In order to build a real business you must have Duplication In Network Marketing . Duplication is fundamental to achieve any real success in your business growth.  Duplication is the traction that creates your business growth.  With the right duplication system you will create incredible success in your network marketing, mlm business.

Simply defined duplication means to make an exact copy of the original and to repeat over and over.  Duplicate in Latin means to double.  In network marketing and mlm, that is our goal.  You start with you, you double and now there are two, the two of you double and now you have four.  The four goes to eight, eight to 16, 16 to 32 and on and on until your ranks are going so quickly they are unstoppable.  Now I have to be honest in networking it is not a perfect geometric growth curve most of the time.  If you want to use the word doubling in your organization you must understand duplication.

The key to duplication in your business is training.  You have to keep in mind duplication works both ways the good and the bad.  If you duplicate all the wrong things your organization will never grow.  And example of the wrong way would be to just find new people, sign them up and forget them.  Good sponsors in network marketing and mlm take responsibility for the people they bring into the business.  They train them properly and support them well.  If you duplicate wrong your results will show it however if you duplicate properly your organization will grow strong and success will happen for everyone in your group.

In order to get positive duplication you will need to present yourself and approach your business as a model of a system everyone can duplicate.  Keep your system simple,be sure what you have setup can be done by virtually everyone.

Most of us have heard the phrase, If You Give A Man A Fish You Feed Him For A Day, but If You Teach A Man To Fish You Feed Him For A Lifetime.  That’s just what we do in network marketing we teach people to fish so there life can become abundant and full.

If you would like to discuss ways to start and build your own business please contact me…

Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

Today’s post is titled the key to multiplying your business recruiting by Payl J. Meyer.

It is obviously imperative that in building your business you must have:

* A desire to build the business,
* The confidence that you can build the business,
* The knowledge necessary to build the business,
* And, of course, a passion for the business.

Two major ingredients that I have used all my life in building marketing organizations are visualization and affirmations.

An affirmation is simply a positive declaration of something you believe to be true or something you expect to become true and desire to live by. Affirmations transform your thinking, your attitudes, and finally, your behavior.  Their impact on attitudes and behavior help to produce the results you desire.

The most effective affirmations are those you compose yourself.  They are based on your goals and describe the person you want to be, the things you want to do, and what you want to possess. When you repeat such affirmations, you build the needed internal confidence and determination to overcome obstacles, accomplish goals, and improve productivity.

To be successful in recruiting…

* You must realize and believe that recruiting is important!
* You must visualize yourself as a recruiter, and
* You must have some affirmations to speak to your sub-conscious mind until you have developed the thoughts and habits of a recruiter.

For Example:

o When I am watching a parade, I always think about recruiting each person as he or she marches by.
o When I am at a big event such as the Super Bowl, I have an incredible desire to get a hold of the microphone for just one minute. “If I were allowed just one minute with the microphone, out of the 80,000+ in the audience, I am sure that there would be at least 5,000 who would want to talk to me about my business. I could just give them my e-mail address and recruit them on the new internet system!”

Listed below are some examples of affirmations.

»» I am the Number One Recruiter in ___________! (Fill in the blank with your network marketing company)
»» I recruit “ten” people a month (include whatever number here is your goal).
»» I am a recruiting magnet.
»» Recruiting is the core of my business.
»» Today I will phone a referred recruit.  He/she will be waiting for my call, and they will join my team!
»» Recruiting is the lifeblood of my business.
»» I spend three-fourths of my time recruiting and training new associates.
»» I am building a huge team every minute of every day!
»» I do some recruiting every day – because it’s the key to success in this business!
»» I recruit the top people in all of __________. (Fill in your network marketing company’s name here).
»» I love talking to people about my business.
»» I love teaching others how to build their downline!
»» Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting…

Everybody should write his or her own affirmations.

Write them on 3×5 cards,
Print them in large, bold, print on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.
Tape them in various places around your office.
Put them in your personal planner.
Read them every day. They will stimulate you into action.

To your success,
Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

In networking teamwork can be the difference between success and failure. Take it from me it’s all about the team if you want to build a business for the long term.

Below is a  excerpt from a awesome book that I love called you can’t send a duck to eagles school. I encourage you to get this book for your library.

An excerpt from
You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School
by Mac Anderson

Not long ago, a friend sent me the story of “Old Warwick.” It brought a smile to my face, and I think it shares a wonderful lesson for every leader to learn.

A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to reach for the map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Thought he wasn’t injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help. “Warwick can get you out of that ditch,” said the farmer, pointing to an old mule standing in a field. The man looked at the decrepit old mule and looked at the farmer who just stood there repeating,

“Yep, old Warwick can do the job.” The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and the mule made their way back to the ditch. The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins, he shouted,

“Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!”

