Hello folks,

 I gotta serious question for you?

Have you struggled in your MLM/Home-based business? Do you truly desire success in MLM but for some reason you can’t seem to have major success not matter how hard you try? Well, your business may be suffering due to circumstances that you have no control over.

Making money in MLM/Home-based business is not just a matter of following the systems that your company has in place or what your mentor/upline is teaching you. There is so much more involved and if you’re not aware of what these things are, it’s really easy to quit and never give multi-level marketing a chance again.

Systems are great. They are the driving force behind most network marketing companies because of duplication. But what about all the other factors that play a role and are almost never discussed? 

Here’s a list of 10 major variables, in no particular order,  that affect the level of success a person will have in any MLM/Home-based businesses.

1. Level of skill

2. Support of family/friends/upline

3. Financial stability

4. Marketplace

5. Economics

6. Ethnicity/Race

7. Education/Experience

8. Influence

9. Time

10. Level of personal development

I will discuss each of these as a individual topic in my blogs that follow. In the meantime, think about each of these ten things and how some of them may be affecting your journey to success in making money in network marketing.

The good news is these are only obstacles in your MLM/Home-based business that can be overcome. But I think it’s important to recognize them first.

If you want to jump ahead and knock out those obstacles now, check this FREE REPORT on the secrets that may be hindering your success in Network Marketing.

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 To your success,

Stacey

keiki90034@yahoo.com

Evening Folks,

 I want to talk about something that is so important in this industry that I can’t believe I’ve never discussed it before. Residual Income!

What is residual income? It’s the reason I got into this industry. Residual income simply means getting paid over and over for work that you’ve basically done once. Sounds simple enough but how does it work?

Well, I’ll explain. There are many different network marketing businesses out there. Some market products, some market services and some market both. I’ll use a product as an example. Let’s say your company markets nutritional products. Most likely the products are sold in 30 day supplies. Well they are considered consumable products that, assuming they are great products, will be ordered on a recurring monthly basis, otherwise known as  ”auto-ship”. 

Let me tell why this is so huge.  You sell the product once, but continue to get paid monthly as long as the products stay on auto-ship. Say for example that each recurring auto ship on a particular product is $5.00. That may not seem like a big deal but what happens when that multiplies by 10, 20, 30, 100 customers a month! Can that happen? Yes it can and those are small numbers. Not to mention that I only spoke about first level residuals. I did not even take into account the money that a networker could earn from their team members businesses.  There are network marketers who earn $100,000.00 a month and more in residual income. The income potential is even greater than that for those who market online.

Any business that produces a residual income is considered an asset which is a key to wealth creation. Network Marketing is not only great for the up-front money but offers true financial freedom through residual income.

 Get it and get free!

To your success,

Stacey McCray

Hello Folks,

 Today is April 16th the day after “tax day”. I’ve been speaking to many people who have shared their experience with me about this year’s tax season. Most of them complained about the fat check they had to send out to the IRS. With a slowing economy, this only hurt their pockets even more. There was a common theme for those who paid Uncle Sam, they all were employees and none of them were business owners.

When I was asked how much I paid, I simply answered truthfully, nothing! In fact I’m expecting a sizeable refund. They looked at me in disbelief and asked how this could be so. The simple answer was that I owned and made money in a home-based business.  Therefore I am eligible for what seems like an unlimited number of tax write-offs. They were perplexed to say the least.

Here’s what it comes down to. When you earn your income as an employee, you pay the government first in the form of taxes, then you get what’s left as your earnings. As a legitimate home-based business owner, you pay your expenses first, then the government.

This is one of the major benefits of owning a home-based business/MLM opportunity, tax relief! It amazes me how many people in the multi-level marketing industry are unaware of this! Since I market my home-based business online, I have the added benefit of writing off all my online marketing expenses.

Now there is a difference between saving money on your taxes by legitimately operating a business and doing it to avoid paying taxes. That’s called Tax Evasion! Don’t do it!

If you currently operate or are considering making money in a home-based business, know what your benefits are!  

To your success!

Stacey McCray

keiki90034@yahoo.com

DISCLAIMER: I am not a tax professional nor am I offering tax advice. Always seek professional counsel regarding your particular tax situation.

