Do You Know How To Evaluate an MLM Opportunity
Everybody building a Network Marketing Business hears a lot of jargon.
It’s like a secret code and it can feel like you are on the outside looking in if you don’t fully understand the MLM industry.
Every so often, I see someone talk about ROI.
I used to think…”What the heck is that?” I kinda felt dumb not knowing and I wondered why my upline had not taught me about this.
Ask Oliver Tausend
Everyone is always talking about Blogging.
Everyone says if you’re in business for yourself, you have to blog.
But, there’s a catch.
You can have the best content on the net, and you can be the most supportive Network Marketer on the planet, but if there aren’t enough eyeballs seeing your blog, you’re dead in the water.
Knowing SEO, keywords and syndication are crucial for your blog’s success. That is only one facet of blogging success.
TeamWork Makes the Dreams Work
Everybody is always talking about doing a 90 Day Run.
It’s supposed to do something magical for your business growth.
A lot of times it seems like a lot of glittery wrapping paper and curly ribbons, but when the box falls open, there’s not much inside.
So I went on a hunt to find out exactly what the purpose of a 90 Day Run is and how to do a 90 Day Run to actually build your Network Marketing business.
And the timing couldn’t be better since we have just started the second quarter of 2010.
Distributor Failure or Success?
Everybody has distributors join their organization who get discouraged.
Maybe they have tried talking to family and friends and have failed.
Or maybe they have worked online at social networking and have failed.
Whatever it is, when people fail, and they fail for too long, it is very difficult for them to stay active in their MLM distributorship. Not many new distributors are successful at sponsoring new partners in their first 30 days, 60 days or even 90 days.
Unfortunately, if distributors do not have the correct mindset, they quit. If they join another MLM, they often repeat the quit-opp/hop cycle. Sponsors know you can’t make people have belief and staying power.
How to Talk to Prospects
Most people who get into Network Marketing don’t want to talk to people about their business.
I believe that is due primarily to the fact that we don’t know how to talk to people commercially.
Everybody is always asking “How do I get leads?” and once they get those leads, they ask “How do I talk to my prospects?”
What I found out is that talking to prospects is really very easy! All you have to do is talk like a real person!
You see, most of us enter Network Marketing thinking we have to act like and talk like a salesman. So we go about watching salespeople and pulling unsavory memories from the depths of our minds of our past interactions with salespeople.
Learning Leadership Skills for Success
Everybody who knows about Network Marketing knows it is an equal entrepreneurial opportunity for anyone.
You don’t need any special education and you don’t need boatloads of money.
You do need to know some basic skills and develop a leadership mindset. Skills can be learned.
However, if the traits of a Leader are far removed from what you learned in childhood, it can take some time to learn how to think like a Leader. Strong Leadership skills are one of the tell-tale marks of a successful entrepreneur.
I participate regularly in Mentoring For Free’s weekly MasterMind Mental Cleanse meetings. The Mental Cleanse is Network Marketing’s Personal Development University.
We read one chapter of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich each week. To really benefit from this MasterMind group, each participant writes a lesson with their thoughts and ah-ha moments and submits the lesson to their mentor.
If they wish, they can post the lesson to the 30Day Cleanse Forum to share with the rest of the world. You never know when your lesson will touch the life of another person. Below I am sharing my lesson on Chapter 8, Decision.
Mental Cleanse
Chapter 8 Decision
Every time I read this chapter I see it as a repeated history lesson. I really have never realized what I was supposed “get” from this chapter.
Now, by George, I think I’ve got it!
It is nothing short of a tragedy that the writers of history have missed, entirely, even the slightest reference to the irresistible POWER, which gave birth and freedom to the nation.
I say it is a tragedy, because it is the self-same POWER which must be used by every individual who surmounts the difficulties of Life, and forces Life to pay the price asked.
I’ll share a story about how I have surmounted one of the difficulties of Life and have forced Life to pay the price I asked.
2 ½ years ago, I weighed 256 lbs and was diagnosed with Diabetes and high blood pressure. I battled losing weight all of my life. Yo-Yo was my mantra.
At the same time, my sister was in the middle of her battle with terminal fatty liver disease. This is a disease caused by poor eating habits and a general unhealthy lifestyle, just like my diabetes & high blood pressure.
My mom died when I was 22 at the age of 60 from heart disease. Her poor health and death was brought on by poor eating habits and an unhealthy lifestyle.
Christmas eve 2010 my first grandson was born. In September 2011 my sister passed away. I decided that I wanted to live a long and healthy life.
I am going to live to be 100 years old with my mental faculties and body functioning intact!
For 2 ½ years, I have worked towards, struggled with, failed, and gotten back in the game many times to reach my health goal. Last week I weighed in at 157 lbs. That is a 99 lb weight loss. My 18 yr old daughter weighs 95 lbs on a good day…Imagine how long I have been carrying around the weight of another human being!
I have a hold of the POWER that has given me the ability to force Life to pay the price I have asked to have my health!
I have the Tiger by the Tail. But that Tiger does fight me and I could lose my grip at any time. That is the way of POWER. It is not a docile creature…it is wild and a force to be reckoned with. It requires mastery and respect.
I am reminded of this every time I pass the glazed old fashioned donuts, or I get out of my car and smell that delicious fried something-or-other coming from the closest restaurant.
