Friday, July 18, 2008

Contrary To What Your Upline Told You...

Did you know that there are people...regular folks just like you...who are adding an incredible 20-30 or more reps/customers every week into their MLM Downlines? What do these people know that you don't? Why are they able to grow their MLM businesses with such ease while most folks, like you, struggle to add a mere 2-3 people a month?

It's a fact that the failure rate in the network marketing business is a sickening 97%. The average network marketer in this country enrolls 2.5 people into their business and then either gives up or moves on to the next big opportunity. The reason for this miserable statistic is that the techniques taught in this industry aren't designed to benefit the individual marketer.

You expected instant success in your network marketing business, but somehow the ball just doesn't seem to be rolling in your direction. I too struggled in network marketing before I got smart! My company told me to buy countless samples (gotta have all of them!), DVD's, magazines, brochures...you get the picture. I attended the monthly meetings, listened to sizzle calls, did the online training provided on the company website,drove all over creation meeting uninterested prospects at coffee shops...all the while racking up my credit card debt and saw only a trickle of income for all of my effort. Sound familiar?

If you are doing everything that your network marketing company and your upline preaches to you...literally attacking all of your friends and family, and overselling your opportunity, you will go nowhere in the network marketing business. If you continue doing the same thing you are doing now, you will continue to get the same results! By now you may be considering throwing in the towel and taking your losses. But I am here to tell you that there IS a better way, and you CAN be successful in network marketing. Rest assured, you CAN learn the exact steps on how to build a network marketing business, if you are teachable!

Discover what you really need to do (and not do) to succeed in your network marketing business.
Learn how to grow your business by going beyond your warm market.

In an interview with a group of the industries leading experts, several valuable lessons were revealed that all aspiring network marketing business owners should use to become more effective.


  • Secret number one: NOT everyone is your prospect! No matter how wonderful your product is, not everyone wants it! You must learn how to reach your target market...those people who have a need, want or desire for what you have, and are looking for it!


  • Second, and this is essential, Stop begging friends and family and trying to convince anyone within three feet of you that they need what you have. Learn how to position yourself as an expert and put yourself in the path between your prospects and what they are searching for.


* Next, Learn how to communicate with three simple tools - the phone(FREE), the internet (not that replicated website that your company had you purchase), and the written word!


  • Learn how to handle customers objections...there are only two of them!


  • Educate yourself...this is absolutely necessary if you are to become successful in today's market. Your upline's proven plan is not the plan for you. Bluntly put, those techniques do not work and never will...invest in your education and discover the true methods and strategies used by top marketers in today's world.

The decision is up to you..you can choose to continue getting the results you have been in network marketing, or take the action necessary today and start building YOUR business. Your success is dictated entirely by you and the choices you make, not your upline or your company!

Learn how you can grow your business without chasing your family and friends!

To your success!

Lynn McArthur

Business Growth Specialist

Why Network Marketing? Can Network Marketing Replace Your Job?

Network marketing, MLM, and multi level marketing all refer to the same type of business model...one that has created exceptional incomes for millions. The old concept of having a "career", and staying with one job your entire work life is quickly losing it's appeal. With traditional companies encountering financial difficulties, and downsizing at will, do you feel safe at your job?


Many of you who hear the word network marketing react with negativity. Maybe you've been burned in the past, or scammed by abusers of the network marketing business. Sure, there are plenty of con artists, and pyramid schemes out there, but that doesn't mean there aren't many, if not more legitimate network marketing businesses and marketers out there as well. In fact, successful network marketing businesses are in the majority.

Network marketing has been one of the fastest growing business models in the past few decades, growing at over 7% per year, far greater than the rate of the economy. By definition, multi level marketing is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. MLM businesses function by enrolling distributors to sell their products or services, and meanwhile earn additional income based on the sales of people they enroll into the organization as well, their "downline".

More than half of the adult US population has at some time in their lives purchased products or services from a network marketing representative, and will continue to do so.

In an interview with financial and business expert Robert Kiyosaki about network marketing, he reveals why he believes network marketing is a very viable, strong business model. He points out that the world is changing, and there are good reasons why network marketing will emerge as one of the top of the business models of our future.


People want more freedom and choices to control their lives and their time. People want to think for themselves.

  • Most people hate their traditional jobs. They are tired of being "bullied" around by their bosses, and crammed into little cubicles all day. They are tired of being told what to do, when to do it, and where to do it. They are tired of having to ask permission for every little thing they do! They are fed up with being told when they will have lunch, when they can take a vacation, and how much money they will make regardless of how hard they work.

  • Job security is a joke! If a company is in trouble, they either downsize, or sell out to another, bigger company. And we all know that counting on the government for our financial security is foolish, at best.

  • For the average person, network marketing offers the opportunity to take control of your life and think for yourself. It offers choices, which is freedom. Network marketing levels the playing field, if you perform, you get paid, if you don't perform, you don't get paid. In network marketing, you are encouraged to get better at what you do.

So, why doesn't everyone get into a network marketing business? One word: FEAR. People fear the unknown, so they ask for someone else's opinion, someone who is equally afraid of this non-traditional business. They get talked into playing it safe, and decide to keep their "job security", which we've already established doesn't exist. The more security you need, the less freedom you have, the more needy you are, and the weaker you are.

Today is about being stronger, and smarter. Network marketing offers you the chance to build self-confidence, and become stronger. One of the best things about network marketing is that it offers mentorship and training, and those that are smart get the education they need to succeed in their network marketing business. The difference between job security and financial freedom is not being told what to do!

So "why network marketing"? Because it offers you the chance to take care of your financial future. You can take responsibility for your finances, or take orders the rest of your life. The choice is yours.



Lynn McArthur is a network marketing business consultant. After struggling in her initial attempts at growing a business, she finally discovered the secrets to MLM success. Grab a copy of her Free Report at http://www.MyMLMDownlineSecrets.com/