We highly recommend getting into the 21st century by using these online tools. More often than not we experience resistance and fear using the internet. Basing your decisions on fear was not one of the characteristics that got you into network marketing so don't fall back to making uneducated decisions now.
So check out Google Wave, sign p (ask for an invitation) and start filling out those dreaded but very important profile sheets. Like it or not, they are the building blocks of our business. A task that has been highly neglected by most distributors which shows in their "success" rates.
Once done, share them with us, set an appointment to get on the phone with us to strategize further steps with all your prospects.
In future we will ask for profile sheets before we can make valuable three way calls. Set aside an hour to set this up and enjoy the change in habit and increase of growth in your organization.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Using The Google Wave Profile Sheet
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Future Choice: Why Network Marketing May Be Your Best Career Move!
If this week is typical, over 175,000 people will find a new way to increase their financial security and personal freedom. How? They will join more than 57 million others who are already earning a living, full- or part-time, through Network Marketing...
For those wanting to better understand what Network Marketing is, how it works, and why so many people are joining, Future Choice is the book you need to read.
And if you're already convinced Network Marketing is right for you, take the advice from those who have shared their comments below, and get a copy of this book into the hands of all your wholesale buyers and potential business-builders too—anyone you believe might be interested!
"I have read and reread Future Choice several times and plan on reading it again! It's a joy to read, a pleasure to share, and a gift to all Network Marketers. Thank you for showcasing our industry, its leaders, and its unlimited potential." —Denise Hay
"I can't find the words to tell you what a blessing Future Choice was to me. I am new to Network Marketing and I have been reading as much as I can get my hands on. But your book is amazing. Not only did I get it but now I can share it. I plan on reading it over, and over again...it will be the first gift I give to everyone I sponsor." —Connie Kurtz
"Future Choice is AWESOME! I bought four cases based on the online comments alone! I've had them a week and only have one case left. People were literally seeking me out to buy them! Thank you so much Michael for making our work that much easier!" —Jerri Leake
Indeed, those who read Future Choice will definitely become believers in the Network Marketing! So if you're ready to become a believer, order this book (or several of them for your team) by MLM Expert Michael S. Clouse today! And remember, don't forget to subscribe to your free 14 part newsletter today.
For more information on why a home based business may be the right choice for you just contact us here. And if you're on Facebook become a fan and get the latest free monthly training and tips.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
10 Reasons Successful Companies Use Tools
Through our extensive experience in the network marketing industry, we have readily identified 10 reasons to use tools to build your business. Each of these reasons will help generate excitement, growth and ultimately revenue for you and for your organization.
- Increase Activity in the Field
The activity of your distributors will determine much of the success of your company. Tools increase activity and ensure that your distributors are constantly telling your company’s story. - Provide a Message
Tools deliver your company’s message perfectly—time and time again. - Enhance Productivity
Tools are the fastest way to reach a large amount of people. Leveraging tools will help your distributors build large, successful organizations. - Increase Retention
An educated distributor and customer are more likely to continue with your company long term. By providing a system and creating a tools culture you will generate loyalty and commitment. - Experience Proven Success
It’s simple—tools work. Many powerful industry leaders have built their businesses using Sound Concepts tools: newspapers, brochures, books, CDs, DVDs, etc. - Add Credibility
Tools provide instant credibility with personal success stories, research from experts, and detailed information about your company and product. - Simplify Your Company’s Presentation
Tools allow your distributors to pass along the same powerful message every single time. - Duplicate with Ease
Duplication in direct selling is essential. Tools provide a system and a routine for your distributors that are simple to duplicate. - Rely on the Message
Not everyone is a great presenter, but tools can make anyone a great recruiter. Help your distributors rely on the message, not being the messenger. - Amplify the Recruiting Efforts of the Field
Tell your story in volume. Imagine the power of having thousands of newspapers, brochures, and CDs out in communities worldwide telling your story. The more people who see the tools, the more who will be interested in your company’s product and opportunity.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
10 Days to Touch 10 Million: Your life matters...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
by Marianne Williamson
from "A Return To Love"
Monday, November 16, 2009
9 Reasons...
Are you burdened by debt, worried about retirement, or frustrated because you just can't seem to get ahead?
