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Best MLM Training Sometimes Is No Training!

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Now before you respond with a mean comment let me explain myself. By the way, I do want to hear your comments on this.

The best mlm training is sometimes no training at all. What I mean by this is sometimes we find ourselves stuck in the “must acquire more information/training” mode. This is bad if it hinders us from actually applying what we have learned.

KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT ACTION IS JUST KNOWLEDGE!

If there is no output or use of the knowledge then you will not succeed in mlm or any other endeavor. As Rich Schefren coined it, “Decrease The Input… Increase The Output”. *Rich Schefren is the master mind behind Strategic Profits.

Now, you may respond by saying, “I agree with you, BUT…action without knowledge may sometimes feel like running around like a chicken with its head cut off.” Point taken. Although– unguided action is better than no action at all.

That being said, you have to find a balance between input (acquiring knowledge and training) and output (applying the mlm training tips and strategies of recruiting downline distributors and of acquiring customers). Set aside at least the same amount of time each week, if not more, on the “doing” rather than the “learning”.

This habit will help your business more than anything and will funnel down through your downline distributors. When your downline is working just as hard as you, then growing your mlm business becomes fun!


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If You Desire Multi-level Marketing Success, Work The Business Or The Business Won’t Work

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When I say work the business, I mean taking a proactive part in developing your downline and marketing your product.

MLM businesses don’t work themselves, even when you’ve developed a large downline. I think that many of us see visions of grandeur and become tempted to sit back and watch it grow. This can’t happen if you want to achieve maximum growth.

Remembering that you are looked up to by those in you downline, you must be actively engaged in all aspects of the business. Planning home meetings, learning about your product and compensation plan, perfecting recruiting techniques - these are all things that no one of us must ever outgrow. Complacency and productivity do not mix.

I believe that success will follow those who are in it for the long haul. That means those who are not just in, but active. If you don’t work the business every day, then before you know it, your business will have stopped working.


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You Might Actually Need The Business Opportunity Hype

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One of the things in network marketing that sometimes makes people cringe is the amount of excitement (or hype, as some might call it) that is such a fundamental part of the opportunity. You may like it or you may not, but in most MLM businesses, it’s there to stay.

I was one of those who looked down upon so much excitement until I discovered what an important part of the business it really is. Here’s what I discovered.

No matter who you are, your business experiences ups and downs. The highs can be very high, but the lows can be extremely low. I think that for most people, this is magnified in network marketing. There are few things more fulfilling than recruting someone and seeing them hit their first position or make their first substantial check. Yet who hasn’t experienced that same rep bail out a week later because one of thier friends convinced them that they could never make it. It’s frustrating and disheartening!

Here’s where the oppurtunity meeting comes in. You attend the next week, and afterwards you are invigorated, re-energized, and hopeful about your prospects. Where many people would have quit the business, you decided to attend one more weekly meeting and it is a good thing you did because you left there with a new vision.

I create this scenario not out of fantasy, but because this sort of thing happens to me and my acquaintances all of the time. We have grown to love the upbeat music, the clapping, the exciting presentations, and the recognition that accompany the meetings because that’s what MLM is all about! It’s natural to think that all of that is cheesy when you are just starting in the business, but I challenge you to give it a chance - your business will thank you for it.

And when you have a huge team that goes with you to all the the meetings, whether locally or nationally, they will see the excitement that you show towards the business and they hopefull want to emulate that. People usually do what the money-makers are doing, right?


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Network Marketing Capital - Utah

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Where would you say the most people per capita are involved in some type of Network Marketing company? I submit that Utah would be the winner of that contest. Some would say my answer is somewhat biased (and it is) because I am from and currently reside in Utah, but let me explain my answer.

I have been contacted by acquaintances and in some cases complete strangers about many mlm companies in the last five years. Here is a list of every company that I can remember off the top of my head from which a distributor/representative tried to pique my interest:

Let me add to this list companies that one of my friends or a member of my family have been introduced to:

Interestingly enough, a handful of these network marketing companies are headquartered in Utah, so you make the call. Let us know if you think the people of your state are more involved in network marketing/mlm more than Utahns.


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Choosing The Right Multi Level Marketing Business Opportunity

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Have you ever jumped into a pool without checking to see if there was water in there first? Hopefully not, but that is exactly what many people do when they join multi level marketing companies.

When I was looking into signing up as a representative for a specific multi level marketing company, I considered a few things but wish I would have known what to look for and what things would trigger red flags. I have compiled a list of things that you want to research before signing up with any mlm company: signup fees, the company’s track record, support from company and upline representatives, compensation plan, and demand for type of product or service.

Signup fees usually range from $100 to $500 with most multi level marketing companies. Obviously this is not a huge investment compared to starting a traditional business or franchise, but still needs some consideration. The get rich quick mentality plagues the multi level marketing industry which causes some to believe that just by signing up as a representative/distributor the money will begin to flow. That being said—don’t sign up unless you plan on WORKING HARD otherwise you might as well flush that money down the toilet. Also, find out what the annual recurring fees are for being a distributor; they do exist.

