1. How long has the company been in business? There are two schools of thought here: First, some people only want to work with companies that are well established and have been in business for five years or more. A lot of industry veterans, who have seen numerous companies come and go, prefer to work with companies that have made it through the initial growing pains and have proven themselves to be solid opportunities. Second, there are others who prefer the high risk/high reward offered by new start-up companies. While it is true that getting in on the ground floor could be a great thing for you to do, the odds of it working out in your favor are heavily stacked against you. Why? Because most new companies fail. Only the best MLM companies survive their first several years in business.

2. Does the company have customers who buy their product regardless of whether or not there is a business opportunity associated with it? I believe that a lot of people in the industry like to pretend that this is true for their opportunity, when in reality it is not. When you are discussing an opportunity with your potential sponsor, ask them about the company’s customer to distributor ratio. This ratio should be 4 to 1 at a minimum, preferably 7 to 1. If the company’s primary source of income is not retailing product, they could be heading for trouble. Recruiting distributors and reps should not be the company’s main focus. Unfortunately, this fact eliminates a large percentage of all MLM companies in business today.

3. Does the company have a system in place to acquire customers for their affiliates? The marketplace is extremely competitive these days, and selling enough product to build a sustainable business can be challenging. For this reason, you should make sure that whatever business you are considering has a system in place to acquire new customers.

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To Your Success,

Rich Hazlett – “The Lead Whisperer”
Why I’ll Never Worry About Losing Another Downline:
www.LeadWhisperer.com

It’s called residual income. That stuff that rock stars and Hollywood celebrities earn while sailing around the world in their yachts, while everyone else is punching a time clock. Well, something like that. The fact that residual income sounds so enticing, along with the fact that most don’t know of a way to create it, short of writing the next best-seller, makes the lure of earning residual income from a network marketing downline appealing to so many people.

Many people eagerly jump on board to promote the latest and greatest “ground floor opportunity”, despite the fact that the industry statistics show that more than 95% of those who get involved with a traditional MLM will not earn a substantial residual income…in fact, many will lose money. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I know you may be thinking to yourself, “I thought this guy was a fan of network marketing.”

Here’s the thing -I am an absolute fan of entrepreneurship and have been able to benefit greatly from building a network marketing business. However, the notion that someone is going to join a traditional MLM business, work for a couple of years and then retire on their huge residual fortune is, in my opinion, one of the “fairy tales” of this industry.

I’m not saying it’s never happened, or that it’s impossible, but I’m sure that most industry veterans that I ask would probably say that they haven’t seen it happen. I know I haven’t. Now, let me clarify one thing. I have known a few people personally, who have earned a 7-figure income in this industry. They may have earned enough money to retire and live off of money generated from their investments, but none of them are even still involved with the network marketing company that they were in when they earned their fortune.

Why is that? I mean, if they were able to create a 7-figure residual income, then why would they EVER leave? There are many different versions of a similar story, but the bottom line is this…the traditional MLM business model is fundamentally flawed. In a traditional MLM company, the main “customers” that purchase a company’s products are their distributors.

That’s not really something that a lot of industry insiders want to admit, but in my experience it is the truth. If a company had a huge organization of true customers who purchased a product because they loved it, not because there was an opportunity attached to it, then it would be far more likely that someone could build a sustainable 7-figure income. This business model does exist, and I’ll share some information about it in a second, but first let’s go over the truth about customers in a typical network marketing downline.

Let’s suppose that you are a new distributor in a tradition MLM company, and you want to be successful. When you ask your upline what you should do in order to succeed like they have, you are likely to be told some variation of the following:
1. Write down a list of 100 names from the various groups of people you know.(Very helpful to your upline, but I can virtually guarantee that this is NOT how they built their downline.)
2. Talk to anyone who comes near you the next time you are in public. AKA: the “3-foot rule”
3. Buy leads and cold-call them.
4. Tell your friends and family members that you have something important to “show” them. Don’t give them any specifics though, because then they won’t show up. (No wonder the failure rate is 95%+. Who wants to do that?)

Fast forward two years. You are one of the rare people who sticks it out long enough to make the tactics above work. (Yes, they can work…but the fact is they don’t for most people.) You now have a solid downline of about 4,000 distributors and you are making some residual income. Then it happens. You get a an e-mail informing you that your upline “guru” has left the company due to whatever reason. (Income dispute, launching a “ground floor opportunity”, better offer from another company, etc.)

