MLM is …

If yes develop a plan to actively, consistently and with persistence do all five (5) action items several times each week.

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Can you imagine how these people feel?  They join believing that its a legit company.  A company that they can trust and build to provide their family the security we all desire for our loved ones, just to learn that they were lied to.  I know the guilt that goes along with sponsoring people into a business that I found out later was not what they proclaimed themselves to be.

Please people, take the time to get the education that will help YOU learn to evaluate legit companies.

You could avoid situations like Marie Richardson of Daytona Beach, Fl. is going through.  Here is the full USA Today story.

Henrietta

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“Bad news, we’re going to have to fire you. Business is bad. And the economy stinks.”
You feel depressed. No more career. No more regular paychecks.

And then the boss says,
“You know what? If you were to work just one extra hour overtime every day for free, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, we’ll let you keep your job and you can continue collecting your same paycheck.”
Now, what would you do?

Well, most people would say,
“Well, I will work the extra hour of overtime just to keep my job. I know I will be working the extra hour for free, but it is important to keep my present job.”
And then the boss says,
“Well, I know it’s kind of bad news for you but there is some good news. If you work an hour of overtime, Monday through Friday for no pay, just one extra hour a day . . . at the end of two years, we’ll let you retire at full pay.”
All of a sudden, how do you feel?

You feel like saying,
“Wow! Excellent! What an opportunity! Just work one hour overtime for free, Monday through Friday, and two years from now . . . I retire at full pay!”
So what would happen?

You’re working overtime and six months later one of your friends says,
“Hey, why don’t you quit doing that? You’re working an hour overtime and not getting paid for it.”
You say to your friend,
“No way! I only have 18 more months to go and then I’m going to retire!”
A year from now, maybe your spouse says,
“You know what, dear? You’ve been working that free hour of overtime for the past 12 months. Why don’t you spend more time here at home instead of working that hour overtime?”
You say,
“No, no, no! Just one more year and I can retire at full pay.”
And you would be at work faithfully, Monday through Friday, working that overtime so you could retire.

And you would be excited about the opportunity.

Well, we have the same opportunity to retire with our network marketing business.

We ask people to spend one hour a day, Monday through Friday building a network marketing business. And all you have to do is talk to some people.

And you don’t have to worry too much about what you say or how good you are, because you know what? You’ll get better. The longer you do network marketing, the more you’ll learn.

So maybe after the first month you say,

“Gee, I really don’t know what to say.”

The second month you get a little better and say,

“Well, I know the name of the company is the Wonderful Company.”

The third month you get better at this and say,

“I think this is a neat business. You might want to look at it.”

And the fourth month you get better and better.

Just invest an hour a day. And at the end of two years you might be pleasantly surprised and say,

“You know what? I can replace my full-time income and retire for the rest of my life.”

So – would you take advantage of that opportunity?

If you are like most people, you will want to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. But, you won’t do it.

Here is why you won’t do it.

A little voice inside of your head is saying,
“But what if it doesn’t work? What if I waste an hour a day over those two years? What if I’m not good at this? I don’t know anyone who has retired in network marketing. I only know people who retired with a pension from a job. This might not be a sure thing.”
Yes, you’re going to have some doubt. You will have a belief problem. And that’s pretty natural.

So here is what we are going to do to help you with your belief.

To encourage you along the way, every so often we’re going to send you a check in the mail — just to keep your spirits up as you build your two-year business.

When you get these occasional checks, you will say,

“I know it works! I’ve got these checks to prove it.”

And that is why you want to start your business today.

Written by Tom”Big Al” Schreiter from www.fortunenow.com

What many people don’t know or understand is the risk they are taking when they sign up for an illegal program better known as Ponzi scheme or illegal pyramind scheme.  Being a participant or a promoter of these types of programs can lead you into the type of legal troubles that can devastate you and your loved ones.

