Network Marketing Success and Denial

Network marketing success depends on knowing your company's plan and how to work it.

If your company changes the compensation plan to make it harder for you or pay you less, if they institute more restrictions beyond the usual due diligence, wake up and smell the roses.

I wanted to go into the concept of DENIAL. I talk to a lot of people in denial about their company.

"They won't change it again". "It's for the good of all of us". "I just have to go along with it".

As a professional health coach, I deal with denial. In my profession we call it "pre-contemplation". This is where the person does not know or denies he has a problem. Until a glimmer occurs (if ever) that there is a problem with whatever the issue is, no change for the better can even begin.

I would spend some time "raising the consciousness" of the problem. Only then can you learn about the problem (contemplation), take steps to prepare to do something (preparation), and then do something (take action).

My purpose is to raise your consciousness and get you out of denial before you put too much of your time and money and effort into a company and comtemplation plan that is not, cannot, and will not work for your long term success.

On one of our team calls we had a gentleman tell us that when he learned about the 5 Pillars to Success information he was angry. Angry because his company was not a 5-Pillars company. It was missing Pillar 1 - Company Management Experience with Integrity. He said he did not want to admit that he had been wrong in his choice.

A few months later he came back to Mentoring for Free phone call trainings. He had come out of denial and decided to do something positive for him. He changed to a 5-Pillars company.

Let this health coach help you with the health of your network marketing business outlook.

Please join us for the Mentoring for Free trainings. They're free. What do you have to lose - except your denial. Contact me for more information or just download the free e-book Success in 10 Steps.

Wishing you network marketing success by getting rid of denial,

Wendy Weber, The Singing Network Marketer
602-404-1626
E-mail Wendy for network marketing or health coaching information
www.wendywebermentor.com
"Be a Mentor with a Servant's Heart

Network Marketing Success and Arbonne International - The Frustration of Denial

What is network marketing success to you? Is it to build the business and then be able to stop and go to the beach? Is to be able to will it to your children and your children's children so that they can keep collecting the residual income check?

This is the promise, the dream of network marketing!

This is the vision the mlm companies weave for us.

We've spoken before about reading your policies and procedures.

Those of you with Arbonne International who think you can have walk away residual income, think again. The frustration I see is found in section 3.2.1 Support

3.2.1. SupportIndependent Consultants must have ongoing contact and communication with the Consultants in their downline organizations. Examples of such contact and communication may include, but are not limited to: newsletters, written correspondence, personal meetings, telephone contact, voice mail, electronic mail and the accompaniment of downline Consultants to Arbonne meetings, training sessions and other functions.

The above paragraph was cut and pasted from the Arbonne document June 26, 2006.

I highlighted the word "ongoing" in red so that you would not miss it.

"Ongoing" means that you cannot stop. If you stop the company can stop your check. You cannot retire. So why would you want to build the business with this company?

And you cannot let people "interpret" what this means. It is what it is. It says what is says. The attorneys wrote it.

The attorneys work for the company Arbonne International and this language is not in the interest of the distributor.

I've talked to people about this and they are in denial about the consequences of this language. They have loyalty to Arbonne. I understand that. I did, too. I found it emotionally difficult to admit that I had to build somewhere else. That's okay. The people who "get" it will be better off. The others may take some time to "get" it. We all hate to be wrong, don't we?

Don't get me wrong, Arbonne is a great company and has great products. I use some of them.

I could not do the business. Most of the Arbonne consultants I know also are not successful doing the business with this company.

My recommendation? Be a consultant to get the products at a discount. The prices are high anyway. Do the business with another company. People who are in denial - well, that's their problem.

Do you know what characteristics make up a 5 Pillars Company? I'd be happy to teach you.

I invite you to the Mentoring for Free training calls. Why waste time and money in a company where you cannot stop and keep your check?

Wishing you network marketing success though avoiding the "ongoing" trap with Arbonne International and avoiding the eventual frustration caused by denial right now -

Wendy Weber, The Singing Network Marketer
602-404-1626
E-mail Wendy for network marketing or health coaching information
www.wendywebermentor.com
"Be a Mentor with a Servant's Heart"

Network Marketing Success - Lead Generation Tips

NETWORK MARKETING SUCCESS – LEAD GENERATION

More people everyday who want success in network marketing are asking about lead generation techniques.

Most organizations today are not teaching new recruits the art of lead generation techniques. Most network marketers are left to struggle and learn by their own mistakes.

These techniques should be taught showing the recruit that that they can be rejection free.

Here are some of the ways to generate leads

1. As you listen and talk to people on a daily basis, you need to listen to their complaints, and when you hear them complaining, ask them “Would you like to do something about it?”

2. Big “AL” Tom Schreiter has an approach that is completely different. He will ask the question “What are your two major health challenges?” or “What are your two major financial concerns?” Usually, they will definitely tell you. Then you ask, “Would you like to do something about it?”

