Building a Group with Worm Poop? The Rise and Fall of an MLM Junkie

Have you ever wished you could get that one big break, sponsor that one heavy hitter who could shoot your MLM business into the stratosphere? Of course you have. We all look for unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to take our business to the highest level.

Four Great Motivational Tips for Network Marketing and MLM Business Builders

Self motivation is a very popular topic among network marketers and MLM business builders, for good reason. Without motivation, you have nothing. The best opportunity in the world is worthless if you are not motivated to achieve success and make money with it.

Network Marketing As A Part-time Job

An individual can become a network marketer working part-time. If you already have a steady job, you can work three to four hours at night by promoting your product. Visit forums and social networking sites that allow you to self promote. Try to make at least one sale a night. If you’re not making a sale, you can get into contact with the leader on your team. The leader will help you to get you to where you’ll need to be. You can also visit forum sites and talk with other network marketers about places to market your products.
After a long day at work, you may want to get out of the house. You may have been inside all day. You don’t necessarily have to stay at home to work as a network marketer. There are a lot of businesses that offer Wi-Fi. Take your laptop computer with you and enjoy a snack while working. When you get home, you can do other things with your family like enjoy a movie. Since you are working part-time, you’ll still have time to spend with your family or do things that you enjoy. You don’t have to work on weekends, unless you prefer to.
When it comes to payment, you will be receiving a commission. You will receive a certain percentage for each sale. If you have a certain amount of money you want to make a month, you will need to calculate how many sales you will need. The money will more than likely be deposited into your bank or PayPal account. The network marketing company will let you know how often you will be paid. It may be a good idea to keep a spreadsheet of the sales that you make. Sometimes companies make mistakes.
If you happen to become laid off from your job, you will be already established as a network marketer. You can go in and start working full-time. You will be in control of how much money you will make. Plus, you will be your own boss. You will save on gas since you won’t have to commute to work.

Tag : Part Time Job / Full Time Job

How Can A Business in Network Marketing Change Your Life

A business in network marketing will allow you to have more freedom than you would with a 9-to-5 job. The reason for this is that you don’t have to work long hours. Plus, you won’t be working alone. You’ll have your sellers to help you through the process. As long as you have your sellers, you will have time to enjoy the good things in life.
When it comes to network marketing, your sellers are the ones who will make your business a success. They are the ones who are selling your product and making a profit for you. In order to make sure that your sellers are a success, you’ll need to maintain contact with them at all times. For instance, you can have a meeting or send out emails to get your sellers to let you know there progress.
As a network marketer, you will be stress free once you business starts growing. The reason for this is that you can set your own hours. For instance, you can work three hours in the morning and then three hours again before you go to bed. The good thing about working in network marketing is that you can work anywhere, where you have access to a computer. If you want to go on a vacation, you can without having to tell your boss. You’re the boss. Just make sure to let your sellers know, so if they have any questions while you’re away, they’ll already know. If you have a family, you’ll get to spend more time with them as well.
Since your business will be growing, you may be able to buy things that you never could before, such as a house or a boat. Take that trip that you always wanted to go on or pay some bills. It’s up to you how you want to run your business. You can even work outside of the home part-time. Some of your sellers will work part-time, while others work full-time. The sellers that work full-time are the ones that you will need to stay in contact with. Those are the ones that will make your business a success.

Tagged: network marketing, network marketing business, network marketing success

Your Best Year Ever – Part 3

August 31, 2009

What happens on the “day that turns your life around”? Find out in Part 3 of this series by Jim Rohn called “Your Best Year Ever”. Jim talks about the events and revelations that you’ll experience at the moment your life changes.
This is great inspiration for anyone building a serious network marketing business – take it to the max.
Here are links to the first two parts, in case you missed them.
Jim Rohn – Your Best Year Ever – Part One
Jim Rohn – Your Best Year Ever – Part Two

Your Best Year Ever – Part 2

This is a continuation of the 3-part series by Jim Rohn called “Your Best Year Ever”.
If you missed Part 1, you can find it here:
Jim Rohn – Your Best Year Ever – Part 1

Apply the principles in this series to your network marketing business, and watch your success and income soar! I know you’ve heard this before, and maybe it seems boring and repetitive after a while, but it is a fact – if you are open to learning, and work hard to feed your mind the right “stuff”, your attitude and ability to achieve what you want will increase tremendously.

Tagged: jim rohn, success

Your Best Year Ever – Part 1

If you’re reading this, you’re probably looking to make more money. You’ve most likely started your own network marketing business as one way to do this.
When it comes down to it, how do you make more money? What does it take? What has to happen?
Should you patiently wait for a raise from your job?
Are you hanging in hoping for more people to join your network marketing business from the efforts you’ve made?
Waiting is something we all have to do, but nobody likes to just wait around and “hope” for something to happen. How can you turn your life around in such a way that you can start making money faster?
Here is part one of a three part series by Jim Rohn, a noted success coach and motivational speaker. This part reveals a key to having your best year ever, starting now…

