The subject of personal development is often missed. The skills and traits that go along with Personal Development are commonly overlooked by new Network Marketers or those Home Based Business owners that are completely intoxicated by money.
It’s funny… if you were to line up 10 of the Top Money Earners within the MLM industry and ask them to speak freely on the most important skills to master for 2 minutes… you would consistently hear the words Personal Development and Training.
How do you measure your own personal success?
Are you measuring your happiness by:
- The car you drive.
- The house you live in.
- The number of new reps you sign up each day.
- The amount of leads you were able to generate.
- The totals in your bank account.
These are the most common ways that people mistakenly measure their success and happiness in the MLM Industry.
Of course these factors would please you. However, if you are using these environmental factors to measure your success and happiness… what happens if the external environment changes?
If you go a day and only created 5 leads, or signed up 1 rep instead of 5… if your car gets repossessed, and the numbers in your bank account start to plummet…suddenly there goes your happiness.
If your joy and happiness is dictated by your external environment, you should know it’s not sustainable.
To aquire Personal Development skills means to achieve inner contentment and peace, and to have your joy and happiness independent of the outer circumstances.
The Network Marketing business is not easy, it is simple, but not easy. There will be ups and there will be downs, and more downs than ups until you get there… but to achieve success that will be sustainable you must undergo Personal Development training.
Your Personal Development Plan doesn’t have to involve a shrink or lengthy retreat to the Buddhist temples. The fantastic thing about the Network Marketing industry is those that have sustained inner contentment and success are happy to share.
- Personal Development Books
- With CD’s your Car can become a Self-Help University on Wheels
- Seminars & Webinars
- Ipods allow you to have your mentors voice in your ear at all times
- Daily Newsletters
Do not come from the mindset that Personal Development is not going to increase your paycheck. With every Personal Development skill you obtain, you’ve increased your value to the Home Based Business arena.
At least 1 hour a day should be designated for Personal Development. To take years off the learning curve and get started on the clear path to true success, sign up for our Free Newsletter.
We were forwarded this message this morning and it touched us so much we knew we had to share it with you.
His name is John Care. He is a 45 year old native of Kalamazoo Michigan. He was born and raised in Michigan and lived the blue collar lifestyle his entire life. He has three beautiful little girls, and his youngest Katie was in her very first year of school. This is his story….
“I have never been a wealthy man. My life has never been plentiful of material goods and treasures. However, I have always worked extremely hard, waking up at 4:30am six days a week to work long gruelling hours in the plant on Riverview Dr.
My daughters never went without, and my wife Sarah never went a day without knowing she was the love of my life.
This all changed in the month of September. My boss of 18 years pulled me into his office with the signs of stress running down his forehead. As the door shut behind me I knew my time was up.
“John, I am sorry my friend…”
I gave him a nod and left the building for the last time.
I will never forget the drive home that afternoon. It was 1:36 pm and I usually did not walk through my front door until 3:15. Sarah must have been able to see the despair on my face because she immediately put her arms around me and told me “Everything will be okay, John.”
Everything would be okay, I told myself again. I was determined to find work and support my family. Sarah was working part-time answering phones at a Dentist office and asked for more hours until I could get a job. We had a little bit of savings to keep us afloat for a couple of months.
I scoured the classified ads morning after morning. I called every last friend in my address book asking if they knew of anywhere that was hiring. Everyone always wished they could help, but couldn’t.
Where were all the jobs?
Even though I felt alone, I knew that I wasn’t. 31,000,000 people were jobless just like me, with families to feed, houses to keep, and winter hydro bills soon to come.
I knew with this amount of people unemployed and the state of the economy right now, I would have to do something a little bit different. Finding a job wasn’t going to happen.
It was an email titled…
“Lost Your Job? There are no Jobs… What’s the Answer? – The Internet”
I had used the internet of course. I knew how to check emails, send emails, my wife had even got me set up on Facebook. I could Google things here and there. But could I make an income from it?
I decided to open the email and research this.
It spoke about building your Financial Freedom and the growth of the Home Based Business industry online. With 31 Million jobless, there were thousands upon thousands joining every week. The Internet was connecting billions all over the globe and suddenly a light went off in my head and I believed this was the solution I had been waiting for.
