MLM Networking Women

Recently I have been getting a ton of calls—recorded calls, no less!—offering to sell me endless prequalified leads for my MLM home based business.

They are using web harvesters to pick my phone number and other contact information off of my website.

I don’t mind being called by people.  After all, that is why my number is posted here.

But I do want to talk to real live people and I do not like being pitched.

Believe me, once I hear it is a pitch, I hang up!  If you are a real person calling with a pitch and expect me to return your call, I won’t.

It is best to generate your own leads. 

1. Network with like minded people who are already interested in MLM. 
2. Offer something of value for free that will help your contacts in building their businesses.
3. Build relationships with your network.

Of the people you help, a handful will likely want to join you in your business.

1. These people know, like, and trust you.
2. They are motivated and coachable.
3. You know they will be committed business builders.

This is the essence of
“Work Smarter, Not Harder.”

Build your business with these people and you will have a low attrition rate, a smaller group of people to train and support, and a group of people making good income for themselves and You.

If you think buying leads is a good way to build your business, listen to this recording from my mentor, Michael Dlouhy.

Selling Leads Is a Scam.

Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen

You might not know this about me…I take care of foster children. So far I have taken care of over 20 children and adopted one.

This past month I took in an ity bity baby boy, then cared for 2 little siblings for 3 weeks. After they left, in came another baby. So now, I have a 10 week old boy and an 8 week old girl.

I have been thrust back into those days of no sleep and having my household ruled by a miniature person who’s demands must be met immediately.

Even with the challenges, it’s fun.

Having these babies and being so busy with their care has also reminded me of why network marketing is such a great industry. You really can tailor the business you build around your lifestyle, needs and time constraints.

A huge factor in being able to customize the time and efforts you put into your MLM business is your compensation plan.

Many comp plans contain sinister clauses hidden in legalese few people can understand. Knowing what your company’s comp plan says, line by line, and how that affects your ability to build your business on YOUR terms.

I am giving you a gift of the link to last Saturday’s training call on Compensation Plans. 

Just send me an email at mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com requesting the Bob and Anna Comp Plan training from February 27, 2010.  I’ll send the link right to you.

Bob and Anna Bassett hosted the call and taught how to answer the 10K question. If you can’t answer this about YOUR company’s compensation plan, then you really don’t know how much you need to work to reach your financial goals.

Knowledge IS Power!  Learn what you need to know about your contracts and you’ll become 10 feet tall and bullet proof!

Believe in Your Success, I Do!
Karen

Prospecting 103…the Professional Coach

Still can’t get it? Better head for some one on one Professional Coaching, Sister!

Yes, there must be something so terribly wrong with me that I need to plunk down a couple of grand to have an expert coach me through this process that is so idiotically simple for everyone else.

Fees do vary amongst the selection coaches who specialize in working with network marketers teaching us how to talk to Cold Market prospects.

How they offer their programs, content, length of time for training, and stipulations for personal individualized help also vary widely.

And they DO honor major credit cards.

Well, fortunately for this single Professional Mother of three, I didn’t have the cash OR the credit to take advantage of this golden opportunity.

So now what?

Now that everyone you know, care about and love…heck, even the people you ran into at the mall…are in the Prospect Protection Program, what do you do?

I have been fortunate enough to have learned the difference between one of these coaches and a Mentor.

Noun Singular mentor (plural mentors)

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
Verb to mentor

2. (transitive) To act as someone’s mentor

A Mentor will build you the Person as the central part of what they offer you.

A Mentor will give without having any expectation of you the Person aside from your personal growth.

In the book, The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson, the author talks about finding a mentor in Chapter 9. He says your mentor is like your hero.

You should seek out a mentor who is an expert in the area of your own goals and aspirations and focus on him/her.

Working with a mentor is learning through modeling.

Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen

People looking to make some extra income without getting a second job need to know these 4 top tips on how to get rich.

These aren’t hyped up scam based suggestions for stuffing envelopes or sending cash in the mail.  I’m presenting 4 tips the top earners practice and teach for achieving wealth.

To be successful in building your home based business so it will replace your current income, provide for your retirement, and let you go on vacations with your family…

You need to learn these principles:

1. Training and Mentoring
2. The Magic of Residual Income
3. Don’t Quit Your Day Job
4. Pay Off Your Debt.

It all takes work and determination.
You can read all of the details in my Ezine Article, How To Get Rich Working From Home.

Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen
mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com

Success coaches are always telling their clients to believe, believe, believe! You gotta believe!

Getting the theory of believing from your head to your heart is not always an easy trip. Believing in whatever it is you want means honestly believing it with all of your being. But how do you get there?