Some people are aware of what constitutes as a Ponzi scam and still participate knowing the risks.  Or they may even believe, “I won’t get caught”, or even think, “its chump change, they have bigger criminals to catch”.  What ever they tell themselves to validate their participation, it still boils down to an illegal program.  Period.

I encourage you to read the ebook Success in 10 Steps and listen to the 2 follow up audios, which I will send to you myself.  Audio #2, “5 Pillars to Your Success” is absolutely brilliant.  Michael defines a simple and very effective way to evaluate a business or program so that you can ensure it is the right one for you.  Above all that, to help you to avoid scams and Ponzi schemes that could cost you not only your hard earned money but more importantly your freedom.

Don’t

I’ve been involved with MLM long enough to know that a lot of people think that choosing a company to represent is a “hit and miss” kind of thing.

This simply is not so.  There are many logical questions you can ask to avoid that.  The results are that you can get a lot closer to a 100%  guarantee for success.

I have also had many discussions with people that think that the product is the most important thing.  If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard, “the product sells itself”.  Ya sure it does.  That’s why so many networkers struggle with retail sales.

I agree you need great products.  Absolutely!  The products better be something that I can promote without having to sponsor someone or sign them up to the program to.  I also know that that my company pays me a great income which allows me to purchase from my friends who are reps in other companies.

Okay.  The next one I hear a lot is, “our compensation plan is the best one in the industry!”  If that isn’t a “parrot statement”  I don’t know what is.  Ask the presenter point blank, “How many active people do I need to make $10k a month in residual income?”  (it won’t matter if this is Your goal income or not)

If they can’t answer that question, then they don’t understand their compensation plan.  PERIOD!  Do I need to say more?

Moving right along.  Timing in the Industry and in the Company.  I am not going to subject myself to being a guinea pig for new companies to experiment on.  Do yourself a HUGE favor and don’t join a company until they have their act together.  (don’t believe the lip service here either).  And please, please, please don’t get involved with a techy product.  You know sooner or later someone will come up with something better, better priced or one of the larger, direct sale companies like Walmart will have it and your  business will become obselete.  Don’t kid yourself that anything different will happen.

Network marketing isn’t brain surgery, but you do need to be educated to be successful.

I learn from networkers that are successful and will tell me the truth…even if it hurts.  Join me, we can grow and learn together.  Start with the free ebook you see to the right,  “Success in 10 Steps”.

Henrietta Hakes

TheMentoringMom

Why do these so called gurus hide the “secrets” they have and guard them so closely? Are these gurus still active in their business testing what works and doesn’t work today? Judith May discovered a better way through Success In Ten Steps. To read her story, go to:

http://hhakes.mentoringforfree.com/zSUCCESS_May.php

You gain more in the long run when you are willing to help others up front. It’s not about hiding something for only those “special” people. It is about helping everyone who wants to learn.

Henrietta Hakes

TheMentoringMom

A soft spoken person, who dresses nicely and and quote the bible, does not make a trust worthy person.  I have seen people that will help their targets with problems and appear to be so wonderful and then con them out of thousands of dollars.  Scum like that destroy a persons sense of personal safety, sense of good judgment, perhaps even their financial security and not to mention the stress and health issues that can stem from a devastating scam.

Here is a story that occurred in British Columbia Canada.
Meet God’s Fraud Squad

Part of being a mentor is helping people “SEE” for themselves the difference between legit and illegal programs.  Sometimes people do not want to see the truth and it becomes too late to help them.  If you are part of an illegal program, whether you are aware of it or not, you can be criminally charged for fraud.  Its a harsh reality but its the truth.
Pastor Sentenced: 15 Years for Scam

Please do your due dilligence and LEARN how to think NOT what to think.before you pay for something.  If you are not receiving a product worth more or of equal value of the money they want you to pay, then run away.  Also pay with a credit card so you have support if you need to report fraud.

Mentoring for Free can keep you free of scams and out of jail.  Take the time to earn money from home the right way and choose a company with ALL 5 Pillars.

