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Make $100,000 or More In Your Network Marketing Company
2008-06-06 20:42:00
Would you like to make $100,000 a year or more in your network marketing company? How would you like to make a six figure income from home? I was recently listening to a conference call featuring a young man who I consider one of the up and coming superstars in the network marketing industry. Let me tell you a little about this young man:His name is Hunter Gray. He is a distributor in Pre-Paid Legal Services. He is a professional actor by day and he builds his Pre-Paid Legal business in between when he's not running around Hollywood doing acting gigs. So I guess you can consider him a semi-full timer in network marketing. Here's what's interesting about Hunter. He has only been involved in network marketing for 2 years and 2 months. Last month he had over $18,000 deposited into his bank account and he was notified by the company that he had achieved his six figure ring with his network marketing company.When someone is in the same network marketing company as I'm in, fo...
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Building Direct Sales Opportunities Online
2008-06-05 22:39:00
There is a lot of interest in learning how to build direct sales opportunities online. Everyone realizes at some point that once you go through your initial list of contacts you need more people to talk to if you are going to remain in business. If you aren't willing to be a more outgoing person, you are going to have lots of difficulty identifying new people to talk to. This is where using internet marketing to build your direct sales business comes in real handy.It doesn't matter if you are building a traditional direct sales business like a real estate agent, a mortgage consultant, an insurance sales agent etc, or if you are building a non-traditional direct sales business with a network marketing based compensation plan. Any of these direct sales opportunities can be build using online marketing strategies.The following are 3 ways you can build direct sales opportunities online:1. Social networking web sites - Web sites such as myspace.com and facebook.com offer an incred...
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Top 10 MLM Network Marketing Direct Sales Blogs for June 2008
2008-06-04 05:58:00
Last year, I did a post listing the top 10 blogs related to MLM, network marketing and direct sales based on Alexa ratings. I have made some modifications to this version of the list. Here are the requirements to make the list:- Your blog must be on a separate domain. Otherwise there's no way of telling whether the traffic is coming to your blog or coming to your main web site.- Your blog must be at least 90 days old. It also must have been updated at least 4 times a month over the last 90 days. Who cares if you're getting a lot of traffic yet your last update was sometime last year.- Your blog must talk about the MLM industry in general. No company specific blogs in this list.Now that it's 6 months from when I last did this, I thought it would make sense to revisit the list and see which blogs are at the top now. The first number is their current Alexa rating. The second number in parenthesis is their Alexa rating when I last did this review. Of course if you see a blo...
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Network Marketing Training by Alexa Rating
2008-06-02 16:58:00
Network marketing training has permeated the industry. Some trainers provide an incredible amount of value to their students. Their students are able to take the information they receive from their trainer, apply it to their business and use it to take their network marketing business to the next level. Other trainers however really don?t provide a lot of value. Their strategies and techniques aren?t effective and they come out with a bunch of useless materials because the fact of the matter is it?s the only way they can make money because they don?t know how to do network marketing itself. How do you separate the bad ones from the good ones? First off, any trainer that?s worth his or her weight in gold should offer some type of free training, whether it?s through audio or video so that you as the prospective student can get a sense of the quality of content and style. Every trainer I have ever spent money with, I have ALWAYS listened to some type of free resource that ...