Hey folks!

Let’s get back to business. Today I want to talk about different marketing strategies in the MLM/Direct Sales Industry. When it comes to direct sales there are two ways to market: Online and Offline. The main point to keep in mind is that they are essentially the same thing, just different form.

Your goal is to send a one-on-one message to your prospect. 

Online marketing strategies include:

New Media (which I covered in a previous blog)

Copywriting

Online advertising

PPC (pay-per-click)

Ezines 

Article submissions

Google adwords 

Website submission services

Offline marketing strategies include:

CD’s

DVD’s

Magazines

Brochures

Fliers

Classifieds

Special Reports

Meetings

Home parties

Etc…

Whatever strategy you choose to build your MLM/home-based business, there is one thing to remember. One strategy is not necessarily easier than another. They both require a lot of knowledge, patience, consistency, activity, and belief!

I foolishly believed that online marketing would be a cakewalk and that I wouldn’t have to do any of the undesirable work that’s involved in the offline world. I wanted to make money online in my home-based business with little effort. Silly me! While it is very different and more comfortable in many ways, online marketing has it’s share of challenges as well. 

Your goal is to develop relationships with people. Developing relationships with prospects in the offline world seems easily achievable right? Well it is in the online world too. What do you think I am doing with you all? I’m sure you all have heard that “exposure is everything” right? That’s absolutely true. I believe that he/she that does the most exposures and closes the most subsequent sales wins. This is everyones goal and as I said in my previous blog, not all systems are meant for everyone.

You must decide what’s best for your business but be prepared to work hard and treat it like a real business.

I’ll end with a question for you to ponder.

Who do you think will expose more people? A online marketer who is receiving tens of thousands of hits on his/her MLM/ home-based business websites a day (all over the world mind you) or an offline marketer who passed out 50 DVD’s, made 50 calls, did 25 3-ways, and held an opportunity meeting with 100 people, all in one day, of which only 15 were guests and of those 15, 12 joined the business and 10 quit within 2 weeks?

Goodnite and God Bless,

Stacey

keiki90034@yahoo.com

Hello Everyone,

 I want to take this time to thank all of you who have visited my site and have continued to come back. I like to believe that I am providing something of value that will help you in your MLM business.  However, I come to you all today to truly speak from my heart.

I am fully aware that there are many of you out there who are frustrated about your home-based business. I believe that all of you have put forth a sincere effort to build your business, the way your company has taught you to, for some time without the results you hoped for. Some of you tried for a few months, some for several years.  ( IF YOU HAVE NOT, LEAVE THIS SITE!)

There is much criticism and debate as to what constitutes a persons genuine effort to succeed in thier business. Does a person fail soley because they quit or do they quit because the try and try and continue to fail.? There are so many variables.

I started this blog after months and months of research about network marketing and online marketing. What I found amazed me and I wanted to share it with the whole world. The fact that there was another way to create tremendous success in MLM/Home-based businesses by marketing online was a breakthrough. I have had many of you thank me personally for my efforts.  I appreciate that.

I know that I have spoken about and promoted ideas that go against many marketers beliefs and practices. I am sure it has offended and will continue to offend people. That is in no way my intention. I believe in what I am doing.

Someone recently made a statement to me that suggested that I may be causing harm to other marketers by telling them not to follow the systems they are taught.  There are thousands of Multi-level marketing companies with thousands of systems out there. Some are great and some are terrible. Systems do work, but it depends on which system you use. Not every system is the most effective for everyone.

I believe that the person who is looking for the information that I have to share are the ones who will find me. Those who do and don’t agree with me will simply move on. (Google analytics proves this to be so)

Let me be transparent here. In order to be successful in this industry I know I need to be driven, motivated, coachable, confident, patient, persistent, consistent and knowledgeable. There are many areas that I am improving on and I belive that goes for most of us. I have never claimed to be the top money earner in my respective home-based business….YET. Nor that I am THE authority in online marketing or that I have made a fortune doing so….YET. Does that mean that I don’t have a voice and a right to express my opinion?

People have and always will be judgemental.  I encourage everyone who comes into contact with my site to take the time to read all the information that I am offering for FREE. Click all my links in my posts. Read, disect, poke holes in and scrutinize everything!

