MLM Success is contingent upon many factors, not the least of which is the ability to build a large and successful downline. Most MLM practitioners are unable to recruit enough people to sustain their business long enough for it to succeed. The industry average is something like 2.7, meaning that the average person can recruit 2.7 people. Sure, there are gifted men and women who seem to be able to recruit at will but they are the exception, not the rule. So, if a large and thriving downline is critical to Network Marketing success and the average network marketer can only bring in 2.7 people, how can anyone succeed in this industry? The answer lies in a very simple concept, "The Power of Two."
Simply put, recruit two people and help each of those recruit two people. Then teach the first two to help their people recruit two and so forth. This strategy sets the average MLM distributor up for success instead of failure. There are some very good reasons for this. First, you have simplified the whole recruiting process. All they have to do is recruit two. Second, it creates the momentum necessary to achieve sustained growth. And as the team grows, your support system grows along with it because now everyone is helping everyone below them to get their two. Building with The Power of Two enables your team to work together to grow a solid downline that will make the business profitable for everyone.
The numbers are truly staggering! They may seem small at first but watch what happens as The Power of Two takes over and the business begins to grow. If you start with one person recruiting two people in their first month and each person thereafter recruits just two in their first month and if everyone on the team follows through with the plan, in four months there will be 63 people on the team. In Six months it will grow to 127, in eight months it will be 511 and in one year, with everyone only expected to recruit two and help their two recruit two, your organization would grow to 8,191 distributors. Now, in any MLM compensation plan I know of, that translates to success and a boat load of cash! And it was accomplished in just one year.
Of course it's a given that no system is perfect and there will always be folks who drop out or who refuse to do their part, that's MLM. It doesn't matter. You simply bypass those weak spots by recruiting another distributor and help them get their two. Problem solved. MLM Success is not always easy but it is incredibly simple. Achieve success by helping others succeed. Help others succeed by building with The Power of Two.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
My Nutronix and Berry Tree Product Testimonial
I've always known that the main cog that drives the wheel in MLM is the quality and effectiveness of the company's products. I was already a believer in our Nutronix and Berry Tree health and wellness products. But recently when I experienced a severe disc bulge at the level of L4-L5, in my back and was in more pain than I can possibly convey with mere words, it was our products that came to the rescue. I was reduced to being a bed-bound cripple. I was unable to work for almost two months. Heck, I was unable to do much of anything at all. I couldn't even dress myself, Cindy had to help me. I was on massive amounts of narcotics, as well as 30 mg of Prednisone, daily.
My Chiropractor suggested that I undergo a relatively new and non-invasive procedure called Spinal Decompression Therapy. My Spinal specialist agreed that I should try more conservative measures before considering surgery, so he concurred with this idea. I began the process, still on massive doses of pain meds. Within a couple of weeks I began to see some relief. I was able to back off some with the narcotics, but only by taking 1000 mg Ibuprofen every 8 hours. I knew this was not something I could keep doing indefinitely. There are so many bad side effects that can result from taking that much Ibuprofen, indefinitely. Something had to change.
So, I called Bob Bremner with Nutronix for his recommendation of a product or combination of products that could help me. I have come to respect and trust Bob's incredible expertise in the health and wellness arena as well as his considerable product knowledge. He really knows his stuff! On his recommendation, I started on a concoction of Coral Calcium, Cellfood and Cellfood Silica. My Chiropractor and good friend, Dr. Sonny Gotro, another person whose knowledge and expertise I have come to respect, recommended Saloxicin, a natural pain killer made from White Willow Bark. Saloxicin, a natural Cox-2 Inhibitor without all the associated side effects, is converted by the Liver to Salic Acid, a compound similar to Aspirin. Nutronix doesn't have Saloxicin, but I wish we did! It's made by a company by the name of Xymogen. With this combination of supplements I was able to wean completely off the Prednisone, the narcotics and the Ibuprofen.
Today, taking only the Nutronix supplements, I am pain free! Not only that, I'm back riding my bike 3 - 4 days a week and walking or jogging 2 -3 days a week. I've lost 13 of the 40 pounds I had put on as a result of steroids and inactivity. I worked in my garden today, digging, hoeing, planting, etc. You can't do that stuff without bending and stressing your back. None of this would have been possible without the wonderful products we have with our Nutronix and Berry Tree business. People, that's what sets our business apart from all the rest. These events have made me a Nutronix and Berry Tree Disciple! We truly do have the best health and wellness products and the best business opportunity available. I should know. After all, I'm walking (and cycling and gardening) proof! I would like to encourage any of my fellow team members reading this post to share their Nutronix and Berry Tree product testimonials.
