In my last post, I started talking about people out there that are ignorant about network marketing (and business in general) and that are vomiting absurdities and lies all over the internet.

One of their favorite argument is that only the people at the top of a network marketing pyramid are making all the money, taking advantage of those at the bottom. I clearly demonstrated that this is exactly what happens in a corporate pyramid. Now, what about network marketing?

In network marketing, you get paid for moving products using a network of independant distributors who really believe in these products. The more you help others be successful with their business, the more successful you will be. If someone located in your downline is working harder and smarter than you at building their organization, that person will definitely make more money that you. This is impossible to accomplish in a corporate pyramid.

Also, in a corporate environment, people who are getting promoted are not always the most deserving nor the most qualified ones. Some of them just know the right people and/or are real good at politics. I’ve seen this time and time again.

In network marketing, there are no smoke and mirrors, and there are no political games either. The more people you help with your products and/or your opportunity, the more successful you will be. If you are not honest, if you are selfish, if you just sponsor people without properly training them, you will not have success and you will leave a bad taste in the mouths of those who trusted you enough to join your team.

So why do so many people fail at network marketing?

One of the reasons is that they do not treat their business like a real business but more like a hobby. It cost only a few dollars to get started (most startup kit will cost 20$ to 50$), and if you are not disciplined enough (especially if you’re doing this part time), you will quit within the first 90 days. So it is important to plan your activities and then stick to your plan. You also need to be doing the RIGHT activities. A great tool out there is the Pocket Tracker. This tool is so simple to use and will help you focus on the thirteen activities that will really grow your business and produce results quickly.

Another reason for failure is the lack of coaching. If the new associate gets no training and no support from his sponsor and is left to himself, he will most probably fail. To avoïd this, make sure before signing up that the person who’s presenting you the opportunity has a good system in place to get you started right and show you the ropes.

Lack of promotion will also cause you to fail. Just like any traditional business, you need to let people know what you have to offer. According to Tim Sales, a veteran in the business who has built a team of about 56 000 people in 20 countries, the best ways to promote your products or opportunity are:

1. Your circle of influence/Network Influencers
2. Purchasing quality leads from a reputable company
3. Running small ads in newspapers

Regarding promoting to friends and family, there is nothing wrong with that! You just need to do it in a professional way and if they are not interested in what you have to offer, you just need to respect that, thank them for their honesty and their time and move on.

But before you talk to anyone, I highly recommend that you order Tim Sales Professional Inviter. More and more high profile leaders from different organizations are using his system because it really works. And his system is all about integrity and sincerely helping others get what they need and want. Have a closer look by clicking here.

You’re interested in getting started? Please be careful about what you read on the internet. Listen to the right people, listen to experts. Do you really want to put your faith in the hands of frustrated losers who never took the time to really study network marketing or business in general. Most of them are stuck into dead end jobs, and lack the attitude to be successful at anything.

Instead, pay very close attention to experts like Paul Zane Pilzer. If you don’t already know who Paul Zane Pilzer is, check him out right away. That genius has been making predictions since the 90’s and almost all of them have been right on the money.

Did you know that in his latest book titled “The Next Millionaires”, he is predicting that there will be 10 million new millionaires between 2006 and 2016 in the US alone!?! Most of these new millionaires will emerged from direct selling, network marketing and product distribution gravitating around the wellness industry.

So you can listen to sad people who have no clue about what’s really going on and are trying to sabotage your future, or you can listen to experts like Mr. Pilzer who’s saying that home-based business entrepreneurs will be among the richest in our new economy.

It’s your call…

Please forgive me, but I’m so pissed! I’ve read so much bad stuff on network marketing recently. Most of it written by ignorant people who don’t care investing more than a few minutes researching the subject.

These people are so high on the Blue Pill they’ll gun down anything that has to do with network marketing without any kind of discrimination.Lets examine a very important, philosophical passage from the Matrix if you will:

Morpheus: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe (a red pill is shown in his other hand). You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (Long pause; Neo begins to reach for the red pill). Remember — all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.

