Educate Yourself into Riches
by Robert Kiyosaki

This article was originally published on Yahoo! Finance on Tuesday December 27, 2005. It reiterates the need for education when handling your money in any way. Whether it be investing or starting a home based business - education, training and support is the key.

Many of Wall Street's elite firms were being required to pay tens of millions of dollars in fines to investors, according to media reports. The penalties are for alleged bad investment advice, courtesy of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

This brings me to one of my favorite quotes from famed investor Warren Buffett goes: "Wall Street is the only place that people ride to work in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

I have been highly critical of the standard financial planning advice -- "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify" -- for a long time. Such guidance is often more a financial advisor's (subway rider's) sales pitch than a solid investment guide.

But while I think it's courageous that Spitzer slaps millions in fines on a few Wall Street firms for their bad investment guidance, I believe the investors who accepted that unsound advice have some responsibility, too. Isn't knowing the difference between good and bad advice part of knowing what you're doing?

The Difference Between Investing and Shopping

The problem is, most investors don't know how bad the standard investment advice is. This mantra of "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify" is followed by millions of investors -- who lost $7 trillion to $9 trillion between 2000 and 2004. Many are still following this bad advice today.

Not only did millions of investors lose trillions of dollars, many also missed the boom in real estate, oil, gas, and previous metals. Furthermore, despite investors' huge losses, Wall Street paid out some of its biggest bonuses in history.

However, investors should realize it's "buyer beware." Investing is different from shopping. If I go to Sears and don't like the tool or shirt I purchased, I can generally get my money back. When we go shopping, we expect value for our money. But when we invest, we do so in the hopes of making more money -- and knowing that we risk making losses. What would happen to the financial industry if brokers were sued every time a client lost money? The wheels of world commerce would grind to a halt.

My point is: The world is filled with honest people handing out bad advice. An example of honest bad investment advice is the standard one of "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify".

The world is also filled with biased advice, which is why people say, "Never ask an insurance broker if you need insurance, or a mutual-fund sales person if they recommend mutual funds." Furthermore, there are many crooks and con artists as well, who intentionally promote dishonest ventures.

Spotting the Difference

So while it's imperative that we have the Securities and Exchange Commission and a brave Attorney General such as Spitzer to enforce the rules, we, as individual investors, still need to be vigilant and personally responsible for the advice we receive and what we do with our money.
In my opinion, that means each of us needs to be responsible for our own financial education so we can tell the difference between good advice, biased advice, and crooked advice. If you can educate yourself to know the differences between those three types of advice, getting rich is easy.

Or, if you take investing advice from a subway rider, don't be surprised if you wind up on the subway.

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It is esential, as Robert says, that you be educated when dealing with finances. Afetr all it is your money and your business. Why do you think that McDonalds has all of its franchisees attend McDonald's University before they take control of the restuarant. Failure is not an option!

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To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

Oh No! My Prospect Called My Opportunity A SCAM!!!

by Joseph Demasi

So you finally settled in on your opportunity. You checked it out, you spoke to the President of the company. You flew to the corporate office and met with the 3 top earners, each making over $1 mil. per year. You left the meeting with dreams of boats, planes and a tropic hideaway in Fiji. You were set. Those guys haven'e seen anything yet. $ 1 mil a year- that's chickenfeed!

You were on your way- UNTIL!, You were talking to your friends- (BIG MISTAKE!), they were shocked that someone as smart as you would be taken in by that SCAM!!! How do you feel? Getting second thoughts? Are you sure you looked everything over? Maybe you missed something.

They tell you that they heard all about this on Jerry Springer and you should not get involved in that at all. Keep your job at the meat plant and forget about your dreams, because this is the best there is. You suddenly sink into a deep depression. You have just made the first major mistake - talking to people 'close' to you. They are in just as bad shape as you are - maybe worse- and they do not feel comfortable enough to get out of the rut and they sure as heck don't want you to climb out and leave them there.

This is the biggest challenge a new person will face. As a matter of note I tell every body that starts in my business NOT to tell their family and friends. Do not make a list, just follow my simple guide and you will succeed - guaranteed! Do they listen? Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. The good thing is I prepare them for the avalanche of negativity and they are more prepared to live through the assault.

Trust yourself! Know that you have looked at this - it is an established company with great products and they are poised for future growth. unless your friend is a multi millionaire and is familiar with this industry - their opinion is not a valid one. You need to get around like minded people, that want the same things you want and are willing to help you get there - not discourage you. Positive support is esential to your sucess. you will not survive without it.

When someone calls your opportunity a SCAM!, after you have looked it over, unless they have copies of court documents and written opinions by the experts in the industry, You need to get mad. You need to defend you dreams. You want something and they are trying to take it away, how does that make you feel.

Don't so anything rash! But feel that and make that work for you. Get with your sponsor and come up with action items of what you will be doing to get to your goal. make a decision to get through it and make it happen no matter what. For info regarding what to look for in a primary business visit:

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

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Make Money Online For Free?

by Joseph Demasi


At first look it sounds terrific. All those Guru's online touting starting your own internet home based business for free. No money out of pocket. Great News. Right? Well, it depends on how you look at it. If you have ever taken someone up on that offer, you soon found out that there is no quick and easy free way to riches on the net. In fact, there is no quick and easy way period!

This may burst your bubble and dash your hopes of making a fortune by the end of the month, but reality is sometimes a sobering thing. You have to ask yourself a question when faced with one of these offers: if it is free and as easy as they claim, how come everyone is not doing it?

Good question. The fact is that any home based business, online business opportunity, network marketing program is going to take work and time and money to run if you want to be successful. There is no free ride in the world and the internet is no different.

Things you can do to give you the best opportunity for success:

1. Do your research. Many times the programs that people are offering are just new versions of the old stuff that has been rehashed over and over again.

2. As with anything, expect that you will be asked to put up some money to join affiliate programs. After all, if all the programs are free- how will anyone make any money.

3. Make sure that there is free lifetime training and support. You don't want to get into a situation where they are willing to work with you but only if you sign up for a training package that could cost you up to $100 a month.

4. Make sure your sponsor is responsive, are they available for your questions by email? You may not be able to reach them by phone - after all they are busy building their business as well.

5. Beware of so called FREE programs that ask you to purchase e-books and training material right off the bat with the offer of reselling it and making commissions.

6. Realize that you will have to make a decision and take the first step and start. It does you no good to continue to research for years at a time withut doing anything. If you do that you will be branded a tire kicker and will never do anything. You are a victim of analysis paralysis.

I realize that it is difficult to know if you are in the best opportunity. realize that there is no best opportunity, for the most part they are all good and you can make money with them. You must put in the effort to see the results. If you are looking for that one program that will give you instant riches without work - keep playing the lottery and get off the web!

If you are serious about your financial future and willing to put that into action and real effort, then you can succeed.

A good program to check out if you want to make money online, but don't know where to start:
3 Steps To Success

They give a great overview and take you through the steps to make money online and all the training and support is free.

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Great Opportunity in Disguise! Can You Recognize It?

Imagine this. Your boss comes to you one day and tells you that they are going to be laying you off. They need to cut expenses and just cannot afford to keep you on. What are you feeling at that moment? I know, I have been there. You feel as though you have had the wind knocked out of you. You can't believe it. You have given this company over 10 years of your life. How can they do this?Just then your boss comes back and tells you that if you are willing to work 1 hour a day of overtime without pay, you will be able to keep you job. What would you do? Say yes, of course, you have saved your job and all you have to do is work 1 extra hour a day.

