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What You Do with Your Extra Php 5K

2022-01-27T18:19:00.010-08:00

What comes first to mind if you have an extra Php 5K?

First off, I'm not selling anything worth 5k. Okay? The e-book below doesn't cost 5k and I'm not going to pester you with it. So, don't worry😄. If you have an extra five thousand pesos, what would you do with it? Three things I often see Pinoys do with their extras--buy extravagant food, clothes or the latest gadget. It's gratifying but not productive. By the way, by "extravagant" eating, I mean unhealthy food. Pizzas, burgers, softdrinks, shakes, milktea, sugary beverages, donuts, etc. Carbs or sweets that lead to insulin resistance.

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With latest gadget models, they all become outmoded sooner than later and lose value. The battery weakens and everything gets busted altogether. All your Php 5,000 down the drain. Sayang. You know why? Because we often put our money on liabilities, and we don't even realize it. We're not particular about returns with our expense. "What do I get in return aside from indulgence?" We should always ask ourselves this whenever we spend money on nonessentials.

Ways of Looking at P5K

In short, we enjoy trashing our hard-earned extra money. It's been a lifestyle, a consumer mentally ingrained for decades, because we were never taught at home or in school to put money on assets, on what would make us money. We were raised with the orientation to get a job and use the pay to consume products. Period.

Is 5K pesos big money or small? It depends. If we trash it (use it for buying liabilities or things that won't make us money) it's big money. But if it's for business, it's small. Imagine a franchise or sari-sari store complete with merchandise for 5K pesos. That's small.

But if you bought 5K worth of virtual weapons for a PC game, or costly rubber shoes (because you got 3 pairs for whatever reason), it's a big waste, especially if your PC game doesn't make you real money. Or if you don't play basketball at all or you're not a professional player. I see lots of young people waste money like this. Not just once but several times over. A lot of 5K pesos wasted.

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Online Marketing is Easy

If you go online, your 5K can go a long way with a business. Live selling is a fad today but it requires a lot of work. You sell and entertain online (often that means worldwide) for at least 2 to 3 hours a day and you need to show your face because you're going live. And yes, you heard me right--you need to be entertaining, which is a hustle for most of us, especially if you get bashers. And no work, no profit.

I have a better idea. Go with an affiliate marketing business. You just create a blog for free, buy a domain name for it (about P500 a year), be an affiliate, and market online via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Linkedin. And spend money for ads to get lots of sales.

An affiliate is an online marketer dealing with products a company produces and delivers for you. The company also takes care of inventory and customer service. All you need to do is sell, which your blog and social site ads do for you 24/7. Yup, even as you sleep or take vacations.

And you never have to show your face online or entertain customers just to make a sale. Your blog does all that for you (your blog is your "face" online and the blog design and quality posts do the "entertainment" for you). Joining an affiliate company is often free but there are others with minimal registration fees.

Just Blog

Are you fond of writing or taking photographs or videos? Then put them on a blog and share on social media. You can make money out of this by applying AdSense. It's free. Just make your blog quality and passing AdSense's requirements and they (at AdSense) put ads on your blog. As people visit your blog and visit the ads, you get paid.

Where do you use your P5K? For spending on ads on social sites, like FB. Creating ads sends more traffic (people who visit your blog) to your blog or vlog and that increases the chances of your AdSense ads getting attention and you making more money from it.

Or get a YouTube channel (for free) and post your quality videos there. Have your channel running with AdSense and you make money the same way.

MLM

I know a lot of people stay far away from anything that has to do with MLM or network marketing. I don't blame them. A lot of these schemes are scams, so beware. But not all of them are. I know legit ones that have been in the business a long time and made lots of people turn millionaires, or at least making good money.

Better if you join an online network marketing business because it's lots easier. And almost all MLM companies are online now. However, few MLM or networking businesses charge lower than P7K today. Some even costs P15 to 25K. Some make you pay a lot in exchange for garbage products. So you better watch out. And you better not cry when things go wrong. Remember, all businesses have risks and you have no one to blame but yourself if you don't make money.

The Point Is

The point here is, what do you do with your extra money? Putting it in a bank is one of the worse things you'd think of. Money in your bank depreciates with inflation rates. If the interest rate you get from a bank is 1.5% per annum and inflation rate in the country hits 6 percent, all your money gets wasted in the bank just depreciating. Sayang!

If you're not that excited about blogging or online businesses or MLM but want your P5K to grow, invest it. It should be a good sum to invest in GCash's investment program (Ginvest), or Pagibig Fund investment for its members. Just remember, investment takes time to profit and give you returns. At least you make your money grow. Better than nothing.

How to Have Confidence When Sharing Your Networking Business to a Prospect

2021-12-02T21:38:00.001-08:00

I've been there before. Sometimes, still am. It's intimidating, or sometimes humiliating, to share your networking business with others. Doing face-to-face presentation had always been a big hassle in networking (I remember those days), especially when the prospect has lots of doubts and suspicions--or if the person obviously doesn't buy the idea of networking but just allowed you to present out of friendship or pity.

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And you had to treat your guests to snacks or dinner, regardless of whether he joins or not. Oh yes, we did.

But thank God for online network marketing. Now, you won't have to face prospects in person. All you have to do is send short video presentations on Messenger and invite them to a Zoom meeting where a top earner explains everything for you. Smooth and easy. No more hassle or hard work. No more extra expense on treats and snacks. 😄

In the online networking business my wife and I are doing, we just have to share a short video on why on online business is so much easier and profitable to do, with less risks. Then we chat with the prospect after he sees the video and share a second video on how the business works--especially how much he can earn. After that we invited him or her to a Zoom meeting.

As simple as that.

But in-between videos, we still had to "chat" with the prospect. Sometimes, we may even have to call them up on Messenger. Yup, that's necessary. It's why the business is called "networking." It's about relationship. It's about connecting. We should talk to our clients, and this is where confidence and handling conversations come in. Anyway, it's just for a short while and it's online.

But because chats also involve talking with the prospect, some networkers still balk at the idea. They feel intimidated or scared, not knowing exactly what to say or what to do--or if it's right to talk to someone about networking. They find it hard even to just invite the prospect to a Zoom meeting. Well, here are mindsets to have to be a confident networker.

Being a networker is a respectable profession, especially if you seriously make it so. So act and behave accordingly. Aim to be an intelligent networker, not a noisily hyping one.
Sharing the business is not a sin. I mean, you're doing nothing wrong.
You're not stealing anything from the prospect. Many timid networkers feel guilty sharing their business as if they'd stolen something.
You're not begging for money or anything. You're there to share an opportunity that may help your prospect.
Give the impression that the prospect will not in any way be forced or coerced to join. Assure him that if he watches the video or joins the Zoom meeting, he will not be obligated to do anything.
Sound confident and sure about your business but do not hard-sell or sound too eager to recruit. Have the wisdom and decency to maintain a safe distance, like a doctor would to his patient, or a lawyer would to his client. A show of eagerness to make a sale or signup is disappointing. Convince intelligently.
Finally, always be kind and patient. Prepare to get rude or insulting comments. It's part of any business. Just think that any improper attitude like rudeness is a result of ignorance. This is why marketing, especially network marketing, is in the business of educating people.

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Myth about No Selling

2021-07-05T19:11:00.005-07:00

Almost all of them claim you don't have to sell anything and still make money with their business system. But the basics say there's got to be product movement if there's going to be any profit earned. You can't change that. A product has to be sold in any business. And you have to do a little bit of selling even if they say there's "no selling" involved. Even salaries rely on selling to be sustainable.

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Even governments need to "sell" something to make money. I'm NOT talking about privatization, although they do that a lot to raise government funds. I'm talking about "selling" people better government services and infrastructures to make them happily file their income taxes annually. If they don't make good "sales," their "customers" (the public) may kick them out in the next elections. Something like that.

So, what are you talking about no selling?

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Referring or Promoting

Okay, the smart Alecks will re-phrase that and call it "referrals" instead of selling. You just have to refer your friends. A more updated term is "promote" it to friends. "You don't have to sell them anything. Just promote the products to them." This tactic is not really a scam, but it's a myth. Because anyway you look at it, you won't make a cent unless your referral buys. Someone has to sell and someone has to buy.

Okay. I'd agree that it's no selling and merely referring IF (there's a big IF) you make money by just referring, even if your referral doesn't buy anything. Your referrals all just visit the store or listen to the webinar and then buys nothing. And then you make big commissions (and even residual income) in cash! Then, yeah, it's really no selling.

It's precisely why any business, online or offline, needs a product to sell. Products need to be bought to make money. And if you do that business, you're selling something, overtly or covertly. You may not be selling directly to the prospect. You may just be referring him or her to the site or store where the product can be bought. But it's still selling--the company sells and it uses you as an affiliate to sell.

So there's selling involved, and like it or not (or admit it or not) you're part of it.

Sounds Like a Trick

People often ask me shocked how they thought there was no selling involved. They took the bait. Initially, it felt like no selling was really involved. They just had to refer people to the business and didn't need to actually sell anything to them. But eventually, however, the whole thing started to feel like selling, they say. Because unless the folks they invited bought something, no money is made.