3. Some companies think that Business Cards are the answer. Most beginners in Network marketing buy expensive cards with their company log on and start distributing them. This does not seem to work in network marketing. Even though it may make you feel you are doing business, it is a waste of money. Most cards end up in the garbage can. However, if you put information on the card which will drive the person to call you or lead them to a lead capture page, then you may see a little results. Big Al’s favorite trick is a simple message: Call xxx-xxx-xxxx and request your free copy of the best seller book “How to get rich without winning the lottery.”

4. Collect Business cards: this is a good lead generation technique for you. Call them as leads.

5. Place your cards strategically. The Growth Pro system is based on this technique. You may leave them in magazines if you are in the doctor’s office. Maybe you want to have them listen to a conference call. Other people use the fake ‘hundred dollar’ bill with a curiosity message that leads to calling. The call back phone number should always be a Voice mail.

6. Some prefer Car Signs. Driving to work with a car sign on your car is cheap and is one to get peoples curiosity and usually commands attention. It should never be the name of your company, but a purchased domain name which will lead you to the web site.

7. T-Shirts are another form of advertising. Here again the shirts should trigger curiosity and command attention.

8. Buttons are yet another way to demand attention. Some companies have built an empire with buttons. Losing weight is a great way to tell everyone you have. Again, do not use your company’s name; use a slogan that will command attention and curiosity.

9. With Door Hangers success depends on the neighborhood. With this method you would need to include an offer and a deadline to create urgency.

10. Give away an ebook which can help you learn skills. Not only will a free ebook give you some great techniques, but help you to understand other ways of prospecting

If you want network marketing success you need every tool available for you and learning the techniques of lead generation skills will lead people to you.

May success be yours,
Deana Miller

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Network Marketing Success and the Frustration of Not Being Paid What You’re Worth

Network Marketing Success for most average part-time networkers very much depends on the company’s compensation plan. Most of us are in the 95% of network marketers who are part-time in the business and about 5% do it full time. Most network marketing money goes to the top 5% of the earners and not to the 95%. So as a part-timer, what do you think you’re worth? Are you frustrated by not being paid enough?

If you are among the people, which most of us are, who do it part-time, how much time do you have, how hard do you want to work, and how much are you willing to spend to earn some extra money. Remember what you actually earn is not the discount, and is not just the checks you receive.

You earn what you receive minus your expenses. Are you in the plus column or the minus column?

It would be helpful to know on average what percent you are paid and then what you actually clear. In my company the average payout on the products sold is 50%. We are not including bonuses because I’m interested in walk-away-residual income. (With the bonuses it can go as high as 89%)

By the way, when you compare product payouts, use the retail prices, not the discounted or wholesale prices. In my company everyone buys at retail.

Another great way of knowing how you get paid is approximately how many people do you need in your organization to make an extra $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, etc. each month for residual or recurring income.

In other words, how many people does it take for you to build it once and then walk away while you collect the residual income if you wanted or needed to do so?

For example, in my company it takes about 25 people ordering regularly to earn about $500 a month. For about $10,000 a month it takes a maximum of 400 people either in your organization or ordering regularly. You don’t have to find them all yourself, either.

If you’re not with a company that pays you what you’re worth, that does not pay the average part-time networker, I invite you to tune into the Mentoring For Free Training.

Wishing you network marketing success by avoiding the frustration of not being paid what you’re worth,

Wendy Weber, The Singing Network Marketer
602-404-1626
E-mail Wendy for network marketing or health coaching information
www.wendywebermentor.com
"Be a Mentor with a Servant's Heart"

Business Opportunity from Home - 3 Reasons for Failure.

During the short time I have been involved in the network marketing world I have become aware of one thing. When people look into a business opportunity from home they are so full of dreams of success that they overlook three important reasons of possible failure.

We get hyped up about a business from home because we can be our own boss. We don’t have to do the nine to five routine. Think again!

Do you have the discipline to follow the basics of network marketing?

Can you make yourself get up in the morning and do what needs to be done during the day to get positive results in a home based business? Do you have the organization skills?

The three major reasons people fail are;

*NO SKILLS

Do you have the skills to do a business from home? Do you know how to advertise with pay-per-clicks, ezines, blogs or a great press release? Do you know the Colors to Success, or how to be a Color Profiler? Do you know anything about a 5 Pillars Company? How about getting leads? Oh, this is a subject unto itself! Do you know how to retail? Is talking on the phone easy for you? Network Marketing is about relationships. Are you aware that listening is a skill?

