach and 3 way script

Date:_______________________________________

9) Set time to start 3 way calls

Date:_________________________________________

10) Plan First Exposure Meeting with warm market

Date:_________________________________________

As you can see, the first part is to get the paperwork out of the way, and then you do what I call a "Kick Off Meeting". This is a meeting that is set to train and officially "kick off" the business of the new mlm distributor.

INFERNO Secret:

Every new network marketing distributor needs an "Official Start" to their mlm business, and a Kick Off meeting accomplishes that. It is the starting point of where the new network marketing distributor starts working their business.

Follow the steps to the Kick off meeting and if there is a Fast Start training from your company, go over that with them. PassionFire has a Fast Start Training as well if your mlm company does not have one.

The tools are VERY important. Go over all the tools with the new mlm distributor, and make sure they have an understanding of them.

Role play with the new mlm distributor with 3 way calling. This is a MUST! It will help create confidence in them and also show them the power in the 3 way.

Then plan their first exposure meeting, usually in their home, or a luncheon, or just setting appointments with the new distributor to go see people.

Go over this checklist with the new mlm distributor, and START THEM OFF RIGHT for MLM Success in Network Marketing.

blessings..doug

By Doug Firebaugh

Key Aspects Of A Successful Network Marketing Program

2008-06-29T21:58:00.011-07:00

The world of network marketing has many aspects, but promotion, persistence, and patience are three key elements which are vital to achieving successful results in a network marketing program.

PROMOTION is the lifeblood of network marketing. Whether you are using online methods or offline methods, or a combination of both, you must constantly strive to get your offering in front of a targeted audience.

There are thousands of published sources that deal with specific methods of network marketing (both online and offline), but the key point to be made here is that you must have an active promotion campaign designed to bring in a steady stream of new prospective downline members.

PERSISTENCE is a key element in network marketing success. You've gotta "just keep on keepin' on", even though frustation levels can be quite high at times.

After you have been at it a while, and have a downline large enough to provide reasonably accurate statistics, you will probably find that about 95% of your downline members are dormant and do nothing at all. Its easy to get down in the dumps or take it personally when you encounter so many "do nothing" people.

Therefore, it is really important work with and actively support the 5% or so that are serious about participating. And clearly, an active and effective promotion campaign will continue to bring in increasing numbers of potential participants so that while 5% is small on a percentage basis, it can still be a sizeable amount from a pure numbers standpoint.

PATIENCE is vital. You can expect that it will take about a year before the awsome power of geometric growth kicks in.

A classic illustration of geometric growth is the frequently used penny-a-day example.

If you save one penny on the first day, and double it every successive day, (day two you have 2 pennies and day three you have 4 pennies, and so on) how much will you have at the end of 30 days? The answer, to the astonishment of many, is $5,368,708! Amazing, but true.

Its a sad statistic that most network marketers fail and it is often traceable to the fact that they did not exhibit enough persistence and patience to continue constantly promoting their business for the year or so that is required for success.

Network marketers that stick with it for a year or more often end up becoming the proverbial "heavy hitters".

In closing, I would like to encourage you to increase your chances of becoming a successful network marketer by always keeping a clear focus on "the three P's" of Promotion, Persistence, and Patience.

By Kirk Bannerman

Network Marketing Training- Secret MLM Recruiting Formula for Becoming 10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof

2008-06-29T21:58:00.009-07:00

It happens everyday.

Network Marketers go out, and get shot down. And they lay in their own pool of pity and excuses, never knowing that the whole scenario could have been prevented. Network Marketing recruiting is not a hazardous occupation, but you would never know it from some folks.

That is why you need "body armor."

Just like the kind that the Special Ops Commandos use in their operations. If they get shot at,the armor reflects or stops the bullet, and they live. You need that kind of armor in MLM, and you need to become 10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof in MLM Prospecting!

Great! But how do you do that?

Easy. It all deals with reflecting the bullets of rejection from your mlm prospects, and doing it handily. That is something that anyone can do, and anyone can succeed at, as reflecting "rejection bullets" is handled by what we call a "Third Party Recruiter."

What is that?

It simply is a recruiting tool, CD, DVD, or Brochure, or website/webcast, or any other tool that you can use to tell the story of the MLM Network Marketing Company you enrolled in.

All you do, is ask them if they have a few minutes, as you would like to share an idea with them, that has really helped your life.

For example:

"Do you have a cd player in your car?"

"Yeah sure."

"Could you please do me a favor, and put this in and listen to it as you drive home?" It is that simple.

All you are doing with these recruiting tools are "sifting and sorting" as they call it, mlm prospects. I call it "Rating and Separating." You simply are rating the ones who show an interest as High, and the rest you are separating into a group for possible product purchases. Again, it is that simple.

And when you have given them a CD or DVD, and it has been a day or so, call them, and ask, "What was your favorite part about the DVD?" or "What did you like the best about the CD?" Assume they have listened to it, and focus them on what they liked best.

If they did not like it, you did not have to do a presentation, or go through the whole scenario of your mlm company. You saved a lot of time using a recruiting tool. And they did not reject you, but simply did not embrace the message that the tool shared with them.

It is called "Rejection Proof" Prospecting and Recruiting! And it can make you feel 10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof because they did not tell you NO, but told you that the CD message was not for them.

But wait! It gets better!

You can fail 80%-90% of the time and still create a solid business with MLM prospecting tools! And you would be 10 Feet Tall and Spitting Bullets then! How would that happen?

It all deals with understanding the numbers in Network Marketing Success.

It revolves around sharing a recruiting CD/DVD/Brochure, 2 times a day with someone new. That is all. Just twice a day. We call it the "Two A Day" Formula, and lets say that you have 5 people in your group that is willing to hand out 2 CDs a day. Here is what has proven to happen:

5 people x 2 exposures a day= 10 EXPOSURES a day.

10 exposures a day x 30 days= 300 exposures a month.

300 exposures monthly x 12 months= 3600 EXPOSURES a year.

That would yield for the year about:

720 new customers (2 out of 10 prospects purchasing- 20%- 20% of 3600 = 720.)

180 new distributors (5 out of 100 prospects enrolling in your company- 5%- 5% of 3600 = 180.)

1440 referrals (2 referrals from the 720 new customers on average. You will average selling 3 out of 10 referrals.)

What would happen to your business if THIS HAPPENED? KABOOOOOM!

You would become 10 Feet tall, and Chewing Bullets for Gum! 720 NEW CUSTOMERS! 180 NEW DISTRIBUTORS! 1440 REFERRALS! And that is with a 80% FAILURE RATE!

And all you do, is hand out 2 mlm prospecting tools a day. Thats it, and let the numbers do their work.

How simple is that? This is all we did for 10 years, and built a HUGE group, as this simple Two a Day is totally duplicable, and multiplies!

Become 10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof in your MLM prospecting, by allowing this simple system to wrap you in "MLM Success Armor" and never feel the pain of rejection again! Let the recruiting tool take the hit, as you simply take the CD back. And give it to the next person!

It is NOT all about Talent, but TOOLS! And using them as a Third Party Recruiter/Prospector will help explode any business out there. And It is REJECTION PROOF Prospecting/Recruiting!

That alone would make anyone 10 Feet Tall and BulletProof in MLM Recruiting!

Blessings...Doug

By Doug Firebaugh

What is the Secret About a Multilevel Marketing Business?

2008-06-29T21:58:00.007-07:00

Maybe it is the stigma attached to it, that all MLM businesses are scam, fake and plainly out there to get your money. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, there are some nasty people out there who operate MLM businesses, but there are a whole lot of ethical, honest and fantastic business opportunities out there who will give you a once in a lifetime chance of becoming financially independent.

As Jim Rohn quotes "We all have two choices, we can make a living or design a life."

An MLM business will give you choices in life, you wouldn't normally have as an employee. It is a well known and proven fact, that the worlds most self made millionaires come from a Network Marketing business!