How to Gain Momentum, Stay on Track, and Keep Your MLM Business Growing

Understand that your MLM business is a real business and make a commitment to spread the word. Have some nice business cards made up and exchange with people you meet. A nice touch is putting a brief summary of your business on back of the card, but make it just enough to arouse curiosity.
Create a short (one minute or less) explanation of your MLM business and how it works. Use this when people ask you the “ice breaker” question – “what do you do”?
Take action to build and promote your business each day. Whether online or offline, do something. Put out advertisements, participate in social communities, make phone calls, followup with prospects, whatever it takes.
Learn to listen and understand your prospects. Ask them thoughtful questions and listen carefully to their responses. Let them talk. Find out how your MLM business can solve a problem or help with a need in their life. Tell them about it.
Think carefully about the actions you take each day. Make sure they actually help build your MLM business (finding and communicating with prospects). Spending time planning and organizing for success is necessary, but don’t overdo it at the expense of talking to people.
When you begin to make money with your MLM business, put as much back into your business for advertising and promotion as you are able. This will fuel growth and help you reach your goals faster.
Call your sponsor. Contact your upline leaders who have achieved success and are making money. Find out how they did it, and discuss with them ways you can achieve success with your own MLM business.
Have fun and enjoy building your business. This isn’t a job you do because you have to, this is something you should enjoy. Your prospects can tell if you are ”into” your business and whether you enjoy it or not.
Create detailed goals and have a clear vision of what you want to achieve with your MLM business. Write all this down, and refer to it daily. Go back and review when you stub your toe or run into discouragement.
Hang around and socialize with people who are positive and successful in what they do. They will help keep you fired up and going. Success and confidence is seriously contagious.
Finally, be determined to succeed and create a plan for your MLM business that excites you. Stick to that plan and don’t slack off. You’ll have to work hard in the beginning to get things going smoothly, but exercise discipline and make it happen.

Four Superb Ways to Keep the Faith and Generate Momentum for Your Home Business

You’ve started your own home business. You’re having fun and expecting to make lots of money soon. Congratulations! With your own home based business, you will enjoy some of the best of times. The freedom and excitement of doing your own thing from home is very stimulating and encouraging.
Along with the fun and excitement, there are occasional moments when you may feel discouraged or stressed. You may feel like you’ve hit a slump. Things that were once easy now seem hard. Not a problem! This happens to all of us. It’s part of human nature. When you encounter these pesky little curves in the road, take a little time to relax and refresh some things in your head.
Are You Feeling Overwhelmed by Tasks and Details?
This is one of the most common stumbling blocks encountered when building a home business. To be successful, you have to do certain tasks, many of them over and over each day. The more your business grows (to a point), the more tasks and details you are likely to have. When you start feeling overwhelmed, you begin to feel discouraged and tired.
Make sure you have a system in place to keep track of everything you need to do. Sticky notes and cork boards won’t cut it. You need a way to organize all your important actions and make them easy to remember. You want a system that will automatically remind you of things, either by sounding an alarm or sending you an email or text message. Having this will relieve a LOT of stress you would otherwise feel.
One such system that I use, and have found to be really effective, is “Remember the Milk”. This is a powerful, and completely free, online system for organizing your life.
Check it out here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com
Are You and Your Family on the Same Page?
If you have a family, it is important for them to be on the same page with you. After all, your business is taking time away from other things you could be doing together. They need to clearly see what they stand to gain from your success. This could be a better lifestyle, or more time to do things together once you reach a certain level of success.
Be sure you are all in harmony on this. Your spouse and children should be your biggest cheerleaders and supporters. I learned early on that trying to build a home business without the understanding and blessing of your family is not a lot of fun. Once our family got this all squared away and understood each other, things started to accelerate quickly.
Are You Wondering Why You Started Your Business?
When times get tough, and challenges mount, you might start wondering why you are even trying to build a home business. You can look back and think of your initial enthusiasm and wonder if you are still the same person. Don’t worry – this is not unusual.
To get past this:

• recall the benefits that motivated you to start your business
• visualize the results of achieving the benefits you desire
• feel the actual emotions and joy you’ll experience

It isn’t always easy to do this when you’re down. You have to relax and really try. Do it – it is worth more than I can describe in words. It is a great energy boost.
Ready to Clear Your Head and Get Refreshed?
No matter how much you enjoy building your home business, there are times when you simply need to get away. I do a lot of writing, and sometime I have to just push myself away from the keyboard. I really enjoy writing, but the mental exercise (while stimulating) can be draining after a while. Walk away from your computer or working area sometime and do something different.

• go for a walk – take a little digital voice recorder along in case you get a burst of inspiration
• drive to a nearby bookstore and just browse – this is one way I relax and pick up a lot of fresh ideas
• read a book or magazine not directly related to your business, just for something different

It is always okay to work hard, but don’t become a workaholic who feels guilty taking a break. If you are driven to succeed, you will get there faster if you pace yourself and avoid burnout.
Enjoy building a home business. Be aware that the occasional down time will come, and be prepared to deal with it quickly. Don’t let anything hold you back for long – you deserve success!

Network Marketing and MLM – Getting Past the Startup Bumps and Flying High

If you are beginning to build a network marketing business, you will find that you experience a few highs and lows as you go along. There will be days when everything seems to fall in place perfectly. There will be other days when nothing you try to do goes well.
You know you are having a bad day when:
1) You call six prospects. Two of them answer and don’t recall asking for information. Three are just voice mails and you have to leave a message. One plays a message that says…”sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected, or is no longer in service”.
2) Your number one prospect who seemed so excited yesterday announces he has signed up with another opportunity.
3) You tell a good friend about your network marketing business, and they give you a lecture about the evils of “pyramid schemes”.
After you have a few days like this, it can really be discouraging especially if you are new to network marketing and MLM.
Here are three things you can do to get back on track.

• contact your sponsor or upline leaders who have successful businesses. They have most likely been through many of the same challenges and roadblocks you are encountering. They can tell you what they did to get back on track and moving again.
• remember your “why” for doing your business. What are your goals and objectives? If you don’t have these clearly defined and written down, now is the time to do it.
• move forward and continue doing the fundamentals – advertising, contacting prospects, sponsoring, and helping those you have already sponsored.

Your network marketing business is the key to a bright future for you. Building a strong business isn’t easy. It takes determination and dedication, but the rewards are more than worth the sacrifice!