Catch up on Key 1 here

Find Key 2 here

Find Key 3 here

Key 4 Be a solution provider a.k.a sign them up!

This is the key that opens the vault! Being a solution provider is just that. If you gain a new subscriber to your list who makes it clear they are interested in generic business building materials help them find the best funded proposal for them and you will make one or several affiliate sales.

If they are open to looking at your MLM or contact you to request more info then direct them straight to your business info. Don’t complicate it all with the affiliates and try and explain it all at the same time. They will DROWN in information.

With affiliates, especially when you’re new to building a list, the best way I found to build relationships is to offer a free consultation.

You can offer a completely free initial consultation to find out more about them and/or you can offer a more detailed consultation when they buy an affiliate product.

This way you are monetizing your time and not wasting it with the wrong people.

You are signing them up either as an affiliate or as a new team member

In the 7 Pieces MLM Online System you can download a complete script for your step by step consultation process that can be used with any MLM.

In the next series we’ll be looking at how to build direct to your MLM with online methods WITHOUT using affiliate marketing.

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So is it viable to be relying on your MLM business to bring you a big income in a time of recession? Are you finding it’s that little bit harder to get people over the line to sign up with you in your MLM? Or not?

I’m all for a prosperity mindset and am officially ‘not participating in the recession’ as advised by MLM legends Randy Gage, Eric Worre, and Information Marketing Queen, Ali Brown.

I do think however that to stick ones head in the sand and ignore the recession altogether when for the most part the majority of your target market is participating in the recession, could be economic suicide!

So how do we find the right balance in MLM or Network Marketing and the recession?

Here are 3 ways to earn more money in your MLM right now:

1) Join a couple of good MLM affiliate programmes or funded proposals such as Magnetic Sponsoring and/or Renegade Professional so that you can participate in something positive: the amazing growth in the Information Product industry.

I am finding that people are very willing to invest in their education as online attraction marketing is booming and Networkers both seasoned and new are realising that they need to learn about Social Media and building MLM online to even have a chance of competing in the market place.

You can brush up or get new marketing skills for attracting prospects to you online and you can pay for your education, or in my case make a handsome profit by pointing others in the direction of the best resources so they can do the same.

With one of these programs alone I can pay my mortgage. It works on auto-pilot 24/7. That is a powerful statement in a time of recession.

2) Be flexible with your MLM entry levels. Most MLMs have at least a couple of entry positions. We are all very good at offering the top one, sometimes to the point where the guys who are struggling with cash (or even just with a lack mindset!) feel that if they don’t start at the top position they are better not to start at all.

Tip: I believe this to be incorrect. Better they start on the smaller package than not start at all! Better they join a solid program and come in at a lower level than join some cheapo $30 deal that promises them that they can build a residual income.

By joining these extremely cheap deals which may be popular in recession times (if you’re one of the ones who are tempted) bear in mind that when it is cheap to join, you are not going to earn very much! You get a commission based on what they pay for their starter products, when all is said and done.

The other thing is that if there is no substantial product offered it’s unlikely to produce much of a long term residual income. If the team members are not bonded with the product and wanting to use it every month then it is clear that your business will be more of a one off quick sale type. Personally I’d rather work with affiliate programs revolving around a high quality program, than a low end, low quality MLM.

I don’t think it does the MLM industry reputation any favours either. When we sign people up for $30 or even $50 what kind of mindset or commitment are they likely to be bringing to a new business….

Anyway back to the point here! Be flexible with your entry levels and let people come in at the level that they feel comfortable at. They can always upgrade later. Don’t be too rigid with how you’ve approached your business in the past – learn to be flexible in these tricky times.

3) Offer paid coaching. You can very quickly get yourself up to speed with some valuable marketing skills if you join either of the affiliate programmes that I mentioned previously. You can get skills that are in demand and that even Diamonds in your MLM do not have.

You can charge for coaching: Renegade University and Renegade Professional in particular will teach you what you need to do and how to position yourself to do this.

You can offer attraction marketing coaching as a free bonus to those who sign up with you in your MLM.

Bottom line in times of recession you need to become as valuable as you can by improving your skill set, and offering more value to your prospects because let’s face it they may not be in such a rush to get their wallets out of their pockets, and they have an incredible selection of MLMs and MLM mentors to join. The only question is: ‘Why will they join with you?’

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This is not an April fool’s message. This is for real! If you’re building your MLM on the internet (or trying to) there are some things you need to do and some things you need to avoid.

Sounds simple enough but what are these things?

We won’t be going through a step by step training today on how to get your business on the internet and create a magnetic online presence which attracts high quality prospects to you asking for your advice every day… we’ve covered that many times in my blog.

What I would like to do is draw your attention to a pitfall that’s important for you to avoid.

Many of you have seen me transition from talking vaguely about doing the business online, through to being very specific about how to do it.

You’ve probably noticed that there are some specific programmes that I promote. For the last month I have been promoting Renegade Professional in a big way.