So what is Network Marketing, and why is it so special? Well, have you ever asked yourself, why products in the shops are so expensive? For example: The farmer in the field grows apples, once they are ripe he takes the produce to the market, where it is bid upon for a good price. The farmer then gets his cut! Now the buyer sets the price for the wholesale purchaser- who buys them, and then sells the apples to a shop/supermarket. So by the time you go shopping, a fare share of middlemen has taken their cut on your apple, therefore it is often unnecessarily expensive.

As opposed to above scenario, a Network Marketing business is run by an Independent Distributor who buys and sells the products directly to the customer! This effectively cuts out on unnecessary middlemen; therefore you as the customer will get proper value for your dollar. But it doesn't stop there! The Independent Distributor delivers often outstanding personal after sale service you get free of charge and wouldn't normally get while buying in a shop. Also, the overheads of a MLM business are very low compared to a traditional business, there is no staff to employ, no shop to lease, no goodwill to pay and generally very low start up costs. All in all a MLM business gives the Distributor a low risk chance of becoming financially independent!

You probably say to yourself now, yes, I can see that, but why is it then, that over 90% of MLM businesses fails within their first 2 years? It is simple, even if it sounds harsh. When people get into their own MLM business they often overestimate, what they can earn in the short term ( 1-3 years) and underestimate, what they can earn in the long term ( 3 + years)

It takes a hardworking, reliable, ethical, commited, disciplined and caring person, to run a successful Network Marketing business and it is coupled with a lot of tears, hard work, failure and joy. Also the individual has to commit to ongoing Personal Development.

Once you grow as a person, your business will grow!

So if you think you have what it takes, I suggest you seriously research these fantastic opportunities.

By Monika Mundell

The X Factor of MLM Mega Earners

2008-06-29T21:58:00.005-07:00

Send this to your downline. It will give them a perspective that will make you money. More enrollees, more sales and more money.

Ask the average Networker [why] they joined your company and they will respond, "because I want to help a lot of people."

Some will answer, "Because it's a solid product that everyone needs."

Rarely will you hear someone say, "TO MAKE LOTS of money!"

That is because most P/T Networkers, who are not used to making $50,000 to $100,000 annually, working from home, are afraid that what they are selling will not make their new recruits money.

(please read that again)

Now, to properly put this into perspective, here is a question:

When you walk into McDonalds, have they ever said to you, "you really should not Super-Size your meal, it's way too many calories!"

No they haven't. That's ridiculous. It's also never happened because McDonalds could give a rip what you order. For them, it's just a trade.

It's a value trade. They sell food. You give them money for it.

No emotion. It's just business.

Even when an obese man walks into McDonalds and orders way to much food, no one at McDonalds warns the man that this could worsen his health. Because no one cares.

It's just plain good ole fashion business.

It's a value for value trade.

However, in our industry, lots of people, especially the new people, say?.they think to themselves?

"I will wait to make money BEFORE I recruit my friends."

"I better not recruit her, I KNOW she could never do this."

"I better not ask my new downline member for $500 to join our lead co-op, I bet she doesn't have the money."

The problem is that too many wish-they-could-be-F/T Networkers think the ONLY way for them to make money here, is if everyone succeeds.

And that just isn't how life works.

Half of the people, they say, get a divorce.

Most people who dabble in MLM fail. Any why shouldn't they? Who builds a part-time legitimate business dabbling?

Most people quit their diets. Right? (research says they even get fatter!)

So here's the "X" factor.

The "X" factor is that it's not your job to worry about who should join this and who can't. Your job, is to simply get enough people looking at your opportunity in the first place.

The truth is, the heavy-hitters in this industry understand "free will" and could care less who wins or who loses. And it is THAT way of thinking that allows them to siphon through MORE people.

The Proper Thinking is:

The thinking is, "some will, some won't, so what [?], who cares?"

It's not about becoming a cold hearted person.

It's not.

It's not about abandoning your core values.

It's about, how can you truly help people if you are broke?

You can't. Not if you're broke.

There's an old saying and it goes like this, "you can't save the whales if you can't afford to fish."

What that means is this.

Do you want to help a lot of other people?

Then you be the model. You be their inspiration.

You be the one who recruited 100 people in a year.

You be the one who earns the serious money.

Some will. Some won't. So what. Next.

Heavy-hitters get to a place whereby emotions are left at home.

We are all adults. This is business. And we are all here to make money.

And that can't happen if you are pre-judging people, worrying about who might succeed or fail, or if you are not asking everyone you know to work your program.

Consider this.

Big name MLM Guru's think nothing of asking folks to invest $3,000 to $5,000 for them to be your personal coach.

Apparently, they are not looking for broke people who can only afford a few hundred.

McDonalds could care less about your health. If they did, they would not try to SUPER-SIZE every meal they sell.

If all of this is true, and it is, why are some people wishy-washy and afraid to get other people to invest $2,000 to $5,000 in a home business?

Why?

The answer is because falsely, they feel that they would be responsible if their new recruits failed.

And that's the "X" factor.

KEY-LESSON:

Whether people win or fail is not your business.

Your business is to show your business to the entire world or at least to a few thousand people. In the next 90 days.

And when you stop worrying about who might fail, you will start to explore more avenues and begin showing MORE people.

Network Marketing is a selling business. Make no bones about it.

We are sales people.

We sell opportunity and we sell the good news of American capitalism.

And to play costs money.

Some will. Some won't. So what. Next.

This industry is really a personal development business.

Because you can't change your income and double your annual income by being the same person you used to be. You have to grow in order to earn more income.

A person who thinks like a $52,000 a year earner can't make $200,000 with the SAME MIND that earns $52,000.

It's impossible.

To elevate your income you have to change

How you think

Who you listen to

How you act and dress

How you communicate to people

Your ideals change and what was once considered "silly" or impossible now seems doable.

I once heard something and it blew me away.

"Most people hang around people who earn within fifty thousand dollars of what they earn."

(because that is their comfort zone.)

What would happen to your life if you actually started to hang around people earning 2-3-4-5 times what you make?

No, I don't mean just swapping e-mails and hopping on some conference calls with super-earners and heavy-hitters.

I mean ACTUALLY hanging around people who earn 2-3-4-5 times what you earn?

WOW!

By Joe Schroeder

Are You Looking to Get in on the Ground Floor of the Next Amway? Here Are 7 Things to Look For!

2008-06-29T21:58:00.003-07:00

Just like a Penny stock market investor wants to Find the Next Microsoft, a Network Marketer wants to be in on the Ground floor of the next Amway. Joining an MLM Company in it's infancy to find that next Amway is just as risky and possibly more Rewarding then those Penny Stock Investors seeking the next Microsoft.

Here are 7 things to look for when deciding which MLM or Network Marketing Company is right for You. These 7 Keys will reduce your risk and at the same time increase your chances of finding that next Amway

1 - Find a Company that Offers a Product or Service that appeals to the 20 something

People in their 20s haven't been involved in Network Marketing. You would want a Company that offers products to this young up and coming demographic. Products like Video Games, Computer Software, Music and Games. If they offer products that also appeals to Seniors and Teenagers and everyone in between that is a super bonus.

2 - Find a Company that is between 2 and 5 years old with Low Membership.

An MLM Company that has been around longer then 2 year has some stability. Low Membership is defined as 10,000 to 25,000 People. These companies are Ready to Bust out and when they do it is so much fun to go along and enjoy the Ride.

3 - Find a Company with a Global Presence.

Why limit yourself to just the USA or North America. Find a Company that appeals to the world.

4 - Find a Company that has a Low Price point.

Many MLM Company have a high startup costs and monthly recurring costs of $200 or more. If a Company has a start up cost of under $25 and a Monthly cost of under $25 it will be easier to build a team. Another benefit of a Low Price point is a Lower Risk.

5 - Find a Company that has an Internet presence.

