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Steam line business model makes a difference to distributors in Network Marketing. Your success depends on the structure of your company. Here is why. If your company is top heavy that leaves little room for them to pass on monies to the distributors.

When a company has 100's of employees, they must pay their salary, pay for their health insurance, pay for cleaning, pay for someone to cut the grass and wash the windows... maybe the company has a jet or a fancy car. Do you use the company building, what about the company car or jet?

Can you see why the company MUST charge so much for their products?

Let me give you an example: All things equal, would you agree with me, the cost of the ingredients to make Vitamins is within pennies of each other?

Company A has a 30 day supply of Vitamins for $119
Company B has a 30 day supply of Vitamins for $108
Company C has a 30 day supply of Vitamins for $39.95

Who do you think can sell more Vitamins? Company A, B or C?

Who do you think Company A and B sell their products to? Their distributors.

Who in their right mind would pay $119 for a 30 day supply of Vitamins!... only the people who have to buy them to get a check.

What behavior does this create? Recruit, recruit, recruit.

Where does the money go?

*Could it be that companies that have high price products need the money to keep the ship a float?

*Could it be that companies need the money to pay salary for a large staff, huge building and gold plated door knobs?

*Could it be if companies were streamlined they could keep their prices down and give the money to their distributors?

Some companies have indeed created a monster that needs to be fed. Unfortunately, it affects the distributors’ pocket book.

You don't know what you don't know when you first join an MLM company. But now you understand and have correct information to make better choices.

Yours to count on,

Monica
503.351.6859

Today's Network Marketing Training is based on a story:

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how her new Network Marketing business was so hard. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as soon as one problem was solved, a new one arose. She wanted to give up.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, “What does it mean, Mother?"

Her Mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity – hot boiling water. Each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: WHICH ARE YOU?

How do you handle adversities in Network Marketing? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength?

Are you the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Has your fluid spirit become hardened and stiff? From the outside your shell looks the same but on the inside have you become bitter, negative and smelly?

Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean actually changed the hot water. The hot water is the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. Are you are like the bean, when things are at their worst; you get better and change the situation around you?

Once you develop Network Marketing skills and understand what you need to do to be successful, it's just a matter of taking action. Just like the coffee bean changed the hot water and released its fragrance for others to enjoy, you can change people's lives for the better.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you successful.

Sometimes it's good to take a break from Network Marketing Training and do something fun. Are you ready?

AMAZINGLY ACCURATE Whatever you do, don't cheat!

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS - DO NOT CHEAT OR IT WON'T WORK AND YOU WILL WISH YOU HADN`T.

TAKE 3 MINUTES TRY THIS - IT WILL FREAK YOU OUT.


NO CHEATING !!!!

THIS GAME HAS A FUNNY / CREEPY OUTCOME.

DO NOT READ AHEAD, JUST DO IT.



IT TAKES ABOUT 3 MINUTES - WORTH A TRY

1st. Get PEN and PAPER

2nd. WHEN CHOOSING NAMES, MAKE SURE THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT YOU ACTUALLY KNOW

3rd. GO WITH YOUR FIRST INSTINCTS !!!!! Very important for good results.

4th. SCROLL DOWN

ONE LINE AT THE TIME DON`T READ AHEAD otherwise YOU WILL RUIN THE FUN.


1. On a blank sheet of paper, WRITE NUMBERS 1 through 11 in a COLUMN on the LEFT.


2. BESIDE the NUMBERS 1 & 2, WRITE DOWN ANY 2 NUMBERS YOU WANT.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE NUMBER?


3. BESIDE the NUMBERS 3 & 7 ,

WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.