Henrietta
TheMentoringMom

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I have given a list of the 5 Pillars in another blog post here.
5 Pillar Company Outline

Let’s take a closer look at Pillar #1. 

Company Managment Experience with Integrity.

If you can’t confirm that your company has Pillar #1, you don’t have to worry about looking for Pillars #2,3,4, or #5.

So, how do you know if your company has company management experience with integrity?  It’s actually quite easy.  Are you ready for this?

Read your Policies and Procedures.  You know the little contract you agreed to when you pay your sign up fees.  Whether you sign an affiliate agreement and faxed it in or if you were to check a little “I agree” type of a box when you sign up online, you should have been given the opportunity to read everything thing you agreed to.

You may be surprised how many people do not read their Policies and Procedures.  Most affiliates believe that the PPs are just a standard contract.  Let me tell you now, they are not. 

Each company will have its only stipulations and clauses that you are required to follow.  They each outline their dos and don’ts.  They explain what happens if or when you stop recruiting, or stop your autoship, explain the volume they expect you to have to earn your bonuses and ever other hoop you need to hop through in order to receive your cheque.

Now some PPs are 30 pages long, and there are many PPs that are much longer than that.  Why do you think they need to be that long?  Because the company and their lawyers know that most people won’t read more than 3-5 pages into it before their eyes glaze over and then they quit.  What are all those clauses in there for?

Ask yourself, why would they put in the contract anything that they were not willing to use at some point?  To protect themselves, not you the member.  And to top it all off, you will find most of the “evil clauses” near the end of the PPs.  So try reading them from the back to the front instead.

So when considering a new MLM company, ask to see the Policies and the Procedures.  If you can’t read them, don’t join it.  Save yourself a lot of future grief.

One last thing you can do is to Google the names of the company’s owner, and other management.  Put their names, one at a time in quotations, and do the search and see what will come up for you.  Then do a second search by simply adding the word “Scam” behind the name still in quotations.

So see, it really can be a simply hour or two to do but it can save you years of failure and frustration.
Stay tuned when we next look at Pillar #2, Timing in the company, Timing in the industry!

Henrietta
TheMentoringMom

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What is a “5 Pillars” company? 

It is the 5 critical points YOU need to make sure a company has in place to
guarantee YOUR success.  Do your due
diligence and research to make sure the company you are interested in has ALL
of these points before you sign up.

It’s real easy to find out if the company you are considering has 5 Pillars.
Google is the perfect tool for your research, put it to use! Do your research! The
decision you make to join a company is life changing.  It affects your family, your time and your
income.  You need to look past your
excitement and the emotional state you are experiencing and make a solid
decision based not on feelings or a gut instinct, but a more logical view.   This is a BIG business decision and you need
to look at it as such.  So please, do
yourself a big favour and do your homework.

Your next question is no doubt, “What are the 5 Pillars I should be looking
for?”

Pillar 1. Company Management Experience with Integrity!

What kind of a person are You?  Do You
believe that in order for You to be successful, you yourself must have
integrity?

If you answered “Yes”, have you thought about the integrity of company
management? Do you believe the company management’s integrity is just as
important as your own?

Do a simple Google search on the company owners.  Put their name in the search bar surrounded
with quotation marks.  Try putting the
word “scam” behind their name.  What do
you find?

Consider this.  When a company is
built by an owner who has also built a large business or downline, you could
call them “Distributor minded”.  They
will be more mindful that the pay plan will be good and it will be easy for
even part timers to build a business with them. They will understand the
importance of care and support for the marketing members.

When a company is built by Fortune 500 executive types, and they have not
been in the distributors shoes themselves, they will be more “business minded”.
In most cases these companies will not last and the pay plan will be designed
to pay the company not the Distributors.

