company to work with for the next five, ten or twenty years.
Getting the answers to these questions will save you years of failure
and frustration.

And remember … IT’S NOT ABOUT THE PRODUCTS.
You can have the greatest products on the planet,
but if your company does not have all 5 pillars,
you can have everything taken away from you overnight.

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1. Company Management Experience with Integrity
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Read your Policies and Procedures. Look for the words
“termination” and “ongoing”. Find out how safe you are,
how your downline is protected, and whether you can
ever retire.

Rule of Thumb: The longer the contract, the more
overhead the company has, and the less you earn.

Do a Google search on the company and the owners
of the company you are researching. Add the word
’scam’ to your search. Check reliable websites like
www.mlmwatchdog.com, etc. for warnings.

Beware of companies where you can buy your way
to the top. Check ebay to see if the company’s
products are being sold there.

Beware of sponsors offering you a “good position”.
There can be no “deals” in an ethical company.
There must be a level playing field.

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2. Timing in the Company / Timing in the Industry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beware of “ground floor opportunities” and start-up
companies. 99% of companies don’t last two years.

Most people don’t make money in the first two years
while the company is dealing with problems.

Profit comes AFTER two years. Join then.

Do not join a company with a product with no profit
margin, e.g. long distance or vinyl records!

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3. Remarkable Product
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Be sure your product is unique – not invisible among others.
Read Seth Godin’s “The Purple Cow”.

Warning: If the product would not sell without a business
opportunity attached, it is ILLEGAL.

If you can’t pay online with a credit card, and if you can only
pay by cash or money order, it is ILLEGAL.

If distributors collect the money while the company stays
at arm’s length, it is ILLEGAL.

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4. Compensation Plan That Pays Part-Timers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
95% of networkers are part-time. Make sure that people can
make a decent income working a few hours per week.

Beware of companies that advertise how many millionaires
they have created. Make sure it’s not at the expense of
those “at the bottom”. Everyone should be able to benefit.

Ask the question “How many people must I have in my
business to earn $10,000 per month?” There are companies
out there that require as many as 10,000 and as few as 400.
It’s not unusual to see well-established companies that
require 3000 to 7000 people, and still attract new distributors.

If your upline won’t or can’t answer this basic question,
you should run.

If a company stresses “Recruit, Recruit, Recruit!”, you should
“Run, Run, Run!”

The key to success is moving product from the company to
the end consumer.

If you are making only 5% to 8% commissions, you are
being extremely underpaid.

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5. System for Success
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The company must have a duplicatable system for success.
People are not duplicatable – systems are. e.g. If you have
to rely on upline doing presentations, this is NOT duplicatable.

DO NOT MAKE A LIST OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

STOP BUYING LEADS.

These methods do not work anymore.

I hope this short summary has been informative and useful.

If you’d like to read more, please download the free ebook 
Success in 10 Steps

To Your Success,

Cristiana Martinez

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Many thanks to Bob and Anna Bassett for this excellent post dedicated to serious network marketers.

If you’re struggling, frustrated and need help in MLM or want to start doing Network Marketing the right way, start by reading this Free ebook

To Your Success,

Cristiana Martinez

Companies are nothing without us!

If they could sell their products themselves, they’d just put some
magical ad on the internet somewhere and people would come
to buy in droves.

But that does not happen.

Why? Because it takes you and me to build the relationships
with the prospects, so they buy from us.

And how do you know if your company leadership has integrity?
Simple. Read their company Policies & Procedures. (not the
Terms & Conditions) Then you will know.

99.9% of the people you talk to want to build a business and then
retire and enjoy the fruits of their work.

But these companies have come in the backdoor like snakes in
the night. They’ve changed their Policies & Procedures, adding
phrases like “ongoing sales”, “ongoing recruiting,” “continuous”,
“regular meetings.” You cannot retire – even though they’ve
promoted early retirement as one of the main benefits of their
business!

It’s amazing. If you retire, they can legally terminate you! Does
that show any sign of integrity?

Absolutely not.

Your Policies & Procedures are THE contract between you & your
company. They are written by the company lawyers. You’d better
know for certain what YOUR P&Ps say!