I acted on impulse most likely driven by my need to get some kind of income coming in. I purchased my starter kit at $250.00 and was excited to start building my business.
That excitement didn’t seem to last long. Sarah’s face looked tired as I sat her at the kitchen table. I tried to explain the email to her, and how people were making great incomes with their home based businesses. I told her eventually she could quit her job too and how wonderful it would be for us both to be home together with the girls.
“Give your head a shake John. The Internet?!”
This was not the reaction I had expected.
“You need to get a real job. Our money is almost gone, our phone bill is due, and you just spent $250.00 on a SCAM.”
*** PART TWO ***
With all the stress, and the emotional rollercoaster I’d been riding on for the past 2 months I didn’t have the energy to put up a fight. So I slept on the couch and she went to bed.
The next morning breakfast was silent between us, but the giddy laughter of the girls hid our tension. The pressure from last night’s argument and the innocent sparkle in Katie’s smiling face motivated me to make this $250.00 work.
So I did exactly what I thought I should do, and went back to the address book. I made list of all the people under “A” and sat down and called them.
Four hours later and now on the letter “M” not one single friend had welcomed my call, let alone wanted to join me on this business venture.
“John, is that one of those pyramids?”
“Aren’t those illegal, John?”
“What have you gotten yourself into?”
“Those things never work!”
Day in, day out, I heard the same rejection over and over again. I headed out to the malls to see if I could do any better with people that didn’t know me … face to face.
The holidays were approaching and the malls were busy with shoppers. I was in my best suit and looking as sharp as I knew how. With Thanksgiving dinner looming over my head, people must have seen the desperation on my face because everyone rushed past me without a glance.
This was hopeless. The only person willing to talk to me was a kind old lady who smiled at me and asked me if I knew where the winter jackets were located.
I headed home without one single phone number. With every number from A-Z crossed out in my black book, I knew this was the end.
I pulled a seat at the table and rested my forehead against the cold surface. I could hear the girls approaching faintly from the street.
Katie burst through the door with a laugh and a bit of a stumble.
“Daddy, Daddy! I made you a Turkey today in school with these Popsicle sticks! Cause tomorrow is Thanksgiving.”
Trying to hold my tears back, and knowing there would be no Turkey this year I pulled her up into my arms and said, “That is the best looking Turkey I’ve ever seen. I love you Katie.”
With the girls in bed and my wife upstairs in the room that we used to share, I was downstairs staring at a blank screen. This computer was supposed to be my solution, not another problem.
There was no money left so I went to the website where that first email had been sent. For the past 2 nights I had been up all night clicking through sites trying to build free credits so I could send an email, like the one I had received, to thousands of people.
As I clicked, and clicked, and clicked… I tried to think about what I could write. Telling people about my business hadn’t worked. Telling them how much money we could make hadn’t worked.
What was the answer?
All this selling was getting me no where, I decided not to promote my business, but to offer the Marketing tool that had got me started in a home based business in the first place. Everyone could use a tool that could email 3000 people, right?
So I did the only thing I knew that was honest and true, I wrote my story. I am not the best typer, and I am not a writer, so it took me until 6:00 am to finish this story for you.
I know the power of this marketing web service is worth the money, and I know that thousands are using it to create massive wealth. Maybe I don’t know how yet, but in reading my story I would click the link. Would you?
From the bottom of my heart, have a very Happy Thanksgiving and always be thankful for what you have in life.
Sincerely,
John Care.”
This email and the incredibly valuable email service that John was promoting went on to make him $1,476.88 that week. This is the awesome power of Email marketing.
To get access to tool that changed John’s life click here: http://tr.im/FRqF
Creating a Subdomain may sound like a foreign language to you right now. This is exactly why I decided to shoot this quick Step by Step tutorial video. I will show you just how it’s done.
Why should you use subdomains?
- You can create up to 90 capture pages with one domain! We are all trying to build on a budget aren’t we?
- You can get very specific and use infinite amounts of landing pages targeted to a particular company or training you are offering
- More exposure on your BRAND of your main Domain
So get Creative Folks with your Campaigns and your Subdomains!
