If you get into an online business that says you get spill over, get out and run. Why? I will tell you in a minute,  I would like to point out something first. Lets say that you jump into a business, you know it sounds good, the comp plan is good, the product is good, they have been around for a while, why not right!

What about the upline? Where exactly are you going to be in there matrix. You know... you will never know who you have in your upline... sure you will know them eventually maybe, but who are they? If it were me I would like to know how long have they been in the business, what experience they have in MLM since Im going to spend my hard earned money into this business in which they are going to benefit from.

Are they going to help me? They should if they had any skill at all! They should have a vested interest in you because of what you do, they will benefit and the fact of the matter is, is that you are there to make money and you want to be successful so why wouldn't you qualify that person that is sponsoring you?

Now a days there are an abundance of MLM companies on the net today and it is very difficult to choose one that is best for you, if you would like more information about where to even start just take this five minute survey and I will get back to you about this. Take MY Survey!

SPILL OVER! There is nothing good about Spill Over!!

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As you can see why spill over in any online business won't work and will kill your business rather than grow your business. I you require more information about our business or any business that you are looking at please contact us.

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With America fast losing her ability to trust large organizations, the more individuals will turn to those they know and trust to build buy their products and services.  With disposable income becoming tighter and tighter, you want to be the first person people turn to when they want to buy something.

If you are not our making connections, you are missing your market.  More than ever people are looking for someone to trust.  You can be that person if you make sure you offer integrity, a good product at a fair price and service they can count on.

Whatever you are selling, if you are out there making connections, someone will find you.  If however, you are sitting in front of your computer waiting for the next financial institution to crumble or the price of gas to go up, you will lose out on a great opportunity.  Be the guy they are looking for!  Someone to trust!

Das schnelle Geld, mehr Zeit für die Familie, ein Leben in Luxus, weniger arbeiten mehr verdienen, sein eigener Boss sein...das sind so die "tags" der MLM Chefs. Doch was ist wirklich dran am Strukturvertrieb oder an MLM?

Es geht hier um den Versuch den MLM-Besessenen den wirtschaftlichen Dummsinn dieser "Systeme" klar zu machen. Wobei es für die Firma selbst sehr wohl wirtschaftlich ist, aber für die Mehrzahl der Berater und Kunden eben nicht.

Hier ein paar facts:

1. Strukturvertriebe nutzen das Vertrauensverhältniss zwischen Vertriebler und Konsument aus, um ein Produkt zu einem nicht konkurrenzfähigen Preis oder/und ein Produkt nach dem es eigentlich keine Nachfrage gibt an den Mann zu bringen. Dieses Vertrauensverhältniss entstand aber nicht aufgrund einer geschäftlichen Beziehung, sondern ist eine private Beziehung und genau da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer. Ss soll über die private Beziehung etwas verkauft werden unter Ausnutzung des Vertrauensverhältnisses.

Das ist auch kein Einzelfall gewisser schwarzen Schafe sondern das ist das Grundprinzip.

2. Die meissten Konsumenten sind Berater. Auch das ist Methode: Das Unternehmen rechnet den Umsatz der durch "Eigenbedarf" der Berater entsteht, fest in seinen Businessplan als einen elementaren Bestandteil mit ein.

3. Ein grosser Teil der Kunden sind Berater geworden um sich Preisvorteile zu sichern. Da dies jeder machen kann ist es kaum noch möglich das Produkt zum Listenpreis zu verkaufen and an der Marge zu verdienen. Man verdient also nur noch an den Provisionen der Struktur. Um in einer Struktur entsprechend hohe Provisionen zu erzielen, muss man aber sehr hohe Umsätze tätigen.

Eine andere Methodik, was von vielen Beratern gemacht wird, ist folgende: "Auf Halde" einkaufen um sich höhere Margen zu verschaffen. Viele Berater haben damit leider nur Ihren Eigenbedarf für die nächsten Jahre gedeckt....ist ja auch was.