CAUTION: DO NOT LOOK AHEAD or IT WILL NOT TURN OUT RIGHT



4. WRITE ANYONES NAME (like FRIENDS or FAMILY...)next to 4, 5, & 6.


DON`T CHEAT OR YOU`LL BE UPSET THAT YOU DID




5. WRITE down FOUR SONG TITLES in 8, 9, 10, & 11




6. Finally, MAKE A WISH


ARE YOU READY? HERE IS THE KEY TO THE GAME



1. THE NUMBER of PEOPLE YOU MUST TELL ABOUT THIS GAME is found in SPACE 2


2. THE PERSON IN SPACE 3 IS THE ONE YOU LOVE


3. THE PERSON YOU LIKE but your relationship CANNOT WORK is in SPACE 7


4. YOU CARE MOST about the PERSON you put in SPACE 4


5. THE PERSON YOU NAME IN NUMBER 5 IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL.


6. THE PERSON YOU NAMED IN 6 IS YOUR LUCKY STAR


7. THE SONG IN 8 IS THE SONG THAT MATCHES WITH THE PERSON IN NUMBER 3


8. THE TITLE IN 9 IS THE SONG FOR THE PERSON IN 7


9. THE 10 TH SPACE IS THE SONG THAT TELLS YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR MIND


10. AND 11 IS THE SONG TELLING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE


11.. NUMBER 1 IS YOUR LUCKY NUMBER


How did you do? Care to share? Did you get a laugh? Where any of your Network Marketing partners in there?

Monica
MLM nurse

What does MLM Training and Marketing have in common?

When it comes to MLM training in general, companies or uplines do not provide appropriate training in marketing. After signing up with an MLM, the typical training given about marketing is, make up your 100 name list, get 100 no's, let's make some 3 way calls or your mouth is your office, open it up and talk to everyone you meet.

What does it all mean?

Let's take a look at what the term marketing means. After all, the word marketing is in the name of the industry, yet sometimes it seems not many have any idea how to actually market! According to Webster's dictionary, marketing is "the act or process of buying and selling in a market."

How many friends you got?

There are many different ways this can be accomplished. Yes, you can talk to family, friends, 100 people you know, etc. The problem with this is:

1. Many people are uncomfortable doing this

2. Many people don't know 100 people. The truth is we live in a circle and, while we may have that many acquaintances, they aren't people we really know.

3. After we run out of the "usual suspects" where is a network marketer to go?

Have you tried my cooking?

Let's face the facts. If I were going to open a restaurant, would I ask the people I know to come and enjoy a meal? Of course I would. Would they come? Some would, some wouldn't….you haven't tried my cooking!

But, after all of the hoopla is gone, and the people I know have visited and had a meal, what would I do? If you listen to many in MLM who train their downlines to market this way, I'd be up the creek without a paddle!

Frozen in the headlights!

This is when networkers are typically told to move to the next step and talk to anyone within 3 feet. Usually one of two things happen. They either freeze in their tracks because that is too uncomfortable for them or they try it, and hate the way it makes them feel. Either way, they are done and never heard from again.

Basic MLM training in marketing

If uplines would support their downlines just a little bit, give them some basic MLM training in marketing these dropouts could be avoided.

With the advent of the internet, there is no reason networkers should have to rely only on people they come in face to face contact with in order to expand and grow their business. There are forums, blogging, and article writing available to market your MLM. There are also many networking groups like Direct Matches and even My Space which can be utilized to grow and market your business.

So, if your upline says make your 100 name list, live by the 3 foot rule or talk to your family and friends, and that makes you uncomfortable, find a way that's comfortable for you to do the business. Talk to your upline, see if they can do some MLM training on different ways to market your products or opportunity.

Proper MLM training on marketing your business could make the difference between you being a MLM dropout or a superstar!

For more Great Tips on helping your MLM grow, download this free eBook and you'll be a superstar in no time!

Suzanne
The MLM Mom
Network Marketing Hotspot

Network Marketing Training on affiliate agreement includes understanding legal issues that can hurt you. Please read this article written by "The Full Monte":

Is Your Affiliate Agreement Terminable at Will?

I don't like delivering bad news. So, at the risk of sounding redundant, I can't stress enough how important it is to read and understand your Policies and Procedures. Don't shoot the messenger.


Beware of the "Renewal Clause"


Often when helping someone evaluate their Policies and Procedures, I unfortunately have to reveal that they have actually signed a contract allowing their company to terminate their Distribution Agreement and steal their paycheck, solely at the Company's discretion and requiring no explanation on the Company's part whatsoever.


Examine your P&P's. (If you don't have a copy, GET ONE! It is required by law that they be provided to you.) If your company has a yearly renewal clause, it is very likely that it may be followed by something like this:


"The Company reserves the right to reject a Distributor's application to renew."

Or like this:

"The Company may elect not to renew a Representative's Agreement upon its anniversary date."

No reason needed and no explanation required. Don't be surprised…this is more common than you might think.


Even worse…


Agreement Terminable at Will


The following is an actual clause in an actual P&P with an actual company that actually believes they should be able to get away with this. And guess what - they actually can if you sign their Distributor Agreement.