Some of them felt like they were tricked--tricked into believing they won't really have to sell or do anything that is connected to selling. Then they attended leadership seminars on the business and found out that you had to hit some goals and quotas. Sounds pretty much like selling, then.

Thus, when I join legit businesses masqueraded as "no selling," I never buy the myth one bit. I gear myself up for some kind of selling. And when I share the business with others, I always stress that, yeah, you won't need to sell anything directly, but you won't make money unless people you invite buy the products. In that sense, you need to make a "sale." You're into indirect selling.

Because I don't want to make empty promises or spread around a myth. I want to be honest with people. Yup, you probably won't make big money with that kind of honesty, but your soul will be filled to the brim (and even overflow) with peace of mind. Clean network marketing and honest selling beat everything else, even big profits.

No Products

No selling in real terms means no product being sold. Then it's a SCAM. All businesses need a product to sell to make money. Even investments. When you invest on something--like a company or business--that company or business needs to sell good. Otherwise, you lose. Stocks and even forex trading depend on sales. If industries do not make products because nothing is being sold, the economy collapses and foreign exchange with it.

This is why money investment is a scam. What we call "pera-pera lang." No product movement, just money being rolled around and later becoming unsustainable. Soon, the perpetrators run off with a big sum. Even your social security or SSS (Social Security System) invests on companies that sell well to have sustainability. The SSS does not just keep your money in its vault and dole it out to all its members.

So, when joining a selling or referring or networking business, the first thing you ask is the product. Because you'll be into some kind of selling, directly or otherwise. Second is the company--how legit and stable is it? Then third is the compensation plan. Some companies won't even talk about the comp plan unless you join them. That's silly, even a possible SCAM. You need to know how much you'd be making before you do any business. That's a basic.

So, what are you talking about no selling?

It's Legit Networking If You Have Freedom to Choose Products

2021-07-03T00:26:00.005-07:00

Avoiding scams is easy. Just keep to the basics. And one basic says buyers should enjoy the freedom to choose what products they buy--and get the product they paid for. There's this networking company which, instead of sending you products you bought, sends you other products that have no connection, whatsoever, with the products you purchased. To get what you paid for, you have to buy them again 😄, the company said. Can you imagine that? They forfeit your freedom to choose the products you get and it's a sure scam. And surprisingly, buyers submit to this policy like slaves.

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Obviously, the buyers didn't know their right as customers.

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Imagine ordering mozzarella garlic pizza from a pizza store but the store gives you instant pancit canton. Naturally, you complain. Then the crews says, "If you want pizza, you have to order for it again, sir." So you ask them, "Why not just give me what I paid for?" Then they answer, "Company policy, sir." To them, that is logical and correct. If you complain, they look at you like you're nuts. I don't care if they give me the best pepperoni pizza in the world because that wasn't what I paid for. I want mozzarella garlic!

Customer is Always Right

They're breaking the basic principle on customers being always right--particularly, getting what they paid for. And this is especially so with network marketing. You have to get what you pay for because it's what you'd be marketing in your business, not some other product. You cannot sell what you do not like to eat or use. This company gets away with it because the customers do not know their rights and agree with the stupid policy.

Around early 1990s I and my wife joined a food franchise business with network marketing on the side. Included in the fee we paid for were the raw waffle products and cooking gadgets we'd need in the business, plus the collapsible outlet cubicle and the uniform of the crew. That was a swell and neat deal. Very legit. Definitely fair. It's how franchises should be.

Imagine getting a burger franchise and what you get is shampoo and surgical masks as "bonuses," and because they're bonuses you have no choice but to receive them (and the misled customers actually enjoy getting the "bonuses," saying they feel indebted to the company). If you want the burger product, you buy it because it does not come with the franchise fee you paid for. The franchise fee covers only the online system. It's a silly deal.

But remember, you want the burger franchise, not the system. If the system is crucial to how the burger is marketed, then the company shouldn't sell you just the system. Because you are interested to sell the product, not get the system. Product and marketing system should go together in a franchise. If you get a Jollibee or McDo franchise, you get both food product and system.

The moment the seller deprives you of the right to get the products you paid for, it's a scam, no matter if the company has been doing it like that with "success" or if many people are making money from it. It's still a scam. So be careful about scheming companies that look for a way to sell you their unsellable products lying idle in their stocks.

Product Packages

If it's a product package, it should be the package of your choice, not another package that's far from what you ordered. Product packages are pre-arranged sets of goods which may or may not all be what you wanted. There's a chance an item or two (or more) is not to your liking. But still, you get the right to choose the package you want. So what you do is get one that has more of what you really want or need. It's your right. The company cannot decide what package you get.

If it's Christmas time, for instance, and you go to SM grocery to buy a Christmas basket, you choose what you want and pay for it. And that's exactly what SM gives you. As simple as that. The basket may include a macaroni or mayonnaise brand you don't like, but you make sure that majority of its contents are agreeable to you. SM won't give you a different basket as a "bonus" and then tell you to buy again the basket you want if you want it. Doesn't make any sense. And it smells of pure scam.

Products that Don't Sell

Unscrupulous companies will force you to get their products that aren't selling. So they sell you these unmarketable or worthless products and even force them on you as a policy. But they make it sound like you're getting a good deal, like calling it a "bonus" the company gives to make customers feel grateful instead of scammed, and then make them feel obligated to make a purchase again because of the "bonus" the company gave. But there are serious problems with this scheme.

One is if you're allergic to the product being forced on you. No one has the right to force a product which can prove harmful to you. No company can assert the right to decide what products go to the customer (and which the customer pays for) if the customer refuses to, especially due to health reasons. You have every right not to accept a product package, for instance, you didn't order and pay for. No matter if the product package is full of good items.

The Best Product Package

Smart networking companies selling product packages opt to sell neutral products. This means the products are generally good for most people and commonly used. If say, it's a personal care product then it has to be what most folks use. Bath soaps and shampoos are good. The cutting edge here would be an all-organic ingredient, for instance, or something safe but cheaper.

Because it's an era of health consciousness we're in (especially in this pandemic), organic health supplements are in. Most people want them. So a product package of mostly health supplements will be a good idea. A package of organic weight loss pills, immune booster drinks and natural vitamins and minerals will definitely appeal to me. How about healthy and delicious coffee with health boosting ingredients?

Selling Online Starts with Your Person

2020-05-30T17:34:00.002-07:00

Marketing, in a sense, is first and foremost "selling yourself." I mean, you don't literally sell yourself per se for money but you are the first "commodity" you're offering to a customer or client, not your product. You have to have a good product and marketing strategy but all that goes to waste if you're not marketable. Are you? [Picture above from this site].

People first have to "buy you" before they buy the product. This means they have to see you as trustworthy and reliable, especially when marketing online makes everything virtual. They don't get to meet you in person (except if you arrange for a meet up) and don't know who you really are--even if you've been FB friends for years. I have a lot of FB friends I laugh and chat with but who nonetheless are still total strangers to me.

Online, we have to sell ourselves to prospects before they buy our products. Often, they may not buy immediately. But if you're able to sell yourself well to them, there's a good chance they may buy the next time around. They "buy" you when they have proven your worth, especially your good character and friendship. But good character starts somewhere. How do you project good character online?

Because Facebook is about faces and pictures, you start with your profile picture. It's not about posting your best, most handsome or prettiest or sexiest picture on your profile but posting a decent picture that really and honestly projects the real you. It doesn't mean wearing long sleeves or suit or barong and appearing so formal like someone from a funeral parlor. Just a decent you.

If you're naturally very formal and business-like then do appear so. But if not, don't pretend. But neither should you look messy, clumsy, awkward, graceless or nondescript (unremarkable) just to be down-to-earth and claim that's you're natural self. Natural self is good but we're destined to change and improve ourselves (part of personality development and maturity), no matter who we are or what our profession is. It's okay to stay as we are if we're not doing an online business. But if we are, staying unchanged won't work unless we're a celebrity or a superstar who people accept even in their worst appearance.

So use a good profile picture where you look naturally friendly, formal enough, backdropped against an inspiring background and with your natural smile. Don't "hide" yourself always using a background that makes you look rich or big-time, or anything like that, like a posh car, mansion, or luxurious places, especially if it does not yet define your lifestyle. You're like fake news. You're a big lie trying to impress people the wrong way to make them think highly of you.

Just be yourself. If people buy you just the way you are, then it's good marketing. You didn't fool anyone. If they don't buy you, much better. Don't run after people. Marketing is not running after people anymore but giving them reasons to like you. I hate the idea of making money by prostituting yourself to people, begging them to like you.

Anyway, if you have a clean and pure heart, God will take you to the right customers who'd "buy" you because you're you, and patronize your product because they see you as honest and trustworthy. There's nothing false in you. They first buy you, bear that in mind. Then they might also buy your products. If they don't, at least they bought you as a person and friend, and a lot of promising things may happen after that in time.

So fix your profile picture first, not to give false impressions but to project a justified look. Your real, decent and improved you. Since people do not really meet you in person when online, it's your face and pictures they more strongly relate to, not your actual person. Then they build your "person" in their minds by what they see on your wall. So build your profile picture and profile page. Selling online all starts with your face.

Next topic: How to project yourself on your FB wall.