Then he tells you that this would be temporary and that if they saw you working really hard for that extra hour, they would reward you the following month with a small bonus, around $100.

You just went from sad to yipee! There is more: he now tells you that if you would be willing to do this for 18 months and continue to work hard then you would be able to retire with a full salary at the end of that 18 months. Would you turn him down? Of course not.

Fast forward to 3 months later. Your close friend is over for dinner and tells you that you are crazy to put in that extra time for no pay and maybe a measley $100 bonus at the end of the month. You should quit and find something else - they say. You are just a sucker. You try to explain that you are going to retire with full pay at the end of 18 months. They just don't get it.

6 months down and you are not spending enough time with your spouse and they are not happy. Why are you working so much? You need to be here more often. I don't know why you are wasting time at work. You feel like screaming: I AM GOING TO RETIRE IN 12 MORE MONTHS!!!

This may seem farfetched, but if you are trying to build any kind of home based business you have been in the same situation many times. People just don't understand. The time and effort you put in now will pay big dividends down the line. You are willing to sacrifice now to live the life you want later. this is far from the exchanging time for money mentality that most people have.

You must know that there is no legitimate way to fast and easy online riches. No one is going to send you money for doing nothing. It will take work and time and you realize that. in the end though, it is well worth the time and hard work when you are going on vacations 3 - 4 times a year, not punching a clock or minding the store.

What we are talking about is true financial freedom. The ability to build a business one time and reap the benefits for years to come and have your income always increasing.

What would you do with your time if money was no problem? What would a constant stream of income do for you, for your family? Think about it, because it is possible. For all the information you need to build an income online with free lifetime training and support go here:

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

I found this Article in one of the eziines I subscribe to and it is a good one so I thought I would pass it on. In this Business it is all about the traffic. To find out about promoting your business and marketing on the net go here for great marketing info:
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Traffic Building: Top 10 Myths About Traffic Building
By Sean Mize

Traffic building is an area that even the masters don’t always understand. They are constantly trying to come up with a new ‘angle’ to use to get traffic, or so they can sell their new ‘method’ to someone else—particularly the ‘newbies’ online.
So what are the top 10 myths about traffic building?

10) Guaranteed traffic works. The only thing that guaranteed traffic is guaranteed to do is make the person selling it money.

9) The more traffic you get, the more money you make. The truth is, only buyers make you money, raw visitors do not make you money. If you cannot make money with 100 visitors a day, it is unlikely that you will make money with 1,000 or 10,000 a day – you will just have to pay for more bandwidth from your web host.

8) PPC traffic is good traffic. It depends on what you think of as good traffic. If you need traffic to test with, great, use PPC. But if you really want to make money off the clicks, you will have to do a lot of testing to make it profitable. If you have been online for less than one year and are unwilling to spend more than $500 per month on PPC, PPC is probably not for you. PPC costs money to test and if you are just getting started, that is the wrong place to put your money.

7) It is worth your time to use tricks to monetize traffic exchange or safelist traffic. Sure, you can monetize it, but why? All the time spent would be better spent writing articles or cruising online forums.

6) The more article directories you submit to, the more traffic you will get. That may be true in the long run, but before you do it, research it good – don’t just take some gurus’ word for it. Do what works in the short term and build on that. If you cannot see measurable results today, it is unlikely you will see measurable results in 3 months. There are some exceptions – so don’t take this as concrete – but be sure and think about it before you spend a lot of time on it.

5) Get to number one in the search engines and you will get tons of traffic. I have several web pages that made it to number one and I got some traffic. I get far more article marketing. The problem with search engine optimization is that I can easily teach you to get to number one in a long-tailed niche market that has very little traffic, but getting to number one in a short tailed market with lots of traffic is much harder. Sure, you can do it, but when the PPC monsters change your ranking from #1 to #3000 overnight with one small scripting change, you are starting over. I do not believe you should chase the mythical natural search engine market. Do things right, and if you get close, push to get to the front page – but other than that, I think your time is a waste.

4) JV giveaways are good for you. Hmmm – I fell for that one. Sent a lot of traffic (good quality traffic, I might add) to some JV giveaways. Then they stopped spending as much with me, or at least that’s how I saw it. Think about this – if you are one of 5 people emailing your list daily, you have a chance of getting some sales, right? But if you send your subscribers to a giveaway that captures your subscribers’ email every time they download a free gift, and they download 30, for example, now they are on 30 lists instead of 5. What is that going to do to your response rate?

3) Ezine advertising is the best. Hmmm – this one is hit or miss. You must be willing to test, and test a lot. If you cannot afford to buy at least 10 different sources or ezine advertising so you can compare (some ezines might not even mail your offer at all), you might as well not do it. Better to do emailing swaps with list builders on your list.

2) You should buy lists – someone else has already done the work. This is one of the greatest lies – the important thing about a list is the relationship with you. If you buy a list, is there any relationship? No, or course not.

And for #1, the number one myth:1) Article marketing is only good for backlinks. That is crazy. I get as many as 30-40 new subscribers per day when I am actively writing and submitting articles like this one. That translates to around 100 very high quality visitors from writing articles just like this one. Article marketing is probably the highest form of traffic you can generate on the web.

Do you want to learn more about how I use articles to generate huge traffic in my own business? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘Download it free here: Secrets of Article PromotionDo you want to learn how to build a massive list fast? Click here: Email List Building
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has created over 350 articles in print and 8 published ebooks.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sean_Mize

To Great success,

Joseph Demasi
www.GreatMarketingSystem.com

MLM/Network Marketing : Scam or True Opportunity?
By Joseph Demasi

You have heard it all before. That MLM thing is nothing but a scam, a pyramid scheme where the only way to make money is to get in fast and early and get out before the whole thing collapses. On the other hand, there are true legitamate opportunities that fall under the so called MLM banner. There are many factors to consider in determning the true value of an opportunity

Let us delve into some of the history of the free market system as relating to MLM or Network Marketing. Several manufacturers of products in the early 50's tried to sell their wares the traditional way, by going to stores and trying to get on the shelves and found that this was a tough task because the stores would rather spotlight their own brand products over something new and relatively unknown. If a company does not have a big ad budget and they want to keep tight control of the product and not sell the rights out for pennies on the dollar, it is almost impossible for them to make any kind of headway into the public domain.

There needed to be a better and cheaper way to get these products out there without spending millions on a Madison Avenue ad campaign. It goes without saying that I am referring to producs that were of the highest integrity and worth every bit as much as the so called national brands at that time. We are not talking about inferior products. Anyone that has used one of these products can attest to that.

MLM is born:

In 1954, a young man came up with a marketing system that would bypass the great advertising machine and take the product to the streets in the hands of entrepreneurs from all walks of life that believed in the product and the chance to make some money by recommending the products to friends and family. They were rewarded by the company through volume bonuses, so instead of the company paying big money for advertising - the money would go back into the pockets of the individual distributors. Basically payng the people that recommended the product for their word of mouth advertising. So in many cases, these products that were just as good as the national brands, would actually cost less to use because the company would save so much on advertising.

It is tue that there have been some MLM companies that have been considered a pyramid scheme andhave been shut down quickly by the FTC. MLM has gotten a bad rap because of Uncle Joe trying to sell Grandma Betty on the great business venture where you only have to get 4 friends to do the business and retire in a year. This get rich quick mentalty of some distributors that only care about recruiting new people as not helped the industry. When you have an army of distributors out there, the company can only do so much. Every reputable company has a code of ethics and expects their distributors to follow suit, but sometimes it is hard to enforce.

