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The MLM Conspiracy

I’ve been spending the weekend doing some research on our industry and I tell you what; it just seems to get more and more confusing here!! Talk about confused.com (An annoying advert here in the UK)

Everyone and his brother is claiming to be an ‘expert’ and whichever internet route I meandered through to learn more about attraction marketing I just kept coming up against ‘conspiracy theories.’ We have the ‘The 7 great lies of network marketing’ and all of those ominous sounding google ad words adverts that go with these endless conspiracies. You know the ones.. all about your nasty upline and what he or she doesn’t want to tell you. Golly and those upline guys seemed so genuine in every other way…. Is it possible these people are living a wicked double MLM life?

I absolutely love the principles of attraction marketing but all of this hype saddens me and confuses the socks off all the newbies. Not to leave it there though as the plot thickens. For those who can’t implement the ideas in Anne Sieg’s Renegade Marketer e book right off the bat, there is a next step… (Of course) Mike Klingler who seems like a pretty genuine and good guy to me, has come up with something called the ‘Renegade University’ which helps one learn how to implement the geeky stuff discussed in her book. It all looks pretty cool but of course what everyone seems to forget to mention is just how looooooooooooooooooooooong this stuff takes to implement. I was reading one of the mentor’s blogs and she wrote that it took her 6 weeks to set her site up. 6 weeks!!

If that’s not your cup of tea well you can always sign up with a secondary MLM as well, to ‘compliment it.’ That’s if you haven’t got your work cut out with the first one! Also don’t forget to check the company rules of your primary MLM because many don’t allow it, but the ‘online guru’ may forget to mention that as it would get in the way of income streams.

We have people in our industry whom reach the top level of the pay plan in 3 months. Is it just me or does the geek route sound like a recipe for showing someone how to get into the rat race?!! On paper, or on the screen, these systems of course always look really impressive with testimonials of guys sponsoring 10-50 reps a month. I’m not sure about you, but personally (i.e. personal enrolees…) I don’t think I could handle 50 reps signing up whom I have attracted to me because of my amazing IT and teaching skills. Of course I would always have to be on call as well. I have declared myself to be their saviour and superhero for all things they can’t understand or work out on their blog. (Lord help me – please don’t let it be a Word press or I’m stuffed! It’s all I can do to run my own.) So that kind of messes with my 4 Hour Work Week mentality!! Sorry Tim. In this industry if we build it once and build it right, we’re promised walk away income and freedom to travel the world with 24/7 residual cheques while we sleep. I don’t recall signing up to be an IT support engineer do you? Or perhaps a Virtual Assistant would be more on the money. I would certainly need to get outsourcing ASAP!! (I didn’t want the hassle of employees though did I?)

I have ranted slightly on my blog about this before because it irritates me that these guys use negatives to draw people into their own names’ list. They use standard adverts and really have no idea what each company or sponsorship line is teaching, but lump them all together in one ‘old school’ pile. I hear now they are under fire from the DSA for exactly this reason. If only they would go about implementing these new principles with more finesse that wouldn’t be necessary, but they seem to live and die by the philosophy that they are single-handedly saving the MLM world from the upline demons who don’t want to work on the internet all day, and insist on actually talking to people they know and trust about their business. Honestly whatever next?

The irony is that there are great principles and systems contained within both styles of marketing. To cut out the basics is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Likewise to say attraction marketing working doesn’t work is just plain silly. The guys who moan they ‘don’t know anyone’ when they do their warm list will be the equivalent of the guys who moan ‘I don’t know how to do all this IT stuff.’ The point being this is a challenging industry where we need to talk to people in one way or another. What concerns me is that many of the timid ‘I don’t know anyone’ people are hiding behind their computers, building websites and have been in the business with their new company (whilst their wicked sponsor calls them repeatedly, trying to work out why they haven’t exposed their exciting business to even one person yet) for months without getting into action. Meanwhile they are spending money faffing about learning social book marking and watching more gurus’ videos. By the time these poor folk work out how to generate a lead they’ll have lost heart and talked themselves out of their opportunity.

So what’s the secret? As one of my very successful and surprisingly truthful (!!) upline said, ‘there are no secrets when there is a pay plan this good as there is no benefit to stopping your people doing well.’

If you’re still sharpening your pencil, picking up that heavy phone and putting it down again (after giving it a quick polish) and in confused.com land… I recommend not reading every conspiracy report that comes your way. It is a basic principle of this industry that mindset is a key element to your success, and so therefore dwelling on what you don’t have cannot be a positive thing. The sensible and sane thing to do is to follow the basic plan from your successful sponsorship line which is active in the field today and (most companies don’t have one so don’t be confused by those glossy brochures) Your warm list may be of great value to you and the people on it need to be told what you’re doing and given an opportunity to review a 3rd party tool. (Note 3rd party tools deliver the business message instead of you begging, pleading and whining!) Then you can focus on meeting new people as you go about your life, and learning the very complex strategies needed for online attraction marketing. The point being that you are already in action, whilst you learn. If you’re not excited enough to whiz over a video link to a friend to let them know what you’re doing then maybe you should rethink your career path!

The 3 foot rule does not exist anymore except for MLM psychopaths… this is a relationship business and if you focus on expanding your network both on and offline you will be moving in the right direction to becoming a Professional Network Marketer. Social Networking has opened up a whole new world for those who want to build online but also to keep it simple.

If you want to advance beyond the basics then I favour Mike Dillard’s attraction materials because in a confusing world they are simple to obtain and easy to absorb. They are also very good value for money, and Mike spreads a positive message. For more info on Magnetic Sponsoring and how you can apply it to the business of your choice click here:



Happy Networking until next time
Rachel

4 Hour Work Week Prospecting For Your MLM

So there I was in Eilat for 5 days, the idyllic holiday town nestling on the Red Sea on the southern point of Israel. I was keen to indulge in the pleasures Eilat has to offer; exquisite beaches, snorkelling (ok that’s not my scene but the kids love it!) and of course swimming, and grilling myself in the intense sunshine, after a chilly winter in the UK. On the other hand, as Anthony Robbins would say, it is inner civil war because I also wanted to maintain momentum in my Network Marketing business!

