MLM Leader or MLM Guru?…What’s It Gonna Be?
I set out today to write a post about an amazing private MLM Leadership webinar I attended yesterday hosted by an specatcular MLM Leader, Ray Higdon. I was thinking about all the valuable content he shared, how I could be an even better MLM leader to my team and others in the MLM community. So many ideas about what to share because there was so much amazing content.
Should I blog about the 3 problem areas most MLM Leaders face? Should I share about how to identify your perfect prospect and focus on how to solve their problems? Should I tell you all the amazing tidbits Ray shared with us lucky MLM leaders based on his studies of John Maxwell’s books? Or perhaps I should blow your mind with what Ray shared with us about intellectual property - what it is, as an MLM Leader why you need it, where to find it and how to create and leverage it…
What should I blog about?
Well, guess what, I’m not gonna blog about any of those things…today…
No, today, because MLM leadership is clearly on my mind, I’m going to tell you about my journey as an MLM Leader this past year and what’s been happening to me.
Those of you who are loyal readers have probably noticed my sporadic postings this past year. And, before I go blogging about MLM Leadership and other citing other people’s content, I think it’s important to be completely transparent with you about me.
Can a true MLM Leader get burnout?
Last year, I saved myself from a succumbing to a serious case of burnout. That’s right, I nearly burnt myself out of my business. For the past 14 years I have been working a very high level, high stress corporate J.O.B. and for the past 3 of those years, I have also been an Entrepreneur, and a mom and a wife, etc. You know the drill. I’m sure many of you reading this right now have been trying to balance your life, your J.O.B., your business and a bunch of other things too.
That’s why this burnout conversation is so important.
Three years ago, I began my journey to become an MLM Leader …
…with a blindfold on and my hands tied behind my back and in my search to figure it all out, I came upon an amazing community of people that taught me internet marketing … the answer to all my problems of how to create success in network marketing and become an MLM Leader. …or so I thought.
I threw myself in like there was no tomorrow, learning every program, every system, every tool, every possible way to create and syndicate content, make videos, blogs, backlinks, articles, ezines, PPC, social media…you name it, I learned it. My appetite was voracious and I fed it. I posted, I blogged, I Facebooked and Tweeted. I woke up at 5 am and went to bed at 1 am.
And guess what? It all worked. I generated tons of leads every day, people were jumping into my business and calling ME… It was just like they said…except for the part where I got so burnt out that I didn’t even want to touch my blog or look at a video camera for almost a year…Oh and for the part where I realized that all that wasn’t duplicable and my team was struggling.
Well, let me qualify that, what I was doing wasn’t duplicable… Simply put: Being a guru is not duplicable. And instead of becoming the MLM Leader I set out to become, all I was on the path to become was some sort of guru. I had a following, sure. People joining me, sure. But then they tried to do what I did and many of them failed. Why? …Because being an MLM Guru is not duplicable!
What I did wasn’t sustainable or duplicable. So, I pulled back. Started focusing on balance, instead of trying to do everything. Started focusing on improving my MLM Leader skills. Started focusing on building locally and using the internet as a tool to connect with people instead of the be all and end all. Started learning duplicable skills and systems that people who aren’t guru-bound, could learn and prosper with too. Oh yeah, and I let myself have a little bit of sleep and little bit of fun too 
And guess what? This stuff works!
Being an MLM Leader doesn’t have to mean killing yourself to the point of exhaustion. It means being the inspired example that people can follow and duplicate to achieve their own success.
So, I’m taking this moment to share this story with you because I know there are lots of people out there who are reading this right now (you?) that are killing themselves trying to do all this fancy stuff in order to be an MLM Leader and guess what, you can stop. Breathe. Do what’s simple and duplicable, because your team (even if you don’t have one yet) is counting on that so they can do it too.
You can follow great MLM Leaders like Ray Higdon, Erwin McKen, Dave Lovett, etc …And if you really look at them and others like them who have a great, big, growing DUPLICATING team, they are keeping it real…simply connecting with as many people as possible, inviting and following up. That’s it.
So, that’s what’s been on my mind. Whew! And now that this is off my chest, I expect you’ll be hearing a lot more from me in the coming, days, weeks, months, years. …and that feels great!
