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If you're in the process of building your MLM Network Marketing business, it's important to have expectations and goals.

Unfortunately, many are lead to believe that this business is "easy and anyone can do it."

Keeping your goals and expectations realistic, as they pertain to your current situation, is very important to do.

In doing so you will keep yourself focused and avoid the urge to compare your MLM Network Marketing success, or lack thereof, with others in your company or in the industry.

Hopefully this little lesson from the Daily OM will help you in doing just that!

Financial Naivete

You may realize today that you have a tendency toward rather unrealistic expectations when it comes to business and financial decisions, which could leave you feeling naïve. Or perhaps you could find yourself suddenly realizing the impracticality of a choice that seemed so perfect earlier. When we choose the heights of the goals we would like to reach, it is good to remove all belief in limitations. Because we create our reality with our beliefs, it is important to let ourselves have the freedom to imagine whatever gives us a sense of excitement and anticipation. With that positive energy working for us, we can then look for the realistic steps that will take us in the right direction. By combining your unlimited imagination with practical steps today, you wisely work toward your goals.

We are only able to see a small percentage of the possibilities available to us from our vantage point at any given time. But when we trust the universe to guide us, we know that there is a place for ambitious visions that seem unrealistic as well as for the possibility of actually achieving them. For example if our ardent desire is to be a rock star, we first need to take the steps of learning how to play and perform music and getting the experience necessary. Today by accepting that life requires both big idealistic dreams and small realistic steps, you strike the balance necessary to create them

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Suzanne, The MLM Mom
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To experience MLM Success, you can't "pitch" someone on your MLM Business or product until they know, like and trust you.

Many MLM newbies and veterans alike, make some basic communication mistakes while talking to prospects, therefore never really creating any type of know, like and trust rapport.

By rectifying some simple communications errors, you can really kick your MLM prospecting and MLM Success up another notch!

MLM Success Communication Tip #1

Humor Me! : )

Believe it or not, this is probably the single most important communication tip I could give you. People are attracted to people who have a smile on their face, are having fun, and are approachable.

Think about the last time you bought something, if the person you bought from was enjoying what he/she was doing and having fun, I'll bet you were pretty inclined to at least listen to what they had to say.

MLM Success Communication Tip #2

Relax Your Body.

This very much relates to the previous tip, but it's important to relax when you're speaking to someone. If your body is stiff, people unconsciously start mimicking you and start feeling stiff themselves. When people start stiffening up, they also start "closing off".

Now I'm not suggesting you should be flinging your hands and arms all over the place when you're speaking, but a calm, relaxed posture will go a long way to making your prospect relax themselves and this will, unconsciously, "open up" the lines of communication.

MLM Success Communication Tip #3

Use Silence for Impact.

In this day and age with so much "noise" around us, many people feel uncomfortable with silence.

But, the use of silence when you are speaking, really helps your point "sink in". It helps the other person hear what you've just said.

Silence also provides a natural break in the conversation and allows the other person to ask any questions they may be thinking.

Remember what your Grandmother said Silence is Golden, this is very true when creating rapport. It gives the other person a chance to talk and communicate back to you. Which is a true conversation.

Applying these 3 MLM Success Tips will help you build the rapport you need when talking to people so you can build a solid MLM Network Marketing Business.

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It's a Good Life!
Suzanne, The MLM Mom
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In order to have any kind of Sucess in MLM Network Marketing you must develop strong Leadership skills. The reason being, if you want mlm network marketing success, you will be leading a team of 10, 20, 100, 1000 or perhaps even 10,000+ people.

Teams need leaders. Some people are born knowing how to lead, but most have to develop those skills over time.

Unfortunately, many people get into a position of leadership in their MLM Network Marketing business and either:

1. Don't know what they're doing and, at a certain point, that becomes crystal clear to the people who are the "followers"

or

2. Greed and Ego get in their way and they alienate all those around them.

In order to become a leader, in any organization, MLM Network Marketing or not, the most effective leaders have the following four character traits.

Vision

Effective leaders have a clear vision of where they are going and how these goals will be accomplished, they have a plan.

A vision can also be known as your "why".

A "Why" is what drives you to keep going in this business, even when the going gets tough.

Some examples of "why's" are:

you want to wake up every morning at the time of your choosing

you want to travel the world

you want to make a difference in this world and start or support your favorite charity

you want to spend more time with your family

Everyone has their own reasons for getting involved in this business. Your part is to sit down in a quiet place and figure out what your reasons are.

People follow leaders who know where they are going because they instictively know those people can help them get where they want to be.

