How to Recognize a Network Marketing Scam

Network Marketing or Multi-Level Marketing has been misconstrued by many as pyramid selling which is illegal.

The main problem of the vast majority looking in from the outside is misinformation especially from family and friends, the vast majority of whom don’t bother to do their due diligence to research this industry and get the facts right; strangely these are the same reasons the vast majority struggle to survive in this industry and only the top 5% become fabulously wealthy, when in reality, you have the same opportunity as everyone else to succeed as a network marketer. See my other article titled “It’s All About You…or is it?”

So what are the signs to watch out for when considering a network marketing opportunity?

In addition to the definitions below, check out general government guidelines  in your country of abode to make sure you’re not been sucked into a pyramid scheme…sorry scam.

Network Marketing VS. Pyramid Selling

The terms "network marketing" and “direct selling” are frequently used and often misinterpreted by many people. The most common misconception is the comparison of network marketing to illegal sales methods such as “pyramid selling”.

Network Marketing

Network marketing (also referred to as multi-level marketing) is a sales model where products and services are marketed to end consumers through a network of independent direct sellers. These independent direct sellers receive compensation from their own sales of products or services to customers, and from the sales to customers generated by their network of other independent direct sellers, but always based on the sale of products and/or services to consumers rather than simply expanding the network of independent direct sellers. 

Pyramid Selling

A pyramid selling scheme is any business where the primary form of compensation is derived from the fees that others pay to join the business, rather than from the sale of products or services to end consumers.  These schemes are illegal and alongside “pyramid selling” these schemes have also been described as ‘chain letters’, ‘snow ball schemes’,  ‘chain selling’, ‘money games’ and ‘investment lotteries’.

It is important to remember that legitimate network marketing rewards independent direct sellers for the distribution and sale of products and/or services to customers. No money is earned merely by sponsoring additional independent direct sellers into the distributorship.

Thus, network marketing offers independent direct sellers the opportunity to build independent businesses marketing, promoting and selling products and/or services to customers and to train an organisation, or network, of other independent direct sellers to do the same.

In addition to these, ask yourself questions like:

1.   1.   How long has the company been in existence?

2.   2.   Has the company been endorsed by a well-respected prominent person?

3.   3.   How do their leaders and representatives conduct themselves?

4.   4.   Are they members of the Direct Selling Association?

5.   5.   Do they have good, legitimate products?

If you follow these simple guidelines, then it’s very unlikely you’ll be scammed.

If you pay your license fee and do nothing, then you’ve scammed yourself; don’t go bad-mouthing the industry. It’s not a get rich quick scheme. Like everything else  in life, success in this industry requires hard work and dedication.

For more information on pyramid schemes, legitimate network marketing code of conduct, there’s a lot of information on the World Federation of Direct Selling Association website.

There’s more information on pyramid schemes and what to watch out for on the webpage link below - http://www.wfdsa.org/search/SiteResults.cfm?collection=WFDSA_search&fld_search=Document+Titles&criteria=Pyramid+Schemes

The Direct Selling Association is a government regulatory body. They are not affiliated in any way to any direct selling, multi-level or network marketing company so they have your best interests at heart.

Main website for world regulatory body à http://www.wfdsa.org/

If the company you’re considering joining is not listed here, then they’ve got something to hide.

If you want to learn how you can succeed in your multi-level marketing business, then check out http://www.YesUCan.biz. It’s the best training available for network marketers today and is all yours now to test-drive for only $1 for 14 days. It is fully customizable with a growing list of excellent affiliate programs where you can potentially earn $1000s weekly while growing your mlm biz; you can have the best of both world’s!

I sincerely hope it goes well for you. It’s the best financial decision I’ve made in my entire life!

Who is George Zalucki?

Simply put, George Zalucki is ACN's top money  earner. He is a Senior Vice President and earns well over $1,000,000 annually. For any casual observer, the reasons are not surprising. If you desire his level of success then read about him here and adopt his strategies for success.

First, a brief overview of this awesome fellow.

Throughout his career, George has trained and coached hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and on the African continent in Tunisia.

He has been featured on radio shows in America and the BBC in both London and and Belfast, N. Ireland! And, George Zalucki is also quoted as a distinguished entrepreneur and psychologist in the United States,

His ability is especially impactful because he has lived a life that is full of both adversity and achievement. He overcame the ravages of polio at a young age to go on and become a star basketball player on the 1961 NIT Providence College Championship Team..

George's education at Providence College in Liberal Arts turned his attention to teaching. He went on to teach Psychology and Sociology at the collegiate level. George's passion for research and study in the field of motivational psychology led him into the classroom, where he excelled as a teacher.