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Top MLM Companies By 2007 Revenue
2008-05-30 04:53:00
I'm sure you have seen all the top MLM companies list. Some list them by alexa (traffic) rating. Some list them based on search engine queries. Some list them based on the opinion of the web site owner, which is usually completely biased to get you to sign up for the company thay are promoting (at least I tell you straight up that I'm biased when I am!). However, I've never seen a top MLM company list based on revenue. So here are the top 5 MLM companies based on 2007 revenue to my best knowledge. Please if you know of any company that should be on here that I missed, please let me know!Keep in mind some MLM companies are private companies and don't release their revenue. Other MLM companies are owned by other companies and don't necessarily break out their revenue from revenue from other activities.1. Avon = 9.9 billion2. Primerica = 2.2 billion3. Herbalife = 2.1 billion4. Nu Skin = 1.1 billion5. Melaleuca = 859 million
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The Truth About The Secret
2008-05-29 05:52:00
If you are familiar with the movie "The Secret " this is something you absolutely need to read. If you are involved in any type of business in which you get paid when a sale of a product of some type takes place, whether you are in network marketing, MLM, direct sales, real estate sales, insurance sales, car sales, business to business sales, etc, this is something you absolutely need to read immediately.I just got this email from Frank Rumbauskas. You may be familiar with Frank's catch phrase "Cold Calling Is A Waste Of Time" He's the author of the best selling book "Never Cold Call Again" He's got a great information product series called "Cold Calling Is A Waste of Time" I've purchased his stuff and he's fantastic, I highly recommend him.Anyway, you got to check out this email about what Frank says about The Secret. It's incredible and he reveals the truth about this movie and how it relates to your business and career.So check it out!This is a very important email, an...
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The 4 Aces In MLM network marketing
2008-05-28 05:52:00
I remember I once heard this scenario shared by one of my leaders and it really made a lot of sense. Therefore, I will share this scenario with you in hopes that it will help you to have the right prospective when building your MLM network marketing business.Recruiting in a MLM network marketing business is like going through a deck of cards. How many cards are there in a full deck of cards? 52 cards plus the two jokers right? Well, first off you will come across a lot of jokers in this industry. So watch out and beware of them.Now, let's say we played a game and the object of the game was to turn each card over one by one until you find the four aces. How would you go about doing this? You would flip through each card as fast as possible until you found the four aces, correct?Let me ask you a question...If you flip over the first card and it was a 3, would you cry because it wasn't an ace? No, you would keep flipping right? Would you take a pen and try and draw some line...
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Avon Compensation Plan - A Review
2008-05-21 20:04:00
The Avon Compensation Plan In our last compensation plan review, we took a look at the Herbalife Compensation plan. Today we are going to take a look at the Avon Compensation plan. I will go over how you get paid as a representative of Avon. I will then show you using my 3 point formula how Avon's compensation plan stacks up. For more information on reviewing a MLM or network marketing compensation plan, take a look at this post.To get started in Avon there is a one time investment of only $10. This is one of the lowest start up costs that I have seen in the industry. Avon pays you 50% commission on your first four orders on all orders over $50 placed online. Considering the average order is $20 or more, you will make your full investment back on your first order!After your first four orders, you will get paid anywhere from 20% to 50% on all orders at least $25. Now Avon says you don't have to keep any inventory on hand and that is true. However, let's look at this from a...
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The Ultimate Question In Your MLM Business
2008-05-21 05:17:00
I'm just about to finish up the book "The Ultimate Question " by Fred Reichheld. In it, he talks about measuring customer satisfaction and what the most important question that you need to measure in your business.So what is "The Ultimate Question?"It is the following:"How likely is it that you would recommend this company to a friend or colleague?"The entire foundation of MLM is built upon this single question. However in our zeal for "proven marketing systems" and "network internet marketing" we have gotten away from the basic fundamentals of the business.Don't get me wrong, I'm all for any system that is going to add to my building efforts. However, I understand what MLM is all about and I recognize that it's all about The Ultimate Question. Understand something, I didn't get involved in MLM because I wanted to do a MLM deal. I got involved in MLM because I was a customer for the company I'm with, a very satisfied customer at that so if a representative of the company a...
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Affiliate Marketing Programs with MLM compensation
2008-05-16 22:45:00
Today I want to talk about affiliate marketing programs that use a MLM compensation and how they differ from a traditional direct sales company that may also have a MLM compensation plan.There is a big difference between joining a traditional direct sales company with MLM and joining an affiliate marketing program with MLM. Most distributors don't even know the difference. However not understanding the difference is one of the primary reasons why many people fail in their MLM efforts.A traditional direct sales company is a company that offers a product or service that almost anybody can or would use and derive benefit from. Typically when you get started in a traditional direct sales company, you are advised to make a list of all of your friends and family and share the company's products and services with them.An affiliate marketing program that uses a MLM compensation is a company that offers a highly specialized product that only a specific group of people can or would use a...
