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.

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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…

Is Online MLM the Way to Go?

Is online MLM a viable option for you to consider? I’m assuming you’re someone looking for a home business opportunity, or some way to make money from home. Entering the world of online MLM (multilevel marketing, also called network marketing) can be very profitable for you, so long as you understand a few basic principles going in.
When thinking about starting an MLM business online, know that MLM is a people business, and you’ll need to enjoy working with others and helping them start their own successful venture.
Contrary to what some say, online MLM is not an answer for people who want to make money without talking to anyone. Many have tried that, and numerous online recruiting systems have been created with the goal of letting the system do all the work, and nobody has to talk to anybody. These deals don’t last, because ultimately you still need the “human touch” in this business.
Think of it this way – working your business online helps you generate a lot more leads, and attract a lot more serious prospects than you usually can otherwise. However, you still must take time and contact your prospects and help them decide if your business is right for them. If they do sign up, you are obligated to do your best to help them get off to a good start. Don’t be deceived about this.
Another thing to consider – online MLM will require an investment of time and money for you to be successful. With so much competition out there, you simply have to find a way to get the word out about your opportunity. Paid advertising is the quickest option, although it can become quite expensive if you’re not careful.
If you have time, you can promote your business through participation in public message boards and forums, but this requires time and a good dose of patience. Your success won’t happen overnight. You’ll be engaged in a process where you are building your reputation online and showing potential prospects that you’re the “real deal” and not some scammer passing through looking for fast money.
All in all, choosing an online MLM opportunity is a very popular option these days. If you want to be successful (and who doesn’t), remember these things.

• you need to like people and enjoy working with them

• you will have to have money and time to invest in your business – no way around this

• you will need to choose your opportunity very carefully, there are far too many scams out there

• depending on your income goals, you’ll need to focus on your business 1-5 years to achieve ongoing part-time or full-time income

Since the Internet has changed the way we work our MLM and network marketing businesses for the better, I believe that online MLM is the way to go.

Network Marketing Scam – Just Play the Lottery

A guy named Tom decided to get involved with a network marketing scam – at least that’s what he called it after all was said and done. Here’s what happened to Tom. Do you think he really got cheated?
One of Tom’s friends was involved with a network marketing opportunity that sold a premier line of nutritional supplements, including some that were targeted toward bodybuilders. This was intriguing to Tom, because he enjoyed working out and taking care of himself, and had lots of friends at his gym.
Tom’s friend presented the opportunity and shared some very persuasive figures illustrating the income potential. When Tom saw the dollar signs, he didn’t hesitate. He signed up on the spot.
Tom had twenty people in mind as prospects, most of whom were workout buddies. He enthusiastically presented the business to them, and three of the twenty signed up.
Three months later, all three of Tom’s recruits had dropped out, and the other seventeen had long since decided it wasn’t for them.
Tom didn’t make a dime, and in fact had invested $350 in products and literature. Obviously, this is one of those network marketing scams, I was stupid to sign up for this….Tom thought.
In his mind, this network marketing opportunity was a total scam because:

• he talked to twenty people and only three signed up

• of the seventeen who didn’t join, five warned him that he was getting sucked in to a “pyramid deal”

• the three people who did sign didn’t make any money either, and decided to call it quits

What happened here? The truth is, Tom never understood that network marketing was a serious business that would take time and effort. He had what we can call the “lottery mentality”. He signed up believing he could get several people he knew to join, and presented the business to the twenty best contacts he had. At that point, he waited to see what the three who joined would do, and hoped some of the other seventeen would eventually come around.
Tom felt with this small effort that he should make some decent money. When he didn’t, he called a perfectly legitimate business opportunity a “network marketing scam”, and to this day believes that he did nothing wrong. In his mind, he did his part and the opportunity failed him.
Never mind that Tom never worked with his new associates…didn’t make an effort to learn the success system his upline had in place…all he did was sign up a few people and wait to see what happened.
Have you seen a similar situation in your world? Things like this give network marketing and MLM a bad name. No wonder some people think it’s a joke.
We as network marketing professionals always need to be on guard to make sure our prospects and new recruits understand that they aren’t buying lottery tickets, but investing in a business that (with proper work ethic and application of basic success principles) can make them lots of money and provide a true long-term residual income.