MLM Maniac

MLM Downline Retention -The Holy Grail?

2008-04-29T10:33:00.008-05:00

Copyright 2008, by Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.Retention. It's the magic word in network marketing, maybe a more important issue than prospecting. It's the Holy Grail of network marketing. For the majority of MLM distributors, retention is elusive. High drop rates are discouraging. It's the easiest business in the world to start, and the easiest to quit. Retaining your downline in network

Who Owns Your Network Marketing Business?

2008-04-23T16:59:00.003-05:00

Who “owns” your team of independent contractors, your army of volunteers?Your downline belongs TO YOU first, not the company you rep for. Some would consider these comments heresy. It’s a complicated idea fraught with all sorts of potential landmines. I'm bound to get emails from nervous uplines. What if my downline decides it doesn’t “belong” to me ? Does this kind of thinking lead to chaos in

2008-04-15T11:19:00.005-05:00

It’s Tax Day! If you’re a network marketer in the U.S., April 15 is actually a day to celebrate because you get tax deductions that most Americans (and Canadians) have access to but never use- home business deductions! The tax deductions from your MLM home business can save you and your family thousands of dollars per year. That extra money can be used for investment, debt reductions, charity,

Network Marketing is Not for Normal People

2008-03-23T18:58:00.006-05:00

Copyright 2008, Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.Network Marketing has been called "The People's Franchise". A home business model that has been designed for the person with little or no training in business. People are promised that they will earn millions and the average distributor earns maybe $300-500 per month. Is the multi-level marketing promise a lie?I don't think so. MLM or Network Marketing

Swimming With Squidoo

2008-01-08T11:35:00.000-05:00

Web 2.0 - Swimming with Squidoo(Pronounced: Skwi -doo)What is Web 2.0?At first glance, Squidoo seeems like one of those silly web 2.0 things. It was created by Seth Godin author if Permission Marketing, and The Purple Cow. When I first took a serious look at it, I couldn't quite figure out what to do with it. My "quick way cool way to generate traffic" took an entire weekend, to build instead of

Avoidant Marketing: Network Marketing's Answer?

2007-11-22T13:14:00.000-05:00

Copyright 2007 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.No ClosingNo SellingNo Chasing peopleNo RecruitingNo rejection, ever!Everywhere you look in the network marketing/home business arena, systems are advertising themselves as "Don't do anything, and you'll get rich". It's a very compelling message. These systems seem to address the very core issue of why many people don't succeed in network marketing. New

5 Ways to Improve Your Network Marketing Results - NOW

2007-11-02T10:45:00.000-05:00

Copyright 2007 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.Most network marketers don't understand their own business.Network Marketing is the only business promoted to non-business people on a mass scale. That's it's attraction and why it succeeds. It's also why MLM fails. Most new MLMersdo not take the time, to learn their new profession. MLM is promoted as fast money, and get into action NOW. Talk to enough

Lie, Cheat, Steal and Spam: The Amateurs Guide to MLM

2007-11-02T10:10:00.000-05:00

Copyright 2007 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.You can spot a new MLMer a mile away. They are practicing the "3 Foot Rule", and clubbing everyonewithin reach who can fog a mirror because "everyonewants what we have". The really serious ones usethe 7 foot rule. These brave souls are hailed bythe network marketing uplines as "proof you can do it"! I'll admit it's very brave.You can spot a new MLMer

The Network Marketer's Bill of Rights

2007-10-17T12:08:00.000-05:00

Copyright 2007 by Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc.The Network Marketer’s Bill of RightsI've been studying David Sandler's selling system in "You Can't Teach A Kid How to Ride A Bike in a Seminar". As I'm reading his approach to sales and working with people, I realized that underlying all of his work is a basic respect for the sales professional, which includes network marketing professionals.