Talking to a New Prospect [Part 1]

2014-03-07T16:09:00.011-08:00

The best way to be talking to new prospects is to--well, simply talk to them. Don't think of them as "prospects" you need to recruit or sell to. Treat them simply as folks you'd casually talk to, a friend or new acquaintance, not a "sales target." So your goal is really friendship, second to selling. Actually, it may or may not end up with selling. And it's okay. I prefer this approach. Talk informally and simply relax. Enjoy the conversational adventure. This is the first most important step. Then the rest will follow.

When you meet a new prospect [let's call him John], your first aim is to make him comfortable talking with you. Often, it's best that John doesn't know you're into network marketing so you can start a casual conversation. This makes him put down his guard. You see, the moment people discover you're a networker or you're into sales, they'll put up their guards and be defensive about it all. They'd block anything that sounds like selling. Rather, present yourself as a health buff. So be one.

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But don't tell a lie. If you schedule an appointment solely as a seller, tell the guy you're into selling. Introduce yourself as a direct seller, even if you're a networker, because that's what networkers should be. Some people want to go directly to selling and meet prospects strictly as sellers or networkers, not friends. And that's okay. The only thing I hate about this is when prospects don't buy or join and networkers get pissed off, and obviously at that. I have met several networkers who changed their friendly approach once they saw I wouldn't buy.

So I hate the strictly business approach. I meet prospects and offer them new friendship, talk, introduce the product or business, but give leeway to prospects' freedom to choose--even choose whether they drop the topic or stay with it. I never want to be a pain in the neck just to make a sale. NEVER. If I don't make a sale, fine. But I make sure I make a new friend who I can always go back to another day for another try at selling.

And this way, I get rid of the nervousness about 80 percent. Relax and do not aim at anything. I know how being in sales makes you think nothing but your sales target and the commissions resulting from that plus your performance rating. But don't be like that. It's going to eat you like gangrene and dictate your character soon enough. You begin to treat people nothing more as prospects.

I'd Rather Have It Like This

It's better to just meet a person for a casual talk, and it can be indirectly about a concern connected to your product. If you're into health products, for instance, how about arranging a meeting for a health survey you're undertaking to see what people are doing to stay healthy? And that's honestly connected to your job. Or, say, because you're a health agent, you're part of an info campaign to share to people about an update or breakthrough.

What some big pharma companies are doing is conduct a free consultation campaign where a medical specialist talks to people and then recommends the company's product. You can adopt the idea in a smaller scale, like conducting a free blood pressure or blood sugar test and then share a short talk about your product health benefits. Something like that. I did that when I was marketing manager of a company and it turned out well. And that takes out about one half of the nervousness in product presentation because people willingly go to you and it's some kind of a public service.

Nervousness sets in the moment you aim to turn a guy, like John, into a recruit or sell him something outright. You feel the stress, and the stress will often make you look awkward and do or say stupid things. So don't aim to turn John into a downline or instant buyer. Just treat him as a person with respect. But do find a way to talk about health. And do aim to make him a friend, sincerely. The best sales strategy is relational that is sincere.

You can apply the mentioned strategy above with any product or service. If you're into insurance, real estate, car sales, pharmaceuticals, wifi connections, etc. You can do sales naturally, as if you're not doing sales.

Health is a universal topic. Everyone is interested about it and it's among the most natural topics to talk about. Besides, almost everyone is sick with something. So try to lead the conversation naturally to health matters. For instance, when talking to a new prospect, try to ask him or her about sports or hobbies or food.

Selling Example

Let's say, you are suddenly introduced to John and at once you thought of presenting him your product or business. If you do it directly, you'd make a negative impression on John, even an ugly impression. Or an offensive or too aggressive impression suggesting greediness. That's bad self intro. Nobody wants sales people selling them something, especially strangers.

So what you do is perhaps talk about the recent Olympics (if there was one) or the recent NBA games or maybe about a popular public figure who recently made news about his health regiment or perhaps his death due to an illness. And then you can casually inject, "Getting healthy is getting to be more important in our times, right? This is why I jog everyday. What do you do John, for health?"

That's a well sales camouflaged intro. What exercise or hobby is John into? If not, why not? If yes, why pick that particular sport or activity? Most people love talking about themselves especially with an interested audience. So make sure you're a good listener. Then share about your health and fitness activity and your commitment to good health. Now, listen--all networkers selling health and wellness products should be deep into health. You should be exercising regularly. That's part of your career. Be as fit as you can.

No use telling a prospect you're a health buff or taking health products when you're overweight and your tummy bulges incredibly. All you are to your prospect is a joke, if that's the case. Imagine selling weight loss supplements and you're the same size as Santa Claus.

But it's different if you're at least slim or at least your tummy doesn't bulge--or doesn't look too bulging. Then, you can easily and naturally talk about what supplements benefits you most. Just talk about the health benefits you get from your product. Don't talk about selling it until later.

Let's take this conversation for example:

YOU: Are you into basketball or something? I like basketball. Did you see the NBA game last night?
JOHN: Oh yeah! What a game!
YOU: They say players today jump higher, stand taller, and are physically stronger than players 10 or 20 years ago. They're all health buffs today! What do you do to keep healthy, John?
JOHN: Basically, I play sports now and then.
YOU: Yeah? How about food? Are you particular about food?
JOHN: Well, I just eat anything.
[Laughter]
YOU: You know, being a health buff, I'm particular about food. The problem is, you seldom get safe and healthy food today, especially if you cannot do home cooking. Did you know that people practically eat poison everyday?
JOHN: Hmm?
YOU: Yes, we get it from daily food we eat bombarded with chemicals and artificial flavorings. That's why I take this supplement. Ever heard of ****? I get lots of antioxidants from it to fight free radicals. I really started feeling stronger since I started taking it And it helps me lots with my sport...

Then you start out introducing the product. It even helps to ask John what ailments or health problems he has and link that to your product. But remember, never hard sell. Always sound casual. Don't be too eager or too obvious. It turns off most people. Even me. And looking desperate is not good an image for a networker to have.

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Stop Empire Building

2014-03-07T03:04:00.000-08:00

I will be featuring more on what the big difference is between a network and an empire. You see, once your network marketing degrades into an empire, all sorts of greed happen. A network builds up people, an empire builds up one ambition--the emperor's. Stop empire building.

Always look for a networking business where 01s and uplines work manually on the grassroots level with their remotest of downlines. Get out of those with emperors staying up there on their pedestals and doing nothing but showing off their splendor to their downlines, boasting of their "blessings" and excursions abroad, all in the name of "financial freedom." That's freedom at others' expense. Boasting like that does nothing for downlines except develop envy and greed in them. Nope, those things never "inspire" people to work more--they tempt you to covet more. Stop empire building by getting out of them.

Network

I've been in the networking business long enough [since 1996] to have seen enough. We thought that emperors were the natural result of a "growing" network. But after examining everything carefully, and studying the true nature of a network, I saw how networkers mistake empires for networks. We fail to see what a true network really is.

A network is a system where groups of people [uplines and downlines] benefit from each other because they both have to offer something beneficial. They don't use each other--on the contrary, they gain from each other, spurring both sides to gainful ends. Yes, it is people oriented, but if I say that, crooks would start thinking it's about recruiting people to be under them. And to them, that means people "working for" them. In a real network, no one is "under" anyone, except in structure. And no one should work for anybody but himself.

Networks are "people-oriented" only because it's about people helping people. For instance, if government should need a rescue and relief effort to save flood victims, it "networks" with NGOs, not to have them work under them but to work with them to achieve an end. And the end is to help other people. Of course, in structure or organization, the government stands to be at the top coordinating with and overseeing the private agencies. But that does not mean it becomes an emperor using agencies under it to achieve its selfish ambition, enriching itself--though in a corrupt sense, that happens in the real world.

Empire

An empire is entirely different--and obnoxious. Everyone down below works to enrich the "emperor" or folks on top. The top guys or emperors or lords do nothing except wallow in their riches and brag about that to their downlines to keep them desiring what they have--like carrot dangling on a stick. They show off their bank accounts, posh cars, mansions, and extravagant trips in the guise of "encouraging" their downlines to work more to have the same. But that's far from "inspiring" them to reach top leadership. Actually, it's making them work more for the uplines' selfish enrichment. Pretty much like how the pyramids of Egypt were constructed, sacrificing the masses to do all the work. And then Pharaoh gets all the applause, glamor, and wealth.

What Network Uplines Should Be

To make a network a real network, the emperor should be taken out of the system. How do we do this? Of course, there will always be 01s on top as well as uplines who would be benefited the most by our corporate efforts. But the thing is to have them go down again as downlines of their downlines and workout their new slots. All uplines should keep getting new slots now and then down the line and make those slots work. This means they re-enter the system as new members and do the business again, selling products and getting new recruits, aside from helping their downlines.

Once downlines become uplines and earn big, they also get new slots and become downlines of their downlines. This cycle must go on and on. There should be sub-systems like this developed in the system to somehow even up the labor and distribute wealth more equally. Or, it should be the uplines' initiative to do so. After all, a network should be like that--ensuring that all gets fair share of everything all the time.

