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Charge Up Your MLM Business With These Two Things (Part 2)

In my last post, Part 1 of Charge Up Your MLM Business, I talked about the PSYCHOLOGY of achieving lasting success.

The two main points I covered were your Information Identity and Intentions along with Competence and Confidence.  Most importantly from each was the fact that your intentions can be disassociated with who you currently are (which is likely based on the past.)  High performers base their thinking BEYOND their current capabilities.

Intentions should be based on the future.

Now…on to Part 2! Read the rest of this entry »

Charge Up Your MLM Business With These Two Things (Part 1)

As I posted recently, I’ve been listening to Brendon Burchard’s videos from his HighPerformanceAcademy.com website.

Today, I listened and took notes from the second video, which contains some outstanding ideas for you to incorporate into your life and network marketing business in order to achieve lasting success. Read the rest of this entry »

Three Great Reasons to Join a MLM Company

This is a ‘back to the basics’ post.  While there is so much hype surrounding this industry, it’s often hard to tell what’s real and what’s not.  97% of all those who start a network marketing business fail…mostly due to lack of marketing knowledge and training and a willingness to truly work hard for the long haul.  Note that the word “work” IS part of network marketing.

So why join a network marketing company if the statistics are against you from the get go?  What’s in it for you?  What’s REAL?

Here are three great reasons to join a network marketing company and become part of the minority that actually succeed.  There are many more great reasons, but I like these three as the basis for owning a business. Read the rest of this entry »

Six Secrets to Boost Your Highest Potential in Your MLM Business

I recently listened to a video by Brendon Burchard, author of the new book “The Charge” and creator of the HighPerformanceAcademy.com.  Boy, was he on fire in this video – so much so that I have to share with you what I learned!  There are more videos to come in his new series that’s surrounding the release of his new book, but the following notes are what I took from this first video.

SIX SECRETS OF HIGHLY PERFORMING MILLIONAIRES

These are the six things that high performing individuals focus on and master.  High Performers run these six specific questions through their minds several times a day in some form or another.  You will see a question to ask yourself in each of the following six categories of focus that I’ll cover here.

Here we go… Read the rest of this entry »

Three Off-Line Ways to Prospect for MLM Leads

It’s Not Just What Works, It’s What Duplicates!

While many network marketers now prospect a good majority of the time on-line, we must remember that our success line (downline) needs to be able to do (and duplicate) marketing strategies when they first get started.

Let’s face it – there’s a definite learning curve to on-line marketing as well as some associated costs.  Therefore, if you can give your newly sponsored person many ways to recruit right of the bat, with no technical knowledge required and at little to no cost, they will see results right away and perhaps be successful sooner than later.

The following ideas are super simple lead generating ideas, and they work. Read the rest of this entry »

MLM Branding: 5 Tips for Building Your “You, Inc.” Brand

“Lead with your brand and let the compensation follow.” Dan Schawbel

The key to riches in this interconnected world of MLM is to stand out among the people out there touting their latest network marketing companies and, instead, be the one to build “You” and your brand while offering value at the same time.

You are not selling your primary company, you are selling YOU.  Without You, Inc., you have nothing to sell.

PERSONAL BRANDING is the combination of your personality, your background and what you stand for and offer in the marketplace.

Here are five quick tips to consider when building your brand. Read the rest of this entry »

One Big Fat Lie in Network Marketing

We Will Build it and They Will Come (NOT)

Over the last few years, I have seen so many on-line ads and emails and websites that promise “We will build your network marketing business for you!”   Wow.  Wouldn’t that be something if that were true?

Within our pervasive “instant” McDonald’s drive thru society mentality, many people DO fall for this or at least hope that it’s possible, and go ahead and sign up for scams.  So you’re just supposed to sign up as a ‘place holder’ so to speak, and obscene amounts of money are going to just appear in your bank account?  Riiiiiigght.  Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll Write in my Network Marketing Blog Tomorrow

Tomorrow Never Comes…

In the town I grew up in, there’s Turoni’s Pizza and Pub.  I went there to eat great food from the time I was a child and into my 20′s and now, whenever I happen to visit ‘home’.    In it, is a sign still posted that says “Free Beer Tomorrow”.  Very Clever    Read the rest of this entry »

Match YOUR Passion to Your Network Marketing Business

It’s YOUR choice and YOURS ONLY to Include Passion in Your Work 

YOU get to choose your network marketing company.  It’s not like the Human Resources Department in a corporation that chooses you (or not) for a job.

YOU have the choice and opportunity to work with products and a company that you WANT to work with and pursue your passion.  How EXCITING is that!

You have one life to live.  How sad it often is that many people stay stuck in one job or occupation and dread heading out to work every morning.  They hate Sunday nights because Monday morning they have to return to their cubicle or wherever.  How tragic it is that they stick to that job until they retire? Read the rest of this entry »

Paint By Numbers in Your MLM

Emotions Out, Numbers In

There can be alot of emotion revolving around your own business, but as Mike Dillard says it’s freeing to replace the emotions by “the unemotional reality that it’s just business.”

The best way to build your network marketing business plan is through “You, Inc.” and by the numbers.  Yes – it IS a person to person, belly to belly business –  you have to talk to people, but it must be viewed analytically in order to know where you’re going and how you are going to achieve your goals.

Numbers will lead you in the right direction far better than emotion.  I recently read a great example instructional post about calculating the numbers from Rob Fore, one of my mentors in the network marketing business.  I wrote a different, interesting blog post about him here.

Where do You Want Your Business To Take You?

So what is it you want to achieve in your network marketing business?  How much money do you want to make?  In what time frame?    How many leads will it take you to get there?  How many leads can you close – what is the ratio?  Time and experience and the numbers can tell you. Read the rest of this entry »