Straight Talk About Network Marketing Leaders Part 3

In parts one and two you learned about two characteristics of an effective network marketer leader. First lead by serving, and second be gentle and kind. Remember that effective leadership is not simply about getting to the top, but it is about releasing others to do the same.

Honor is another characteristic of a “servant-leader”. This is the key to opening another person’s life and heart to your influence and direction. I’m not talking about influencing others in a manipulative sense, but a genuine willingness to place a priceless value on the people that are brought into your life or onto your team.

You show honor to others by simply being courteous enough to listen to and acknowledge their opinions. You give honor by quickly giving praise and recognition to your team members for their contributions and efforts.

Being a “servant-leader” opens the door for support, loyalty and cooperation of those who are part of your organization. When you approach others with gentleness and sincere honor you can be confident that people will want to join you in your business. Being a “servant-leader” in your network marketing business will bring you success in all that you do.

If you want to learn more about how to be an effective network-marketing leader then I invite you to join our team, Mentoring for Free, where you will learn “how to think, not what to think”. We offer free mentoring and coaching to all network marketers, no matter what company they are with.

I’m looking forward to serving you.

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor with a Servant’s Heart
Success in 10 Steps Free E-book

Straight Talk About Network Marketing Leaders Part 2

In part one you learned about the first characteristic of an effective network marketer: lead first by serving and loving. Willingness to serve others will encourage and attract others to join you in your endeavors. Effective leadership is not simply about getting to the top, but it is about releasing others to do the same.

The second characteristic of an effective network-marketing leader is gentleness…having a gracious and honorable manner. Gentleness is a characteristic of a “servant leader” but is often missed. Gentleness is not a sign of weakness, but it springs forth from confidence in knowing that you have whatever it takes within you to be an effective leader. It is confidence in knowing who you are and that you put others interests before your own. You do not override someone else’s will, but are respectful of their free will.

A gentle leader inspires confidence in others and draws out the best efforts of the team. People respond more openly to a leader who treats them with kindness and gentleness. Network-marketing leaders with a gentle character are a source of inspiration for their team.

Watch for the third characteristic of an effective network-marketing leader to be posted in a couple of days.

If you want to learn more about how to be an effective network-marketing leader then I invite you to join our team, Mentoring for Free, where you will learn “how to think not what to think”. We offer free mentoring and coaching to all network marketers, no matter what company they are with.

I’m looking forward to serving you.

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor with a Servant’s Heart
Success in 10 Steps Free E-book

Straight Talk About Network Marketing Leaders Part 1

Effective network marketing leaders give direction and motivate their team to action. They are sincerely interested in the welfare of those whom they lead. They will not force, intimidate, coerce or push anyone into doing something against their will. Effective leadership is not simply about getting to the top, but it is about releasing others to do the same.

The first and main characteristic of an effective network marketer is being a “servant-leader”; you lead first by serving and loving. Your willingness to serve others will encourage and attract others to join you in your endeavors. When you contribute to another person’s profitability you prove your faithfulness to him or her, thus you contribute to your own profitability.

Not every effective leader is a “servant-leader”. Take Hitler, for example: he was very effective in motivating others but he was evil and “unimaginably destructive”. It is important to know the characteristics of a “servant-leader” so that you do not innocently end up following a leader who will ultimately destroy you. Or so you will not become an “authority seeker” which ultimately ends up in destroying your followers as well as yourself.

“Authority seekers” seek authority over people; money and control are their bottom line. These are the people who try to exercise authority when they have not been given the responsibility: remember responsibility precedes authority, thus “authority seekers” do not fall under the characteristics of a “servant-leader”. They do not seek to contribute to the welfare of others.

Watch for the second characteristic of an effective network-marketing leader to be posted in a couple of days.

If you want to learn more about how to be an effective network-marketing leader then I invite you to join our team, Mentoring for Free, where you will learn “how to think not what to think”. We offer free mentoring and coaching to all network marketers, no matter what company they are with.

I’m looking forward to serving you.

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor with a Servant’s Heart
Success in 10 Steps Free E-book

The 10K Question

Do you know how many active distributors (those placing orders or meeting the monthly qualification) you would need to earn $10,000 per month residual income in your business?

Well, here's a simple formula.

1. Determine the required minimum monthly order per distributor.

2. Determine the commission percentage received on the monthly minimum requirement.

3. Figure the dollar amount of that percentage

4. Divide that amount into $10,000

That will give you the number of active distributors needed to earn $10,000 monthly residual income.

If you want to earn $20,000 per month just multiply the number of active distributors by 2: or if you desire $5,000 per month then divide by 2.

Example 1:

Minimum monthly order per distributor = $40.00 or 40 points
Commission percentage = 5%
40.00 x 5% = $2.00
$10,000/2.00 = 5,000 active distributors

In this example 5,000 active distributors are needed to earn $10,000/mo residual income: or 2,500 (5,000 divided by 2) distributors to earn $5,000 per month.

If the commission percentage is 10%, you will need 2,500 distributors to earn $10,000 per month: or 1,250 distributors for $5,000 per month.

Example 2:

Minimum monthly order per distributor - 100 points
Commission percentage = 10%
100 x 10% = $1.00
$10,000/1.00 = 10,000 distributors

In this example 10,000 active distributors are needed to earn the $10,000/mo. At 20%, only 5,000 distributors are needed. For a $1,000/mo residual, 1,000 are needed @ 10% and 500 at the 20%.