We live in a fast paced society. Toby and I speak with people on a daily basis that are looking for the Microwaved MLM Success in their Home based business. They want 100 MLM leads to come in a day, they want their downline to explode and they want it in 2:37 minutes.
It’s funny to think of a society without Microwaves. Imagine having to cook everything on the stovetop or in the oven? How would we ever make popcorn?
We bet that if you go to your microwave right now you would see something like “00:13″ still flashing on the screen.
So not only do we want our food cooked in 3 minutes, but we can’t even wait the entire 3 minutes!
We pop the door open with 13 seconds left.
Think of your MLM business like a Prime Rib Roast. Would you pop it in the microwave and expect succulent and melt in your mouth results?
Or does it need time, effort and care to create a masterpiece and have the end product we’d expect from a Prime Rib Roast?
This industry isn’t a lottery ticket, and whoever gave you that impression was severely misinformed.
If you want 100 leads a day it is going to take time and work.
Toby and I often talk about branding yourself on the Internet. What does that really mean and what’s it going to take?
It means that you have to create a presence for yourself and the only way to make that happen is with some dedicated hard work. Creating a blog is a good starting point. Yes you want high conversion rates on your capture pages and auto-responders and lists, BUT you need somewhere where people can see the true you. A blog tells people you are more than a video on a capture page, you are someone that invests time and knowledge back into the industry.
Consistency and Persistency are our 2 favourite words.
If you are providing value to Forums and Social Media Sites on a consistent basis, people will begin to recognize that. However if you blast Facebook with your capture pages for 4 days straight (The Microwave Method) and are hoping for the leads to start pouring in and suddenly on Day 5 you will wake up to 14 voicemails from people wanting to join your business… you will be sadly disappointed.
So don’t treat your MLM home based business like a Hot Pocket that you can set to cook for 3:00 minutes and it will be ready. If you want to see real MLM online success, and you want to have more business leads than time… put some TLC into that Prime Rib Roast and the results will be delicious.
Did you know the average American spends 5 hours a day watching television? One hundred and fifty one hours a month. This finding was way higher than the figure of 3.8 hours per day or a measly 120 hours per month TV watching by Americans that reported by another research firm last year.
Toby and I are CSI fanatics. It’s our only television weakness and to be honest we watch it on our computer screen between the Webinars and the Training Calls. However, with so many people in today’s society parking themselves on the Lazyboy, it’s no wonder the economy has taken a dive.
Instead of worrying about if the Bachelor will pick Lucy or Sarah (I love how they call it reality TV even though in reality… who could fall in love with a camera 3 feet away from your every move?) that time SHOULD be spent on working towards a future for you and your family.
Who has heard the objection – I simply don’t have the time?
We all have 24 hours in a day. 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for your average work day, so let’s just focus on the 8 hours that are left. Assuming we are healthy human beings and eat at least 3 meals a day, we will slot 2 hours for eating and preparation and 1 hour for physical activity (this is under the presumption that we are in fact healthy human beings). Okay, 5 hours left. According to the statistics, the average American spends the rest of their time in front of the TV. Unless they are watching the Discovery or History Channel, they are learning nothing. Is this type of activity doing anything for the Asset column or your bank account?
Rather than watching that hour long episode (which without commercials is really only about 35 minutes), why not get online and plug into an Online System that’s going to give you a step by step blueprint and all the training you need to ensure that your Computer is sending you paychecks. Why not work towards financial freedom rather than avoiding your financial stresses and trying to forget about them with a quick laugh at the Jerry Springer Show? You are saying to yourself, “At least my life is not that bad.”
DID YOU KNOW: Jerry Springer’s Official Website is ranked #54 on Alexa! All that traffic headed to jerryspringertv.com
The training is available, the leadership is available, and the tools and systems are there and generating amazing results for others… the variable in this equation is YOU.
Step away from that mind numbing TV program and INVEST your time instead of just SPENDING it.
So Toby and I present you will a Red Pill and a Blue Pill. You can take the Red Pill and see the MLM reality we are presenting to you. Now that you know the Blueprint for Online success you can TAKE ACTION and plug into the Online Marketing Strategies that will change your business.
Or you can take the Blue Pill and keep on trucking in MLM Denial. Keep doing the same things you’ve been doing and getting the same depressing results.
We leave the decision up to you.
