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Sean Gallagher Interviews Yaro Starak of Blog Mastermind

JamesHolmes — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:59:35 +0000

I first became aware of Yaro Starak a little over two years ago and previously completed his Become a Blogger program which is co-presented with Gideon Shalwick. I have since studied and put into practice many of Yaro’s blogging principles and best practices. I owe much of my blogging success to what I have learned from Yaro and I have to tell you, his story is very inspirational!

I recently became aware of another blogger and video-blogger named Sean Gallagher who publishes the blog “Start Up Freedom,” which is a blog on the business of Internet Marketing. I recommend his site as it has plenty of great video interviews and other actionable content. As I was perusing Sean’s site, I came across this interview with Yaro Starak and it is so good that I wanted to share it with you here.

Yaro Starak is the publisher of the blog “Entreprenuers Journey” and the creator of “Blog Mastermind,” which is a course designed for individuals who have the desire to earn a full-time or part-time income from blogging. In this interview Yaro share quite a lot about his background, his introduction to the world of blogging and how he manages a four hour work week and life as a frequent flier. This is a very enlightening interview and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Living the Four Hour Work Week & Marking Multi 6 Figures a Year

YaroStarakInterview from DJ Sean Gallagher on Vimeo.

If you would like to learn more about Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind program visit his site here:

Blog Mastermind Preview

Be sure to post a comment and if you have an interesting tip or blog story feel free to post it as well.

I am here to help you succeed in your business and life!

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Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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My Introduction to Turnkey Internet Business Systems

JamesHolmes — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:08:05 +0000

I have just posted a new article at Ezine Articles that share a quick story about how I discovered and have profited from “Turnkey Internet Business Systems” - there are some gems here. In the article, you will discover that my entrance into the home business industry was very typical, my initial results where extraordinary and I quickly ran into the same brick wall that so many people face when just getting started in our profession.

I share how I was introduced to the concepts of funded proposals and marketing funnels and how this changed everything for me. I even provide a “snap-shot” of what these system look like and how they work. I also explain what a “turnkey business system” is and how to leverage them to your advantage.

In summary, I would invite you to take a quick read of my article, it will only take a few minutes to read, but the value if you look carefully may solve one of your biggest challenges to truly break through online. I site two examples of turnkey models that I current utilize in my business, YourNet Biz and Worldprofit are my recommendations, but there are a couple of others worthy of your consideration. Do your homework and find a business that resonates with you!

You can access the article by visiting Ezine Articles at:

http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Holmes

This article is part of a series and I will next focus on turnkey business platforms that provide live training. Training is critical as without proper training which is personalized to your strengths you will have difficulty succeeding in any business. I am going to show you how we combine system provided training with our private coaching program to maximize the opportunity to succeed with associates in our businesses.

Please be sure to leave a comment and share your thoughts on turnkey business models – let me know what is working for you or tell me your biggest challenge with list building.

I am here to help you succeed online and achieve your ideal Internet lifestyle!

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Podcast Episode #106: This is SIC! Introducing Second Income Coach with Gerry Schroeder

JamesHolmes — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:02:47 +0000

My friend and GVO associate Gerry Schroeder has put something together that he knows is really SIC! It is a brand new membership site called “Second Income Coach” and it launched on July 5th and it is going to be a huge hit! When Gerry showed the site to me, I knew that I could recommend it to my readers and podcast listeners without hesitation.

I am pleased to welcome Gerry Schroeder as my special guest on the Internet Business Blueprint Podcast 9th on Friday July . During our interview you will learn about Gerry’s amazing track record online and the story behind Second Income Coach. We also will explore how Second Income Coach can help you learn how to succeed online.

So what is Second Income Coach?

Second Income Coach is a site dedicated to anyone who wants to be a “Ten-Thousandaire” – yes, I said ten-thousandaire. Every day literally thousands of people log online searching for a solution to add an additional $1,000-$5,000 per month into their household budgets. They are looking for a second income, a plan-b, a real road map to solve budget problems and improve the quality of their lives. That is what Second Income Coach is designed to do.