In preparation for my 3 week trip I’d been implementing some of the Four Hour Work Week principles and had been practicing checking my email only twice a day. Have to be honest though, I fail miserably in this and have come out the closet and admit that I have a serious email addiction, although on holiday with pc access limited I could actually adhere to these harsh disciplines and sometimes only checked my email every couple of days. (Gasp!!)

I had my laptop with me for whenever it was possible to use it so I could be in touch with the team via Skype or email every couple of days quite easily. I had my mobile for emergencies so I figured that side of things was covered. Hmmmmm …. But what about my prospecting? I know from experience what a mistake it is to let your ‘funnel’ empty completely because it is far harder to get momentum going from a complete standstill than it is to just keep it humming along.

No internet connection for my laptop in this cutesy hotel so I was working against the clock. Literally!! 10 shekels for 30 minutes and the timer was on. I managed to get into a little routine. Every morning after a full Israeli breakfast which makes British fry ups look quite shameful in comparison I would head out to commandeer my place in the hotel lobby and start my 30 minute prospect against the clock session!! It’s far easier than one might think really. Actually not much different than when I’m at home except that I was actually time efficient and couldn’t keep going into the kitchen to make cups of tea.

My usual goal is to invite 2-3 prospects each day to review my opportunity. Sometimes I spend the time generating new contacts to add to my list, others it just flows and I do 2-3
‘exposures’ as we call them in our company. Sounds quite rude really but is actually a very methodical process of inviting people to review a video. Goodness we even have a tracking facility these days where we know exactly what, or rather where, our prospects are up to! Ever since we got that it’s ruined me a little bit for sending out hard copies because then I need to call them to find out if they have reviewed, as opposed to knowing in advance. Well it has been said that I can be a bit of a control freak!

The pool was calling and the clock was ticking and my mouse click clicked through my emails and profiles. The trick is to completely ignore everything that is not of relevance to generating or following up with prospects in those 30 minutes. If you start replying to Aunt Matilda, and looking at Cousin Sarah’s new baby photos in the home feed of Facebook you’ve had it I’m afraid. No can do!!

Just from the friend requests and emails from Facebook, Plaxo, Ecademy and Linked In I found myself with a steady stream of possible candidates to review my video. The liberating thing about having a deadline is that you just can’t mess about. Straight to the point and on to the next. Anyone can do this kind of prospecting with the phenomenon of Social Networking threatening to overwhelm us with sheer numbers of possible networks to be involved in, and ways to contact people online.

Before you whiz off on holiday be sure to build up your profiles on your chosen networking sites so that they are of interest to visitors and will entice them to want to connect with you. Let your personality shine through and add some applications that interest you and will attract people with similar interests. That way you will never run out of candidates who become friends and/or business contacts. Some of these people will join you in your business. (If you are nice of course!!)

Don’t be tempted to change your ‘system’ just because you’re away from home. Online networking knows no location. It is absolutely irrelevant to your new prospect where you are based that week. We went from Eilat to Jerusalem to Tiberias and back to Jerusalem and I’m quite certain that my prospects neither new nor cared where my internet connection was. That fits completely with my vision of working from a lap top under a palm tree. (And I don’t mean the one that has mysteriously flourished in my cold British garden either!!)

Keep up the tempo, let all the stuff that isn’t important pile up in your inbox and just stick to the basics. I recommend 30 minutes ‘work’ done, preferably in the morning, as I found that the most efficient way of working and it didn’t interfere with my afternoon siesta and early evening cocktail habit!! On top of that of course you will have a prime opportunity for making contacts in the ‘real world’ and exchanging business cards which you can follow up on later.

Warning!!! Don’t try this when you have just started or are still quite new in your business because it can seriously damage your mental health, and the momentum created from launching your business may disappear in a puff of smoke, never to be seen again. You need a solid foundation before you can downgrade to temporarily working 30 minutes per day, and this should not be sustained for long periods unless your volume is so bullet proof that your downline don’t care whether you ever work again, and you are already an MLM Rock star!
So did I make the 4 Hour Work Week? Just about but I have to confess that when relaxing by the sea of Galilee, which is absolutely hands down the most gorgeous water I have ever swam in, I got cold turkey as there was no internet connection for my laptop and I didn’t discover the computer in the lobby until I checked out! Still on a bright note it forced me to get to grips with my Blackberry and actually download emails (which for some bizarre reason I hadn’t done in the whole year since I bought it for that very reason) and guess what? Yes you got it. These days we can even connect to Facebook on a Blackberry. So how does it go? ‘Dear John…. I don’t know if this will be something for you but I do think you need to check it out…..’

If you enjoyed this post stay tuned for the next one about prospecting on a shoe string budget. Find out how I kicked my former ‘advertising habit’ that cost me £300-£500 per month with my former company, prior to being taught by the pros how to network and business build without having to re-mortgage the house.

MLM is Easy!

Today it suddenly occurred to me that there are very few elements of my MLM business that are not easy to do. If that is the case, I pondered, why does it take some people so long to get their heads in the right place to become successful in this industry?

I wondered about this for some time and it has indeed been in the back of my mind for an extremely long time. And then it came to me like a flash of light….what the industry gurus and icons have said over and over again is absolutely true. It is not the destination - It is the journey. Of course that is it. That is the reason that so many people with amazing promise join this industry only to underfulfill their potential.

The business is simple. Or at least it should be. My previous business with another company was anything but simple and in fact was a full time job so I had little time to occupy myself with soul searching. I was too busy dealing with customers calling me up to tell me about their bowel movements and the weekly measurements of their thighs! Well I am eternally grateful for no longer having to deal with that but now that I have time on my hands with an effective business model that doesn’t require every hour of my day just to keep it running, dare I say it? I have become an MLM philosopher!

Anyway getting back to the point. As long as we have a business model that is simple to duplicate and is repetitive by its very nature all we need to do is invite people to check out our opportunity by reviewing a DVD or whatever, follow up with them, and help them to get started and to repeat the process if it is right for them. Easy hey? Especially with all the 3rd party tools we can utilise these days, and the incredible technology at our fingertips. No more driving round town just to get a new team member started. In fact there isn’t really all that much to do at all so why do people make it so difficult?

It’s all about what’s going on in our personal lives and our heads. It’s all about feeling motivated and being able to continue with revenue producing activities even though we may be feeling really bad about what’s going on with a member of our family, or about our partners. There are so many things to do with the children and so many minutaie to take care of on a daily basis that it is the easiest thing in the world to just allow ourselves to get distracted.