And the mule pulled that car right out of the ditch.

The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer, patted the mule, and asked, “Why did you call out all of those names before you called Warwick?”

The farmer grinned and said, “Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he believes he’s part of a team, he doesn’t mind pulling.”

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to obtain uncommon results.

Continued Success,
Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792

Here is a great article written by Stacia Hopkins on 4 reasons people fail in MLM. Some people won’t like this…but it has to be said.

There really are only 4 reasons people fail in this industry.  And only 4.

And I know that 99% of people want to blame some outside source…

“It was because my upline never helped me.”

“I just ran out of people to talk to.”

“I just didn’t have time or money or….or…or…”

Yeah yeah yeah.

Ug.

Here’s the truth.

Only 2 out of the 4 reasons people fail are outside causes.

Wanna know what they are?

1)      The company fails

2)      The team fails

Okay.  So if you have one of those “reasons” I’ll cut you a tinsey bit of slack.

Cuz the thing is…those 2 reasons are very easily fixed.

Watch.

1)      If your company fails…go join another one.

2)      If you team fails…go join another one.

And this time…make sure you study the company AND the team before you join!

(In case you missed it, this article by Natasha Nassar will help you pick the right company and team for you.)

Now on to the part that might really tick some people off.

Most of the time, people don’t fail because of the company or the team…it’s because:

3)      You aren’t coachable

4)      You are inconsistent or you QUIT

I know, I know. You’re coachable. Right?

Everyone thinks they’re coachable.

Dig deep.

Are you really?

If I asked you to change the way you talk to people on the phone…would you do it?

If I told you that your blog needed an overhaul, would you listen?

Anyway.

On to consistency.

How consistent have you been in your business?

Have you dedicated specific hours to actual, money-making activities?

Because, whether you like it or not, there are only 2 ways to make money in our industry:

1)      Sponsor someone yourself

2)      Help someone in your downline sponsor someone

What consistent activities are you doing to make sure that those 2 activities occur on a regular basis? (And no, sharpening your pencils and re-alphabetizing your leads list does not count. =)

I learned this week from a $100,000 per month earner:

“Treat your business as if you’ve invested a million dollars in it.”

Are you?

If you did invest a million dollars in it, I can almost guarantee you’d be coachable and consistent.

To your success,

Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

This article was written by Aaron Rashkin titled,  5 critical components of success  in business.

After building a 7 figure income from scratch in the past 24 months, there are 5 Components of Successful Entrepreneurship that I feel are critical in order to truly succeed in today’s marketplace.
I shared this information on my sister in law’s Internet Radio Show called Nothing But the Truth with Anh Vu on Money Mondays, so just in case you missed the show LIVE, here are my notes:

#1 – Know Exactly Why You Want to be an Entrepreneur

Your reasons for wanting to be successful have to be much more than just “making money”.

Now of course making money is great but you must know exactly why you want to make a lot of money.

It could be that you want more free time for yourself, or time w/ your spouse, or kids.

Or perhaps you want a more flexible schedule to do whatever you want, like workout everyday or travel, or take more vacations.

Or perhaps you want to pay off your bills or become free from debt and reduce the fear, stress or anxiety that you feel from financial pressures and obligations.

Or… maybe you have a much bigger vision that includes restoring water for a 3rd world country or perhaps building a chain of fitness centers around the world, or perhaps even helping to find a cure for cancer through extensive monetary contributions for research.

Ultimately, whatever your reasons for wanting to be a successful entrepreneur, as long as those reasons are bigger than the challenges that you will encounter along the way, you will always have the edge over your competition when it comes to making your dreams come true.

Now I don’t like to tell people what to want or what to do – I will only share here what I wanted and what I did to get it.

Me personally, my goal was to start working for myself part time, so that eventually, I could go full time.

Then, my goal was to work only part time – but make a full time income.

Sometimes, part time even means “no time”, because there have been times that  I don’t work at all, for days, even weeks, if I don’t want to, or even can’t, as was the case of when I was in the hospital earlier this summer and needed extra recovery time when I returned home to my family.

In the wake of “no time”, my wife & I are still able to earn many thousands of dollars on a daily basis, whether we work on our business or not.

And yes, this is a part of what we wanted to achieve when we first got started – to work less, but earn more, so that we could spend more time together and with our 2 boys, Carter & Legend.

As you will read below, this is only possible when you know how to automate and create leverage through different processes within your business, which is exactly what Sophia & I have done in the past 2 years.