4. Nach eigenen Angaben von Vertrieben im Konsumgütergeschäft (Amway, Herbalife etc) liegt der durchschnittliche Monats-Rohgewinn aller Ihrer Vertriebler bei unter 100 Euro! Weniger als 3 Prozent der Vertriebler erwirtschaften ein Einkommen das dem eines normalen Gehaltes nahekommt.

5. Vorkenntnisse und Bildungsstand spielen bei keinem dieser Vertriebe auch nur die geringste Rolle. Entsprechend niedrig ist der durchschnittliche Bildungsstand der Berater. Dies manifestiert sich immer wieder am Schreibstil und am Umgang mit der Deutschen Sprache der meissten dieser Berater in Foren wie XING.

Meine eigene These ist dass, das Wort "dumm" oder ein ähnliches, vielleicht politisch korrekteres Wort, in der Zielgruppendefinition der Marketing Manager dieser Vertriebe enthalten ist.

Anders ausgedrückt: Man setzt auf die Naivität der Menschen mit niedriger Bildung und deren Hoffnung (das Strohhalmprinzip) in der gesellschaftlichen Hierachie doch noch ein wenig weiter oben mitspielen zu dürfen.

Eigentlich genial, denn die Zielgruppe ist riesig, wenn es nicht ethische "borderline" wäre.

Strukturvertrieb ist harte Arbeit

Schauen Sie eines der Grundregeln in der Markkomunikation ist: Je weniger Geld ich in Werbung stecke desto mehr Arbeit hat der Vertrieb und umgekehrt.

Ein Unternehmen dass sich der Methodik "Strukturvertrieb" bedient , tut nichts anderes als vorne in der Werbung Geld zu sparen und hinten beim Vertrieb mehr arbeiten zu lassen und zwar auch noch mit kleinerem Risiko, da das Umsatzrisiko auf den kleinen MLM-ler zumindest teilweise abgewälzt wird.

Der MLMler merkt nur gar nicht dass er viel arbeitet, denn ihm wurde ja erklärt dass mit ein paar Bekannten und deren Bekannten zu sprechen ja viel schlauer ist als zu arbeiten. Das dies Arbeit ist wurde ihm verschwiegen.

So läuft er sich die Hacken wund, labert alle seine Freunde zu, bis diese sich neue Telephonnummern zulegen. Er ist regelmässig auf "Einführungsseminaren" und "Firmenvorstellungen" , manchmal bis in die Nacht und gibt Geld aus um erfolgreich auszusehen.

Die meissten sind Quereinsteiger. Arbeiten wäre für diese Leute auf dem Bau oder sowas, verkaufen oder beraten wird daher nicht als Arbeit wahrgenommen. Bis dann eines Tages die Probleme anfangen - finanzieller Art.

Dann wird die Suche nach Kunden plötzlich zum Zwang, der Stress beginnt, es fängt an sich wie Arbeit anzufühlen und damit die "Erkenntniss" dass es doch nicht der "richtige" Vertrieb war und es doch nicht so einfach ist wie man dachte......man geht dann eben zum nächsten Vertrieb und das Spiel geht von vorne los...nur mit weniger Bekannten.

MLMler die Geld verdienen sind meisst eben diejenigen die Wissen es ist Arbeit, harte Arbeit, und bereit sind diese auf sich nehmen. Wenn man an einen Strukturvertrieb mit einer realistischen Wahrnehmung herangeht, nämlich: "Ich weiss meine Arbeitskraft wird ausgenutzt um Kosten zu sparen, aber ich gehe den Deal trotzdem ein", dann kann das was werden.

Ist sicher eine tolle Sache für alle die, welche Ihre Chancen in der "normalen" Wirtschaft bereits vertan haben.....genau das ist auch das Image der Strukkies und meisst zu Recht.