Second Income Coach is not a “primary business opportunity” it is a funded proposal that will help you explode your primary business. A funded proposal is a sales funnel that allows you to pre-sell yourself (personal branding) and your opportunity by selling a low cost information product to your prospect to develop trust.

Here are the show details:

Show: The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

When: Friday July 9th at 1:00 PM EST

Web-Host: Blog Talk Radio

Show Page: http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

Call In Number: 1 (646) 727-3058

Chat Room Open: Yes

If you would like to sign up for a Free Account to Second Income Coach follow this link:

SIC OFFER

I hope you can join us, it promises to be a fun and enlightening interview and I believe you will quickly recognize the unique quality that has been built into this website. You will learn how to generate web traffic, build a list, create cash-flow to fund your advertising, how to convert leads and much more. I look forward to seeing you on the program.

I am here to help you succeed in your business and life!

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Podcast Episode #100: U.K. Based Marketer Stuart Ross

JamesHolmes — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:30:54 +0000

Stuart Ross and I have a lot in common, we are both very passionate about Internet Marketing and helping those that we have the privilege to work with succeed. I have known Stuart for a couple of years as we are both leaders at Your Net Biz and the Turnkey Marketing Group. As I have gotten to know Stuart, I have come to appreciate his dedication to his work and to a greater degree his desire to achieve greater levels of success as he pushes the envelope.

I am pleased to welcome Stuart Ross as my guest on the Internet Business Blueprint Podcast where he will share

* His Unique Story
* Why He Chose Internet Marketing
* Why He Loves Direct Sales
* Why He Loves Building Teams
* His Favorite Marketing Strategies

This will be a powerful and informative hour of actionable advice and wisdom from someone who has achieve tremendous success online.

Here are the show details:

Show: The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

When: Wednesday May 19th at 1:00 PM EST

Web-Host: Blog Talk Radio

Show Page: http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

Call In Number: 1 (646) 727-3058

Chat Room Open: Yes

This promises to be an informative show full of valuable content that will be immediately actionable.

I am looking forward to hearing you on the show!

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Podcast Episode #97: Janet Legere GVO Trainer of the Year

JamesHolmes — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:08:37 +0000

I am pleased to welcome Internet Marketer and Elite Trainer Janet Legere as my guest on the Internet Business Blueprint podcast on Friday April 30th at 1:00 PM EST. We are going to engage in a lively discussion on personal branding, list building and using list builders to explode your list and build your business. Janet and I are partnered in GVO and another soon to be announced venture – I have come to admire Janet and I am thrilled to share her knowledge with you.

Janet Legere was recently honored by Joel Therien,CEO of GVO with the award for trainer of the year, which is easily understood as Janet consistently provides excellent training at GVO Academy as well as in her own Saturday training sessions.

So who is Janet Legere?

Janet is a full-time Internet Marketer who has been online since 1999 and works with her husband Don Legere from their home in Calgary, Alberta. Janet is the mother of two beautiful daughters and a son, she is also the proud grandmother to three girls. Janet is a very successful list builder and marketer. In addition, Janet is author of “How to Create an Easy Video Lead Capture Marketing Blog” and blogs at http://JanetLegere..com

Special Listener Bonus

A couple of months ago Russell Brunson hosted an exclusive webinar for a small group of people on the subject of “Million Dollar Product Launches” – it was one of the most informative sessions I have participated in since coming online. As a bonus Russell Brunson and host Jeff Dederick made the recording available to the attendees and we have turn that recording into a educational product. I have not released this to anyone YET!

We have decided to make this program available to listeners of the show as a special bonus. Tune in for all of the details of how you can download this treasure for free as our gift to you.

Here are the show details:

Show: The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

When: Friday April 30th at 1:00 PM EST

Web-Host: Blog Talk Radio

Show Page: http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

Call In Number: 1 (646) 727-3058

Chat Room Open: Yes

This promises to be an informative show full of valuable content that will be immediately actionable.