The POWER of DECISION drives Your MLM SUCCESS ... WHO is it for?
My deepest heart’s desire is to own my own home. I shared the details of this dream on the Monday call.
My next desire is to have the freedom to travel.
I want to go anywhere from the West coast to the East coast to visit my family and friends scattered between.
I want to travel outside of the states and go on cruises to distant lands.
I want to give Phillip, my 8 yr old, an education of experience few other classmates will have.
I do not have any extraordinary skills that will get me the wealth I desire. I do have extraordinary skills, but the job of being a professional Mommy just doesn’t pay enough to get out of a rental much less out of the city limits.
Network Marketing is an open opportunity for all of us. I am learning skills. I am constantly growing my Courage and Faith in myself and this industry. I am focusing on my Desires. I am open and receptive to any ideas & people who will help me achieve dramatic wealth.
I CAN and I AM applying what I have achieved with gaining my Dramatic Health (an achievement I didn’t believe I deserved or could attain) to achieving my Dramatic Wealth. I am not going after a greased pig, I am grabbing a hold of the Tiger’s Tail.
I have the POWER to surmount this current difficulty of my Life, and force Life to pay the Price I Am Asking.
Thank you for this MasterMind group, the Nucleus of POWER!
I love to hear what you have to say. Are you connected with a MasterMind group? You are welcome to share your experiences in the comments section below.
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Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen Miller
Skype me! karen.j.miller
Tel: 1.541.484.5455 PST
Would it be OK if I showed you how to take the Frustration out of Network Marketing?
This year, I bet you'd agree that the moon has been particularly gorgeous!
Here we are coming to the end of Winter with Spring (the Vernal Equinox) right around the corner.
I love Spring time!
It signals the rebirth and rejuvenation of all living things!
Back to the rejuvenation of Spring, how are those New Years Resolutions of yours doing?
Most people set high goals for themselves in January when everyone is a-hoopin’ & a-hollarin’ about a new year, a new start, on & on. In a few months, a lot of us can’t even remember what those goals are.
The beginning of Spring is a great time to get back to your Journal and dust off those January goals. Now is the time for the Review-Adjust part of Plan-Do-Review-Adjust. Take a look at your goals and think about what is still valid for you at this time and what isn’t.
I saw this wonderful video by Anthony Robbins at taking a look at your rituals (aka habits) and how you can change your rituals / habits to achieve your goals (he calls this your vision). Anthony refers to something important at the end,
Everybody knows that Facebook is an ever changing, ever evolving social networking site where business people can prosper.
When Facebook first opened its virtual doors, Network Marketers
(and Affiliate Marketers & Direct Sales Marketers)
flocked to the site, staked a claim with a personal profile, and began posting their life changing offers on everyone’s walls.
Oopps!...Facebook Terms of Use have always been specific about NO BUSINESS DEALINGS!
Many of us have been Facebook Slapped for adding too many friends, messaging “template” emails with links or posting links to peoples’ walls. It’s all considered SPAM.
Not wanting to turn our huge market segment away (yes, Facebook sees us as a market segment and plans on making money from us), Facebook has given us 2 wonderful business building tools:
Is Your Excitement Transfering to Your Prospects?
Do you remember what a great feeling it was when you first “got it” about the network marketing business model?
You could hardly contain your excitement about the beauty of
As soon as you opened your mouth in front of a new lead, your enthusiasm bubbled over and spilled all over the top of the poor soul you had captured to listen to your presentation.
When one after another, they walked away shaking their heads, you just couldn’t figure out what you were doing wrong.
By golly, you knew you were passionate enough and had a strong enough belief.
The simple truth is that most people who are involved in network marketing or who are interested in learning more, have very little knowledge about the MLM industry. They are also already subconsciously wired not to believe in self created wealth.
So, when we go out and start bubbling over on top of prospects, we are actually assaulting their current belief systems with a machine gun!
Most people can’t change their entire belief system in one sitting. The average person can only manage considering one alternate point of view at one time.
Imagine you are approached by someone wanting you to sign a petition to get some new measure on the next ballot. It’s a new idea for your current beliefs.
If the person starts telling you breathlessly about all of the wonderful changes you can expect if this measure passes, how its going to be implemented, and only property owners will have their taxes raised, you may be more inclined to pass. Even if you do sign the petition, chances are you won’t vote for it.
Now if the person starts out saying something like this…
Let’s get back to our prospect.
Do you think most of your prospects want you bubbling all over the top of them? Or do you think they might be more open to listening to what you have to say using the method described above?
I learned this prospecting technique from Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter and its called, Fact, Fact, New Bit of Information.
You give your prospects two facts that will get them nodding their heads in agreement. Then, you give a bit of new information that might mildly challenge their current beliefs. The new information has to be designed to tempt your prospect to say “Tell me more!”
When that happens, you know you have yourself a prospect who wants to hear more information. If they don’t say “Tell me more”, either they are not interested and are not a prospect for your opportunity, or you need to improve your use of this technique.
Would it be OK to ask you to send me an email or leave a request in the comments section below, asking me for more information on this free training?
Remember!…Sharing is Caring!…Please Like, Tweet & Share this post so others can benefit, too!
Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen Miller
Skype me! karen.j.miller
Tel: 1.541.484.5455 PST
Would it be OK if I showed you how to take the Frustration out of Network Marketing?