You DESERVE Success!
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Yes, you must BUY home based business leads.
Now I know that sounds kind of funny coming from me. If you’ve been following me at all, you know that I’ve built my business from GENERATING my own home based business leads with my attraction marketing system. So then, why would I tell you to do differently?
Well, I’m not. Building your business with purchased home based business leads is not the only reason to buy them. There are 3 other reasons why you should …(And, hey, I do this myself — I would never tell you to do something that I don’t do myself
So, here they are:
3 Reasons to Buy Home Based Business Leads
Lead Abundance vs. Lead Lack
This could be a whole blog post in and of itself. I can’t tell you how important abundance mindset is in prospecting and recruiting. When you have a list of 100, 500, 1000 leads in your posession, you will have the feeling of abundance. That way, when you’re talking to your “good leads” (whatever that is to you), you will not be so attached to them. Your leads (aka people) can feel that. Your strong desire (desperation?) to sign them up comes across in every word out of your mouth. When you have a bunch of purchased home based business leads in your hand, subconsciously, you eliminate that lack mentality and feel lead abundance. Your posture changes and the way you talk to your prospect changes. Your results change. So simple. So true.
Practice, Practice, Practice Makes Perfect, Perfect, Perfect
There’s no arguing that practice at anything makes you better. Would an athelete ever go to the olympics without practicing? Would an actor ever show up on set without having rehearsed their lines? Why would you ever think that as a professional Network Marketer you shouldn’t practice? Purchased home based business leads are great to practice on. Buy a big ol’ bunch of cheap bulk leads and practice what you’re learning from your mentors. Don’t think about signing these leads up (although you might). Think about practicing a technique that you just learned or a new script. Your prospecting will get so fluid and beautiful, you might just want to do it on stage.
Increase Your Recruiting Results
Really, the first two reasons are all about this one. Increasing your results. You are guaranteed to get better at something when you’ve practiced. You’re guaranteed to attract and sign up more people when you’re feeling abundance. In the end of the day, it’s all about results. If you feel you deserve to have results in your business, then get out there and buy some home based business leads and GET GOOD AT PROSPECTING!
The Importance of Buying Home Based Business Leads
I explain it a little more in this short video:
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I got 4 referrals in under 60 seconds from someone who said NO to my Home Based MLM Business Opportunity today.
No joke. Now that might not seem like a lot…but what if you got 5, 10, 20 NOs a day…times 4…
Could you build a business with 20-80 referrals (read: LEADS) a day for your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity?
If the answer was no, or you hesitated, then your problem in building your business is definitely not leads (please read some of my posts on Mindset).
If you answered a resounding YES!, then you deserve this AWESOME tip I got from an amazing Networker friend of mine Casey Eberhart.
Like many of you, I was having problems getting referrals. I always asked and would always get “let me think about it and if anyone comes to mind, i’ll let you know”…or stuff like that. It was driving me crazy. I tried so many approaches that I learned from some great coaches in our industry, but this one, hands down WORKS…
Watch this video and try it…I bet you’ll start getting tons of referrals…But you have to ASK!
Watch this and learn how stupid-simple this is to get referrals for your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity.
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SEX – Now that I have your attention — What does sex have to do with your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity? A Lot. Let’s break this down.
Your relationship with your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity is like a relationship.
Phase One: 
Relationship.
You just started out with your new lover. You are hot for them. You talk about them all the time. You tell all your friends about them. You get hot just thinking about them. You get excited by the phone calls. You can’t wait to get your hands on them and spend as much time with them as you can. And when you do…POW! It’s good. You start imagining your long and happy future with them ….and now you get even hotter. This is good.
Business.
You are hot for it. You watch a presentation for your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity and a spark is lit. You flirt a little… and then you’re in. You talk about it all the time. You tell all your friends about your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity. You get excited just thinking about it. Your autoship comes in the mail and you rip it open and start exploring it. POW! This stuff is good. You get excited when the phone rings. You start imagining your future in your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity and seeing yourself walking down the aisle and up onto the stage as a speaker at a big Home Based MLM Business Opportunity event…and now you get even hotter. This is good.