I am looking forward to hearing you on the show!

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Special 40%Discount on PowerStart 2010 Plus My BIG Bonus!

JamesHolmes — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:35:51 +0000

Here is a quick heads up on a special offer that was made on my podcast “The Internet Business Blueprint” podcast by Internet Marketer Doug Champigny for his “Power Start 2010” 4 Week Coaching Program – I am signing up for the program today and so should you – here is why.

There is a tremendous opportunity to develop your personal brand, expand your market, and create a six-figure income by creating and marketing information products. Many new and intermediate marketers have a large number of ‘private label rights’ (PLR) and ‘master resell rights’ (MRR) ZIP files sitting on their hard drives unopened because they do not know how to take the steps required to get these products personally re-branded and posted online. It is like a treasure chest of cash waiting to be opened.

The purpose of the Power Start 2010 program is to help you go from a dead start to a complete online info product business with website hosted, monetized and getting traffic in 4 weeks. I invite you to join us if you would like to take massive action and get your business launched in 4 weeks not 12 months and start making real money online.

Here is an overview of the weekly sessions:

1. Get Started: Install your blog, select the “correct’ plugins, integrate your blog with Web 2.0, set up your e-courses, your e-zines and knowing when to use each.

2. Get Your Products Online: Info products, understand master resell rights and PLR.

3. Get Traffic: Leverage article marketing, pod-casting,video marketing and social media.

4. Get Affiliate Commissions: How to choose the right affiliate programs, building residual commissions, promoting affiliate products and BIG JV launches.

The sessions are being held on 4 consecutive Monday evenings at 7:00 pm EST beginning February 1st and the sessions are presented in a tele-seminar format and there will be assignment given week to week to ensure that you are implementing what you are learning and getting your business established. Students will also be given videos for each module in the program, these are how to videos designed to help you take action at your own speed.

This is a serious high intensity fast start program and you shouldn’t sign-up unless you have made a firm decisions to build a successful online business. If you have made a decisions to build your business, this program will save you both money and time by shortening your learning curve.

During the podcast Doug and I tried to out do each other by adding special bonuses for listeners of the podcast and readers of my blog – you will reap the benefits. So here are the bonuses you will receive if you sign up for the class by Monday January 25th for the first session.

1.) Program Tuition Discounted 40%

2.) Complimentary Membership to the “Info Product Profits Blueprint” membership site that I am launching in March

3.) One Hour Personal One-on-One Consultation with Doug Champigny by SKYPE of Telephone after the program

4.) Assistance Promoting Your Site to Doug’s Personal JV Network (upon completion of the course)

If you are ready to take action go here and sign up: PowerStart2010 Special

Here is the link Itself: http://askjamesholmes.com/PowerStart2010

Who is Doug Champigny?

Doug is a full-time Internet marketer, Affiliate Marketer, E-Zine Publisher, mentor and speaker, is often called a super-promoter because he’s an expert in creating wealth online and teaching others to do the same. A 25-year veteran of the marketing and advertising industries before coming online, Doug has worked online full-time since 1997.

As you know my purpose is to provide you with a blueprint for your online business success and I fully endorse this program and I am proud to promote the program as an affiliate. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have questions. Once you have enrolled in the course send me a private email to james@AskJamesHolmes.com with your receipt and I will send you information for my membership site along with a few other bonuses.

I am here to help you succeed!

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Simple Fail-Safe Way to Back Up Your Email Account

JamesHolmes — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:12:49 +0000

Back up your email account as a best business practice

I have a lesson from the field that will save you from losing access to your email if your domain host goes offline or another calamity visits your desktop. Here is what happened. I was working with one of my traffic services clients last night to help him get an e-commerce site online overnight in a pinch. So it was about one in the morning and we decided to transfer his DNS Settings for his domain to a new host and FTP the site. What we hadn’t considered is that his email would go offline until the transfer process was complete quoting 24 to 72 hours. The problem is that he is receiving between 30 to 50 new order per day through email – yikes!