What is the good of a global company if you are hindered in your efforts to reach out past your local region. A Global Company with an Internet presence allows you to reach out across the globe 24/7.

6 - Find a Company with Automated Tools

The More automated tools the better. How easy is it to tell a prospect

Go to this web page and watch the movie.

Go to this web page and hear a Recorded conference call.

Dial this Number for a Live Conference Call

Dial this Number for a Recorded Conference call

7 - Find a Company that offers good value and quality Products

Not many people want to purchase a $20 Can of shaving cream when they can go to the store and buy one for $3. If you can offer people good quality products at competitive prices you are more likely to be around for the long haul.

The Comp(Compensation)plan what about the Comp Plan. Comp Plans are as complex as any Graduate math course I ever took. You would want to find a comp plan that makes it easy to be profitable. Look for Comp plans that allow you to be profitable with 3 or 4 sales.

By Mike Makler

MLM Training - The TRUE COST of Your Lack of Action in Network Marketing

2008-06-29T21:58:00.001-07:00

Expensive.

VERY expensive.

That is what LOA is in the network marketing arena. It can be the most costly thing you ever have seen as far as a potential future, and yet, people seem to ignore the cost of it.

Amazing.

That is what it is.

Amazing.

That people would let this occur and without a single thought or guilt about it. And when the cost of it comes due, all they due is have a pity party.

"Woe is me. I am so unlucky. Look what this MLM business has done to me."

Yeah right.

INFERNO Secret:

Network marketing will only reflect back to you what you have done for it. It doesn't do anything to you. It only gives back what you have put in. Nothing more, nothing less.

You have joined a Network Marketing Company, and you are excited and want to tell the world, but then -- something happens.

REALITY.

You must go out and make calls and talk to people, do presentations, follow up, ask for the order, and do three ways as well as train your new people, so you say:

"WAIT A MINUTE! Is there not another way? There HAS TO BE!"

Sure. If you want to fail.

And LOA is a direct result of reality setting in and then your fears and doubts show up, and--

WHAMMMOOOOOO!

You are now full blown into the grasps of LOA, and many people don't even know they are there. They live most of their entire lives there, and their career in MLM becomes a result of it.

LOA. The cancer in MLM and Network Marketing.

Ok.

What is this thing called LOA and why is it so expensive to you?

Lack Of Action.

One of the biggest reasons that people fail miserably in this business, and the cost of it is truly staggering if you look at it realistically.

INFERNO Secret:

The most broke and poorest distributor in MLM is the "Permanent Student" who learns all the right things and what to do and say, but never acts on it or engages it.

And they are the ones who scream the loudest that MLM is a scam and it doesn't work.

No. They are wrong.

They are only scamming themselves to think that knowledge will make them successful in any enterprise, let alone Network Marketing or a Home Business.

INFERNO Secret:

Knowledge will not make you rich--ever. It is how you APPLY the knowledge EFFECTIVELY and CONSISTENTLY that creates wealth in Network Marketing and in Life.

Lack of Action is a cost that has interest attached to it. As a friend of mine says?

"If you think success is expensive, try paying the bill for failure!"

GREAT QUOTE!

Ok, we understand that LOA is something that is VERY expensive to you and your family.

But what are the true costs of it? If you really think about it, and ponder it, what will it really cost you and your family for your lack of action in MLM?

There is an exercise I have done all over the world and back, and the impact is amazing at what it does. And it really is a COLD DOSE of reality of what your LOA does cost you. And this exercise is something that is a good downline building tool and can be used in seminars and meetings.

It's called:

"The Top 10 Things I will Never have in My Life due to MY Lack of Action".

OUCH! That hurts, doesn't it? If you really think about it, it really does create a fear of loss and a big one sometimes.

Fill out the items below and list the things you will not have if you do not take action in MLM:

1) ______________________________________________

2) ______________________________________________

3 ______________________________________________

4)_____________________________________________

5) ______________________________________________

6) ______________________________________________

7) _____________________________________________

8) _____________________________________________

9) _____________________________________________

10) ____________________________________________

I realize that this is what my LOA will cost me, and am aware of the future costs as well.

Signed __________________________________________

Date _____________________

And the greatest cost, is the cost to your self image, and self esteem. Not taking action will only validate and hurt how you see yourself, and feel about yourself. It will continue to paint a paralyzed picture in your mind, over and over on a subconcious level, which will impact every area of your life. And it will only help empower the fear that has stopped the action, as well as the habits that are the fruit of it.

The True Cost of LOA in MLM actually is more INTERNAL than external, but either way, inaction costs you dearly. One costs you a future and destiny of Success, and the other costs you feeling good about who you are, and all the things that you could be accomplishing. Both are high costs, for a low desire to take action and Succeed.

So -- what's it gonna be bubba? (Or bubbette--smile)

May I suggest you NOT ACCEPT the Top 10 Lack in your life and TRUE COST of Lack of Action, and decide to get INTO ACTION and start creating what you want in your life as well as building that Greatness within you that has always been there and do it through MLM and Network Marketing!

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

Effective Use of Traffic Exchanges

2008-06-29T21:57:00.025-07:00

Like them or love them, traffic exchanges always seem to get an opinion out of people. Some people can't see the point and others love them to death. Sure, a lot of the time you are only going to find other people trying to punt their opportunity in them and you have to put a lot of clicking effort in to get results but the results we've had have been positive rather than negative. I even like idly surfing sometimes to check out when else there is out there!

As I said before, you need to actually put some effort and time into promoting via traffic exchanges. But then you get what you pay for, and promotion this way is essentially free. So it's best to spend your time wisely and surf several exchanges at once. The best way to do this I've found is with the firefox browser because it allows you to have several pages open at the same time within the same window due to it's "tabbed" browsing. Plus if you store the surf pages of all your exchanges in one bookmarks folder then you can launch them all at once by selecting "Open in Tabs".

So, what works best in a traffic exchange? Personally, I think that the shiny corporate pages of your affiliate and networking schemes may work when that program is new - but surfers will soon gloss over them and not see them after too long. So what is the best option? Obviously you've got to come up with something better!

You'll need some web space to put your files in, but you can get this at very reasonable prices. Then you need to create your advertising. One effective page would be to advertise is one that contains a list traffic exchange referrer URLs! Start to build a downline to earn your credits...

Another effective page is a very simple lead gathering page such as a generic recruitment one or a customer prospecting one. I usually design the first one to be totally company independent so that when somebody contacts me through it I can discuss what's best for them in person. They also get directed to my site afterwards to read at their leisure. Short and sweet, that's the key to effective advertising in the exchanges. You only have around 20-30 seconds to grab someone's attention so come up with something that everybody else ISN'T doing, something amusing or topical.

Don't make you page an excuse to cram in as much as possible with banner adverts everywhere and flashing graphics. That's completely tasteless and you can advertise all your programs separately with a much greater effectiveness.

By Chris Andrews

Residual Income, a Myth?

2008-06-29T21:57:00.023-07:00

I'm writing this in response to the every distributor in every company and program that tell you that the greatest things about MLM/Network marketing is the residual/passive/ongoing income that "keeps making you money forever" and they'll even try and convince you that it will "keep on growing" whether you do anything with your business or not. Why? Because it is misleading at best.

What is residual income? Well, essentially in the world of sales when you gain a customer of a company you get a commission on that sale. It's been going on since people sold things for other people. The idea of a residual income is that you get paid on an ongoing basis. Usually monthly. For instance if you sell a subscription to a service then you can get a cut of that service on a monthly basis. Another example being in consumable products such as shampoo or nutrition, each time that customer buy's their monthly supply - you get another cut of the profits.

What a lot of networking companies class as residual is the income you get from your downline. Especially companies that are based on recruitment of people who "shop for themselves" as "prosumers" and are totally based on self consumption with no sales outside the company at all. So yes, in this scenario you'll get a check on the efforts of others on a regular basis.