Enjoying the field of Sales and Marketing, he has been a top producer and a Million Dollar Earner, rising to the top position in every company he has been with. He is responsible for building an ACN sales force of 50,000 people throughout Europe with a sales volume of over 150 million dollars a year. George knows how to transfer his conviction about a product or service from himself to the customer.

He is a master at teaching people to achieve their dreams. He also knows what stops sales people from being successful. And, he knows how to teach you what super achievers know and use in a way that is usable and clear.

His ability to combine the theoretical with the practical is an art form to listen to. His style of delivery is powerful, direct, and enlightening. His work is a reflection of his commitment to motivating people to develop and utilize their abilities. His audio CD's and DVD's are regarded by tens of thousands throughout Europe and North America to be an ongoing source of motivation and success training! 

George also has a very full, busy family life. He is the father of 9 children and now he has 8 grandchildren. He and his wife, Eloise make their relationship and family a priority in their life. They are both committed to their family and helping others to achieve greatness and reach their potential. They have both been involved building successful sales teams and Eloise manages George's seminars on personal development and motivational psychology.

These are the main reasons George Zalucki has been so successful:

1. He is a true leader and gives prospects lots of value before they choose to follow him.

2. He puts a huge emphasis on helping others because he knows this is the one thing that WILL build our business big. Usually when people really understand this point, is when they start to make the big bucks.

3. He already knows times may get tough but puts the hardships of running a business into perspective. He tells you  it won't be easy - but has a great way of making you feel at ease with this fact.

4. He is passionate about ACN. Yes, it's that simple. No matter what your opportunity is or what company you work with; you've got to believe in your company 100%. Know everything there is to know about your company. Keep in mind that you're out there to help change people's lives - so be passionate about it.

5. George generates revenue from places outside of just his ACN business. To be a top money earner like George Zalucki it is important to learn everything you can about effective recruiting and effective selling also.

I work with a team of genius network marketers who have designed a system to help struggling network marketers explode their business. Trust me, you’ll be blown away when you see what’s on offer. Check it out here http://Sotos.mlmleadsystempro.com

Be like George; brand yourself as a leader and explode your business.

"In all of our lives, all we ever have is the present moment, the one you're in NOW. There's no yesterday, no tomorrow, only the present moment you're in now." - George Zalucki

To Your Massive Success!

Your MLM Millionaire Blueprint

If you've never heard of or used Pay Pay Per Click(PPC) Marketing, one of the most effective marketing strategies on the internet - if you do it right -  then you're leaving potentially at least thousands of dollars per month on the table! It's almost like being left an inheritance from an obscure relative without knowing anything about it!

I work with some of the best network marketers and computer programmers on the planet today who have developed a system based on the philosophy of Attraction Marketing which is taking the mlm world by storm!This is a system that has been designed by network marketers for network marketers who are still trying to build their own business so it is imperative they'll have your best interests at heart.

Here's what you need to do to become a top income earner in your multi-level marketing company:

1. Brand Yourself as a Leader

Have you noticed that those who are perceived as providing valuable information and leadership in your mlm company seem to be the top earners in your company? What do they know that you don't? What are they doing that you're not doing to attract laser-targeted prospects?

It's no different marketing on the internet. The ma to register in rketing system being used by the top earners in this industry can also help you brand yourself as an expert and as a leader; and because you provide value, you're perceived as a leader which is where you need to position yourself as to get to top earner status in your network marketing company. Marketing on the internet just leverages your time and effort therefore taking you to top-earner status in much less time than prospecting the old school way.

So how do you go about branding yourself as a leader online?

First, you'll need to set up your profile on Linked In, Facebook and MySpace to start with. Obviously I can't reveal all the strategies here for free, and besides there isn't enough allowance here to spell everything out but you can get started with these. Free advice from me and free to join.

2. Take Massive Action

You need to be everywhere all the time if you want to make it big in this industry. Imagine having a website that has over 700 visitors every single day. This puts you immediately in the top 5% in terms of website traffic and it follows logically IF you do it right, you'll eventually be in the top 5% of earners on the planet. I'm not kidding. In most cases you can do this for free and hardly anyone knows this. If you're thinking what I'm thinking, yes there'll be more competition this time next week and much more this time next month. It's your call.