What 01s are Doing Wrong

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Loiter around the office or the BOM venue, waiting for their downlines to bring in their recruits--this is what 01s or networking leaders do wrong. They believe their presence there works magic, like a charm or spell that will make recruits beg for membership. Most 01s think their role in networking is just to inspire their downlines and do the business presentation for them. They are now exempt from doing the dirty job of recruiting.

Nothing else can be more wrong. You 01s should know better than just sit around and brag about your hefty checks and incomes. If you haven't noticed, guests are tired of you doing that. Most people today understand that networkers occupying top positions earn the most in the business and they just use their downlines for that. And they don't want to end up under you and have the same miserable fate as the guy who invited them has. To many people, networking is nothing but lords who have slaves under them making them richer. You should realize this by now.

The Proper Leadership Attitude

Leaders should never stop rolling up their sleeves and getting to the grassroots to recruit new people. Don't sit on your thrones above your pedestals just because you're now comfortably making residual income out of nothing. You owe it to all your downlines. And because of this, the least you can do is try supplying some of them with their downlines.

You should gather your immediate team leaders [those next in line earning big incomes]--downlines from second to 5th or 10th level immediately below you--and figure out a way how you could put downlines on those at the farthest ends of your network, especially those exerting effort. In this case, the network won't be an "empire" but a family--with the fathers providing well for their sons and daughters down the line. At the same time, the fathers should teach their immediate sons how to support their younger siblings. And by "support" we don't mean just presenting the business for them or inspiring them to go on recruiting [which is really nothing but garbage]. We mean actually putting downlines on some of your far-end active downlines to equal their efforts. This puts fairness and equality in the network. Gets rid of greed and stupid pride, too.

When God gave the Israelites manna in the desert, he instructed them how those who got much should share with those who got less. Those who got much should not just inspire or pray for those who got less--they should actually give them part of their blessings. Clean Network Marketing should be like this!

The Folly of Being Empires

Many networking groups like to think of themselves as empires. In history, no empire in the world networked with other empires for the common good--helping each other out. Empires always invaded territories out of greed and pride. There's a big difference between networking and annexing. The Acts church in the bible had a network. But empires annexed people to make slaves of them. Network marketing today annexes people.

Wrong or unrighteous network marketing is where you find a lord or an emperor on top. He has lots of slaves under him working to make him richer. Then he brags his riches to his slaves and they applaud him. When the empire falls, he transfers to another territory and sets up his new empire by taking his slaves with him there--and the slaves willingly and mindlessly rejoin him. That's what most 01s today are all about.

But righteous, fair, and clean network marketing is a big family setting. The leaders continue working with their downlines for a common good. A father will never just inspire his sons and daughters to work hard so he can be richer. He works with them and provides their needs. He actually goes with them to the fields to till the soil with their hands and see to it his children who toil with him are well provided for. What father can stand to see his child working in the field and going hungry? Would he just pray for him or inspire him to work more?

To do this gargantuan work, he enlists the help of his older sons and daughters. Together, they support the younger ones. The younger family members, in turn, also work harder as they see their father and older siblings helping them. That's a real functioning network. That's how 01s should care for their networks, if they really understand what a network is all about, and how it is different from an empire.

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Running Out of Recruits

2014-01-21T20:39:00.000-08:00

One principle in Economics very applicable to network marketing is the law of diminishing returns. After reaching the peak, you have nowhere else to go but down. Some people will not accept this and claim to be able to cancel the law, but they go through the downhill phase of business nonetheless. It's a universal principle because we all need the downhill experience now and then. It's part of growth and strength and to come out of the ordeal wiser.

Life is not all positives. We need the negatives. And don't believe those hyping [and often lying] motivational speakers when they say business should all be an upward trend, rejecting any idea of negative times in it. Remember, God put in creation good and bad, weak and strong, light and darkness, rain and sunlight, dry and wet, abundance and famine. They balance life so it can continue. Thus, marriage vows include times in sickness and in health.

So, too, there will be times of running out of recruits in network marketing. It's normal; don't panic. When there are no people to recruit, probably it's time to update your knowledge and see what's the latest in your field. It's time for intellectual nourishment. Spend time reading the latest networking literature or searching the Net. Grow yourself!

But then again, you cannot run out of recruits. There are more than 70 million people in the Philippines alone. How can you run out of prospects? In Philippine or world history, there has never yet been a time when everybody has become a networker. Just look around your neighborhood and I'm sure people there are yet uninitiated in networking--and what they think they know about it is pestered with misinformation. Enlighten them.

You should always think of new approaches to recruitment. Everything has a season, and seasons provide opportunity for renewal. Plants and animals renew each season--snakes change scales, birds change feathers, plants shed off old leaves and sprout new ones, etc. Even stale air is changed each time a storm passes. You cannot use the same recruitment method or style forever. It has to change and conform to the times, as you also change to the better.

A tip here is to study your prospects first before you present your business. Nothing beats relational sales or networking. Befriend them sincerely and see how you can help them succeed. This is a timeless networking principle.

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How to Earn More from Networking with Direct Selling

2014-01-16T20:24:00.002-08:00

Some networkers recruit for profit, some sell for profit, and others do both. You do both. I don't buy the idea that in network marketing, there's no selling. In fact, you grow your network more by encouraging everyone [including yourself] to sell the product. And selling can be made easier and more effective through the proven secret strategies of Crackerjack Selling. But later with that. First, get my tip!

Here's how you can earn more money as you sell while network marketing. And remember this tip!

Don't Recruit People Who Will Not Network

Never recruit people into your team who will not do the networking business. If you do, they become members and get the discount, while you lessen your direct selling profits. Here's what I mean. For instance, your product SRP is P2,400 and the members' price is P2000. Once your recruit becomes a member, he gets the product at P2,000 leaving you little to profit, like a Unilever bonus, if any. Unilever bonuses get smaller as the levels get deeper. At most, you get what? P20 per sales? Too small. Yes, it grows big with bulk purchases, but what if the bulk isn't there yet?

Worse is that, the guy you recruited gets the discount but then he does not do the networking business. He does not recruit. What happens to you? You just get P20 per bottle or pack he buys. If you didn't make him a member, he won't get the discount, and each time he buys from you, you get P400 from the P2,400 SRP plus the Unilevel bonus of P20. You get P420 profit in all. See?

Worse Scenario

Worse is, if the guy gets the discount as a member, doesn't do the business, but asks you to buy the product for him. You spend money on bus fare going to the office to buy, buy some snacks because you're bound to get hungry in the process, and all you get from his purchase is P20. That sucks. But if you didn't make him a member, you get P420 from his purchase, and with that you won't mind spending bus fare and some snacks when you do him the favor of going to the office to buy the product for him. See again?

Be able to weigh people you join in your business. If they're just users, don't make them members so they won't get the discount you should be getting. But if they're networkers, count them in because their efforts will produce the bulk purchases you need for big Unilevel bonuses and the binary bonuses from their recruitment efforts.

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How Your Children Benefit Powerfully from Your Clean Network Marketing

2013-12-21T00:34:00.003-08:00

Above all, the most powerful benefit of your clean network marketing is the blessing on your children. When you do the networking business fairly and in a Godly manner, God makes sure your children get so blessed. And this is not just about the money they can get out of your networking efforts. I'm talking of something more than that. I'm talking of spiritual protection and security.

The Children Always Get the Results

With God, the result of anything you do on earth always fall on your kids. You suffer for it if you do wickedly, but your kids get the brunt of the shame. And that shame lasts a long time while they're here on earth. They carry that even when they grow up. It's like a curse. They won't realize it but it will be embedded in their personality--their dad or mom was a networking scammer. They're kids of scammers. God makes sure every evil deed gets repaid in this life.

The righteous person lives a blameless life;

his children will be blessed after him. [Proverbs 20.7]

Now, applying that to clean network marketing, we can render it this way:

The righteous network marketer lives a blameless life;

his children will be blessed after him.

The Chain of Curses

I see a lot of scammers in the network marketing world. A lot of them even claim to be born again Christians. Some are even pastors. They get a lot of money, but they also get notoriety for being scammers. However, they seem unperturbed about it all. They even act arrogantly and superior because of the title. They consider themselves experts of some kind. But they don't realize that God's curse is on their lives and mounting as they go on victimizing people with their scams.

Something like this happens to them without their noticing it:

When wickedness comes, contempt is not far behind [so they become arrogant].

And with shame comes bad reputation [that their kids suffer].

[Proverbs 18.3]

And do you know what that bad reputation or disgrace would do to your children? Someday, it will transform them into what you were when you were a scammer, only about 10 times worse. And you know what their spouses would do to them? They would keep nagging them for their disgrace. Watch this:

A foolish son is the very ruin of his father,

and a nagging wife is similar to a roof

leak that goes on dripping. [Proverbs 19.13]

That will pursue the lives of those who choose wickedness in network marketing, or in any field of endeavor. Your folly will be your children's ruin, and the effect on them will be your ruin, as well. So why scam? Why go on being a wicked network marketer?

But your kids will be saved from the curse if they come to know the righteous Networker, Jesus Christ. Better, if you yourself come to genuinely know Jesus Christ personally and be a righteous networker like him, doing everything fairly and Godly [and not just claim to be one and pretend]. You may not become rich with Clean Network Marketing, but your soul and your wife's and children's souls will be blessed. That's a higher reward than worldly possessions and riches. What would it profit you to be a millionaire in network marketing, if lose your soul?