Anytime there is money to be made and big money involved there are the scam artists that will try to take advantage and give the industry a bad name. With the recent shutdown of PAS ( prosperity automated systems) we know the Government is always on the lookout for pyramid type schemes that only benefit the first people in. Don't rely on the government to always help out, even with PAS, it is estimated that over 5000 people lost the $4k investment they made and probably will never see it again. With PAS, the writing was on the wall. If someone tells you that you will make thousands of dollars a month with no work on your part at all- that should raise a red flag. No company of integrity is going to sell you that pie in the sky BS.

With the right company and compensation plan MLM/Network Marketing can be a true opportunity. Do not expect to become rich overnight. Like anything of value it will take work and some sacrifice, but with the right sponsor and system in place to teach you and give you step by step guidance, it can be a vey rewarding journey. It has been a way to business ownership for millions of people worldwide who otherwise would not have had the opportunity because of the usual high start up costs of traditional businesses.

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GO HERE.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

What to Think About Guaranteed Sign-Ups

by Joseph Demasi

There are 2 schools of thought out there. The first is - "Great- Now I don't have to do any work!, I'll just buy my downline!" My home business is rockin now! The other is - "This is a people business and you cannot cultivate a relationshp with a purchased downline."

The answer seems to lie somewhere in the middle. While it is true that guaranteed sign-ups for your network marketing opporunity are a hit and miss proposition, when they hit it is usually a home run, but more often then not they go the way of guaranteed traffic. Which is nowhere. Unless...

You must be willing to treat them as prospects or leads. Technically they are just that, they have not purchased anything, they haven't even given you a credit card. There is no commitment on their part. For all you know they were paid to join, with either credits or cash. You just don't know.

Psychologically it is wonderful to say that you just started in the business and already you have 100 "sign-ups". But that could turn sour if they do nothing. That is where you will have to put the rubber to the road and build that relationship with them so that you can bridge the gap between sign up and active dowline.

When you buy sign ups, since you have not generated it yourself you do not know the motivation level. That means extra work contacting them to determine motivation. Of course you can say the same for a self generated sign up, but at least you know where they came from, or you SHOULD KNOW. Hopefully you are using a good tracking system fo your ads.

In my opinion, leave the guaranteed sign ups alone and learn how to generate them yourself, it may take longer, but this business is a marathon not a sprint. You really want quality targeted traffic to your sight so the sign ups will be worthwhile. I would rather have a motivated downline of 100 rather than a wishy washy downline of 1000.

For more info regarding generating your own traffic and sign ups - this is by far the best system on the internet. The training, support and guides are top notch. Best of all there is no cost and they will help build your business the right way. CLICK HERE

To Great Success
Joseph Demasi

Your MLM/Network Marketing Business - Opportunity or Problem?

This a fundemental questionthat you must answer if you are to be successful in your home business. Unless you can plug your downline into a duplicatable, simple system that will solve their # 1 issue , MONEY, you will find that you will need to constantly replace those members that are frustrated and inactive. Most people, me included, came to this industry because they needed money. If you cannot offer them a system that will be able to give them a quick income, you have given them a problem not an opportunity.

The reason people are not successful in this business is that they join, spend mney on product and some advertising, run out of money and can't stay in the business because itis cost prohibitive. If you were able to earn an income while you built your business, even if no one joined your primary business, how likely would you be to stay in the business and continue to build it. That is what the best systems can do. It is called a Funded Proposal and the best one can also build a residual income

There are many funded proposals out there and most of them offer an e -book or some kind of product to sell and earn money. You have seen them all over the net. The best one I have found is HERE , go and check it out. This is your goal, to make money even if no one joins your primary business. This will keep you in the game and primed to be very successful. If you do not have some kind of system to plug into - besides just showing your company's web site - the chances for success will be greatly reduced.

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Duplication Is The Real Key To Success In Network Marketing & MLM
PART I

You have heard it before, thousands of times It is the key to the MLM riches vault. It is what will take your home based business from barely breaking even to income beyond your wildest dreams. All the sucessful people know it and they say it. But are they really teaching you what you need to know?

I have been in the industry long enough to have heard it all. "Just go get three people that want to change their life" - "Make a list of 100, 200, 300 people - Don't prejudge, I will help you contact them!" "Every no gets us closer to a yes" etc. etc. etc!

You get the gist of this. They are employing the old school mentality to MLM and Network marketing. Let me say this loud and clear - I DON"T WANT TO SELL MY FAMILY ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

That's how you feel, right? That is how 99.9% of the people in the industry feel. The problem is, once you go through your 'warm market' and get 1 maybe 2 that will talk to you - the opportunity that you were so excited about, suddenly loses its magic. That is what happens to 97% of the people in the Home based business , network marketing, MLM industry. You get 3 out of 100 that are superstars and can work the phones and sell ice to an eskimo. The major problem is THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED!

In order to understand duplication you must be aware that most people are like you. They want the path of least resistance. They want to be shielded from direct rejection. Most people do not want to try and sell Uncle Joe and Aunt Mae on the new opportunity that will make their retirement look like the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It may be the best thing since sliced bread, but people will be resistant to doing what is uncomfortable. That is the way it is. That doesn't mean everything has to be easy, not at all. In fact, owning your own business is hard work and it will take hard work to succeed. That is the dirty little secret that no-one is talking about!

If you are to succeed in this business youhave to create a duplicatable system that a teenager can run with ease. Impossible you say! Ever hear of Mac Donalds? How hard is it to say "Want fries with that?" Why are franchises so successful, because they are duplicatable - everything is the same. In fact, representatives of MacDonald's Corp. sends people out to evaluate the various restaurants to make sure they all look the same and have the "corporate approved"
menu and signs. It is a no brainer - the system is the key, and the system is duplication - all across the world - China, US, France, Italy - it doesn't matter. You always know when you are in a MacDonalds.

Remember, duplicate success and you will be succesful. You set the tone for your group - they will expect to do what you do. If you recruited them by making cold calls, then they will expect to do the same. If they received a non threatening e-mail that directed them to a web site, then that is what they'll expect to do. If you keep it simple, it will be something for the masses!

Next - Are you promoting an opportunity or a problem?

Avoiding Home Business Scams
by Joseph Demasi

How many times have you heard about a great home business opportunity? Probably more than you care to remember. But to go along with this how many of these home business opportunities ended up being a scam? Again, probably quite a few. Hopefully, you were never the victim of any of these scams. But unfortunately there are others who probably fell for these “opportunities.” The fact of the matter is that these scammers would not be wasting their time if they were not making any money. And as long as people continue to get mixed up in this business, these scammers are going to stick around to trick more and more people.

The best way to avoid a home business scam is to thoroughly research each opportunity before you move forward with it. This means doing much more than simply reading a bit about it online. You may get lucky and end up with a good home business opportunity, but chances are that you will not. Not only will you want to read what is available on the site itself, but you will also want to search for other information as well. Check with third party review sites and on message boards and forums. You may find out soon enough that a certain company has been reported as being nothing more than a scam.

You may also want to check with the Better Business Bureau if you are thinking about getting involved with a home business opportunity that you are not sure of. They will be able to tell you if they have any complaints on file. If they do, you will want to avoid the opportunity at all costs. But if it appears that a company is doing business the right way, you can continue your research.