Far too many of us work long hours, spend too much time away from family and get too little in return. For the average employee in corporate American, it is easy to feel overworked, under-appreciated and underpaid.For the majority of us, the solution to our financial problems and lack of time to do what we want is not to work our way up the corporate ladder. The solution is something else entirely.
How do we achieve the American dream in the 21st century? If you have tried and failed to find a way out of living paycheck to paycheck in the search for financial and personal freedom, there is another way.
Many educated professionals are leaving the corporate career track and taking ownership of their lives by starting their own home -based businesses. Self-employment offers responsible and driving individuals rewards they are not finding in more conventional career paths because it allows them to take back control over their most valuable resources: their time and their financial resources.
Among small and home-based businesses, one of the biggest growth industries is network marketing. Network marketing is a multi-billon dollar industry, which supports million of Americans each year. If you are tired of not having enough time and money to do what matters most to you, discover now how a home-based network marketing business can help you begin owning your life today!
9 Reasons to Own Your Life
Becoming your own boss by starting a part-time or full-time home-based network marketing business offers several benefits not often available to those who follow the more conventional employment routes. In fact, small businesses make up the backbone of America and may be the best way for most of us to achieve the American dream. Here are nine reasons to leave the rat race and take control of your time, you money, your career and make them work for you.
1. Eliminate Debt.
Over 40 percent of families in the U.S routinely spend more then they earn. In fact , Americans carry an average of $8,400 in credit card or other high-interest consumer debt from month to month . Consider this: paying only the minimum balance on a $2,000 credit card debt at 18 percent interest could take you 30 years to pay off and cost you an additional $5,000. It is no surprise then that one in 53 households in America will file for bankruptcy. Of those, 80 percent could have avoided filing with an additional $200-300 income per month. A small side business can help supplement you paycheck and allow you to relieve credit card and other debt burdens.
2. Boost Your Retirement Savings.
On average, Americans can expect to receive just 37 percent of the annual retirement income they will need to retire comfortably. Meanwhile, the average social security benefit in 2004 was a mere $954.9 a month. In fact, according to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, a shocking 95 percent of retirement-aged Americans cant afford to maintain the lifestyle they had while they were working and may be financially dependent of the government,family or a charity. A home-based business can provide residual income that lasts lifetime.
3. Save For a Rainy Day.
Many of us live month-to-month, paycheck-to-paycheck, with barely enough money to cover three months of unemployment.In fact, half of Americans under the age of 50 have less then $10,000 in savings, and the average American only saves 1 percent of what earn.Moreover,the saving rat in the United Sates has been in decline for the last decade,and now levels have dropped to those seen during the Great Depression.In june 2005, the saving rat fell to a measly 0.02 percent.Building a nest egg is possible with a part-time network marketing business.
4. Pay of your mortgage faster.
Experts estimate that only 2 percent of American homes are paid for and many home owners opt for the 30-year over the 15-year mortgage. Consider this: A $250,000.00 mortgage paid at 8% interest over 30 years add up to over $400,000.00 in interest charges. Even considering the tax benefit of the mortgage, this is an unbelievable and avoidable cost. The extra income with the part-time network marketing business, makes it possible to pay off your morgage faster. Possibly in half the time.
5. By the car or home of your dreams.
The supplemental income from a part-time business can be used to remove debt burdens or plan for the future, or it can offer more immediate comfort that would other wise be unavailable. Having money to play with after all your bills are paid means that the comforts of the wealthy are now within your reach. Owning your business and your life gives you the ability to turn your long time dreams into reality.
