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Why did GenoMan have to be born? Well it's simple he needed to be born so we can all take a good look at ourselves and have a good laugh. I surf and market all over the internet and I am so tired of this deception of "My LIE MARKETING" sorry I mean "My Story Marketing". You know where some guy builds a website promoting how successful he is and how he's going to show you how to make millions on the internet, you just have to send him a $1000 to his paypal account. For that grand you get a PDF file on the next step. You just paid a grand for information that's free on the internet or from the local libriary. Hey I've even fallen prey to a few of these.
What is the answer? It's Box O Rocks! Box O Rocks is just a comedy about what you're really getting when you join all these stupid shams. Don't get me wrong there are legit companies out there that are awesome. It's not the companies I'm talking about. It's the people that bother me.
"Your in Business for Yourself, But not by Yourself" Famous MLM tag line or should I say
TAG LIE!
The line should read "In business for yourself by yourself."
OOOOOHHHHHHH this makes my genetically altered blood begin to boil.
Did I spell that right?
Then I catch myself and get real. The reality is that no one cares about your success as much as you do. All the responsiblity for success is on your shoulders, so don't think you can get away with excuses here. Stop it right now. Like I said, "Let's get real." Boy I sure would like to do this in video. I hate to type.
MLM Tag LINE "This Is Not a get rich quick scheme, It's a get right slow scheme."
Ok so finally we are getting some honest truth here. MLM, Direct sales, Network Marketing is really a get rich slow deal. I will break it into some easy parts here because I'm a muscle head for cry'n out loud.
- Sign Up! You got to get in the game if you want to win so sign up already. Find a company or product you can get excited about and just DO IT! This is part one of what Richard Kall would say are the key elements to success in Network Marketing.
- Get Involved! This requires action on YOUR part the company has given you all the tools now plug into the training, teaching, and mentoring program. Find out where the leaders are meeting and go hang out with them. I saw a company called VM Direct. There product is Helloworld.com a video enabled social network. Get this. They have a Virtual Learning Center. It was very crude in the beginning, but they spent 3 million on it and now other companies want this capability. Today you are seeing it more and more. Just another way to cut down on costs to the sales force and make things move faster. Disclaimer: I did join VM Direct. I went through all the training and even got a certificate of completion as a streaming media consultant. It was worth it. That is how I got involved. Also look in your back office everyday. I made this mistake of not doing this. My new peeps would call me everyday and say did you see this or that? I could not lie and I told them " No". They stopped calling me and eventually quit. They didn't think I was serious. I was! I was spending my time on recruiting and would go days without looking in my back office. So Check your back office and stay informed about the company you represent.
- DON'T QUIT! "A winner never quits and a quitter never wins" I don't know how many times I have heard this and it is very true, but it has to be in the right context. Here is where it doesn't work, the stock market and Russian Roulet. You can say a company is solid and good for the long haul, but if you bought the stock at 70 and the bottom has fallen out of it and the true value is really 15. Quit that stock, sell it, take the loss and move on. Russian Roulet.....just quit while your ahead. Statistic show 1 out of 1 dies, this game falls right in line with that stat and makes death come much faster. Quit while you are a head. The only place that you should find quitters in in REHAB. Rehab is for quitters. Richard Kall, Jim Rohn, Michael Zappia, and a few others speak very well on the subject of quitting. My friend John was in the top ten of new affiliates. When the company decided to go NWM they asked him if he wanted to stay on as a support person or join the sales force. He chose the force. A year later he quit. Then the company finally got their heals dug in and pushed forward. His choice cost him millions of dollars. He rejoined but was somewhere about 3500. If he would have stayed he would have had ALL the companies top money earners under him. Michael Zappia on the other hand got mad and tired of the products not living up to the claim, but had the echo of Richard Kalls voice in his head "Don't quit" so he didn't. Micheal just took a little break, kept using the products, believed in the company and that they would figure it out. After a year he got a call from the leadership of the company. They said, "Come and see now." When Michael saw it he knew it was time. He made it happen from there and today is financially free. I have personally been where Michael has been and wanted to quit. I just have Richard and Michael in my head saying "Don't Quit." I once meet Rudy from the movie "RUDY" and he said something that has stuck with me. "It's always to soon to quit." take it for what it's worth. I liked Rudy. He's a jackass in some aspects, but he is something I admire. Rudy is REAL. He doesn't sugar coat things. That's a rare and admirable quality. Rudy hates MLM. We agree to disagree on that one. He just launched Rudy Beverage company. It could be a good product for an Affiliate program.
I hope I've been real too and not suger coated MLM, Network Marketing, and direct sales. The key to it all is work and it is hard work. What is your alternative? Just keep getting by doing what your doing? Charging your life on a credit card that you never intend on paying back? Or maybe just living pay check to pay check never experiencing the abundant life that God really had in store for you? I don't know. I like the MLM model because I've seen it work so many times. I had a traditional brick and mortar business $240K to open the doors and $12k a month to keep it open. After a year net loss $404.00. Second year my partners sold the business for what we had paid for it. It was more work than they could handle. We were running in the black now and had banked about $22,000. I began to say to myself I could make something work if the up front wasn't so high and the overhead was a little more manageable. Then I saw the network marketing MLM model and it made sense. I bought a business in Network Marketing and paid $300.00 for it. I began to use the products and see a difference. I got excited and started to tell others. I upgraded to $2000.00 so I could get paid more. My first years over head was $4800.00 as opposed to $144,000. I worked part time and my take home pay on my first year was $12,000. I did not advertise and my driving expenses were under $300.00 for the year. Net profit was somewhere around $6700 for part time. My full time job earned me $26,000. This business model just made sense to me. I could see my business grow every day and I was enjoying it. The best part was I wasn't doing anymore work I was just consistent with my effort. I wasn't getting this at my job! I kept getting paid the same everyday. Do you really know why 8 out of 10 businesses fail? Because they should! Harsh reality check right there. Before you decide to do anything read or listen to E Myth by Michael Gerber. If you want to pay the price of owning your own business after reading it then GO FOR IT. What are you waiting for.
Blessings to all
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