Are you with me so far?
This is the exciting stage. You are on FIRE. You can’t get enough of your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity . It feels great to be alive! Your future is set. You have your solution…. Your new life. You are on your way!
WARNING: Here’s where most people take a GIANT WRONG TURN and many quit their Home Based MLM Business Opportunity and never see the future they just got hot and bothered dreaming about….
Phase Two:
(Successful Version)
Your Relationship.
The super-HOT, adrenaline-riddled passion has transformed into a slow burn. There’s love and commitment there. You still want to be with them all the time, you can’t imagine your future without them, but the ups and downs have settled into a feeling of consistency…with passion, but in an easy and comfortable way…Life is good.
Your Business.
The super hot passion for your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity has transformed into a slow burn. There’s love and commitment there. Your lows are high, your highs are low. You are consistent. You still see your future with your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity, still passionate…. it just feels more settled and comfortable. Life is good.
OR
Phase Two:
(UNSuccessful Version)
Your Relationship. The super-HOT, adrenaline-riddled passion has transformed into a slow burn. Fear and panic take over…where is the burning, smack-in-the-face passion? Where is that adrenaline? Why aren’t we having those 9 ½ Weeks scenes anymore? How do I get it back? You keep trying to get back something that’s not there anymore. Your commitment wanes. Without the heat, you lose interest and break up. Next.
Your Business.
The super-HOT, adrenaline-riddled passion for your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity has transformed into a slow burn. Fear and panic set in…where is the passion? Where is that adrenaline? Why am I not running to the mailbox to rip open my autoship with wild abandon anymore? How do I get it back? You read your training materials, have staring contests with your phone….all trying to get back something that’s not there anymore. Your commitment wanes. You tell yourself a lie (“This doesn’t work”) and you quit.
What’s my point?
It’s OKAY if your hot burning flaming passion turns into a slow, warm, comfortable burn. In fact, it’s normal. Stop chasing your tail trying to get back into the honeymoon and start accepting the deepened, long-term relationship with your awesome Home Based MLM Business Opportunity. Understand that THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT FEELS LIKE. It’s a good thing.
Whether in relationships or in business, nobody can sustain that intense, adrenaline rush of the honeymoon phase. You aren’t meant to. In fact, it’s not healthy. It’s a sure-fire road to burn-out city.
A true professional has a real vision of living the long-term dream life that’s possible in your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity… That is, if you MADE A COMMITEMENT to it and vowed to persist until you succeed, and are willing to build it long and slow.
Get out of the “love ‘em and leave ‘em mentality and get in a healthy relationship for the long haul with your Home Based MLM Business Opportunity
You DESERVE Success!
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Okay, you’re up there doing your MLM business opportunity presentation — you’ve got your power point, your whiteboard, your flip-chart, etc. You’re holding that marker, that clicker, etc… You begin your MLM business opportunity presentation and it’s going pretty well.
You have your prospects rapt attention. They’re listening, laughing at your jokes, nodding when you nod and ask them a “yes” question. They’re in the palm of your hand. One of them is even pulling out her iPhone to take pictures of your slides on the screen…
Your MLM business opportunity presentation is THAT good.
They see the freedom. They see the possibilities for their new life…They are starting to move from the “E” quadrant over to the “B” quadrant in their minds (if you don’t get this reference, you need to read this book by Robert Kiyosaki NOW)….This MLM Business opportunity presentation couldn’t be going better.
They loved your product. They went wild about your compensation plan for your MLM business opportunity. But suddenly the one that’s so excited (the one with the iPhone taking pictures and copious notes) begins to change.
You can almost see the FEAR come over her and snatch her away. But instead of the fear turning inward on her, it morphs into a weapon laser focused on …uh-oh…Y-O-U!
She suddenly turns into Super Pyramid-Hating Heckler Woman right there in the middle of your MLM business opportunity presentation. Aahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Suddenly, she puts her iPhone down and pen/paper down, and she’s spouting out the dreaded “pyramid objection” with her arms crossed in front of her. And she launches into a monologue about “pyramids”…The heads of all the other prospects turn to look at her as she attempts to take center stage.
