I’ll never forget the first time I got a taste of CREATING my own Income! What did you think I was talking about?

I was 24 yrs old and fully ready to take on the world. I had worked as the right hand man of a successful local business man & developer and I was ready!

Advice…who needed it!    An exit strategy…winning is the strategy!

You know, they say Life gives you lessons. Well, on that very first deal I almost put myself out of business before I generated ONE CENT!

Fortunately for me there were some errors made (imagine that) along the way that enabled me to retract from the contract and even get initial monies back.

I can tell you right now that one deal gave me more perspective, education and most important, experience than anything I would have learned without simply taking action. Life and business are much different for me these days, but to say that I don’t find myself sometimes biting off more than I can chew would both be a lie and an admission of settling.

There is more available to all of us than we care to acknowledge. To not be in a position of challenge is to not be open to receive what’s available. Continue to grow, develop, learn and experience…that’s what we’re hear for.

Let me know what your first time was like and how it transformed you.  I’m eager to hear some good stories!!

Direct Sales Tips

15.1 Million U.S. Distributors. That is according to the DSA (Direct Sales Association).  Of these people there are those who absolutely thrive in this industry and then there are those who never make a dollar.  Here I am going to offer up 4 of the most crucial Direct Sales Tips to have you hit the ground running and be profitable FAST.

• Direct Sales Tips #1:  THIS IS A BUSINESS and should be treated as such.  Look, I don’t care what opportunity you are involved in or what your product is.  The number one objective is for you to move product.  The beauty of this Industry is that you have the ability to make money from those on your team.  So, just like any business on the planet, you need to build a sales organization, MANAGE your team and teach them how to duplicate your business.  Being a good leader will have a profound impact on your income.  It’s great if you are a producer, but if you can replicate your success through others your income will take a quantum leap.  This is literally the difference between making $50k per year and $500k per year.
• Direct Sales Tips #2:  Systems & Leverage. If you owned a McDonalds, your job would be to sell as much beef, potatoes and sugar water as possible.  Who do you think would do a better job, the person who takes the order, cooks the food, serves the customer, & cleans the restaurant or is it the person who hires a manager and a full staff so the place runs like a McDonalds that you and I know.  Obviously you know it’s the second person.  If this is so obvious, why do you operate your Direct Sales business like the first person?  You need to capitalize on systems that allow you to market to, sell to and recruit new distributors while you’re doing other things.  A prospect should be able to go through your entire system and either qualify themselves or disqualify themselves before you ever pick up the phone.  THIS IS RECRUITING ON AUTOPILOT!!
• Direct Sales Tips #3:  Leadership/Training. You and I could talk for hours about Leadership alone, but for the purposes of this discussion I’m going to relate leadership specifically to training.  You have to understand that EVERYONE who comes in to your organization is going to want your time and your knowledge.  Even if that recruit is your very first recruit, YOU are the EXPERT in their eyes.  And, I’m going to tell you right now not to jump through hoops for all of your recruits and you’re going to take that advice and throw it away.  I know how you feel, especially in the beginning.  You feel like your entire business rises and falls with EVERY recruit that comes through your system…IT DOESN’T! The mark of a true professional is to have automated systems set up that your recruits can go through as often as they want.  Systems that cover the usual questions…what is this?  How do I get started?  What’s the best method? Etc, etc.  Think of yourself when you came into this industry or your particular opportunity, what questions did you have?  What would have been helpful to you?  Take care of all of this upfront and do it in a format that doesn’t require your time.  Something like a recorded webinar or a Camtasia presentation.  Then, you can hold weekly TEAM trainings via Webinars or conference calls that cover BUSINESS related issues (Marketing, Advertising, Recruiting, Team building, etc.)  Take questions here and cover as much as possible.  Schedule one-on-one time with your Top Producers to go over their specific needs.  I wouldn’t normally go over an hour a week or so but this is up to you.  From these one-on-one meetings, you will get material and problems to address during your team trainings.  Trust me; one person’s questions are not unique to just them.

I truly hope you understand the opportunity you have before you.  If you set your opportunity up like a business and run it like the CEO, you will be rewarded like the CEO.  I can’t think of another industry in the world where a single person can come in, work smart and earn a mid six figure to seven figure incomes and still only invest less than 30 hrs/wk.  Be smart about this and treat it as the opportunity to set you free and it will set you free.