Why this page then? Purely because residual income is touted as the way to make your money and create a permanent income stream. People actually say you can sit back and do nothing for the rest of your life and the money will still come pouring in. Saying this turns a blind eye to many important things.

- Money from your own customers is higher

Firstly, i should say that any commissions you receive will be higher form your own efforts than those of your downline. So being on a manic recruitment drive of self recruiters could be earning you less money that building yourself a solid customer base and teach others to do so.

- Company can go under

Any company can go bust. I don't care how long they've been trading. If they're not profitable then they'll soon not exist. The government of your country could deem that their compensation plan is illegal. Perhaps your company might decide that they can get their own customers and allow people in through their corporate web site when you're not allowed to do the same. One company in recent times suddenly changed their minds and were not longer mlm!

- Company could change it's rules for qualifying for income.

You compensation plan isn't set in stone. Companies have often been know to have a change of heart when it comes to dishing out the money. Or you could find yourself in a situation where idle company reps lose out on all or a part of their commission unless they meet monthly quotas.

- Product could go out of fashion

The super whizzy products that your company promote could easily go out of fashion and no longer be what people want. Or be totally superceded by you competition. Result? A mass exodus of customers and recruiters.

- Attrition

Attrition can be a killer to your income. Basically attrition is the drop off rate from your customer and/or distributor base. After all, people change their mind and no longer want your products and or services. Even a growing business has to offset it's growth against attrition. Let's assume that each month you keep 90% of your downline/customers (and that's a high estimate!) and start at that magical six figure income value of $100,000. In just 8 months, your monthly income of $8000+ is down to just under $4000 and in another 7 months it will have halved again. Before long, this "retirement" income is looking pretty pathetic indeed.

Scary eh? Well, it needn't be. You should concentrate on building a great income and build up that passive income to great levels. Just don't rely on it being there forever. Take the money you're earning, supplement your income - pay off your debts - treat yourself and with what's left over build up your own income streams elsewhere. I'm no expert in investment, but there's plenty of sources of info on using your money wisely in building a rental properly portfolio, a share tracker investment account or even a private pension to look after yourself.

Just don't waste it all, okay?

By Chris Andrews

Sales Vs Recruitment in Network Marketing

2008-06-29T21:57:00.021-07:00

Some networking companies are built around gaining customers, some around recruiting people into the plan. These people in turn recruit others who recruit others who recruit others etc. To some this sounds like a typical pyramid scheme and the boundaries of what is and isn't a pyramid can often be confusing. Essentially, the money coming into the distrubtors pocket should mostly come from outside the scheme itself.

The way I see it is that if you're not getting paid for recruiting people into your company and the money comes from these people purchasing products and services, then it's okay. I'll further qualify this by saying that these products and services should be things that these people actually want and would buy at that price even if they weren't to be compensated for being with that MLM.

Should you focus on building a base of recruiters who recruit? Personally, I think that an organisation of recruiters is a flakey one and one that flirts with the law. I'd much rather focus on what makes these companies exist in the first place. The products and services they offer. Build a solid base of customers - who have no idea about MLM, network marketing or otherwise - and I'd say you're in a very solid company indeed. You're also on more solid ground when it comes to recruiting other people to do the same and in a better position to make your downline more profitable. A profitable downline means a downline that is going to stick around and be less dependant on you, and in turn they'll be in a position to repeat the process.

Some companies won't actually pay you until you qualify for commission by virtue of your own sales. This is a good thing and I wish more would do this. It would scare a lot of people away that would otherwise get involved, if they don't want to be in the sales game then you shouldn't be dangling carrots of financial freedom and riches in front of them.

By Chris Andrews

MLM Training- Developing a Winners Mindset for Network Marketing Success

2008-06-29T21:57:00.019-07:00

Failure.

The word almost makes me want to throw up. Because most people in MLM never realize that they have everything they need to succeed in Network Marketing. They just have been convinced by others that it is not there, or Success is some thing that is for others, but not them.

People do not fail in Network Marketing.

They quit.

They embrace the lie that they really tried the business, but they will not succeed in Network marketing. They think they failed. If Success has not happened BY NOW, then it just is not going to happen.

Failure in MLM is the natural fruit of the mind as far as quitting goes.

Quitting is the fruit of a Losing mindset.

Most new mlm distributors lack the proper mindset to get through the tough times in MLM or any entrepreneurial enterprise, and they bring it into this business expecting to fail.

Most folks develop what I call a "Lottery" mindset and think that MLM is the lottery and they wait and see what numbers are drawn.

Dumb.

It is called The Winners' Mind.

INFERNO Secret:

The Winner's Mindset is a mindset of knowing that no matter what happens in your life and career, you will keep getting up off the ground and continue to move forward till the finish line is in front of you, and you cross it.

A new distributor in MLM often plays what I call the "Try" game.

They are going to "Try" MLM and see what happens. That is a Losing mindset. They make their mind up that they will give this business a certain time frame, and if it doesn't produce what they want it to, then "it doesn't work".

They work their home business on THEIR terms, THEIR Time Frame, not the terms nor Time Frame that MLM requires. And they expect massive success.

WRONG.

Network Marketing requires you to have a "No matter what" mindset, and No Matter What, you will continue to work and do what is required till success shows up.

You see, success in MLM requires many things:

Skillset.

Mindset.

Determination.

Discipline.

Attitude.

Communication.

Focus.

Belief.

Action.

But...

The Winner's Mindset requires:

DETERMINED PATIENCE.

You MUST create a Patience about this because there is a learning curve to all new skills and careers, and this learning curve is innate to Network Marketing. So that is why you need to look at what your Mindset is going to be, as it will be tested during your early months of your business.

If you study Millionaires in MLM as I have, and including my former upline's Success and the Success I was blessed with, you will find that their mindset was like a run away freight train running down a mountain. They simply would not be denied, nor stopped, nor slowed down. They were focused on "All out Massive Action" and wanted to win like never before. Failure was not even an option.

INFERNO Secret:

Millionaires in MLM did not take their business for granted. They saw it as their "way out" and went for it.

As a new distributor, or veteran, you must keep your mindset focused on what you need to do to create your home business success. And your mind will sometimes think thoughts that are doubtful, and negative.

That is part of being human. We all go through that, and the Winners in life learn that they can control their thoughts and create the life they want from the inside Out.

The Learning Reality must set in.

When you start getting discouraged, and frustrated, as all entrepreneurs do, that's ok. It is part of the process of the Learning Curve, and we all went through it. And that is the time your mindset will need to be "I will not be denied" because that is what it will take to get through it.

-Call your upline and talk to them and see what they do when they get down.

-Read a motivational book or listen to an inspiring tape, and see yourself succeeding in MLM.

-Go out to lunch with a successful upline if possible and talk to them and tap into their belief system.

INFERNO Secret:

You can do whatever you make your mind up to do in Network Marketing -- as long as it is powered by the heart.

A determined mindset is a fruit of a determined heart. Is your heart really into your business?

Do you have what we call the right "Heart Condition?"

If your mindset is a result of the right "Heartset", then your success will be well on it's way.

A Winner always has the mindset of one thing:

CROSSING THE FINISH LINE!

And it takes heart to do that. Never give up and never give in to your doubts as you WILL succeed. But most have more faith in their fear than their future.

If you make up your mind and heart that you will Succeed, then it is guaranteed in MLM and Network Marketing.

Blessings...

doug Firebaugh / PassionFire Intl

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By Doug Firebaugh

Is Email Marketing Still An Effective Option For Network Marketing?

2008-06-29T21:57:00.017-07:00

With email filters, blockers, and simply tons of unsolicited email, is email marketing still a viable option to build and grow your network marketing business? The answer to this question, in my opinion is "Yes, but."

Let's deal with the "Yes" first, then we'll deal with the "But."

I remember about 5 or 6 years ago putting about 400 leads into my autoresponder and enrolling about 8 - 10 people a month into my nutritional program. Today, if you had 10 times that many leads, you may get a couple of prospects, and maybe, maybe, one enrollment. It is true that times have changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that email marketing is dead. Let's look at a couple of examples.