Another thing you really must take a good look at is the company’s Policies and
Procedures.  If the P&P’s are short
and to the point, then there is low overhead. 
By which I mean that the cost to run the company is minimal, which will
allow the company to provide a much better payplan and pay out more money to
the distributors! Companies with high overhead always have a long, long
Policies and Procedures.  These are the
kind of Policies and Procedures that even a lawyer would dread reading

Mark my words, these companies will not pay you well.   Here is another search to try.  Look for the company’s products on Ebay.  How much cheaper can you buy the products for?
A lot of people shop on Ebay and if they can buy those products cheaper they
will!

Pillar 2. Timing in the company, Timing in the industry!

99.2% of new companies do not survive the first 2 yrs after they
launch.  They have great difficulty
surviving their growing pains.  Where
will this leave you the distributor? One of the biggest issues that they
struggle with is that they struggle with software problems. It is very
important that a company own the software not just rent it.  It is only logical that they need to be able
to perform the maintenance themselves and any up-grades or tweaks that they
need. If they have bought software from someone else, it is never that simple!
It is always a better idea to join a company after it has been up and running smoothly
for over 2 years so you do not end up being their guinea pig!

Pillar 3. A Fantastic Product!

Okay, this topic usually makes people get a little excited, but it needs to
be addressed.

Have a good look at the product and ask yourself if you yourself would buy
this product if there were no business opportunity involved? Then ask yourself,
if there is a retail price on the products for customers and a separate discount
given to people who join? What is the real price of the product?

Now for the tough question that most people do not consider.  What type of behaviour does this type of
business model create?  It creates the
“recruit, recruit, recruit” behaviour. If you are recruiting, recruiting,
recruiting you’re just building a paycheck not a long lasting residual income!
There simply is NO residual income in recruiting!

Retail sales should be the life blood of the company. 74% of your downline
will be product users only.

Pillar 4. The Compensation Plan!

What constitutes a “good pay plan”? 
My answer to you is one that pays the most, for the least amount of
people, in your organization! Does it pay part-timers? How much money do you
make on a retail sale?   If you are being
paid 7% or less on the retail price, it will take you out of the game!! Do you
want a simple formula that will show you exactly how many people you need in
your organization to make your desired monthly income?

Figure out how much money you make per person , per spot, and divide that by
your desired monthly income! That simple formula will give you the exact amount
of people you will need in your organization to make your money! Will you be
able to build it that big and to help them build theirs to so you can maintain
your organization?  Do you know your
Compensation Plan and how to get the most out of that plan?  Are you allowed to place people?  What type is it?   Find out what the pros and cons of this type of
compensation plan are?

Pillar 5. Systems for Success!

Are you ready for the cherry on top?

What is the pillar that will keep your organization really strong and make
it possible to last years?  You MUST have
a duplicatable system.

You must know and understand that people are NOT duplicatible but systems
are. Every new Distributor will ask themselves, “Can I do this?” and can you,
will you, help me?” If you think that network marketing is a sales business,
then you need to rid yourself of that notion right now!  It is NOT a sales business, it is a
relationship business! People join people, they do NOT join companies!

If you can determine the company you are looking at has this complete
package in place, you will have great success. 
If it is lacking just one, two or more of the above pillars, then you
must decide for yourself if it will be worth your time and money to invest in
that company.

Being a business mentor I can help guide you through  the steps in spotting a legitimate company
that will pay you for your efforts of building it BIG and building it ONCE and
that will be there to pay you, your children and your children’s children.

Download the ebook below and let’s get started

Henrietta
TheMentoringMom

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Sometimes when we are bursting with excitement and optimism, we don’t ask the right questions.

These are the 5 things you need to look for to ensure YOUR success. 

1. Integrity and Experience in the company’s management.
2. Timing in the company, Timing in the industry
3. A remarkable product
4. The Compensation Plan!
5. A Proven System

Michael Dlouhy, the founder of Mentoring for Free explains it for you in this YouTube Video.

Henrietta
TheMentoringMom

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