My Chiropractor suggested that I undergo a relatively new and non-invasive procedure called Spinal Decompression Therapy. My Spinal specialist agreed that I should try more conservative measures before considering surgery, so he concurred with this idea. I began the process, still on massive doses of pain meds. Within a couple of weeks I began to see some relief. I was able to back off some with the narcotics, but only by taking 1000 mg Ibuprofen every 8 hours. I knew this was not something I could keep doing indefinitely. There are so many bad side effects that can result from taking that much Ibuprofen, indefinitely. Something had to change.
So, I called Bob Bremner with Nutronix for his recommendation of a product or combination of products that could help me. I have come to respect and trust Bob's incredible expertise in the health and wellness arena as well as his considerable product knowledge. He really knows his stuff! On his recommendation, I started on a concoction of Coral Calcium, Cellfood and Cellfood Silica. My Chiropractor and good friend, Dr. Sonny Gotro, another person whose knowledge and expertise I have come to respect, recommended Saloxicin, a natural pain killer made from White Willow Bark. Saloxicin, a natural Cox-2 Inhibitor without all the associated side effects, is converted by the Liver to Salic Acid, a compound similar to Aspirin. Nutronix doesn't have Saloxicin, but I wish we did! It's made by a company by the name of Xymogen. With this combination of supplements I was able to wean completely off the Prednisone, the narcotics and the Ibuprofen.
Today, taking only the Nutronix supplements, I am pain free! Not only that, I'm back riding my bike 3 - 4 days a week and walking or jogging 2 -3 days a week. I've lost 13 of the 40 pounds I had put on as a result of steroids and inactivity. I worked in my garden today, digging, hoeing, planting, etc. You can't do that stuff without bending and stressing your back. None of this would have been possible without the wonderful products we have with our Nutronix and Berry Tree business. People, that's what sets our business apart from all the rest. These events have made me a Nutronix and Berry Tree Disciple! We truly do have the best health and wellness products and the best business opportunity available. I should know. After all, I'm walking (and cycling and gardening) proof! I would like to encourage any of my fellow team members reading this post to share their Nutronix and Berry Tree product testimonials.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
For MLM Success, Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
Here's a common scenario. I've seen it play out all to often. You signed up for this great MLM business opportunity, all excited, dreaming big dreams, ready to conquer the world! In a few days you receive your "Success Kit," or "Business in a Box," whatever your company calls it. Your sponsor spends a few days with you, teaching you the marketing plan, the compensation plan, throws in a little product knowledge and then turns you loose. But you are no more prepared for success than someone trying to practice Medicine who has never been to Medical School.
You start out on fire, talking to friends, family, purchased leads, anyone who will listen. In very short order you realize, you don't know what you're doing! You don't know how to explain the business opportunity, how to answer questions or handle objections. Heck, you don't know what to say, at all! So you decide to go to your sponsor for help but you can't reach them. It's as though they have dropped off the face of the earth! You struggle along fighting the futility and the frustration for a while, but eventually you throw in the towel. Your dream has been squashed. This scenario is sad and unfortunately, all too common.
No wonder so many people fail in MLM. They're destined for failure before they even get started. So what's missing here? In a word, teamwork. From the moment someone signs up there should be a "Success Team" of experienced marketers they can plug into to teach them the business, the products, the marketing plan, how to present the opportunity, how to answer questions and handle objections, how to close the deal, everything. This mentoring process should continue for as long as it takes for them to become confident and proficient enough to go it alone. Even then, the "Team" remains a constant. You never outgrow the need for the encouragement and strength found in the camaraderie and fellowship of the team.
This is why I chose as the theme for this article, "Teamwork Makes The Dream Work." It is so true. My team meets regularly via conference calls. We learn from each other, encourage each other, brainstorm and share our ideas with each other. We work together, the stronger and more experienced marketers helping those that are newer and less experienced. This mentoring process does not end until the one being helped is ready to become the helper. We have a team training outline that everyone follows and is given to all new members when they come on board. This teamwork approach makes our process easy to duplicate and duplication is key to the growth and success of the business. Yes, teamwork really does make the dream work.