So with every challenge come a solution and a new idea is born – right? So, I got to thinking, what if you set up a Gmail account that you could use as a fail safe for your primary email- you can set up the account and then make one simple adjustment to your primary email client. Log into your primary email account and edit your email profile by adding your new Gmail account address as a carbon copy address.

Now, every time you get an email one will also be sent to the Gmail back up account. If you have a mishap, system failure, or need an email that has been deleted from your primary account you simply log in to your back up account and retrieve your messages. Then all you have to do is log in there once or twice a month and purge the in-box.

There you have a free, reliable, user friendly way to add a little safety net and avoid that sinking feeling if your web host goes down or you pull a stunt like we did.

I ways both large and small – I am here to help you succeed!

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Blasting Through Mental Barriers for Peak Performance with Gina Parris

JamesHolmes — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:28:05 +0000

Gina Parris Bulit to Win Coaching

Join me and special guest Gina Parris on the Internet Business Blueprint Podcast Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM EST. We will explore again explore the role mindset plays in achieving success with a special focus on Internet Entrepreneurs.

Gina Parris is a recognized expert in blasting through mental barriers for peak performance. She is the author of the popular book, Flow On Demand -the Athlete’s Edge, which is downloaded nearly every day on the Internet. She also has spoken to hundreds of audiences around the world, receiving praise from both the participants and the promoters.

Her company, Built to Win Coaching, helps athletes, entrepreneurs and market traders excel at their games by teaching them cutting edge techniques for mindset mastery and strategic action.

Both as a speaker and a coach, Gina’s trademarks are her sense of humor and her passion for results. Her clients attest to the effectiveness of her work.

Here’s what some other people are saying:

“Thanks so much Gina. You helped me with the exact problem I was having with the ball. Your message will help me both on and off the field to make great decisions.”

–Adam Anderson, Whitworth University – Spokane Washington (All-American Running Back 2^nd Team)

“After working in traditional sports psychology for over 20 years, including full time with the New York Yankees, I can tell you the techniques Gina teaches blow away the results we got from traditional techniques alone.”

-Dr. Tom Hanson, Tampa Bay, Florida

“Gina, after working with you on my mindset and implementing our strategies, I actually tripled my number of listings, tripled my number of closings, and more than tripled my income. Considering the housing market and the media’s portrayal of it, this is simply astonishing!”

-Karen Tibbals, Weichert Realty – Joe Orr and Associates, Tullahoma, TN

Be sure to stop by and participate in the program. Consider this my personal invitation to call in and ask have Gina answer your questions and let us identify and bridge any gaps you may be encountering on your road to building a successful business online.

I am looking forward to sharing Gina’s knowledge and unique coaching style and look forward to seeing you on the podcast.

Have a blessed day!

James

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Yaro Starak’s Membership Site Mastermind Provides a Road Map for Your Success

JamesHolmes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:18:40 +0000

Amazing Free Report

I want to share a few thoughts and my recommendation of Yaro Starak’s “Membership Site Mastermind,” which includes a free PDF report and two hour and forty-five minute mp3 audio. I have spent the last couple of weeks analyzing every aspect of my business funnel in an effort to make my quarterly adjustments to maximize my profitability and effectiveness for my market.

I want to remain true to my personal mission, to sow increase into the lives of others by co-creating wealth and abundance. Sharing ideas and resources that I have properly explored to ensure they work is just one way I can do this and help others become successful online.

I am constantly looking for quality products and services to add to my affiliate funnel that I know will benefit my readers, listeners and viewers within my business and media models. I have been a follower of Yaro Starak since reading his popular free report “Blog Profits Blueprint” and as a member of “Blog Mastermind,” a membership site in partnership with Gideon Shalwick.

I opted in and downloaded the “Membership Site Mastermind” report and audio a couple of months ago when the membership site was launched. Launching a membership site was not my top priority at the time, but not knowing if these free offers where going to be removed from the marketplace after the launch phase of the Membership Mastermind membership, so I saved them for future reference.