If you’re ready to start day 1 in your MLM ResuscitationClick Here
The constant flow of information is now at our fingertips. We surround ourselves with the most elite Network Marketing training, and master the top online marketing strategies, it’s a new wave in knowledge. The lines of communication are wide open and people have never been more open-minded. It is an exciting time to be in our industry!
It doesn’t matter what company you decide to build with, if you learn to utilize the leverage of these online strategies there is millions out there for the taking.
If you don’t know all this already…, I suggest you start at the beginning.
People will join your business because they know you, like you, and trust you. So learning to effectively use the Internet to reach out to the masses and have them know you, like you and trust you… will completely change your business.
The only way to accomplish this to start at the source.
Self-Development. We’ve heard it before. But what does it mean and how do I do it?
How do I develop myself?
Self Development can be defined as the continual process to educate yourself, strive on a day to day basis to be a better person. You can get information from books, websites, experts. You cannot have MLM success with out this crucial asset. The second important part of Self Development is Passion.
If you are passionate about becoming that better person nothing will hold you back.
Self Development + Passion = MLM Success
As all of you are aware, MUSIC is a huge passion for Toby and I. We always get feedback from our followers that they love our song writing. I wanted to share with all of you a duet release performed by me (Layla Staats) and my dear brother Logan. We wrote this song for his new daughter (my new niece) Ryleigh. Some of you may have seen her Baby Steps Video on YouTube.
I want to share one of my passions with you…. so sit back and listen to this lovely melody. While you hum along, think of what you are passionate about, think about what you can do to make yourself more valuable. Self Development cannot be overlooked in this industry.
Facebook Marketing is a recent phenomenon. The Social Networking site has exploded. It is now the #2 Ranked Website on Google, that’s pretty impressive! We want you to take a look at this chart. See the number of people visiting Facebook every day???
So we want to make the Facebook world a better place and train our Marketers how to use it the RIGHT way. If you are new to Facebook or just not getting any results and no one is going to your website, take the time to LEARN how the pros are doing it.
We hope you all see the immense value here and TAKE ACTION to be successful!
Make Money From Home Even If You’ve NEVER Done MLM Before
With our economy taking a nose dive, and 14 million people unemployed, the Home Based Business Industry is booming. People are realizing there is another way, a better way to earn money. It doesn’t involve a length stressful commute, it doesn’t require a uniform or a tie, and you can say goodbye to the BOSS. People are making money right from their own home.
With so many new faces popping up on the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) scene, training has never been more necessary. All of these people that may have little to no experience in marketing, and more specifically Online Marketing, are floating around the internet trying to get others to click on their links.
Yes the odds of success in this business are staggering. With most distributors making less than $10.00 a week, without training you will most likely fall into this category.
ODDS. Funny that we reflect on our own success by the success of others. Making money from Home is not about odds, MLM is not about odds. It’s about your own personal desire and determination to learn how the successful are doing it, and figure out how you can duplicate that. If you stack the deck in your favor, load it with all the right tools and strategies, you are guaranteed to beat the ODDS.
We had an interesting discussion with a prospect last week. He had never been enrolled in an MLM company, but he had found our site and wanted to know more about what we do. He wanted to be trained in how to properly market an Online Home Based Business, before throwing all the money into a product or a company. We are teaching him how to make money from home, BEFORE he goes into the red-zone like 97% of Network Marketers do. SMART. So he’s started training with our system, learning how to use Facebook and Linked in, Blogging, Article and Video Marketing. When he does decide what MLM Company he is going to invest his time into, he will be a Hundred steps in front of the crowd.
Why wait until you’ve dumped your cash into a Home Based Business and THEN try and learn how to make it work?
The smart way is to learn what you need to learn first, and increase your chances at success before you even start.
So whether you have been unsuccessful in MLM for years, or are just doing your homework on what exactly it takes to make money from home, your number one priority should be to get access to all the Marketing Tips and Online MLM Training that you can. You need a system that teaches you how to Market and more importantly, how to Market YOURSELF. Get the right online tools, and the right online training so that you will not be like 97% of the marketers that fail… and you can join the 3% at the TOP.
The key to MLM Online Success is working smart, not hard.
Learn how to master this concept and online success will follow.