Insights on MLM

KEEPING YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE! 

We all join with visions of Diamonds on our lapel, “Escaping the Rat Race” and a better lifestyle where we can spend more time with our families and finally be able to “Fire our Boss“. But not to far into the journey it begins to breakdown for some of us… why is that?

For some, it’s a no brainer…

They know that they will not be getting that inheritance from a long lost relative. They know that they will lose far more money playing the lottery than they will ever win. They know that retirement will be here before you know it and social security will give them a comfortable life below the poverty line. In other words… they know that this business in the only way to the promised land…in this life anyway.

So why do some get it.. and some only “think” they get it?

Based on my observations, I have narrowed it down to one single “all-important” factor.

Keeping your eye on the prize may be the single most important thing anyone can do to maximize their success in network marketing.

It’s holding on to your vision that will enable you to conduct those all-important daily activities needed to give the system a chance to work.

It’s having a strong enough “why” to plow through all the “nay-sayers” when they nay-say that you need to scale back your goals or “get a real job”. Or when you have gone through 100 prospects and they all said no… or even worse, jerking you around forever telling you “maybe”.

It’s “knowing” that the next person you approach, may be the one who explodes your business.

In other words, it’s all about “THE BIG PICTURE!”

It’s what kept Thomas Edison focused as he failed THOUSANDS of times before he finally had success with the electric light. It’s what kept Marconi focused when he was threatened with being committed to an insane asylum for proposing the theory of radio waves. The list goes on and on!

What we are shooting for in network marketing is thousands of times easier than what the giants of history had to overcome. So why do so many people fail?…simple…

It’s because they allowed the big picture to fade. They allowed it to diminish because they had a bad PBR, Or Uncle Ernie said these deals never work. Or a prospect said that the prices of the products are too expensive because they would much rather buy crap in the store. Or that the shipping rate went up in the Congo. Or that they discontinued your favorite flavor. Or that there was a person in customer service who didn’t have an immediate answer.

They allowed these negative forces in the universe to win. They allowed them to take control and dicate our lives. To steal our dreams and keep us in mediocrity instead of living those same dreams.

I know this from personal experience. I was a person making only about $200.00 a month in network marketing. I was one of those struggling masses. It was only after Randy Gage put me on a simple 30 day self-development program when my business and my life went into hyper-growth. And yours can too!

But it takes making the correct decisions, the correct actions… and most importantly… HOLDING ON TO THE CERTAINTY THAT YOU WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN….NO MATTER WHAT!

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Have a super successful day!
Bob G.

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BEWARE OF BACK-END AFFILIATE PROGRAMS! 

There is a current trend of these programs that claim to help you build your primary program by promoting an affiliate program then back-ending the prospect into your primary program. They claim to brand you so that you appear an expert in the eyes of people looking for leadership. To say that I disapprove of these schemes would be an understatement. The following is a story that just came to a sad conclusion in my own organization. I will not name anyone or even the program in question. The scenario itself should be sufficient to arm the unwary marketer when he/she is looking for “the easy way” to build a business.Just this past year, a new team member of mine came into my company at the starter level of $250.00.

This guy wanted to work the cold-market in lieu of the team training because of some negative experiences he had in the past when it came to warm market prospecting. So he searched the internet and came upon someone who promised to explode his business with a “back-end” affiliate program. The cost…. $4,000.00

Here was the deal… For four grand, he would plaster my guys mug all over the internet with spam e-mails, voice drops and video something or other. Furthermore this guy would join our company so that my team member actually had this guy working his leg (we are in a modified binary).

Well, several months went by and…….nothing…… so the owner of this “miracle” program extended his membership because at the time he claimed that certain systems were down and that was the reason there was no activity… fine.

Then another 6 months went by and…….nothing……

My team member obviously frustrated calls this person on the phone. After about 7-9 months (not exactly how long it was but it was in that ballpark) and $4,000.00 guess how many leads were generated???

NONE…NADA…ZILCH….ZIPPO….GOOSE EGG…….”0″

When he called this guy up to ask what when wrong… guess what his answer was?

“That’s advertising…….”

and this was after he insulted my team member for being a nobody in the business which is why he said he got no response from the campaign… It didn’t matter that it was HIS JOB to brand my team member so that he would have a market presence.

To make matters worse, he never made a single move make ammends to my team member to make up for the fact that my team member was taken invested in his program. The morale of the story here is… be VERY careful who you give money to in order to build your business.

I am hoping this “gentleman” comes to his senses and makes this situation right in my eyes and in the eyes of my team member. I have a substantial international downline and it would be poor business on his part to let this matter fester the way it is.

I most likely lost a team member because of this negative experience.

REMEMBER: Back-end programs are not designed to make money for your primary company. Their ONLY purpose is to make you invest in the affiliate program itself. They are VERY dangerous to your downline and are the quickest way to destroy everything you have built.

Don’t let it happen to you. 

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Who are our “ideal” prospects?

When I was using Growthpro, one of the sizzle cards said “are tired of living paycheck to paycheck?” It was by far the one card that got the most calls…… from people who WERE living from paycheck to paycheck…hence… no money to invest.

In my opportunity I steer people to the mid-level package which is $1,000.00 which I feel gives them the best chance for success. With that package they still need, Business cards $60.00, Stickers (quite inmportant) $20.00, there is a one time registration fee, $35.00, A good supply of company literature $100.00, and a website of sorts $100.00 for the year, and enough $ to at least cover next months autoship with is going to be min. $60.00… so that totals approx: $1,400.00 to get them going correctly. So people have to be able to invest at least that much or its just not going to happen with my opportunity.

So to be frank, people who are truly “living paycheck to paycheck” are probably not who I am looking for. Yes there are always exceptions to the rule but generally speaking I have found this to be the case.

Someone asked me…

“Is there such a thing as a set-it, and forget-it system?”

With certain affiliate programs there may be a certain amount of activity not dependant upon personal interaction. But overall the concept of self-automated MLM’s is nothing but a fairy-tale.

Think about it. Why on earth would a company even need you if there were such a thing? do you actually think that a company would pay you tens of thousands of dollars because you set-up a web-site and are paying a 20 dollar subscription fee?

I think greed and lack of ambition often times cloud peoples judgements and perception when it comes to these things.

A company will pay you the big bucks for the following…

1. To hear no. You get paid to sift and sort the unwashed masses.

2. To establish relationships with those who say…. “maybe”.

3. To train those who say “yes”.

And in this process you move the product, to create the volume, that you get paid on.

If a computer or website could do that…. we would all be out of an opportunity.

Save your money… buy leads, run and ad, throw a party (PBR)… but whatever you do… don’t fall for those scams.