Well, I hope you all felt my sincerity.  I am going to continue on this journey, but perhaps I will do so with a more discerning spirit.

I apppreciate you all. God Bless!

Stacey

There are many ways to attract prospects. But, the best way to attract prospects to your home-based business opportunity is to have a SOLUTION to a PROBLEM. 

If you turn on the news, you’ll no doubt hear stories about our failing economy accompanied by stories of doom and gloom; home foreclosures, lay-offs, outsourcing and outrageous consumer debt. These are the issues that keep people up at night.

Stress, insomnia, depression, worry, anxiety and fear consume millions of people every day.

People are desperate for a way to not only survive the tough times now but to find a way to survive in the near future. There are parents who desire to stay home with their children. Many of them will have that opportunity very soon, but not because they had the financial means to do so.

Soldiers returning home from war who are no longer active duty will be looking for ways to earn an income.

Many disabled people need an alternative to a traditional job.

There are desperate people out there looking for a way out. Your MLM/Home based business opportunity may be the solution to they are looking for. 

There are so many advantages to owning a home-based business:

 no experience/education required

unlimited income potential 

leverage

flexibility of time/time freedom

low start up costs

team support

systems that have a proven track record of success

tax benefits 

and many more…

With the economy becoming ill, more and more people will be looking for an alternative way to support their families.

The MLM industry is expected to experience tremendous growth over the next 24 months. Online marketing is expected to experience this growth as well.

The home-based business industry will be responsible for saving millions of families during the tough times ahead.

When you have the solution, those with the problem WILL  attract themselves to you.

The key to having real success in your MLM, home-based business is not about who you expose your opportunity to, what your company’s product or service is, the compensation plan or even who your upline is. No, it’s not. I can prove it. The majority of MLM’ers who are failing and have failed in their respective businesses have no doubt focused on the aforementioned things.

It’s not their fault though. They just did what they were told.

The problem is not that those things don’t work, they only work for a very small percentage of network marketers.

The real key to success in network marketing is to attract your prospects to YOU. How does one do that? By utilizing one of the most overlooked marketing tools to ever hit the face of this earth.

What is that you ask?

It’s New Media!

Hmmm some of you are wondering what new media is. Well, to put it simply, New Media consists of different forms of marketing on the internet.

Here are just a few examples:

 Websites

E-mail

Blogging

Podcasts

Video Blogging (Vlogging)

E-books

I doubt that your network marketing company has put any emphasis on any of these forms of media, with the exception e-mail and websites. But have they been successful in making e-mail and websites create the profits you desire? I doubt it unless you’re bringing in $5,000.00 + per month.

Ten’s of thousands of network marketers are effectively utilizing these forms of media to attract new prospects to them daily. All ONLINE and on auto-pilot. That’s what was missing in my MLM business. A system that would work for me not against me.

New Media is the New Way!

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Hello Everyone,

 I’m back! I just spent some time putting some things in order. In the process, I came across a new phenomenal home-based business opportunity! I did my research and feel that it’ll be a huge success. However, that’s not what I wanted to talk about.

What I did want to discuss was the fact that I immediately wanted to call all my family and friends and share it with all of them. For a short moment I believed that they would all see the “light” and get involved immediately.

Then I remembered what happened the last time I introduced them to a new ” MLM opportunity”. Ouch…it still stings thinking about it.  I had to check myself. This is a new business that needs to be marketed a new way. A new way that actually works. Then I got really excited. I will now be attracting my prospects to ME! Only those who are actually looking, ready and willing to move forward. This is an exciting time for all network marketers who have seen the light!

 It’s actually a relief to know that I never have to harrass anyone again about an opportunity to make money from home!

Good Night!

Network marketing is Simple, but doing it the old way (i.e. old calling people) is NOT easy.

Let me explain my view of why network marketing is notorious for having a 95% or higher failure rate…have you ever heard of Occam’s razor?

It states that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best. We’ll use this theory to explain why more than 95% or more network marketers fail.

Ready?

Most network marketers fail because the marketing methods they are taught don’t work 95% or more of the time. So we’re led to ask the next logical question, what are most fledgling network marketers taught? Well, I can only speak from my experience, but what is commomnly taught is to buy and cold call leads.