I just completed a detailed review of these materials and I now have a road map to launching my own membership site which is one of my personal objectives for 2010. If you desire to create a vehicle to establish reoccurring income and re-purposing your content, and distributing new content.

Here is a post from Yaro Starak’s blog that tells the story better than I can as you can here from the mastermind himself.

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It’s been a long time coming, but my latest free report is live and ready to download.

The Membership Site Masterplan is a walk through of all the ingredients necessary to make money with an online membership site, based on the model I used to launch two six-figure membership sites in the last two years.

You can download your complimentary copy from here -

MembershipSiteMastermind

What Is In The Masterplan?

The Masterplan is a content report. By that I mean I wrote it to be a standalone document that provides real value, and is not just a light lead-in report that essentially only promotes a product, and isn’t going to teach you anything helpful.

Of course the reason why I invested so much time to produce this report and give it away for free is because I expect many of you to read it and then decide that you would like to take my membership site coaching program too, but that’s entirely optional.

The Masterplan is a solid guide to my system for launching successful membership sites. In the report I take you through the following process:

* How to find topics for a membership site
* How to develop preeminence, which means people choose to join your membership site over all the other options
* What sources of traffic I use to bring members to my site and build my list
* What technology I use to deliver content (this is so simple, anyone can do it)
* How to make money from a membership site BEFORE you create the content for it
* How to fill your membership site with hundreds of new members in a matter of days by conducting a powerful, yet simple, launch campaign

and much more…

Click Here to download the Masterplan

My Simple Formula

The Masterplan shows you exactly how to set yourself up with the right conditions so when you launch a membership site you have a crowd of very hungry people ready to join. It will teach you how you can get started quickly (you can open before you create most of your site content), how much you should charge, how you can conduct a strategic launch, and so much more.

There is one key difference, and I believe this is the real power behind my system, which makes what I do different from most other membership site trainers.

Most people get caught up with the technology they can use to deliver their site. Technology has been the biggest roadblock for me and I expect for you too. Because of this over the past two years I’ve been constantly changing parts of my membership site process to make it as SIMPLE as possible.

I like simple. I’m not looking to get everything perfect or have all the cool features that membership site scripts can offer. I just want to deliver value to as many members as I can get as quickly as I can with as little hassle as possible. Plus I’m focused on setting it up to be an automated system so once it’s created I don’t have to work hard to make good money.

If you’re looking for a program that makes the technology challenge as simple as possible, you want the quickest path to success and you’re committed to finally creating a long term stable business, read this report.

The Membership Site Masterplan Download Page

Isn’t It Time You Produced A Product?

One of the biggest mistakes I made with my online business was waiting so long to release a product of mine own.

The next mistake I made was taking so long to realize that a membership site is the best product to sell online.

Learn from my hindsight, commit to releasing a product this year and make it a membership site.

If you’re a blogger, then you are in a particularly good situation since you can use your blog as a launchpad for your membership site. Since you are already familiar with blogging tools like WordPress, which is what I use to store the content of my membership sites, you have another advantage.

You don’t need to have a blog to make this work of course, but if you’re into blogging and you’re going to create your own product, then this is definitely the best product-creation training to take since it’s created by a blogger (that’s me).

Membership Site Mastermind Coming Next Week

Early next week I’m opening the doors to my training program, Membership Site Mastermind, inviting you to participate in a six-week intensive course to get your membership site up and running.

I’m taking on students only for a week, after which I will shut the doors and begin teaching.

In the meantime, please read the Masterplan and leave me your feedback as a reply comment to this post. I’d love to know what you think of the report and I want to see you succeed with your own membership site this year.

Click Here to download the Masterplan

Yaro Starak
Masterplanning

Taken from Yaro Starak’s blog “entrepreneurs-journey.com” by permission with attribution.

