MLM and the Internet, What A Perfect Match!

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Many crude methods that were used in the old time have been replaced by the use of the internet, example of those methods include;

1 Home Presentation - Home presentation has been replaced by online presentation where the prospect can view a complete video/audio presentation and have full understanding of the business opportunity.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

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

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

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

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

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

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