But back on track here, Critical Component of Successful Entrepreneurship #1 – Know exactly why you want to be self employed.

#2 – Find a Great Mentor or Mentors

This Critical Component of Successful Entrepreneurship is often overlooked, most often by new Entrepreneurs, so, to put a stop to it right now, you want to pay close attention to this one if you are just getting your feet wet in starting your own business.

First of all, you must understand that it’s not the duty of your mentor to struggle for you, but ensure you that you struggle is absolutely worthwhile.

And struggle you will at first – unless you are one of those rare people who enter into entrepreneurship “ego-less”.

Truth be known that very few people get started that way, but learn quickly that “ego” is the #1 culprit that robs most people from the very opportunities that their mentor is showing them.

But let’s get back on track in regards to finding a great mentor.

Here’s a short list of what you should look for when selecting a mentor:

A) Your mentors should have already achieved what you are looking to achieve yourself.

It could be income, lifestyle, or both.

It could be relationships, skills or perhaps even contacts.

Don’t just randomly pick any old person to be your mentor because you like them.

It’s like they say in Hollywood, “Success is not about Show friends – that’s why it’s called show Business!”, so treat your business like a business and select a great mentor to help light your path.

B) Make sure that your mentor in business, is still IN business.

Far too often, people who have had success, stop building their business to teach others how to succeed.  They start coaching programs and sell information products and this is great, but if they are not also building their primary business that made them successful, this is called “Management Mode”.

The problem with “Management Mode” is that with the ever changing landscape of the marketplace, the economy and people’s wants, needs and desires, your mentor should be constantly learning or they will fall behind and teaching you strategies that don’t work the same way today, as they did years, months, even weeks ago.

You don’t want to work with a “One Hit Wonder” that made some money back in the ’90s and now claims to know what is working today.

I see this far too often, where people hire mentors who never even really had success.

Make sure to do your research and find out if what your mentor is going to teach you, they made their fortune putting into practice, not just theory.

#3 – Choose Your Product Wisely

This is a Critical Component for several reasons.

First, make sure the Business / Product that you are marketing is in alignment with your own interests & passions.

In other words, you won’t just be working for a “living”, but for a loving!

And it will show in every way imaginable.

Because if you don’t love what you are doing, don’t have fun doing it and don’t enjoy yourself, your prospects will pick up that and find someone else to buy from.

You also want to make sure that your product is as close to whats hot on the market as possible. If you start selling vinyl records, unless you cater to an old school DJ marketplace, your probably not going to make a lot of money.

Find out what’s selling in today’s market, what people are searching for and buying no matter what the economy is doing or not, and see if it’s something that you like, enjoy or can be passionate about.

This is how fortunes are made – by doing some smart research.

#4 – Choose Your Vehicle Wisely

First, the vehicle you choose should offer you the ability to automate and leverage it’s systems and processes so that you can take off, travel, take a vacation or do whatever you want to do and never have to worry about not getting paid.

In other words, the business you choose should be able to make you lots of money and work for you, even when you don’t want to.

Plus, you want to choose the right vehicle to market your products or service because without the right vehicle, you limit yourself to what’s called Linear Income.

This means that if you work, you get paid. But if you don’t work, you don’t get paid.

When you can walk away from your business and still make money, you have Leveraged Income, which in turn, creates Lifestyle! This is when you have plenty of income coming in, repeatedly, and all the time in the world to enjoy it, while it continues to grow.

Some business models or vehicles that you can choose from include, Direct Selling, Multi-Level Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, ECommerce, Retail Sales and/or Distribution.

Each has its own pros & cons, advantages & disadvantages

And finally you want to pick a great vehicle when it cones to products and/or services you market and sell because you can be the best race car driver on the track, meaning you are great at what you do, but be in the slowest car in the race.

You’ve got to look at market trends and the state of the economy and find out what people want and are buying right now. Plus, with the US Dollar on the fall, make sure you pick a productline or service that pays you right now – not in months or years.
It’s called “Get Paid Today”, because your dollar is worth more today than it will in the next 3-5 years while the Devaluation of the American Dollar takes place.

#5 – Personal Growth & Development

This happens to be my personal favorite Critical Component and factor when it comes to being successful.

A lot of people think this is a bunch of crap, but the truth is, you will never out perform your own self image.

And typically, those people who think that personal growth & development is a bunch of crap, usually their lives are a bunch of crap.

Maybe not easily detected on the outside, but like me many years ago, on the inside there is probably a giant tornado ripping right through them whether they admit it or not.

And their bank account balance… their ego is probably bigger than their bank account.

In other words, your personal income will never exceed your personal growth.