You start out on fire, talking to friends, family, purchased leads, anyone who will listen. In very short order you realize, you don't know what you're doing! You don't know how to explain the business opportunity, how to answer questions or handle objections. Heck, you don't know what to say, at all! So you decide to go to your sponsor for help but you can't reach them. It's as though they have dropped off the face of the earth! You struggle along fighting the futility and the frustration for a while, but eventually you throw in the towel. Your dream has been squashed. This scenario is sad and unfortunately, all too common.
No wonder so many people fail in MLM. They're destined for failure before they even get started. So what's missing here? In a word, teamwork. From the moment someone signs up there should be a "Success Team" of experienced marketers they can plug into to teach them the business, the products, the marketing plan, how to present the opportunity, how to answer questions and handle objections, how to close the deal, everything. This mentoring process should continue for as long as it takes for them to become confident and proficient enough to go it alone. Even then, the "Team" remains a constant. You never outgrow the need for the encouragement and strength found in the camaraderie and fellowship of the team.
This is why I chose as the theme for this article, "Teamwork Makes The Dream Work." It is so true. My team meets regularly via conference calls. We learn from each other, encourage each other, brainstorm and share our ideas with each other. We work together, the stronger and more experienced marketers helping those that are newer and less experienced. This mentoring process does not end until the one being helped is ready to become the helper. We have a team training outline that everyone follows and is given to all new members when they come on board. This teamwork approach makes our process easy to duplicate and duplication is key to the growth and success of the business. Yes, teamwork really does make the dream work.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Developing A Business Mentality is Key to MLM Success
So you found the MLM business you want to get into, great products you can believe in, a lucrative compensation plan, impressive training and marketing tools. You have a real connection with the person who will be sponsoring and mentoring you. The company is just beginning to hit the explosive growth surge that will make it's distributors a fortune over the next several years. All the ingredients for success seem to be in place. It truly is a "right place, right time" opportunity. But none of this matters if you don't have the right mindset, if you don't enter into it with a business mentality. Without that key ingredient, you are destined for failure.
Too many people get into MLM thinking it will be all sunshine and roses. They're told that the product and business opportunity will "sell themselves." All they have to do is show it to people and they will be beating down the door, to get in. The truth is, good products will sell themselves but not everyone is going to buy. And when it comes to sponsoring new members, things can become even tougher. If you don't have a business mentality, prepared to deal with hearing the word "no" more often than you will hear the word "yes," you will quickly become discouraged and quit. Rejection is part of the game so you need to be prepared for it.
Another problem is what I call the "Hobby Mentality." Hobbies cost money, businesses make money. But all to often, people get into an MLM and don't take it seriously. If it takes off right away and makes money, great. If not, it's on to something else. MLM success takes work. It requires training, planning and preparation, goal setting and taking deliberate action. It requires time spent talking to people, getting your product and opportunity out there so others can see them. Success not going to just happen, it's the by-product of hard work and determination. You have to DO something if you want something to happen, even with today's online automated tools and systems. They won't work FOR you unless you work WITH them. And success takes time to achieve. It won't happen overnight.
In summary, if you desire MLM success, long term residual income, financial freedom and security, find a good MLM with a profitable compensation plan and products you can believe in. Then if you don't have one already, you must develop a business mentality. Educate yourself, set measurable goals, expect and be prepared to handle the ups and downs associated with any business endeavor and grow a thick skin so you can handle the word "No." Be prepared for the long haul. Business is a marathon, not a sprint. Do this and you will achieve MLM success.
Too many people get into MLM thinking it will be all sunshine and roses. They're told that the product and business opportunity will "sell themselves." All they have to do is show it to people and they will be beating down the door, to get in. The truth is, good products will sell themselves but not everyone is going to buy. And when it comes to sponsoring new members, things can become even tougher. If you don't have a business mentality, prepared to deal with hearing the word "no" more often than you will hear the word "yes," you will quickly become discouraged and quit. Rejection is part of the game so you need to be prepared for it.
