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 »

I think one of the most influential books that has ever been written for entrepreneurs is “Crush It”! Another would have to be Darren Hardy’s “The Compound Effect.” Still another is well, ANYTHING by Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar.

I think there are so many ways for us to engage our passion, that sometimes the sheer amount of information can often times be overwhelming. Mostly because what we feel what others don’t.

At least not yet.

I have seen so many people back off of the one thing that made them become entrepreneurs in the first place because they ran into objections and cynicism.  These roadblocks can often cause us to scramble because we were led to believe that this industry is EASY.   Those of us who have been in it for a while understand why it is NOT.

As much as we are looking to build our businesses with a click of a button, the one thing I have seen a lack of is building of a realtionship.  There are a lot of gurus out there that are touting how this is the primary focus for them with their teams.  Unfortunately, no matter who they are, you will not find the kind of connection with leaders that you hope for unless you are bringing the serious activity and heat that puts money in their pocket.

So, what do you do?  You’re a mid level marketer(which truthfully, most of us are)who has more to learn. You are spending all this money on systems and education to catch “the big fish” by putting out this image of being more successful than you are and leveraging someone else’s methods.

My feeling is this. STOP TRYING TO BE SOMEONE YOU ARE NOT!

We all have great companies, but we either get caught up in the “mine is better than your’s” argument, or better yet the “this system will generate countless leads, and explode your downline in a matter of minutes” pitches.

I’ll tell you this. I’m a kitchen sink philosophy guy. I’ve had a lot of success in my life. I’ve won awards. I made millions of dollars, and NOT made millions of dollars in my lifetime.

The one constant for me has always been dealing with myself honestly, WHERE I’M AT, and starting myself on a path towards a goal. Simply, and without stopping. I have learned the most from the people that I have formed the best relationships with that struck he cord in me that unlocked my passion to help me achieve my goal. And personally, those are the relationships I have continued to invest in.

I am fortunate to have 2 great partners that I have learned from and with over the last 2 years of blood, sweat, and tears. (yes, guys cry too.)

If you are not connecting with someone and HONESTLY interested in finding out who and what they are about, then you’re spinning your wheels.

This is why I love video.

You can’t hide who you are in a video like you can in a post. At the end of the day, we have to be out in public and be seen. It is a people business. We are connectors.

Here is an example of how I am bridging the gap that exists with so many networkers.

Enjoy the show!

Go out today and make a real connection with someone.

Leave the push button money game to the “playas”

To Your Success, Health, and Prosperity!

Rick

Let me begin by stating that,

“I LOVE NETWORK MARKETING, DIRECT SELLING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND BEING A VISIONARY.”

And so do lots of people. But one of the major challenges with any people continuing to build their businesses is the stress of not making enough income to sustain their marketing efforts.

We love all our opportunities and understand the benefits of what we have to offer, but if the income isn’t coming in as swiftly as it should in order to help us continue, it’s really not about the opportunity being unsuccessful, it’s about the person offering the opportunity becoming adjusted to the company, product, and structure of what they are promoting.

The way we often do this is to invest in marketing tools. And THAT COSTS MONEY!

Often times, we run out of money and eventually fall down the rabbit hole of doubt, depression, negativity, and poverty. And none of those things will build your business.

So, what’s the answer? I’m glad you asked.

Thanks to a couple of open minded friends of mine who I trust, I have been able to offer something amazingly helpful to build cash flow to increase your business while building your marketing efforts for your primary opporutnities.

The best part about it is it’s FREE!

Not, the funded proposal kind of free, but REALLY FREE!

No money out of pocket.

No experience

Completely Part Time

No Team Building

Don’t believe me?

Don’t CLICK HERE!

Be a good leader to the ones who want to be good leaders but are starting out behind the eight ball.

To Your Prosperity and Success!

Rick

Be a good leader to the ones who want to be good leaders but are starting out behind the eight ball.

To Your Prosperity and Success! Rick

Happy Monday Everyone!

I say happy because it’s the start of a week. A beginning. A do over.

How many times this week will you give yourself a chance to start fresh?

Now, by “start fresh” I don’t mean making the same excuses why the obstacles in front of you kept YOU from accomplishing the goals you maybe “thought” about completing.

I am like anyone else. I love to picture and vision what life “would look like IF I just didn’t have this or that or that standing in my way.” But then what happens. We see the same obstacles that we deem as “just part of our life, and that is never going to change” as the reason for our lack of forward momentum.

