Business Building

Team MLM – is it so important?

June 7, 2010

Sometimes people see the typical entrepreneur as someone out there working away on his own. Is ‘team MLM’ really so important? A lot of folk say that ‘if it is to be, it’s up to me’. Does that rule out being a good team player? Let me tell you how it was for me back [...]

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A True MLM Leader – part 2, who do you work with?

May 27, 2010

This industry is about helping people to realise their dreams. So you are new in the business and you want to save the world and make sure everyone who joins you is super successful. Well that doesn’t work, even if you are a yellow personality! It is sad but true that 80% of your business [...]

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A True MLM Leader – part 1, this is not what you thought

May 25, 2010

What is true leadership? After my last post I have been talking with people about this and I want to share some thoughts in a short series of articles. In my previous post I shared why I believe that becoming a leader is so important to your long term success and freedom in network marketing. [...]

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The Binary and Matrix Plans – how to analyse them

May 12, 2010

Most people struggle to grasp MLM compensation plans. When trying to analyse how much you will earn, trim away the extras – think residual: “How many active people buying product on a monthly basis do I need to earn 10K per month of walk away income?” Front end money is a great but that is not [...]

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MLM Business Building Tips – Action and Procrastination

May 6, 2010

Something that new team members struggle with is being consistent with their business building activities. Often this happens if they are under some kind of stress. You know the kind of excuse – well I wasn’t feeling very positive so I thought I should wait till I was more in the mood. No, no, no! [...]

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Top Business Opportunities – do you choose pay, products or principles?

April 13, 2010

I recently read an article suggesting that what drives most MLM companies is one of these — the compensation plan, the product range or the principles on which the company is founded. The author went on to say that he thought that the principles were the most important and said that he believed that in [...]

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MLM Prospects – you don’t want everyone

April 4, 2010

Is it a surprise to read that? For a long time we have heard that you want to blast everyone with your business opportunity; it’s a numbers game so the more “no’s” you can rack up, the nearer you are getting to a “yes”. Well that is a great way to get branded as someone [...]

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MLM Success – how to get lucky

March 29, 2010

My mentor is one of the global success stories in Network Marketing. People often tell him he is lucky. As someone who works harder than almost anyone I know, I believe he creates his own luck. So hard work is the basis of ‘luck’ but let’s look at what other factors come into the equation. [...]

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MLM Business Mentoring – putting others first guarantees your success

March 15, 2010

Zig Ziglar’s famous quote has become rather well worked but it is still absolutely right on – “Help enough other people to get what they want and you can have anything you want.” Of course you are building a home business to create wealth and financial freedom for yourself. But if you focus on you, [...]

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Building your business fast

February 24, 2010

Does it really happen? It can. Does it work for most people? Definitely not. So you hear claims at company conventions of some big dog who has built his business fast and gone diamond in three or four months. You are sitting there thinking that you should be able to do that too and what [...]

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