I fall prey to these distractions also and have to work very hard on myself to stay productive in my network marketing business. The way to keep MLM easy is to spend time every day working on ourselves so that we can keep that million dollar attitude which fuels us to operate the business in a super productive way. One hour a day spent working on our business with a million dollar attitude is worth more than 5 hours just going through the motions so I highly recommend setting aside at least 30 minutes each morning to read or listen to some kind of personal development, whether industry related or not.


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How Useful Is 3 Way Calling For Your MLM?

3 way calling is a key skill that in some network marketing systems is completely overlooked. Here are the reasons why I use 3 way calling on a regular basis and classify it as one of the key Rainmaker activities that deliver growth in my organisation.

Where is that place in between travelling all round town to meet with your downline and their prospects and between leaving them all to themselves to fend off the ‘forces of evil’ and try to enrol people into their business entirely on their own. No matter what anyone tells you at some point you need to pick up the telephone to connect with your prospect and provide the human element. Even the master attraction marketer, Mike Dillard, encourages this. The only time you’ll enrol someone into a serious network marketing programme that is not one of those free deals or under $50 deals will be if a deadly serious prospect is looking for your opportunity and by whatever means they have reviewed the information online and have deduced that you can connect them up correctly for success. Other than that forget it…..

You will need to TALK to your prospect! You will need to learn about them and why they are looking for a home-based business. This is where the 3 way call comes into the picture as a major player. I have read some weird and uneducated opinions about what 3 way calling is supposed to be about but here is how it works for us with the Randy Gage Team:

1)Enables our team members to introduce their prospect to their business partner who has experience and has achieved success in the business even if they have themselves only joined 24 hours ago.

2)Shows the team member instead of tells them how to do the business in real life and how to talk to their prospects.

3)They can edify the upline leader which gives them credibility, and in turn the upline leader edifies the team member as someone who is serious about their business and an asset to the team.

4)Introduces the prospect to a system and training infrastructure that helps them feel confident about joining our TEAM if it is right for them.

5)Adds a much needed ‘human element’ to an increasingly automated business.

6)Eliminates the deathly fear that a new team member often has by provided professional coaching and support as they grow into a leadership role themselves.


What the 3 way call is not:

A pressure tactic to introduce people who are not looking to be introduced.
A way to take credibility from the team member and place it further up the chain.
The upline’s job to sign up the prospect. The call is handed back to the team member who then takes the next step in the process.

I don’t know about you but my major purpose is to build an ever expanding and increasing network of empowered business partners who are able to function without me. I want to work myself out of a job and the only way to do that is to provide real life leadership training.

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I Object To Dream Stealers and Negative MLM Campaigns!!

It has come to my attention lately that more and more wannabe online marketers are using a very negative spin on their adverts to attract prospects into their marketing funnel. Whilst I am in favour of innovative marketing and understand that shocking headlines attract more Google adword clicks than tame ones, I feel it must be pointed out that these dream stealing ex network marketers and copycat MLM gurus are casting a very unfavourable light on this wonderful industry and ultimately are shooting themselves in the foot.

Since I became a committed network marketer 5 years ago I have done everything possible to always build up and edify the industry so I find it extremely irritating that these guys are cashing in on every MLM company name out there, trying to position themselves as experts with all the answers whilst at the same time building their own list for their own supposedly magical business which is usually teaching people how to do MLM (even though they obviously didn’t make it themselves or they would be banking their passive income cheques and drinking out of a coconut as opposed to stealing reps from successful companies…) but in a much easier way because they never ‘have to pick up the phone.’ There are some strong words I could use to describe these dream stealers but I will resist using them in such pleasant blogging company!!

I just wish some of these earnest marketers would stick to what they know (I’m not sure what that is really though!) and just because they didn’t make it as MLM Rockstars in their company doesn’t mean others won’t. Instead of being positive ambassadors for the industry they sound like cheap losers who can only attract traffic to their site by attacking others.

Is it just me or does anyone else think that Google should regulate their advertisers’ copy more? Freedom of speech is one thing but the internet seems to have become a web of lies in some cases, and anything can be published without even passing it under the nose of the editor! How come these guys can get away with using trademark company names in their defamatory adverts? The adverts go something like this.. ‘Find Out The Truth About ‘Company X.’ It is laughable really because the same advert is running for most of the other company keywords which of course means that it is highly unlikely that the composer of the advert would know the truth if it jumped up and bit them on the nose!

I had a wonderful and enthusiastic new business partner join my team last month. It didn’t take too long before a do gooder friend sent her a report written by an evangelical ‘expert,’ about Pyramid Schemes which ridiculously included names of some of the billion $ companies which have been in business for years. Of course this expert is stuck in 1950s mode and conveniently hasn’t bothered to research the facts of the industry today. Still it amazes me that smart people spend their time writing such negative nonsense. In the report this expert derided the Direct Selling Association as if it was of no consequence at all!!

Why? Well I guess it helps that he earns royalties by playing to people’s fears with his negative work. I find it all very sad and hope that prospects evaluating the network marketing industry will be able to see through some of these thinly veiled attempts to simply syphon prospects into lists to market their business and services to, whilst stealing from under the prospect’s nose what could be their million dollar opportunity.

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Does Mike Dillard’s ‘Building on a Budget,’ do what it says on the tin?

Mike Dillard is well known for his ground breaking training materials in the arena of MLM attraction marketing. His Magnetic Sponsoring course has opened up a lot of doors (mostly in my mind!) and has shown me how to position myself as a leader in the industry and attract the right people into my organisation.


I was very interested to learn about his new course and although I wavered before purchasing because I’ve been going back to basics and sponsoring some really good people whom I actually already know…gasp…, I took the plunge. After all I know that readers are leaders and that even if there was one good tip in his course it would be worth every penny and can accelerate my business. I am careful to avoid distractions though as I have mentioned in previous postings.


The crisp and beautifully bound book arrived within a couple of days and I dove into it with glee. I am nothing if not a good student committed to lifelong learning! Settling down to read it, which is such a pleasant change from hunching over my laptop reading e books, I found that true to his word Mike delivered more than he promised.