Lets say you have all the above skills. You know all about advertising and so on. Now to find a company. You find one and you are off to a big start. Then suddenly, for no reason you are terminated. Terminated! Yes! Maybe for listening to another company leader tell you what a great deal they have, trying to convince you to join their deal, only to learn you were turned into your company headquarters, which in turn can and will terminate you because the P&P’s say so. You think this is far fetched? There are companies with such wording in their P&P’s.

*DO NOT READ POLCIES AND PROCEDURES

Read, and reread your Policies and Procedures. Remember if any company wants your signature on the bottom line before you have read your P&P’s, I don’t care if they are selling gold at $100 an ounce, read the P&P’s first. Read them until you understand them. If you don’t, and something bad happens, no one is to blame but yourself. You can save yourself so much frustration and eventual failure. Get with your upline, or find a mentor that can help you understand your P&P’s. Find the bullet points. Maybe there are some
“gotcha’s” that will work against you down the line.

Read your Compensation plan. Understand them before you buy into a company. Will you be getting a great reoccurring income? Make sure your P&P’s don’t say words like “ongoing” or “termination”. You say they really don’t mean those things that they write in P&P’s. What did they write them for? You bet they mean them. Why would anyone sign an agreement with a company who could terminate you for listening on the phone to another person talk about their company? Why would anyone sign an agreement with the words “ongoing?” READ, READ, READ.

*DO NOT BELIEVE YOU DESERVE IT

We were all made with the same inner craving to succeed. We want to achieve a better life. We have a dream to be wealthy, to have a big house, to be the CEO of a company, or whatever it is; we have a dream of wanting and needing. And you know what? You deserve it! You deserve to have everything you have always wanted for you and your family. Preparation, research and asking questions of other network marketers is a safe way to approach a new business. Talk to someone who has been in the marketing business for a few years. You deserve your dream. You deserve to be wealthy. But do the preparations first. Your road will be so much smoother.

What to do?

Make the most of it. Don’t fall short without the skills and the knowledge of what you need to do to succeed. Don’t waste your time with the companies that hide “gotchas” in their P&P’s. Go ahead buy the product if you like, but don’t join them. Join a company that has the 5 Pillars from the beginning. These companies think about their distributors because they have been in the trenches themselves. It is the only way you will make it. Ask the thousands of people who have worked for years to build a company only to have earned a few hundred dollars. Ask them about the wasted time they spent building for nothing.

Am I scaring you away from network marketing? I hope not. When you open the door to the marketing world be prepared. Only you can choose what you want. Only you have that special dream. Don’t throw your dream away on worthless companies that are here today and gone tomorrow. Stay away from the hype, the front loader companies or a one product company.

Take your dream and go with it. Let your business opportunity from home be fun. Let it be profitable. Learn before you begin your business, so there will be no chance at failures because you deserve it . Don’t let failure be in your equation. Learn first so the three big reasons for failure are not part of your business opportunity adventure.


May success be yours.

Deana Miller

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Network Marketing Success and Arbonne International - Behavior in the Field

Long term network marketing success has a number of factors involved, including the compensation plan, the product, and company management experience with integrity.

Arbonne International is a stairstep-breakaway company. What does that mean? It means that in this compensation plan when someone you signed up promotes before you promote you lose a lot if not all of the volume they created and your pay goes down.

So what kind of behavior does that drive in the field? Does it promote an incentive for you to help your downline to succeed beyond their wildest dreams? Probably not, if your dreams are not furthered, unless you have extraordinary integrity.

Does this model promote an incentive for your upline to help you beyond your wildest dreams if it is not in their best interest?

I have heard through a reliable source from Arbonne, but cannot verify, that recently some people were terminated and a vice president’s check was held for a while because people in the organization were teaching others to change into a new upline using a fake name so that they would not promote out and their volume would still benefit the new upline.

Again, I cannot verify this. I do know that it happens in other companies. As far as I’m concerned this is a legitimate reason for people to be terminated – those who practiced this kind of behavior. Why would these distributors take this type of action? Because it’s so hard to make and maintain the volume business to keep the payouts. It's difficult to find people who will do the business - and you have to have separate legs to promote beyond the basic management level. The only reason the Arbonne distributors were caught, as I understand it, was due to computer system enhancements at Arbonne that allowed Arbonne to track the computers involved.

I will reiterate that I love Arbonne International products. They have great ingredients and give great results. But I cannot do the business. My dreams of network marketing success have taken me elsewhere.

If you are in the same position I invite you to join the Mentoring for Free trainings. Call me or e-mail me for more information. These trainings are free, they provide skills trainings no one else is doing, and they are fun. There is also a great Saturday night personal growth mastermind call.
Wishing you network marketing success through avoiding stairstep-breakaway compensation plans that drive an undesirable behavior in the field,

Wendy Weber, The Singing Network Marketer
602-404-1626
E-mail Wendy for network marketing or health coaching information
www.wendywebermentor.com
"Be a Mentor with a Servant's Heart"