Courage

It has been said, by the late, great Earl Nightingale that the opposite of courage is not cowardice, it's conformity.

Think about that for a minute.....conformity.

Think about the great leaders, the "non-conformists". In order to be a leader you have to have the vision that no one else has, then have the courage to go out there and get it, no matter what anyone else says!

Remember this the next time you hit a road block, be a "non-conformist", be a leader and keep going anyway.

Integrity

Say what you mean and mean what you say....pretty simple.

Even if what you have to say isn't what others may want to hear. The truth is the truth.

When those around you start losing faith in your integrity, especially in MLM Network Marketing, watch out because this business is based on trust and relationships.

If you don't have integrity you can fool people for a little while, but, eventually the truth comes to light. That's when organizations can crumble in the blink of an eye.

Perserverance

All the three previous characteristics can be found in perserverance.

If there is no vision you will never perservere.

No courage, how will you ever perservere?

Lack of integrity, people will never join you in your MLM Network Marketing business.

The combination of these three traits will lead you to perservere and true leaders always perservere, they never quit.

There may be some setbacks along the way, but the true leaders get up, brush themselves off and keep going because they have the vision, they have the courage, they have the integrity and, of course, they have the perserverence.

Think back to the true leaders you have followed in your life. Identify these characteristics in them and start living you life accordingly.

By developing these four leaderships charcteristics, and becoming the leader your organization will want to emulate and follow, you will find yourself on the path to mlm network marketing success.

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It's a Good Life!
Suzanne
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Fear is a common thread holding people back in their MLM Network Marketing Success. The following is a great story by Bob Proctor recalling his first experience in hitting the Terror Barrier. Maybe you can recall the first time you hit yours, it could be your first step in overcoming your MLM fears!

The Terror Barrier

The first ten years of my stay here on Planet Earth were spent in Owen Sound, Ontario. I can vividly remember the hot summer day I was taken by an older member of my family to Harrison Park where there was a fine swimming pool. The older kids were going up the ladder and jumping or diving off the high diving board. They were having a great time. Wanting to be accepted by the older kids, I too went up the ladder, reluctantly, but I climbed it.

I will never forget the terror that gripped my mind and body when I looked down. Their coaxing did absolutely no good. There was no way I was going off that board. I climbed back down the ladder.

That was the first time in my life that I can recall coming up against the Terror Barrier. I not only lost out on the excitement and thrill that would have been gained by jumping. I lost a little self-respect also.

If you think hard enough, you will recall the first time you came face to face with the Terror Barrier. You either stepped through it to freedom or back into bondage, imprisoned by your own fears.

I continued to step back from anything I truly feared until I was twenty-six years of age. Then with the encouragement of a caring person, I said "no more" and I have been free ever since.

The Terror Barrier comes up in front of us every time we attempt to make a major move in life, into an area we have never traveled before.

I have sold businesses in Canada, the U.S.A. and England for years and I could not even guess at the number of times I have sat with men and women who come right up to that barrier wanting to go ahead but not being able to. These were people who could have succeeded and wanted to, but didn't.

Is that Terror Barrier holding you or your business back? Do what I did and crash through. The compensation is incredible.

Bob Proctor

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Have Fun Out There!
Suzanne
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813-948-8188
TheMLMmom@yahoo.com

In many types of MLM Training you will hear much talk of goals and goal setting. The following quote pertains to goals and is one that I find very true and powerful.

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams."

Og Mandino
1923-1996, Author of The Greatest Salesman In The World

One very important habit for MLM Success, albiet any success, is small attainable goals. I've seen many people set very high goals, but then become overwhelmed because there was no path for them to actually attain those goals.

It's the small, daily, almost boring steps that one takes everyday which will ultimately bring success. As my Mother would tell me growing up;

"Suzanne, the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step".

Then, it's the constant, putting one foot in front of the other, that eventually gets you to where you want to go.

The Problem with MLM Network MarketingTraining

When you attend the MLM training seminars put on by your company or heavy hitters, you'll hear talk of dreaming big, thinking like millionaires, etc.

That's all well and good, but there needs to be a process in place where you can break that dream down to the small, tiny steps you must take each day in order to achieve that success.

Many times, after such trainings, distributors come home all pumped up, ready to set the world on fire, but have no specific plan to achieve that MLM success. This is where the problems start.

Baby Steps

You must have set out, small attainable goals which you can achieve on a daily basis. Goals in which you are moving yourself forward ever so slightly, but forward nonetheless. This is not fancy or glamorous, but it will get you to where you want to go.