Allerdings sollte man dann auch folgendes wissen und bewusst in Kauf nehmen: Eines Strukturvertriebes bedient ein Unternehmn sich dann wenn:

1. Ein Produkt angeboten wird das keine natürliche Nachfrage hat oder/und
2. Ein Produkt angeboten wird das aufgrund seines Preises seine natürliche Nachfrage verloren hat oder/und
3. Ein Produkt das auf dem Markt sehr viel Wettbewerb hat.
4. Ein Produkt mit allgemein schlechter Reputation verkauft werden soll

Egal welcher der vier Punkte zutrifft, es ist harte Arbeit trotzdem zu verkaufen ...und wer lügt ist klar im Vorteil, eine Methodik derer sich all zu oft bedient wird.

Ich und Strukturvertrieb

Ich persönlich bin da viel zu faul für und zum anderen ist das Image der Strukkies so scheisse das ich lieber Müllmann wäre. Das wichtigste aber: Ich mag meine Freunde und werde diese sicher nicht mit MLM Gequatsche vergraulen.

Freue mich auf Meinungen.....ohne Maulkorb.

Wolfgang Brand

Oh wait!  That was my dream practice. I did have to call people constantly. I did have to deal with people who didn’t follow my recommendations and expected fantastic results.  I had staff quit.  I had new hires not show up on day 1, and interviews not show up.  Hmmm.  I also had rent, facilities maintenance, payroll, federal, state and local regulations.  I had to keep equipment running, a stock of various items and then there was advertising costs.

Well MLM isn’t so odd then.  In fact it has all the benefits of a private owned business without some of the drawbacks, like rent, maintenance and payroll.  But now the question that remains is why would anyone want to own an MLM business?  Indeed!  There are people out there that want the financial and personal freedom that MLM offers.  They enjoy the benefits of the personal development that often goes hand in hand with a network marketing business. (in case you are unaware, MLM and network marketing are the same animal) They just don’t want to talk to anyone.  Of course that defeats the whole MLM game.  How do they expect to gain the freedoms if they don’t actually participate in the business?  Come to think of it, how did my patients expect to get healthy if they didn’t follow my recommendations?

So, it isn’t this business that is odd, it is the people that we talk to that are.  That being said, we still have a responsibility in the business to let as many people as possible know what we are doing.  Today’s economy is putting people in a financial squeeze that makes MLM one of the few viable alternatives to economic freedom.  Even now, we have to deal with people and all their quirkiness and that can be tough.  The trap that we so often find ourselves in is wanting it more for our prospects than they want it for themselves (or even worse, being personally desperate to make it work).  When prospects don’t answer the phone (ever), don’t return messages, say they will “do this” and then fall off the ends of the earth, we have to keep going.  Sure we are disappointed, but we can’t let that take us out of the game.

Listen, I am no GURU, nor do I want to go there.  I have struggled in this business and I have triumphed.  I still struggle, and I still triumph.  I take the good with the bad and keep going, because I know persistence is the key.  Recently I did have an excited prospect say they were going to “do this” and the follow up call to get them signed resulted in the proverbial “leave a message”.  I would lie if I said it didn’t bother me that the prospect didn’t show up, and I MOVED ON.  I know that my worth as a network marketer is not tied up in one prospect (or any prospect for that matter).

Some people do struggle with moving on.  They let that little negative voice within tell them they are unworthy of the freedoms that Network Marketing offers.   When this happens (when, not if) a person needs to be able to notice that negative voice, acknowledge it, and change it.  There are many ways to do this change: Affirmations, daily prayer, talk it out with a supportive upline or spouse, daily discovery of your self worth, keeping your “why” constantly before you, the list is long and different things work for different people.  The point is to keep moving.

This business will always be a little odd, but any people business is odd.

My name is Mary Anne Chase

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HOW TO START A PROFITABLE HOME-BASED BUSINESS

Hello and thank you for coming back to my blog.

Lyn Menzies here again….

In these days, it's becoming increasingly difficult to make ends meet with just one source of income.

Thus, more and more people are investigating the possibilities of starting their own extra-income business. Most of these part-time endeavors are started and operated from the comfort and privacy of the home.

Most of these people are making the extra money they need.

Some have wisely and carefully built these extra income efforts into full-time, very profitable businesses. Others are just keeping busy, having fun, and enjoying life as never before. The important thing is that they are doing something other than waiting for the government to give them a handout; they are improving their lot in life, and you can do it, too!

