Thursday, March 26, 2009

Success In Network Marketing

So you are wondering if success in network marketing on the internet is really possible.

First off, yes.
Is it easy? No.
Is it simple? yes

The first thing people need to realize is that in order to have success in network marketing on the internet, is that it isn't get rich quick. Anyone selling you on the idea that for a fifty dollar start up cost and a great website already set up for you is all you need and 60 days from now you will be rolling in the dough with a paycheck, is probably making money for sponsoring you, which falls into some illegal pyramid laws that we won't get into here.

Network marketing is a relationship business opportunity. It is not a sales business, although product certainly has to move through your business, you don't need to focus on selling your products door to door or put on presentations, having a "party plan" style get together. The big hitters out there will tell their downline that you that you need to jot down a hundred of your closest friends. Go through your cell phone or address book and write down everyone you know. Give them a call and without telling them anything, see if you can get them to the next Opportunity meeting and some hotel where a slick talker will put on a presentation, get them all pumped up and will help you build your business for you. The only problem is that your friends and family will probably start to disown you because they feel like your trying to make money off of them and they in turn will have to go out and make money off of their friends.

Rather than alienate your friends and family, it's best to learn a bit about your company, the income opportunity, your products and the compensation plan. Find someone successful in your organization that can help you determine who the best prospects for your business plan are and slowly introduce them into what your doing, not by dragging them to some meeting, but maybe giving them access to some information online via video or an e-book. Ask for their opinion, not if they want to "Sign Up". Tell them you are checking something out and you wanted their feedback because you trust their opinion. If they like what they see, they will tell you and ask for more info. This isn't for everyone and if you convince them to get in your business you will have to keep convincing them month after month to order products or stay involved with conference calls, etc. That's a waste of your time and theirs.

People are looking for businesses they can run from home and make money in their spare time. They have heard about success in network marketing and are looking for the right company and opportunity to align themselves with. Seek those people out. They are everywhere. Would you rather run an ad for a carpenter to build your house or run an ad for a teacher that you could show how to build a house and hope for good results? It's a no-brainer! On one you spend hours teaching them how to do what you want, but with the other, they have the basic knowledge and skill and will look forward to educating themselves further if they need it.

Find a reputable company, with a product that people want and buy in some form already, with an easy to understand compensation plan and preferably an online presentation that does the work for you. When the person you send the information sees that you didn't need to learn a bunch of facts and figures and be some great presentation guru who has no fear of getting up in front of a hundred or more people and talking for an hour, they will be much more open to your idea, because they realize that anyone can do what you did. You sent them to a website, followed up to see if they had any questions that weren't answered there and introduce them to some other members of your team if they are interested. If they are, great and if not, no big deal. How much time did it take you to send them a link to your site and do a follow up call? On the other hand, driving to a meeting, hoping the person will show up, leaving your spouse and kids at home, spending money to get in the meeting cause they have to pay for the meeting room somehow and getting all dressed up is insane.

There are many ways to get people to your website and learning about them can be done, sometimes for free through videos online, blogs and articles. There are many people willing to share their success tips.

How would you like to be mentored for free no matter what organization you join?

Monday, March 23, 2009

What's On Your Mind?

My mind is a sponge and whatever comes near it, will be absorbed. It is my choice what I put into my mind and the impact that it will have on my life will be determined by me and only me. I have strong faith in my Creator and in myself. I believe that I have been endowed with seeds of greatness and I need only to water them in order to reap the harvest.

For too many years I've neglected to nurture my mind and weed out the bad infestations that I have allowed to corrupt my thinking. In all that time I have reaped many small rewards in my business deals, relationships and spiritual growth, but now I have decided to not only plant, but to water, fertilize and put up a fence to keep the intruders out that seek only to destroy that which i am seeking to have flourish.