If you learn how to do SEO marketing, I guarantee you'll be making at least a few hundred dollars every single day.if you do it right. There are a few more strategies within the system that will enable you attract highly qualified leads everyday, most of these will be free. There's a constant stream of business opportunity seekers every single day on the internet; it has been so for years so there's no reason why it won't for years to come. be so

3. Duplication, Duplication, Duplication

This is absolutely crucial if you want to reach the top of your compensation plan. If what you're doing isn't easily duplicable, then you'll struggle for sure. That's the whole point about network marketing; you can't do everything for everyone. If your team are able to duplicate your efforts with relative ease, then you'll have massive success.

Personally, my business grew 30 times faster in my first 100 days marketing online than it did marketing offline doing things the 'old skool' way in its first 400 days! I am not an exception. I am an artist, and as you probably know, we tend to be quiet and reserved. Network marketing is the last thing I thought I'd get involved with, and yet I'm on my way to that top 5% status. If I can, anyone can with a bit of hardwork, dedication and a willingness to learn and implement what you're being taught. It's as simple as that.

If you want to find out more about how you too can utilise this system, check out http://www.YesUCan.biz for more details.

If you're ready to get started right away, why not take the $1 14-day test-drive? You'll be blown away, trust me!

Take care; take action!

To Your Massive Success!

A Portrait of You

Dear reader,

I f you’ve been following me on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll have read my first blog titled “It’s All About You…Or is it?” If you haven’t, check it out; there is an interesting story about a man who typifies the thinking of ‘average Joe’ where unfortunately most of us even within this industry fall into.

Right, let’s talk about you; let’s talk about your portrait which is something I can relate to being an artist. A portrait which took me years of blood, sweat and tears to complete. Just kidding! Of course as soon as my painting of you is completed, you can critique my work; tell me if this is a true representation of you, Tell me if you like my portrayal of you. Your feed back will be very much appreciated.

OK, here goes: if my guess is right about you, you’re interested in making money and lots and lots of it; maybe not billion$, but just enough to escape your vicious cycle of existence otherwise known derogatively as the ‘rat race’.

You want to provide a better quality of life than you had as a child for those you love and care about; you want to retire long before you’re expected to by ‘regular’ people.

You want to help other people achieve their dreams in life and want to prove the naysayers wrong; you want to prove to them that you’ll succeed and succeed BIG in this industry.

You aspire to hang out with more successful, influential and interesting people. You know that you’re as good as anyone else and can mingle as easily with the very wealthy and the very poor and want your children to be able to do the same.

You don’t really like taking orders and have always wanted to be the one people look up to for expert  counsel on how they can transform their lives and the lives of those they care about.

You’re passionate about helping the less well-off in society; the terminally ill; children suffering from abuse; you even believe you can change the world, but are so frustrated because you know you cannot achieve this if you’re stuck in a 9 to 5 working for someone else.

How  am I doing so far?! :--)

You also must own your own business and are disillusioned because things are not  working out as well as you had expected. Or you may be thinking of starting your own business but don’t quite know where and how to get started.

You’re not fully appreciated where you work; not fully given credit for the skills which you possess and you’re paid just enough to keep you coming back day after day, month after month and year after year until you retire on a miserable pension, or so they think…

You want to make sure your loved ones are adequately catered for when you take your last breath.

I’m sure you would have guessed by now that his is not rocket science.; I’m no genius, just another regular guy on a mission to transform lives.

This is actually my portrait of me and I’m pretty certain  that it’s a portrait of you as well; maybe not 100% accurate but not too far off.

 We are all very similar at our core.  Making massive amounts of money is not the real issue here. All we really want is to be happy; to be free; to be able to jet to exotic lands at very short notice. Pursue our real passions; the things which lack of money have prevented you from doing.

My dear reader and hopefully my friend in the not-too-distant future, I hope you seize this opportunity in an industry that Robert Kiyosaki endorses and thinks is probably the ‘perfect’ business. Mr Trump, in spite of his billion$ is now the new kid on the block; watch this space. Mr Trump could be the richest man on the planet within the next 10 years. You heard it here first.

Please dear friend, don’t let this dream die. Yes you can succeed in Network Marketing IF and only if you do whatever it takes within the law of course.  Grab your opportunity now for there is only NOW; tomorrow hasn’t come, when it does come, guess what, its another NOW.

Got to go now.

Thanks for taking out time to read my blog; you’re the reason I wrote this for an artist needs someone to behold his craftsmanship or lack of it.

To your massive success!

Take care.

How to Generate Leads on the Internet for Your MLM Business

Lead generation is the most common problem for most network marketers and is the number one reason most reps quit within their first year. After the initial burst of enthusiasm, calling your warm list and the now famous 3 feet rule, ‘reality’ starts sinking in when no one signs up.