The fields of mail order selling, multi-level marketing, and in-home party sales have never been more popular.

If any of these kinds of extra income producing ideas appeal to you, then you owe it to yourself to check them out. But these aren't the only fields of endeavor you can start and operate from home, with little or no investment, and learn as you go.

If you type, you can start a home-based typing service;

Or if you have a truck or have access to a trailer, you can start a clean-up/hauling service. Simply collecting old newspapers from your neighbors can get you started in the paper recycling business. More than a few enterprising housewives have found success and fortune by starting home and/or apartment cleaning services. If you have a yard full of flowers, you can make good extra money by supplying fresh cut flowers to restaurants and offices in your area on a regular basis. You might turn a ceramics hobby into a lucrative personalized coffee mug business. What I'm saying is that in reality, there's literally no end to the ways you can start and operate a profitable extra income business from your home. Mums or moms are working from home all over the world and are doing very well and half of them are making money online

The first thing you must do, however, is some basic market research.

Find out for yourself, first-hand, just how many people there are in your area who are interested in your proposed product or service, and would be "willing to stand in line and pay money for it". This is known as defining your market and pinpointing your customers. If after checking around, talking about your idea with a whole lot of people over a period of one to three months, you get the idea that these people would be paying customers; your next effort should be directed toward the "detailing" of your business plan.

The more precise and detailed your plan - covering all the bases relating to how you'll do everything that needs to be done - the easier it's going to be for you to attain success.

Such a plan should show you start-up investment needs, your advertising plan, your production costs and procedure, your sales program, and how your time will be allocated. If you decide to start a home base business on the Internet one of the first things you will have to do is learning blogging Too often, enthusiastic and ambitious entrepreneur jump in on an extra income project and suddenly find that the costs are beyond their abilities, and the time requirements more than they can meet. It pays to lay it all out on paper before you get involved, and the clearer you can "see" everything before you start, the better your chances for success.

Check in again soon for my next update :)

Warm Regards,
Lyn Menzies

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]]> http://kaahil.wordpress.com/?p=179 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:09:16 +0000 dr.Abu Hana http://kaahil.bg.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/hukum-syar%e2%80%99i-bisnis-multi-level-marketing-mlm/ Oleh: Syaikh Abu Usamah Salim bin Ied Al-Hilali

Banyak pertanyaan seputar bisnis yang banyak diminati oleh khalayak ramai. Yang secara umum gambarannya adalah mengikuti program piramida dalam system pemasaran, dengan setiap anggota harus mencari anggota-anggota baru dan demikian terus selanjutnya. Setiap anggota membayar uang pada perusahaan dengan jumlah tertentu dengan iming-iming dapat bonus, semakin banyak anggota dan semakin banyak memasarkan produknya maka akan semakin banyak bonus yang dijanjikan.

Sebenarnya kebanyakan anggota Multi Level Marketing [MLM] ikut bergabung dengan perusahaan tersebut adalah karena adanya iming-iming bonus tersebut dengan harapan agar cepat kaya dengan waktu yang sesingkat mungkin dan bukan karena dia membutuhkan produknya. Bisnis model ini adalah perjudian murni, karena beberapa sebab berikut ini, yaitu:

[1] Sebenarnya anggota Multi Level Marketing [MLM] ini tidak menginginkan produknya, akan tetapi tujuan utama mereka adalah penghasilan dan kekayaan yang banyak lagi cepat yang akan diperoleh setiap anggota hanya dengan membayar sedikit uang.

[2] Harga produk yang dibeli sebenarnya tidak sampai 30% dari uang yang dibayarkan pada perusahaan Multi Level Marketing [MLM].

[3] Bahwa produk ini biasa dipindahkan oleh semua orang dengan biaya yang sangat ringan, dengan cara mengakses dari situs perusahaan Multi Level Marketing [MLM] ini di jaringan internet.

[4] Bahwa perusahaan meminta para anggotanya untuk memperbaharui keanggotaannya setiap tahun dengan diiming-imingi berbagai program baru yang akan diberikan kepada mereka.

