Color Your Way to MLM Success

What is the big deal about colors?

article written by Jennifer W.

When I mention colors, I am not talking about auras … I don’t go there. I’m talking about a box of crayons or markers. It’s related to art work, but not on actual canvas. It’s the beauty of people and how they have been created and how you, as network marketer, can best understand yourself and best understand the people you are mentoring in your business.

The colors I am referring to are Blue, Green, Yellow Blue … which personality color are you?

Over the years, I have participated in many a study on personality types, taken many a test to discover my own, and so forth. Some call them Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and Phlegmatic. I often felt confused as to what my personality type was because I had a variety of all of the characteristics.

What’s the point of personality types in building an MLM business? It’s a bigger deal than you might think and I hope this post will give you a good and clear insight into why. I will also point out that this ONE THING has made the most dramatic impact on how I help others in their efforts to earn income from home.

My first suggestion is that you let go of how you have learned the personality types in the past, and simplify the process with the facts I am about to share with you. It will simplify your learning curve and give you a slight edge you never dreamed of.

I learned that I had been made this way on purpose, and that I was OK just the way I am.

Everyone has unimaginable strengths as well as obvious weaknesses. I have been frustrated by my weaknesses for years, wondering why one person could do this or that so well … yet it was such a struggle for me. Even with all I knew about self esteem, the lack thereof, and so forth, I had real struggles in building my business the way my upline was asking me to. After the realization of my own color traits, I realized that there would have been no way I could have done it that way … as I am a different color entirely. I was not a closer, did not want to be a closer, yet the people I had worked with previously were very skilled at closing.

Therefore, I learned a truth that has set me free …

My lack of success was not my fault!

I found an amazing mentor through my association with Mentoring for Free, a generic training and lead generation system, who knew all about me and I did not even have to tell her much. She understood me, and she continues to encourage me to work on my strengths, embrace them, and know that there are others within the system who will support and help me with my weaker areas.

Has anyone every told you that? i.e. that your lack of success was not your fault? No, on the contrary, we are told that only 3% of people will ever have success in MLM. That doesn’t seem too fair to me, not when I have just as much intelligence, desire and a BIG WHY to get me there as well. What I did not have, was all the facts as to what most successful people in MLM have …

They understand people and how to develop and maintain supportive relationships with people. I am not referring to your email list here … but actual phone conversations and homework, self development, and mentoring.

So … what is your color?

I must refer you the Success in 10 Steps and the Mentoring for Free system for all the answers, but below is a brief synopsis of what I have learned and put into use in understanding myself as well as others I am privileged to mentor.

GREEN: This is someone who is rather serious by nature, likes facts and information, will not be sold without their homework, and sometimes have been accused of suffering from analysis paralysis. The more information you can give a Green, the more comfortable they will feel in making a decision as to where they want to take their business. They will also give you great information and will likely know many of the answers to your questions, but may think they have to know it all before they can help someone. I also liken them unto a bulldog … in that they absolutely do not quit once their mind is made up. If the big win in MLM is what they are after, they will get there no matter what it takes, i.e. persistent men and women.

Greens make up 35% of the population.

YELLOW: This is someone who generally cares more about the needs of others than themselves … by nature. The rest of us seem to have to work on that. They are a laid back sort many times in the nursing or other related fields. A yellow is a good listener. A Yellow can be overly sensitive and may not tell you what they think in order keep from hurting your feelings. In MLM, a Yellow is most concerned about their team and it’s success.

Yellows make up 35% of the population.

BLUE: This is someone whose mind is usually going 90 miles an hour, a very personalbe sort who loves being anywhere there is action. Many successful sales people are Blues because of their love of people. They are also the creative sort, the artists, the actors, the public speakers and politicians. Their struggle seems to be staying focused on any one task. A Blue will have bought every book available on a desired topic, but likely not finished one of them. Easily distracted, but high energy and when in a creative mood, nothing can stop them. A Blue has many an inspiration idea of great brilliance, but it is the Greens that help them put it into motion. When it is not fun any longer, the Blue is tempted to move on to something else.

Blues make up 15% of the population.