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How to Market Yourself 2: Speak Smartly

2013-12-14T02:24:00.003-08:00

"The tongue has the

power of life or death."

[Proverbs18.21]

You really have to learn how to speak smartly. This is a super plus factor in network marketing. You have to communicate yourself and your product well in your native tongue and in English to target both classy and mass markets. Without this skill, you lose everything. That's why as early as my third year in college, I started training myself how to speak to a big audience. I was then only 23 years old in 1983 [I started networking in 1996] and I decided that I wanted to be the best public speaker for church ministry and in my college class.

By the way, How to Market Yourself 1 is about how marketable is your face.

Today, I can hold an audience of 6,000 and get their interest all the time [it's memorable how I did that in a crusade in Antipolo one Lent], all by God's grace and power. I learned the secrets on how to keep big audiences glued to you, how to control your audience and direct them to a particular action, how to face huge crowds fearlessly, and how to make it look like you're assessing your audience and make them conscious of it [and neutralize their defenses] instead of your audience assessing you and you being conscious about it and being defensive about it all.

I also learned how to speak naturally, like you're just talking casually to a friend, instead of giving a speech to an audience. A formal speech to an audience takes out all the excitement in your talk. But talking to them like talking to a friend casually loads up your talk with all the necessary excitement, anticipation, and move to action. It's not easy developing these skills, but I can tell you anyone can reach a high level of it, with the right knowledge and training.

And I'm willing to give you some secrets gradually in my newsletters. So fill up the Contact Form on the sidebar of this blog and get the information in the newsletter all for FREE! You can improve the way you talk, and improving it is a must in sales--if you want to market yourself effectively. I have discussed to you how success in sales and network marketing is really hinged on how to market yourself. I've been in sales since 1993, and network marketing since 1996. So from that, you can easily tell I can teach you a lot. For more, check this out: It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

Is Your Face Marketable?

2013-12-09T02:20:00.002-08:00

CNM will be doing a series on How to Market Yourself these coming days, and this is one very important lesson in successful Clean Network Marketing. It's not just about selling yourself; it's about marketing your face! And we will especially tackle the subject indepth in our Newsletters which we exclusively give for FREE to those who fill out the Contact Form on the sidebar of this blog.

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Your face should be easy to market in network marketing. And this does not mean having a handsome or pretty face. It means having a marketable face. With products, something is said to be marketable if it has the potential of making repeat sales easily. A face is marketable if it makes repeat acceptability among your contacts or prospects. No matter what you offer, people just keep buying. Do you have that face?

The key to this is a face of confidence. Confidence in what you are doing makes you relax, open, and transparent so that talking to people--any people--makes you relax and actually enjoy it. People who put up a hard or false front lack confidence. Why? Probably because they do not know what they're talking about or doing. So, their faces are not marketable.

It's Not Just about Always Smiling or Being Nice

It's good to have a smiling face or being Mr Nice Guy. But that's not what we mean here. We want a look of confidence because we've mastered our trade. Ever seen a martial arts master and an amateur? Masters are calm and confident. They don't need to prove themselves to anyone. Amateurs always need to hype and please people.

A marketable face is an inspiration. You face a guy, talk to him, and transfer your confidence, idealism, and daring to him. In short, you easily inspire people to take up challenges. You do not hard-sell people or appear too eager to make a sale. People see sincerity, expertise, and determination on your face. And this face cannot just happen. It takes serious study and experience in the field to gain clean network marketing wisdom. One look and people know you can be trusted and you know what you are talking about. More on this in our Newsletter.

"Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance."

[Ecclesiastes 8.1]

Why Continue to Do BOMs that Don't Work?

2013-11-29T20:56:00.001-08:00

I'm not saying BOMs never work. I'm saying that a lot of BOMs out there don't work, and they're stupid. But lots of networkers still do them, anyway, because it's the traditional thing to do. They feel that success is not possible without BOMs happening. BOMs to them are an indication that vital signs of life are showing. Holding BOMs to them means something positive is happening. Well, yeah, often it means that something's happening to make you lose more money.

Office BOMs are a bit okay, but what I can't understand are BOMs in fast food stores which very rarely work at all. You just feed people often for nothing. They attend your BOM waiting for the burger and drinks to be served. Would they make a payin? Most times, never.

Why won't a lot of people do payins in BOMs, even those held at the office? First, there's the inner feeling of annoyance or even hatred being invited to a networking business. Lots of people, especially in Manila, hate the idea, especially when they hear the usual stupid networking hypes and slogans being recited there: "Payaman na tayo! Tatlong bagsak! Sino ang ayaw yumaman!" These are all stupid, and BOMs are so full of them. If you get any signup in such BOMs, they are often unproductive or unqualified signups. They won't help you in the long run. Unqualified signups only help your topmost uplines get richer.

Second, there are many distractions in BOMs. And why not? Imagine gathering 20 to 50 people in one place. The more people, the more distractions. Add to that the noise and added distractions from other people if the BOM is held in fast food stores. I have conducted a lot of BOMs already in my life, and have also seen others do it, and saw how easily you can lose your audience in 5 seconds, especially if you're not a skilled presentor--and many presentors are thus. They are nothing but second rate copy cats of the network leaders they admire. They sound like broken tape recorders, and who'd want to listen to guys like that?

Third, clean and systematic follow-ups after BOMs seldom happen because BOMs are usually disorderly after they happen. People just want to go home immediately and other insensitive networkers make a lot of noise so that you more easily lose your prospect's attention.

What's more effective than BOMs [and cheaper, too], or how to make your BOMs really effective, are topics I discuss in my FREE CNM Newsletters. If you want them, simply fill up the Contact Form on the sidebar of this blog and say, "Please send me the newsletter."

Easy Ways to Make Prospects Show Up for Your Appointments

2013-11-28T04:31:00.003-08:00

Most prospects have a knack for escaping set appointments, especially when they sense that it's all about network marketing. How often have they agreed to meeting with you, and then later text you about not making it due to this or that reason? You lose precious time, effort, and money especially when the prospect cancels the appointment at the last minute.

Admit it. Many people are allergic to network marketing also because of unscrupulous networkers and companies who made the business look bad. And now we suffer for it. If you're one of them, it's time for you to repent of your wickedness. Fooling people of their money and trust is big-time wickedness in God's eyes. If you don't want to end up in hell, repent and be a righteous networker doing clean network marketing.

Now, one of the tactics they teach you in networking or MLM seminars is to never tell the prospect where you're taking him to--what they call kidnap. Don't reveal what the business is all about, they add. This is dead WRONG! This is not clean network marketing. A clean network marketer is always transparent so that people always see you as worthy of their trust. If you cannot be trusted with small things, you cannot be trusted with big things, especially big money.

So, if you want people to like you, always be honest. Make a name for yourself on honesty.

So, how do you make prospects show up in your appointments without fooling them? Easy--simply visit them in their homes or offices. Do not meet with them somewhere where escape would be easy for them. Do not set meetings at the BOM venue or the company office. They're apt not to come. Meet them right in their hideouts. I and my wife do that and we never miss our appointments. What do you say is your reason for visiting them? Here are some of my suggestions:

Long time no see! Can I visit you at your place? [For old times' sake]
I heard you have a new office or living room interior. Can I check it out?
You have a new dog? Can I go there and see it?
Can we play a game of basketball?
I learned a new recipe. Let me cook it for you at your place!

For targeting new prospects you're not acquainted with yet, you can ask the help of the person who referred the prospect to you. Arrange for a casual visit and take your friend along with you. For more on this, get my FREE newsletter by filling up the Contact Form on the sidebar of this blog!

With the visit purposes outlined above, you'll never miss catching your prospects. They may even prepare snacks for you, so it's cost-effective, too--instead of you having to treat your prospects or guests after taking them to a BOM. Then, during the visits and talks, inject the business presentation in a most casual manner. Like, "And speaking of arthritis, have you heard about this new, power liquid juice product that really gets rid of arthritis and many other diseases?"

More on How to Make Prospects Show Up in Your Appointments in another article. In the meantime, these FREE Video and recommendations really helped me a lot in getting really practical tips on how to make people say yes to your networking business!

Why You Need a Reliable UPline

2013-11-27T03:33:00.002-08:00

You should choose your upline well. Don't just sign up with anybody. Look for someone who can lift you up from his vantage position. An upline is positioned up there precisely to pull up those immediately down him or her. Being a downline, you need all the help you can get from above.

However, this doesn't mean you can just be a heavy load down there waiting for everyone to pull you up. You should do your own pulling up. It should be a teamwork--with everyone doing what should be done. But again, the upline should spearhead all this. He or she should know how to lead his or her team in adversity and victory.

All of us are bound to become uplines in network marketing. So, this is what an upline should be:

He should know the product, company, and system more than his downlines do. He should be able to present or explain them well enough.
He should inspire his direct downlines to positive action.
He should train his direct downlines and duplicate himself on them.
He should should be updated on advanced knowledge and techniques.
He should rely on the UPline.

Do You Know Who the UPline is?