Another problem is what I call the "Hobby Mentality." Hobbies cost money, businesses make money. But all to often, people get into an MLM and don't take it seriously. If it takes off right away and makes money, great. If not, it's on to something else. MLM success takes work. It requires training, planning and preparation, goal setting and taking deliberate action. It requires time spent talking to people, getting your product and opportunity out there so others can see them. Success not going to just happen, it's the by-product of hard work and determination. You have to DO something if you want something to happen, even with today's online automated tools and systems. They won't work FOR you unless you work WITH them. And success takes time to achieve. It won't happen overnight.
In summary, if you desire MLM success, long term residual income, financial freedom and security, find a good MLM with a profitable compensation plan and products you can believe in. Then if you don't have one already, you must develop a business mentality. Educate yourself, set measurable goals, expect and be prepared to handle the ups and downs associated with any business endeavor and grow a thick skin so you can handle the word "No." Be prepared for the long haul. Business is a marathon, not a sprint. Do this and you will achieve MLM success.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Your Home Business Success Is Up To You
I've spent time over the past few weeks reading and paying attention to all the media hype over the current recession, both here in the US and worldwide. The news is depressing. This is the worst recession since the stock market crash of 1929. Making matters worse is the fact that in 1929 our currency was still backed by a gold standard. Today, it's all pretend money. With hedge funds, stock options, annuities, retirement accounts, bank notes, one country in debt to another who in turn is in debt to another and another, and so on, there is no such thing as real money anymore. In the words of that famous hamburger joint commercial in the 1980's, "Where's the money?" Answer, there is none. It's all pretend. This is profoundly terrible news, for sure. So what you might ask, does this have to do with your home business success? Everything.
Listen to all this depressing news for long and it's easy to feel like just giving up! Many network marketers are doing just that. Their dream of home business success and financial freedom has turned into a nightmare. Hope turns into despair under the onslaught of one "woe is me" news report after another. The nightly news has become the nightly "Death Knell." But I am here to tell you it doesn't have to be this way! Success is a choice. It has no more to do with what the news media has to say about the world financial climate than it does with what the weather channel says about the weather. The only person that can determine your home business success or failure is, you got it, you. Let's look a bit of history and see how this is so.
I wonder how many people told Wilbur and Orville Wright that their contraption would never get off the ground. Or how many people believed Thomas Edison was crazy, thinking it possible to light up a room without lighting a fire? Then there was Alexander Graham Bell. Hold a conversation with someone miles away using electricity and a bunch of wires? Yeah, Right! Were any of these men deterred by what other people had to say about what they could and could not do? No, they continued to press on, to pursue their dream, no matter what. And they succeeded. The truth is, no one but you determines your fate. Your home business success is within reach, so reach out and grab it! Don't listen to all the gloom and doom. Don't listen to the "Nay Sayers," there are plenty of them out there.
Instead, listen to your heart. Believe in yourself. Press on. Never give up on the dream. So what, if it takes you two years, three years, five, more, to realize true financial freedom, is it not worth it? Only you can answer that question. For me the answer is a resounding YES! How about you?
Listen to all this depressing news for long and it's easy to feel like just giving up! Many network marketers are doing just that. Their dream of home business success and financial freedom has turned into a nightmare. Hope turns into despair under the onslaught of one "woe is me" news report after another. The nightly news has become the nightly "Death Knell." But I am here to tell you it doesn't have to be this way! Success is a choice. It has no more to do with what the news media has to say about the world financial climate than it does with what the weather channel says about the weather. The only person that can determine your home business success or failure is, you got it, you. Let's look a bit of history and see how this is so.
I wonder how many people told Wilbur and Orville Wright that their contraption would never get off the ground. Or how many people believed Thomas Edison was crazy, thinking it possible to light up a room without lighting a fire? Then there was Alexander Graham Bell. Hold a conversation with someone miles away using electricity and a bunch of wires? Yeah, Right! Were any of these men deterred by what other people had to say about what they could and could not do? No, they continued to press on, to pursue their dream, no matter what. And they succeeded. The truth is, no one but you determines your fate. Your home business success is within reach, so reach out and grab it! Don't listen to all the gloom and doom. Don't listen to the "Nay Sayers," there are plenty of them out there.
Instead, listen to your heart. Believe in yourself. Press on. Never give up on the dream. So what, if it takes you two years, three years, five, more, to realize true financial freedom, is it not worth it? Only you can answer that question. For me the answer is a resounding YES! How about you?
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