I hope TODAY is the day you begin to realize your dreams.  I hope RIGHT NOW is when you decide you deserve more..because you do.  Today’s the day and the time is NOW!

The Best Advice Ever About Your Direct Sales Opportunity

I know you have a TON of information available to you on how to make the most of your Direct Sales Opportunity.  What I offer you right now is not going to help you get more traffic, generate more leads, optimize your blog for SEO or any other mind numbing rhetoric that distracts you from actually selling product and making money.

This Advice Teaches You How To Make Money!!

The reason I say all of the other stuff is a distraction is because IT IS.  Listen to me when I ask you this question…What is your objective for getting involved with a Direct Sales Opportunity?  That’s funny, I didn’t hear you say become and SEO expert or learn to become a programmer.  I could have sworn I heard you say you got started to make more money, have more time to travel and be able to experience everything life has to offer.

I’m going to tell you right now why you’re not making the money you deserve.  When a HOT new prospect ends up on the phone with you and they are foaming at the mouth to start making money and start asking you questions about how to get started the best way, you begin to try to impress them with everything you know about SEO, programming, generating leads, etc…congratulations, you just lost the sale by not addressing your prospects issues!

THESE ARE ALL THINGS YOU CAN OUTSOURCE!!

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a good understanding of these things or that you shouldn’t understand how to implement these things.  However, as a business OWNER your job is to be on the phone with people who want to spend money and being a leader to those who have joined your team.  If you want to learn a new skill set, learn Direct Response Marketing, Sales & Leadership.   I know you’re reading this right now and are completely disagreeing with me.  That’s okay; in fact I would expect some resistance.  But I want you to think about this, when Jack Welch was the CEO of GE do you think he was spending all of his time working on new generators or deciding what functions would help sell more dishwashers?  HELL NO!! His job is to look at “what is” and how to make it better, spending time on the phone with suppliers and distributors cutting costs and increasing revenues through cutting deals.  This includes spending time with his advisement board, scrutinizing sales numbers and implementing change.  Then, when he has a plan, he meets with his team and gives each person their duties.  Your Direct Sales Opportunity is no different!

The sooner you can position yourself as the Captain of the ship and not swabbing the decks the sooner everyone else will see you that way.  If you think I’m full of it, take a look at the Top Producers in your Direct Sales Opportunity.  I personally know 6 & 7 figure earners who don’t even know how to update a blog post or send a Tweet.  What they do know how to do is run their business, sell product and train future leaders.

GET OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE MINDSET

And remember, your team will do what you do.  If you say things like, “I can’t afford to outsource” “I’m just getting started” or any other phrase that is translated as “I’m afraid to take the big steps” your team will reflect that and ultimately so will your income.

Be a leader, build a team and start taking the role of CEO.  The sooner you do the sooner you will see HUGE rewards in your business and your life.

EVERYONE in your life will thank you for it.  I hope TODAY is the day you decide you deserve more and that you realize that NOW is the time.  No more wasting time “staying busy.”  Get out there, do BUSINESS and make the most of your Direct Sales Opportunity!!

Home Based Business Income Opportunities

Do Home Based Business Income Opportunities really exist?  I mean, you hear about the latest and greatest “opportunity” that’s going to revolutionize the world and your life, but are they for real?  And if a true legitimate Home Based Business Income Opportunity does exist, is anyone really successful with them?

These questions come up all the time!  If this is you, I can tell you you’re not alone.  My simple answer is yes.  In fact, the Home Based Business industry comprises roughly 20 million people.  Now, just like anything in life, there are those who are successful and there are those who are not.  The same can be said for the companies that exist within this industry.

So What’s The Difference Between Success and Failure?

Training, support, leadership and most important…a proven repeatable system.  Does your opportunity offer you any of the above?  Or, is your opportunity like most.  You know, get them in, get them on a monthly auto ship and immediately take advantage of the emotional momentum and have your new recruit talk to all of their friends and family!

You know, because your broke best friend who has a hard time balancing their check book is a perfect prospect for your new BUSINESS PARTNER!?! I don’t think so.  Home Based Business Income Opportunities do exist and you can be VERY successful.

What you need is to be taught Marketing, Advertising and to set up a sales system to help sift and sort for you while you do things like grow your business and train your recruits.  If you are spending all of your time spinning your wheels trying to convince the guy at the grocery store to go into business with you, you are going to have a short run and a bad experience.

