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Opportunities are all around us every day, but most of us miss them…

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Your Last Network Marketing Program?

The Network Marketing Program Dilemma…

If you’ve been in a network marketing program before, you understand how easy it is to get side-tracked in this industry.

Online marketers and network marketers alike (often one and the same) are notorious for falling victim to “shiny object syndrome”.

And yes, I am just as guilty of this as the next marketer. I can tell you from experience, distraction divides your focus, and without a focus like a laser beam, you will never get anywhere in the network marketing industry.

Not only that, but your downline will do exactly what you do. You, as their upline leader, set the example for their behavior. If they see you with your hands in 19 different programs and businesses at once, they’re going to do the same…

Needless to say, this will dilute your downline, your effectiveness, and your earnings in any network marketing program.

Legitimate Reasons for Switching to Another Network Marketing Program

But, it’s not just “Entrepreneur’s ADD” that causes network marketers to switch network marketing programs. Many experienced and well-established network marketers switch companies in order to build multiple streams of income. Often, they have been “burned” by a network marketing program in the past, and are hesitant to put all their eggs in one network marketing program basket.

Maybe their old company changed the comp plan without notice and they lost thousands in monthly income overnight, or maybe they even lost their downline after being falsely accused of violating company policies. (Yes, this happens – rarely, but often enough to make it a concern for many veterans in the industry).

So, some veteran networkers will build a downline in a company, then move on to another company to do the same (over and over again), all in hopes of creating multiple checks. That way, if one company doesn’t work out, they have “insurance.”

I completely understand why this is done…

Why I’m Sticking With One Company

Look, I know how attractive gimmicks can be. But, here’s the thing – I’ve never seen anyone build a solid, long-term residual income jumping from company to company.

And, for the last few months I’ve been getting steady checks from one company that I have grown to like more and more. I do very little to promote this company, other than posting links and promoting a few simple websites online. That’s it. Yet, my organization has been growing steadily and I am getting paid each week on that minimal effort.

The fact is, I am getting much better results from the minimal effort I put into this company than I have from other network marketing programs that I’ve been investing more time in. So, I am sticking with this company and focusing my efforts on it to see what I can accomplish over the next two years working this network marketing program.

If you’d like to see what I believe will be your last network marketing program, then…

Click the link below to find out more:

http://mavericknetworker.com/mlmonturbo

Debt Free Network Marketing Part 2

How to Get Your Network Marketing Business in Profit, FAST!

In part 1, I provided three reasons why people rack up debt starting their network marketing businesses, and how to avoid it. In part 2, I examine ways to get your business in profit and how to keep it there.

Network Marketing = Marketing = Sales

This is an elementary element of business that in my experience the majority of people starting businesses – any business, in fact – fail to recognize. Think about it… you are entering the network MARKETING industry. The purpose of marketing is generally to sell something.

So, you should expect to learn to market and learn to sell.

Not only that, but you need to expect to fail at first (which is why you need to focus on low-cost and no-cost marketing). Yes, I really did say that – expect to fail! Everyone does, in every business no matter what it is, traditional, online, MLM, whatever. Failures are how we learn.

Note that I only use the term “failure” because it’s the common term. However, I prefer to reframe “failure” into “learning experience.” And believe me, I failed (er, “learned”) my fair share in the traditional business world, the only difference being that the stakes were a lot higher there!

Sell Your Products, Make Profits

Retail sales are the simplest way to increase your cash flow in your business. If you can’t sell your products, you need to ask yourself the following questions:

1. Is it me? Do I lack the skills necessary to sell effectively? If so, this is a challenge that is easy to fix; go get Kim Klaver‘s “Three Scripts” and “If My Product’s So Great” course and books. They offer a simple solution to the cash flow issue most networkers run into, and they will help you get over your inability to retail your products.
2. Is it the products? Would I buy this product even if I wasn’t selling it? Personally, I can’t sell something I don’t use or don’t believe in, and if you don’t believe in your products you won’t either. The products I sell actually help me feel better and I use them, every single day. If you can’t say the same, you need to find another product and company you can believe in.

Sales = Profits, it’s as simple as that. Plus, retail customers don’t opportunity-hop, either. Stabilize your business by building your retail sales, and you’ll find it easy to stay debt-free when starting your network marketing business.