"You or (name of company) are not required to have any reason, nor do your or (name of company) have to claim or prove any cause to terminate this relationship. If and when the relationship is terminated, you shall have neither claim against (name of company) nor any right to claim or collect lost profits, lost opportunities or any other damages."

Unbelievable! Boggles the mind, doesn't it? And if you are so naïve as to think that your company would never do that to you, wake up! What makes you so special? Why would they put it in there in the first place if they never intended to use it? Oh, they'll probably leave you alone until you have built up a substantial monthly income and they decide that they're paying you too much.


Don't worry though, you won't be alone. You certainly wouldn't be the first victim of this corporate crime. With a little investigative work I'm sure you can locate the carcassed remains of victims along the internet highway.

Monte,


Mentoring for Success

The Full Monte

One of the skills you will need in Network Marketing Training is knowing how to market yourself and your product. Ask yourself, 'who is your target market.' Once you have established who is your target market, you are ready to write attractive knock out headlines.

In Marketing Headlines are every thing.

One of the basic marketing skills is writing a simple add. You can place your add either offline (newspapers, post cards, sales letter) or online (google adwords, your website, your blog and your articles…)

The easiest way to write an ad is to imitate what we call “swipe files”. Basically, imitate prior great headlines that worked long time ago and still work today.

I will give you some examples from a book written by Dan Kennedy.

Fill-in-the-blank headline:

They didn’t think I could_____, but I did.
Examples: They laughed when I sat down at the piano___but not when I started to play!
They grinned when the waiter spoke to me in French___but their laughter changed to amazement at my reply!

Who Else Wants______?
Examples:
Who else wants a screen-star figure?
Who else needs an extra hour every day?

How______ Made Me_____.
How a simple idea made me “plant manager of the year”
How by accident I found a simple formula to explode my business.

Are you _____?
Examples:
Are you ashamed of the smells in your house?
Are you smarter than your boss?
Are you prepared for the Japanese invasion of your industry?

How I _______?
Examples:
How I raised myself from failure to success in selling.
How I retired at age 40-with a guaranteed income for life.
How I turned a troubled company into a personal fortune.

How To______?
Examples:
How to collect from social security at any age.
How to win friends and influence people.
How to improve telemarketer’s productivity-for$19.95

If you are____, You Can _____
If you are a football expert, you could win $50,000 next weekend
If you are a nondrinker, you can save 20% on life insurance.

Secrets of _______?
Secrets of Four Champion Golfers

Thousands Now even though they ____
Examples:
Two million people owe their health to this idea even though they laughed at it

Warning _______
Examples:
Warning: Two-thirds of the middle managers in your industry will lose their jobs in the next 36 months

Give Me ______ and I’ll_______
Examples:
Give me just 1 hour a day and I’ll have you speaking French like “Pierre” in one month

____Way to____
Examples:
101 ways to increase new patient flow

Incorportate writing headlines for Network Marketing Training. It can be easy and fun once you have the right tools and develop skills. So go write some knockout headlines!

All the best,

Monica
MLM Nurse

Network Marketing is a business and that includes paying taxes. Do you know what you are allowed to deduct? This article explains.
Enjoy,
Monica


Taxes in the New Millennium
By Jeffrey A. Babener
© 2002
April is Around the Corner
Was it your plan that taxes would go down on your network marketing business in the new millennium? Was it your thought that President Bush’s $1 trillion proposed tax cut would help you out in April, 2001? Well, some things don’t change from century to century, and one of those is taxes on the network marketer.

Lessons From the Tax People
One thing is clear ... If you plan to take deductions for your home-based business, the IRS expects that the business will be a real one.
One thing is clear from recent litigation brought by the IRS and the state of Kansas against a company called The Tax People, in Topeka, Kansas. If you plan to take deductions for your home-based business, the IRS expects that the business will be a real one. In The Tax People case, the IRS not only filed a lawsuit, but it also seized assets of The Tax People claiming that The Tax People falsely claimed that its new participants were automatically entitled to $5,000 in new tax deductions and unable to reduce their current tax withholding, giving them an immediate pay raise of $500 per month. The Tax People case also demonstrated that the IRS will chase after and audit networkers who it believes are taking suspicious tax deductions.

Remember, to be able to take advantage of tax deductions for your network marketing business, it has to be a real business. The IRS says that you can’t deduct business expenses unless you engage in the business on a “for profit” basis — not just as a “hobby business.”