The claim of the course or handbook is to teach us winning strategies to drive traffic to our websites on a budget of $500 or less. There is a whole chapter on using Video which even a technophobe like me could understand and follow. Other hot topics covered in detail are how to advertise your opportunity effectively on Craigslist including how to automate your advertising. Blogging is really the hot topic of the Web 2.0 wave and the book covers how to research and plan your blog, how to physically set it up and which blog platforms to use, how to brand yourself with your blog, how to drive traffic to your blog and the list goes on. For anyone thinking, ‘I should start a blog,’ this will inspire you into action.


Many other things are covered in the book and there is a bonus copy of his new monthly Newsletter, ‘The Magnetic Sponsoring Inner Circle,’ which reveals ‘the latest online marketing and recruiting secrets for Home Based Business Owners.’ As Mike so rightly says and as I have mentioned in my article ‘The Myths of Online Networking,’ the internet, and Web 2.0 changes so quickly that it is very difficult to stay on top of things. The newsletter will keep all serious online marketers up to speed in bite size pieces so that they won’t be the last to discover things that can drastically affect their online results. I particularly enjoyed the ‘Web 2.0 Traffic Secrets,’ and found that to be a very useful step by step guide.


The other awesome thing about the entire Magnetic Sponsoring ethos and service is that upon purchasing the book you receive an automatic membership to the affiliate programme which is a hassle free and profitable way to build your rolodex of Network Marketers, and to pay for your own education.


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Word of warning… Randy Gage, AKA the Millionaire Maker and my upline mentor, has some sage advice for us that I heed: He says to do online or other activities only ‘in addition to’ the basics. If your company has a strong duplicative system whereby you can grow your business month on month by teaching people to take a few simple actions then take care to follow that system. It is there for a reason. Online marketing takes a lot of consistent effort and many people joining your team may not have the time or the will to become online gurus.

The Myths of Online Network Marketing.

For the past year I have dabbled in online network marketing
with mixed results. I've found a few great team members
through working on the internet but for the most part I have
spent countless hours reading 'guru's reports and have come
to several conclusions that I would like to share with you
as follows:

There are many talented people teaching Network Marketing on
the internet but for the most part they are teaching instead
of doing. As a good friend of mine says, 'those who cannot
do, teach.' After reading some of these reports which have
been launched with such marketing hype I have found myself
sucked into the world of the marketer, totally buying
everything they say as I go along with them. At the end of
the report there is usually a call to action of some type,
as with any effective marketing. It often takes the form of
a study course of some description which will 'transform
your business' and you will never be the same again. Some of
these courses may cost as much as $2,000, $5,000 or even
$10,000. Usually you will receive many compelling emails
over the next few weeks explaining exactly why you need to
invest in them. Of course these marketers know that most
people prefer to learn than to take action so it is a
perfect recipe for the guru to profit and the desperate
network marketer to go broke.

The ironic thing about this is that many of these gurus talk
disparagingly about the heavy hitters' in your upline who
ruthlessly sell you DVDs and business tools to make money
from you the poor innocent victim team member. Almost in the
same breath they then very artfully move in for the kill
with their own products, which incidentally have very little
to do with your opportunity. The frustrating thing about
this is that people are then distracted away from their job
at hand and totally lose focus on their goal which should of
course be building their own residual income cheque, not
someone else's database!

This leads us into the new report by Rich Schefren about the
Attention Age doctrine. He quite correctly points out that
people are so distracted on the internet by an overload of
information that the online world today is so competitive
that one needs to work much harder to grab a prospect's
attention. I don't disagree with much of the information in
his report but as a sponsor who is committed to helping my
group develop their skills which are relevant to the
business they were introduced to I find it irritating that
so many of these gurus are offering solutions that quite
frankly involve spending a lot of money and offer a way to
create a business model or system which most team members
have neither the time nor the financial resources to be
getting involved with and is completely unrelated to the
business they have signed up for.

I have been a follower of Mike Dillard's Magnetic sponsoring
ethos and find his information newsletters useful and of
interest. The fact that Mike is such a compelling marketer
has of course led to a complete saturation of his materials
on the internet so that he has now changed his approach
which is interesting. His new Online Community is a way to
connect up with lots of other like minded people in our
industry. The catch 22 is that there are now thousands of
network marketers all trying to sponsor each other and
claiming to have a winning system for success. The reality
is that many of them wouldn't have the first clue how to
create a system that others can duplicate. It's all very
well being an 'expert' and being 'unique' and learning how
to create websites to attract people to you but what happens
when you bring someone into your business who has just 10
hours a week to build it and they are not very techno savvy,
nor do they have $1000 to spend on their education? They
have after all just paid to join your business with the
belief that you will be able to give them access to a
winning system. Unless you are a hi-tech whiz, at the most
you will have created a blog or your own website. What
system will you be passing on to your new recruit?

You may come full circle and discover 'The Death of Network
Marketing,' by Mike Filsaime and Ellie Drake. You may think
as I did, 'well it's alive and kicking where I am!' Of
course we are now recommended to spend hours in darkened
rooms with glazed eyes as we learn and apply the strategies
of Web 2.0. No sooner will we have mastered those techniques
and actually started exposing our business opportunity than
we will be told that Web 2:0 is dead and we'll need to sign
up for another report, order yet more courses and e-books
only to discover that we are going back to basics and are
now allowed to actually go out into the real world and
sponsor people over a cup of coffee! Well I don't know about
you but that sounds really attractive to me and I shall be
spending some time in starbucks being sociable and doing
some real life networking.

Randy Gage has mastered the industry and is one of the most
successful leaders in the field. Interestingly enough he
actually is out in the field, not just reporting from the
sidelines. He did spend many years as a consultant where he
helped real people develop systems that could be duplicated
to create passive income for huge teams of people. Now he is
actively working as a distributor and teaching us the
secrets of duplication, he says that to create true residual
and then passive income, the kind which will keep hitting
your bank account when you are retired and sitting on the
beach in Fiji,(regardless of the the latest 'Google slaps')
we need to have a large group of people taking a few simple
actions over a consistent period of time.
So why do we complicate it so?