The reason for that is TIMING. Click back to my other posts if you want to know more about the launch of Renegade Professional as today the post is not about that either.

I also love to promote Magnetic Sponsoring. The reason for this is not because I love my MLM any less than I ever have. It’s also not because I am distracted from my MLM and have become a teaching guru who doesn’t work in the field.

It is simply because I believe this to be the best way of building your business online. It all works perfectly with the MLM of your choice and offers the most fun, stress-free way of building the business that I have found in 6 years.

6 years is not that long… but let’s face it it’s not that short either! I deserve to find my blissful way to build my business as do you.

So back to the main message of today. When you are choosing your funded proposal(s) and aligning yourself with other organisations that are not directly related to your MLM please do an integrity check.

Do these organisations represent your values? Do you feel you can promote them from the heart? If you are after a quick buck it will show. Never doubt that in this transparent world of social media and web 2.0 your followers, fans, critics and sneezers (your biggest fans who spread your message) can see exactly what you are up to.

So what’s my point? Make sure you set up your attraction marketing cash machine with some thought and critical thinking.

To get real leverage and have commissions hitting your inbox every day even before any one joins your MLM you need to get behind something long enough for people to associate you with it.

I recommend having some key programmes that all work together in your system and lead through to your MLM where relevant.

Remember this new business model is NOT about pitching. You don’t need a funded proposal and online cash machine to pitch. You can do that at the car wash or at the Tesco check out.

Once you have set up your cash machine which can take anything from a couple of weeks through to several months, depending how complex you want it to be, all the lights are green.

You’ll already be making money in your first few days or weeks, depending on where you start. Leads will start to flow as you slot your cash machine elements together.

It all sounds wonderful doesn’t it? And it truly is as long as you follow through and set it up correctly.

The pitfall to avoid in my opinion at all costs is to resist becoming a clone for your new affiliate programmes. In the same way that it is no longer attractive to be droning on about your MLM products or business opportunity all day long, it is also completely unattractive to do the same for your lead generation programmes.

In the Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto, the very controversial Ann Sieg talks of the need to differentiate your self. There is so much truth in this. From her point of view it’s probably better for business if everyone were just to spread her product message.

Fortunately she is practicing what she preaches and providing real value. The value comes in this message and I paraphrase in case you haven’t yet got to grips with the long report: use the basic stuff Renegade provides but get into creating your own stuff ASAP!

That’s a message you don’t hear very often in MLM right? It’s a little shocking hey.
You can actually create your own cash machine and you can do it in a way that is fully duplicatable for those who want to duplicate in a style that suits them.

Yes I know this is a HUGE and controversial topic. Thing is I don’t believe that there is only one way of duplicating. I have seen it in my organisation. There are some who love our traditional system, can’t get enough of it and enrol people every day.

Then there are the others. The ones who can’t quite get to grips with it. It doesn’t quite fit with their strengths or they just can’t bring themselves to talk to the big cheese at work about the benefits of joining the business. They are deathly afraid of rejection.

There is always another way. After just reading ‘Tribes,’ by marketing genius Seth Godin I can see that as I suspected, the new leaders of MLM will be building the business in a new way. To expect new leaders to build in an old way would be odd.

So be mindful of the fact that to do this in a big way the sooner you figure out who your audience is, what your niche market looks like and what your personal message is that is fully aligned with your values, the sooner you will become an online MLM Rockstar.

It’s fabulous to be enthusiastic about your mentors and programmes. Just make sure you’re not singing somebody else’s song all day long. Don’t fall into the trap of being an affiliate or MLM clone!

Sing your own song and mix your melodies up a little! Have fun and if you’re still confused about how to set up your marketing machine so it’s unique to you then I have very good news for you.

Any day now I will be releasing a completely free, completely generic report that will show you exactly how to set up everything. You will be able to have the basics in place immediately.

It will show you exactly which resources to use to get the best results and best of all it will answer all those troubling questions swimming around in your head.

I know they are there because my report has been written in response to all these questions that people are asking me. Here are some of the things we’ll be covering in the report:

• How things have changed in Network Marketing (Many don’t even know they have!)

• What Attraction Marketing really is. (Many experienced Network Marketers have no clue how to transition into building their business online)

• We’ll talk about the sponsorship line issue. Can you still do this if your sponsorship line doesn’t approve or get it?

• The holy grail of duplication and how to duplicate online even if you are confused! (Something that has just got a lot easier because of certain web 2.0 tools which I will share with you)

• How to transition into online marketing and not get sucked into the gaping black hole of ‘overwhelm.’

• How to actually set up your Attraction Marketing Cash Machine FAST and brand it with YOU Inc.

I’m going to share all of this with you at no charge. All you will need is your time to read it. Have you got the time? Are you looking to break through with a better way? Are you going to be one of the new MLM leaders?

If so subscribe to this blog or follow me on Twitter and download your free copy of ‘The 7 Pieces of the Attraction Marketing Puzzle.’

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