Here are some additional steps to insure your safety & security.
• Search Google for the owners of the company.
• Do the owners have Integrity? Add the word ‘Scam’ to your search.
• Do the owners have a Corporate background or an in-the-field Network Marketing background?
• Read your “Policies & Procedures” and “Terms & Conditions”;
both are part of your Legal Contract.
• Look for the word “Ongoing”.
• Look for policies that strike you as “Unreasonable”. Like “Termination, with or without cause”.
• Ask yourself “Does this contract protect me or the company?” “Is it clear which way it leans?”
• Does the company charge you for training or a company web site?
• Does the company charge you for each paycheck they send you?

Rules of Thumb:
• The longer the contract, the greater the possibility that the policies important to you
are being hidden in “Legalese”!
• If it’s a “Cash Only” business…It’s a Scam!
• If you can buy a position at the top…It’s a Scam!
• If you are offered a “Special Deal”…the playing field isn’t level for all.
• If the products are sold on eBay at a greatly reduced price…Buy there instead.
• If a company is publicly traded, Financial Decisions Will be made in Favor of the
Stockholders at the Expense of the Distributors.
• Check these two websites: http://MLMwatchdog.com and http://MarketWaveInc.com.

The above info (taken from our trainng) covers only 1 of 5 critical legs (Pillars) that make up ALL companies. This and much more is available to each member of our community, Mentoring For Free.

To have Access  to us and all the Free training start here

To Your Success,

~Cristiana Martinez

The format of the ebook has been very successful. It’s had over 107,000 downloads in the past 4 years. A lot of people have used STS to generate leads and build an MLM business. It is set up to make it easy for people to do network marketing. You don’t have to be an expert at anything. You hardly even need to be able to answer any questions.

We know the 3 questions people most ask when they’re looking for a business:

1. Is this something I can do?
2. Can I make money at it?
3. Can you help me?

For them to answer question #1 positively, the business has to be really simple. And it’s important to show them that it’s going to be simple for them to give this system to the people they bring into the business.

They may not be thinking that far ahead. But as soon as you point out to them that they have to be able to give THEIR prospects a simple system or their business will not duplicate, they know that is true.

On page 10 of STS, Michael Dlouhy talks about the 100 MLM companies that he joined. It’s a good story that can answer several different questions.

Most of the people who download the STS ebook are people who have already been in network marketing, but who have struggled with the business. They’re looking for answers. They don’t know why they haven’t been successful. They know it’s not because somebody else is smarter than they are. They are frustrated.

So Michael joining 100 different MLM businesses to kind of get an idea of how the whole thing works resonates with them. It makes sense to do that. And it helps give your prospect some background that helps them see all the value they can possibly get from reading this ebook.

Page 10 is definitely one of the sections I would point out to prospects. Again, when you only need to point someone to a page in the book to answer their questions and gain credibility, it becomes obvious that this is a very easy business to do.

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What do you have to lose? Your time. Is your Success not Worth the time to read the eBook?

To your Success,

~Cristiana Martinez
908-337-3160
“Dare to Dream and be Empowered to Prosper”

By Tom “Big Al” Schreiter:

“It is not the quantity of information we lack. There already is too much of that. It is the quality of information that we need to move ahead.

I have several different books on network marketing on my bookshelf behind my office chair.

If I do a search for “MLM Coach” (yeah, everyone is an MLM coach), Google gives me 74,000 results. Now, if I just do one coaching call a week with 74,000 coaches . . .

If I do a search for “MLM Training,” Google gives me 452,000 results. Yikes, how could I ever go to over four hundred thousand pages in my lifetime?!

If I do a search for “MLM Blog,” Google gives me 48,000 results. I think I would be tired after 75 or 80 blogs.

If I just want information about “MLM,” Google gives me 25,000,000 results. Okay, I give up.

Our distributors are not failing due to lack of information. They don’t need more information.

What do they need?

1. Quality information. The actual word-for-word skills to get the job done.

2. They need to get started. We all have distributors with all the information and skills they need, but they just can’t “pull the trigger”and get out there and talk to someone.

We have all been frustrated with this problem.

This is more than a motivational CD problem. It is a huge problem.

We’re talking self-image issues, procrastination, fear of rejection, subconscious mind sort of thing.”

Whether you are a beginner who wants to be off to a fast start, or if you are a pro and want to have the exact skills to build faster, you will want to start the Free training by downloading this free e-book.