6. Enjoy tax benefits.
Congress has recently passed several different tax laws with the goal of encouraging and rewarding individuals who start and operate small home based businesses because they help build a stable base for our national economy. Owning your own business also allows you more control over your taxable income through legal deduction and strategic tax planning. This is true for most free trade countries.
7. Spend more time with your family.
49% of people regularly put in more than 40 hours of work each week, include time spent commuting and on business trips and it adds up to very little time spent with those we care about most. Self-employment allows you the opportunity to set your own schedule and to work smart instead of just long hours giving you back ownership of one of your most valuable assets, your time. Feel free to change it up week to week, after all you are the boss.
8. Take a longer vacation.
Unlike the European work force which receives an average of one month of vacation time per year, the average American employee receives a near 13 day of annual vacation time. And often they are require to schedule that time up to a year in advance or sacrifice some holiday time off for others. Owning your own home based business gives you the flexibility to take longer or more frequent vacations because you have control over your time and finances. Taking a month long vacation is possible without altering your income.
9. Be a stay-at-home parent.
Two-income households are becoming a necessity in our current economy, which means more children than ever are in some sort of child care. In 2002, 63% of children under the age of 5 were in a regular child care arrangement and a little over half of grade school children were in regular child care. However, experts suggest that the cost of child care often offset a large portion of the second household income. A home-based business allows you to spend more time or accounts with family.
Network Marketing
A Growth Industry.
In spite of cynicism from naysayers, the network marketing industry has boomed over the past 2 decades and offers some attractive benefits for those thinking of starting their first small business. It involves little startup cost, can be incorporated as a part time or full time career and is open to all races, ages and backgrounds.
More than 13.6 million people in the US, participated in network marketing in 2004, and more than 54 million around the globe. The number of people involved in direct marketing, has more than doubled in the past ten years, were as retail numbers has been in steady decline over the past decade.
As an industry, networking marketing is experiencing rapid growth with 2004 sales in the US, close to 30 billion and topping 99 billion worldwide. More than 74% of Americans have purchased something though direct to direct person to person selling. The Direct Marketing industry is not affected by the same race, gender and age, bias often found in cooperate America. Close to 80% of individuals are female and more than 75% are over the age of 34, this diversity also includes a variety of educational background from high school to post graduate training. More than 85% of people involved in the industry work fewer than 30 hours a week.
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44 Do's and Don'ts for Your Network Marketing Business
2) Don't wait for everything to be exactly right to start. IT NEVER WILL! Start now, with whatever you have. The things you need will come to you as you work towards your goal.
3) Realize that "rejection" is natural. For every 20 people you contact, expect 19 "no's" for every "yes." You may very well do better than that, but expect 19 rejections. This way, the rejections won't bother you because you expect them. Also, realize that they're not rejecting YOU - they're simply rejecting an idea. Just keep moving ahead. Be persistent, ignore the rejections, and you'll get more than enough "yes's" to build a highly successful business. Always remember: Some will. Some won't. So what? Someone's waiting. Next!
4) Treat your network marketing business as a serious, full-time business, and it will become one.
5) Follow-ups are just as important as the initial contact. If a person hasn't joined yet, following up with more exciting information can turn the tide. Many people report that they get their best people after following up 3-5 times.
6) Be patient. You'll work the hardest your first six months and get compensated the least. Big incomes never happen overnight in network marketing. They only come after you've properly shown your personally-sponsored people how to duplicate your efforts. Network Marketing is a numbers game.
7) Don't give your distributors unrealistic expectations.
8) Be willing to invest more money into your business than you get out of it in the beginning.
9) Don't quit. The only way to fail is if you give up.
10) Contact your upline and get their help and suggestions on how to grow your business. They will expect you to listen and then TAKE ACTION based exactly upon the advice they give.
11) Ask for people's opinion on the opportunity. It's a good way to determine what objections they might have to joining and also allows you the chance to overcome those objections and sponsor them. You never recruit, you sponsor. Keep that in mind.
12) Formulate a plan of weekly activity and be persistent in following it (if you fail to plan, you plan to fail). Sticking to your plan is essential for success.