One colleague of mine from California literally cannot keep up with the large number of prospects inquiring about her program. She is signing up 10 - 15 people per month into her program which costs about $1300 to start. Eighty percent of her efforts are wrapped up in email marketing. She has gone through the learning curve and is what I would call, a professional email marketer. How many emails does she send? About 1 million per month.

Another colleague of mine from Georgia is enrolling about 30 people per month into his business, a $20 a month, non-nutritional program. He is not highly sophisticated in what he does, but is effective enough to send out about 250,000 - 300,000 emails per month.

What is the biggest difference between now and then? Numbers. With the vast expansion of the Internet and email marketing, it simply requires greater numbers to get results today. It is not uncommon for some folks to get a couple hundred unsolicited emails a day that you must compete with. With the billions of emails circulating on a daily basis, you need massive numbers to get results. So, how many emails should you send out? Keep reading.

Now let's talk about the "But."

The biggest downside to email marketing is that new recruits are weak. Email marketing is notorious for having a revolving door with new recruits. Why? There is no relationship involved except for exchanging a few emails. Email marketing is very impersonal, and without the relationship, there is no bond (or glue) to hold the new recruit in your business. Many leave as quickly as they come. So how do you overcome this?

With both of my colleagues whom I mentioned above, they are both fantatical about picking up the phone within a very brief time that the prospect visits their web site. One of the very first comments out of their mouth is "I wanted to give you a call and let you know there is a real person on the other end of the email." And it works!

Picking up the phone, reaching out and touching them, and beginning to bond with the new prospect or recruit is vital. If you are not willing to pick up the phone, then email marketing isn't going to be worth it for you. One of email marketing's strengths is sorting through the prospects, then giving you someone to talk to.

So, how many emails should you be sending out in order to get enough prospects to talk to so you can build your business? As many as you can. From my observation, 100,000 leads is minimum. Anything less will not produce results for you. If it is within your budget, 300,000 is a better number. For the "email marketing professional," maybe one million is a better number. Whatever the number, you must be committed to constant, consistent effort, followed up by a personal phone call.

One final thought before we wrap this up. If you are going to involve yourself in email marketing, you must take the time and learn how to do it right. Understand that some people will complain about not wanting your emails, you will get undeliverable emails and blocked emails, and your autoresponder company may change their policies on you and you have to switch companies. But take the time to become a professional at what you do.

In summary, is email marketing still effective for building your MLM business? Yes. You simply must increase the numbers of emails you are sending out. But, you must also understand that you must pick up the phone and reach out and touch your prospects and new recruits or you will lose them. It is still a viable option for those who want to use this as a means of growing their network marketing business.

By Rich Niccolls

MLM Recruiting Success- The 2 Types of People You Will Talk to in MLM

2008-06-29T21:57:00.015-07:00

There are only two types of people you will run across in MLM.

To be blunt, they are in every business.

Every Company.

Every Corporate Board.

Every Church.

Every Family.

Every Association.

Every Athletic League.

Every School.

Every University.

Everywhere.

And Anywhere.

You Name it.

You will find them.

There are More than just One in MLM and Network Marketing.

And you will find that there is more of one than the other.

And you wll find them in EVERY Network Marketing and MLM Company.

Ok... who are they?

Simple:

People that are OPEN to a new idea, And people that are CLOSED to a new idea.

Let me repeat that. THIS IS IMPORTANT:

People that are OPEN to a new idea, And people that are CLOSED to a new idea.

People that are Closed to new ideas are not for this business, and about 60-70% of the people you talk to are closed. They make great customers, but for the most part, horrible mlm distributors.

INFERNO Secret:

They look for reasons why something will NOT work, and they usually are fairly negative people.

They do not like change, and they prefer for things to stay the same. They LOVE the status quo, and their favorite word is AVERAGE. Average is not for MLM Success.

People that are OPEN to the Idea of MLM are quite different.

People that are Open to new ideas are generally more ambitious, energized, and successful. They look for things TO work, and they bring an energy to things that most of the world will not.

These are the folks that are the LEADERS of the world, and usually do well in MLM and Network Marketing if they apply themselves. They love change, and understand that change brings with it Growth, which is important to these folks. They cannot stand the status quo, and their favorite word is MORE. They do well for MLM Success and MLM Recruiting.

And if you have not figured it yet, RECRUIT the folks who are OPEN!

You know what OPEN stands for?

"Opportunity (and) Possibility Embraced Naturally."

THAT is why they are powerful folks. They Embrace and Empower Opportunity and Possibilities! Especially in MLM and Network Marketing.

Open?

Or Closed?

You Will Find Them Both in MLM recruiting for your Home Business.

You will run into both in Network Marketing. Don't take it personally if a person is closed to what you have to offer. They are closed to growth and expansion in their life for the most part, and probably will remain so.

Don't waste your time trying to recruit them. Get them as a customer, and see if they know anyone is is open to MASSIVE SUCCESS and MLM Success and then make them a prospect for your MLM Recruiting!

Blessings...

By Doug Firebaugh

MLM Training- The MLM Success Secret to the MASTER Skill

2008-06-29T21:57:00.013-07:00

By Doug Firebaugh

It truly is the Network Marketing Paradox. I just shake my head sometimes at this, and other times, I just smile.

I have some good news.

And some not so good news.

Well, I guess it all depends on how you look at it as far as your Network marketing business and your MLM Success.

Here it is:

Your paycheck is totally, absolutely, postively, no doubt about it, no argument available, it is the solid truth, incredibly determined by one thing.

WHOA !

You say!

How can that be? Don't say that! Many things determine a paycheck! Many factors determine my income! Many forces determine my volume! Many things have been determining the numbers on my check!

I understand why you feel that way.

I once thought that there were many factors that went in to the MLM Success Formula for Network Marketing. Was I correct?

Well, yes and no.

INFERNO Secret:

Your Success can be determined by many things, but your paycheck is determined by one.

Read that again to make sure you have it down.

And most people view their Success in MLM through the numbers on their mlm paychecks.

Let look at the Truth about Your MLM Paycheck.

But it's TRUE . Your paycheck is really determined by ONE thing...

100%.

What would that one thing be?

It is what I call the " Master Skill in Network Marketing ".

MLM Millionaires have mastered and continue to master it.

Politicians have mastered it.

CEO's have mastered it, and even most waitresses have mastered it.

Movie Stars have mastered it.

Mega Church Pastors have mastered it.

Successful entrepreneurs have mastered it.

And YOU must master it.

OK, what is it?

It's COMMUNICATION .

OnFIRE Communication!

Fortune Magazine did a study of over 200 Multi-Millionaires, and found that over 90% of them when questioned what the single most important skill was for their or any success:

It was the ability to effectively communicate!

There are three rules to a Successful Paycheck in MLM:

You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people. You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people. You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people. PERIOD !

Let me repeat that so you have it down...ONE MORE TIME!

You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people. You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people. You will never get paid for anything else other that talking to people.

Got the MLM Paycheck Source?

You get paid for talking to mlm prospects, talking to your downline, and talking to your leaders. You MUST become a riveting MLM Communicator, and develop a talking style that is Powerful, Magnetic, Focused, Energetic, and is Effective in MLM Success

If that is a weakness in your personality, then you need to read books and study Communication. I did, and it paid off unbelievably! One of my favorites is "You Are the Message," available through amazon.com. Also, there is a good book, "Getting your point across in 5 Minutes or Less." Both are great books as far as communication. Read them, and listen to some audio tapes on Communication, and check out the CommunicationLab on out PassionFire website.

Educating yourself on Communication is a MUST! And it will pay off massively HUGE in your MLM Success.

Blessings...

Network Marketing - What Are the Benefits of MLM?