How do you tell the difference? The IRS will look at one of two tests. The first objective test is whether you have made a profit in three out of five years. The second subjective test is whether or not you are prepared to demonstrate that you engage in your business in order to make a profit. Here, the IRS is looking at whether or not you carry on the business in a businesslike manner; the time and effort you put into the activity; whether you depend on income from it; your expertise in the business; how much profit the activity makes in the years it does profit; and other pertinent considerations.

A Social Business
Network marketing is a social business. You have to eat and you may as well have some fun and do it while you are recruiting or selling. This is one of those expenses the IRS keeps whittling away at, however. Your deductions are now limited to 50 percent of your meal and entertainment costs.

Beyond that, you must have records to substantiate your meal and entertainment deduction claims. In addition to the usual receipts you should keep for expense deductions, you will need to be able to document the substance of the business discussion, the business relationship, and who you had a meal with, or went with to be entertained. The business discussion has to be during the activity or immediately preceding or following it.

Your Home – The Business
You can deduct the cost associated with your home office, but be prepared to show how you use it. Assuming you qualify, you can deduct a proportion of expenses related to your entire home, such as mortgage payments, insurance, utility bills and home repair. The space must be used regularly and exclusively for business. Second, you must use it for administrative or management activities of the business and you cannot have another fixed location for your business where you conduct substantial administrative or management activities.

Everyday Expenses
You can deduct ordinary business expenses such as accounting fees, advertising fees, license fees, and so on. The tax advantage here is that many of your expenses may cross over between your home lifestyle and your business lifestyle, including telephone, cleaning supplies, office supplies, answering machines, audio and video equipment, fax machines, office furniture, and office decorations that improve both your home office and your house.

Like to Travel?
Do you like to travel? Does your spouse like to travel? Do both you and your spouse promote your network marketing business? The business travel deduction is a real advantage for networkers.

Of course, you are going to have to make a clear allocation between the business-related purpose of the travel and the vacation portion. Obviously, there is a gray line, and it will be in your interest to substantiate as much of the travel as relating to your network marketing business. Inside the U.S., all travel expenses are deductible when the trip is “primarily” for business. When traveling abroad, you must divide the travel expenses between business and vacation time.

Gifts – to Business Friends
Do you have friends and family who are also customers and business associates in network marketing? The probability on this point is high. A network marketer can convert gift-making, which might normally take place, into business gift-making, which is eligible for a tax deduction. Under IRS rules, you may deduct up to $25 for the cost of business gifts given directly or indirectly to these people. That should make you popular!

Forms, Forms, Forms
Almost every network marketing distributor agreement recognizes your independent contractor status, and so does the IRS. Because the IRS considers you to be self-employed, you are going to have to pay both income tax and self-employment tax.

If you have income greater than $500 a year, you will be making estimated quarterly tax payments as a self-employed individual. You will receive a Form 1099 from the network marketing company if you receive more than $600 in income or buy more than $5,000 of product or inventory. Your Form 1099 will be attached to your Schedule C, which in turn will be attached to your tax return. Your Schedule C will summarize your income and expenses from your network marketing business.

All About Hardware
When it comes to these issues, you’re definitely going to need to talk to your tax advisor. You have some choices to make about how to deduct the acquisition costs of computer equipment and automobiles that are used for your network marketing business.

The IRS provides some very liberal limits on the amount that you can actually expense as a business deduction in any one year. (Of course, you are limited in expenses to the income from your business.) The other option is taking a depreciation write-off over a number of years for business equipment. Only your tax advisor knows for sure which is most advantageous.

The costs of running your automobile for your network marketing business are deductible. You have a choice of using the IRS’s standard cents-per-mile, or itemizing the automobile expenses, such as gasoline, repairs, maintenance, insurance, and depreciation. Obviously, you need to calculate what percentage of your overall car use is devoted to your network marketing business, and adjust the expenses to that percentage.

Record Keeping — It’s a Must
If you talk to our friends at the IRS, they will tell you time and time again that the most important aspect of claiming your expenses and deductions is keeping adequate records. The IRS will suggest that you keep a separate bank account, make a record of all business transactions, and retain all your records. Record keeping and substantiation are particularly important for deductions for travel expenses, entertainment expenses, and gift expenses. And the IRS will always tell you that a receipt is ordinarily the best evidence to prove the amount of expense.

Be Creative, But be Realistic
If your network marketing business is making money, there is no reason why you should not be able to write off legitimate business deductions. Fair and honest deductions will save you a lot of money, but remember pie-in-the-sky or fantasy deductions may trigger audits and cost you money.