13) Assist those you sponsor as much as you can. Help them sponsor their first level distributors. Let them know that you offer your support. Teach your distributors the importance of doing the same. In helping others become successful, you help yourself become successful. It's also a wonderful way to make life-long friends.
14) Don't mail out a few brochures or contact a few people and expect the money to start rolling in. Expect to work your business consistently for 1-2 years before seeing a really substantial income.
15) Though network marketing is one of the few businesses where you can earn while you learn, think of your first six months primarily as a training period. Don't expect large earnings until after you've educated yourself through experience.
16) Don't waste time on sceptics or non-motivated people. They will NOT succeed in your business or any other. They do not possess the qualities of a winner (this includes "rocking-chair advisors" who talk and talk, seeming to know all the answers, but never act on any of them).
17) Always replace the people in your organization who do not succeed.
18) Don't constantly whine and complain to your upline or network marketing company. Realize that what you accomplish is mainly in your hands - no one else's. Also realize that, when you see a problem, 90% of the time there are factors you are unaware of. Don't jump to conclusions. When you have a problem, present it in a concise letter as positive, constructive criticism. Offer solutions if possible, too. Not only will this approach get you better results, but you'll be building your relationship with your upline/network marketing company instead of tearing it down.
19) Don't do things for your distributors that they should do themselves - create INDEPENDENT Distributors.
20) FOCUS! You cannot become successful in network marketing trying to do many things at once. We know of people out there that are involved in 30+ businesses. That approach is utterly and totally doomed to fail.
21) Always present yourself and your business in a professional and ethical manner.
22) Stick to the facts. Don't exaggerate the opportunity - it's actually amazing anyway!
23) Lead by example. Do all the things you want your distributors to emulate.
24) Learn as much as you can about the company / business you are working. But do it while you build not before you start!
25) Be duplicable. Avoid promoting your business in any way that causes your prospects to say to themselves, "Oh, now I see how this network marketing thing works, but I could never do that." In other words, if you are to succeed, your prospects must always be able to envision themselves doing what you're doing.
26) Think BIG! Small desire produces small results just as small fires produce little heat. Start with MASSIVE all out action from day one. Do what you are told to do by your upline and do even more of it than you thought you were capable of. Some people spend 10 years trying to 'be ready' and never build a business at all!
27) Know that most people crave recognition. RECOGNIZE your distributors who are doing good things with praise and rewards. Keep the contact with them close.
28) Communicate constantly! Keep in touch with everyone in your downline regularly. For your key people, make it daily if possible. The methods you can use are numerous: voice chat, webpage, newsletters, meetings, phone calls, email, voice mail, faxes, postcards, Skype etc - just stay in close contact!
29) Ask for referrals. Ask, E.g., "Do you know anyone who might be looking to earn some extra money?"
30) Always be ENTHUSIASTIC!!
31) When you come over new marketing / promotional methods that are PROVEN to work really well, share them with the people in your organization. Remember, DUPLICATION.
32) Build a list of contacts. Add to it daily.
33) Listen to tapes, CDs and audio files etc. on network marketing. Listen again and again until you've totally absorbed them.
34) Don't become obsessed with sponsoring a "heavy hitter." Instead, learn how to be a heavy hitter yourself.
35) Be organized, but don't allow the act of organizing to keep you from the real important things: Marketing, Sponsoring and Training
36) Don't let little challenges upset you. Concentrate on the many positives and the big picture.
37) Always remember that the only constant in life is change. There will always be changes to products, plans and initiatives to which you must adapt quickly. Like #36, don't let changes upset you. Know that you will have to deal with changes and other obstacles, both big and small, continually. Be prepared to be flexible.
37) Don't be a negative thinker and don't let the negative attitudes of others (even if they're family members, friends, or peers) influence you. All the great men and women in history had to overcome the ones that said it couldn't be done - and then went out and did it anyway. Think for yourself!