The Myth of the Free Business Opportunity

2007-09-12T13:47:00.000-05:00

Copyright 2007 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc."It's Free! It's Free! It doesn't cost anything to join!You can make money! You can sponsor lots of people because it doesn't cost any money and the products are cheap! It's the easiest sale in the world"!If I can paraphrase Forrest Gump, "Free is as Free does".People who promote free or what I call "low-ball business opportunities" feel that the path

Online Marketing Survival Skills for the MLMer

2007-08-23T17:22:00.000-05:00

We've all heard stories about the teenage kid who builds an online marketing empire. Overnight. In his bedroom. In between playing XBox 360 and doing his homework. Or the network marketer who builds a massive organization from zero in just 90 days using the internet. (Funny they never say HOW they did it....they just "showed the plan" more). Like other eager beavers, I entered online marketing

Does Your MLM Ignore Internet Marketing?

2007-08-23T15:44:00.000-05:00

It's absolutely mind-boggling that network marketers, especially those in established companies, need to defend their online marketing efforts to their peers and corporate partners. Every marketing survey, every market indicator is pointing to the internet. "Home party", or "party-plan sales" is the lease searched for term in the home business category. The biggest? "Online home business".You

Buying and Working with Leads

2007-06-29T10:22:00.000-05:00

So you've used up your "warm market" of friends and family. Or you really don't have one that you want to contact about your business opportunity or product. And you don't want to get out a phone book and start cold calling. Then it's time to buy some leads! When I first purchased leads about 3 years ago, my expectations were way too high. I thought it would be like picking ripe fruit. Well,

Are You Proud to be in MLM?

2007-02-13T19:33:00.000-05:00

Are you proud of what you do as a network marketer? Do you allow the negative and often ignorant opinions of others effect your performanc? No other home business comes close to creating the wealth both personally and financially, that network marketing can. I received this piece in an article, and wanted to pass this on. Mark Yarnell is the author of Your First Year in Network Marketing, a

Are You Marketing Your MLM to the Right People?

2007-01-31T16:48:00.000-05:00

One of the reasons why I believe MLM gets a bad name and is accused of hype - is that MLM or network marketing is promoted to the wrong people about 80% of the time. It's promoted as a part-time work at home job to people who really just want a steady pay and flexible hours. 1) Network marketing is not a job. It is a business system for entrepreneurs who want to have their businesses at home

Your Distributor Doesn't Suck, Your System Does

2007-01-19T16:21:00.000-05:00

The dirty secret in the home-based industry, is that the network marketing systems have been broken for a long, long time. The MLM or network marketing industry has a 90%+ failure rate, and it often blames the distributor. The system of advertising and prospecting that built the industry; home parties, prospect lists and cold lead calling, are not as effective in the 21st century as they were

The Perils and Pitfalls of Multi-level Marketing....

2007-01-03T23:48:00.000-05:00

Daddy’s Upline’s been arrested!© 2007 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.My Dad was always looking to make money from home. Back in the 1960’s there weren’t a lot of options. He started all kinds of businesses, from bars to installing sprinkler systems, to selling tools.But my Dad knew cars. He came across this product which would keep your car from losing traction and spinning out

Cold Calling Recovery Program

2006-12-12T00:10:00.000-05:00

Copyright December 2006, Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc. “Hey, I want to take a look at your home business opportunity. It soundslike what I’m looking for. Let me just go into my office so I can get on my computer”.Click.Aaarrgh! I’ve been lied to again! I’ve made a thousand-plus dials, build “relationships”, confirmed follow-up appointments that never showed, yadda, yadda, yadda. Then train

Question Me An Answer

2006-12-06T13:24:00.000-05:00

End of the Day questions for Network Marketers.Copyright 2006 Karen Hurd Enterprises, Inc. If everyone in my downline did what I did today, would I make money? You know, success in your home business can be surprisingly simple. Making money is not a mystery in network marketing. Read on.I was surfing the ‘net back in the days when AOL was cutting edge, and came across this list of questions and