To Your Success,

Cristiana Martinez

You’ll be amazed at what you find in your own Policies and Procedures, the legal contract between you and your MLM company.
In MLM / Network Marketing, that box you check usually says something like this, “I have read, understand and agree to the Terms of Agreement, the Policies and Procedures, and the Compensation Plan.”
Wow! You just agreed to a lot of stuff and if you are like most people, you didn’t even read it. You don’t even know what they are. Isn’t that interesting…
We read contracts and agreements everywhere else in our lives, so why don’t we read them before we sign up online?
If there is just one phrase or one word that you do not understand, DO NOT SIGN! This is not a hobby you are starting. This is a serious business and should be treated seriously.

If you were buying a business that cost you thousands of dollars, would you read the contract or maybe have an attorney read it? Of course you would. But you get into your little business for very little money so it isn’t necessary. Really?

Here is a Real example:

This is a major company, name changed to [company] to protect the criminals. What a deal.
10.3. AGREEMENT TERMINABLE AT WILL
You may terminate your relationship with [company] at any time by providing a signed written notice to [company]. [Company] may also terminate the relationship with you (including any partnerships, corporations or other entity) at any time by providing written notice. You or [company] are not required to have any reason, nor do you or [company] have to claim or prove any cause to terminate this relationship. If and when the relationship is terminated, you shall have no claim against [company] nor any right to claim or collect lost profits, lost opportunities or any other damages. Termination will result in the loss of all benefits as an [company] Independent Consultant.

Imagine that every phrase in the contract you signed can and will be used against you, because that is what will happen.
If you are thinking, “Oh! They wouldn’t do this to me.” Ask yourself, “Why did they put it in the P&P if they weren’t planning to use it?”

The good news is that there is help to keep you out of this situation.
To learn more about how to protect yourself, start with Success In Ten Steps by Michael Dlouhy.                                                                            It will save you years of failure and frustration.

Time’s up. I can almost bet what your number was. For most people it is usually less than one. Why is that? What is it about leaders in this industry who only want to help you when they know they will benefit first?

Marcello Lisi has some great insights that he discovered from Success In Ten Steps. This is one story you will not want to over look. To read his story, go to:

Success Story
Ready to plug into trainings where the leadership is dependable regardless of how it will benefit them? If this sounds like the type of group you want to be part of, then give me a call at 908-337-3160

To Your Success,

~Cristiana Martinez
908-337-316

PS: Success In Ten Steps offers so many additional insights that most training out there does not have to offer. Those who have read and applied the concepts are seeing changes in many areas of their lives. However, if you haven’t read the eBook yet, I want to give you that link so you can download, print and read it today.
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“I learned the law of sowing and reaping. And in the law of sowing and reaping is also the story of the law of averages.

Jot this down…the story of the sower. It comes from the Bible. I am an amateur on the Bible, but this is such a useful story. Here’s what the story says, and take notes, because the drama’s in the details.

The sower was ambitious. Evidently, he was ambitious. When you read the whole story you’ll conclude yes, this was an ambitious sower.

Here was number two. He had excellent seed. The sower who sowed the seed had excellent seed. And the excellent seed could be an excellent opportunity, an excellent product, an excellent story.

So we’ve got an ambitious sower with excellent seed. But now here are the rest of the details of the story. For your information, for the drama of your life, so you can understand things better, learning some of this is how I got rich by age 31.

The sower goes out to sow the seed, but the first part of the seed falls by the wayside and the birds get it.

So jot this down. The birds are going to get some of the seed. The birds are going to get some of the seed.

Now you say, “Mr. Rohn, what does that mean?”

Well, I invite John to come to a meeting. He said he’d be there Tuesday night. Tuesday night I show up. John isn’t there. I say, “I wonder why John didn’t make it.”

Now I know the answer. The birds! The birds! John had this great idea of coming to the meeting to look at an opportunity, and somebody stole it and said, “You’re not going to go see network marketing.” And he says, “Well, maybe not.”

So have you jotted that down now? The birds are going to get some.

Now when the birds get some, you’ve got two options. Number one is to chase birds. You say, “Well, let me get hold of the person who talked him out of coming to the meeting. I’ll tear him a new page.” I wouldn’t do this.