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Network Marketing Companies - Are They All Pyramids?
2008-05-14 04:43:00
Are all network marketing companies pyramids? If you look on the internet you will find several web sites that basically make claims that all network marketing companies are pyramids and that there is theoritically no way you can ever make money because at some point there will be no more people to recruit as the organization grows and compounds. You need to understand exactly what a pyramid is and what a company run by a network marketing compensation plan is and how they differ.According to the Federal Trade Commission in the United States, a pyramid scheme is a program where you make money primarily by recruiting other people to participate in the scheme. Pyramid schemes are actually illegal and if you are caught promoting one you could face huge fines and even jail time. In a pyramid scheme there is no actual product, similar to these chain letters where you are told to send the person in the letter money, put your name at the bottom and send it to other people.However, con ...
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What Is The Best MLM?
2008-05-12 21:00:00
Are you looking for the best mlm? There's a lot of ways that you can evaluate exactly which company is truly the best mlm out there. For example, if you feel the best company is the one with the highest revenues, look no further than Avon. They did over 10 billion dollars in revenue for 2007 and they are the world's largest direct selling company. They are also number one in terms of the most visitors visiting their web site as well.What if you are like me and you don't want to sell women's cosmetics? It really doesn't matter then how successful Avon is. It's never going to put any money into your pocket because it's not something that you want to do.Therefore, in my opinion, the best MLM isn't the company that makes the most money or gets the most web site visitors. It's the company that I believe that I could make the most money from and I think you would probably agree with that as well.I personally would never consider any product based MLM company. Don't get m...

A Simple Referral Marketing System For Your MLM Business
2008-05-10 20:28:00
If I could show you a simple way to make more money this year from your MLM business than you did last year, would you be interested? Of course you would! Well today I am going to reveal a simple referral marketing system for your MLM business to help you increase your income.Here's how it works:First off, you must understand that not everybody who buys your product is going to want to join your business. Be happy for that. This is a good thing. If everybody that buys your product joins your business you are probably in an illegal pyramid scheme that will eventually get shut down by your government. Now that you understand this, there are two things you need to do to have a great referral marketing system in place:Step #1 - Provide outstanding service to your customers. We can't control the actual delivery of the product or service because that is our parent company's job. Hopefully you are aligned with a strong parent company that has this area of the business down packed...
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The Whole Truth About Online Network Marketing
2008-05-09 00:18:00
Online network marketing is a hot topic in the network marketing industry these days. Everyone is talking about how to build a network marketing business online. Network marketing companies are coming out with new resources to make online prospecting easier. Trainers are coming out left and right offering ebooks, physical books, CDs, web sites, home study courses and seminars all to teach you how to build a network marketing business online. In fact many people are saying that traditional network marketing is dead and the only way you can build a successful business in the future is to use online strategies.So just what is the whole truth about online network marketing? Is it the way of the future? Is it the only way to build your business going forward? Or is it a gimmick designed by people to distract you from the basic fundamentals because they can't make money doing the business?Here's the deal:There are a tremendous amount of benefits to building a business online EVEN...
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Promote Your MLM Business Opportunity Using In Home Parties!
2008-05-07 19:32:00
"In home parties? What is this 1957?"That was the response to a question on a mlm business opportunity discussion board about in home parties. That's too bad for the person who made that comment. If they want to leave money on the table because they believe the internet is going to be the "savior" for their MLM business so be it. My internet marketing strategy is simple. I use internet marketing to attract prospects to my business. However, once I sign them up as customers and distributors, I then teach them the time honored traditional MLM strategies that have been PROVEN to create the most SIX, SEVEN and EIGHT figure income earners in the industry. One of the foundations of traditional MLM is the in home party (also known as in home meetings and private business receptions)So what is an in home party? An in home party is an event that you hold in your house where you invite a few key prospects over to your home to take a look at a presentation about your mlm business oppor...