Pros and Cons exist for both start-up and more established companies. With start-up companies, the risk is greater in that the company may fail but the reward may possibly be greater because you would be in at the beginning and on top of all the potential growth of the company. The more established companies have a track record and are usually more stable and less prone to fold. The growth potential may not be as high as start-ups but generally speaking, there is always more room for growth.

Pay attention to the support that is given to individual representatives not only from the company as a whole, but from your potential upline. (Upline is defined as the people above you who are trying to recruit you into the business and will benefit from any sales that you generate.) Company headquarters should have regular trainings that–well, TRAIN. Hype is good only to an extent; training on how to acquire customers, recruit representatives to be in your downline, and how to train your new recruits to do what you are doing, is crucial for your success. Your upline should help you to launch your new multi level marketing business opportunity and should be there for support when needed. Their success depends partly on your success, so normally they will be more than willing to help. The key is to sign up under someone who is treating the opportunity as a business rather than a get rich quick scheme.

Study the compensation plan for your business and make sure you know exactly how and when you get paid. A lot of money can be made in multi level marketing but understand the big money is made when you know the compensation plan forwards and backwards and follow that plan to the “T”. The most important aspect to look for in a multi level marketing compensation plan is to make sure that no money is paid out UNLESS a customer is acquired to use the service, widget, or doodad that is marketed. No money should ever be paid out just for recruiting representatives; this creates an atmosphere of recruiters recruiting recruiters not focused on selling any products. On the other hand, if a bonus is paid out for when the newly recruited representative acquires customers, all is well.

Lastly, make sure there is a demand for the product or service that the multi level marketing company offers. Low demand is not usually a problem because most companies don’t try to market something that won’t sell. But keep in mind, a lot of multi level marketing companies market new breakthrough products where the demand needs to be created and can be a more difficult atmosphere to succeed.

To wrap up, do your homework to be able to make a more informed decision. Even if success doesn’t come as soon as you would have liked or not at all, you can rest easy at night knowing that you made the best decision you could have made with the knowledge you had at the time. But remember, knowledge is only half the battle, so ACT and PERSIST!

Dave Stone posted a list of questions that you should consider when doing due dilligence regarding a company on his blog. He borrowed the list from the book “Network Marketing For Dummies.”


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When Searching For An MLM Business Opportunity, You’ll Find What You Are Looking For

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The title to this post might be a bit confusing, so let me explain myself.

I once confided to someone that I was thinking of becoming involved in a business opportunity. This person looked at me and said cautiously, “I don’t know if you should do it. I’ve heard some pretty negative things about that company.” This person came to me a day later and told me that he was in fact right, and he had done a search on the web for all the negative things he could find about my potential oppurtunity.

I thanked him for doing so much in depth research on my behalf, but told him I would be able to make a decision for myself. So I then went on the web and did a search of my own. I tried to find all the good things I could about this company. Hardly to my surprise, I found a wealth of information from people who had gone before me and had experienced incredible success in thier businesses. So what was the lesson I drew from this?

I concluded that no matter what multi-level marketing opportunity you decide to pursue, you will soon find out that there are many positive and many negative things to be said about that company. But it’s what you are looking for that counts.

I could find out something negative about any company in the world, including all the multi-billion dollar giants out there. Should that dissuade me from pursuing the business? If the negative information has been published by people who really know, meaning the Better Business Bureau or an attorney general, for example, then yes there really might be something to watch out for. But if all the mudslinging comes from some wierdo out there who tried the business and failed, you can probably take it with a grain of salt. IGNORE IT.

If you are reading this, I’m assuming you are a builder personality and not a destroyer. If so, you know exactly what I’m talking about. The builders will look for positive qualities of a company, while the destroyers will find anything negative and then spread that negativity to their friends, family, and acquaintances, just like a germ or a virus.

So anyway, you’ll find the kind of information that you are looking for. I just hope we all are looking for something good and not letting the germs out there pursuade us otherwise.


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MLM - The Upside Down Pyramid

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I love it when someone approaches me to tell me that network marketing is a pyramid scheme and that I watch out before the pyramid topples. They also might tell me to beware that an MLM company will get reported to the Better Business Bureau and I’ll lose my reputation and credibility.

I just laugh inside.

One of the best parts about multi-level marketing for me is that is is exaclty the opposite of a pyramid structure. What is a pyramid? Isn’t it where there is one person at the top making all the big money and everybody else makes less and less than him as you go further down the pyramid? I would say that is what it is. So why would I want to go to work for a man whose position I know I’ll never attain? I’ll be able to see him up there, but I probably would never get there.