I will have my reward in return for my efforts. I not only see my harvest, but I can also see how I will be able to bless so many with what comes my way. I will not store up my rewards, but give freely to those in need. My gifts in turn will encourage others to do likewise and the recipients will know that Love has no boundaries.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Recession Proof Your Life

What do I mean when when I talk about making your life recession proof? First off, Zig Ziglar says, "Choose Not To Participate". That sound simple enough, but does it make sense and is it really that easy? Certainly, we all feel the effects of what's going on in the economy around us and one way or another it will touch our lives, either directly or indirectly. How we let it effect us however, is completely up to us.In this day in age, if you are relying on a single source of income or even on a second if your married and your spouse works, you're not in a good position. If you haven't developed enough investment income that can sustain you in times of need, then you are vulnerable to small and large storms alike. As we can see in this current time that having investments in real estate or the stock market doesn't always mean security either.

If you listen to people like Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki or even Warren Buffet, they all agree that to position yourself above the curve, Network Marketing is the way to go for those that don't have the cash to buy an existing business that is already profitable or to buy a franchise that can cost from 10's to 100's of thousands of dollars, only to require much of your time managing it for the first few years. Certainly not something that you could do part time to create a secondary source of income. Network Marketing has been a proven success for over 100 years in this country. Avon started in 1886, more of a direct sales company, but still had the concept of recruiting other like minded individuals and paying bonuses for all dollars going through the group. 122 years later, Avon is the number one direct sales multi level type marketing company out there and many people earn substantial income part time and full time.

If you look at what it takes to participate in legitimate MLM or Network Marketing Company, you realize that the rewards far outweigh any of the risk. For between thirty and one hundred and fifty dollars, you can start your own business that has the potential to out perform most well played stock portfolios and real estate empires that are loaded with risk and headaches from tenants and down markets. With the right company and support you can create the freedom to walk away from the traditional 7-5 work day and take back some of your life.

There are many companies to choose from and there are also many scams out there. When researching, do yourself the favor of making sure there is a real company behind the product. There has to be a product of some sort. Make sure it's a company that you can go visit and walk through the lobby, meet the staff and see the production and shipping areas. Companies like Amway, Xango, Herbal Life or Avon to name a few, have huge offices, and distribution centers that are available to visit and learn about. They continue to grow in countries around the world and have stayed afloat during all kinds of economic down turns. In fact most network marketing, direct sales, companies have extreme growth when the economy is bad.

So if you can start a business from your home for about one hundred dollars, what's stopping you? The tax write-offs alone are worth having a business. You may be able to deduct part of your home, your utilities, your new computer, your automobile expenses and even travel if your business reaches beyond your own state and you go to visit one of your partners. I personally know couples that travel about one week per month, year round, visiting with partners in their businesses around the world. Below is a video of a trip to Hawaii that we went on with a dozen close friends in our business along with a couple hundred others that we met there from around the states.

The key to having success in network marketing is friendships. We all know people that know people that we don't know. If we have something that can benefit us, it would make sense that it could benefit others. As we share the idea and product with people that we know, that trust us, they will in turn share with others that know and trust them.

Most people can easily generate an extra five hundred to a thousand dollars per month in a very short time and when they do that, they want to show others how to do the same, which will reap them even more rewards. In as little as a year, many people are earning residual incomes over two thousand dollars per month which is the equivalent of having five hundred thousand dollars in the bank earning 5% interest.

So you tell me, how fast are you going to get that extra 500K saved up? Do you think it might be easier to start a small business for a hundred bucks, dedicate some time to tell a few friends about it, invest in some information on how to utilize the internet to drive traffic to your business opportunity and create some new friendships with people around the globe.

Not everyone will be a million dollar earner in MLM, it does take the right individual with the right leadership and the right system in place that can be duplicated by others. How much you earn will be reflected by how much effort you are willing to put in, just like everything else, but when the business grows beyond your reach through geometric progression, that's when the real money comes.

Don't quit to early. If you double a penny every day for 30 days you would have over 5 million dollars, however on day fifteen you would have only about 163.00 that's the power of duplication.

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