Here’s what happens if you go chasing birds. You leave the field. If you go chasing birds now, you leave the field. Which is going to distract from your future, not add? So you can’t chase birds and try to straighten this stuff out.

Here’s what it is. It’s just one of those things, and here’s the best comment when things are a little disappointing.
“Isn’t that interesting?”

You just have to say, “I thought sure he would be there. He promised me. He promised me! But I know it was the birds.” And you just have to say, “Isn’t that interesting?”

Now here’s the rest of the story.

The sower kept on sowing. See, that was the secret to his success. He kept on sowing. And if you keep sowing, you can sow more than the birds can get because there aren’t enough birds. If you keep sowing, there are some birds but there’s not enough, because the Law of Averages will work for you.

My mentor taught me, “You know, Mr. Rohn, there are only nine or ten real nasty miserable people in the whole world. Now you know they move around a lot and you’re liable to bump into one once in awhile, but when you bump into one you say ‘There’s only 9 more like you–I can handle that–in the whole world?’”

Now here’s what else it says. The sower now keeps sowing the seed. Now the seed falls, the story says, on rocky ground where the soil is shallow. And the rocky ground where the soil is shallow is not of your making, because you had excellent seed and you were an ambitious sower.

So the rocky ground where the soil is shallow is not of your making. But here what it says happened. This time, the little seed that falls in the ground starts to grow and the little plant starts to grow. But the first hot day, it withers and dies. Not an easy thing to watch.

I finally get John started. Sure enough, three or four days later somebody says “Boo!” and he’s gone–doesn’t show up at the second meeting. And I say, “I thought sure John would last a week.”

What happened? Jot this down. The hot weather is going to get some. And this is not of your making. Here’s what you must say when that happens. “Isn’t that interesting?”
What can you do? The answer is nothing.

You say, “Well, I’m going to try to change this!” I wouldn’t take that class. You know, the sun comes up in the east and somebody says, “Why is that?” I wouldn’t spend much time on that. Just let that happen.

Don’t go for this why, why, why stuff. I’m giving you the answers here. The answer is in the structure and in the consequences and is in the deal. The answer is in the deal. Anything beyond that is not worth studying.

You say, “Well, how come some just last a little while?” I wouldn’t sign up for that class. Here’s the answer: Some don’t stay. You just have to jot that down. And when some leave you say, “That’s one of those that don’t stay.”

Now, you know what category to put them in, and you can’t solve this now. It’s like rearranging the seasons. You can’t fool with that. All you can do is cooperate with the way things are set up. I didn’t set it up.

You say, “Well, it shouldn’t be this way.” Well, when you get your own planet you can rearrange this whole deal, but on this planet you’re a guest. You’ve got to take it as it comes.

Now, here is the secret to the ambitious sower with good seed. It said he kept on sowing.
Now, here’s what he had to do to keep on sowing. He had to discipline his disappointment. This is a key phrase now to use for the rest of your life. You must learn to discipline your disappointment. Because you didn’t set up the set up, and some are not going to stay, and that is not of your making.

Now, if you made gross errors and you ran them off, see that’d be different. Now you’re responsible for that. But if it’s in the normal course of things, this is the way things are.
Now, here’s what it says. The sower keeps on sowing. Now it says the seed falls on thorny ground. And somebody says, “Well, how much of this do you have to go through?”

Well, hang on. It’s not the end of the story now. Now the little seed falls on thorny ground and now the little plant starts to grow again but as the little plant starts to grow, the thorns choke it to death and it dies.

So jot this down. The thorns are going to get some. And that’s not of your making.
And what are these thorns? The story even called these little thorns little cares, little distractions, little something’s. Who knows what all they are.

I said, “John, we had a meeting last night. You weren’t here.” And John says, “Well, I can’t make every meeting.”

I say, “Why not? You’re part-time.”

He said, “Well, the screen door came off the hinges and you can’t just let your house fall apart. You’ve got to take some time and fix things up.”

And I can hear the thorns growing. He said, “Some extra trash had piled up in the garage. You can’t let mountains of trash take over. You’ve got to keep your trash hauled out.”
People who let little things cheat them out of big opportunities. People who let little things cheat them out of big opportunities, and you feel almost helpless. What could I do about that? And that’s nothing. And you say, “Well, why is this?”