This is crucial in CLEAN Network Marketing. You cannot do without this. I know that rarely do networking or MLM training programs include the UPline connection as a topic. A lot of networkers know their human uplines and 001s but do not know who the UPline is, especially how to connect with him. Connecting with him gets everything in business in proper order.

God, the UPline, is concerned about everything that goes on the earth. After all, he is God. I know this may sound strange or even foolish to some of you, but it's a fact--God is concerned even about what goes on in network marketing businesses--and especially in your network, no matter how small it is. And he is the only one you can truly rely on in a world of uncertainties.

To tell you plainly, every business out there is uncertain, big or small. You may be a business empire now but you can suddenly fall and disappear the next few seconds. In the Old Testament, Tyre, a world trade center in the later part of the prophets, couldn't believe how it suddenly sunk to nearly nothing when all its trades and businesses suddenly collapsed. Even Egypt, once a world power, was reduced to a minority.

Kingdoms Against Kingdoms

What more of businesses today, and what more of network marketing companies? No matter how big a corporation you are, God can suddenly sink you down. Nobody thought the Titanic was going to be sank by mere ice. Anyway, the point is that, you should know how to acknowledge and rely on God the UPline. He is the reliable UPline.

Failing to know and rely on God the UPline starts your fall. Yes, you may achieve a certain height and prosperity, but you will surely fall sooner or later, more so when you learn to rely on your big network, experience, knowledge, popularity, income and material possessions--your trophies. I've seen it happen all the time. Look at how God the UPline assess it all:

Because you have depended on your own strength

and your own warriors [or downlines]

...your fortressess will be devastated.." [Hosea 10.13-14]

Nothing lasts forever, even a well established networker enjoying a big network. The bible says kingdoms will rise against kingdoms. That includes kingdoms in network marketing. In times when the network you have built, and which you thought would never end, is about to collapse [it happens], you need a reliable UPline who would stay with you and lift you up. You and your networking team should know him. This is why you need a reliable UPline.

Why Your Network Doesn't Grow Fast [See FREE Video!]

2013-11-03T19:27:00.002-08:00

It's been the problem of most network marketers--their networks doesn't grow fast enough. It's probably your problem, too. You've been doing the right things and yet your network remains small--or worse, you haven't recruited anyone in months! Or perhaps, you already have a good number of downlines and yet your business remains unprofitable and you don't know where the problem is.

A young and brilliant Pinoy network marketer I came across with recently helped me a lot in this respect. He has been helping lots of network marketers identify their weaknesses so they can turn them into strengths. He's been giving simple yet effective practical steps on how to share your business to others and get as little or even zero rejection in the process. Can you imagine that?

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I've been a networker since 1996 and have heard almost all the tricks in the bag [or so I thought], and yet I got a lot of tips from this guy--and they sure aren't just tricks. They are systematic and scientific steps of analyzing your networking business and skills, where you've been going wrong, what mistakes you keep repeating [but never realizing it], and what wrong "tips" your upline has been telling you. That's right. Your upline may have good intentions, but he or she might be destroying your true potentials in network marketing without realizing it.

Lots of times, networkers just accept what has been traditionally going on in network marketing, or simply following what is according to trends. Most times, they rely on BOMs. hyping, and recruiting. They may get lots of signups, but mere signups don't always equate to residual income--which is what successful and clean network marketing is all about, aside from helping people solve their problems related to your products. Lots of times, signups only fill your business with liabilities.

How do you recruit the right people into your team? How do you get team players instead of bystanding recruits--people who just stand by and wait for help to come so you'd produce checks for them? How do you turn newbies and amateurs in your team into career professionals?

To effectively scout and recruit the right people who will work with you and devote their time and resources to build their own teams with you, you need to ask the right questions. Do you have the right product? The right company? And last, do you have the right skills?

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Product Binary: One Product Purchase Pair Pays Out!

2013-10-24T19:49:00.002-07:00

It used to be a binary on your recruits or downlines. You got a bonus for each of your pairs left and right. So, you tried hard to fill up your left and right sides with people. But that's all obsolete. With this old binary style, you have to keep getting new recruits just to cash in on the binary bonus. That's a lot of exhausting work. But you can forget about too much recruitment and concentrate on product expertise with product binary. Just up your group sales and get big binary bonuses!

By promoting the health benefits of your health supplement product, you can make lots of money from the product binary bonus. The more your downlines use or sell the products, the more you earn money from your product binary bonus. This is a new breakthrough in clean network marketing! "Clean" because you don't have to look like a scammer anymore, always out to make recruits of people [that looks like a scam to people].

With product binary, you pair product purchases left and right. Each time someone on your left buys a box of product which matches another purchase of a box of product on your right, you get the bonus! Make sure you get a 1:1 product binary that immediately gives you your money reward for each pair you make. Some product binary systems wait til you get 7 or 8 product pairs before you are paid out. What if you just reach 6 pairs and stop? You never get your bonus, except that you reach the minimum number of pairs.

With a 1:1 product pairing or binary bonus, you don't have to accumulate pairs in great numbers before you are rewarded. Each time you have one pair, you get paid!

This is an amazing development in the binary system. Even if you just recruit one on your right and one on your left, as long as they use the product regularly, you keep earning from your one-level binary, weekly or monthly, the rest of your life! It gets rid of the vicious cycle of having to get new recruits each week or month just to earn from the binary.

Moreover, traditional binary never lets you earn from your previews binary pairs. Once you earn bonus from a pair, that's it. You never earn from it again. But with product binary, you keep earning from the same pair, week after week or month after month, as long as the pair keeps using the product and you remain consistent with your maintenance.

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Do You Have a Righteous Networking Company?

2013-10-04T05:43:00.003-07:00

The first thing you must have in network marketing is the right company, and the right company is a righteous networking company, first and foremost. I don't think you have heard of this in the BOMs you have attended, have you? And few networkers would look for a company with this quality. They either look for a company with a lucrative comp plan or one which is financially stable. Well, do you have a righteous networking company?

The righteous will never be uprooted,
but the wicked will not remain in the land. [Proverbs 10.30]

A righteous company will never be uprooted because God supports it. Before looking for a stable company [which is a legitimate concern], first look for a righteous networking company whose business partner is God. Without God you can do nothing. You may make lots of money with a godless company but the end result of it really is death. Seriously speaking. It will destroy your soul and your family.

Part of a righteous networking company is its legalities. It should have the proper government licenses and permits and the product should be FDA approved if it's a health or food supplement. A company should also have stability and an intelligent culture. We all know this and I need not elaborate.

Righteousness is Hinged on the Owner

Company righteousness is hinged on the owner. His standing with God determines the spiritual character of the company. Thus, it's best if he is a committed believer of God and believes His Word. A righteous company, then, should have a righteous and Godly owner-networker who, at least, has a good fear of God reigning in his heart and mind, and has the following traits:

1. He should have integrity with his networking policies and never lie.

2. He should have a firm word of honor and never be double-minded.

3. He should never change marketing systems that would nullify the present one.

4. He should not adulterate the product content in any way.

5. He should not tamper with the product expiration date.

6. He should be true to his employees and networkers.

7. He should never deal with networkers who have doubtful characters.

These are just some of the things we should take careful note of today. Lots of networking companies fail miserably on these points and you would do well to avoid them at all cost. Woe to you if you have a company founded on lies, deception, and rottenness! Remember the second part of God's Word above? Wicked people, among them unscrupulous networkers, will not remain in the land. They won't last long. If they do last long, their souls are already burning in hell.

Beware of Company Owners with Vices

Keep away from company owners who are drowning in vices like smoking and drinking, especially if his company is into health supplements. If he is not a health enthusiast, how can you trust him with his products? Shun all owners and networkers who are womanizers and gamblers. Folks like them are sure big liars and are inclined to cheat and deceive. If you know people who are like that and still join them, you'd come out a bigger fool in the end.

Avoid Hyping Companies

Hyping is often times a way of hiding something and lure people into doing something they shouldn't do. Inspiring people is worlds apart from hyping them. Hyping is tricky and deceptive. Inspiring is intellectual persuasion with a healthy element of electrified emotion. Hence, I believe a righteous networking company is product based and focuses on training people specifically in how to present the product intellectually with a strong element of PR.

Companies with unrighteous owners cannot end up being righteous networking companies in the end--unless their owners repent, have a change of heart, and practice clean network marketing. You are sure to fall together with unrighteous companies because God is going to uproot them. You will get what the wicked deserve if you side with them and help them in their endeavors.

Company is not that Righteous but the Product is Good

I know. There will be times when you find a good product because of it's benefits but the company selling it is not that righteous. Pray about it, and if you get a go, just make sure you remain righteous with it. The prophet Daniel and his friends were officials of Babylon but they made it good there, because of God's favor on them. And that favor on them made that empire prosper as well.

However, there are companies that are full of wickedness so that joining them contaminates you somewhat and gets you affected by God's ire in the end. In the bible, Lot joined the city of Sodom and later lost his wife [who turned into a pillar of salt] because of her contamination with wickedness. Oh, and by the way, wicked companies often have the penchant for looking innocent and good initially--like wolves in sheep's clothing. In the end, they reveal their true colors.

