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Have you been looking for success in network marketing?  Well, you’re not alone.  Considering 97% of the people involved with network marketing are struggling to make little to NO money at all it’s a wonder why anyone would want to enter into a venture that has such depressing numbers. So, what makes people be crazy enough to start out in this doomed to failure culture?

Network Marketing Is Easy

“You’re gonna be rich!”  Wouldn’t that phrase, especially in this new economy bring about feelings of euphoria?  I equate it to the Flintstones episode where Fred was addicted to gambling and walked around squawking, “BET,BET, BET,BET……….

It really is no different than the feeling you have after walking out of an opportunity meeting or viewing it online.  The same feeling we get when we see the same people crossing the stage rising in ranks while we sit in THE BACK kicking the floor and staring “hopefully” into the stratosphere praying for some guidance.

The uncomfortable truth is…….

Network Marketing Is Simple, but NOT SO EASY!

So, what do we do to get ourselves moving in the right direction when getting started or re igniting our existing business?  As with anything, you have to start at the beginning. This, is of course what keeps MOST people from ever getting off the ground in the first place.  It is always the foundation that causes the house that we build to stand firm.  Most of us dive into the image of what we want rather than what burns inside of us.

The Real Leaders Have Sacrificed The Most

Having worked with some of the best in the people in both the television industry as well as the network marketing industry, I can tell you that everyone who has achieved the most enviable success have been the ones with the most to lose. From David Wood(homeless, living in a van) Internet Marketing Guru, Ray Higdon(down to the last $300 in his bank account)#1 income earner in his company, to Jermey Gilchrest (who was living on a cot homeless) before hitting 2 Star Ambassador and being one the top earners in his company, the people that MAKE IT HAPPEN are the ones that GOT MAD at their situation!

They rejected the life that was getting them nowhere and instead embraced the life that they wished for.

My point with this post today is not to get more back links or figure out how my SEO will increase by placing this blog.  Maybe it doesn’t teach you a thing.  But, if you are done waiting for the world to GIVE you something, perhaps you should look at what it is that you’re hoping to eradicate from your life, then GET MAD!

What Can I Do?

Sometimes to figure out who you are in this industry, you have to follow who is making it happen.  The one thing that I have learned that has made a huge difference in my success is that if what I THINK I should do is not working for me and I am not willing to ask for help because of my own ego, I will forever look to blame outside forces for what is not taking me to what my vision is for success. So, I ask you. “Who are you following?”  “What are you DOING to make the Changes necessary to feed WHY you are engaged in your business?”

And above all “What WILL you do?” I am thankful to have had the where with all to look at where I started in my marketing journey and where I have seen countless successes for people that are spinning out of control in their business, spending ridiculous money and never really having the time or resources to sift and sort through all the programs that are being offered out there. We all need to be able to create leverage with what we have.  It is the most advantageous assests you have to offer anyone.  We are very much viewed by the company we keep.  So follow the best.  If you’re looking for a great hub of training and lead generation I STRONGLY recommend MyLeadSystemPro. Every major leader that has emerged in the last 3 years have been the product of plugging into the incredible FREE Training that is offered through this system.  If you have nothing to lose then I would take the 9.95 trial and see what it does for you and your business in the next 2 weeks.  If you really use it.  Unless you have all the leads and leverage you need…

Stick your principles and why you got into this industry.  If you LOOOOOOVE your company or product, great!  But, know that you have what each person is looking for in this world.  The ability to affect a change in your life and someone else’s!

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Network Marketing

I know it’s been some time for me since my last post.  Suffice it to say, it’s been a time of action and building.  With that I also have had lots of conversations with several other marketers out there about an issue that pops up from time to time and carries an incredible stigma with it, so I wanted to weigh in myself and really look at it from a business perspective instead of an emotional one. Read the rest of this entry »

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My partner John Adams and I were recently completely blown away by the simplicity of a book(if you know me that says something)about keeping things small and simple in order to achieve great results.

The book is Darren Hardy’s “The Compound Effect”

We thought that with so much information out there that is FOR SALE, that we would gather together some of the biggest, brightest, and successful entrepreneurs in the industry today for a unique opportunity to do what so many entrepreneurs fail to do, and that is EDUCATE.

I, like so many of my business partners have been a great vessel and conduit for what I feel is the best information out there that places benefit in front of people.

