Sin #1: Protected Updates

Twitter is a social network. I am not sure that it could be more social than it already is. Yes, you have every right to protect your updates but that is like going to a party and closing yourself off in one room with only few of your closest friend. That might seem pretty comfortable and low risk, but what if in the next room with all the other people chatting is a love of your life, or a person that ends up signing up 120 reps in the 30 days that follow. Unless you’re truly not on there to socialize – open your doors to the world and yes, socialize!

Sin #2: No Pic

It does not matter if you’re blond or brunette, short or tall, big or small, pretty or not so pretty – in your head, what matters is that you’re real. Networking is a relationship business. No one likes to have a relationship with a picture of a shadow. People are looking for people they can connect with, that they can find commonalities with. In my talks with super-marketers I’ve heard many times over and over: they don’t even bother following people who don’t have a pic uploaded. Don’t miss out on the relationships that could potentially change your life – show yourself off!

Sin # 3: No Bio

Uuu…this is a good one. The bio is like your opening line when you meet someone. It needs to have a bit of a punch at first and end with something down to earth. For example: it should start of with something that makes you unique, that makes you stand out, that shows you off as a leader and a success in your arena, a bit of a superstardom. The last part needs to be something that shows that even though you are superstar in what you do, you’re still human, just like peeps looking at your profile. You put the pants on one leg at the time, just like they do. You’re approachable and just a tweet away.

Sin # 4: No Updates

Twitter is very much ‘pay-it-forward’ type of a deal. You have to engage in conversations, you have to contribute to the twitter audience, and you have to respond to those who seek you out. Again, it’s a social place. You have to be social. When someone is looking at your profile if they see no updates, chances are they

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By the mid 1990’s Paul Orberson has achieved what most of us can only dream of. He has made $1 million dollars a month for 22 consecutive months. At his peak, Paul was sponsoring between 50-55,000 yes, thousand, reps a month in his downline deserving what would follow him for years to come: a title of best network marketer who earned the most money in the shortest amount of time in the history of the industry. 

Paul did well, and as most us would do after that, he retired. 

He spent next 4 years enjoying the life and the fruits of his hard work. But after a while, Paul felt a strong need to give back to the industry that had given him so much. So in 2001 he created a company that representatives could use to achieve the success. 

This company is FHTM Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing. The company has been 100% private and debt free since the first day and according to Paul will stay that way. 

This company is one of a kind in a sense that is built not for the purpose of accumulated the profit but for the purpose of giving regular, everyday people a fair chance to succeed. 

The premise of the structure is that Fortune 500 companies like GE, TMobile, Verizon, Citibank, Dish Network, AT&T and so on spend millions of dollars a year on their marketing hoping to attract more new customers. Fortune brings loyal customers to these companies so in turn part of their yearly marketing budget is routed to Fortune and pass down to Fortune Reps. 

Fortune Reps get paid every month for service they already use in their daily lives: watching TV, talking on the phone, purchasing vitamins, skin care, etc. They get paid month after month, for as long as they use the services, while also getting paid on the unlimited number of customer usage within their downline. 

FHTM Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing has one of a kind payplan that keeps rewarding its representatives more and more with time for essentially doing the same work. The company has had 32 pay increases in the last 7 years of operation. 

The company is also known for its integrity and loyalty to the representatives. When Louisville KY found itself under a terrible winter storm, the company hired all-terrain vehicles which picked up employees from their homes and safely transported them to the corporate office in order for commission checks to be sent out on time to the representatives. Something you don’t hear every day. More…

1) Thinking that your top 3 people will always be your top 3 people. 

Sooner or later you will get to the point that you will have probably some 3 people that are your top producers. You will find yourself spending most of your time with and consequently it will be where you will pour most of your efforts in. However, life happens. Your top produces may get ‘tired’ and quit, they may think the grass is greener in a different NM company…things will happen and you will turn around one day and they won’t be there. You can’t chain them to your downline, nor realistically should you. What you can do is to be prepared. Be prepared mentally that you will lose them at some point, and be prepared strategically by always recruiting the next three superstars.

2) Quitting too soon. 

This business, as many others as well, experiences 95% attrition rate. That means that out of 100 people 95 will quit for one reason or another. But you, YOU need to stay in the game. Don’t worry about the people that quit. Because all you need to do is stay in the game long enough to see the success. All you need to do is 5% more than all the rest. If you quit, you will fail for sure. If you stubbornly stay – you will reach the success line. 

3) Giving Freebies 

We all have that broke-brother-in-law, 3rd cousin, or a great friend who we know could benefit from this business and we would do anything to help them get started. But the problem is they wouldn’t do much for themselves. So we tend to perform ‘charity work’ by sponsoring people ourselves and putting them in their downline. The problem with that is is that we’re awarding the wrong behavior, our free work gets to be expected, we work our fingers off, but all we usually get in the end is big disappointment. 

4) Babysitting 

Another big mistake I see a lot of people in the business are making is literally babysitting their team members. You have to understand that not everybody you sign up will work that business. For the life of me, I will never quite understand it, but people sign up for the strangest reasons. Least of all is to really create something out of it. If you have to call them every morning to motivate them to get up, to pump them up for every call, to push them to attend the meetings and conferences – it ain’t worth it – as they would say here in good ole Texas. If the money does not motivate them, you’re out of luck with those. Your time and effort is better spent with people who really deserve it. 

