What is your present situation? Are you having the success you have always dreamed of? NO? Well very likely it is not your fault.

What are you being taught by your upline or even the company – does it sound like:

• make a list of family and friends
• go back in your life to make the list bigger and add
• class mates,
• fellow workers
• the postman, the milkman and the neighbor’s cat….

If your training looks roughly like that I suggest RUN! This is network marketing as it was done 25 years back or longer, way before the internet.

In Modern MLM there is no need to do any of this. Keep your family and friends. It can’t be fun to see them avoid you only because you have confronted them with your business “umpteen” times.

There is no doubt – not everybody will do everything. That’s good. After all we do need teachers, nurses, bus drivers, lawyers, to name only a few – if they all would be network marketers where would our society be?

The solution is to look out for people who have already expressed an interest in network marketing. See that you connect with them, that you build a relationship, best by learning together how to succeed in a dedicated mastermind group.

Learning in a team builds relationships and some of the people you met and bonded with will be happy to join you also in your business and for the others be happy that the work you did together let them succeed in what they are already doing.

You will say that this sounds easy – well it is in a way, but  you need to learn the skill required to act respectfully on the internet so that you will connect with the people you want. And of course  communication skills and personal development will play a part in the process.

Network Marketing as life is a trip. Very much the same way as you climb a mountain where you get higher up with every single step you take, the steps you take in this business will get you on. And as in the mountains you will run in to level spaces where you take steps but you don’t rise up – in the business these are periods of personal growth. Once you have developed to the next level also your business will get moving again.

You like the idea of modern MLM? Well, you are welcome to be in touch to be guided to a training platform which meets this standard!

To Your Success

Frieke Karlovits

A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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When looking around on the internet the mass of MLM and other marketers who talk “hype” about their business is overwhelming. Let’s look at this analytically:

Basically MLM and many other types of business – no matter if affiliate, direct selling or what so ever – are designed that people join together to work on a common goal. But – is their company their goal? Of course not – every single person who joins such a business ultimately does so because they want to improve their lives.

What happens when their marketing strategy  is “hype” around the opportunity? There will be lots of people who do the same. Potential prospects get confused. Even if they are talking with someone they might  not understand as newbies that p&psif they join they rather ought to join the person they are talking with – they might be hitting on an identical link and then sign up because they just feel like it and what the person they were talking with said  had made sense to them. And people who act like that are likely to “hop around” from one opportunity to the next too!

Then of course many companies forbid in their p&ps that people actually market on the internet or use their name without special permission, etc. – ups – what a problem – you may end up being dismissed once you actually earn money! Contract stipulations are contained to be used!!

You have an option: “brand yourself” – firsts you are starting to position yourself as an expert. By doing so you learn a lot yourself and you get better by the day at what you are doing. If you have deficits of knowledge in some areas – get educated – it gives you the background that you will be able to educate your prospective business partners.

Most people today know about the law of attraction – it works! So do all you can to become the person with whom others want to be. Become the magnet that attracts people! No hype, no nothing can do this for you. It’s got to be YOU!.

Once you have established a relationship with people it is inevitable that you will be asked what you are doing and people will actually ask you if you would be ok having them in your business!

Of course this is a process. Most people don’t see that this process can be handled best in a like minded mastermind group of supportive people. Some people actually see this and it is those who become leaders in due course.

Another reason why it is a necessity to brand yourself is that you have to be the central figure in your business – the mother hen so to speak. Why? Let’s assume the company you are with goes bust (of course we hope it won’t) – if you have a tight relationship with your people, if you are a  true leader, it will be no problem for you to brainstorm with your team where to go, which other company to choose so that your income will simply continue.

That’s kind of important, don’t you think? After all a good MLM business is designed to pay not only you, but also your kids and grand kids – therefore seeing the “big picture” is of vital importance!

To Your Success

Frieke Karlovits

A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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Today network marketing is an excellent chance to make money online. Once you focus, learn the required skills, take control of the work you do in a collaborative team you should be able to achieve your desired goal.

You agree? – Well , why do you think statistics tell us another story?

Signing up  for a network marketing business – no matter if online or on paper – what you are required to check-mark the policies and procedures as accepted. Everybody does so. However only a very small percentage of all people ever read them in the first place and of those who read them quite a number don’t fully understand them and accept them as “legal  talk that is required”. It is a fact, however, that it is the contents of these policies and procedures which lets many people fail in network marketing.

There are all sorts of tricky clauses which are not taken serious in the process. People miss the awareness that these clauses are contained to be used and they will be the victim. I want to give you a few examples:

• Renewal: There are companies who claim they need it to be able to get rid of the “black sheep among the distributors – hm…
• Termination clauses: for the most varied reasons – mind you – as a rule these are applied once you start earning more money – when you are terminated then it saves the company a lot of money!
• Your Spouse is forbidden to have another business – it is enacted by companies but it is not within human rights to forbid a spouse to  have another business of their own – it is – hm -  like “slavery”.
• A great number of subtle “hoops” not easy to see or find

The above list is are hints and it is by far not complete. To really know what you are  in for you might need help to analyze.

I do hope you are now aware of the importance of policies and procedures and you will make sure you investigate them thoroughly so that you will not be in for a major surprise at some stage of your career.

If you have not had the success you dream of so far this might be one of the things you need to look into – in most cases your lack of success is not your fault.

To have a healthy business with  long-term stability, where teamwork, flexibility, respect, collaboration, both within the team and with the company are part of the everyday business culture you need to know that you have a good balance on all levels of the business you are working.

To Your Success

Frieke Karlovits

A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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Wouldn’t it be great to be going out with your friends and when everybody is talking about their problems you’d find you could simply say positive things? You can let this happen right now. All it takes is to decide that you will stop telling “white lies” or half truths. This makes it uncomplicated for yourself to be open, emphatic and friendly. No need to resort to gruff ways any more. You will suddenly find it easy to speak up – let’s test this:

• Can you speak about your feelings in an easy way?
• Can you discuss with your partner what bothers you in your relationship?
• Can you simply listen to what your partner/business partner tells you?

Listen intently, in a loving way so that you get  the message of what is being said. This is the basis for any changes that might be required.

Becoming a better listener will give excellent results in any relationship – private as well as business. Especially when it comes to MLM listening becomes excessively important!

It seems to be the disorganised speed of life that caused the art of listening to become less and less important for too many people. Make it a priority to begin working on your listening skills at once. Be present in any conversation and don’t let yourself be distracted by the kids, the TV, your work or what so ever. If you are busy make sure the conversation can be re-scheduled to a more appropriate time.

The goal is to communicate your desires, wishes, goals, offers and to hear and absorb the message your partner/business partner is  conveying. You must be able to focus on the message. Listening is a very important factor when it comes to communication, but it is equally important to express also your thoughts.

People who are able to open up and communicate their thoughts, hopes and dreams are a lot opener. Females may be having a bit of an advantage when it comes to communication, whereas men may need to work on it a bit more and develop an awareness that will enable them to express themselves easier. Small talk and the right questions will be supportive in building a fruitful conversation. Adding the skills that facilitate transition to the right topics will be an extra benefit.

To Your Success

Frieke Karlovits

A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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