Yes, some wicked companies may look successful for a time [Sodom and Gomorrah did], but they will suddenly be eliminated, nowhere to be seen again.

The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,

that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evil doers flourish,

they will be forever destroyed. [Psalm 92.6-7].

Righteous Network Marketing: Being a Righteous Networker

2013-09-23T17:05:00.000-07:00

You cannot be established through wickedness.

However, the righteous cannot be uprooted. -Proverbs 12:3

The passage above is quite true with righteous network marketing, in being a righteous networker. God is the God and Author of clean network marketing and we should make sure everything is according to the right way of doing network marketing. And you cannot do this business any other way but righteously and fairly if you want true success in it.

Of course, we see a lot of crooks and scammers in the industry of network marketing today, and they seem to be successful at it. Making lots and lots of money, however, is not success in any business endeavor--that is, if you strongly believe in clean network marketing. Success in business is when you do everything God's way, accomplish His will, and please Him. That is genuine success. If you're a scammer, you please no one but the devil and you're the worse of all losers even if you have so much money, possessions, and prestige with fellow crooks.

Yeah, other foolish networkers will look up to you and place you on a pedestal, but that's all empty. Jesus Christ, the Originator of righteous network marketing, said something like this: So what if you gain the whole world but end up in hell doing it? You cannot be established through wickedness. God's Word said it and that's final. No wonder I see lots of rich and "successful" scammers and deceivers in network marketing with rotten lives, rotten marriages, and rotten characters. It's a curse on them.

Wicked Network Marketing

I define wicked network marketing as doing it outside the generally accepted basic rules of fair and righteous network marketing. Some unfair and wicked practices are as follows:

Doing anything to upset company safety net.
Selling products lower than the company SRP.
Being an independent distributor but then asking monetary support from the company.
Not paying your loans or advances from the company.
Not supporting your immediate downlines, especially your directs.
Asking money support from your uplines.
Mass recruitment or "kamada" in Filipino.

Righteous Network Marketing

Righteous network marketing, on the other hand, is being a righteous networker. This means the right way to do network marketing. Sounds pretty obvious and self-explanatory, but believe me, it isn't in the real network marketing world out there. It's mere head knowledge to scammers but it's not in their hearts. They think network marketing is just all about money and they destroy its image, affecting others who do it with clean hearts.

1. Safety Net: Never do anything that would destroy the company's safety net. Be concerned about how the company is making profits from the business and support it. If you're the type who thinks of ways how to cheat on the safety net, you're a scammer! Think of others' welfare. If you cheat on the company and it closes shop, how about the others who have barely started with the business? Be a godly network marketer. Do everything the right way to do network marketing.

Judas was like that. All he cared for was the money he'd get. He didn't think of God or the Master or the lives of his fellow Gospel networkers.

2. Don't Sell Below SRP: Some networkers have to do lots of monthly product maintenance due to their many accounts. What scammers do is get rid of their many products by selling them below SRP. If you do this, you'd undermine product movement and soon the company will be out of business. New networkers cannot sell their products at SRP to make a little gain from it because you have upset the market selling price.

3. Be a Real Independent Distributor: You're an "independent" distributor, not an employee of the network marketing company. So do the business with your own money. Do not ask for money support or "pang galaw" from anyone--not from the company or from your upline. It's a stupid idea introduced by unscrupulous people and scammers. It defeats the purpose of network marketing, which is to raise up independent distributors who engage masterfully on the products through leveraging. Be a real businessman or woman.

Do Jollibee franchisees ask money from the Jollibee company to do the business? Of course not. You should do any business with honor. And it's stupid to claim to be a network leader and be unable to move without money support from the company. And then your downlines do the business using their own money! It's gross unfairness! It's very seldom true that leaders use the monetary support from the company to "help" their downlines.

4. Pay All Your Advances: Some leaders make product advances without payment. They pay this in installments, as the products are sold. But a lot of them do not pay back their loans. Never be like that!

5. Support Your Immediate Downlines and Directs: You cannot support all your downlines to the nth level, but you can your immediate ones. That's how networking works. Make sure to train them well. It's your responsibility as their upline, even if you're not a network 001 leader. If you don't do this, you are seen as a wicked networker. It's not the right way to do network marketing. Righteous network marketing means you focus training and helping at least your 3 or 5 to 10 directs and some of their directs. At least to the 2nd or 3rd generation, if possible.

6. Never Ask Money from Your Uplines: Remember, your uplines are independent distributors, too, doing the business with their own money. They're not obligated to support you financially. But if they decide to do so, it's pure grace. Be grateful, and make sure you use the money well to do the business. It's awkward to ask money from uplines, but if they offer it voluntarily, then why not? Just be a faithful steward of his or her money. It's part of righteous network marketing, the right way to do network marketing.

7. Mass Recruitment or Kamada: This is pure greed. Some network leaders recruit people en masse to defeat the company safety net and put it out of business. They don't care about their downlines; they just use them to get money unfairly. After they have amassed lots of money, they do another networking business, not minding the hundreds or thousands of others they brought to the first business and who haven't earned any profits yet.

Kamada is Ultra Wicked

Kamada is wicked [it's hell's way to success, the broad and easy path to destruction] and it's the method of even wicked politicians who amass people deceitfully to gain their votes during an election. After they use their votes, they throw them away as useless junk. Come next election [or come next networking business], kamadors use these unthinking people again and they willingly join them again. Kamada in network marketing produces networking lords and their stupid minions who always stand by their sides to support them and make them rich--even if they themselves don't.

If you want fair and righteous network marketing, never let yourself be used by a kamador. Avoid kamada at all costs. And never be one! Be under a righteous independent distributor and be like him or her. The profits may come in very slowly at first, but it will work out soon, because God always rewards patience. Never give up. Keep doing the business righteously.

Network Marketing: Hope for the Hopeless

2013-03-13T19:18:00.000-07:00

Clean network marketing is really hope for the hopeless. I'm not referring to unscrupulous network marketing companies or networkers who devise scams and stash away people's money. Clean network marketing is a good earning alternative for people who are rejected by this world's standards.

I see lots of people, especially in the Philippines, scorn network marketing and networkers. They belittle it and look down on networkers. In a sense, I don't blame them. A lot of scammers have marred the image of network marketing here. Yet, this unique business can make the hopeless hopeful again.

Hope for the Marginalized

Some people are gifted with talents, intellect, and good looks. They capitalize on these to make it good in life. They become successful business people, corporate leaders, government officials, or showbiz personalities making lots of money in "decent" ways. Decent because anything traditional is decent and acceptable to most people. And they scorn anything new and strange to their ears, like network marketing--labeling them "evil" even without knowing what it really is. They just base their judgment on what they hear people say or what some book or newspaper writer or TV reporter say about it.

To be sure, when some popular people say things against something, it's because they're serving the interest of another who is hurt by the thing they're adversely commenting about. Particularly, most people hate the idea of the hopeless or poor suddenly getting well-to-do or rich and no longer under their control. For instance, a lot of businesses capitalize on people's inferiority complex. They sell products that supposedly boost confidence.

Imagine if more people are helped by network marketing and boost their confidence and no longer need confidence boosters. That would be bad news for these businesses. Or, imagine if poor people are suddenly catapulted to greatness and riches. That would be added competition for already popular people whose entire life is their popularity. And that could also spell loss of fans for them. Why would poor-people-turned-rich admire them any longer?

Network marketing provides a very affordable and feasible way for marginalized people to be empowered to realize their dreams together. It's people power for business that can really earn millions for them if done correctly and righteously. Network marketing is hope for the hopeless. Unfortunately, a lot of networkers are not educated well on how to manage their new-found fortune. They use it for vanity to emulate the rich and famous and end up bankrupt again.

If the masses are given power to pursue better education because they have more money through network marketing, who would want to remain fanatics of showbiz people or maids for the rich? Less people would remain idiots serving as fans or servants for these people.

Get-Rich-Quick Scheme?

They still believe network marketing is a get-rich-quick scheme. They do not realize the hard work involved here because they have never really tried doing it. Try doing it for at least 3 years and you'd see that initially, it's not a quick scheme for riches at all. It's mighty hard work. After 3 years, when you have gained a lot of confidence from customers, the business becomes easier and faster, and it works that way with traditional businesses, too.

It's not a get-rich-quick scheme. It only looks that way because it is more feasible and lucrative than traditional businesses. Traditional businesses only make you earn money from mark-up profits and you shell out lots of money for your overhead cost. Network marketing lets you earn not just from mark-ups but also from continuous and increasing override commissions from your downline-partners--or what they call residual income, plus bonuses and incentives. And you don't have any overhead cost (rent, electric and water bill, salaries of employees, etc.).

People who are not that gifted, intelligent, and good looking (and whom employers and companies are always prejudiced against--they reject them outright in job interviews) can come together as one team or one force to do an affordable, people-based business that can help them realize their dreams.

You should try network marketing.

Product Expertise: Key to Stable Success

2013-02-20T05:14:00.000-08:00

BE a product expert--that's the secret to a sustained and clean network marketing business. Always know products details and never just rely on what the company says about the product. Do regular researches. When you have established yourself in product expertise, you can talk confidently about it with anyone, even doctors--and they will listen to you.