They’re comparing network marketing to a pyramid scam (but legal?!?) where only the people at the top are making all the money, taking advantage of all the poor, recently sponsored associates working like slaves at the bottom. I don’t know about you, but that sounds MORE like Corporate America to me! You’ve got CEO’s making millions of dollars in salary and bonuses (even when they don’t deserve it), then the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, General Managers,etc.

All these people are taking advantage of the average Joe at the bottom of the pyramid working his ass off just to make ends meet and put some food on the table.Not making enough money/profits? Hey! No problem! Lets lay off a few thousand jobs and put some honnest, hard working Americans out of work and give these jobs to China or India because labor is so much cheaper there (for now).

Don’t know what I’m talking about? It’s all over the newspapers… Not enough? Go out to your nearest video club and rent Michael Moore’s The Big One. And what are the chances that someone at the botton of that corporate pyramid makes it to the top? They’re next to nothing.

That’s it for now. Let me cool off for a day or two and I’ll be back with more on the subject…

I won’t be talking about business today. I just read an article that really troubles me…

It seems that Americans are crazy about bottled water. Did you know that according to a recent article published in the summer issue of Fast Company magazine:

• Last year, 15 billion dollars were spent on small bottles of water…
• The two most popular brands are Aquafina and Dasani which are nothing more than filtered tap water - people are paying something they can get for free way more than they’re paying for gas!
• Another very popular brand called Fiji that comes from the Islands bearing the same name located in the Pacific, travels thousands of miles by boat and by plane before getting on our shelves. Meanwhile, an important part of the local habitants of the Fiji’s don’t even have access to reliable sources of clean, drinkable water…
• Half a gallon of water is used to rince a single bottle before it gets filled with S. Pelligrino…
• If you would be paying the water you use on a daily basis at the price of the market, you would be spending around 9,000$ per year for this water…
• Last year, 32 billion bottles were sent to the dump…

The above really shocks and saddens me because just like most of you, I contributed to these statistics that I’m not proud of at all…

When I come across great tools to help you build your business, I just can’t help myself and must share it with you!

Ok. You’re using a great tool like Magnetic Sponsoring running on auto pilot 24/7 to generate tons of free leads that you can easily manage from your backoffice. Then what do you do with these leads? How do you contact them and present what you have to offer? That’s when Tim Sales comes into the picture.

Tim Sales used to be an underwater bomb squad technician for the U.S. Navy. And you think you had a stressful day at work today?!? When he came back home after the Persian Gulf War he discovered network marketing and within a few years had build an organization of more than 56,000 people in 26 countries. He’s now been retired for 10 years and still earns nice, juicy commission checks for his hard work in Network Marketing.

He now shares his knowledge through his company Brilliant Exchange and offers great tools to help you be more successful at what you do. These tools are 100% generic, and a lot of heavy hitters out there are already using them with a lot of success. You owe it to yourself to take a closer look at the following:

1. The Professionnal Inviter
2. The Brilliant Compensation video
3. The Pocket Tracker

Remember that in order to be successful, everything must be easily duplicable. This business requires a lot of sweat and hard work, but at the same time you want to keep it as simple as possible. Using these very smart tools will allow you to do just that. And they will also prove to be very useful for training new recruits.

If you are familiar with Tim Sales products or if you know about other great tools, do not hesitate to share these infos with the rest of us.

Yes, I’m back! I spent the last 10 days on vacation with my lovely wife I love so much. We left without computers, Blackberry or any other devices that could come between us and visited some very interesting places. Once in a while, you just need to do that

Today, I’ll share with you a great way of adding names to your LIST, and to your business! Yes! The LIST!!! If you don’t have one already, what are you waiting for??? People who make it to the top in Network Marketing all got started with a list of prospects and keep adding names to it every day. My former coach told me one day that each name on your list is worth between $20 and $50. And he was right! If you need some coaching about why the list is so important and how to use it properly, let me know. I’ll be happy to post an article on the matter.

Now, here’s what I do: each time I get excellent service from sharp individuals when shopping or dining out, I SINCERELY compliment them on their exceptional service and serve them a WARM thank you. Believe me, they’ll remember you because it does not happen often! I write down their name and the address of where they work and when I get home, I mail them a contact letter that goes like this:

Dear John,

Maybe you won’t remember me, but I’m the person who thanked you for your great service last Wednesday July 18. I’m taking the time to write you because I’m looking for sharp individual like yourself to help me build my organization. You really impressed me the other day, and I’d like you to consider joining my Team.