Build Your List

Having been a successful online marketer for some time now, I have learned that it really is true that the money is in the list. I built a very small (for most full-time marketers) list of 2,000 names in an obscure niche, and it has sustained much of my business sales and income for quite a while now.

The reason it is so profitable to build a list is that:

• It allows you to build a relationship with your list members by building trust with them over time -
• You can market to your list over and over again -
• It’s free (except for the cost of your autoresponder system)

Besides all that, your email list IS your lead list, which you should be building anyway. Automating it by inserting a lead capture form on your site just makes good sense. If you haven’t done this yet, start now by setting up your blog online and installing a form to capture leads on it immediately.

Fund Your Proposal

“Funded proposal” is fancy marketing speak for getting paid to collect free leads. I don’t know who came up with the idea initially, but I’ve heard it from several different sources and read variations on the theme in a half dozen network marketing courses.

Here’s how it works:

1. You set up a website to capture leads…
2. That website offers some sort of free giveaway to entice people to visit and fill out your form…
3. The free offer includes a backend sales offer for a product that you either own outright or that you get a commission from…
4. A percentage of your leads will end up purchasing that product, thus funding things like your monthly cost of purchasing products from your company, your web hosting, and so forth.

It’s a really simple, yet brilliant and powerful concept. Only three caveats though:

1. Make sure your giveaway and backend product really has value. I suggest that whatever product you promote, that you choose something that has actually helped you in your own business.
2. Don’t oversell it. Talk to your prospects like you would talk to a friend. Trust is a fragile thing – abuse it and you’ll lose it forever.
3. Don’t get so tied up in affiliate marketing that you forget to grow your business… you know, that network marketing thing that got you into this stuff in the first place? That’s your REAL backend product, and don’t you forget it. If you’ve chosen the right company, it will be there for you long after the sizzle from your front end funded proposal fades away.

Wrapping It Up

Let’s recap:

Strategy #1 – Learn both marketing and sales skills.

Strategy #2 – Retail your products and build a strong customer base.

Strategy #3 – Build your list using an autoresponder to capture leads.

Strategy #4 – Use a funded proposal to pay for your remaining business costs.

The above four strategies and concepts will transform you from a hobbyist into a respectable business owner who turns a real profit in your business. Implement these strategies and you can quickly and reliably create an additional income stream. Believe me, this is a much more powerful business model than the traditional network marketing approach that causes so many new networkers to fail.

Debt Free Network Marketing, Part I

Here’s How To Stay Out of Debt and Get In Profit Fast With Your Network Marketing Business

As a long-time small business owner and small business start-up coach, it worries me that so many people get themselves into debt starting their network marketing businesses.

The whole point of starting a home business is to have low start-up costs, low overhead, and high profit margins. So why is it then that so many new distributors spend so much money (often on credit cards) in order to get their business launched?

Three Reasons Why People Rack Up Debt In Network Marketing, and How To Avoid Them

Reason #1 – Upline Pressure

One of the principles of Maverick Networking is to do things the right way, with integrity, and to always act in the interests of your customers and downline. If your upline is pressuring you to front-load (buying more product than you can sell or personally consume yourself up front to artificially boost your volume), you should find another team. Front-loading is never a good idea, and in fact it’s illegal to pressure your downline to do it in some jurisdictions. Don’t do it.

Additionally, if your upline leaders pressure you into purchasing expensive marketing or education tools, or to make expensive trips to attend regional or national conferences or trainings, you should find another team to work with. You should never spend more than your business is profiting on your business. Period.

I know this flies in the face of what 99% of network marketing coaches and leaders tell people to do, but it is based on solid business principles that have worked for me over nearly two decades of business ownership. Debt does not build businesses; cash flow does.

So, build your cash flow first, then you can spend money on more costly marketing methods, tools, and trips… if and only if you think they will increase your income and grow your business.

Reason #2 – Impatience

I know it’s enticing to think about the prospect of getting rich quick. However, they call them “get rich quick schemes” for a reason. Sure, your sponsor or someone in your company might have built a huge business quickly by spending “X” amount of dollars a month on pay-per-click ads, banner ads, solo ads, display ads, direct mailings, and any of the numerous other costly methods for advertising a network marketing business.