Remember, your real product is people, so learn more about people and you will have just learned more about the real product that you market.

Start with yourself.

Read great books.

Listen to CDs and/or DVDs.

Attend LIVE Events.

Model great people and surround yourself with those who have what you want.

Be a great observer.

Be honest.

Stay humble.

And develop high levels of Integrity.

As you develop into a better leader & communicator, so will your income grow as well.

Just remember that you are exactly where you are supposed to be, so if you don’t like where you are starting, you can finish very differently.

Your future does not have to equal your past.

Personal Growth & Development is truly the key to your success!

So, my friend, there you have my 5 Critical Components to Successful Entrepreneurship.

To your success,

Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

Here is a wonderful article on leadership and team building, called Secrets Of Successful Teams by Chris Widener. This will help you in building your productive teams.

To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time we achieve our successes as part of a team. That is why I want to devote this issue to the secrets of successful team.
We are all part of teams. Our family is a team. Our place of work is a team. The community groups we belong to are teams. Sometimes we are the team leader or “coach,” while other times we fulfill the role of follower, or “player.” It is so important then for us to understand teams and how they work, especially those who achieve success – the achievement of their desired goal.

In my life I have been on some successful teams, and some not so successful teams. This includes both athletically as well as professionally. When I was growing up, I worked for seven years with the Seattle Supersonics, our local National Basketball Association team. They were at times unsuccessful, and, in 1979, my second year working there, the most successful team in the league, winning the World Championship. I have been able to see firsthand what makes the difference between the unsuccessful teams and the successful ones.

Here are some principles that I know, when implemented on a regular basis, can turn any lackluster team into an outstanding one! These principles can be applied to your family, your business, your organization, and yes, your sports team. Enjoy.

Communication/Leader

The leader needs to communicate the vision. If they are setting the pace, they need to let people know where they are going so that the team can follow. The coach always does a pre-game talk, laying out the vision.

The leader communicates the vision frequently, so as to always be updating the team as to where they are at and what changes need to be made. The coach doesn’t relegate the direction he gives to the pre-game, he coaches and communicates all the way through the game.

Team

Watch a good basketball team. They are talking to each other all of the time. Helping one another out, encouraging one another, praising one another, and telling each other how they can make changes so the same mistakes aren’t made again. The same is true of successful teams in the professional world and in life in general.

Excellence

The truly great teams are teams that are committed to excellence. In everything they do, their goal is to achieve at the highest level. And this commitment is held throughout the team and at every level. A successful team cannot have members who are not committed to excellence because in the end they will become the weak link.

Followership

If you want a fascinating read, pick up The Power of Followership, by Robert Kelley. The author basically makes the point that the secret to getting things done lies not only in great leadership, but in how well the rest of the people, 99% of the team, follow the leadership. Good teams are filled with people who are committed to following and getting the job done.

Understanding Roles

Pardon the Chicago Bulls analogy, but it is so clear. When the game was on the line, with only one shot left, everyone, the coaches, the players, the 20,000 people watching in the stadium, and millions watching on TV, knew who would shoot the last shot. That was Michael Jordan’s role.

Every team works best when the members of the team have clearly defined and understood roles. Some do one thing, others do another. One isn’t better or more important than the other, just different. When teams operate out of their strengths and their roles, they win.

Strengths and Weaknesses

This brings me to strengths and weaknesses. Every team member has strengths and weaknesses. The successful teams are those who on a regular and consistent basis enable the members to operate out of their strengths and not out of their weaknesses. And what is one person’s strengths will cover another’s weakness. This is teamwork, enabling all of the bases to be covered.

Fun

The team that plays together stays together. Is your team all work and no play? If you’re smart, that will change. Get your team out of the office once a month and go have some fun. Enjoy one another. Enjoy life. It will bring a sense of bonding that can’t be made even in “winning.”

Common Goals and Vision

I have found that these need to have three aspects. Short, simple and clear. Can you say it in less than 30 seconds? Is it simple? Can you and others understand it? Does the team all know what they are working together for?

Appreciation

All through the “game,” successful teams appreciate one another and show it in a variety of ways. The coach shows it to the players, the players show it to the coach, and the players show it to one another.

Here is a “Successful Teams” Checklist for you to evaluate with.

Is there communication between coach and players and from player to player?

Is your team committed to excellence?

Do those on the team know what it means to follow?

Does everyone on my team know their specific role?

Do the individuals on our team regularly operate out of their strengths as opposed to their weaknesses?

Does our team take a break from time to time to just have fun together?

Do we understand our common goals and vision? Can we all state it (them)?

Is there a sense of and communication of genuine appreciation among my team?