In all of the reports and online 'manifestos' that I have
read I have not yet once come across something that is
actually simple for a team member to implement and be up and
running and earning income the same day. There are good
strategies… that is for sure, but an actual system? No. I
for one am going to stop complicating my business and am
going back to basics. I am a great admirer of internet
communication systems and I certainly will continue to
leverage the tools that I have access to but next time you
decide to 'go off on one' I urge you to take a little
inventory. Ask yourself some questions such as 'How
duplicatable is this for my new team members?' 'Is this
something that a large group of people can do over a
consistent period of time?' If not then leave the latest hot
report where it is and give your upline leader a call and
ask them to bring you back to the centre line! If your
opportunity is not one that you can be proud of in the real
world then hiding behind a computer screen is not the
answer. Maybe you should be partnering with a group that
have a proven and attractive system for you to follow
immediately, that is after all why we join Network Marketing
in the first place!

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Law Of Attraction

SUCCESS ATTRACTS SUCCESS AND FAILURE ATTRACTS FAILURE BECAUSE OF THE LAW OF HARMONIOUS ATTRACTION.

In physics, positives attract negatives and vice versa, but in human relationships the opposite is true. Negative people attract only other negative people, while positive thinkers attract like-minded individuals. You will find that when you begin to achieve success more successes will follow. This is the law of harmonious attraction. When riches begin to come your way, you'll be amazed how quickly they accumulate. Train your mind to visualise yourself acquiring a specific amount of wealth or achieving a certain goal-whatever you most desire. Then use self-suggestion to persuade your subconscious mind that you can achieve your goal, and put your plan into action. When you use the tools that you have at your disposal to prepare yourself for success and visualise yourself as having already reached your objective, you can achieve any reasonable goal that you set for yourself.

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The Truth About Network Marketing Revealed!

By Rachel Henke, © 2007

Network Marketing is a controversial industry. It is not
for those who have no dreams and who are not willing to
learn some new skills. Here are some key points about why
you may want to get involved.

21st Century Business Model.
Network Marketing is now a 100 billion dollar industry,
operating in well over 100 countries which is often a
surprise to those looking at the industry for the first
time.

Most Efficient Distribution Method.
Network Marketing and Direct Sales are the most
efficient distribution methods on the planet, saving both
time and money, cutting out the middle man and improving
service and efficiency. This has been recognised by
companies such as Dell who now distribute with the direct
sales method.

Excellent Investment.
Warren Buffet owns network marketing companies and has said
it is the best investment he has ever made.

Credibility.
Many network marketing companies are now public companies so
credibility is high. Pyramid schemes are now illegal in the
UK and many other countries. There were lots of growing
pains and issues in the industry over the years since it
began with the first direct selling company in 1903!! Amway
was accused of being a pyramid but was legally validated
with a final order in 1979. The industry is strictly
regulated these days and as a result no company can last
very long if it is not 100% ethical and legal.

The Real Life Business School.
Robert and Kim Kiyosaki,of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame,are great
ambassadors of the industry. The reason people like this,
along with Donald Trump, are validating Network Marketing is
because they are visionaries and understand what a valuable
business model it is. Recently I had the pleasure of hearing
him speak at a convention. Robert said that Network
Marketing is the best 'business school' for the average
person to learn the skills of leadership with successful
mentors. He also says that the world is desperate for more
leaders and entrepreneurs and network marketing is the
answer.

For People Who Like Helping People.
No one can build a huge organisation in Network Marketing or
MLM without many many many people succeeding in a big way.
Therefore it is a win win business model and the only people
who lose are those who think they will get rich without
developing their skills and of course without doing much
work.

The Truth About Network Marketing.
I have learned more in network marketing about real business
than I could ever learn in a one man band start up where no
one wants to share their winning strategies with you.
Traditional business is dog eat dog. I have access to some
of the most successful mentors in the business world today
and they invest their time in me with no charge. The only
commitment on my part is that I do my absolute best to
become a leader and to empower others to do the same. No one
ever says in the business that you will become successful
without changing your mindset and becoming a more skilled
person than you are when you join. All the tools and
training are there for you to succeed, and obviously some
companies have better systems but that is true for all
things.

Finally then yes... the truth about Network Marketing is
that you actually do need to become a leader to earn a lot
of money. That's why it is an inspiring business to be in,
and why it has enabled me to be at home looking after my
kids and still earning a good income whilst other people are
busting a gut and making someone else wealthy.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system and millionaire mentors. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Escape The Rat Race Free Tour

10 Reasons To Seek Out Mentors

By Rachel Henke, © 2007

Introduction
Recently I realised that many people in my network marketing organisation do not yet understand the value of mentors. They tend to look upon their mentors as their bosses because that it is the only context they can find to relate to them. Here are some important points about why good mentors are so valuable.


1) It is difficult enough as it is to start a new business but to do it totally on your own, with no mentors is close to business suicide. A mentor knows the pitfalls and can alert you when you are about to fall hard and fast. You don’t have to be the lone ranger, in fact you can learn from the guys who have gone before you and hacked through the jungle.

2) If you have good mentors, you have a strong support system. You can talk things through with them and they will listen to you when times are tough, and you need someone to talk to who understands what you are doing. Their time is valuable of course and you must respect that.

3) Money is something that is acquired along the way by those who learn how to deliver value to the market place. The people who have done this have often become amazing human beings on their journey. You can learn so much wisdom from them it is priceless.

4) Financially successful mentors will give you multi million dollar financial tips just because they can. They know what’s realistic and what’s insane. They can help you formulate a sound business plan. For instance many people going into business for the first time feel compelled to quit their job and dive in head first. A good mentor will urge them not to do so unless there is no other way to make the business work.

5) Get connected! One mentor will lead you to another. It is a widely accepted fact that we are highly influenced by the people closest to us. Therefore it is common sense that we should want to expand our circle to include people whom have achieved the particular skill set that we aspire to have. It can be a scary thought that our income is likely to be the average of our five closest friends, especially if they are in the low income bracket.

6) Resources – mentors have their resources and they may share them with you especially if you are part of their business organisation. Mentors are usually good teachers. In the process of learning from them they can teach you how to teach. Leaving a legacy and passing on your knowledge is an awesome contribution.


7) Great mentors have heard it all before. The chances are that as experts in their field there is no situation that they haven’t dealt with before. The benefit of hindsight can save much worry and stress for the new business owner just starting out.

8) Mentors are fun! You can make it your goal to attract different mentors for different areas of your life. The one important thing to remember is that your mentor must be someone who has done what you want to do and has immersed themselves in that activity in a practical way. Don’t try to learn from people who have only read about it in a book!