RED: This is someone who is passionate about success, goal-oriented, and determined to go where they want to be. Money is important, in fact it can be all about the money. These are the CEO’s of large corporations. Decisive, direct. A Red can build big in MLM, but the relationship may be a struggle. You may have to pick up the pieces.

Reds make up 15% of the population.

“You are fine just the way You are”, Michael Dlouhy.

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YOUR MLM PROSPECT HAS AN EMPLOYEE MINDSET

I saw a comment from a successful internet marketer this week that I think is very important to consistently remind yourself of.

Almost everybody we talk to about network marketing is an employee. They come from an employee mindset. Very few are actually business owners.

The employee mindset is: “OK. I really want to be successful on my own. I don’t want to have a boss. I want to make more money. What do I do?”

The employee mindset is NOT: “OK. I’m going to work this out for myself and come up with my own business plan.”

And the point this guy was making is, the most important word when you are talking to a prospect is “system.”

Let me repeat that. Heck, let me SCREAM that.

THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO A PROSPECT IS:

SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM!

You’ve got to give them a step-by-step system. They have to see a system that can work for them. You have to show them how it has worked for others, and you have to show them, step-by-step, exactly what they will do with it.

But it’s more than just that. Your prospect not only has the opportunity to use a system that is tested and proven to work, but they also have the opportunity to talk to their prospects about that tested, proven system … which every prospect needs and wants. It’s really important. That is exactly what this guy is talking about.

You need to hammer prospects about the system. I mean, REALLY hammer them on this. Most prospects think, “Oh, this company has a great product. That’s what I need.” Or, “Oh, I’m personally sponsored by the heavy hitter. That’s what I need.” Or, “It’s been proven that this compensation plan pays out 80%, and over 90% of the people who use it are successful.”

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

Most prospects need to use the Success In 10 Steps ebook by Michael Dlouhy to have success, but some won’t. Everybody knows that a new person needs a tested, proven system to start with. If you can find a better, tested proven system, fine. We’ve used this one for 4 years, and it constantly produces the targeted leads we want.

That’s what those with the “employee mindset” need more than anything … good prospects to talk to. Just getting a few really targeted prospects a week can change their lives.

System? Yes. Use it. And talk to your prospects about it. Believe me, they know they need it.

Richard Dennis

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Is This The Right Opportunity For Me?

I remember when I joined my first MLM. It was in the early year of 2006. I was looking for a new source of income for my wife and our new baby boy. I desperately needed the money and I had very little time to work another job. You see I was in the active duty Air Force for six years making very little money. With a new child and a stay at home wife I was hurting for some extra cash. Depression was kicking my butt.I went from doing surveys online, to eBay (where I was scammed out of $1200) and pretty much anything else I could get my hands on (not drugs). I even submitted an invention of mine that I came up with over the years which still ended up costing me more money. That's still in the works.

As I was doing surveys I noticed an ad on one of the survey websites telling me that I could make a lot of money while putting in very little effort. Well needless to say this was right up my alley. Without hesitation I got the money together buy pawning some unused things of mine and scrounging for whatever change that I could find. I contacted the person on the ad and told them that I have the money and I am ready to join. Was I? I was so excited about making easy money that I jumped right into a company that I had no idea about and had not done any research on. I thought that I was going to be rich! Little did I know right?

When I started talking to my sponsor about the company and making money I was constantly being told to buy the products and watch the training videos, buy the products and watch the training videos. Any of this sounds familiar? So I buy the products and I watch the videos and I buy the products... You get the point. Anyway, after doing this for about a month I started to receive something that I did not expect to receive in the beginning; a BIG FAT HEADACHE! I did not make a dime off of this company. There was no duplicatable method to be used, there was no real communication between my sponsor and I, and most importantly of all there was no MONEY! I wanted to scream, there I was trying to do something honest for me and my family and not a dime. All I had was some nasty powder, some beans, lotions and crap and a big empty account. It was the worst feeling that I had ever had. I thought to myself "YOU IDIOT", you just spent all of your money on a company that does not even show you a proper way of selling your product and now you have to go tell your loving wife that this selling thing is not working. I thank God to this day that she did not leave me. Needless to say after my year end subscription I did not even think about renewing my account.