For an in-depth analysis, please visit www.mlmlegal.com, and also check out the Tax Guide for MLM/Direct Selling Distributors (Jeffrey A. Babener, Legaline Publications, 1-800-231-2162).

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Jeffrey A. Babener
Babener & Associates
121 SW Morrison, Suite 1020
Portland, OR 97204 Jeffrey A. Babener, the principal attorney in the Portland, Oregon law firm of Babener & Associates, represents many of the leading direct selling companies in the United States and abroad.
www.mlmlegal.com

Most people join network marketing because they heard they do not need skills but they can get rich quickly. Obviously, that is not how it works. One of the skills you will need in Network Marketing is marketing.

Headlines Are Everything

One of the basic marketing skills is writing a simple add either offline (newspapers, post cards, sales letter) or online (google adwords, your website, your blog and your articles…)

The easiest way to write an ad is to imitate what we call “swipe files”. Basically, imitate prior great headlines that worked long time ago and still work today.

I will give you some examples from a book written by Dan Kennedy.

Fill-in-the-blank headline:

They didn’t think I could_____, but I did.

Examples: They laughed when I sat down at the piano___but not when I started to play!
They grinned when the waiter spoke to me in French-But their laughter changed to amazement at my reply!

Who Else Wants______?
Examples:
Who else wants a screen-star figure?
Who else needs an extra hour every day?

How______ Made Me_____.
How a simple idea made me “plant manager of the year”
How by accident found a simple formula to explode my business

Are you _____?
Examples:
Are you ashamed of the smells in your house?
Are you smarter than your boss?
Are you prepared for the Japanese invasion of your industry?

How I _______?
Examples:
How I raised myself from failure to success in selling.
How I retired at age 40-with a guaranteed income for life.
How I turned a troubled company into a personal fortune.

How To______?
Examples:
How to collect from social security at any age.
How to win friends and influence people.
How to improve telemarketer’s productivity-for$19.95

If you are____, You Can _____
If you are a football expert, you could win $50,000 next weekend
If you are a nondrinker, you can save 20% on life insurance.

Secrets of _______?
Secrets of Four Champion Golfers

Thousands Now even though they ____
Examples:
Two million people owe their health to this idea even though they laughed at it

Warning _______
Examples:
Warning: Two-thirds of the middle managers in your industry will lose their jobs in the next 36 months

Give Me ______ and I’ll_______
Examples:
Give me just 1 hour a day and I’ll have you speaking French like “Pierre” in one month

____Way to____
Examples:
101 ways to increase new patient flow

Writing headlines for Network Marketing can be easy and fun once you have the right tools and develop skills.

Would you like to get FREE Network Marketing training every week so that you can improve your skill and have the success you want?

For more information go to Free Network Marketing Training


All the best,
Monica

Whose is programming your mind for Network Marketing success?

Either you are or someone else is. If you are not in charge of programming your mind than it's going to be a struggle for you to achieve success in Network Marketing.

Success requires you to get rid of negativity.

There is so much negativity around us. We hear it on the radio, the television, the newspaper, the Internet and from our friends and family. We are constantly being programmed with waves of negativity. Listening to this kind of programming will take a toll on you. You will develop a negative outlook in life that will affect your Network Marketing business.

How to reprogram yourself

*Be honest with yourself

*Go on a 30 day mental cleanse. Eliminate as much as possible the negative influence around you. Turn off the television, instead read a quality book. Give up the radio. Stop reading the newspaper.

*Next reprogram your mind with positive self-talk.

~ Everyday write down 10 things you are thankful for. It can be for the smallest things such as a sunset, the color blue, being able to get up in the morning to having a car, kisses from a loved one, your dream, etc.

~ Then write down 10 things you acknowledge that you did, like you got up in the morning, you brushed you teeth, you ate a healthy meal, you exercised, you hugged your kids, you made a phone call for network marketing. Anything positive you did counts, even positive thoughts! It only takes 21 days to create a habit. Each day you will be closer to a new you. You can do this.

Amazing things will happen to you.

You will find that the constant mental chatter inside your head will stop. As a side benefit, you will notice that you are listening, truly listening to people. When this happens, you will connect with others in a way that is beyond your wildest imagination!

Is having success worth giving up television, radio, newspaper for 30days?

Interested in joining us on a 30 day mental cleanse? Contact me.

To your success in life and Network Marketing,

Monica