9) Invoke the universal law of give and receive. This is a powerful way of thinking which can help you to attract a network of people into your world whom you can mould yourself upon, and aspire to their success. The rule of the mentoring system is that you must prove yourself worthy, and to be a person of action or your mentor will soon grow weary of investing their time in you.

10) Your mentors will inspire you to grow and to push through hidden barriers of the mind. A good example of the power of the mind is in that of Roger Bannister, becoming the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. Up until that time people believed it couldn’t be done. Guess what? Soon after it became a standard achievement. A classic case of ‘well if he can do it maybe I can do it too!!’

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system and millionaire mentors. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Escape The Rat Race Free E Book

Are You Tired Of Being An MLM Grinder?

By Rachel Henke, © 2007

IntroductionRandy Gage tells us that 95% of Network Marketers are grinders! In a closed door session I was lucky enough to be in recently, Randy Gage, the legendary ‘millionaire maker’ revealed the reasons why there are so many grinders in the industry.

Firstly what is the definition of a Grinder?
If you don’t do it, it doesn’t get done.

There are highly paid grinders in the business who earn big money but that doesn’t mean they are not grinders. They earn a nice income but their life is not their own. These are the guys who are forever on the telephone. You can’t have dinner with them without them having an ‘urgent’ phone call etc. and if they take their foot off the gas for a couple of weeks their whole organisation starts to collapse.

Then there are the poorly paid grinders. These are the guys who drive around town delivering products to their customers. Possibly they have a magnetic strip on their car, or they wear t-shirts and buttons on their clothes to advertise their products. Some companies have such high monthly qualifications that the distributors can barely take a breath, never mind go on holiday, without filling orders and phoning high maintenance customers everyday. It is exhausting – I know because I was a grinder for 3 years before I woke up to reality.

Do you have true residual and passive income?
95% of distributors do not have true residual income
98% don’t have true passive income
There is a qualitative difference:
Residual income means income that comes to you month after month as a result of work you have already done.
Passive income means income that comes month after month whether you work again or not.
True Passive income comes from having leaders underneath you in your organisation who are trained on the infrastructure i.e.; the recruitment system and materials are in place and used to duplicate the business by their entire downline. It means that even if you died and were obviously not active in the business at all… passive income would continue to be paid to your distributorship forever.

If your income goes up month after month whether you are around or not then congratulations you are an MLM rock star!
These are the people making more money than those investing sometimes as much as $10 million to start a traditional business.


Did you know there are hundreds of thousands of grinders?Sometimes they are waiting for their business and/or their company to hit momentum. The scary truth is that approximately only 1 in 5-10 companies’ hits momentum and that is only 1 company in every 10-15 years!! There are many grinders who are taking correct actions but are in the ‘right’ company at the wrong time. Some companies simply never hit momentum at all, and are still predicting it will hit soon … hmmm…. whereas the mature companies have often already hit their huge momentum long before you joined. Therefore they are fine for an income but not for the true wealth of a legacy position. These companies are the industry pioneers and we stand on their shoulders but most of the top earners in these companies who joined as different countries were opening, and have a slice of those markets, would be hard pressed not to admit that it would be close to impossible for them to repeat their rapid growth if they joined today. If you haven’t thought about this before then I urge you to think about this now. It is logical but is something that many people don’t let themselves think about because they are too committed to ‘grinding’ in their current company. The truth of the matter is that network marketing grinders pay a high price and they deserve better. They need to be loyal to themselves and to their families, not to a company that is already turning over billions of dollars and has all of its legacy position vacancies filled.

Will you be just another MLM grinder or are you destined for greatness?Only you can answer that. If you are in the same company you have been in for more than a couple of years and your income is stagnant and you have no leverage then the sad truth is that you are a grinder. If you are highly paid but are like a juggler hoping all of your balls don’t fall out of the air at the same time then you are most likely a grinder too. Take an objective look at your business today and see what the real chances are of you gaining the kind of leverage and financial freedom you dream of. The answer is in your heart and in your bank statement.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system and millionaire mentors. Find out how to be an MLM Rockstar at her website: Free Audio And Info Pack

How To Build Your Business With E Networking

Well in the old days and not so old days, business people would connect to build mutually rewarding relationships through social groups and networking groups. Did this work? Yes of course. You can bet it did and still does. Hundreds of lucrative partnerships are formed over a round of golf or at the local ‘club.’ The power of referral marketing has long been acknowledged and having experienced it I can certainly vouch for the fact that leads received through referrals can often be the hottest business leads of all.

The challenges for many with the networking groups that require your physical presence are numerous. They can be inconvenient in location, costly and time-consuming. Many popular networking clubs give great value to members but what are the drawbacks? Well for instance; if you have a couple of children who need to be taken to school it is a real challenge to be 30 minutes away having a ‘business breakfast’ at the same time! I guess that’s traditionally why men have been seen more often at these kinds of clubs. Thankfully all of that is changing but the gap that e networking fills for the time crunched business owning parent is considerable. Here are a couple of valuable ways you can build your own social network online with very low cost or free strategies:


Discussion Forums
This is a whole new world! This is still a startlingly powerful and new phenomenon – people are connecting all over the world on these forums every second. There are Forums on every subject imaginable. It is possible to spend hours just on these alone, leaving a ‘residual’ value and carving out an organic path back to your website. This is done by contributing to the forum (avoid pitching your business directly or you will be asked to leave!) At the end of your blogs or blurbs for the day you are permitted to have a formal ‘signature’ which is in essence your virtual business card and will give people who are getting to know and like you on the forum an opportunity to see what you have to offer. This is a long-term method and the value is not only in exchanging useful information but in the long shelf life of these conversation threads which are posted, and will be referred to by many people on lively forums, while you have long since forgotten about your posting!

Instant Messaging
The most popular are MSN and Skype. I have found Skype to be the most user friendly to make new connections all over the world. This makes email seem like snail mail! If you want to build an international business and have contacts or business partners all over the world this is an absolutely amazing FREE way to build relationships! You can narrow your searches to individual countries and age groups. Again make sure that you have a website that presents what you are offering very clearly so that when people click on your profile to learn more about what you do they can immediately complete a form to request more information, and are not given too many options which tends to confuse.