One of the favorite techniques for building belief is through visualization.

Visualization is like making a mind movie about what you want. Kick your imagination into gear.

Think about what IT is you want.

Make a picture of IT in your head.

Think of how you will feel when you get IT.

Imagine the smells at the moment you get your hands on IT.

Listen to the sounds or the music that you will hear when you embrace IT.

Invite in your mind who will be there when you finally have IT.

Now, focus your mind on this mental picture every day. LIVE it in your thoughts. Concentrate on how your senses are filled.

If you keep programming your brain with this mental picture, the day will come when you hold your desires in your hands.

Believe!

For a complimentary audio training on Visualization by legendary author Michael Dlouhy, send me an email { mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com } with “Visualization” in the subject line and I will send you the link!

Believe In Your Success, I Do!
Karen

In my last post about Mentoring For Free and the Big Lie, I exposed the hidden costs behind Mentoring For Free.

Namely, the Mentoring For Free Pro Version and the collection of CDs and ebooks Michael sells.

Mentoring For Free Pro 

Anyone in any company can use the training program as a lead generation system.  The Mentoring For Free Pro version offers…

• the ebook branded with your name and contact information,
• a back office to store your leads (those who download the ebook) that belong solely to you,
• an auto-responder,
• splash pages,
• an ad tracking system.  

Mentoring For Free is NOT an Affiliate Program.
None of the Mentors make any commissions from people joining the Mentoring For Free pro Version.

Mentoring For Free Pro is a reasonably priced lead generation system when compared to other systems available today.

Mentoring For Free CDs & ebooks For Sale

Michael Dlouhy sells a Personality Colors CD and ebook and an ebook about the 5 Pillars to Success.

Like most Mentors, I recommend people keep their credit cards in the freezer.  There is no need to buy anything until you read the ebook and see the total training program we have to offer.

All of the information in the CDs and ebooks Michael sells is offered in our free training program.  On top of that, the Mentors who blog or write articles for the internet, are writing about this information all the time.

So WHY does Michael offer these CDs and ebooks for sale if the information is free anyways?

Different strokes for different folks…

• Some people want the information in a defined, concise, and convenient format.
• Some people think information is only valuable if they pay for it.

What About the Lie?

The big question still hasn’t been answered.
Fess up to the lie.
What does Michael and his posse of Mentors GET from Mentoring For Free?

OK, OK, You got me!

Mentoring For Free is a lead generation system that offers a FREE ebook and free training…10 tele-seminars every week plus all the trainings since 2007 recorded and archived for anyone to listen to 24/7… plus access to your own personal mentor…a real live person.

All this to attract business leads.

Feel a little like you’re part of a cat & mouse game?
Is this where the Lie is exposed?

Here is where you have to learn how to lose your agenda.

Mentors help everyone, no matter what business they are in.
Oh, and all of the training is generic…no companies or products are mentioned.
The person you download the ebook from will not tell you their company.

But Why?

Let’s say out of every 10 people who download the ebook,

• 5 of them are happy with their companies and are just looking for some training. 
• 3 of the people are with companies that they know, at least deep down inside, are a bad deal, and are looking for help. 
• And 2 are looking to join a company and are doing research.

If you’re married, you wouldn’t like it if someone who knew you were married asked you out on a date.

Nobody likes being pitched either.
If someone’s with a company, they don’t want an opportunity thrown at them.

Only a few of the people who download the ebook will actually be interested in joining the Mentor in their business.

And that’s good!

• Who wants to be a sponsor monster and bring in anyone with a pulse?
• Isn’t it better to get to know each other first?
• Isn’t it better to find out who is serious about their personal development? 
• Isn’t it better to find out who is serious about learning business building skills and applying them through persistence?

So that is why Michael teaches us to lose our agenda.  This gives us the freedom to help anyone in need of learning these skills whether they join us or not.

In fact, it is not until a person goes through the training program and learns the concepts and skills that we teach that either the mentor or the client can make a realistic decision to become business partners.

It’s not until then that the Mentor will share his/her company information with their Client.

If they won’t become business partners, that’s great too.  They both get lifelong friends and the Client has accessed an invaluable training.

Still think there’s a big lie?
Maybe the style of Mentoring For Free is not for you.
Maybe you’re just a skeptic.
Well, you have a choice to make.
Remain a skeptic and walk away.
Or, get over it and get plugged into the system.

To read more about the Mentoring For Free program and find out how other Mentors have been impacted by Mentoring For Free visit my page here.

Your Friend and Mentor,
Karen