I did not try another MLM for about 2 1/2 years later. Now I am back in the MLM business getting customers and I have not even been in the company for a month. How does this happen? I did my research on the company first of all. I analyzed everything, from the comp plan, to who founded the company and who endorses it. Most importantly of all, I found a mentor. If you do not find a mentor then you can forget it. Just go give your money to the homeless or something; at least they can use it more than some of these "opportunity" companies. Also do your research. Don't do what I did years back and dive right in head first. I guarantee that you will get frustrated in your first few months if not the first and that you will, WILL go broke.

When I use to do carpentry work with my dad he would always tell me "measure twice and cut once". This saying easily applies to joining an MLM or any company. Research as much as you can on the company and be sure that the company is a good one then join. Many of these companies are set up to give us false hope and nothing more while there are legit companies out there that actually do what they say they will do. This is why researching the company before you join is so important. Here is some advice, be weary of companies that promote "make hundreds of thousands in one month" or "get 50,000 prospects in one month". If they say anything like this then ask that person to prove it. If they cannot then there you go. Other than that I have nothing more to say. I hope this little story and bit of information helps you in your next or current venture. I wish you the best of luck.

Your friend,
Alfonzo Gasaway II

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How to Find a Legitimate MLM Opportunity

By curtisbennett1977

5 Pillars for success! A lot of people now days are working from Home, but many more are just jumping from one program to another. What is the reason that some people really make money online and why others don’t?

Every time you search in Google “How to make money online”, How to work from home”, “Home based business opportunity”, “MLM business”, you get millions of websites showing you the best opportunity they have, but the reality is that we are only getting too much hype and lies from the majority of these opportunities.

I don’t blame these people because I was one of them…

For the past 8 years I’ve joined many opportunities for the same reason of all of you, and that is to “make money online” and to have”financial freedom”

I did everything my sponsors told me to do: I made a list of my friends and families, I create flyers, I spend a lot of money in PPC advertising, I bought thousands of business cards, I went to parking lots to put my cards in the windshield of the cars, I did business parties in my house, I went to business meetings, i bought magnetic signs for my car, and the list goes on and on….

Now I know that my lack of success was not my fault…instead, it was lack of education. No body showed me how to analyze a company before spend my time and money on them.

Finally I found an ebook called “Success in 10 Steps” by Michael Dlouhy, and this ebook showed me the real truth about network marketing business. In this ebook Michael talks about the 5 pillars for success and I want to share it with you.

Before you spend your valuable time and hard earned money I want you to follow this simple step to success, and that is to find a Company that has these 5 pillars:

1. Company management experience with integrity. Now you will say how do I know when a company has experience with integrity?….well all you have to do is go to Google and do a research in the company’s name and the owner & president’s name. In this first pillar you also need to request the policies & procedures of the company. You will be surprise to know that the majority of these companies states in their policies: “At its sole discretion, XXX Company may terminate a distributor for any reason upon 30 days prior written notice”.That’s how you know if they have integrity. Do you think is fair to have policies like this?

2. Timing in the Industry. A lot of companies brag about their Huge ground floor opportunity, but the reality is that the majority of these so called opportunities don’t last 2 years, so focus only in companies that already past the 2-3 years mark, as a matter of fact a good opportunity will be more strong after 2 years any way.

3. Remarkable Product that people buy and consume in a regular basis. I can say that this pillar is easy to find because a lot of companies have good products. Be advice that when we talk about product we are talking about real, tangible, consumable products, not downloadable intangible products.

4. Compensation Plan that pays the part time members. This is one of the most important parts in the 5 pillars. You have to have a pay plan that pays the average guy and not only the heavy hitters. The way to figure this out is easy, just decide how much money do you want to earn in your new business, let’s say $10,000 per month in residual income….now ask the person who’s presenting you the opportunity that tells you how many people in your team do you need to earn this income? If they don’t know that’s proof that you know more than they do, they always going to say only 2, or 5 but they don’t tell you that those 2-5 are going to do the same, so at the end of the process you find out that you really need over 1000, 2500 or even 10,000 members to earn your desired income. I can tell you the best compensation plan is that one that pays the most money with the least people, so find a company that only requires 300-400 members in your Team to earn that money.

5. Duplicable system in place. The last pillar for success is that you need to have a duplicable system that the average member can do it….remember people are not duplicable, systems are!

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