You cross your fingers hoping that you can hang on to your team and your residual income, but by this time the writing is on the wall. After checking your back office, you realize that 70% of your team has jumped ship to follow your upline leader. You can say goodbye to your residual income. What about all of your customers? Well, unfortunately for most traditional MLM companies the majority of “customers” are actually the distributors, which is why the business model is fundamentally flawed.

If you’re thinking that there has to be a better way, then you’re in luck because there is a solution to this problem. It’s called the co-operative marketing business model. With this business model, you build up a customer base that purchases the company’s products because they love them, not because there is an opportunity attached to them. Because of the structure of this model, you could lose ALL of your distributors and could still maintain your residual income from the “real customers” in your organization.

To find out what you can do to make sure that you never have to worry about losing your network marketing downline again, go here: www.LeadWhisperer.com

Here is a list of 5 items to use to help build your personal brand:

1. Create a unique identity. Mine is “The Lead Whisperer”. Other examples might be something like “The Million Dollar Mom” or “The Lazy Millionaire”.

2. Create a personally-branded URL. Example: YourName.com or TheMillionaireMom.com

3. Personally branded headline for your lead capture page. Example: “Discover How An Overworked Mother
of 3 Quit Her Job and became ‘The Millionaire Mom’ Working From Home Using a Little Known Secret”

4. Create a bio page on your site that tells your story and allows prospects to get to know you as well as how you can provide help to them. If you are sending prospects to your site, this page is a good place for them to go after they have opted in for more information. You can introduce your business to them at the end of your story. Try to make it a smooth transition, so you don’t come across like you are just pitching them.

5. Create a personally-branded e-mail address (yourfirstname@yourname.com) and create custom signature building upon your unique identity. Example:

Jane Doe – “The Millionaire Mom”
How I went from working 3 jobs
to becoming CEO of my home:
TheMillionaireMom.com

Once you have established your own unique identity, you can build on it using social media sites such as Twitter, You Tube and Facebook.

Have fun building your network marketing brand!

To Your Success,

Rich Hazlett – “The Lead Whisperer”
Why I’ll Never Worry About Losing Another Downline:
www.LeadWhisperer.com

Step 2 is to become an expert at your craft. How can you become an expert? Develop the habit of reading or listening to audio programs related to your business and industry for one hour per day. Brian Tracy says that by reading for one hour per day, by the end of the year you will have read or listened to roughly 50 books. In an industry where the average is probably reading less than one book total, do you think 50 in a year would help you develop your expertise? How about after two years or five years? After just 1-2 months of practicing this habit, you will probably already be well on your way to being one of the most knowledgeable people in the industry.

The highest paid people in any field are the ones who have the most expertise that they are able to share with other people. While knowledge is great, it is only potential power. True power comes from action. So, step 3 is to apply what you learn each day to your business. At the end of day that you have applied your new knowledge, you should review your results and take note of what worked for you and what did not.

Step 4 sounds as simple as the first step, but it is probably the most important of all. So, what is it? Don’t quit! Stay in the game long enough to reach your goals.

If you will follow these 4 steps consistently, you will be able to succeed in network marketing at whatever level that decide you want to reach.

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The monthly newsletter will be delivered to the inbox of subscribers with links to 1-2 hours of training by top industry leaders. The training offered will include step by step training on some of the hottest internet marketing tactics being used by people such as Daegan Smith, Ann Sieg, Mark Hoverson, Todd Falcone, Jonathan Budd and more. The training offered will cover the latest and greatest techniques that are relevant to today’s marketplace, hence the name What’s Working Now.

The first edition will include a peak over the shoulder of Daegan Smith as he demonstrates how he started a new adwords campaign from scratch and built it to 105+ leads a day.

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1. Magnetic Sponsoring by Mike Dillard (This is one of the best books on network marketing…period.)

2. The Attraction Marketing Manifesto by Ann Sieg (Available for free here: Download The Attraction Marketing Manifesto)

3. Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk (This book is not specifically about network marketing, but will teach you how to take your passion and build a business utilizing the power of the internet.)

The first two books on this list are my top recommendations for books on network marketing, and Gary Vaynerchuk delivers a no-nonsense kick in the tail that will get you ready to take action building your own online brand.