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I hope you take advantage of Yaro’s amazing offer of “The Membership Site Masterplan” this special report could easily be sold as a “how to” guide to launching a successful membership site. I recommend saving and printing the PDF version as well as downloading the mp3 audio – it is over 2 hours in length and narrated by Yaro himself.

Pay particular attention to the road map Yaro lays out and the discussion of membership site software options and the simplicity of Word Press. Depending on where you are in your business model and reputation in your niche, you could have a profitable membership site launch within the next 30 days!

I am committed to helping you prosper and welcome your feedback!

James

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Ten MLM Myths Defeated by the Truth

JamesHolmes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:52:07 +0000

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During today’s training session on the “Internet Business Blueprint” podcast, I discussed ten common myths that many face when prospecting for their network marketing (MLM) opportunity. I find that many distributors shy away from these when they are raised by their prospects and often result in a total lack of confidence during the recruiting process. My underlying advice has always been to address these questions head on and I will summarize here what the most common myths are and how to address each in effectively.

Ten Common Myths:

#1. Isn’t this a “pyramid scheme?”

There is a legal definition for what constitutes a “pyramid scheme” made available from the “Office of the Attorney General” in your State. Here is a direct quote from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on her official website.

“What is a Pyramid Scheme?

Pyramid schemes are illegal money-making ventures used by individuals, businesses, and small groups of people. A typical pyramid scheme involves a few people at the top who recruit participants to recruit more participants to offer something of value (usually money, but in some cases, time) to the organization. Participants are promised large sums of money if they successfully recruit others to pay money to join the pyramid. Pyramid schemes focus on the exchange of money and recruitment; usually, no legitimate product is sold.

How are Pyramid Schemes Disguised?

Pyramid schemes may be disguised as games, chain letters, buying clubs, gifting clubs, motivational companies, mail order operations, or investment organizations.

Some pyramid schemes also call themselves multilevel marketing operations, but not all multilevel marketing companies are pyramids. The sale of legitimate products is what distinguishes multilevel operations from pyramids. If you are told you will earn commissions for recruiting new members rather than for selling something of value, the organization is probably an illegal pyramid.”

- Source Illinois Attorney Generals Official Website

#2. Isn’t this “Illegal?”

The best way to answer this question is with these facts about our profession:

1. The industry in more that 60 years old
2. The sales for our profession exceed 30 Billion Dollars in the USA and 100 Billion Dollars Worldwide
3. The number of people participating is more than 50 Billion in the USA and more than 120 Billion Worldwide
4. The industry is largely self-regulated with residence set by the FTC, FDA, AG, IRS

Most prospects new to the profession of network marketing do not understand how well established and far reaching the profession is around the world, or the volume of sales generated by such a large group of people.

#3. Only those at the top make money.

The Federal Trade Commission Decision 93-618 also known as the “Amway Decision” addressed this question and has become the standard by which pyramid schemes can be distinguished from legitimate network marketing programs. There are two key factors to consider; first, the company must have a product or service utilized by consumers including those outside of the opportunity. Second, there must be a likelihood that a persons down line have a high probability of making more money than those up line.

Here is an except:

“In re Amway Corp., (93 F.T.C. 618 -1979) another landmark decision from the 1970’s, the FTC distinguished an illegal pyramid from a legitimate multilevel marketing program…

Since distributors were compensated both for selling products to consumers and to newly-recruited distributors, there was some question as to whether this was a legitimate multilevel marketing program or an illegal pyramid scheme. The Commission held that, although Amway had made false and misleading earnings claims when recruiting new distributors, (Id. at 729-33) the company’s sales plan was not an illegal pyramid scheme.

As a matter of fact, Amway’s Sales and Marketing Plan is currently the model the FTC uses to evaluate Multi-level marketing plans. They ask, “Is it illegal, or is it like Amway?”

- Source Federal Trade Commission

#4. You are required to buy a bunch of products.