Plain Recruitment

A lot of network marketers zero in on the marketing plan. They lure people into their network by hyping them with how high the potential income is. In short, they are just in the recruitment business. Most networkers have that wrong notion about how network marketing is recruitment. Truth is, network marketing is sales and marketing. It's really selling a product and getting repeat purchases. The goal is to get customers for life who benefit from the product and know how they in fact do benefit from it.

Thus, a big part of network marketing is educating customers on how they benefit from the product. That's how you enjoy sustained sales and continuous network growth. The more they know about the product the more they're hooked to it. But how can you educate them with product information if you don't know anything about it--because your skill is fixed on recruitment? And if you do not update your product info, how are you going to excite them about it to up your sales?

You cannot give what you do not have. A lot of networkers, being lazy with their homework, just keep recruiting people. Their only skill is to hype and lure people. That's it. Once these people join their network, it's up to them to continue with the business or not. Lazy uplines do not extend help to them--they just want to earn money from their downlines. And these are mostly binarians--because the Binary system is more suited for recruitment, and thus very few professional and clean networkers are binarians.

Look at Drug Companies

Look at drug companies like Unilab, Pfizer, and other big names in that industry. Why are they stable and why do they keep producing professional sales and marketing people? Because they are product oriented. Their agents know their products and know what they're talking about. They can confidently face doctors and doctors listen to them--something very few networkers, if any, can do. Med reps are respected and ooze with professionalism. Just one look at them and you know they're smart. I hear some of them do product presentations and use medical and pharmaceutical terms like they were physicians.

Not so much with most networkers. All you hear from them is how much they earn, or the potential earning of the business. That's why they often smell of scam. They cannot even speak intelligently because all they talk about in their BOMs is hype, money, and gimmicks. They seldom discuss the product intelligently.

Some networking companies have poor taste for the products they choose and this is to eliminate the need to discuss their products intelligently. They just offer product packages of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and perhaps a coffee or chocolate drink. When product presentation comes, all they do is show the products. "Okay, these are our products!" That's all. And all you see are overpriced products also available in any supermarket.

The point is, why would I be a distributor of those products? What benefit would my customers have with them? Will they be better off buying from supermarkets than go to me with an overpriced brand? Real distributors should know the answers to these questions. You are in the service business, too, as a distributor. But I guess most networkers do not understand what being a distributor means--and probably they do not realize that they are product distributors.. All they know is how to recruit.

Professionalize Network Marketing

Network marketers should start being professionals. They should be product experts, first and foremost, and not just know something about the product. They should be an authority in their product line. That way, network marketing can become known as an intellectual business and attract more people and make more customers for life.

What Do You Do If You Have a Lousy Upline?

2012-10-22T17:52:00.000-07:00

Too bad about networking is that often you cannot choose your uppermost upline. The guy just earns money from your efforts but doesn't do anything to help you. Worse, he even does silly things that affect you and other downlines negatively. So, what do you do if you have a lousy upline like that?

Complain?

Complain is the last thing you should do. Well, there are times when complaints are justified, but not always. Often it just adds to the problem. You just prove that you are as sick and a pain in the neck as your upline is. Some downlines rebel against or bad-mouth their leaders. That's not clean network marketing.

Request Change of Upline?

Requesting to be transferred to another group is not a solution. It will disturb the whole system and even mar the image of the company. So beforehand, know the nature of the group you're joining into. And anyway, most uppermost uplines are like that--useless to you. So why bother? It would be a never-ending transfer if you look for the perfect upline. There's none.

Be the Exact Opposite

Just be the exact opposite of your lousy upline. Determine to help your downlines, and the greatest help you can give is to train them well in the business--product and marketing. And you can only do this if you are yourself well trained. An expert. Only experts can train others. So study well the product and marketing and attend training seminars. Forget about what your upline can do to you--and which brings us to next very important point.

Forget about Your Upline

Forget him or her. Just do the business. Build up your own team. Build up from 7 to 10 people under you who would also build up others to be like them. Be the leader you hoped your upline would be. So, what do you do if you have a lousy upline? Produce your kind of the upline from your trainees.

Don't Perpetuate Yourself to Active Leadership

Be the leader, but don't perpetuate yourself to that role. Imagine if all your downlines would just rely on you to the business for them, leading them and taking initiatives for them. You'd surely die. They'd kill you! Train others for leadership. Give them roles and responsibilities. When they're fully functional, then you can have some rest and free time for yourself. They should train others who would train other people for leadership. Make it a goal to have a team of leaders--and righteous leaders at that! That's what clean network marketing is all about. That's powerful righteous network marketing!

Be Product Based, Not Network Based

2012-10-08T17:26:00.001-07:00

Sell the product, not the networking system. Sell the product, not people. Be product based, not network based, and you'd never go wrong.

A lot of networkers sell the networking system. They just show you the product and say something like, "This is the product. It's a unique toothpaste from Mars," and that's it. He proceeds with explaining the marketing system and spends much time for it.

Sell the product. Master the product, research on it, so you can present it well to prospects. I know I said somewhere on this blog that you should say outright when asked that what you are is a network marketer. Don't tell a lie. But do not sell the networking system. Begin with the product, it's unique benefits to users. Then, if they ask you if it's a networking business, then say so. Be honest.

The truth is, you are really selling a product. The networking system comes in second. The prospect should fall in love with the product first. Then he'd be further impressed by the concomitant earning system. Why is this important? Because marketing is really product movement, not people movement. The whole point about network marketing is developing a network of consumers always doing repeat purchases. Product loyalty.

It is tempting to get out of clean network marketing and instead recruit a mass of people to be under you whom you can "use" to make money for you. That's what happens when network marketing is done without product expertise and emphasis. It becomes a scam. That's why we see unscrupulous leaders with big groups bolting away from a company and bringing with him his whole empire of unthinking downlines who do not realize they're just being used. He brings them to different networking businesses so that in the end he and some of his immediate cohorts are the only ones profiting.

Always be product based, not network based. Build a team of downlines educated about the product and committed to re-purchasing and benefiting from it. When there's product movement, everyone benefits, especially if the leaders and uplines make new entry slots (or buy again as a "new member") now and then under them that benefits their downlines.

Later, they may decide to do another networking business while continuing to do the former. Business is investment, and you have to have more than one investment to play the thing safe. Unscrupulous networkers, on the other hand, leave the former business altogether once they have profited from it, unmindful whether their downlines have attained ROI and earned enough profits. They keep hopping from one business to another, and then brag about their wealth, to the detriment of their downlines' investments. But foolish downlines like it that way and are even proud of their uplines.

If you want fair and righteous network marketing, be product based, not network based. Sell the product diligently, train your downlines, and the networking system will just be added unto you.

Make Recruitment Easy for You

2012-10-02T18:45:00.001-07:00

To be successful in network marketing you have to know how to make recruitment easy for you. It will be easier if you do this tip: always be honest. In clean network marketing, honesty is the best sales policy. And you have to be honest about what business you have.

Don't Hide Behind Disguises

Many networkers hide behind disguises and don't say outright that what they are offering is a networking business. Say it right in the beginning when asked. Be honest. This is a networking business. If the prospect hates network marketing, make that as your launching pad to your presentation. Ask the prospect, "What made you hate network marketing?"

People will always appreciate your honesty and openness. They may not like network marketing, but they'd like you. And when you declare your business, "I'm a network marketer," be proud of it, and make sure the prospect sees that. It's easy to do this especially when you get fat checks regularly and own a new posh car and a house of your own. But what if you ain't got nothing yet?

Don't pretend you're rich or making big money already out of networking. Don't pretend to be something you are not. Be honest. Clean network marketing will make recruitment easy for you. God will bless you, for sure. If you haven't made a single cent from networking, just appear professional, tidy, smart, and confident to your prospects, making sure he or she sees that you have studied your product very well and that from such diligent study you believe in the product intelligently.

Start with the Product

Although honesty is of the essence, never start with presenting the networking business. Present the product first and highlight its benefits. After all, there won't be any business without the product. Don't just have the product for the sake of having a product. Be a master of the product. Remember that product expertise sets you apart from scammers. Scammers just want the money. Professionals sell product benefits. They are there as consultants to help their prospects and customers.

Then Comes the Business

After the product, proceed with the business. If the prospect has no more queries about the product, say something like, "You see, the company wants customers to earn from the product. And there's big money in this!" Always sound excited enough about the business.

If he or she asks, "So, how much have you made so far?" Be honest. If it's only a few hundreds or thousands, say so. If you haven't made anything yet, say so. Then say, "With diligence, anything can grow into millions." Say how you've seen other guys in the business make millions through initial hard work. And do emphasize that. Say something like...

"You see, with network marketing, you just need to pour diligence into it initially for 6 months to a year--or 2 years--and the effort will be rewarded in big increments and residual income." Residual income is income that grows by itself periodically.

Spread the Word Around

Make it known around your sphere of influence that you are a network marketer. That may send people away or towards you, depending on the situation. But, don't worry. If you're honest, God will soon send people to you begging to be in your team. Moreover, it's important to let people know who and what you are so they can refer sales or recruits to you in the future.

When so many people know who you are and what you do, that will make recruitment easy for you. And make sure you keep a good reputation as a networker.