If I could show you a way to earn an extra $1600*** within the next 3 to 28 days without quitting your job, would you consider meeting with me for 30 minutes?

Call me ASAP,

Eric J. Wilson

(514) 609-6009

*** Depending of your compensation plan, this number could be higher or lower. Just make sure it’s realistic and achievable. Do not over promise and under deliver. Never.

That’s it! It works almost every single time! Try it and let me know how it went.

What about you? Do you have an effective approach that you would like to share with the rest of us?

Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Win!

I’m sure you’ve heard this one before. Then why are 75% of people starting a home based business quit within 90 days? If you’re part of these statistics, try to go back in time…

I’m sure you started your business with very good intentions. It met all your criterias, all of your needs; you were full of dreams, on your way to success. Maybe you worked really hard to convince your wife, family and friends to trust you on this one. Then something happened along the way and you just quit.

But somewhere, other people who joined the exact same company at more or less the same time you did are already making money and are on their way to success. Why is it working for them and not you?

To help us figure things out, let’s take a closer look to the different key elements of a business opportunity:

1. The product(s)
2. The compensation plan
3. The System
4. Your sponsor
5. You

Everybody in your organization has to sell and promote the same product(s), is paid based on the same compensation plan, and follows the same system. That leaves only two variables: your sponsor and you. These are the two things you want to take a closer look at.

You:

• Did you follow the system? When a company has been in business for 15 years, and has hundreds and hundreds of successful associates who made it using this same system, why reinvent the wheel? I guarantee you, some other people got started at the same time you did and are being very successful already.
• Did you set yourself ambitious, realistic, and attainable goals within a specific time frame?
• Did you take daily actions to achieve your goals?
• Were you using the right tools?

Your sponsor:

• Were you the victim of a “hit and run” sponsor? That’s the kind of sponsor that won’t leave you alone until you sign up, and then magically disappear after giving you your starter kit. This happens way too often. Being a sponsor is a big responsibility
• Did he take the time to coach you about the system used by your organization and its different tools?
• Was your sponsor following up and supporting you?
• Was he hard on you and showing you some “tough love” when he knew you were not doing what you were suppose to?

The above are only a few of the things you should analyze in retrospective to understand why you experienced failure. Be honest with yourself; stop blaming everything that moves for your lack of success. Be humble and take responsibility. If you ever decide to start a new business, this could make all the difference in the world between failure and success.

For those of you who failed at network marketing before but still believe in the concept, you’ll soon get another chance at being successful. I’ll soon publish the details of my brand new network marketing leadership development program. One thing I can tell you is that it will be a 30-day boot camp that is 100% TASK-BASED. You will learn effective, powerful, proven network marketing strategies by taking specific ACTIONS everyday. And through ACTION comes RESULTS.

You too can achieve greatness!

First, what is Squidoo? The following was taken from Wikipedia:

Squidoo is a website launched in October 2005. It is a platform designed to make it easy for anyone, for free, to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. Squidoo came out of beta testing in March 2006.

Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses –single pages that highlights one person’s point of view, recommendations, or expertise. Lenses can be about anything, such as ideas, people or places, hobbies and sports, pets or products, philosophy, and politics. Lenses aren’t primarily intended to hold content; more emphasis is placed on recommending and then pointing to content on the web. Annotation and organization and personalization delivers context and meaning.

Users who create lenses are called lensmasters. A lensmaster uses the tools available online to provide links, feeds, abstracts, and lists to users who are trying to make sense of a topic. For example, a single lens could point to Flickr photos, Google maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Lensmasters are encouraged to promote personal agendas, expertise, causes, products, and opinions.

You might want to have a look at what a lens look like by visiting mine at:

http://squidoo.com/turborecruiting.