I’m asking you not to sign up for that class. Don’t sign up for these, “Why is this?” classes. It’s just the way it is–like winter following fall and spring following winter.
So have you got that? The thorns are going to get some.

But now here’s the good news. Let’s read the rest of the story now quickly. The sower now keeps on sowing the seed. Keeps on sharing the story. Keeps on giving an invitation. Yes the invitation can be more powerful for me as it was one year later than it was the first month, because now I’m saying I’m making twice as much money part time as I’m making on my full-time job.

Yes, the story can be more powerful, but the Law of Averages is still going to work.
But now here’s what the story says. Finally the seed falls on good ground. Finally the seed falls on good ground. Now put this in parentheses. It always will, if you keep sowing. If you share a good idea long enough, it will fall on good people.

But now here’s the rest of that story. Some of the good ground did 30%. And some of the good ground did 60%. And some of the good ground did 100%.

You say, “Well, why the difference in numbers?” I wouldn’t sign up for that class! Have I said that often enough now? Don’t register for that class. It’s just the way it is.

Now I tried to get the 30’s to do 60. Found out it was more than I could handle. I used to say, “I’ll make them successful if it kills me.” I almost died. No, you can’t do that.

Here’s what you do. Let the 30’s do 30 to the best of their ability and keep doing 30, because that’s how they build their lifestyle and get what they want out of life. And let the 60’s do 60. And let the 100’s do 100.

Now how can you get some to do 100%? You’ve got to go through all these experiences and you’ve got to talk to all these people.”

Jim Rohn’s “5 Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle”

• Philosophy- How you think
• Attitude- How you feel
• Action- What you do
• Results- Measure often to see if you are making progress
• Lyfestyle- The kind of life you can make for yourself out of the first four pieces

To Your Success,

Cristiana Martinez

One thing network marketers do is … we wonder why other people do the things they do. Some of that stuff really seems irrational, doesn’t it? Selfish, mean, nuts? It’s frustrating just to think about someone doing those crazy things. Why can’t they be normal? Like … like … like US for instance!

And do you know what the height of this lunacy is? They … look at us … and think exactly the same thing!

Since they are so set in their crazy ways, maybe the smartest thing for us to do is to be a bit less bothered by their nuttiness.

One way to do this is to look beyond their behavior and into their soul. The vast majority of associates and prospects and family members aren’t being devious. They are just doing what they believe in. If you can look at the other person and see the innocence behind their behavior, then you can have compassion for them.

One area where others seem to often “go too far” is in their idea of how quickly we should be doing some pretty weird (probably unproductive) action, to help them in their MLM business. To them, it’s urgent. You, on the other hand, have 27 things on your list more urgent and more likely to produce good results. So just think of the frustration you feel when a project is urgent to you and you have to depend on someone else for the next step. That may make it easier to “feel their pain” and not be so bothered by their behavior.

We appreciate you!

Michael & Linda Dlouhy

For your copy of Michael’s Free e-Book Click here.

I will share a tip that could keep You out of trouble by keeping You
out of 100% of all the Scams that call themselves
a Network Marketing Business Opportunity.

We are NOT talking about a McDonalds franchise,
stocks, bonds, life insurance, trading in currency,
we are talking about Network Marketing.

You cannot “pay” money to Own a Business. Let
me explain this so everybody can get this “Fact”.

When You pay say, $99.00, $199.00, $299.00 or
$399.00 or even $499.00 to join a business,, You
MUST receive Something of value that You would
buy without the business opportunity attached to it.

They may try to call it a Franchise Fee or maybe
a Training Fee or a Train the Trainer Fee this is all
100% “Illegal” and will put You in big trouble.

Take a look at Most Illegal Programs. You pay say
$399.00 to be a distributor and all You get for Your
money spent is a web-site and the opportunity to do
the same “to” other people.

They have a “Hard Cost” of say $25.00 for the web-
site, they pay $350.00 of Your CASH to the up-line
that recruited You into the illegal deal.

You cannot make money sponsoring someone in
the business……The NEW person MUST receive
Something of value for their CASH spent.

No Retail able product “NO” business opportunity.

To learn More tips that will enable you to build BIG
In Network Marketing, get your copy of our free
ebook below.

Cristiana Martinez
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