The industry average to earn $10,000 is about 2500 people. Wow! Does that seem like a lot of people to you? It does to me.

But don’t be discouraged because there are a few companies out there where you can earn $10,000 monthly income with less than 400 active distributors.

What do you think about that?

Be The Leader You Were Created To Be!

Lidie Gray
Mentoring for Free

Is This a Five Pillar Company?

by Michael Dlouhy

This is a summary of a free training call by Michael Dlouhy,
author of "Success in Ten Steps" and founder
of Mentoring for Free.

There are several questions to ask before you choose a
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 five 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
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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
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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 our free ebook.

I look forward to being of service to you.

Be the Leader That You Were Created to Be

Lidie Gray

270-385-9885

email: lidiegray@gmail.com

A New Chance for Frustrated Network Marketers

Are you frustrated with the results that you are getting in your network marketing business? Do you wonder why some people succeed and others fail in MLM?

I've been involved in the network marketing industry for over 15 years and became very frustrated because I did not get the results that so many others seemed to get. I did what I was told to do. I made my list of family and friends, advertised, bought leads, approached strangers, etc. I exhausted my list and resources very quickly and it was all to no avail. Yes, people did join me in my company, but not nearly enough to make the income that I desired. I just could not get people to see the bigger picture of how this industry could help them “own their life”.

So you may be thinking why am I still in the business? Because I believe in the principle of network marketing. We all do it on a daily basis. Have you ever gone to a great restaurant and told a friend about it? Have you ever watched a movie and told your friends that they have to watch it? Of course you have! We all have. Think about it…you are being a “network marketer” when you do this. You just don’t get paid for it whereas a professional network marketer does.

My downfall was that I believed that MLM was a sales business. That is until I met a very special lady, Irma White, who introduced me to Michael Dlouhy and Mentoring for Free. Now I know the truth. It is a teaching and mentoring business. This is so much easier for me. I’m now doing what I love to do…teaching and mentoring people to live their life more abundantly: financially, emotionally/spiritually, and physically.

So, if you are a frustrated network marketer you have a new chance. I invite you to download Michael’s FREE e-book Success in 10 Steps and find out why your lack of success in your MLM company is not your fault. You can own your life. I believe in you!

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray

A Mentor with a Servant’s Heart

Another MLM Scam Exposed

Another company ADSurfDaily is in the news. Attorney General Bill McCollum just filed a lawsuit against AdSurfDaily accusing the company and its owners of operating a huge pyramid scheme.

Click here to read the press release.

This is serious. People get hurt when they get involved in these scams and innocent people can go to jail. The people who start these are ruthless.

One very clear way to determine if an opportunity is a scam…it has NO product!

Do not be fooled by these scammers.

Read more about Consumers PYRAMID SCHEMES

Please do your homework before you get involved with any company.

You want to make sure that you are in a 5 pillars company:

1. Company Management Experience with Integrity
2. Timing in the Company / Timing in the Industry
3. Remarkable Product
4. Compensation Plan That Pays Part-Timers
5. System for Success

Click here to listen to The 5 Pillars for Your Success audio for more detail on a 5 pillars company.

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor With a Servant's Heart

Pyramid Schemes - How to Avoid

There are two questions to ask yourself when you consider joining an MLM company:

#1. Would a logical thinking person spend this amount of money on this Product or Service if there were NOT a Pay Plan attached to it?

#2. Does the income stop when the recruiting stops?

Michael Dlouhy with Mentoring For Free wrote:

“...Proof on ‘WHY’ it is so important to be a Critical Thinker and the Need to be in a 5 Pillars Company. As a Professional Network marketer You will want to read this ENTIRE Criminal Case filed in Florida…

http://www.tallahassee.com/assets/pdf/CD11468785.PDF

Remember the TWO questions that the Attorney General asks to see if You may be in a Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme as You read this Criminal case.

#1. Would a logical thinking person spend this amount of money on this Product or Service if there was NOT a Pay Plan attached to it?

#2. Does the income stop when the recruiting stops?

There are Thousands of people that have lost over 100 MILLION dollars that would have been avoided ‘IF’ they had asked these TWO simple questions.”

Bob and Anna Bassett responded to Michael’s email:

“Along with the 101 pages from the Feds out of Washington, the Florida Attorney General has also filed suit ... Along with the 101 pages from the Feds out of Washington, the Florida Attorney General has also filed suit ...

http://myfloridalegal.com/webfiles.nsf/WF/KGRG-7H9MY7/$file/ASDComplaint.pdf

People should also note that the spin off surfing company, Golden Panda Ad Builder (which was started for the Chinese market) and the CEO, Walter Clarence Busby Jr. are also named in the Federal document. Coincidentally, their site is now down too!!

What is interesting is both Bowdoin and Busby have criminal records and have had prior run ins with the SEC. I guess criminals stick together!!

They're lucky they weren't caught in China because there, they just shoot them.”

Can you see why it is important for you as a network marketer to get educated in this industry?

Mentoring for Free offers you free training and education.
They will teach you “how to think, not what to think”.

Be the Leader You Were Created to Be!

Lidie Gray
A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart
Success In 10 Steps