If you set up your Home Based Business Income Opportunity correctly, you can do exactly what I’m doing right now…sitting in Starbucks running my business.  By the way, it’s 11:00 a.m. on Monday…what does your Monday morning look like?

Plug In To a Proven System With a Real Leader…

and your chances of success are FAR greater.  It also helps to be in an industry with a product that EVERYONE needs and EVERYONE can benefit from.  How many new lotions, potions, pills and magic fruits are on the market right now?  Seriously, think about it.  You need to have something that will make a difference for people not only now, but for years to come.

So what are you going to do?  Are you going to keep doing what you’re doing?  Are you going to keep getting ready to get ready?  Or, are you going to take advantage of a REAL Home Based Business Income Opportunity and build a REAL business with REAL leadership?

I hope today is the day you decide you deserve more.  More from yourself, more from life and more from your Home Based Business Income Opportunity.  Your opportunity exist, it’s just waiting for you to take action and decide you’re ready.  I hope today is that day and now is the time!



A network marketing business opportunity can provide you with a SUBSTANTIAL income and set you up to be paid a residual income for life!  There is no other industry that allows a relative new comer to get in, get started and immediately begin to benefit from the efforts of others.

So, today you and I are going to take some time to go over a few tips to have you from where you are now to being a Top Producer in your Network Marketing Business Opportunity.

There are a couple points I’d like to get out of the way real quick.  This is a business.  It’s true that you can work this business part time and reap some amazing rewards.  However, it will require you to work those hours like a business owner.  The second point I’d like to make is about your circle of influence.

Think about the words for a minute: NETWORK…MARKETING…BUSINESS…OPPORTUNITY

NETWORK: It has been said over and over again that your Net Worth is directly correlated to your Network.  So, when you’re getting started with your business opportunity, you are going to want to get other like minded individuals involved.  No more friends, family and three foot rule.  Unless, of course, your friends are all savvy business minded individuals, your family is full of entrepreneurs and every one in a three foot radius of you is at the bank looking for a small business loan.  Look, you are…

RUNNING A BUSINESS!!!  NOT A HOBBY

MARKETING: Every successful business on the planet has a Marketing/Advertising and Sales team.  Why would you take advantage of a Network Marketing Business Opportunity and think you don’t have to do the same.  I will give you some slack here simply because I understand that you were probably told that the product/opportunity is so good it will sell itself.  Along with, “we don’t sell anything, we offer opportunities.”  I’ve got news for you, if wither of these statements were true, the company wouldn’t need you.  The fact is the better you become at Marketing/Advertising and sales, the more successful your business will be.  If these are not your strong suits, don’t worry you can be taught all of this with proper training and leadership; which, incidentally, is where the real money is made in this industry.

BUSINESS: Businesses are successful because they run on repeatable, proven and successful systems.  Think about McDonalds for just a minute.  That entire franchise can be run with a staff of High School kids with one young twenties Manager.  Is it because McDonalds has a nack for hiring the most qualified kids on Earth?  No, it’s because the system is so repeatable that the pieces of the puzzle don’t matter.  If one person quits, there will be someone there within  a few minutes to take their place and the business doesn’t skip a beat.  So, knowing this, does your Network Marketing Business Opportunity run a system or does your business change every day depending on what you got done or what you didn’t get done?  Is it easy for a new recruit or a new retail customer to find your business, take advantage of your offer and become a distributor in one fluid motion?  Or is it confusing, hard to find and unclear what your ultimate goal is?  I can tell you right now that a confused mind DOES NOT BUY!! By the way….

A System Works Even When You Don’t!!

OPPORTUNITY: This is the backbone of the entire industry.  When you got into your Network Marketing Business Opportunity you were SUPER excited about the opportunity that was provided to you.  Remember this while you’re running your business.  Your prospect is going to be just like you when you got started; very excited and ready to take on the world and most important…make some money!!  Keep this in mind and keep the excitement of your new recruits high!  You do this by being a great leader and giving them answers to get started quickly and profitable.  The sooner you can have your recruit making money the longer and more substantial your business will be.  I’m sure you’re wondering how to do that right?  That’s easy, just re-read this article and you’ll be on the right track.

A Network Marketing Business Opportunity truly can change your life.  I hope today is the day you decide to take yourself and your business seriously.  Just remember the words involved in this great industry…NETWORK…MARKETING…BUSINESS…OPPORTUNITY.  Your opportunity is ready for you, it’s just waiting for you to raise your hand and tell it your are ready!  I hope today is that day and NOW is the time!!