That being said, you must already have multiple web sites and/or blogs promoting yourself and your opportunity/opportunities, so why get a lens? The following was taken straight from Squidoo (Hey! Everybody can feel lazy once in a while!):

1. Share the knowledge: When you know a lot about something, it feels good to share. Help other people discover what you found out the hard way.
2. Increase your profile: A popular lens gives credibility to the Lensmaster. A popular lens reinforces your role as an “everyday expert.” And a popular lens makes you the go-to authority for those looking for help.
3. Increase your traffic: Your lens points (if you want it to) to your blog and to your website. Lenses have huge credibility with search engines, so your lens can help your other sites rise to the top of Google searches.
4. Earn a royalty for you, your organization, or your favorite charity. Think of the royalty as a bonus–and don’t quit your dayjob yet! A single lens might not earn a lot, but if you imagine hundreds of lenses working to your favor, or fundraising for a charity, it can really start to add up.
5. Just for the fun of it! Now, this fifth one is from me!!!

One thing I’ve learned is that an online marketer never have enough exposure! So get started right away. It’s free and has a very user friendly interface. Need any help? Drop me a line

Ready, set, SQUIDOO!!!

Click here to join now

It’s a hard cold fact: more than 80% of Americans are going broke! Sad thing is, they’re doing nothing to stop the damage. Instead, they’re getting deeper and deeper in debt with every day that goes by. Are you part of these statistics? Do you get home at the end of a hard work day just to listen to several voicemails left by a bunch of money hungry creditors? Maybe have you borrowed money from people close to you because nobody would lend you any cash because of your poor credit rating?

My question to you is: how the hell did you get yourself in this mess??? And what steps are you taking RIGHT NOW to get out of that situation? Come on, you have to be honest here. Because you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.

But please don’t be ashamed. You’re not the only one who got trapped in that maze. I was once in your shoes and I’m here to tell you there’s some light at the end of the tunnel!

When I got into college, credit cards were falling from the skies and I had them all: major credit cards, department stores, gas companies, etc. It was quite a collection! So much free money I said to myself at the time! But I got of my pink cloud soon enough when I realized I had gone out of control and could barely pay the monthly minimums…

Now it’s time for you to pay close attention. You have to do exactly what I’m telling you. If you do you’ll get out of this mess and more importantly, you’ll stay out!

1) Cut all your credit cards except for one that will serve you in case of extreme emergencies. Do it now and come back… Come on, come on, just do it! Done? Good! Now take that card you have left and put it in a safe place. NO! Your wallet is not a safe place!!! Anywhere but not in your wallet or on you is a good place.

2) Next, you’ll learn how to budget properly and live on cash. Probably, until now, you were withdrawing money every day at various ATM’s until your bank account was dry. Have you ever realized how much the banks are charging you? It’s even more outrageous if you withdraw money form an ATM that does not belong to your bank! First, calculate on paper or in a electronic spreadsheet what your fixed expenses are like th electricity, the phone, your rent or mortgage, personal loan, etc. Then calculate what are your variable expenses like food, clothing, going to the movies, etc. Withdraw money once a week at your bank’s ATM. Just enough to cover what you budgeted. Be careful! Once your money is gone, it’s gone! If you spent too much on one thing, you’ll need to cut one something else. You just can’t have it all.

3) Before you buy anything, wait. Let a day or two go by. Then ask yourself if you really need that thing you want to buy. How will it make your life better? Is it really a necessity? Remember what got you in that mess in the first place! We often make purchases impulsively because we’re influenced to buy by all these publicities that are convincing us we’ll be so miserable if we don’t buy all these things that in reality are frivolous.

4) Now that you’ve learned to budget and live on cash, it’s time to pay back what you owe to your creditors and that includes people close to you as well. Meet you friends and family that were kind enough to help you and tell them exactly how you’ll reimburse them and stick to your promises! Then start paying your credit cards. First, focus on the one you pay more interest on and only pay the minimum on the other ones.

5) Make more money! Learn ways to multiply your streams of income. Beside your job, what else could you do to diversify your revenues for you and your family? Think outside of the box because the last thing you want is to work 80 hours per week! You’re smarter than than and you deserve better!

Remember to stay focused and show discipline. Believe me it will pay off.

Happy Belated Canada Day to my fellow Canadians, and Happy 4th of July to my American friends!!!

Everybody knows that good, effective NETWORKING is the key if you want to achieve greatness in business. So most of your time and efforts should be spent on activities aiming to expand your network. I now want to share with you another amazing tool that will greatly impact your business: APSense!