Goals, or making a commitment to, advertising your business, blogging more frequently, or however your company allows you to find more mlm leads will work very effectively.

After all, it all comes down to finding people to talk to, building a relationship built on trust and mutual respect and then seeing if there is a fit when it comes to your business or products.

Next time you are at a MLM Training seminar, see if you can take those huge goals and break them into little bitty pieces.

Then, that type of MLM Training has a much better chance of bringing you MLM Network Marketing Success!

Have Fun Out There!
Suzanne
www.TheMLMmom.com
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MLM Joke of the Day:

A Yankee lawyer went duck hunting in eastern North Carolina. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly gentleman asked him what he was doing. The lawyer responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, I'm going into retrieve it."

The old farmer replied. "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."

The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything!

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things here in North Carolina. We settle small disagreements like this with the NC Three-Kick Rule."

The lawyer asked, "What is the NC three-Kick Rule?"

The Farmer replied. "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up."

The Yankee attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old southerner. He agreed to abide by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the Yankee lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up.

The Yankee lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old redneck southerner, now it's my turn."

The old North Carolina farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck."

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Guess the moral to this story is know the rules before you start playing the game!!!

That means if you're in any MLM, or even thinking about getting into a MLM, read your Policy and Procedures!

I could really help alleviate your pain in the long run!!!

Make it a Great Day!
Suzane

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Jill goes totally against the tide in this article explaining why approaching friends and family does't work and isn't duplicatable in MLM.

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Yes, you read that correctly. Do NOT approach family and friends when you are starting a new home based business. Unfortunately, this is not what is taught by most of these types of companies.

The Dreaded List Of Family & Friends

Most home based business have you create a list of friends and family to get your business started. Well, I don't know about you, but I would have rather walked across hot burning coals than to turn to my friends and family to start building my customer list.

Now don't get me wrong, I loved my products but I didn't want my company built on sympathy purchases. You know, those purchases one make just because you don't want to hurt someone's feeling.

The Sympathy Purchase
Find the cheapest item possible.
Purchase it.
Do not spend a bunch of money.

How To Build Your Home Based Business Without Approaching Family And Friends

First, understand that most home based businesses will take time to build. Stay away from the instant, get rich, make money in your sleep programs. They don't work.

The best way to never have to approach your family and friends is to focus on investing your valuable time with a home based business that has a duplicatable program.

The Duplicatable Program

Why is duplication important?

Well, I remember with the first home based business (I'm not with them anymore) the tools I had to build my business was a DVD video that was full of hype, a worksheet to list friends and family, and a powerpoint presentation for a notebook presentation.

Wow! These tools did not work for me and they were not working for the majority of the people in the company.

It wasn't until later that I discovered that there are home based businesses out there that have real tools that worked.

For example, online tools (not your business website) that attract customers for you. Interactive training calls where you can learn how to be totally non-threatening and learn how to spot a person's personality type within 1-2 minutes on the phone. Resource guides that give you tested, proven, successful scripts and step-by-step how to instructions.

When there's a duplicatable system, it is easy to plug in and start building without approaching friends and family.

Need help making your system duplicatable?
Send a message. I'll help anyone, in any company, ANYTIME.

Find out more about MLM Duplication.

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To Your Happiness and Success,
Jill *MLM Biz Mentor*
"Be a mentor with a servant's heart!"

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Why? They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience!

Yet, don't we find ourselves doing that every day when we go out and try to get someone into our business? They aren't interested in what we have, but try to convince them that they really need what we have.

Sound familiar? Next time you find yourself doing that, please stop yourself and remember to Never Argue with an Idiot.

I'm not saying they are an idiot, but I am saying not everyone is a prospect. Acutally, most people are not prospects.

I am saying don't try to convince people to join you in your business, it's a no win situation. You end up looking like a salesperson, which everyone hates, and you end up getting battered and rejected which is something you hate!

Get some good, basic MLM Training. You don't know what you don't know and what you don't know could kill you in this business!

Remember expensive doesn't mean good, find something affordable. How about Mentoring For Free?

Have Fun Out There!
Suzanne
813-948-8188 anytime!

MLM Success is something we all strive for, but in that yearning for success in MLM, the one thing that gets most overlooked is the huge part played in programming your mind for MLM success.

Scientific evidence is proving that the correct mindset for success can bring you straight to the top! Unfortunately, I have seen people fail to achieve the success they desired in MLM because they have spent years programming their mind for failure.

I can’t help what I feel!