However, what you may not realize is that the person who built a large business using those methods may not have started off that way. In fact, they might have started using cheap and free marketing methods, then reinvested their profits back into their business in the form of paid advertisements. Additionally, they may have a background in marketing, advertising, and promotions that you don’t have, allowing them to maximize their return on investment for using those paid advertising methods.

Moreover, in this day and age you simply do not need to spend any significant amounts of money to advertise your business. There are so many cheap and and free marketing methods and tools available today, it makes spending money to advertise almost an afterthought. Sure, those cheap and free marketing methods might take a little more time to implement, but they certainly won’t cause you to rack up a bunch of debt on credit cards, either. That’s exactly the way I am using to build my home business, and you should consider doing the same.

Reason #3 – Laziness

But, the downside to the cheap and free marketing methods available today is that:

1. As I mentioned above, they require time to implement them effectively…
2. And, they require work to use (there’s that four-letter word network marketers seem to dislike so much).

The truth is, many of the people who are attracted to network marketing end up in the business because they don’t want to work and they want to get rich overnight.

Well, guess what? That ain’t going to happen. I’ve met and studied many a successful business owners in the network marketing industry, and in almost every single case they worked extremely hard for several years to achieve a six-figure or seven-figure income in the business.

What’s The Takeaway?

The bottom line is that you need to approach the network marketing business like a business. Control costs. Increase profits. Work hard. Have a long-term strategy.

By doing so, you will not only ensure that you avoid racking up a ton of debt to start your business, but you will also have created a hedge against your own failure in the business. Simply by taking an honest and realistic approach to your business, you will ensure both your financial stability, as well as your likelihood of success.

(You can read Part II of this article series here.)

CCPro vs MLSP Review

My CCPro vs. MLSP Review

Hmmmm…

Here’s my take after being a member of both lead generation and recruiting systems.

CCPro – Carbon Copy Pro Review

CCPro is a good system, but I found it to be a bit glitchy, difficult to set up, and with an unresponsive support system. Of course, this was a few years ago, so they may have improved the system by now.

Also, the higher price tag on Carbon Copy Pro and the high-cost backend (and the fact that it was designed to ultimately promote one opportunity) make it a harder sell. In addition, I found the marketing training to be overwhelming – it was just all over the place. Combine that with the fact that I was told I had to be spending $2K a month on PPC to promote the system (and WMI) and I was quickly convinced this was not something that could easily be duplicated by the average person.

MLSP – My Lead System PRO Review

My Lead System Pro is a much better system, in my personal experience and opinion. I was able to set it up in a matter of a few hours, and it integrated flawlessly with my own autoresponder and domain (this was super simple to set up – the videos explain 99% of what you need to know to do this). The fact that it can be used to promote virtually any business or company makes it greatly appealing as well.

And, the lower monthly price tag puts it within reach of most beginning network marketers. Almost anyone can fork over that initial $29 to get started, and if they hustle they can work the simple marketing steps in the training area, and get their membership paid for in the first month. Anything after that is icing on the cake, since you’re basically getting paid to get free leads.

In addition, the training mainly focuses on free methods. I like the fact that Norbert and Brian say over and over again to stick with the bare minimum as far as your expenses go, until your system and efforts are paying your costs. The system allows you to ramp things up gradually – this is exactly how I would train a new distributor to start marketing their business.

My Lead System PRO versus Carbon Copy Pro?

I’d have to say that I’m an MLSP fan, 100%.

In Closing…

This is just my own experience, so you should try it yourself if you want to be absolutely certain you are choosing the right system for your team. Ultimately, I believe that Jay and the guys behind CCPro and Norbert, Brian, and the folks behind MLSP are both just trying to help people in the industry, and that’s to be commended no matter my personal opinions or preferences.

I certainly didn’t have tools or training like this when I was first starting out… and it just floors me that a total beginner like David Wood can take a system like MLSP, and build a huge business in just 10 months.

I have to hand it to these guys who put their necks on the line to provide these sorts of tools and training. Yes, they are making good money selling shovels… but honestly, the shovels are more like backhoes these days, and you have to give them credit for providing a lot of value at a very low price point.

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