Obviously, reading alone will not get you to where you want to go in the online business world, so make sure you take in this powerful information then follow it up with action!

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I first heard about this new company when I found out that network marketing legend Mark Yarnell was involved with a new network marketing company that was about to launch.  The combination of being backed by a successful 25 year old company and the involvement of Mark Yarnell is likely to create some good momentum for this new venture.

I’m typically  of the opinion that people should  stay away from most new network marketing companies, due to the high failure rate associated with start-up companies in the industry.  However, new companies, like 21Ten, with strong management teams, great field leadership and the backing of a company that is an industry veteran are likely to be much more well-positioned for success than your typical “ground-floor” opportunity. 

The management team listed on the company’s website is led by their CEO who has been involved with the MLM industry since 1977 and is on the Direct Selling Association’s Board of Directors.  The other management team members shown appear to be experienced professionals as well. 

Mark Yarnell is listed as an advisor and will also be contributing to part of the company’s product, which is a podcast download card for motivational and inspirational content. The other part of their product offering is a nutritional powder drink.  The website states that it has an ORAC rating of more than 6,000 per stick.  

It will be interesting to see how 21Ten does with its launch this year. 

One of the keys of a successful company is to have reps that are trained and fully-equipped to succeed in today’s marketplace. For a great system that provides the training you need to succeed, go here: Free Training Videos Show How To Create An Endless New Stream of Distributors

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I could literally spend hours and hours every day learning how to do all of the new things that I discover.  As you learn more, you realize all of the things that you didn’t know about previously.  The way to avoid total information overload your first year network marketing on the internet is to choose a reputable training source that can provide you with the training you will need to build a foundation for your business on the internet.  Once you have access to valuable training, review the different marketing strategies being taught and then pick the ONE strategy that appeals to you the most.  It should be one that you believe you will enjoy doing. 

Once you have decided on this stategy, make a decision that you are going to master that strategy. Go to work learning and implementing everything you can with that strategy.  Once you have learned to produce effective results with it, choose one more strategy to master and repeat the process of learning and implementing.  If you will stay committed and focused on each new strategy that you are learning, in a fairly short amount of time you will possess a tremendous arsenal of skills.  

In addition to these new skills being valuable to your recruiting efforts, they will also be incredibly valuable to the new members of your team who will be looking to you for guidance and training.  Once you have developed powerful lead generation skills that you can teach to your team members, you will be well on your way to succeeding with your online business.

For a great system that provides the training you need your first year network marketing online, go here: Free Training Videos Show How To Create An Endless New Stream of Distributors

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It’s official, Mike Dillard just sent out an e-mail announcing the long-anticipated upgrade to the powerful Magnetic Sponsoring system, and it’s called the Magnetic Sponsoring Elite Partnership Program.

Mike has answered the calls of many of his affiliates and designed a customizable system that will allow Elite members the opportunity to integrate their own personal Aweber or iContact autoresponder accounts.  This change means that members can now generate leads and actually own their list that they can market to over time. 

In addition to being able to integrate Aweber or iContact, Magnetic Sponsoring Elite Partnership Program affiliates will also receive the following benefits:

1. The ability to brand their information along with Mike Dillard in the e-book version of the products they sell.  The information they can include along with a customizable message will be: name, photo, website, contact information and social sites.

2. An increased commission rate.  It will go from 40% for free affiliates to 51% for Elite affiliates. 

3. Elite affiliates will be able to buy past products as well as future releases for 50% off of the retail price.

Mike is opening up pre-enrollment for this program to the first 200 out the 150,000 existing affiliates who decide to join. By you securing your membership early, you will receive a huge discount off of the regular price of $1,997.  During this early period, the first 200 affiliates that join will be able to do so for $997, with a yearly renewal of $497.

In his announcement video, Mike stated that he has purposely set the bar high for this program beacuse he truly wants it to be an “Elite” program for leaders of the industry.

Mike also announced the upcoming launch of a newsletter called “What’s Working Now“, which will include hours of step by step video instruction from industry leaders such as Daegan Smith, Ann Sieg, Mark Hoverson and more.  He has also revealed the first place prize for the number affiliate of the “What’s Working Now” newsletter.  The prize will be a $140K Audi R8, as seen in the movie Iron Man.

If you are interested in finding out more information about the Magnetic Sponsoring Elite Partnership Program, become an affiliate member of the original Magnetic Sponsoring System here.

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