If you are still struggling to get enough leads for your business, then this article was written for you.

Imagine this for a second; you’re at home one day and the phone rings. The person at the other end is calling because they want to join your business; and you didn’t even prospect them! You have somehow attracted them using a strategy known as attraction marketing; in order words, the hunter becomes the hunted. That’s utter genius!

Multiply this scenario 3 times over a few months from now and you’re on your way to massive success in this industry.

. So how does this work?

Well, imagine if you’re in a position to provide a solution to a fellow network marketer’s  lead generation headache and you get paid for your efforts while at the same time building your downline. In order words, you have two income streams.

If you want to succeed massively in your mlm business online or offline, you’ll need a system that brings in a steady flow of laser-targeted leads. Forget prospecting your aunt Mildred or uncle George because they’re not highly targeted and there’s a less than 5% chance they’ll sign up and even if they do, their chances of massive success is also less than 5%. These stats are standard industry stats so I’m not making this up.

In spite of this, the real go-getters succeed in this industry prospecting the old skool way. If you’ve tried this and have failed woefully like I did in my first year, why not do what I’m doing now?

I am using a system that is being utilised by 100s of network marketers worldwide and some are generating over 100 leads every day! That’s not going to happen for you overnight or even next week but I can show you how to generate 3 leads every day within the next 72 hours just to start with.

Yes it is possible because that’s exactly what I’ve been doing to generate a constant stream of leads every single day. The exciting thing is that you can get all these leads for free. Over 90% of the leads I’ve generated over the last 90 days have been free. It’s really not that difficult.

So if you’re ready to take your network marketing business to the next level, click on this linkhttp://Sotos.mlmleadsystempro.com and you can get started for only $1.

Your 10 Step Quick Training Guide to Generating 3 Laser-Targeted Leads Every Single Day on Facebook

In this article, I’ll take you by hand and show you how you too can generate free highly targeted leads on Facebook for free within the next 72 hours.

Facebook now has over 300,000,000 users  worldwide (equivalent to the entire population of the USA!) and tens of thousands of network marketers and people looking for a network marketing company to join. You can get some of these people to join your team for free but you must do it right for this to work.

OK, Let’s  get started.

1.1. Create a Facebook account and set up your profile (you can do  this by doing a google search for Facebook)

2.2. Join at least 21 network marketing or mlm groups that have between 1000 and 7000 members. (you can do this by doing a search on facebook for ‘mlm’ or ‘network marketing’)

3.3. Find out if any ‘advertising’ is permitted on their wall. You can do this by checking if wall posting is enabled.

4.4. After joining, introduce yourself and ask people to feel free to add you as a friend. Tell them you are new and glad to be hanging out with fellow network marketers.

5.5. Check out how I’ve set up my profile and do the same. Don’t worry about the text ad on my photo for now. Feel free to ad me as a friend as well. (it may take a while for me to respond as I can’t accept friend requests everyday due to my tight schedule; please bear with me!) Here’s my link http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000100053061

6.6. Log out of Facebook and click here http://Sotos.mlmleadsystempro.com to read and watch the video testimonials.

7.7.Scrol l down to the bottom of the page and take the 14-day $1 test-drive

8.8. Check your email for instructions on what to do next.

9.9. In your MLSP back office, follow the step-by-step set up by clicking on

    ‘Start Here’ à ‘Getting Started Section’

1 10. Follow the step-by-step set up; contact me at step 5 for your quick-start Facebook lead generating training. This can  and should all be done in a couple of hours.

NB If I’m  unavailable within 24 hours, go on and click on ‘Training’à ‘Sample Ads and Resources’ à ‘Forums’. Copy and paste your favourite ad copy on 7 of theFacebook groups you’ve joined.  Log out.  Copy and paste on the next 7 an hour later and the last 7 after one hour.

Check back 3-4 hours later; your ad should still be in position 1 or 2 on most of these groups. If your ad isn’t visible without scrolling down, then copy and paste again. Limit yourself to 7 groups so your account doesn’t get shut down. You may only need to copy and paste on 7 groups anyway as your ad will still be in the top 3 spots on all these groups if you stick to the plan.

Top position is ideal for maximum exposure.

Carry on with your set up and training between ad placements. This is very crucial to your success as a network marketer. Here you’ll discover other free lead-generating systems that you can use later on.

You don’t have to purchase anything else for now. The other very important thing is your auto-responder email set-up with Aweber or Get Response for $1 for 30 days. This is to enable you build a relationship with your prospects. This is very crucial for your success.