2008-06-29T21:57:00.011-07:00

Why is that the case? We have a University system that teaches you how to be a worker drone in the collective! You go to school and get an education, then you get a job and work in the 45 year plan and then you retire and live your golden years depending on other people. What a wonderful concept!

Let's explore this a little further. When you work for someone else as an employee your employer has what is called leverage on your time. They have to buy you at £18000/pa and sell you at £24000/pa. The corporation, the franchise, restaurant, whatever the entity/business is they have to make money on you. You live in what is known as the - TIME 4 MONEY TRAP. The more time you give your employer the more money you make. The less time you give your employer the less money you make. You work for 8 hrs you get paid for 8 hrs. You work 4 hrs, you get paid for 4hrs. If you are not there working you get nothing, it is LINIER income. You are in a line of work without security! And probably a line of work you don't enjoy. Even if you are a highly paid consultant you are still considered to be in the time 4 money trap. If this is you then do keep reading.

So what is the answer?

There is an industry now that is creating more millionaires than any other industry around. It is a growth industry that is set probably to top any other in sales. It has done in the last few years £50 billion plus in sales of the most cutting edge technology, services and various products that never would have made it in the traditional method of business marketing. What is this industry? Network Marketing. You may say, "Oh no not MLM again!" and roll your eyes but ask yourself this question: "Am I completely satisfied with my lifestyle today and does it provide me with the opportunity to work half the year and take the other half of for extensive vacation?" If the answer is NO then you need to take a serious look at this business.

Network Marketing is a method of moving products and services from the manufacturer to the end consumer through the most powerful method of advertisement: Personal recommendation or "Word of Mouth". What do you do when a friend has seen a good movie and they tell you about it, you go see the movie! Now, what would happen if your friend was paid a royalty commission every time someone he has told goes and sees the movie, He would tell more people about the movie! I think you would want to know about it too wouldn't you? That is what we do in this business.

Is this not Pyramid Selling? Let's put this one to rest.

Pyramid selling or Ponzi schemes are now illegal and have been for many years, Pyramid selling is related to scams where people where encouraged to join a money game with no legitimate products or lots of dodgy rip off stuff for large sums of money, usually thousands of pounds. And the money being made was from the joining fees of the victims who entered them. People where left feeling ripped off and bitter and avoided anything that smelt like these scams

What is your concept of a pyramid?

People at the top make all the money and the people at the bottom do all the work? Fact is nobody makes any money unless products are being used and reaching the end consumer. Take a typical corporation you have the CEO or MD at the top, then he/she have their first line of directors, the directors have all their first line managers, and the managers have all their supervisors, and the supervisors have a bunch workers who are doing all the work! Who is making the most money in that organisation? Any typical organisation has a pyramid structure.

What is a typical network?

In a typical network marketing organization you are encouraged to build a network of distributors who have the same opportunity as you to make the same or even more money than you. Therefore, not everyone at the top necessarily makes the most money. This is a marketing system where you can start from the bottom and go to the top and become a top achiever within a company by building your own business. Promotion usually comes from encouraging distributors within your own organisation to achieve promotion, totally opposite from the corporate world where promotion usually threatens the higher positions within the company. Therefore you are in WIN-WIN situation for all parties involved with a network marketing company.

The Distribution Revolution!

There is a business paradigm shift that is changing the way a product gets to the end consumer. To know this concept you must first understand the traditional method of business. The following diagram's show the traditional method of distribution and the new method:

Every level in this old traditional model of distribution has to make a profit on the product that eventually gets to the end consumer. It's been said that a box of cereal you would buy in a supermarket for say, £1.75 the actual food cost is around 10p. So that £1.65 is being wasted on the traditional method of distribution and some for packaging.

This new model of distribution frees up a lot of money. And we eliminate the warehouses, wholesaler, retailer and advertising budget that companies spend millions of pounds on. The money that was wasted in the old distribution model can now go to two areas - 1. You as a distributor and 2. Product research and development.

You will see some of the most cutting edge, state of the art products that never would have made it to the market except through Network Marketing. Why is this? Because they have the money to put into research and development and the distributor force who become advocates of the products that may not be well known.

Market Trends

This business shift is revolutionising distribution as we know it today. There are three major trends that are on the increase that you will see is going to change the way we shop and work forever.

These trends are:

? Works at home and Home based business
? Shop at home
? The Distribution Revolution

Did you know every ten seconds someone opens a home based business! This is business positioning to capitalise on the above trends we are talking about. Shop at home is one of the biggest trends in the world where the consumer will allow what he or she gets. You buy on the internet, give a credit card number and get goods and services delivered.

The Distribution Revolution - Network Marketing credibility. Network Marketing is quoted in Success magazine as the "Most Powerful way to reach the consumer". We now have companies like Coca Cola, Microsoft, AT&T, IBM, SHARP, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive distributing some or all of there products through the Network Marketing channels. These companies are firm testament to the industries success and credibility. And you will see over the next ten years this industry distributing more and more products and services to the end consumer.

So what does this mean for you?

With consistent effort the network marketing industry model can give the average person wealth in 2 to 4 years. If you have a Network marketing business working 7 to 10 hours a week you can double or even triple your income inside two years. You can produce residual income where you get paid forever for work you did in the past. If you are willing to trade a 45 year retirement for a 2 to 4 year one then this business is for you! One of the major benefits of this business is you can have unlimited income potential. Yes UNLIMITED INCOME! Complete financial independence from the Rat Race as we know it.

What does Residual Income mean to you?

If you had a Million Pounds in the bank right now paying a generous 5% interest that million pounds would pay you a measly £50,000 a year. Yes I do mean measly. How big is your pension fund then? If you are making £50,000 in a job you would have to have a Million pounds in your pension to retire on the same income at 65. Shocking isn't it!! I bet most don't even have much beyond £5000 by 35 let alone a mill! Alternatively if it took you two years to build a Network Marketing business that pays you £5000 a month in PASSIVE RESIDUAL INCOME you could proudly say, "I have a Million Pound Business" and you wouldn't need to lift a finger to make that income flow in!! Positive Monthly Cash flow every-month for you and your family to enjoy!

So how do you make your money?

You can make money in two ways where 1 is small business and 2 is the big business model.

1. Professionally marketing the products as a small business to residential and businesses.

2. Building a big business of distributors where you get leveraged paid income from the royalties of your network. Your income comes from the up and coming business builders in your groups that are leveraging each levels efforts.

The power of leveraged time!

What is the maximum amount of time you could possibly work in a week? If you worked six days a week for 24 hours a day you would achieve 144hrs of productive work. That is heavy!! Lets look at it another way. If you had 50 distributors in your organisation all working part time for 7 hours a week you would have 350hrs of productivity going into your business every week. That is 206hrs more than you could achieve working six days a week 24hrs a day!!! Does that seem fair? It is absolutely fair. Cause this is what the wealthy know and implement!!

John Paul Getty the billionaire is quoted as saying, "I would rather have 1% of the efforts of a hundred people rather than 100% of my own effort" He understood this concept of leverage! And this is what we do in this business. We leverage the efforts of lots of business builders to create residual income from all the people we bring into the business.

These incomes that are being produced are very lucrative and very profitable. We have distributorships that are literally producing 80 and 90 percent profit margins. They can literally be worth tens of millions of pounds when built up as profitable business and can be sold as that. There are distributors all over the world literally producing high 5, 6 and even 7 figure monthly incomes!! You say, "7 figures a month!" That's a Mill! Even though that is quite exceptional it certainly is not unprecedented.

My recommendations to you is to get into this industry right away and learn the ropes. Study the great players of this fabulous business and learn what they have done.

By Iain Howard

MLM Success- The MLM Leadership Secret of Heart Touched Leadership

2008-06-29T21:57:00.009-07:00

There are three Rules of Network Marketing Leadership for MLM Leaders:.

1) You must touch people first before you can ever change their life.

2) You must touch them emotionally, and in the heart.

3) They MUST feel your intentions, and know you are there to help take their life to a whole new level.