We wish to be very clear.

WE ARE NOT PITCHING YOU OUR BUSINESSES!

YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES!

We DO wish to grow a group of fellow entrepreneurs that are looking to spread the word to others that,

“YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE!”

This is our second installment of our continuing series on Darren Hardy’s  “The Compound Effect”

In this edition, we focus on choices.  How they can effect us positively or negatively.

We’ll be buttoning it with an addition by Network Marketing Leader Christopher Piraldi.

Compound Effect Webinar

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Riddle me this?

What is the single greatest asset and tool we have as entrepreneurs?

Is it our ability to talk someone’s ear off?  Or maybe it’s how we try to repeatedly jam our business down the same people’s throat time and time again because we have been told somewhere along the way that it isn’t the right “time” for them.

I’m gonna tell you something.  I have prospected A LOT of people, and MOST of them will never be on that clock.  Someone pulled the pin out of their watch and they are locked in employee land!

So, I gotta tell you all a secret.

Are you ready?

I was terrified to talk to leads and prospects on the phone!

Are you @#$%^&*ing kidding me Rick?!

Yep!  I am officially outing myself.  I was hiding behind my chicken list, my email, my hope that people would start contacting me off facebook and I would “never have to call a single lead.”

Well, I found out something real quick(or in a few months).

If you are going to make a mark in this business you have to make breakthroughs.  And the way you make breakthroughs is to face what you are most afraid of.

The great thing is YOU get to decide whether or not you want to.

All I know is that I was playing it safe.  All the talk of posturing, and attraction, and everything that I had been studying was keeping me from doing the ONE thing and the ONLY thing that matters in our businesses.

Connecting with people on the phone!

I know it sounds like a simple, “Duh, Rick I knew that” moment, but until I actually truly, honestly examined what I was doing(or not doing)to grow my business, I was able to put a plan into action.

So, what was keeping me from calling people that I PAID to have on a list?

It was the same thing that every major producer in the industry would say.  I didn’t know what to say  to them.

Now, I gotta tell you, this is most embarrassing for me being an actor in the entertainment industry for 25+ years, but for me I was more worried about how MUCH I would say.

Are there certain buttons and key things to say to a prospect in order to get them to give you permission to even say anything about what you have to offer them?  Uh, yeah.

And I’ll give you a little clue.

1. It aint all about you

2. Know who you’re dealing with before you move forward

3. Don’t every pitch them your opporutnity on an initial call.

4. Use the tools you have to do the “talking” for you.

5. Don’t try to close them just because they didn’t hang up on you.  You might be someone they wish they could be, but won’t.

There are all types out there.  We hear over and over again that the people you are supposed to have in your business will come.  That is the greatest part about this business.

But remember, they won’t come just because you WILL them to come.

You gotta go connect with them and see if they are willing and “open” to taking the ride with you.

I am a big promoter of Todd Falcone and his products.  I can honestly say his methods and courses are responsible for my business taking a huge turn.

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I get it. Believe me!                       

As network marketers, half of our day is usually taken up with learning the newest and most effective strategy that will TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

I would have put a reverb sound effect in if I could, but then that would have been another seminar that I would have had to invest in.

Let’s be honest. We all want things easy, but we also know that nothing is accomplished without effort on our part. The tool is not ever going to replace who YOU are and can become if you set your mind to it.

One of my business partners, Ray Higdon, gave me the best piece of advice once. He said I should be spending no more than 25% of my time online.

I am the overachiever. I am also the guy who wants to find ways to maximize my time.

I have spent A LOT of money of different programs because the “sales pitch” identified my problem, then offered their product as the solution.

Be careful that you don’t fall victim to a good copywriter.

It’s how sales tools business are born!

I realize we must take the take to learn skills along our journey. And there ARE good, simple systems that will help you with that. But if it takes you away from the path of your goal then it becomes counter productive.

The point being is

Take

Your

Time

That doesn’t mean to not do anything, but know that you should take things one step at a time.

We are all part timers for the most part.

Very few have become full timers without first taking the small steps needed to reach the upper ranks of the industry.

The tride and true methods of prospecting and connecting still have validity in the modern technological world.

Here is a great tip for utilizing facebook that will take you 5 minutes to get started.

AND IT’S FREE!

Enjoy!

Rick

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