APSense is a free Social Network driven by people who share common business interests. It is the place to be if you want to make contacts, find new collegues and new customers. There’s even a free software to help you communicate with your network more efficiently.

So don’t wait. Open your free account right away and learn how to build your own Social Network in under 10 minutes by clicking here:

Like always, feel free to post your comment or to drop me a line.

Happy Networking!

My friend David always share some very interesting ideas and concepts on his blog DidYouSmellThat.com, and yesterday was no exception. It’s an interesting concept called the Reciprocal Review Carousel.

The idea originated from one of the Top 10 Young Hot Money-Making Blogs finalists, a great fellow named Alex that created the very interesting HowtoSpoter.

If you own a blog (if you don’t, what are you waiting for?!?), follow these simple instructions:

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Reciprocal Review Carousel idea is based on few simple and yet effective link-building and blogging techniques I have learned:

• Build value of the blog by creating a link from within content.

• Provide a value to community by doing a review on blog you personally like.

• The Link to your blog has exact anchor text you want and helps you boost Google Rankings.

• No more then 30 outbound links from any page to prevent penalties for link farming.

• Viral effect of the link – as more bloggers participate, link to your blog with YOUR anchor text, coming from quality content post will spread.

Here is How to participate:

• Copy the entire text between the specified lines.

• Create a post on your site and put at least one paragraph explaining how you joined the Reciprocal Review Carousel.

• Paste the text you copied into your post.

• Remove the Bottom Review and At the Top add your own review with a link to a site reviewed, at least 2 sentences about the site and a note – Reviewed by: Your Anchor Text. Link your anchor text to your site. Here is an example:

TurboRecruiting.com: Success is at your fingertips. You will learn about developing multiple streams of income, getting out of debt, leadership, global networking, and much, much more! Reviewed by: Eric J. Wilson

Sites Reviewed:

• NutriSynergy.com is all about Total Health and Freedom! If you want to learn more about getting healthy physically and financially, you want to visit this web site and pay close attention to the information presented in there. You’ll quickly understand how it could change your life. Reviewed by: Eric

• Mixed Martial Arts Blog If you love mixed martial arts, The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC and PrideFC, then you will love this blog! Fight coverage, predictions, mma fighter interviews and an online mma store. Reviewed by: David

• Andy-Coates.com is an original creator of Viralink concept and a blog publishing information on Magic, Personal development and blog development. I have found a wealth of information on getting your blog noticed and generating the traffic for free. Reviewed by: WordPress Web 2.0 Guide

• ILoveMLM.com If you’re a serious Network Marketer, I can’t recommend this site strongly enough. Make sure to read and apply what’s in the classic The Ultimate MLM Blueprint For Massive Success. Reviewed by: Eric

• Secure Your PC For Internet blog run by Colin and provides essential information everyone accessing internet should know. Identity thefthbecoming more and more of an issue and by visiting his blog you can minimize the risk of being compromised. Reviewed by: Alex

• VI-SU blog is all about WordPress, AdSense, SEO and internet marketing. Although mostly written in German I have found that using Google translate is worth the effort for his posts. Reviewed by: Alex

• Home With Heather is a great informative blog targeting WAHM (Work At Home Moms) and run by … you guessed it – Heather Masson. Information on what works for her in internet business written is very easy to read and comes from her personal experience. Reviewed by: Alex

• A Copywriter’s Blues blog published by Alex Badalic, a veteran of advertising turned musician gives you great food for soul. I have found some nice old videos of Johnny Cash performance and he has a lot more of vintage videos to satisfy fans. Reviewed by: Alex

• Did You Smell That blog authored by one of the veterans on network marketing filled with business ideas you can use. David Ledoux is well known and respected in online community and now he makes his experience available via blog posts. Reviewed by: Alex

• Best Damn Blog run by Richard Wing is all about Internet Marketing. Your visit will be rewarded by honest reviews, freebies and information you need to succeed in this cut-throat business without sacrificing your integrity. Reviewed by: Alex

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All in all, this exercise took me about 10 minutes. Can’t wait to see my rating go up! Have fun people!!!