I love MLM because the pyramid gets flipped upside down. I start at the bottom of the pyramid all by myself. I alone decide if I’ll have success or not. There are people there to help me along the way of course, but they can’t build my business for me. I have to do it with hard work and determination. As I work, my earning potential expands upward, just like an upside down pyramid. My earnings can become whatever I want them to become, with no ceiling! This is exacly why it’s not the system that fails to work, it’s us that fail to work the system. We sometimes fail to capitalize on our limitless potential, but it’s there.

I don’t know what could be better than limitless potential. It’s one of the reasons why MLM makes so much sense to me.


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Nay Sayers And Dream Stealers

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What is it about the nay sayers and the dream stealers that make many of us forget why we got excited about our business in the first place? I ask myself this question all the time. One fact must be accepted - with MLM comes outside negativity.

It comes from our families even. Who hasn’t experienced a cousin, aunt, uncle, or even a closer family member ridiculing the idea of one of thier family members getting involved in MLM, or “one of those pyramid schemes” as they might call it. Could this be because we became so excited when we heard of the lifestyle we could live and it made them uncomfortable because they weren’t ready to change theirs? I think this may have a lot to do with it. When you are on top of the proverbial mountain there will always be those who throw rocks at you from below.

It is a very difficult thing to do, but we must see the nay sayers and dream stealer for what they really are so that when they open thier mouths, we will be ready. Perhaps you could put yourself in their shoes. Say you just got home from your 8 to 5 job, you fought traffic while dwelling on all the reasons why you are underappreciated, you are in a routine so you complain but never really do anything about it, and then someone calls you to tell you that they will be financially free in no time and they want you to come along for the ride. Your first instinct might be to scoff and pull them down from their high to the level that you are on.

Please don’t think that I believe all people fit this description, but I am trying to make a point. Few people really wish you the best if they don’t already have it themselves. It’s hard for us as humans to do so. Knowing this, don’t give the nay sayers and dream stealers the time of day. Recognize that they don’t want you to do something new because they won’t do it themselves, and then cast them out of your mind. They’re not worth the worries. I think we’ll all be greater for doing so, and if were lucky, we might bring some of them over to our side of the force.


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Multi Level Marketing Stigma

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I find it interesting the varied responses you get when you mention network marketing or mlm or multi level marketing to others.

Some people just look at you with a blank stare never having heard of these terms before. Others ask, “Is this one of those businesses like Amway?” or “How much do you get paid off of me?” Others will be curious to find out more even if they have already been involved in mlm.

My favorite group is the kind of people who immediately tell you its a scam because they have joined one before and failed, or worse, they just heard about this concept from someone else who failed and so they assume its a scam even though they have no first-hand experience.

Ever since Amway and other pioneering companies, people have been exposed to multilevel marketing either directly or indirectly and have been forming opinions about it. Network Marketing is not for everyone and by no means will everyone succeed just like in any other business. All I can ask of everyone is to at least get the facts before you form a concrete opinion about any multilevel marketing company and/or the mlm industry as a whole. Use caution and don’t ever jump in blindly; you still need to make sure it is a legitimate company, but please don’t form opinions before you do the research.

Multilevel marketing is neither good nor bad. Unfortunately, people label it one way or the other depending on whether or not they made money, which albeit understandable, is not very rational.


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Why Pursue MLM?

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The terms MLM, multi-level marketing, networking marketing, etc., will almost always evoke a passionate reaction from anyone who knows business. Perhaps the person has had experience with MLM in the past or simply just heard of one of the many MLM companies that are out there. If you have ever been the person who started the converstation on MLM you most likely were asked something along the lines of “Why did you go and get involved in one of those things?”

So why did you? Why would anybody go and get involved in one of those things?

I’m glad you asked. Let me approach this as if I’m telling someone who maybe would like to become involved in MLM but can’t really find the why. And if you are already in and you know this stuff, I’ll just remind you.

Many of us do not have jobs that we absolutely love. If we were offered the chance, we would probably quit right now except for the minor detail of not getting paid anymore. But what if you decided to quit your job and for the rest of your life your boss forgot that you quit and he kept paying you? Essentially, that is what can happen in network marketing. No one wants to be at a desk their whole career. We want to get out there and make things happen while doing what we want to do, not what our boss tells us to do.

MLM can be extremely lucrative if you are serious about it and in it for the long haul. I’m probably not the only one out there who thinks that there are too many other worries in life and that money should not be one of them. Will it buy happiness? Probably not, but we all want to experience it for ourselves just to make sure.

Maybe a little less apparent is the personal growth you will experience in multi-level marketing. As in all businesses, there are frustrations and setbacks, but no one ever achieved greatness by isolating himself/herself in their corner cubicle while avoiding as many people as possible. We all tend to stress over the setbacks, but I look at it this way: that person who’s making a lot more money that I am has probably also experienced a lot more grief than I have, but look at where they are now!

So why do we pursue MLM? You may have your own reasons, but personal and financial freedom, along with growth potential, are right up there at the top of my list.


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