Now, I’m not going to say this doesn’t work, but what I will say is that this tactic doesn’t work for most marketers. Honestly, unless you’re a natural-born confident salesman going into your network marketing career you’ll probably have poor results. Don’t get me wrong some people are very good at cold calling leads, but most people aren’t.

What happens to most people after they’ve spent thousands of dollars on leads with very little success after months of effort? They run out of money. They get burned out and then . . . they give up.

Another important factor contributing to why most network marketers fail is the type of leads they buy.

Why does the type of leads network marketers use make a difference? Well . . .business opportunity leads, the leads most new network marketers are told to use are generic. These leads answer an ad that just asks them if they want to be financially free or make money from home or something like that.

Well . . . of course they do! But that doesn’t mean they want anything to do with YOUR
network marketing business.

When the average network marketer calls these generic business opportunity leads the leads don’t know anything about the network marketer’s business and for the most part don’t care. This leads to the fledgling network marketer hearing a lot
of “NOs”.

Hearing NO all the time leads to quite a bit of self doubt, both about the network marketer’s own ability and the validity of their association with their network marketing
company.

Negative feelings begin to harbor and as was said before eventually the network marketer gives up, usually within 3-6 months. The fledgling network marketer’s perception of their
business goes from one of opportunity to one of complete doubt and negativity.

Reality follows perception, so because the fledgling network  marketer believes both themselves and their business as having little hope this becomes TRUE.

That’s basically why 95% of network marketers fail.

On the surface, network marketing companies appear to be thriving communities of consuming customers all happy with the product that they are consuming and they really are, but what drives that community of thriving consumers has absolutely nothing to do with the product itself.

Let me ask you a question:  Why did you decide to get started in a network marketing business?

You don’t have to say anything out loud but answer this question in your head right now to yourself.

I guarantee your answer is somewhere along these lines of “Well, I started my business because I wanted to make some extra money and who knows maybe even become financially free.”

Am I right?

Well let me ask you another question now.

When you prospect and talk to leads about your business what do you talk to them about?

Most likely you try to stick to the corporate script which inevitably ends up with your prospect asking you questions about your network marketing companies products or services.

And by the end of the conversation you’ve lost control of the call and both you and your prospect end up confused (usually somewhere between details about your company’s
product or service and the compensation plan).

You get off the phone and hope that by some grace of god your prospect you paid $5 to confuse will decide to join your business.

Likely story!

Here’s why: Successful Network Marketing has NOTHING to do with selling
your prospect on your product at ALL!

To the contrary, the only thing that you should EVER talk to your prospect about is the same thing that got you sold on your company’s business . . . More Money and Financial
Freedom!

You see network marketing is built on financial hopes and dreams. If you’re looking for business builders to recruit into your organization, your prospects hopes and
dreams of financial success are the only thing that you should speak to them about, so they can sell themselves on it.

As an illustration of this principle think about the situation this way, if you had equal amounts of your company’s product in one hand and money in the other which do you think your prospect would choose?

The top money earners know the answer to that question and that’s how they make all their money!

Here’s the other shift in perspective that you’re going to have to make if you want to have ultimate success with your business and it’s simply a logical continuation on the point
just discussed.

What you think of as your company’s product is NOT its real product at ALL!

Do you think your network marketing company’s product is its moon juice or long distance service?

If you do you’re very wrong.

Continuing on from my last point, remember your network marketing business will not grow if you just push a product. It will only grow if you sell people on their financial
dreams.

So if you think about it, your company’s real product is it’s sales training and marketing system. The better your company’s marketing system, the more you generate
sales. The more sales you make the more quickly you will be able to reap the financial benefits of your business.

To extend this point further, eventually you’ll want your downline to do all the work so you don’t have to.

The simpler and more effective the marketing system plus the stronger the training your company provides, the easier your system will duplicate.

If you want to think about it in its most simple form, your company’s real product is its duplicability.

If you find a system that is easy to duplicate and you can have your prospect “sell themselves” on their financial dreams you will have a highly successful network marketing business.

Your Job is Simple:

Find people that want to attain financial freedom and then shorten their learning curve so that they can go out and do the same.

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