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What is Affiliate Marketing & How Does it Apply to MLM?
2008-05-06 19:45:00
What is affiliate marketing?Affiliate marketing is a system in which a company pays a commission to an individual or another company that recommends its products and services. So now that you know what is affiliate marketing, the more important question is how does this relate to MLM?If you understand the power of affiliate marketing and apply it to your MLM business it could have a huge impact on increasing the profitability of your business. For instance, do you realize that only 1 to 3% of the leads you generate for your MLM business will become a customer and/or join your business as a distributor? That means 97% of the leads you generate will result in zero revenue for you and your business.What if there was a way you can monetize the 97%? Would that help you and your business?Affiliate marketing is a way that you can monetize the 97% of the leads that decide not to purchase your primary company product or join your business as a distributor.Just because a person decides you...
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Network Marketing Leads - How To Use Them to Build Your MLM Business
2008-05-05 21:06:00
Network Marketing leads are a great tool that you can use to build your MLM business. If you listen to a lot of the so called experts out there they would lead you to believe that purchasing leads for your business does not work and that it is a complete waste of time. This couldn't be further from the truth. First off, network marketing leads have been a critical component of the system that I have used to build an organization with distributors in 30 states. My organization has signed up well over 1000 clients and I do this business on a very part time basis (5 to 10 hours a week tops). The gentleman 3 levels above me used leads as part of his strategy to build a $60,000 a month income. His mentor used leads as part of his strategy to build a $120,000 a month income. Anyone who says they don't work, they just simply don't know what they are doing.Here are some keys to help you have success with network marketing leads in your business.Step #1 - Select a reputable leads ve...
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Network Marketing Opportunity - Promote It For Free Using Videos
2008-05-02 17:28:00
If you could get listed for the top keywords in the search engines related to your network marketing opportunity would that be of value to you? Absolutely! Getting listed for those highly targeted keywords allows you to attract people who are actively searching out your products, services and business opportunity. As a result, you become the hunted in network marketing instead of being the hunter.The problem is unless your network marketing company is extremely new, there are already millions and millions of web sites that you have to compete with in order to get a top listing in the search engines for the keywords related to your network marketing opportunity.While you might find it difficult getting top placement in the search engines, it's a lot easier to get top placement in video sharing web sites simply because there's less competition.For example, lets say you are a distributor for Mary Kay Inc and you sold Mary Kay cosmetics. If you do a search in Google for the term "...
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The Best MLM Opportunities Require Great Products
2008-05-01 23:35:00
I just read this article about mlm opportunities and the author is saying exactly what I've been saying since I started this blog. Having a strong product is ESSENTIAL in order to be successful in marketing the mlm opportunity. Too many people fail in this industry not only because they don't know how to do the business but because they are in the WRONG company to begin with! Remember my law on identifying the best mlm opportunities:"Would you purchase the product even if you weren't interested in getting involved with the business opportunity?"Anyway, check out this article and I'll share my thoughts about it at the end.===================================== ===========The Best MLM Opportunities Require Great Products By Chris D CurtisMLM opportunities have gotten a bad rap in recent years and hey, who can blame those people who want nothing to do with MLM? Most MLM opportunities out there today make true success a difficult task. The problem with the majority of MLM opportuniti...

MLM Opportunity - How To Evaluate Whether Its Right For You!
2008-04-30 02:43:00
In this day and age on the internet, we get exposed to a mlm opportunity on a regular basis. Of course everybody says that their opportunity is the best one. Is there really an objective and effective way for you to evaluate different opportunities related to MLM so that you can determine which one would be right for you?Actually there is.Here are three steps to help you evaluate whether a particular MLM opportunity is right for you:1. The product - Would you buy the product even if you weren't going to get involved in the business opportunity? Success in MLM is more likely to become a reality when you first and foremost have a passion for the product. The product needs to be something that you would buy irregardless of your participation in the opportunity and here's the key... at the PRICE POINT the MLM company is offering it for. A lot of MLM products in my opinion are overpriced to fund the compensation plan and you can get equal if not better products elsewhere for less...