To Your Success,

Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

If you are in network marketing or you are interested in pursing a network marketing career please contact me on an incredible opportunity.

Have you ever heard this in your business.. You need Tools, Tools, Tools.. Don’t get trapped into thinking you need all this stuff to be successful. I agree some tools are great to have but you don’t need them all. The most important thing you need is your image. You should also have your own personal auto responder, but don’t fall victim to the tool trap.

Here is a great video by Kim Shahan that illustrates the point.

To your success,
Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com
If you are in network marketing or you are interested in pursing a network marketing career please contact me on an incredible opportunity.

This is a great and creative marketing idea that works. I used this for many years in traditional business.

How an Object Can Travel the World That Cost You Ten Cents

In today’s age there are websites and companies that are going online daily. Many of these websites that are going live are new entrepreneurs that have the idea of owning their own online business. As more and more of these entrepreneurs get online they are in need of the same thing as everyone else…traffic! Just like a traditional business needs foot traffic or customers walking through them, an online business needs traffic as well. While I have been an online entrepreneur and do much marketing online that we are all familiar with like article marketing, video marketing, and PPC. This is not one of those types of marketing strategies; this is one outside the internet arena.

People Steal These All the Time

What I consider one of the most powerful marketing tools you could invest in is one that people get stolen all the time. It is something that you always need many times a day and most people have hundreds of them around the office or home. It is a pen! A pen is an item that many people borrow but never give back, and it could potentially travel the world within a week or two. I really think that would be an interesting documentary. What if a tracking device was installed in a pen to see where it went? Think of the last time you lent a pen out and never got it back. Think if that pen had advertising on it for you business, how powerful could that be and how far could it go?

Where Could it End Up?

Now if you have the mindset like I do and also many other entrepreneurs, we think BIG. You have always got to think BIG or otherwise you will get left behind. Okay, follow me here….

You buy one hundred ball point pens for ten dollars, and you find a way to leave two in public reach for about 45 days. You have now got 90 traveling silent advertiser for you business, and what did you have to do….not much. Your pen has the potential to be in hundreds of different people’s hands by the end of the month. This will leave you with about 10 extra pens to do other things with.

Can You Follow the Pen?

Where does it go? Ok, say you are taking your spouse out to dinner at Applebee’s in Kansas City, MO. At the end of the dinner your waitress brings you the bill and a pen. You could accidentally switch her pen with one of your business pens or her leave her both. You then leave after signing the bill of course and then the rest of the night other patron’s are using your pen. Let’s say one patron is a school teacher that takes the pen and then it takes it to work with her the next day. Then she accidentally leaves it in the teachers’ lounge. The pen is then used by a few other teachers and one picks it up with all their papers and takes it to their night class. They just so happen so happen to sit next to someone who forgot their pen, and it is passed off as a “favor.”

This is Where it Gets Fun…

The fellow student that borrowed the pen as a “favor” takes it home and lays it on the counter at night. The next morning the fellow student’s spouse takes it to work at their car rental business. The spouse rents a car to a traveling business man from Hawaii. This business man “borrows” the pen only to slide it into his pocket; never to be returned. He gets back to his hotel for the night and looks at the pen, and then goes to your website. After being on the run for 14 hours he is tired and throws your pen in his briefcase. The next day he hops back on a plane to Hawaii to meet up with one of his business partners in Maui. It just so happens that his businesses partner is originally from Japan and travels home once every two months to see his mother. During the quick 30 minute meeting at the airport, his business partner “borrows” the pen and is off to Japan.

So What Did It Cost You?

Following the pen through about ten different people, the pen cost you ten cents and ten people wrote with it. If you know human nature like I do, they read the writing- we are all very inquisitive. Ok, I agree it cost you a dinner with your spouse, but you needed to do that anyways. So breaking this equation down into getting your business in front of people could be as low as one cent a person.

What Am I Doing?

I am reaching out to a great friend of mine, Ronni Sherman, which owns Creative Images or actually Cre8iveimages . I will tell you first of all, Ronni is a high class lady that considers customer service her top priority and goes the extra ten miles for every client. With Ronni’s business she not only offers pens but also:

Bags
Breath mints
Adhesive notes
Caps
Calendars
Golf balls
Badges
Buttons
Water bottles
And so much more!!!

So what I am trying to tell you is quite simple. A great way to get your company name out in the world at a low cost is promotional products.

If you are truly tired of the mundane 70+ hour work week, lost time with the family and feel there has to be a better way – I’m here to tell you there is !

This Article was written by Robert David Strong.

To your Success,

Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com

If you are in network marketing or you are interested in pursing a network marketing career please contact me on an incredible opportunity.