Before you decide to do anything, attempt to get in touch with the company that you are interested in. Can you get them on the phone? Do they respond to your emails? If you cannot even talk to a company before you start, there is not chance that they will be around when you need them. This is one test that you can run early on in order to ensure that you are dealing with a reputable company. If you do happen to get an employee on the phone ask them questions in order to get some feedback on the company. Anything that will give you better insight into the home business opportunity is a good question.

Overall, home business scams are all over the place. Do your part in putting them out on the street by not falling prey. The best way to do this is through extensive research and questioning. If you do not feel comfortable about something – trust your instincts and pass. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Check out the resources on this blog and do some checking yourself.

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Can You Really Succeed in Network Marketing/MLM?

So you decided to start a home based business or maybe you are
just looking into it. There is a daunting statistic that is staring you
in the face: 9 out of 10 of you out there will never make more than
$100 a month. That’s a far cry from $5k, isn’t it? That is some stat,
and yet thousands of people daily make the decision to dive into
starting their own home based business. Is it your path to financial
security? What is the real difference between the haves and the
don’t haves? The difference between making $0 and $10k
monthly? This gap is no more apparent than in Network
Marketing/MLM. What is the secret to succeeding in your own
home based business? Better yet, do you want to be successful?
That question may seem odd, and you may say “of course I do,
doesn’t everyone?” The answer to that question may surprise you.

20/20 did a story some time ago where they interviewed several
People that were part of Amway. Most of the time we heard from
the complainers. They complained about not being able to succeed
and the garage full of soap they couldn’t sell. Pretty damning
evidence that it just doesn’t work. At the very end of the story they
gave about 2 minutes and interviewed Bill Bright. He was sitting
in front of his palatial home and was asked how he succeeded
where so many others failed. What was his secret? The answer was
simple and not very surprising at all. He showed ‘the plan’ or
business to 1200 people, and this was before the internet made it
possible to contact thousands a month. He had face to face contact
with 1200 people!

Of course not everyone joined him. 300 people signed up. 215 did
not build a business. 85 were serious, 30 actually built a business. 11
made him a millionaire! That was his secret, work. Let me say that
again- WORK! He did the work. What would you do in the face of
900 no’s? Would you quit after 10, 20, 100, 500? Most people do.
The good thing now is that there are systems in place to help people
succeed and it is less daunting than speaking to someone face to face
and getting rejected. Who wants that?! However, you still must do
the work and get your business out there. Thomas Edison tried over
10,000 times to invent the light bulb. The point is, he didn’t fail, he
just found 10,000 ways that did not work.

People have choices, you have a choice. People don’t really fail in this
business - people quit! They quit on their dreams, they quit on
themselves. They get comfortable where they are in life. They start
to dream smaller, and expect less. Very successful people realize
that they won’t hit a home run every time up. Babe Ruth, that
famous Yankee slugger, got a hit only 3 out of 10 times at bat. What
you have to realize is that it will take work and sacrifice to succeed
in anything you do! Where are your priorities? Where do you spend
your time?

If someone is saying that they want success, but are not doing what it
takes to succeed, do they really want success? It’s ok if they don’t.
Not everyone is cut out for this life, although everyone can achieve it,
if they want it.

Network Marketing is the best business to be in because there are
successes like Bill Bright to study. Where else can you start a business
that has the potential to set you free for less than $500. There have
been people before you that have done it! Don’t try to re-invent the
wheel. Learn from the success of others. In this business the only
way you can succeed is by helping others succeed. Isn’t that they
way it should be, we can all be successful together. You just need
to make a decision. Make a decision to succeed, a decision for your
future. That is the reason you are here, isn’t it?

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

10 Awesome Ways To Attract More Orders

1. Create a free ebook directory on a specific topic
at your web site. People will visit your web site to
read the free ebooks and may see your product ad.


2. Turn part of your web site into a members only
web site. Instead of charging for access, use it as
a free bonus for one of your products.


3. Add a free classified ad section to your web site.
You could then trade banner ads with other web
sites that have free classified ad sections.


4. Create two versions of your e-zine so people
can choose if they want ads included with it or not.
This'll attract the people who hate ads to subscribe.


5. Publish your e-zine only on your web site. Have
people subscribe to a "new issue" e-mail reminder.
This could really increase your traffic and sales.


6. Sell advertising space in your product package.
You could sell inserts, flyers, brochures, booklets,
and digital ads for electronic products.


7. Offer daily or weekly visitor bonuses. This will
increase your repeat traffic and sales because your
visitors will visit regularly to get the visitor bonuses.


8. Allow people to download software or e-books
from your web site at no cost. Just ask your visitors
in return if they'll refer their friends to your web site.


9. Build up the number of people that join your free
affiliate program quickly by temporally offering your
product for free to the people that sign up.


10. Negotiate with e-zine publishers to get free or
discounted ads by letting them join your affiliate
program and earn commissions on the ad you run.

What To Look For In A Primary Business

It is not just a matter of getting into something because of the product or the pay plan or your upline. It is a compliation of factors that will determine your success.

Did you realize that if your primary business doesn't meet these 7 key criteria that your chances of success are greatly diminished and you could be wasting time?

In fact the opportunity to make serious money is almost impossible without understanding these critical elements!

Would you like to find out what those 7 Critical Elements are and how you can benefit from having this knowledge for your business?

Visit my website below to get all the answers. Once you've had the chance to review and listen to the information provided feel free to call me to find out how you can take full advantage of these important facts so you can secure your future.

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

Cheap Ways To Drive Traffic to Your Home Business Site

Getting your self a website and home business set-up is an exciting time. You are finally going to be free. You will be master of your own destiny. You are ready to Fire the Boss. If you can only get traffic to your site. Anybody can get traffic to their site, that's not the trick. Getting targeted traffic is what it is all about!

There are a ton of companies out there that will guarantee you visitors or hits to your home business site. I have seen the ads and so have you, 100,000 hits only 10.95! On the surface that may seem like a good deal, but what kind of traffic are we talking about? I have heard too many stories about people paying for traffic and getting no sales out of it. The reason being is that it is not targeted traffic. It is just visits and maybe not even that. If you are selling an item or opportunity on the web, you don't need some 13 year old that just surfing around to see your website. In my opinion - save your money.

The first thing you should do is join the traffic exchanges. This mis where you will view other people's websites so that you can have others view yours. For a list of the best performing on a weekly basis check out TrafficHoopla . It is a free service that ranks them weekly. Definitely join TrafficSwarm , it is the biggest and probably the best exchange overall. Traffic exchanges are free to join - you can upgrade to pro and pay monthly for good benefits. Keep in mind that other people on those exchanges are doing what you are doing - they are surfing to get credits so others can view their site.

Safelists are another cheap way to get you home business out there. A safelist allows you to send e-mail messages to other members in exchange for you receiving messages from them. Again Traffic Hoopla has a list of the top safelists to view. As a free member of a safelist you can mail usually every 48 hrs to once a week depending on the safelist.

Forums are a great way to meet other internet marketers, exchange ideas and promote your business through your signature. I would not suggest blatantly promoting yourself or your business. a forum is a place to exchange ideas. Your signature will be promotion enough. you must give of yourself, through worthwhile postings before you will see a benefit. Forum members expect that you have something worthwhile to say and will ignore you if you do nothing but promote.