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MLM Marketing - How Kitty Hawk, NC USA In 1903 Reveals Success Path In MLM
2008-04-26 07:13:00
Do you know what happened on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk , North Carolina? Well the events that took place on that date actually reveal how to be successful in MLM Marketing . If you haven't had all the success you are looking for, it is simply because you aren't aware as to what happened on that date and how it affects your ability to become successful in MLM.So here's what I want you to do:I want you to take a look at this video recorded by Stephen Pierce, one of the top business optimization coaches in the world today about how the events that occurred at Kitty Hawk reveals the path to success in ANY entrepreneurial pursuit. Then, I want you to take a look at this video that I recorded in response to this video that tells you specifically how this applies to MLM.Finally, if you haven't already done so, I want you to sign up for my free report on MLM Marketing. This way I can keep in touch with you and show you exactly how to be successful in this industry!Enjoy!
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How to find mlm prospects
2008-04-26 01:59:00
Are you not making enough money in your MLM business? One of the biggest reasons why people don't make enough money in their MLM business is simply because they don't have enough MLM prospects to talk to. Your success is directly related to how many MLM prospects you can personally talk to about your products, services and business opportunity as well as how many prospects you can get your team to talk to. The person who is able to do these two things the best makes the most money.All MLM prospects, network marketing prospects and direct sales prospects come from one of 3 places. They are as follows:1. Your warm market.2. Your lukewarm market.3. Your cold market.Your warm market is anybody that you personally know and associate with. This includes, family, friends, co-workers, clients, business partners, people you go to school with, people you went to school with, people you grew up with, former co-workers, people you do business with, people you go to the same religious i...
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The New MLM Ground Floor Myth
2008-04-23 03:05:00
Have you ever heard that you should get involved with a brand new MLM company? Were you encouraged to get into the ground floor or sign up for a founder position? Well the fact of the matter is that a new MLM can be one of the riskiest ventures that you can participate in and many of the benefits that you look for in a new MLM, you can actually obtain in a company that has been around for a while.One of the biggest reasons why people recommend that you get involved in the ground floor is the theory that if you get in early you have the most potential for profit. While this might sound good in theory, the fact of the matter is there really is no difference in your profit potential in a ground floor company vs. a company that has been around for a while because of the way the compensation plan is structured. Regardless of whether a company is brand new or has been around for a while, you still have to build your business from whatever the entry level is in your company. Also, the ...
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How To Identify The Best Network Marketing Opportunities
2008-04-21 16:54:00
Identifying the best network marketing opportunities is both an art as well as a science. You need to really have a firm grasp of what to look for and it can be difficult to spot especially if you are relatively new to the industry or you have never had success in the industry before. With that in mind, here is a simple guide to help you to identify the best network marketing opportunities.1. The Company - This is actually the most important factor. You can do everything else right but if you align yourself with the wrong company you are going to fail. A lot of people recommend that you get started in a start-up company so you can get in at the ground floor. What they don't tell you is that the elevator usually breaks down near the ground floor and you never get to the top because the company doesn't last. A better approach is to look for an established company that is in a ground floor industry. This way you get the security of a rock solid company combined with the oppor...
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Does Internet Marketing Work In A MLM Business?
2008-04-17 05:47:00
Does Internet Marketing Work In A MLM Business ? Yes it does! Internet Marketing is a great way to build your MLM business. However, what you don't want to do is make the same mistake a lot of people make when they hear about internet marketing. If you are thinking this in your mind you are about to make that mistake:"So THAT'S what was missing in my business! All I have to do is learn internet marketing and that will solve all of my problems in my MLM business."This is perhaps the biggest misconception that I have ever seen and the way internet marketing is marketed to people in the MLM industry, the marketing continues to perpetuate this disturbing misconception.Internet marketing is not a be all end all fix for your MLM business. Internet marketing is simply a strategy that can be used as part of an overall MLM strategy for building a successful business that duplicates and grows with or without your involvement.Success in a MLM business comes down to three simple things. ...