I literally rubbed my shoulders with some super incredible people like:

Paul Orberson, one of the most successful network marketers ever to have participated in the industry – the first network marketer to have made $1million a month for 22 consecutive months, with some over 55,000 new reps joining his downline every month.

Also, Darren Hardy, Publisher & Editorial Director of Success Magazine, who embodies success: an entrepreneur since age 18, he was a self-made millionaire by 27.

And last but not least Peter Lamas, Founder and Chairman of Lamas Beauty International, the beauty advisor to the Hollywood stars.

I know it sounds like a cliché but I have no other words to describe it as it was really a life-changing event.

I have heard many speakers of all kinds in my life, but these people are some of the most down to earth, wholesome, good people.

In this business companies use people to build them up, in this company, people get to use company to build them up. Something I have not seen so far.

What a breath of fresh air.

They are nothing less than different.

Incredible…I just got back from a super powerful conference in San Antonio.

I got to meet and listen to an incredible entrepreneur Darren Hardy, Publisher & Editorial Director of Success Magazine, who embodies success: an entrepreneur since age 18, he was a self-made millionaire by 27.

Over the years he kept a journal with the greatest discoveries he found about achieving success through his life and through interviews of almost every super-entrepreneur known to us. He has some 30 books of secrets on the subject. And for our private group he reviewed and shared the few top ones.

I had a privilege to be in his presence and learn, and now I’m going to share it with my loyal readers.

Here it goes. These are my notes from his speech:

One of the biggest questions in the success arena is what makes someone successful? What determines that level of success? You can have two people with same tools, same opportunities, and same amount of hours in a day, yet one has achieved a huge success and the other has not. What is the difference? Where does it come from?

• Most attractive attitude is passion.
• How do you ignite passion? It’s your reasons WHY. It’s the reasons you’re doing all this.
• Your mind is just like computer. What you put in, you will get out.

So here is what happens in our lives:

What you INPUT

Determines what you THINK

Which shapes what you EXPECT

Which in turn your mind longs to CREATE

All that you create = your LIFE

YOU are the cause of all of your outcomes. Your life is like a pool of water. If you work on one area of your life (ie business) it’s like standing in the pool of water pushing water to that one side. But once you stop striking, the water will go back to it’s original level.

The only way you can increase the level of the water in any particular corner is to put more water in the pool.

The only way you can increase the success in any area of your life is to first work on YOU. YOU affects everything around you.

The TOP 3 secrets to success Darren shared with us:

1) Success is simply a formula

a. Decide what you want

b. Figure out the skills needed

c. Learn the formula

d. Practice – a lot

e. Achieve mastery in those areas

2) Learn to love failing

a. The only path to success is through failure

b. Nature demands you pay the price of entry

c. The key to success is massive failure

3) Consistency wins EVERY time

The commitment is a promise long after the mood in which it was made is gone.

Remember: Success is not always easy, but it’s always simple.

And that, my friends, is stragiht from the man who knows success.

What was the most valuable success tip you’ve ever learned?

There is a lot of buzz on the street lately about ‘Attraction Marketing’. There is also a huge lack of truly understanding it.

Here is what I’m talking about:

Attraction Marketing is about ‘attracting’ people to you. Creating the environment in which people see you as a leader, as a credible person, who they can trust, who they can connect with, and who they like and would like to work with.

Now let me level with you on something:

I get about 80-100 messages every day from people I do not know and I never gave permission to; about their opportunity that I’m not even looking for, that they want me to join, for reasons they think are valid…it’s out right ridiculous. You know what happens with all those emails? I delete them before I even open them.

You know what else? All the network marketers I spoke to about it, do the same thing: they delete them before they even read them.

Attraction marketing is based on relationships. The ‘attraction’ part is what makes it work.

I have people all day long, every day, leaving me messages on my sites pitching the opportunity I am already part of.

How do YOU know I need it? How do YOU know I don’t already have it?

Let’s examine that for a moment. That means that they NEVER bothered to get interested in ME. To see what I am all about. What am I involved in? How would their opportunity make my life better? What do I need help with? Why would I as a prospect want to have anything to do with them?

That would be like doctor making house calls and pitching ALL the people the SAME medicine, regardless if they are sick or not, and if they have allergic reaction to it or not!!!!

Imagine that circus!!!

Well that is what is happening in internet marketing with thousands and thousands of people. There is an industry term for it: they call it “puking” and trust me it’s not a label you want to earn.

When you show up at the party, you can’t jump up on a table and start screaming: I have the best home business opportunity and you all need to sign up right now. Get in the line…blah…blah…blah…They will throw you out.

Same applies with internet marketing.

You have to create relationships before you can sell people things, or your organization will never prosper.

Relationship, relationships, relationships.

You have to build the YOU, inc. You have to create the credibility, you have to get people to like you and trust you. Only than you can be successful in this business. For that matter…in any business….

You have to represent a value to your prospect; otherwise they will NOT have a compelling need to sign up with you.

If you can make a true difference in other people’s lives, you will not have any problems enjoying the huge profits from it.

What do you find most challenging in applying attraction marketing strategies?