These are a few of the tried and tested methods that people are using to promote their home businesses. If you are short on funds, this is a great way to start. Don't expect the flood gates to open, it does take a while to build, but if you are consistent and motivated it will pay off.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

What Drives You to Succeed in Your Home Based Business

It doesn't matter how long you have had a home based business or whether you are working it part time or full time. What does matter is that you are successful. Success is relative. Some people would be happy with an extra $500 per month, others $5000 and still others $50,000. You should have a clear definition of success for yourself. Your home based business is the vehicle through which you can achieve your goals.

The most improtant thing for you to succeed is not what you think. It isn't a tool or a killer product or fantastic website or sales copy. It is to know WHY you are doing what you are doing. You have read it and heard it before. What is your WHY? What is that specific reason you are working your business at home. If you don't know it, find it...fast! Without knowing or defining your specific reason, your WHY, it will be that much easier for you to quit. Don't be so unoriginal as to say "it's money", everyone starts off with that one. It's easy to fall back on, and it doesn't take much work to come up with it. Money is NEVER the real deep down reason.

Money will give you something you want or need. think about the following: if you had an extra $2000 a month what would you do with it?....and after you paid off the bills, what would you do? If you had an extra 20 hours a week what would you do with that time? If you didn't have to go to your J O B everyday, what would your days be like? this excercise will help you define your specific WHY.

This is vital because your WHY is the reason you will stay focused and succeed in your home based business, while others quit. Make a decision that your WHY is more important than any obstacle you will encounter. If you focus on that and make an effort everyday to move forward, you will succeed.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

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10 Things You MUST Do to Succeed In Your Home Based Business

Many people dream about working at home in their own home based business. Let's face it, it is a dream come true. To be your own boss, work your own hours and be the master of your own destiny. There are many home based business opportunities available online, including affiliate programs, network marketing and direct sales. All allow you to work at home. As many of us realized early on in our home business careers, there are some ground rules you must follow in order to be successful with your home based business.

1. Be consistent: If you are running an email campaign and you are dedicated to submit to safelists everyday, then do it everyday- not once a week. You must be consistent if you want to be taken seriously.

2. Treat your business like a business - not a hobby: I have seen so many people fail in their business because they don't treat it like a business, they treat it like a hobby. How much does a hobby pay? NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH - nuff saiid.

3. Make a schedule and stick to it: what would happen if you went to work whenever you wanted to? You just showed up when you felt like working? How long would you have a job?

4. Advertise: Yes, advertise. It is amazing to me that people get into a home based internet business and are shocked when they find out they need to put money into advertising. How are people going to know about your business if you don't let them know.

5. KEEP POSITIVE: There will be challenges. Are you suprised? You shouldn't be, you are going through challenges everyday in your personal life. They may be big or small. It is how you react to them that will determine your success. Do not let negativity steal your dreams. Get around positive people, this helps me everyday.

6. Keep Learning: You should make a point to read at least 1 book a week. I don't mean the lastest Grisham novel, I am talking about books that will drive your business and personal development to the next level. Books on personal development, marketing, sales, et.al.

7. Budget your expenses: You need to know how much you have to promote your business with and how much money it will take monthly to achieve the success you want. Know what you can afford and stick to it. In the begining the money will be slow to come in, realize that and plan ahead.

8. Write down your goals: It has been said many times - 'if you fail to plan, you plan to fail' - there is a reason you hear that all the time. It's true. How can you draw a map if you don't know where you are going?

9. Stay focused: Do not lose sight of your goals. You must focus on your business everyday. Do not let little things get in the way. You will not be successful if you are chasing the latest and greatest opportunity. Do not become distracted, maintain that solo focus you need to succeed.

10. Work space: You must have a space that you can call your own while you are working. Lock the door, don't let the kids in. This is your time and you need it for your business. You need to spend this time without interuption. Having four children of my own - this was a tough one.

If you can master these 10 things you will be that much closer to success. Welcome to the ranks of the online entrepreneur.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi


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Autoresponders: Do you really need them?

An Autoresponder will send emails automatically to your prospects/customers so you do not have to do it manually.

When one enters the online arena you are bombarded with so many offers from biz opps to squeeze pages to autoresponders, to a million other things you may or may not need. They all sound great on the page that's selling them, of course. But, do we really need all those things?

That all depends on how you want to make money online. For the sake of being as brief as possible I am going to speak about autoresponders. There is a reason for my subject today and I will get to it later. An online business opportunity comes with 2 requirements. 1. You have to be able to get online. 2. You have to communicate online with your prospects/customers - mainly through email. Email is a great tool, your prospect/customer can be reached at any hour of the day. They can be reading your email at 3 am while you are asleep.

Best of all - email is free, well for the time being. I am sure once the Governments find a way to charge for each email you send, they will do it. For now it's free. If you want to make money online and delve into the world of an online business you must be able to meet those 2 requirements.

This takes us back to the original question. Do you really need an autoresponder to make money online? You may ask, as I did, "why can't I use my Yahoo email?" The fact is you can, but not if you want to send to more than 25 people an hour. The reason for this is that email providers are terrified of spam accusations and the federal regulations that govern them. They have protections built in for that - and that is why they limit what you send.

Imagine you go through the trouble of using Yahoo, or msn or hotmail to do your mailing. The first thing you notice is that it is not automated, you must do everything by hand. But, you work through it and build a list of over 500 contacts - you are really happy. You are good about it too, and remove everyone that asks. One day you log in, or try to, and it keeps telling you - the username or password is incorrect. You soon find out that your account has been deactivated or closed. No warning, no second chance and no appeal. Good-bye email and most improtant - good-bye contact list.

"What - they can't do that!" - They can and they did - to me! So, as you can see I speak from experience. Using an autoresponder will save you time and money. If you want to make money online and turn it into a good living you need one. No if's and's or but's. It is one of your tools. It will take a little bit of time to set up, but it will be well worth it to have your email follow up system fully automated- saving you several hours a week.

There are a lot of autoresponders out there the cost is pretty cheap compared to the time savings, usually around $20 a month. I have several that I use, GetResponse , Response Magic and ISO. There are others out there, I think that they are all pretty comparable anddo the same things for you. Go ahead and check some out. Make sure that you get one that is full service, where you can easily create campaigns and add contacts and email messages.

So get going, put your sales on autopilot and enjoy your life!

To Great Success!

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com


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Better to Give Than Receive

This is the ongoing theme in my life as it rounds 40. I did not always believe that to be so. It is no coincidence that a home based business especially one that is involved with network marketing and making money online needs to be well aware of this principle. Value is king online. You must provide value to everyone you come in contact with. Whether it is through your products or even with your words. everyone is looking for the same thing in life and that is success. Personal success is what I am talking about.

People need to feel good about themselves and that is a driving force in their lives. It is no wonder that diet products are a multi billion dollar a year industry as is self help books and also work out programs. they all have one thing in common, to get people feeling better about themselves. You have a great deal to do with how someone is feeling today. A very successful person once told me that the secret to his success is that he always treated everyone as if they were the most improtant person. He gave them his undivided attention in conversation. He certainly knew how to give.

Do you give everyone your undivided attention? Do you notice everyone in your office building or are you too busy trying to get to your office that you have blinders on. You have opportunities evryday to make a huge difference in people's lives and all it will take is a metter of seconds. Just saying hello is a start - how suprised are you when a complete stranger says hello? Is this how it should be? Do something radical - say hello to 5 strangers today and see if you can make a difference. Remember like to movie says Pay It Forward.