38) Don't be derailed by "perfection paralysis." Realize that you won't be able to do everything perfectly. Do the best job you can, then move on to the next person. Keep moving forward every single day.
39) Read books (such as Napoleon Hill's classic, "Think and Grow Rich") that will convince you how powerful your mind really is. Develop the tremendous potential in you (that we all have) that has never been tapped!
40) Have FUN! It's infectious! People can't resist someone having fun. Make your business so much fun that others will flock to you to join you.
41) Remember always - "IF IT'S TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME."
42) Just go out there right now and GET ON WITH IT! Don't analize everything. Action pays but analysis costs.
43) Don't bug your upline for answers you can get for yourself from either their or the company's websites, brochures and information sources.
44) Say LESS to MORE PEOPLE, and do it MORE FREQUENTLY.
To quote Paula Pritchard, "There is no problem in network marketing which cannot be solved by going out and sponsoring 10 new people".
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Social Media - A must for Your Future Marketing
Social Media is here to stay - Here's a short listI highly recommend you to get your head around these social media tools that are becoming more and more important as even old school business are starting to understand the value and are catching up quickly to use them.
The Twitter and Facebook we know today, with it's over 1300% growth, will not be the same one year from now. It will be THE MARKET PLACE OF THE WORLD. Embrace it. But before I forget ... relax, it takes time. I will do my best to help collapse your learning curve, so you don't have to spend a whole year to get there. I want my team to have a time advantage and competitive edge ;-)
Keep this list for future reference to educate your next business partner. Or better yet, bookmark them on your delicious account ;-) This way you and your team or prospects will have access to them from anywhere in the world where you have internet access.
This short link list below is just scratching the surface. These cute videos are produced by the cool guys at the common craft show: http://commoncraft.com
Twitter in Plain English
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10533537255
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&feature=channel
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWHPf00Jkqg&feature=channel
Last but not least, here's a quick little something about Facebook:
An Introduction to Facebook for Marketers in plain English
http://buzzmedia.com.my/blog/an-introduction-to-facebook-for-marketers-in-plain-english
Enjoy life long learning ;-)
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Become a Professional Inviter
Why inviting and using your back office tools the right way is so important.As I am inviting new people to my MyMangosteen.com website, I'd like to share with you that I am realizing that it is necessary to apply a strategy to make sure the invitations we send actually get to our recipients. Since we live in the age of information overload, it has become common practice that most email clients by default automatically sort unknown email addresses into the spam or junk mail folder. To make things even harder on us, ISPs are starting to block emails with the same subject and content to 12 recipients and more - which means you may not ever find out if your prospect ever got your message.
These obstacles make it necessary to send the invite email from out back office AND a copy of the link they provide us with and send it to the prospect in a very short extra email. In that same email I also ask them kindly to not only click the link and watch the video awaiting their feedback, but I also ask them to sign up for the 10 part email on my contact page. This will have a few benefits.
1. Your prospects will much more likely see the video, and as you know, will be notified that they did. No more following up a million times to bug them if they did or not. Now we can focus on the follow up and ask "How did you like it"?
2. Once they opt in to see the video and/or newsletter sign up, they have given you permission, which means they are open for more and our email address is now on their "white list" and will not land in their spam folder anymore.
3. If they sign up for the 10 part email, they will be "dripped on" for a while. This continued education is important in order to reach our goals. This process also needs to happen especially if they have ordered juice or any of the other products with you. TOO Often do we see that people sign new people up and never follow up or ever keep educating or worse, don't even know how. Your retention rate drops big time. Education is key.
Like Tim Sales says: Become a "Professional Inviter" - Greet, qualify, invite. Repeat. Become his fan on Facebook and visit some of his websites. Extremely valuable.
Cheers, Ken
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Seven Pillars of Success
Turnkey systems are the engine of network marketing in the 21st century. For that reason, XanGo™ does not demand heroic feats of entrepreneurial creativity from distributors. It only requires that you work the system faithfully. This is accomplished by sticking to the Seven Pillars of Success.