MLM Leads Work! Here is Proof that MLM Leads Work!
2008-04-11 17:11:00
You know it's funny how there are so many people out there that says MLM leads don't work. That's interesting, on an EXTREMELY part time basis, I'm talking about 5 hours a week (keep in mind more than half of those hours are going to meetings and trainings), I have built an organization that now has distributors in 30 states. Many of those distributors came from either someone that I personally recruited that came from my MLM leads vendor or one of my distributors recruiting someone that came from our mlm leads vendor. It would be one thing if I was the only one. However, quite frankly, my story is nothing compared to some of my business partners in the industry. I have a friend right now that lives in Southern California. He is full time in network marketing and he makes a full time income from network marketing as well (note the distinction!) He literally built 95-99% of his business from calling mlm leads. But MLM leads don't work.I have another friend also in Souther...
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What Affiliate Marketing Experts Can Teach MLM Distributors
2008-04-09 22:11:00
There are a lot of lessons that can be learned from someone who has had massive amounts of success running an affiliate marketing program by someone who is a distributor in MLM. Companies that run successful affiliate programs practice many strategies and techniques that if a MLM distributor applies to his or her organization, it will result in massive levels of success. The following are some guidelines that the successful affiliate marketing company implements.In order to be a successful affiliate, you must first off know, understand and use the product. The individual or company that runs a strong affiliate marketing program understands this. As such they encourage all affiliates to become customers of the product. Some do this simply by asking and explaining why. Others offer higher commissions to customers than to non customers. Still others close their affiliate program and only make it available to customers. Which affiliate do you think is going to make the most sale...
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What's The Difference Between Direct Sales And Network Marketing?
2008-04-05 03:03:00
Someone recently asked this question on a discussion board that I frequent so I thought I would address this issue for my blog readers as well. Check out my response and leave some comments if you have any additional questions or concerns about this.=================What's The Difference Between Direct Sales And Network Marketing ?Direct Sales is a marketing strategy. Network marketing is a compensation strategy.Case in point, the Direct Selling Association defines direct sales as follows..."Direct Selling is the sale of a consumer product or service, person-to-person, away from a fixed retail location. These products and services are marketed to customers by independent salespeople. Depending on the company, the salespeople may be called distributors, representatives, consultants or various other titles." http://www.dsa.orgNetwork marketing is a compensation strategy where you get paid on multiple levels based on the sales made by people you recruit into the opportunity. The par...
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The Law of Averages In Your Network Marketing Business
2008-04-02 22:48:00
The great Jim Rohn once said on his CD "Building Your Network Marketing Business " that if you do something long enough a ratio will appear. This is very true. If you are having trouble with recruiting new distributors, the bottom line is 9 times out of 10 you are simply not talking to enough people. Too many people talk to 10 people, all 10 say no and then they say "this doesn't work." Meanwhile the champions will talk to 100 people, get 10 and then everyone will say "wow he's such a great recruiter" or "man she is just so lucky."Put the law of averages in your favor in your network marketing business.Check out this video here. It gives a great example of exactly what I'm talking about.
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Passive Income Vs. Residual Income In Multi-Level Marketing
2008-04-02 05:44:00
If you have seen a presentation about multi-level marketing, I'm sure you have heard of the power of producing residual income for your business. In fact, there is a good chance that one of the primary reasons why you decided to get involved in the first place is because of the opportunity to create true residual income. You wanted to make that Elvis Presley money. What is Elvis Presley money? Well Elvis Presley is a great rock and roll star that passed away back in 1977, which by the way was before I was even born. Yet, despite the fact that he has been dead for more than 30 years, last year his estate was paid more than 40 million dollars. That's true residual income and that's why many of you joined multi-level marketing.However, did you know that you may have been deceived?Despite the fact that you joined multi-level marketing to earn residual income, there is a chance that the company you are with is not only NOT paying you residual income but can never pay you residua...
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