Archive for the 'MLM' Category

It never fails. Watch for it. It may come around sooner than you think. Whenever there’s talk of real estate bubble’s bursting, stock market’s falling, and other signs of economic woe, the talk turns to gold as a risk management tool to avoid inflation. No problem there. I agree. I’d love to own a ton [...]

“How to capture, conquer, control and profit from your own personal captive audience.” It starts with providing strategic services not available in the surrounding countryside as Tom Schreiter recalls from an infamous visit to the UK.. Confused? You’ll see what I mean…!

Stay in the work at home business long enough and you’ll soon hear the headline… “____________________ goes MLM!” The implication is “Get Rich Finally!” “Credit Cards Go MLM!” is the latest such headline. And yes, it could make you rich. But here’s an important fact to remember. Every product sold to the end user has [...]

When I was reviewing MLM companies in print, here’s how I decided if it was worth my time to review them. I call it the “2 Beers and a Napkin” test. If the MLM company could have been dreamed up from start to finish by 2 guys drinking a beer and written down on a [...]

How much will it cost you to retire? The amount might suprise you. When I was doing some financial product sales ages ago, I’d ask people if they wanted to plan on Social Security income when planning their retirement. Many said they’d doubt they’d ever see much from Social Security… or that after inflation had [...]

We tend to think of technological advances as automatic advances in profitability. But this isn’t always so. Sometimes the person urging technological innovataion may well deserve the name “Director of Sales Prevention”! Are you losing profits because you assume High Technology Marketing means higher profits? High Technology Marketing Can LOWER Your Profits

From Linda Locke at MLM Woman Forum I’ll just have to try these… except for the part about the earrings – they just don’t wear well on me… If your business has been a little sluggish lately, here’s some ideas to help you get back into action FAST! 1. Talk to at least one new [...]

When I read this Dilbert comic strip a few days ago, it sounded remarkably like many of the “work at home” job postings I see in Monster, etc. that are really work at home business opportunities where YOU have to pay. It made me wonder… Is Dilbert doing MLM these days? “The job doesn’t have [...]

So what’s the difference between a “Stairstep Breakaway” and “Party Plan” compensation system? Actually “Party Plans” are a type of “Stairstep Breakaway” compensation plan. The “Stairstep Breakaway” compensation plans bascially allow a representative to start out making a retail profit. As the reprseentatives sells increasingly higher volumes of products per month, the company rewards the [...]

Carole Hubbard is a founding distributor of Southern Living At Home. I visited with this home business pro at a district fair in the region where she had a display. Though she’d never participated in any home business program before, she welcomed the offer to join Southern Living at Home because of the parent company’s [...]