[5] Tujuan perusahaan adalah membangun jaringan personil secara estafet dan berkesinambungan. Yang mana ini akan menguntungkan anggota yang berada pada level atas (Up Line) sedangkan level bawah (Down Line) selalu memberikan nilai point pada yang berada di level atas mereka.

Berdasarkan ini semua, maka sistem bisnis semacam ini tidak diragukan lagi keharamannya, karena beberapa sebab yaitu:

[1] Ini adalah penipuan dan manipulasi terhadap anggota;

[2] Produk Multi Level Marketing [MLM] ini bukanlah tujuan yang sebenarnya. Produk itu hanya bertujuan untuk mendapatkan izin dalam undang-undang dan hukum syar’i;

[3] Banyak dari kalangan pakar ekonomi dunia sampai pun orang-orang non muslim meyakini bahwa jaringan piramida ini adalah sebuah permainan dan penipuan, oleh karena itu mereka melarangnya karena bisa membahayakan perekonomian nasional baik bagi kalangan individu maupun bagi masyarakat umum;

Berdasarkan ini semua, tatkala kita mengetahui bahwa hukum syar’i didasarkan pada maksud dan hakekatnya serta bukan sekedar polesan lainnya. Maka perubahan nama sesuatu yang haram akan semakin menambah bahayanya karena hal ini berarti terjadi penipuan pada Allah dan RasulNya [1], oleh karena itu system bisnis semacam ini adalah haram dalam pandangan syar’i.

Kalau ada yang bertanya : ”Bahwasanya bisnis ini bermanfaat bagi sebagian orang”. Jawabnya : ”Adanya manfaat pada sebagian orang tidak bisa menghilangkan keharamannya, sebagaimana di firmankan oleh Allah Ta’ala.

Artinya : ”Mereka bertanya kepadamu tentang khamr dan judi. Katakanlah: Pada hakekatnya itu terdapat dosa yang besar dan beberapa manfaat bagi manusia, tetapi dosa keduanya lebih besar dari manfaatnya” [Al-Baqarah: 219]

Tatkala bahaya dari khamr dan perjudian itu lebih banyak daripada menfaatnya, maka keduanya dengan sangat tegas diharamkan.

Kesimpulannya :

Bisnis Multi Level Marketing [MLM] ini adalah alat untuk memancing orang-orang yang sedang mimpi di siang bolong menjadi jutawan. Bisnis ini adalah memakan harta manusia dengan cara yang bathil, juga merupakan bentuk spekulasi. Dan spekulasi adalah bentuk perjudian.

[Diterjemahkan dari situs www.alhelaly.com]

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Maybe, like many people you are pushy and brash, perhaps you are overconfident and appear to most people like you are bulletproof. All of which can be very annoying and can actually turn others away from you. Equally problematic are those people who let others run over them, or who pretend problems don't exist and just ignore them hoping they will go away. Still others are pushovers, letting the whole world run over them and then there are those that are just too nurturing or not nurturing enough.

Most of us don't view these traits as things that would actually hold us back from success. We often don't see those really "nice" people as being held back with niceness. But sometimes being a pushover, doesn't let people take you seriously.

So what do you do if you think there is a consistent trait in your life that may be holding you back. The first step is admitting that this is an issue in your life. Talk to friends you trust and let them verify that you may be having a problem. Once you have decide you have a problem think about ways to over come the issue. For instance, if you are pushy and people feel like they have to do what you want all the time, start by putting yourself in their position and begin to let others speak more and make decisions. Or if you are someone who is too nice, start by making some decisions on things the way you want them done. Stop letting others push you around.

We all have things that hold us back, some more than others, but to be truly successful maybe it is time to examine those things that we can change and make the changes. So what's holding you back, maybe its time to fix it!

"Oh, ya ? masa sih abi kok kurang tahu yah ?". Istriku menjawab, "Iya, malahan sampai ada yang tanya sama umi, benar enggak sih produk-produk dari MLM itu berkhasiat ? soalnya satu obat bisa berkhasiat untuk mengobati penyakit jantung, diabetes, stroke, wasir, vitalitas pria dan sebagainya."

