THE ONLY THING YOU NEED

Until recently I spent a MASSIVE amount of time studying people in MLM who I thought were gurus. They seemed extremely knowledgeable and their advice worked decently.  So my thoughts were " Well they have 1,000s of people following them so they must know what they are talking about if they could build a business like that."  It is unfortunate for me as well as you that most of these people are SCAMs.  I know, it  is hard to bear , and you probably don't want to hear it.  Well that's good because I am not hear to sugarcoat things for you.  Or tell you what you want to hear.  I am here to give advice that can potentially get you on a pathway to actually building a flourishing Network Marketing business, that if done correctly will pay you WELL for the rest of you life.  So now we can focus on the point of this post I had to preface the post with this to help you understand that at first I didn't want to believe that these people, that I had looked up to and revered were only trying to keep me in a perpetual state of funding their next vacation by buying the products they told me I needed.  It is IMPORTANT to understand that I am not complaining.  EVERYTHING happens for a reason and GOD challenges us and puts us through things sometimes to teach us valuable lessons.

So the question you might now be asking is "If MOST of the MLM gurus are scams, what works and what can I do to be successful."  That is a awesome question and it is not going to be covered in one post, but the good news is I have a book that covers that topic in a MARVELOUS fashion and I am going to give you access to it for FREE.  Why, well because the people who really know how to build a huge MLM business DONT:

1. Come out with NEW products constantly.
2. Promise You The WORLD but never ANSWER your calls.
3. Charge you for their time.
4. Recruit You and never talk to you again.
5. Lead you down a path of misery.
6. Have Care for your dreams.

I could go on and on with the things that GURUS do that cause you frustration but that is not the point.  So here it is go to this link and read this EBOOK it will change your life.  Besides what else do you have to lose anyway.

http://billgelwick.successin10steps.com/

Presenting how should you do it?

  This is a question I have been hearing a lot about lately and I think it is incredibly relevant in terms of the profession of network marketing.  In the begining of my MLM career I thought that my presentation was what would create my financial success.  Well I happened to be off in that respect because that is not the way the real world works.  Being able to present is not really the most important part of your skills as a marketer.  You may ask yourself how could this possibly be true, well while it is good for you to be fairly proficient at presenting your business it is really not the presentation that people identify with.  This is mainly because people dont look at a presentation on merits of how well you covered your points and weather or not you achieved getting through your presentation in a flawless fashion.  What they look at is the hidden stuff, this is why it is particularly bad for people who have little product/company knowledge to present the product.  Because while they may very well be able to talk about the company with some intelligence they may try to hide the fact that they are in desperate need of  money,leads, etc.  And these are the exact things the audience will pick up on.

So as far as presenting goes it is more important for you to send them to a video and follow up.  My primary company which I love doesnt have a great video to send people to so this was something I struggled a lot with in the begining.  I dont really think a whole lot about presenting anymore because I use automated systems.  For example I have a capture page that I send people to that gets them curious about what it is that I do.  Then I send them to a personal video channel I created on the internet that has a bunch of different videos that I think do a good job of explaining the product.  Then if the prospect went through and watched all those more than likely all I have to do is explain to them what I do in my personal business and how my team has a very cuting edge approach.  

The most important thing you want to remember in all of this , is while the business that we are in at its base level is a numbers game it is more important that we FOCUS on building relationships with as many people as humanly possible.

Marketing Plan Pssh do you need it?

Well the obvious answer from me to that question is of course.  Most people who are in MLM seem to be confused about what it is we really do.  I don't blame them a lot of the people that I see at some of the business overviews I have been invited to in the past don't have a clue how they accomplished success in this industry.  So what do they tell people (just talk to your friends and family) I have got news for you in case you didn't already know they probably wont join.  The reason why is a couple of things but more than likely it has to do with the fact that you don't have a solid plan.  A lot of times when I ask people who are struggling with network marketing if they have a marketing plan, I can normally guess what answer they will give me.  Most of the time its well I have never thought of that.  If you have been in the business for more than a year and you have never thought to sit down and create a plan of action I don't honestly understand how you came this far.  To be honest with you even during the days where I was struggling this was something I did.  Now understand I didn't do it effectively or well for that matter but at least I had an idea of how to make a change.  Change is how you build a business, because to compete in a market that is ever changing it requires you to follow it.  So here are 4 things I think you need to have a plan for in order to make Q1 of 2012 successful.

1. Plan of Action:  This is really a plan of the active methods your going to use to capture and acquire new leads and potential prospects for your organization.  Your strategy doesn't have to be polished it doesn't even have to be good just create one.  This business is all about constantly adapting so even if you suck at first one day if proceed long enough you will achieve your desired results.

2. Budget Plan:  This might seem like a joke but I kid you not one of the important things about business is developing the right habits that will create skill sets that produce success and tracking everything you do.  If you don't create a budget for your business it creates several problems for you.  A. You don't know how much your spending vs. how much your making  B. You don't know where the holes in your finances are.  If you document and track everything you do it will allow you to see what things that you do produce results and what doesnt.

3. Prospect Plan:  Your going to create a plan of how many people you need to talk to in order to meet the recruiting goals you want to achieve and how to do that.  If you come up with a goal for recruitment but don't have a plan find someone who knows what to do and is someone with the skill to train you how to do it.


4. Business Goals (aka VISION):  Unless you haven't already figured it out people are easily influenced if you have the right vision.  For example imagine with me here for a moment that Martin Luther King had just said "yeah uh love God and equality for all."  Would anyone have joined him NO but he took emotion and planing and ingenuity and created a movement. That is how powerful the right perspective is in MLM or anything.

So go out there and pound the pavement and make some money.