Have a great day!

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com
www.greatmarketingsystem.com

Be A Pumper Not A Jumper!

Sound like a strange title for a post here? It isn't. This just came to me after viewing several posts in one of the forums I contribute to. It's always the same - the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Sometimes that is the case - but the reason it is greener is because it gets watered! Are you watering your business daily? Are you giving it the attention it needs and deserves? They say plants thrive when you talk to them. I don't know what causes that, but if you love your plants - talk away!

Do you expect a tree to grow from an acorn within a week? Of course not. You may see a little stub within a week and then that acorn, with proper food and water, will grow into a mighty oak, but that takes a few years. Your home based business is the same - it needs to time to mature and grow. If you really want to make money online - you need to come to the reality that there is no quick fix - no matter what line of BS someone is shoveling your way.

It is no secret that if you are involved in a network marketing business you will have a 5-10% chance of success. Yet, you are still here looking for soemthing that you do not have - money, time, freedom. For everyone it is different. i can tell you, as sure as I know the sun will rise tomorrow, that this industry IS the best on the planet. Not because people get rich, but because in order to get rich - you must take people with you. The more successful you help other people to become the more successful you will become.

If you understand that concept, you understand the network marketing industry. You will succeed and be able to make money online with your very own home based business. Do not be afraid of the struggle - it will make you a better person. Success University has a great program for self improvement and motivation. Check it out! It is priceless.

So get your business pumped up with enough food and water to last a lifetime. Stop jumping to the so called latest and greatest. If it is meant to be it is up to YOU.

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To Great Success and God Bless,

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

ps. "Successful people are willing to do today what others are not in order to live tomorrow the way others won't"

Maintaining Focus Is Essential For Success

This is the most important factor in your success or (heaven forbid!) your failure. I have spoken to numerous people from all walks of life. The one thing sticks out besides attitude, which is a given, is that FOCUS is mandatory for success! You must be focused on the goal!

You see it on the sports field all the time. Baseball, basketball, hockey - whatever. If you are not focused - you will not win!

In internet marketing this is especially hard since we are mainly working for home in front of our computer. This is good and bad. We are constantly bombarded with the lastest and the greatest. The automatic millionaire program that allows us to plug in and turn on and cash those checks while slappin' back a cold one in the ol' lazy boy! How many times have you gotten info on one of those.

If you take your eye off the ball to chase the latest and greatest, you will find after much frustration that you are in the same spot you started from but a little older and much broker.

I spoke to a woman on my team the other day and she was doing this and doing that, signed up for this program and that reseller program with every imaginable affiliate. She wants so much to succeed and make extra money, but she is not focused. She is spending her time chasing every so called opportunity that she is frustrated and can't seem to do anything. I told her she needs to pick one thing and focus on it.

Wether she will or she won't - that is up to her. I can take her so far and she needs to make the decision to go the rest of the way.

No matter what you are involved in - you can succeed and get the life you want. 95% of the opportunities are good viable businesses that you can succeed with. Yes, there are scams on the internet, but that is the exception rather than the rule. Do yourdue diligence and focus on the goal and go get 'em.

Keep your eye on the ball and win!

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi
htp://helpingotherstoprosper.com

Send Out Ships

I read a great book it's called "Zero to Zillionaire" by Chellie Campbell. She goes through 8 steps to more abundance in your life. Not so much how to get the most money, but how to be more balanced - to be rich in every aspect of your life. This is what we all want, or it should be.

The truth of the matter is that money does not buy happiness, and any rich person can tell you that. It is easy for them to say because they have all the money they need. As people that are trying to make money online or at some type of home based business like network marketing or MLM, it has some great things to take from it. One thing Chellie talks about is sending out ships, which you must do if you want YOUR SHIP TO COME IN. If you have no ships out there, don't be suprised if nothing comes back.

Sending out ships has a lot to do with networking, whether it be in person or on the internet in forums or through email. You must get your name and business out there in order for you to be successful and have your ship come in. It can be a long process or a short one. It is all relative.

One thing is for sure, you must take action. Don't just sign up for a program or start a business and hang your shingle on the door and turn on your computer and sit back and relax. The real work is just starting. Network marketing, MLM, Internet marketing, Home based business, or whatever you are doing needs to be a focused activity in order for your ship to come in.

Go ahead, man the decks. Send out those ships!

Joseph D.
www.greatmarketingsystem.com

What you really need to know...


The first thing you need to do is make a list of everything
you want in a home based business. When I was looking for a new
opportunity I had a list of things I wanted from the
company. Here is my list:

1. Lead capture page- this is where prospects put in
their name and email address to get more info.

2. Follow-up system - I didn't have a lot of time
to do follow-up so I wanted a company that
would follow with my prospects.

3. A pay plan that would promote depth- after
looking at various comp plans, I wanted one
that would enable me to earn money based on my
upline's work- known as spillover, usually found
in binary plans.

4. A pay plan that would have no limit on the levels
that they payout. Some plans only pay 5-9 levels
deep. I wanted to find a company that would pay on
unlimited levels.

Those were the things that I wanted out of the company and
pay plan. You may want different things, but I wanted a
company that would do it's best to help me be successful.

Here is an example of what I am talking about in 1 & 2,
this company fulfilled all my requirements:

Success


Other things I was looking for:

1. A worldwide opportunity that would not be limited
to only specific countries. The internet is a big
place and I wanted no limitations.

2. A product I could believe in and would use-
this is important, because afterall you will be
promoting this and if you do not believe in it
you will not be successful.


Remember what the list was in "what are your prospects
really thinking about?" Go through that list and see if you
like the answers. Do your own checklist and make sure
you feel it is a good fit. But, you should always remember
the old saying- "if it is meant to be, it is up to me!" YOU
are the most important person in your business.

You can do it! I believe in you!

Go and check it out:

Success


It is very important that when you choose the best home business
for you, that is what you focus on. Do not try to promote
more than 1 business in the beginning. Wait until that
business is making you a good income and then you can
branch out.

You need to spend your time building the business and if
you do not focus then the danger is that you will get over-
whelmed with too much info and give up. I have seen this
many, many times. Give yourself the best chance to
succeed!


To OUR Success,


Joseph D
http://www.josephdemasi.com/recommends/WorkWithJoseph
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

So many choices – I think I am going crazy!

If you have been surfing the web for more than an hour
you know there are many business opportunities- too
numerous to count, and more coming everyday. You
may be thinking that I should have discussed this first,
but there is a method here. Everything thus far has been
about what it takes to succeed and what is expected of
you and what you should expect. After learning all that,
you are now ready to delve into choosing a business for
yourself.

I am not going to be the one to sit here and tell you which
one's are good and which are not. YOU need to do the
due diligence and decide for yourself. This IS YOUR
business afterall. I can help you by giving you some
resources to check out the not so ethical ones;

Try: www.scam.com and www.fairtradeauthority.com

The key to this whole process is not to get bogged down
with looking at so many that you get info overload! It needs
to be a good fit since you will need to commit to
it for at least 1 year. The reason for this is that you
can't give yourself a fair shot at success if you don't give
it at least that long. Remember what we spoke of at first-
a traditional business takes 3 years to turn a profit. The
least you can do is stay in for 1 year.

There is one thing you need to remember- there is no
such thing as a PERFECT business, only a good fit
for you. That is what you want- if you spend your time
looking for the 'perfect opportunity' you will never
start a business because the grass will always seem
greener somewhere else.