"Terus temen umi bilang, aku sampai pernah beranggapan pokoknya kalo ada sebuah produk yang mengatakan berkhasiat ini dan itu pasti produk MLM" istriku terus bersemangat bercerita. "Belum tentu begitu dong." jawabku santai.

"Eh...temen umi bilang kalo begitu saya mau buka usaha "multi level marketing pisang goreng".

"Hah...MLM pisang goreng ? yang bener aja mi !" AKu cukup terkejut juga.

"Iya, bi. Kata dia pisang goreng saya itu berkhasiat untuk penyakit jantung, stroke, diabetes, wasir,varises, dan segala macam penyakit lainnya....begitu katanya."

Aku tertawa, "Hahaha...mana mungkin pisang goreng berkhasiat begitu ada-ada aja."

"Kata temen umi terigu untuk pisang gorengnya akan dicampur dengan berbagai macam herbal yang berkhasiat abi, makanya pisang gorengnya jadi berkhasiat." jawab istriku.

Aku jadi terdiam, bener juga...ide brilian tuh...pisang goreng berkhasiat.

The objective for any firm is to deliver customer value at a profit. In such a competitive economy, consumers are faced with an abundant of choices and a company can only compete by fine-tuning the value delivery process and choosing, providing, and communication superior value.

As a business owner you know what to make and what the market will buy in order to make a profit. Businesses that subscribe to this view have the best chance of succeeding in economies marked by goods shortages where consumer are not fussy abut quality, feature, or style.

The traditional view, aforementioned, will not work in today's economy because consumers now have so many choices. Companies are now divesting into a number of micromarkets, each with its own wants, perceptions, preferences, and buying criteria. The smart competitor must design and deliver offerings for well-defined target markets. This belief is at the core of the new view of business processes, which places marketing at the beginning of planning. You should be familiar with this as many retail chains such as GAP are creating spinoffs that appeal to even small micromarkets i.e. Old Navy and Baby Gap.

Today's marketer has to define its value proposition and select a channel to market. It doesn't matter if you have a brick and mortar business or an online business the message must be defined. Choosing the value, if you are a new business seeker, is the most critical step for marketing a product or brand name. Thus, if you are starting a company without a "brand" you must ask yourself "does this firm have sustainability?" You must be pessimistic when signing up for an online business because there are millions of them out there and a majority of them do not have a value proposition. Therefore, select a business that models many of the great companies that have been around for a long time or have an outstanding model and has a bright future. Companies like Google, Crocs, Blackberry, and Amazon have terrific models with products that consumers will buy today and tomorrow. What value does Google deliver or better yet why is Crocs such a phenomenon? Crocs is just a plastic shoe but with an effective marketing approach, increased its market capitalization and just recently had a 3 for 1 stock split. Since the split the stock is up 40%. Believe it or not there are MLM companies that have been around that have realized tremendous success like Amway, [http://www.oziramarketing.com]Arbonne, and Xango, all with good marketing plans.

Your business can have the same results provided you identify your STP, Segment, Target, and Position for your business. Segment being your niche and target being your customer and its demographics. Third, the positioning of your firm is very important. The impression you make on people visiting your site or store will have a profound impact on your overall sales. Conveying professionalism and success to your potential customer is key to making an impact and creating a sustainable business.

So where did I get my [http://www.multiplestreamsforincome.com]start?

Thank you for your time and attention.

Jen Arizo has been involved in marketing for over seven years in the corporate environment and now full-time online. Currently expanding her role in self promotion and internet marketing.

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WRONG! The truth is that if these systems were so successful, every mlm or network marketing distributor out there, and every affiliate, would be living the life of their dreams and experiencing exactly the kinds of promises made by all of these home business programs. So lets think for a minute - what's the one thing keeping you from reaching your target market and increasing your network marketing sales? I'll give you a hint...it's not the products (though those are very important) or even the program itself. It's not the opposition from naysayers and skeptics. It's not even the costs of advertising that are holding you back. Think you know where I'm going with this? It's the one thing that you can't control, no matter what you do - the hundreds or maybe even thousands of others who are out to promote the same products or opportunity. Most MLM or home business companies have distributors ranging in the tens of thousands, all selling the same thing and being taught the same system. No wonder it seems so hard to succeed in home business!