Online Business and Social Networks
These network platforms really do seem to be the new ‘going out.’ Until you become involved in some of these networks it is difficult to appreciate the value that you can give and receive though online contribution and relationship building.

The aim of these networks is generally to help people find jobs, staff, business partners, experts, friends, mentors and many other connections. In some of the more business productive ones such as Ecademy and Ryze you can even join the virtual ‘clubs!’ This means that even if you live far from a big city you can still absorb culture, and in many cases connect with influential people all over the world.

Profiles
These profiles can be linked to the online business and social networks, forums in some cases, and another rising star on the web scene is ‘my space’ which has unlimited business potential to reach millions. One question you can ask yourself if you want to raise your internet presence is how many spaces is your face in? Link up your face, by which I mean a good photo, with some valuable and concise information about your business services and then use all of the above methods to attract people to your website and you will start to build a powerful e network of your own.

So in closing just make sure to abide by the rules of conduct for each forum or communication method. This is commonly known as ‘netiquette.’ A good principle to operate by is to focus on building relationships and the business will follow where appropriate. Be time efficient and allocate a certain amount of time per day or week to contribute to your e networking so that you don’t fall into the trap of random surfing and chatting all day long. It is very tempting but will not get you far! Think of this as a long-term strategy to establish your business presence on the web, so make sure you are establishing the one you want! Finally ensure your website links on all your contributions are accessible so that you can be rewarded for your contribution. As people spend more and more time on pcs, and the home-based business industry grows, it might just be that e networking is becoming the new going out!


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Request Free E Book

10 Easy Tips On How To Work From Home

1. Plan your day the night before.

Have a list of to do things ready the night before of high and low priority. Aim to have things done before they become urgent so you are not always putting out fires. It is always easier to remember the things you need to do next when you are in the flow of activity, and so easier to get back into the zone the next day.


2. Take half a day to plan your week.
This was the hardest one for me to get into the habit of doing. I mistakenly thought that I could not afford to take that time out of my busy schedule. What I found after putting this into practice is that ‘busy’ time is not always productive time. Better to know exactly what you need to achieve and have a week that is already booked up with appointments or activities to move you towards your goal than to be planning minute to minute and just reacting to day to day emergencies.


3. Sharpen the saw.
This is a popular one in the personal development books. Another biggie for me in that I have always favoured the manic approach to work. I would do as much as I could possibly cram in, and stop only when exhausted. People with those kinds of additive personalities especially need to pay attention this one. Take a day off at least once a week. The winning formula is to really take that time. Don’t keep jumping onto email and mobiles as you will not be refreshed. I found the world and the workplace keeps turning even if I go to the cinema for a couple of hours! Put yourself first or you will be of little use to anyone else.


4. Take regular breaks.
This is a discipline for most people. Some thrive on exercise but it seems that most don’t! We lead sedentary lives and the more successful we are with online activities the less likely we are to move around. Schedule in some breaks and do what you love to do. DVD exercise sessions are good to do at home. Sit in the garden and relax for 20 minutes while you eat lunch instead of hunching over the laptop and dropping crumbs in-between the keys! I’m a great one for power napping. Take 20 minutes of guilt free power nap – that is a huge benefit of working from home. You will find that this can add hours of extra productive time to your day. Einstein did it so don’t feel guilty on this one.


5. Limit internet time.
I am a terrible culprit here. I confess to being a skype addict and hop on and off my e mail as many times as my daughter’s will let me near the laptop. This is an obvious one and we know when we’re doing it so the best thing is to just stop! Develop a routine i.e.; first thing in morning check e mails and jump onto skype or whatever your communication tool is. Send the messages you need to send and then get off. Log off so you can then focus on daily tasks without distraction.

6. Resist being on call 24 hours (aka. The superhero syndrome)
Your team/co workers can survive without you – I promise! They may even surprise you and come up with something better than they would have done with you checking on them every couple of hours.


7. Have office space.
Working from home is a serious business. Make the space, even if it’s a desk in the corner of the bedroom.


8. Set the family rules and guidelines.
Your family need to understand that you are serious about this and the benefits are huge but they need to be taught to respect your working space and time.


9. Focus on specific tasks
Just because you’re at home doesn’t mean it’s time to vacuum or dust mid-morning. Have a schedule and stick to it. If that’s what you want to do in your break then fair enough!


10. Employ yourself test
Keep a note of all your completed work tasks for the day. Look in the mirror at the end of it and ask yourself, honestly, whether you performed to the best of your ability that day. The truth will be looking right back at you!



ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Request Free E Book

How To Evaluate A Network Marketing Company, Based On The Simple Formula Of Industry Leader, Randy Gage.

Randy Gage, checked out hundreds of companies before coming out of retirement and choosing his next vehicle for building wealth. As an experienced Network Marketer I was relieved to finally find a simple formula to explain to prospects, and to understand myself, how to spot a company that is poised for major growth and success. If you’re in the industry already, perhaps you’d like to check out how your company measures up to the formula. (Perhaps not!) As I have often heard it said, it is as important to know where you are, as it is to know where you are not… For those of you who are looking at fresh opportunities – this is especially for you. Finding a good Home Based Business can be very confusing so I hope the following steps will simplify the process for you and empower you to make the best choice for you when evaluating various options. So here goes:

1. You need a ‘Sizzle Product’ that you like.
For example; Randy commented that after 10 years of ‘jungle juices,’ the Nutritional industry was crying out for a sizzle product. This can of course be applied to any industry. A first to market unique product is destined for greatness when all of the other factors (as in the following steps) of the company are aligned correctly. A new product category is where fortunes are created.

2. A Product Line Extension Company
Randy observed that it is very unlikely to attract real wealth with only one product.
In addition to the fresh product idea we also stand to benefit greatly by knowing in advance that there are very clear plans for the product line extension. Personally I like the idea of keeping it simple so I want great new products coming out but prefer to stick to products of the same type, as opposed to developing into a ‘do it all’ distributor, or retail store. As in all fields, specialisation is always a winning strategy.

3. There Are 4 Basic Categories of MLM or Network Marketing Companies.
Category 1: ‘The old dogs.’ These companies are very solid and are already doing billions of dollars in turnover. They are mature, successful, and are not going anywhere. This is a great category if you want to build up a secure income but are not too concerned with the ground floor opportunity, which has obviously already been and gone! Randy doesn’t recommend joining a company like this if you want to build real wealth.