This is an outdated practice and very few companies have product volume requirements beyond your normal monthly personal consumption of their products. I can remember in the early 1980’s friends who were involved with Amway converting their spare bedroom into a mini-warehouse to stock their Amway products. This is no longer the case as most companies accept product orders over the Internet and ship products directly to the customer’s specified address.

#5. Product prices are inflated by network marketing companies to pay the compensation plan.

Help your prospects understand how product distribution models work and how the related expenses impact the final price to the consumer. In the traditional retail model products go from the manufacturer, to the wholesaler, to the retailer, and ultimately to the consumer. In the network marketing model the distribution model is a direct sale from the manufacturer to the consumer. The distributors are paid out in similar proportion to the wholesale channel in the traditional model.

Network marketing companies are able to deliver what is usually a superior product directly to the marketplace at a competitive price in the marketplace. In my personal experience, those products that are priced higher in than popular brands are of superior quality and could not be offered by traditional retailers with comparable quality at a competitive price.

#6. You need to be able to peddle products.

This is another outdated view of network marketing. Back in the 1970’s and early 1980’s it would be common for a distributor to make monthly calls to their customers to collect orders, take delivery of their product orders at their home and then run all over town delivering products to their customers. The Internet has all but eliminated this practice and customers now order their products online using a retail account provided by the company. The products are then shipped directly to the customer’s specified address.

My advice is that if you feel like you are “peddling products,” you may not be thinking about your business in a big enough way and you must create scripts to allow you to effectively teach your team and customers the value of automation in your business.

#7. You must chase your friends and family to get them to join your business.

Unfortunately this practice does still exist as up-line leaders race to gain access to your warm market. It is essential that you share your message with the people you love the most in your life. I believe it is logical that if you possess a high level of belief in your program, that you would want to share the potential for financial security and time freedom with those closest to you?

I do not condone the notion of “chasing” anyone to convince them to join your business. Shift your mindset to having an expectation that your friends and family members will look at your business, and arrive at the decision that is best for them. You job is to do the best job possible to share the information, facilitate a third party call for validation, and resist being too caught up in the outcome of their decisions. Keep in mind that you can build a thriving organization without enrolling a single person that you currently know.

#8. Recruiting online doesn’t work.

The evidence is overwhelming in favor of recruiting online with literally thousands of documented testimonials available online from a variety of sources. My advice is to educate yourself by reading some of these stories and select a few to add to your prospecting scripts for those who doubt that online marketing is effective.

I also suggest that you take advantage of the free training provided by attraction marketing specialist Mike Dillard by following this link:

MLM Traffic Formula Free Training

#9. You cannot be open about “what” you are inviting your prospects to – you must keep it a secret.

Do you want to destroy your credibility with your friends, family members, and prospects? If so, simply “trick them” into attending an opportunity meeting or throw them onto a third party call without providing them with the courtesy of knowing you are going to do so. In addition to alienating your prospects, you will reinforce any negative preconceived ideas they may have about network marketing.

This myth can easily be defeated by not engaging in this practice. You should always inform your prospects with honesty and integrity and teach them how to recruit by example.

#10. You can’t “get rich quick.”

Here is the best way that I can demonstrate for you that you can “get rich quick” in network marketing. The average person works in a career or series of jobs for 40 years with the hope of saving enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement – 40 years. In network marketing, it is possible to build a long-term residual income and true wealth in 3-5 years.

By comparison, 40 years as compared to 3-5 years, I would say it is faster and just as likely that you can achieve financial independence through your career in network marketing as with traditional career choices.

Here are five strategies to use in order to bust any myth:

1. Communicate Effectively
2. Refuse to engage in a debate (who is right or who is wrong) instead share knowledge
3. Address all concerns honestly and directly
4. Validate using third party proof
5. Focus on the core issues and not minor points

If you commit to engaging in a serious discussion of these and other myths in your prospecting you will recruit new members into your team who have made strong educated decisions. Be sure to leave a comment and share your experiences and if I have not addressed a myth that you are aware of add it to your comment.

I am here to help you succeed!

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