So like I said, your biggest challenge is something you have absolutely no control over. In fact, the more people who decide to join, the more people that can potentially be funneled into YOUR downline. That's a good thing, right? Well, not quite. While more folks in the business could possibly mean more in your downline, it also means the more direct competition you have. And if you're not as good or as fast at plugging into that system as others, you'll be lost in the sauce. Well, that's what makes iBuild™ a completely different kind of system. We pick up where your company leaves off. We provide those missing puzzle pieces to help you gain a more competitive edge in your marketing. We teach you that single most important practice that MLM companies and affiliate programs stray away from - personal branding.

Personal branding is what sets you apart from the thousands of other folks all doing and selling the same thing. Think, without a defined personal brand, how would a potential customer or opportunity-seeker be encouraged to choose you over someone else? Simply put, they wouldn't. They'd simply click on the first website they see, and without a personal brand you'd better hope it's YOUR site. Otherwise, you'll never be able to win at this game we call multi-level marketing.  At iBuild™, we focus on helping you develop your own unique "brand" that others will recognize far and wide. A simple combination of little-known techniques, custom design and relationship-building practices will help you stick out like a sore thumb (which in this case is a good thing). With just a few weeks of guidance from MLM branding coach Ina Stanley, and some dedicated action on your part, you'll be well on your way to cornering any market in any industry! Sound like a loftly promise? While it may seem too good to be true, consider this...what's the one thing that drives all of your buying decisions? Whether it's a soda pop or the latest in MP3 players, the brand is always what influences you to buy (or not). Most folks will only buy Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Well, with home business, it's no different. Most opportunity-seekers will only go with the person who bothers to stand out, like the top-earner. Most folks will join with the "stars" of the program because their names are well known, and they associate this fame with success.

So if MLM, network marketing, home business or even Real Estate are up your alley and you're looking to gain the competitive edge, stay tuned for our next post! We'll be talking more about the TRUTH behind all these "proven" and "duplicable" systems. And don't forget, iBuild™ is now in pre-launch! Stay connected with to-the-minute updates by following us on Twitter!

I just read an article about "Love of Social Networking Not Universal Affair", by Siti Syameen Md Khalili.

She mentioned about her problem with popular social networking site (SNS) like Friendster, Facebook, Hi5, MySpace and etc. She hated "catching up" with friends online. "Send a smile' or "poke" is not satisfying communication for her. As she preferred a night out for a 'teh tarik' joint, late night filled with mindless chat and discrete gossip.

Not only she, there are people that doubt the sincerity of some of the people getting on the SNS. Some of them hook you up to their network that ended up with multi-level marketing (MLM) stuffs. Just like whnen you go for seminars for self enrichment and expanding your offline network outside SNS, but you might be ended up being spam by these MLM people. I personally didn't mean to be offend about MLM. I do agree that some MLM people do behave while some don't.

The other problem might be about addiction to SNS. They might be addicted to SNS 24-7-365. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

While I do know many people appreciated SNS, as they can stay connect using SNS with their friends, knowing how their friends are doing, especially friends abroad or in other states.

Recently, I had a great experience because of SNS. I just met up with friends, my primary schoolmates, at a friend's wedding dinner. I haven't met up with them for few years, some even more than 10 years. At beginning of the dinner, I wasn't that comfortable as I couldn't get the "Hot Topic" to chat with them. But, when it came to the topic about Facebook and Friendster, the heat just went on. We even went on talking about the applications, their photos. We talked about what we had shared on Facebook, like events, daily photos, vacations, kids, and lots more.

That's what I'm grateful for SNS.

I totally agree with Siti about "Love of Social Networking Not Universal Affair". It's all how people deal with it personally.