I have and continue to learn everyday how I need to actively engage in the development and creation of the life I wish.

It isn’t easy. And it doesn’t happen overnight. Sometimes meteoric success is just as detrimental as never having it all. It’s like winning the lottery. When you aren’t used to having something and all of sudden you have it, you start focusing on the thing that you wanted more than what it provided.

If you are having a tough time with why and how your relationships, your business, your life is not moving forward, take a look at what you feel is important. I know I am gonna sound like our parents did when we were growing up, but “What are your priorities?”
I know we can all state emphatically what we feel they are, and that’s great, but could you write down why and what specifically is so important about them? Would you let anything stand in your way or compromise those priorities and principles? Would you?

Well, this isn’t going to be the how to book on what you need to do to grow your business today. This is a straight forward helping hand that I think each and every one of us needs at certain points in all our lives. So, I am reaching out to each of you. Will you grab hold?

One of my good friends John Adams has passed on a great “free” challenge. You don’t have to buy anything. You just have to commit.

http://www.chalenejohnson.com/30daychallenge/index.html

Let me know how it’s working out for you.

P.S. I am doing it too!

Peace and Blessings!

Rick

resolution |ˌrezəˈloō sh ən|

noun

1 a firm decision to do or not to do something  

Happy New Year Everyone!

I’m sure you have heard those words repeatedly this month.  I also know how many times I have stated the same to others as well.

It’s great to have a fresh start isn’t it?  We get to look back at what hasn’t worked for us in the past and change what we wish to for the future.

We are all making our resoultions.  Some people probably made them in a drunken stuper shortly after 12.  Of course, THOSE people are upwardly mobile forward thinking individuals like us.

The unfortunate thing is most of us will share the same failure rate as the ones who never intend to follow through with their goals and

As I write this it is 2 days into 2011 and like many people, I am looking forward to what I wish the future to hold for myself and my family.

In previous years, I have made a resolution to not make any resolutions because I would only be setting myself up for failure if I didn’t keep my word about what I resolved.  How’s that for copping out with justification?!  Ha ha!  Btw. That is just a another way of staying comfortable in misery.

I have always been a person who looks to re-invent myself as well as re-INVEST IN myself.  I acknowledge that I am a good talker, and fairly decent at follow through.  The interesting that I found out was my activity and commitment wasn’t congruous with my intent.  I had vision but, I consistently avoided being consistent because it challenged the truth about my belief that my goals and achievements would come to pass.

I heard something from my pastor this morning in church.  He is a very engaging man with a great sense of humor.  He of course structured his whole sermon around New Year’s resolutions and goals.  The thing that struck both myself and my wife as strange was it sounded as if he was saying that goals and doing the things that we need to do to achieve our desired success with whatever we are wishing didn’t really matter.

“Wait a minute there Preacher!”  As an entrepreneur, I am nothing without my goals and activities.

What he was purposing was that many of us will get caught up in activity and we will miss the bigger picture.  It’s about what you wish to BECOME.  We are all so focused on the end result of financial gain and the increase of the stuff it will produce.  The greatest asset we have are our core principles.  I mean, look at the biggest producers in ANY company.  What makes their groups so strong?  The people that will follow you, will follow you because of WHO and WHAT you are.

Here is a question

I was scared to ask for help and flitted about with what my direction should be.

The biggest mistake I made was I tried to do it all by myself.  Now, I am a big proponent of taking charge of your life, but nobody, and do mean NOBODY can do it alone!

One of my mentors and business partners, Ray Higdon recently sent out an email to his list and it hit home with me.  Mostly, because it addressed what I have been tossing around for the past 5 months

There is always an excuse as to why I haven’t succeeded in the past year at this or that.  The truth is the obstacles that are in my path to achieving my goals are there because I have chosen to make them be the obstacles instead of looking at them as walls to be broken through instead of speed bumps that I must roll over.

The only way I know to start the ball rolling instead of dropping is to reach out and make a declaration that, “I will change the broken path that I am on, and begin to focus on where I am and the vehicle I will employ to make that happen.

If you are open and start making advances that will significantly improve you life, respond by clicking here and state what you are looking for and if you are open and coachable to making doing what it takes to become the person you wish to be.

Make this year be the year that your resolutions are resolved!

Peace and Blessings!