They MUST know that you are there to help them, not sell them something. They can smell intentions when your intentions are not what the prospect wants to see happen. They know when someone is there to TAKE something FROM them, not give something TO them. They want to feel you are there to help them, not hype them.

A sale and a recruit is a result of an emotional touch. There is no long lasting change, without an emotion, OnFire first and foremost. This emotional igniting is all part of MLM leadership, and Network Marketing Success.

Emotion is what puts the heart, and the person, IN MOTION to move towards you psychologically.

INFERNO Secret:

That is ALL MLM Success is, to get people moving towards you, then with you. Emotion is the Success magnet that draws them towards you.

That is what you want, in this business. People want to be around people who can light their life up with the fire of PASSION.

IN MLM, People are MAGNETIZED to a strong Emotion of the Heart, and that is what touches the person, and their heart.

It is called Emotional Marketing.

We are in what I call " Emotional Marketing ", as we market to the emotions, and market the emotions of Hope and Possibilities to folks.

And your job is to create 2 things in your mlm presentation:

HOPE . POSSIBILITIES .

1) You MUST create the HOPE of:

A BETTER LIFE.

A BETTER LIFESTYLE.

A BETTER FUTURE for folks.

You must create that with the picture you paint with your words, and also excitement.

Put them in their minds, in the picture of Success you are painting, and them leave them there! Let them FEEL the Success you are talking about!

If you do that, that will be what will MAGNETIZE them to your offer, and attract them to you.

2) You also MUST create the POSSIBILITY that it will happen in their life, and you do that with your MLM products and company.

The Secret.

Too many times new distributors in MLM are too focused on creating a TRANSACTION , not a TRANSFORMATION .

A Transaction is ME focused and pretty short term.

But a Transformation is YOU focused, and much more long term focus, which is THE Success Focus in Network Marketing.

A Transaction is a one time, short term action that will produce one result, and then you move on to another, then another, then another, etc.

A Transformation is long term action and focus that will MULTIPLY all you do, as you transform people's lives, and they are never the same because of your Network Marketing company and products.

First you must Touch the heart, then Change, and if you don't touch the emotions somewhere along the lines, by truly CARING about the PERSON, not just the paycheck, they probably will not embrace your concept and offer of change.

People have dreams and desires, and your job as an MLM Leader is to help them accomplish their dreams with your leadership and Network marketing company. They want to know you are coming from the HEART, and want to touch their heart with Hope and a REAL CHANCE to to make their dreams come true by leading them there. If you don't do this, they will probably end up walking away from your business, and you.

Which will produce another emotion:

FRUSTRATION.

And that is water on your SuccessFire, in MLM and Network Marketing.

Blessings?

By Doug Firebaugh

Ethical MLM, Network Marketing Work From Home Business Opportunity

2008-06-29T21:57:00.007-07:00

What do you do to find an honest, ethical and "real" home based business with an affordable startup cost and a realistic chance of success?

I figured that if I had this problem, then there must be millions of other people out there who were in the same situation. In order to satisfy that demand, Russell Gain formed the complete 60 minute money home franchise system that I am part of today. The system is so simple to operate that anyone with a high school education could be successful

My 60 minute money home business program will teach you exactly how you can build an international business from your home (no matter where you live!) using the identical, tried and tested internet tools and marketing systems that Russell has personally used every day to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits.

All you will need to supply is your labour, enthusiasm and a modest amount of capital, and I will supply everything else that you need to start your own proven in home business. All of the systems you will use have been tested and proven to be effective by other successful participants before you. This is the ideal turnkey solution for busy people who want to either earn an extra part time income or those who may want to find a way out of their corporate career and ultimately work for themselves after making a part time start around their current schedule.

What will I get when I join the 60 minute money home business program:

You will get access to a PROVEN SYSTEM that will allow you to start your own home-based, computerized business today! The system is actually a structured set of training tools that share with you the "tested formula" we are using to create wealth over the Internet. We teach you step-by-step how to take advantage of the growing Internet audience, as well as the growth of Internet shopping, and the growth of the vast numbers of people who are currently looking to capitalize on the fortunes created on the Internet. We provide you with a complete turnkey system that you simply plug into, much like a franchise.

That means that:

· you to get access to real exclusive, not-in-stores, patented consumable products with high profit margins and demand

· you will be able to use our complete suite of websites and mail order materials that are proven to create sales both off and online and do not require any further adjustment or improvement. The websites are securely hosted and you will have access to our personal live tech support department to help you with any problems you may encounter.

· You will have access to the personal training website that tells you exactly how to do everything that I know in order to be successful, including the exact wording and placement of personal advertising, live recordings of participants in the program talking to customers, precise instructions on how to structure and execute your marketing plan.

· You will get daily live training messages from Russell and other successful people using the program on exactly what they are doing to be successful.

· You will be able to access a network of live one day training seminars designed to help newcomers to the system

· I will be your personal coach to guide and help you to become successful.

· Most importantly, you will get a chance to succeed in an environment where your education, sex, race or your current financial situation is irrelevant. You will be able to succeed based on your own merits and hard work.

If you are currently employed, then this is the best time to take the first steps towards building a financial fortress around your family. If you have had the misfortune of losing your job or have been laid off it's time to get excited.

You can protect your family now by developing your own profit center today. You don't have to put your future at risk by relying on a corporation that may put you out on the street! So many others are succeeding with my 60 minute money program. Why not you? Why not now? Visit www.60minutemoney4u.net

By Cheryl Haining

Ten Tips for Success in MLM, Network Marketing

2008-06-29T21:57:00.005-07:00

MLM, Network marketing is the ordinary person's best opportunity to make extraordinary income. Well known author, Robert Kiyosaki, says that most ethical MLM, network marketing businesses are like business schools. They teach people the power of building their own home business, and provide the tools to support that. You must choose the right business for you. Then, work to attain success.

1. Find the Right Business for You

If you are currently in an organization that you do not believe in 110 per cent then find something else. If you are not excited to get up every day and grow your business, then find another business. If you do not believe in the products you sell and are not using them, then find another work from home business opportunity. Once you know you have the best opportunity you will achieve.

2. Have a Vision

You must have a Vision of where you want to be in 5 years time. You must have written goals and plans of how and when you will attain your vision. Read your goals and vision statement at least once a day. Have both long term and short term goals. Have timelines and plans for reaching these goals. Make them attainable, but not too simple. As you reach these goals you can celebrate success, then add more goals.

3. Stay focused.

There are many distractions when working from home. Have a weekly meeting with yourself. Ask yourself if you have done all you could to grow your business. If you were your employer, would you have you back again next week?

4. Have Faith in Yourself

Sometimes this means blind faith. Believe you will succeed and you will. Mark Hughes, the founder of my company. says 'fake it until you make it'. Act as if you are already well established and wealthy. Jim Rohn says that you need to work harder on yourself than you do on your business. Work on yourself, believe in yourself and you will reach your goal.

5. Trust in What you Sell

Don't sell your product for a price; sell it for its value. When you believe in your product, price should not be an issue. For example, I am in the wellness industry. Why would a customer consider price to be important? They know the health benefits my products provide? We only have one body and we need to take the best care of it

6. Customer Care

Care more about your customer and their satisfaction than you do about the money you make from them. Jim Rohn - Ameria's Foremost Business Philospher, says that if you make a sale you make an income, but if you have happy customers you make a fortune. Satisfied customers will re-order. They will be happy to give you referrals. Do small things to make your customers feel special. Send them a card on their birthday.

7. Your Down line is your Lifeline

Care more about your down line than the money you make from them. This means taking time to know what their goals and dreams are. Concentrate on working with them to achieve their goals. Listen to them and support them in the way they want, not in the way you think they need. Ask your team what they want and offer suggestions. Empower them to believe in themselves and find their own solutions

8. Be Consistent

When you have your plan make sure you follow it. If your plan is to talk to 5 people a day and you only talk to 4, then commit to talking to 6 tomorrow. Have at least three lead generation methods in place and follow them. If you continue following your plan, day after day, you will succeed.