Put on your investigative caps and go looking for that
business that will make you want to get up in the
morning!!

Next: What you really need to know!

To Our Success,

Joseph D

joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

Great Marketing System

Location, Location, Location!
Or
Promote, Promote, Promote!


We have heard always that the 3 most important things
in Real Estate is location, location and location. That is
very true and no one can dispute it. Just like in real estate,
the 3 most important things in Network Marketing:
Promote, promote, promote! No one can dispute that
either!

So you've found the perfect opportunity (more about this
next time), with the best comp plan and you vow to be the
best sponsor. Now you just wait for the phone to ring,
right? Of course not, you know and I know that people
have to know about YOU! After all this is a business. I
heard a commercial on the radio the other day and it was
about realtors. Them being small business owners in your
community. It is funny that they have to advertise a realtor
as a business owner, but that is what they are. If they don't
sell a house, they don't get paid.

It is easy to forget when most of us are used to punching a
clock and collecting a paycheck, what it means to be in
business for yourself. No matter what business you are
in you MUST PROMOTE yourself and your business.

This is where most Network Marketers fail. They do not
know how to promote and they do not have any money to
promote with. A typical scenario would go like this: 'Jim'
signs up and scrapes together the money for the kit and
materials he needs to get started. The first problem he runs
into is he doesn't have any money left to use to promote
his business.

The KEY TO SUCCESS in this business is promoting the
opportunity you are involved with. It is a very simple
process. You get yourself in front of as many people as
you can. The internet makes this very easy since the
internet has over 1 billion people online. Here is what
nobody talks about: IT WILL COST YOU MONEY
TO ADVERTISE.

Your first task even before you choose an opportunity, is
to figure out how much you are able to spend each month
on promoting your business. That figure is very important
and you need to stick to it. When you start your business
let your sponsor know what your financial status is. It will
help both of you.

I like to do this with my team, this is so I know where
everyone stands. Everybody will work at their own pace.
Some will have $300 to spend and some will have $50.
If you don't have a lot of money then you will need to
spend time, ie. Traffic exchanges, forum marketing, and
safelists. Those are only a few. Bottom line is your time
is just as valuable(maybe more) than money!

Time is money, make your time count. My business uses several
things from a very successful ad-coop, that allows our team to
pool resources and reach more people, therefore we all share
in the success without risking a lot of money. I am also
developing a program with an ebook that can be sold to generate
money on the front end. It's all about teamwork!

Next: So many choices- I think I am going crazy!

To Our Success,


Joseph
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

http://www.josephdemasi.com/recommends/WorkWithJoseph

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Wish you could switch sponsors?

Maybe you were surfing the web and decided to join a
home business because of a website or some emails you
received about how your downline would be built for
you while you learned about the business.

I know for a fact that you have either seen the sites or
gotten emails about this very thing. They are
everywhere, so if you have been online for more than 10
minutes, you have seen these. Let's clear the air for a
moment… NO-ONE will build a home based business FOR YOU,
you will need to build it and they will help. If your
financial future is important to you, you will do the work.

Now that that's out of the way…If you have a sponsor
that is less active than you are and does not seem to be
any help and is non-responsive. Be thankful!
That's right. This will force you to do it on your own
And far more is learned when you do things on your own.
Make no mistake, this is not how it is supposed to work.

Sponsors are meant to take care of the new person, make
sure they get all their info and contacts. If your sponsor
doesn't do that then make a promise to yourself that you
will be different and move forward. My point is this- THIS
IS YOUR home based business. Take action and always move
forward- find out from the heavy hitters what is working,
try it and go from there. You will be the better for it!

I have had it both ways, in my first Network Marketing
company my sponsor was always there for me. He would be
giving me advice, going on presentations with me and
anything else he could do to make it easier for me. I
failed miserably. After that I took the plunge again and
this time my sponsor was so far away that he couldn't
really help me. So I was forced to learn on my own.
It was tough at first since I didn't know what to do, but
I learned so much more and it working out wonderfully.

I have heard it said, "Don't wish it was easier, wish you
were better." That is where education comes in, never stop
learning. I continuously listen to Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn,
Dennis Waitley and others. I cannot tell you how
much this helps. You can find them all in one place:
EDUCATION
It makes me realize that there will be
struggles, for everyone, but if you keep moving forward
then you will get to the light at the end of the tunnel.


My favorite quote from Winston Churchill: "Never Give
Up! Never Give Up! NEVER GIVE UP!"

Next: Location, location, location!


To Our Success,

Joseph D
Joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

http://consulting4yoursuccess.com
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Jesus was right… Jim Rohn speaks of the Sower:

Part of my regimen in this business is to listen to Jim Rohn, who
Is a respected speaker and Multi-Million Dollar earner in Network Marketing. He ties in Jesus's parable very nicely.

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PARABLE OF THE SOWER:
Mark 4:1-9

1Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. 2He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."

9Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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This is a very powerful parable and you can see how it can tie into our business. In this business we have 'seeds', these can be our invitations to see the opportunity we have to offer.

Have you ever spoken to anyone and they seemed really interested in what you had. They promised to take a closer look at it, but never 'showed up'. You always wanted to know why- since this business would be 'perfect' for them. Now you know: it was the birds! Nasty birds! One of their 'friends' could have talked them out of it, or said something. You may be tempted to go after the 'birds' and chase them away. DON'T DO IT! What happens if you chase birds?- You leave the field.

Remember this: The birds are gonna get some!

Some of the 'seeds' fall on rocky soil, and they begin to grow. You finally get someone started. You think 'this is going to be great!' Then on the first hot day, the first tough spot, they disappear. The person's foundation was not strong enough. The plant had no root because the soil was shallow.

Remember this: The heat is gonna get some!

Some of the 'seed' fall among thorns. The plant grows, but the thorns grow up and choke the plant. The bible refers to these as little cares that take away our focus. You have a conference call scheduled and your new person 'John' is scheduled to be there. He is not there. You ask him what happened. He had to take out the trash and prune the rose bushes. You could almost hear the thorns strangling him. PEOPLE LET SMALL THINGS CHEAT THEM OUT OF BIG OPPORTUNITIES!

Remember this: The thorns are gonna get some!

This is the KEY. The sower kept on sowing and finally the seed found good soil and grew and came up and produced a crop. If you keep sowing, your "seeds", opportunity will fall on good soil. "He who has ears, let them hear" You are always looking for the people that are looking.

Remember this: Keep sowing and a crop will grow!

If you remember these 4 points you will succeed in Network Marketing. This is how this business works, it was this way in the beginning and shall be in the future. Do not fight the system- work within the system and you will be successful.

Next: Should I wish for a different sponsor?

To Your Success,

Joseph D
www.helpingotherstoprosper.com
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

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You've Sponsored Someone! Now What?

You have just entered the best time and the worst time in a
sponsors life. Joy is flowing through you like a rocket. You
are walking on air! You are finally vindicated, this really
works!!

After the initial joyous feeling, you get a little nervous,
after all you are pretty new at this yourself. You move ahead
and get your newbie all the info he/she needs to succeed.

The first thing you need to do is contact them. I prefer to
place a friendly phone call if they are not too far away.
Sending an e-mail works but you cannot get a feel for the
person's WHY through an e-mail. Yes, I said WHY. We spoke of
this the other day.

If a WHY is important for you it is important for everyone,
there are NO exceptions.

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This is the overriding rule in Network Marketing- you must
find your team's WHY.

