[Nick45]

Let me tell you a story. Mark Yarnell, minister in a small town in
Texas, was headed for bankruptcy and just about to lose his car and
home. He looked for a way out and discovered Network Marketing.
Luckily, he had a wise sponsor. The sponsor gave Mark "THE PROMISE":
THIS BUSINESS CAN SET YOU FREE FINANCIALLY IN ONE TO THREE YEARS.
But he also gave him "THE PRICE": TO SUCCEED YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE
AND CONQUER FOUR MAJOR ENEMIES. Mark said, "It's a deal!"

He then invited 200 friends over to his house to watch a video. 80
said, "No, not interested." Mark had encountered
ENEMY #1: Rejection.
He thought, "No problem, my sponsor warned me about that.
I have 120 people still coming over."
Guess what? 50 didn't show up. He had just met
ENEMY #2: Deception.
Mark thought, "No problem, my sponsor warned me about that. I have
70 people who watched the tape." Guess what? 57 said, "Not
interested." he had just encountered
ENEMY #3: Apathy.
Undaunted, Mark thought, "No problem, 13 people signed up."
Guess what? 12 of them dropped out of the business shortly.
ENEMY #4: Attrition had left Mark with just one serious associate. But
Mark had paid the price and succeeded. To this day, that single
distributor earns Mark over $50,000 per month.

Some years ago, 20/20 did a feature story on Amway. They spent 19
minutes interviewing the whiners and complainers; several
distributors who had failed, and showed their garages full of
products they couldn't sell. During the last minute of the show, one
of the most successful Amway distributors was interviewed in front
of his palatial home. He was asked, "This business has obviously
worked for you. What's your secret?" He replied, "There is no
secret. I simply showed the plan to 1200 people. 900 said, "No" and
only 300 people signed up. Out of those 300, only 85 did anything at
all. Out of those 85, only 35 were serious and out of 35, 11 made me
a millionaire." Like Mark Yarnell, he worked through the numbers.

Here's the lesson: Your success is directly related to the degree to
which you are willing to work to find others like yourself who are
committed to succeed. Mark Yarnell's odds were 1 out of 200. The
Amway distributor's were 11 out of 1200.

Would you be willing to go through 200 people to find the one who
will make you $50,000 a month? Or go through 1200 people to become a
millionaire? I hope you will. It's easier when you know the odds up
front.
But there's the catch: You have your own set of odds and you won't
know what they are until after you've succeeded. So if you've gone
through 50 or 100 people and you haven't found one serious person
yet, you can either give up and assume the business doesn't work, or
recognize that you are working through your own numbers.

The race is not always to the swift...But to those who keep running.

That is determination.

(www.HisWay.biz/) - This information will probably change the way you build your network marketing business forever. It did for me.

[waveformpc]

Spammer...

[waveformpc]

You know, I just thought of something... Instead of being an MLM "associate", why not just be the guy at the top who produces the products? He obviously makes a killing. Think about it - You design a relatively useful product, and recruit MLMers to purchase and sell your product. That simply means it wouldn't matter whether the MLMers win or lose (well, in the long run "winning" is obviously better) - But it would be a quick cash cow.

[Sleek Media]

I like your story. I have failed to develop many business ideas, and have failed to find serious partners to join me on my projects.

I found your story to be very inspirational. No matter what the case is, perseverence pays off. I'll keep trying until I find the idea or person that helps me make my millions. Thanks again for sharing.

Never give up, and never lose.
Joe

[mxer210]

sleekmedia, try http://peoplethatclick.com

[sonnyrizo]

I found it very interesting and informative.

Thanks.

[Bscivolette]

Here is what I do not get about MLM's - employees know its a scam but they are so intent on selling the idea anyways...I could really use some employees that dedicated...to selling tangible products and services of course

[jayrius]

I like your story. It applies to all businessmen, not just MLM guys. But frankly speaking, it is not really productive to sift through 1200 people when you can sift through 120 people and obtain the same results. What MLM companies show you is always the end results, not what it took you to achieve those results. I'm quite sure that if you put in the same amount of effort that you put in to your MLM business into a normal business venture, the end result would be the same if not greater.

[cr_lester]

Similar topic, but didn't want to post a new topic.

I'm looking for affiliates for my service, but I can't find decent software to manage my affiliate program.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do everything the honest way. But in the course of building this business, the only thing I have spent money on is ink and a domain name (If you're curious as to how, I help my clients do this... Not intending to spam here, just thought I would throw that out there!).

So if anyone knows of some affiliate management software that is free, let me know! And if you're an affiliate of the software, send me the affiliate link. I support affiliate programs because so many people lose hope, and I would rather a portion of my money go to the little guy than all of it to a big guy. If I can buy through an affiliate, I usually do.

Because I Care;
Cheryl Lester
www.NovusLife.com

[swilliamsnz]

A great post, a good story... I'm glad there are some intelligent people out there who benefited from the 'lesson' behind the story.