9. Be Patient

You will not make your fortune in your fist week in business. Jim Rohn says that most people overestimate what they will make in their first two years in Network Marketing and underestimate what they will make in the long term. Follow your plan. Change it if it is not working. Remember failure is not an option

10. Have a Good Attitude

Delete negative thoughts from your mind. Make a commitment to yourself that you will never complain about other people. You are responsible for you. Don't blame others. Be affirming in your discussions with everyone. Only use positive language. Work toward having a reputation of a person who always sees the glass as being overflowing.

Don't become a victim of yourself. Never say "Poor Miserable Me"!!

When you have the right business opportunity for you the rewards are limitless. Set your sights on your vision. Be focused on getting there. Believe in yourself, your product, your customers and your team. Support them and you will reach your goals. Work on self-improvement and the rest will follow. Here is to our success in MLM, Network Marketing.

By Cheryl Haining

Trapped and Want Out?

2008-06-29T21:57:00.003-07:00

Do any or all of these statements sound familiar or resonate with you?

I'm not satisfied with my job.
There is too much stress at work.
There is too much stress in my life.
There is never enough money.
The cost of living goes up but not my wages.
Corporate America is eating away at my heart and soul.
I feel trapped.
I do not have enough time with my family.
I do not have time for myself.
I am not living the life of my dreams.
I am ready to retire, but I'm worried about having enough money.
I am ready to retire, but I can't afford to retire.
My future looks dim.
My future looks the same, day after day, year after year.
I do not want to be trapped in a 9 to 5 job.

If you feel any of these things, you are not alone. You represent the majority of people. Most people feel this way and put up with these frustrations, year after year. Few take action to change their lives.

It does not take a genius to figure out that people with their own businesses make money and live the kind of life we all dream of and want. J. Paul Getty, said, "I'd rather earn 1% from what a 100 people do, than 100% from what I do." Getty's principle is what business people do: they earn money from those who work for them.

"But . . . ," I can hear the "but." You are probably saying a few other things that start with "But I can't." Thoughts like "But it takes money to make money" or "But I'm not a business person" or "But I don't know how to start my own business" or if you are really honest with yourself, "But I'm afraid; there's no security; what if I fail? What about health insurance?" Am I a mind reader? No. I have thought and said all of those things to myself.

My biggest problem, the thing that was holding me back, was fear. I was afraid. Yet, I got the guts to step out of my comfort zone and take a chance. I read the following sentence and it changed my thinking: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein) I realized that if I kept doing what I was doing, I would end up right where I was at the end of my life. I did not want that. So, I took a giant step, a leap, and I did it, me, a middle-aged single woman! I grabbed a hold of my dreams and became an entrepreneur. You can do it too. Old or young or somewhere in between, it does not matter what age, race, or gender you are. Your dreams can become your reality if you step forward. The problem with some people is that it has been so long since they have dreamed that they have forgotten what their dreams are. If that is you, get in touch with your dreams. It is easy and it is fun!

I am an educator. A few years ago, I realized that the design of much of our education system primarily trains students to become obedient, compliant workers. Most teachers and professors do not realize they are part of the process because they too were trained in our education system. We have all been taught that when we grow up, we will get a job, have job security, work forty or fifty years, and retire. This is the Corporate American model: they need workers so the education system produces workers. This model worked for our parents or grandparent and more obviously for Corporate America. The mantra was job security, loyalty, and retirement. This model quickly disintegrated in favor of the company. Most people not realize that it is a rare company that has loyalty to its employees. This model is outdated and, as most people can testify, it doesn't serve workers very well. We are no longer in the Industrial Revolution. We are in the Information Revolution. The world is changing and our jobs are about as secure as a loose baby tooth.

We are in the middle of a paradigm shift: a shift toward entrepreneurship.

Those who see the shift and change can succeed financially. Those who do not will find themselves stuck in an dead end maze. If you are dissatisfied and want to change, you can. Do not settle because everyone else does. Now is the time to be bold and take control of your life. Everyone with a desire, a plan, a focus, and the willingness to take action and do what it takes can transform their dreams into their realities.

Network marketing is for the 21st Century what franchises were for the second half of the 20th Century: the average person's way into business and wealth. Start up costs are low, which allows anyone to start their own business. A person can work part-time, hanging onto that job security and health insurance, or full-time. The hassles of employees, buildings, equipment, and start-up costs of a franchise have been eliminated. Many people begin Network Marketing businesses part-time and go full-time when their business income exceeds their job income. There are no employees and a person set his or her own schedule. A college student, a young person right out of high school, young married couples, single parents, middle aged people, retired, nearly retired, anyone can do Network Marketing and have a home based business, working from the comfort of her own home.

Talk about job satisfaction! You will be in the business of helping people improve their lives. You will make friends as well as money. It is a rich, satisfying, exciting business with the added benefit of being fun.

If you have never been involved in network marketing or if you have heard "bad" things, open your mind and do some research. Rush to your book store or library and get Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, Wave 4 Network Marketing in the 21st Century by Richard Poe, and Multiple Streams of Income by Robert G. Allen. Read these four books and then find more if you have a need for more. These books will point you in the right direction and help you understand finances, how to create wealth, and the Network Marketing industry. Then, find a good Network Marketing company. Transform your dreams into your reality.

To help you choose and evaluate a Network Marketing company, read my article, "Clueless About Network Marketing?" It's online; do a search.

What are you waiting for? Quit staring at the computer screen. Go!

By Cora Foerstner

MLM Training: The Network Marketing Success Secret of Knowing Your REAL Inventory in MLM

2008-06-29T21:57:00.001-07:00

Let me ask you a very simple question:

What is your inventory in MLM?

Now, don't look too much into this question, it is a very simple one. But let me ask you this question again.

What is your inventory in Network Marketing and MLM?

Is it Vitamins?

Nutritional Products?

Weight Loss Products?

Cosmetics?

Noni Juice?

Internet Products?

Skin Care Products?

Make up?

Telecommunication services?

Travel services?

Wholesale Purchase program and Service?

Legal Service Products?

Insurance Products?

Training Products?

Children's Educational Products?

Pre-packaged Food Products?

The Real Network Marketing Deal:

If you are going to succeed in MLM, then you must know a few things.

What you market to the masses, the products you sell:

Are the COMPANY'S inventory, not yours.

YOUR Inventory is NOT the products you order from the company.

Let me repeat that:

Your Inventory is NOT-- again--NOT-- the products you order from the company and take to the marketplace.

They are the products that belong to the mlm company, even though you may purchase them, they are still the products of the network marketing company.

The company manufactures/developed them, and you simply are a messenger for the network marketing company to talk about them to others.

What is your REAL INVENTORY?

PEOPLE are your inventory -- PERIOD!

Your Prospects, your Customers, and your Downline.

Let me repeat that.

Your Prospects, your Customers, and your Downline.

One more time:

Your Prospects, your Customers, and your Downline are your REAL Inventory.

And they always will be. What is your inventory looking like? No business can operate without enough inventory.

"Where 's the MLM Beef?"

If someone is struggling in this business, many times I will ask them to "Show me your inventory," and they will look totally puzzled. They many times look at me like a deer in headlights.

I will then precede to tell them that most folks who are struggling in MLM always seem to have a LOW Inventory of People, including customers and distributors.

And what business would last if their inventory constantly ran low?

And you must restock your inventory from time to time as well, as some inventory will become "outdated," resistant to marketplace change, and useless to your business.

As many distributors will as well.

If you are struggling in your business, take a look at your inventory. You may find a CLUE there.

Remember the " MLM SuccessFire Formula for Success":

No Inventory = No Igniting! No Igniting = No ONFIRE Business!

Blessings...Doug (c) 2005/ all rights reserved

PassionFire Intl

By Doug Firebaugh