1. Never Give Up
Every success story in network marketing is a tale of endurance in the face of hardship and discouragement. Turnkey systems are excellent tools, but they are only tools. A craftsman must still wield them energetically to get the job done. Do the work, and your business will grow. It may take years. There will be setbacks and disappointments along the way. But if you stay the course, you will reach your goal.
2. Find a Mentor
Network marketing is based on the sponsorship principle. The person who recruited you into the business – your sponsor – is in charge of training and managing you. But your sponsor may not always be qualified for the job. Sometimes you have to track upline to find someone with the experience and skill to act as your mentor. Don't be shy. Keep searching until you've found the right person. Securing an able mentor should be your very first task in starting your business.
3. Work the System
The fact that XanGo and MyMangosteen.com are successful means that the systems have proven themselves in the marketplace. Take advantage of this. Do your best to work the system. Augment and adapt the system to your individual circumstance but do not try to reinvent the wheel. That is too much work! Follow the strategies taught by your mentor. Be coachable. Become an expert. You will be an upline leader too. As the old saying goes, you must learn to follow before you can lead.
4. Tell Your Story
Facts tell, stories sell. In most cases, salesmen tell nuts-and-bolts stories about the uses and benefits of the products or services they sell. Network marketers tell a different type of tale. They talk about themselves, their lives, and their goals, dreams, and aspirations. When you make your pitch to a prospect, you are trying to sell that person on the fact that he or she should follow in your footsteps. Your personal story is critical in inspiring him to follow you. Your story doesn't have to be special. Just tell the truth, in your own words. Maybe your story is that you have just joined the company, that you're taking a risk, that you don't know how it's going to turn out, but that you believe in it, and that your sponsor has been doing a great job teaching you the ropes. Then let your sponsor (or tools) take over. Let your sponsor or the tools be the issue, rather than you. Your story will help because it shows the prospect that there are other people out there willing to accept the guidance and tools to succeed in this business. As you become more successful, your story will improve.
5. Keep It Simple
The key to network marketing is duplication. You persuade people to join by showing them that they can duplicate what you or your sponsor are doing. The more complex or difficult your business seems, the less duplicatable it will appear to your prospects. If you go to a prospect's house, for instance, and spend two or three hours explaining the opportunity in detail, your prospect may shy away from the business simply because he does not want to have to do the same thing—spend two or three hours with each potential prospect. If, however, you simply hand your prospect a recruiting tool and say, "I'll call you in a couple of days to see what you think," your prospect will conclude that this is a very simple business to work and will be more inclined to try it.
6. Sift and Sort
Don't waste time begging people to join your business. Reluctant prospects make poor distributors, even if you succeed in signing them up. The people you want are the eager, those who are ready, willing, and able to start working now. A small but
consistent percentage of your prospects will fit this category. Keep on looking until you find them. Sift out the chaff, as if shaking it through a filter. Then all you will have left are the strong, healthy kernels of grain.
7. Support Your Team
Just as you relied on a mentor to get started, your team will rely on you. The more training and support you give to your recruits, the better they will perform for you. Leadership, in network marketing, is about making sure that the people you recruit have a good experience and that they make money. You accomplish this by helping them sponsor other people and teaching them the same lessons your mentor taught you.
Conclusion
To the business savvy, these seven principles may appear simple and naive. But the fact is, they work. Men and women from all walks of life have succeeded in network marketing. Some bring talent, education, and business experience to the job. Others bring nothing but their hunger for success. But all alike have the same chance of making it. In network marketing, the battle goes not to the gifted, the wealthy, or the highly trained. The prize goes to those who diligently build their business upon the Seven Pillars of Success.
* These principles were abridged from Richard Poe's book "Wave 4, Network Marketing in the 21st Century." Don't hesitate click on the link to get it NOW!
To read a highly informative article by Richard Poe, click here.
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