Oh yes you can! More and more research is showing if you want success, you had better change what you feel! Did you know that a single thought, positive or negative, changes the chemistry in our brains causing us to feel happy or sad?

If you’re mind is filled with predominately negative or worrisome thoughts, guess what chemicals will be released into your brain? I can assure you it’s not the happy ones!

This also happens when you are reliving emotionally charged events in your mind. Your brain can’t discern between what it happening now and what happened previously.

When you are spending precious time reliving negative past events in your head, your mind thinks it’s happening again. This causes a vicious cycle of negative thoughts and bad brain chemistry.

Is this good for MLM success?

A soupy mess or a sunny place?

Have you ever noticed that some people walk around with a black cloud over their head, while others seem to never have anything bad happen?

Spend a little time talking to each one of them and I’m sure you’ll immediately notice a difference in their thoughts and attitudes. The black cloud person will tell you about problem after problem while the happy go lucky person will talk about how wonderful everything is!

The fact of the matter is both people have problems but one dwells on them while the other doesn’t. Just imagine what each person’s brain chemistry looks like! One mind is a soupy mess with negative chemistry while the other mind is a sunny place to live!

Who do you think has the better business?

Change your thoughts and your world will change!

The previous example is a bit extreme, most people fit somewhere in the middle. However, it illustrates the important need to keep your thoughts positive and how, scientifically, we can now see why.

Sometimes it’s easy fall to into the habit of negative thinking. We are surrounded everyday by negative people, negative news, and negative situations. I know people who feel that if they are happy something must be wrong!

Do yourself a favor, turn off the TV, if you hear someone speaking negatively, excuse yourself and walk away, don’t let that garbage into your mind! Be aware of what goes into your mind as though it were a precious baby absorbing everything it hears. It does!

When you can start breaking the chains of negativity in your mind, starting with what you’re feeding it from the outside world, you will begin the wonderful journey of programming your mind for MLM success!

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Have Fun Out There!
Suzanne
www.TheMLMmom.com

A big reason many individuals fear MLM is because they believe they are going to get scammed. There is lots of information in cyberspace about MLM scam this or MLM scam that. People are afraid of the unknown and since very few know much about MLM, except hearsay, it creates an atmosphere of anxiety and aversion.

The key, as in anything, is to do your homework and educate yourself on the ins and outs of MLM. Then you have the information to make your own educated decision. The following 7 tips will provide some information on how to avoid scams when choosing a MLM.

MLM Scam Tip #1

Research the company management. That's very easy to do nowadays. Google is an incredible resource. Put the names of the company's top management into the search engines and see what comes up, some of the results are shocking!

MLM Scam Tip #2

Read the policy and procedures before you join. The policy and procedures, p&p's, are your contract with the company. Make sure you understand what they are saying. Look for red flags such as, p&p's not available on the main company website, p&p's that are over 7 pages long, anything in the p&p that says ongoing or continual, or 30 day termination at the company's discretion. These are just a few things to watch out for. You don't want to build a team only to have it ripped out from under you. Sadly, that happens.

MLM Scam Tip #3

Understand the compensation plan. This might seem like a no brainer, but MLM comp plans are not like anything in the real world. Take your time to understand it before you join. Ask questions if you don't understand. A good question to ask is "How many people will it take in my organization, on the back end, meaning residual, to make 10K per month?" See what they say and ask yourself how doable is that for me?

MLM Scam Tip #4

Good upline support is extremely important to MLM success. You need a team of people that work together and leave their egos at the door. If possible talk to others in their downline and see what they have to say. Many good people enter into MLM being promised support but get none because their upline has moved on to recruit others or they are too busy helping the "superstars".

MLM Scam Tip #5

Good solid training. Training you can take to the field and use. Not lots of hype and pie in the sky tales of success. Training where you get some basic skills needed to do this business. Of course, you shouldn't have to pay for it!

MLM Scam Tip #6

Avoid lead generation systems that rely on friend and family. Systems like these make it extremely difficult for success in MLM. 92% of the population doesn't like to sell or be sold; I'd say the number is even higher when you are talking about friends and family. If the company your thinking about joining employs this type of lead generation system, tie up your shoelaces and run for the door!

MLM Scam Tip #7

MLM success takes work. It is not a get rich quick scheme. If someone is saying; "in our company it's easy to have success" or "we'll build your downline for you" or "you can make 100K in 6 months", they are lying. Plain and simple.


MLM is an incredible business when you align yourself with the right company. By following these 7 tips you will increase your chances of success immensely by avoiding a MLM scam.


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