Your people may not be as gung ho as you are. After all, you
know it works. They need to be brought into the fold. Remember
what we said: "They need to know they can do it and that you
will help them". That starts now!

Give them all the info they need and all the contact #'s and
email addresses. Remember this is all new to them. They
will let you know what their speed will be. Believe me!


Next: Jesus was right...Legendary Jim Rohn analyzes the Sower!


To Your Success,


Joseph D
http://greatmarketingsystem.com
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

It's all about PEOPLE!

As it has been said a thousand times, there is no I in team.
This is more evident in network marketing than any other
industry. You are the leader of your team and as the leader
you are responsible for your team members and if you don't
have the answers or you are new then go upline until you find
someone you can work with.

It is no longer about you, it is about them. You are in the
people business. Start studying people, talk to people, find
out about their lives, their desires, what makes them tick.
You need to get educated about people. Education is the key,
you've heard it before:

"Leaders are readers" and "Earners are Learners".

You're education should never stop. That is the beauty of it,
whether you have a team of 1 or 1000, you should always be
learning.

A few good books on personality styles that will help you:

"Personality Plus" and "Personality Tree" both by
Florence Littauer.

You will deal with all types of people in this business and
understanding personalities will give you a leg up on those that
don't. This business allows you to learn as you earn. If you
were a Doctor, you would spend 8 years and over 200k dollars in
school before you would make a dime. With this business you
will spend 4-5 years and make 10 times what a doctor makes.

It can happen faster, but you need to work smarter. The only way
to work smarter is to learn how to do it. That takes time. For
some it comes naturally, for others, it does not.

You may be thinking "if I'm learning, how can I be earning
at the same time? I mean, in order to succeed I have to do it
right". That is the beauty of Network Marketing- you are in
business for yourself, but NOT BY YOURSELF!

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You are instantly a member of a TEAM, and it is your upline's
job to help you succeed! All new people MUST be plugged into a
system: conference calls, fast start training, opportunity
calls, et al.

For example: I give all new people on my team a step by step
guide to SUCCESS. All the tools they need and what they should
do, taking them by the hand and showing them the way. That is
vital to a new person's success. I have given them what they
need to begin, that shows everyone that they are not alone and
there is a team behind them interested in their success. Every
new person needs that assurance!


Next: You've sponsored someone! Now what?


To Your Success,

JD
MlmProfitsOnline

What is your WHY?

This is probably the most important question you will need to
answer. If you don't know it – find it. There is a reason
you got into this business or want to get into this business, or
any business for that matter! It must be everywhere, and most
importantly it must be burned into your brain. You will need to
refer back to it often.

The simple reason for this: THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO AS
PLANNED! You know it. Everyday you are thrown a curve and must
think on your feet. There are days when everything seems to be
going wrong. Those are the days that you need your WHY the
most. It gets you back on track and pulls you off the ledge.
It is your best friend in business!

Everybody has one. What is it you want out of your business.
You better know it, backwards and forwards, in your sleep. I
can guess what you are thinking: it's the MONEY! Well, not
really. Everybody says money, but money ends in 'Y'. Find
your WHY, focus on it and you will be successful!

Need help defining it?: Answer the following :

1- What would you do with an extra 20 hrs a week?
2- How would you spend that time?
3- If I didn't have to go to work today I would…!
4- If I was making an extra $500, $1000, $2000 a month I would
be able to...!

Now that you have defined your why and it is tattooed to your
forehead (just kidding), you need to make a commitment! A
commitment to your future, because after all this is what we are
talking about. How you and your family are going to live life
for the next 40-50 years. Are you going to spend it how you
want to or how you have to?


Next: It's all about PEOPLE!


To Your Success,


Joseph D.
Joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

www.greatmarketingsystem.com

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What are your prospects thinking about?

This is probably one of the most important things to the success
of your business. Are you listening to your prospects or are you
talking at them. Telling them how great the company is and the
comp plan and the products. News Flash- THEY DON"T CARE!

There was a study done a few years back and it rated what
prospects considered in evaluating a network marketing business.
Tom Schreiter did this poll and was amazed at the results.

They were, not in any particular order:

* Company literature
* Marketing and compensation plan
* Training provided
* Who gave the presentation
* Product
* Company management
* Up-line support
* Company image
* Sales kit provided
* Being first in your area

If you had to guess- what would be the most important to the
least from 1-10? This is a good test for yourself to see if you
are on the same page as your prospects. Are you ready?:

1. Who gave the presentation- that's right, people join people
not companies or websites. That's YOU!

2. Upline support- Will there be any help? I won't be all
alone will I?

3. Training- Will you help me succeed? Do you have a system I
can plug into?

4. Marketing and compensation plan- Can I make money with this?
Or Can you help me make money?

5. Product- What's the product? Do I want it and can I use
it? That's it- basic info.

6. Being first in the area – They don't want to be all
alone, but they want to know there is not any saturation.

7. Company literature- way down on the list.

8. Image- Is there a building or are they working out of a PO
Box?

9. Is the Sales Kit provided – They want to know that you have
the things that will help them build their business.

10. Management- The least important. Have you been to a
presentation where this is the first thing they talk about?

We've narrowed it down to a pretty simple objective:

1. Make sure the prospect likes you.
2. You better make sure they believe they can succeed.

If not, then it doesn't matter what the comp plan is or what
the rest of the list is. You are dead in the water.

This is a people business, people will join you if they believe
you can help them.


To Your Success,


JD
http://helpingotherstoprosper.com
Joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

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If you look around at traditional businesses the costs are staggering. Start up capital for a traditional business is never any less than $100k. That is no guarantee when it comes to the success of the business. Most businesses lose money for the first 2 years. Let that sink in for a moment. If someone came to you and said that they have a wonderful plan for you- it will cost you 100k and you won’t make a profit for at least 2 years, but there is no guarantee you will survive the first 2 years. Sound like a great deal? “Not when you put it that way, Joseph”. It may sound ridiculous, but people are saying yes every day, because they have a DREAM! The dream of being their own boss, becoming financially free and spending the rest of their life as they want to, not as they have to. I admire these people because they are at least trying to live their Dream. They are putting everything they have- blood, sweat and tears into their business, and working 12-14 hours a day to make a better life for themselves and their family.

Owning your own business is tough, it’s not easy. I spoke to a business owner the other day and he was frustrated with how it was going. He bought a donut shop 6 months ago and he and his wife have been working 16 hours a day-7 days a week. They have no time to enjoy their life. When you go into business for yourself, that is your job. You have to be there all the time, mentally and physically.

Network Marketing has built its popularity on the phrases “10-15 hours a week” and “earn a full time income working part time”. This industry is phenomenal; it is the most lucrative industry in the world that anyone, regardless of class or status can, succeed. It is amazing when you think about it; a business that you can start usually for less than $500.00 has the potential to make you a millionaire. As some of you have found out, it is an industry that will test you to the very core of your being. Over 90% will fail, which means quit. They won’t make it past 6 months. You have to realize that network marketing is a business like any other and it will take time to build. DO NOT believe the hype out there. There is no magic pill or super fantastic quick way to a million. Don’t believe the “I will do all the work for you, just sit down in your lazy-boy and collect the checks” hype. If you want to get rich without doing any work and expect that it will be handed to you- you are in the wrong business. That being said, if you stick it out and don’t quit, you will be rewarded. Make a decision to take action. That is the first step to success in any business.


To Your Success,


JD
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