Making Money in Network Marketing

There are basically two ways to make money in network marketing.  One way is to recruit new people into your business.  Out of 20 people who you talk to, one may be interested in a business venture. 

The other way is to develop a retail customer base.  The challenge here is that most products promoted through network marketing are too expensive.  Why would someone pay twice as much for something that they could get in a local health food store for much less.  If the price of your products is high, that leaves you with only one alternative to make money: RECRUIT.  Let’s face it; the average person just won’t recruit.  If they won’t recruit, how can they make money?

Recruiting is fine if you have a duplicatable system to plug people into, but most companies do not have such a system even though they say they do.  They leave that up to the affiliate and 99% don’t have a clue how to build a substantial network marketing business.

Now back to the retail scenario.   I have a close friend whose wife is in a very well known network marketing company.  He takes a 30-day supply of their vitamins.  Guess how much he pays (wholesale)?  He spends $120.00 per month!  Let me ask you a question.  How many people do you know who can afford to shell out that kind of cash for vitamins? This is the problem with most network marketing companies.  They make it impossible to retail!  Why are the prices so high?  It is NOT because they are special products from a secret formula.  They are manufactured much like any other good vitamin.  The reason they are so high is mainly because of the overhead.  These companies spend millions of dollars per month for a fully functional call center and lots of employees to handle the calls.  Others spend a boatload of money on celebrity endorsements, advertising campaigns, and company jets!  This is money that is taken out of the compensation plan and this is money that has to be added to the “cost of doing business.”  This drives up product costs. 

There is a better way.  I know of a company that makes it VERY possible to build a huge retail business.  Those vitamin packs I told you about earlier, they RETAIL for less than $40.00 for a full months supply!  Now do you think you could recommend a quality product with that price point?  The same type of Vitamin costs just under $60.00 at a national chain health food store!  All the products with this company are priced at a very reasonable range.  Now you can argue with me about quality and I will take the challenge.  Call me anytime.  If a product doesn’t work, how long do you think a person could sell it?  These products have been around for nearly 6 years and people LOVE them!  Shoot, I LOVE them!  This company has a very nice retail site and gives affiliates 20% of all retail sales that go through their site! 

Now you have a company that promotes products that can be retailed and an affiliate can start receiving checks in the mail right away.  People who receive money will more likely stay in your organization and will work harder to do two things:  recruit affiliates and promote products.  For every affiliate recruited, a nice bonus is paid.  For all sales in your organization, a nice retail bonus is paid.  This is the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

Oh, by the way, you don’t have to be a sales person to promote products.  You do it almost everyday.  Think of it as recommending products that you love.  If you like a restaurant, don’t you recommend it?  How about movies, do you recommend any?  When you do, did you ever get paid for doing so?  Why not get paid for recommending products that promote excellent health and products that you will never have to be ashamed of.

Oh, here is the kicker.  This company has a duplicatable system that works every single time, if you use it.  If you are coachable, you can achieve outstanding success with this outfit.  The teamwork is amazing.  This makes it possible for someone who could never recruit before to start recruiting successfully.

If you are interested in finding out more about this company, please let me know.  If not, let my team help you to grow the business you are currently in.  Either way, I am here to help.

Putting First Things First

History is a great teacher.  Not just our personal history, but what can be reaped from the historical experience of others.

I recently saw a wonderful program about the founding of our great country: The United State of America.  I have also been to Washington D.C. and visited all the main monuments and memorials there.  I was awestruck at the realization that our founding fathers possessed.

Our founding fathers had a strong belief in God and realized that all blessings come from Him.  They realized that for our nation to succeed, God had to have a preeminent place in this country’s leadership and among its citizens.  As a result, God has richly blessed this country, but I believe that is changing.

Here are some examples of what our founding fathers wrote:

“ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that built it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel”
~Thomas Jefferson

“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” ~Patrick Henry

“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
~James Madison

"To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them." ~Jedekiah Morse

“ It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”  ~George Washington

"In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book."  And…

"...I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side." ~Abraham Lincoln

These are a VERY few examples that show the mind and heart of our founding fathers.

The reason I am writing this on my MLM Success Coaching Blog is I believe that in order to succeed in ANY area of life, you cannot deny the Source, the Creator God.  I believe that all success and failure rides on how we relate to, and treat the Almighty.  I also believe that this nation is suffering what it is today because it has, in general, forsaken God and His Word.  Our businesses will ultimately fail if we act as our political leaders are acting—in defiance of the living God.  Thinking that THEY have the power and take NO blame for what is happening with our country today.

I have a friend who has a very successful business.  One day I asked him what was the secret of His success.  His answer was simple: “I pray a lot!”  He said nothing more after that.  There was no other secret.  He did tell me that as he succeeded in the past, he somewhat didn’t honor God and ended up losing over a million dollars in a failed deal.  After that, he learned the lesson to NEVER leave God out of his decisions.  That is why he now “prays a lot.” He now runs a debt-free company that is diversifying and growing. 

This is a New Year.  My advice is (if you haven’t already) to put God in the equation.  Make Him part of all your decisions.  Who knows better than the All-knowing God?  Who has been more successful than He?  Give this year to Him.  Give your business to Him.  Believe me, He is qualified to help you, and He will.

Learn from the success of our founding fathers.  Learn from the failures of today’s politicians.  Our country is suffering from a failure to honor God.  We have taken Him out of our schools and wonder why murder and suicide among young people is at an all-time high.  We have mocked Him and disregarded Him in our government and wonder why this country is such a mess morally, and financially.  Diseases, mental illness, catastrophic weather conditions, crime and such all indicate a disregard for our Creator.  Why would he bless a people that mocks Him and has no time for Him?  We call Him The Universe, Nature, Infinite Intelligence, Higher Power, Higher Self, and everything other that what He truly is.  He is God and there is NONE beside Him.  People call Him all these things as not to “offend” others.  What a joke!  I would rather offend others then offend God. 

 I have decided to put Him first.  I want to give Him my business and ask for His guidance in every aspect of my life.  Our founding fathers got it right.  Many truly successful people have it right.  Put God first and you will be guided rightly.

I am not a religious fanatic.  I am a person who has tried many things and failed.  I have observed what is going on in the world today and don’t like what I see.  I have known the Lord for many years, but even I have forsaken Him in many ways.  For this I am sorry.  I am giving this year to Him.  I will let you know how it turns out.

I have received a lot of help from many success coaches.  I have studied the Law of Attraction and believe in it just as I do the Law of Gravity.  I also know who created these laws.  It’s good to know the Laws of success, including the Law of Attraction.  However, it is better to know the Creator of all laws!  We enjoy these Laws in light of Him who created them.

Let’s all start the New Year out right.  Let God take his rightful place and just watch what will happen.