What do you do?
Here’s 3 ways to handle this type of MLM Pyramid-Hating Hecker emerging at your MLM business opportunity presentation:
1 – THE DAVID WOOD RESPONSE.
Do what my buddy Dave Wood recommends. Stare at her quizzically for a second and say…”Really? (slight chuckle)…Pyramids haven’t been around for about 40 years…Where have you been?”…and then just get on with your MLM business opportunity presentation.
2 – THE CORPORATE PYRAMID RESPONSE.
Grab your marker and white board and draw out the structure of a traditional corporation, CEO at the top, SVPs, VPs, Middle Management…. all the way down to Assistants at the bottom… and ask her what that looks like. (If you do it right, it looks like a pyramid). Now ask her if the CEO gives a rats a&%# if the assistants at the bottom of the pyramid ever get wealthy…or if the CEO’s wealth is directly tied to the Assistant’s becoming successful and wealthy. She will probably shut up.
3 – THE TAKE AWAY.
Politely but firmly call her by her first name several times in the middle of her rant until she stops speaking and either do #1 and/or #2 and if those don’t work, tell her that this probably isn’t for her and invite her to leave your MLM business opportunity presentation.
Don’t be afraid of the take away! A Negative Nellie/Energy Vampire like that does not deserve your MLM Business Opportunity presentation or your time/energy.
If you’ve set up your presentation correctly in the beginning, you’ve probably told your prospects that some of them would be very excited by what they’re about to see and want to take action, some would see the opportunity but be too fearful to take action or some would see it and know it was not for them. At this point, you could remind the room of what you had said. Point out that this was proven true, and move on with the rest of your MLM business opportunity presentation like the Pro that you are.
Whoever remains after a heckler’s attempt to disrupt will likely be relieved that they are gone and even more open because the extreme of the life they are ready to change has been put in front of them in technicolor. They will be more committed and actually be “rooting” for you. They will see you as the leader that you are.
If you’re a positive-minded, glass-half-full person like me, you’ll see that it is actually a gift. A weird gift, but a gift nevertheless.
And, on top of the gift, the bonus is, you’ve now earned another stripe on your MLM uniform. Good for you! Once you have that experience under your belt, your confidence will spike ten-fold and you will know that no matter what comes your way, you are, as my good friend and mentor Ray Higdon likes to say UN-MESSABLE.
So, to you who have been heckled by a pyramid-hater at your MLM business opportunity presentation I say this: CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome to the big leagues!
You DESERVE Success!
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Looking for an MLM Recruiting or MLM Prospecting Tip because your MLM sponsor stinks? Or, worse yet, your MLM sponsor has disappeared into thin air?
What do you do when your upline is not what you’d hoped?
That’s a great question. Many people use this as an excuse to quit…But if you’re reading this right now, I’ll bet you have the desire to continue on and find success in your business. Good for you!
Remember MLM Recruiting and MLM Prospecting and the SUCCESS therein is not the responsibility of anyone else but YOU!
Here’s what to do when you’re in a situation where you feel you are flying solo on your team…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately, particularly as it relates to the Network Marketing industry and how good MLM Leaders operate. In addition to the great MLM Leaders I’m privileged to work with in my primary business, I see a lot of “pseudo-leaders” purporting to be TRUE leaders and it got me thinking…What does a true MLM Leader look like?
I’ve got to give you a little context here so stick with me for a quick sec as I back track…
When I first arrived on the scene I crawled onto the internet like many do, searching MLM Leaders and for the answer to how to find success in Network Marketing. …Hoping and praying that I didn’t have to talk to anyone I know because I had “no warm market” (of course that was before I knew HOW to talk to my warm market and create a warm market from scratch, and before I had total belief in what I was doing).
Anyway, I was lucky enough that one of the great MLM Leaders who knew exactly how to target folks like me put an ad in my face on Google (a PPC ad) and this targeted ad spoke right to me. I bought his product and it was pretty darn great (MLSP). With laser-focused determination and consistent action I was able to quickly build a following, earn multiple streams of income online and sponsor a bunch of people into my primary business.