Category 2: ‘The Scams.’ These are the money games and the coupon scams. They’ve been around for ever and often give the industry a bad name. They are of course not part of the real equation so make sure to steer clear of those!

Category 3: The ‘Flatliners’ Randy identifies these companies as the ones that have been around a long time. They are nice companies and people can make a decent living with them. Generally they are very sales focussed and often revolve around catalogue distribution and/or party plan. These companies have sometimes been in business for as long as 20 years but not quite hit the exponential growth that they predicted - yet! Often this is due to the nature of the business, in that the distribution method is not duplicatable by a large group of people over a consistent period of time. So unless you are looking for a little extra income and perhaps expanding your social network then it is probably best to avoid this category too.

Category 4: The ‘Holy Grail of Network Marketing,’ as Randy calls it. This, simply put, is a start up company that has a viable probability to become one of the ‘Old Dogs,’ or Category 1 Companies. If you can join a Category 4 company that meets all the criteria in the steps outlined here, then you can lock in a legacy position. This will benefit you if you are an action person who is willing to do what it takes to be part of the reason for the growth of the company. (At this point I became very excited because I knew that was me!)


4. Compensation Plan
A great compensation plan should reward distributors for taking the correct actions such as building depth and supporting their team duplication. It need not necessarily have the highest overall pay out percentage but Randy looks for the largest number of well paid distributors in the company. It is no use to the distributors if they could earn a lot of money based on the people they have recruited but are unable to collect it because they are in a ‘breakaway’ programme where the qualifications are too high for them to attain on a consistent basis. Then their commission rolls up and they lose heart, not just money.

5. Field leadership
The System is king! Randy Gage has a reputation that precedes him as an expert system builder. It became painfully clear to me during my years with a category 1 company that no matter how great the turnover and the products… without a duplicatable simple system I was lost! The Infrastructure also needs to be in place for you and your team to plug into on a global level. Lastly the ‘Culture,’which is an interesting one. I interpret this as signing up with an organisation that has strong leaders in place who already have an established identity as ethical players, and a clear understanding of the culture they are encouraging in their down line. People who have done it already are the key. That way even with a start up company there is years of experience to draw on.

6. Management Team
A management team that is experienced in the industry. Preferably the management team will also be made up of people who have led the way with other successful companies. There is little point having a CEO who is an expert in Telecommunications, no matter how big the plaques on the office wall, if he or she has no clue about the specialised industry that we are lucky enough to be in.

So there you have it….. Maybe you like it, maybe you don’t! Either way it is essential in this exciting world of Network Marketing that we move with the times and plug into the resources and mentors that are out there. Whichever company you choose, I wish you all the success you dream of in the Next Generation of Network Marketing.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system. Find out how to be an MLM Rockstar at her website: Free Audio and Info Pack

Top 10 Reasons To Work From Home!

1. Freedom
It’s an amazing feeling when you realise that you no longer have to ask permission to go to the dentist! Unless you have experienced the sense of freedom that working from home can give you this may be tricky for you to get your head round. Trust me … you need to try it. Break free and put your plan to Escape the Rat Race together today. There are so many wonderful ways to do it that if you feel like you’re suffocating in the workplace it’s time to go to Plan B.

2. Home and Family Life
You can be there for your family and work your schedule round their very demanding one! It might be young children, elderly parents or perhaps you keep animals. My two children are thankfully very healthy but even so, all children sometimes need to take a day off for various reasons. When I worked for someone else this used to give me stomach ulcers! When we settled in the UK and I discovered how many half-terms and Personal Development days there are I nearly had a nervous breakdown and that’s when I decided to look into working from home.

3. Be Your Own Boss.
The gratification of knowing that you are working hard for your self, not your boss is hard to beat. This is a huge factor in the decision to break free. Many single people don’t need to worry about fitting their schedule round family life but they have other requirements such as wanting to be able to make their own decisions like a grown up. It can often feel like you are a still at school when you need to keep notifying someone else about what you are doing with your time. Being your own boss has its ups and downs but if you’re ready to take responsibility for your own future success then I highly recommend it. You must be self motivated and success minded for this though or you may find yourself becoming a day time soap watching professional…

4. Wake Up When You Are Finished Sleeping!
You can start working when YOU are ready. I used to hate commuting with a passion. I mean really hate it. Now I have time to do a little exercise, perhaps read or meditate early in the morning. Then I walk my daughters to school and settle down with my green tea and laptop. No traffic jams and no stress.

5. Avoid the Nasty British Weather
This may sound silly but I love to avoid the bad weather… Come on let’s face it with the temperamental weather in the UK who wants to have to go out to work in all weathers? Not me anyhow. Unless I have a confirmed appointment I do my work from home on those rainy and windy days, saving my jaunts for the mild days.

6 Work From Home, Not Just At Home
The working at home element is fabulous, and the home-based element means you are allowed to go out and have fun doing your business! My idea of working out of the home these days is attending networking events on subjects of my choice to widen my circle of contacts, or if I’m doing some ‘real’ work I may attend a home business reception for one of my new team members where I sit down and watch a DVD! (Hard labour I think not!)

7 Independent But Not Alone
These days there are so many opportunities to partner with amazing companies with proven business systems, which enable one to be independent and flexible, but to have the training and support to avoid feeling isolated. Let’s also not forget the potential to earn unlimited income with many of these opportunities!

8 Free Of Overheads And No Need To Hold Stock.
This is an incredible benefit when you think how traditional businesses operate. Most new business owners need to be willing to go straight into heavy debt, hold stock, pay staff, premises costs and of course have accounts receivable to keep them up at night biting their nails.

9. Internet Marketing.
The possibilities are endless with the internet and the leveraging of time. I have a mobile paper-free office and can do my business from anywhere. There are so many amazing new communication tools these days – just remember to turn the video camera off when you are working in your pyjamas or having a bad hair day! You can have an international business reaching to almost any corner of the globe. Imagine the possibilities of having a business that operates in different time zones and earns you money while you sleep.

10. Holidays!
Last but just as important! You can book your own holidays in your diary. You can run your own ‘flexi-time’ and work in the middle of the night, dusk or dawn if the fancy takes you and then take the day off in the sunshine (need to make the most of it when it appears!)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Request Free E Book