Through my partnership with the awesome MLM Leaders and marketers in MLSP, I have found a community and learned how to market. And I have come to surround myself with some truly spectacular marketers, much greater than myself, from whom I learn on a continual basis.
Here’s my point…Because I learned HOW to market, I can now spot “Marketing” when it’s being directed at me, and I can now spot “Marketing” disguised as “Leadership” as well. Sometimes they come packaged in the same person – I have been privileged to meet and get to know many fantastic true Leaders who are also great Marketers –
BUT many times what we think of as a Leader is really only a great Marketer who knows how to push your buttons and sell. 
So, to give you a shortcut to spotting them, here’s what I think are the signs of TRUE MLM LEADERS in Network Marketing:
1-MLM Leaders are committed to ONE MLM business and do not split their focus on several.
Now there’s nothing wrong with multiple streams of income…A diversified portfolio is just smart. But until you’ve proven yourself as a top earner in one Network Marketing company, I firmly believe you should not add on any other MLM, because as a leader, your team looks to you for guidance and that is just darn confusing for them. A confused team does not succeed…In fact, they quit.
2-MLM Leaders are committed to assisting you succeed and give you all the tools to do so.
I don’t mean just tools like a sales funnel and some CDs (although those are great!) but I mean a simple system that can be duplicated by YOUR team and the TRAINING to use them. I’ve learned that systems are the key to duplication, which of course is the key to residual income. Sponsoring is great, but duplicating is key. My biggest lesson of last year: Don’t do what works, do what duplicates.
3-A true Leader has integrity.
They don’t tell you one minute that XYZ company is THE greatest opportunity they have ever seen, and then 6 months or so later tell you that it’s not really all that, but that this NEW company is THE greatest thing they have ever seen, etc…How are you supposed to believe someone who tells you that what HE said was the gospel wasn’t really the gospel?
So, either he was: A-lying or B-wrong. Either way, it’s not so good. A true leader, in my opinion, finds a company with integrity and that aligns with their values and barring any weird stuff, sticks with it. Remember, whatever YOU do, your prospect will be asking themselves “Can I do that?”.
So, if a Leader opportunity hops, aren’t they just training a whole team of people to do the same? Makes you go..Hmmmm....
I guess this is a little bit of a rant, which is not usually my style, but heck, it’s a new year and I’m straight shooter so why not share with you exactly what’s on my mind today?
Takeaway: Do your research on who you decide to follow and partner up with in this industry. Follow your GUT and trust those who are in alignment with your core values. There are some awesome Leaders in the awesome industry of Network Marketing and I’m proud to be associated with and have learned from many of them.
You DESERVE to do the same…Be one of the next big MLM Leaders. Go get ‘em and make 2011 the year YOU hit the leaderboards!
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You can’t succeed in Network Marketing….Network Marketing doesn’t work. LOL. That’s funny. Of course it works, but so many people get started and then quit with that mentality. 
Did you ever notice that?
I bet you’ve noticed that some people join your team and then quit, right? Sometimes within a week, sometimes a month, somtimes months later…but a lot of ‘em quit. Let’s face it, you’d have to be deaf, dumb and blind in this industry to not have seen attrition in action.
Well, recently I attended a live event where I got to hear one of my mentors, Jerry Clark, speak. Jerry has built multi-million dollar organizations in network marketing and now is one of the most respected (and hilariously funny!) trainers in the biz. I made sure to corner Jerry and grill him on this subject because I really believe that understanding this is key to succeed in Network Marketing.
Listen to what an expert says …(Oh yeah, Jerry gave 2 fantastic tips but there was so much value there I had to break it up into 2 videos…Look out for part 2 tomorrow.
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So what are Mike Dillard’s Secrets anyway? Is there some magic fairy dust that has allowed him to become a multi-millionaire so quickly from a broke waiter? Well, in this series of recordings I took at the Live The Dream event in Las Vegas, you can see what truly makes this man tick…But more importantly what makes him successful.
Why is this important to you? Well, if you desire multi-million dollar success, wouldn’t it make sense to see the path others are taking to achieve it and to follow in their footsteps?
Makes you go: Hmmmmm….
Enjoy!
You DESERVE Success!
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