Pillar #1 of Five

Posted on November 28th, 2009 in Critical Thiking, Skills Training, The 5 Pillars To Success, Companies/Opportunities, Scams and Ripoffs by Ken

Remember the apple pie?

The first key ingredient is a pie plate.

In MLM, the Five Pillars are what a company needs to
have in place for the distributors to succeed. Many
folks search for something like the “Top Ten MLM
Companies” when looking for something to join.

This is OK if You are looking to invest. But, if You
want to be a distributor, then You need to dig a bit
deeper. For example, the number one MLM did over six
billion dollars in sales last year, but most of their
distributors are starving.

A Five Pillar Company is one where the average person
can achieve above average results.

This week we’ll look at Pillar #1.

Pillar 1: Does the company management have personal
experience building their own networking organization?
Have they done it with Integrity?

• Search Google for the owners of the company.

• Do the owners have Integrity? Add the word ‘Scam’
to your search.

• Do the owners have a Corporate background or an
in-the-field Network Marketing background?

• Read your “Policies & Procedures” and “Terms &
Conditions”; both are part of your Legal Contract.

• Look for the word “Ongoing”.

• Look for policies that strike you as
“Unreasonable”. Like “Termination, with or without
cause”.

• Ask yourself “Does this contract protect me or the
company?” “Is it clear which way it leans?”

• Does the company charge you for training or a
company web site?

• Does the company charge you for each paycheck they
send you?

• Rules of Thumb:

• The longer the contract, the greater the
possibility that the policies important to you
are being hidden in “Legalese”!

• If it’s a “Cash Only” business…It’s a Scam!

• If you can buy a position at the top…It’s a
Scam!

• If you are offered a “Special Deal”…the
playing field isn’t level for all.

• If the products are sold on eBay at a greatly
reduced price…Buy there instead.

• If a company is publicly traded, Financial
Decisions Will be made in Favor of the
Stockholders at the Expense of the
Distributors.

For further enlightenment,  get the free
e-book, “Success in 10 Steps” in the
upper left corner of this page.


Next time, Pillar #2.

To Your Success,

Ken Klemm
+1-215-722-3274 anytime

Critical Thoughts - It’s Easier Done Than Said

Posted on November 24th, 2009 in Critical Thiking, Mental Cleanse MasterMInd Sessions, Personal Development, Recent Posts by Laurie

I’ve been on a bit of a sabbatical lately mainly due to a simple question that penetrated deep to my very being.  What do I want?  What do I vision?

Simple, right?  Little did I know I’d sit back, take stock of my life as it is now and find this so difficult to answer!

What do I want?

For starters, I want freedom, of course, doesn‘t  everyone?  I want freedom from debt, stress, preconceived notions of who I should be; freedom to be with my family and be there as they discover their own true selves; freedom to choose how I live, where I live, what I do with the time afforded me on this earth.  Freedom to live to my highest potential, to unleash the person within and contribute meaning, service and hope to whomever I meet.

Well, heck, I reside in the land of liberty, so what is stopping me?  And, what does this have to do with being a critical thinker?

Everything, I’m discovering.

I’ve started and stopped myself many times on this particular journey.  Intellectually, I “get” everything I’ve been reading on personal development, focus, goal setting, desires, organized time;  it’s getting what I know from my head to my heart that’s giving me a bit of trouble.

Decisions, or choices are made every single day. I decide or choose to get up and out of bed, ahh, my first choice of the day.  I can then choose to dress, not dress, eat, not eat, go to work, not go to work, and so on.  Simple, everyday decisions that have a huge impact on my life as well as those in my life.

A Dream, Desire, or goal shouldn’t be a burden; rather it should motivate me into some type of action everyday.  It shouldn’t paralyze me into in-activity!  Is it residual from past experiences?  Have I allowed my vision to become a burden instead of a desire?

Set backs, resistance, support issues or approval all can dampen even the most enthusiastic of intentions.  It’s Your choice to allow Yourself to be influenced by them.

Today, I’ve decided it’s Easier Done than Said; I’m making one choice, one decision of action today towards my goal rather than gulping down the entire dream.

It is a Critical Choice to do something rather than sit back and let Your Dreams slip away.

What Do Apple Pies and MLM Companies Have in Common?

Posted on November 21st, 2009 in Skills Training, Critical Thiking, The 5 Pillars To Success, Companies/Opportunities, Scams and Ripoffs, Recent Posts by Ken

Everyone knows You need five key ingredients to bake an apple pie:

1. A pie plate,
2. A pie crust,
3. Some apples,
4. Sugar and spices,
5. An oven.

What happens to Your apple pie if You take away any one of those five ingredients?

Everybody knows the answer.

The same thing applies to MLM companies.

You need five key pillars in place for You to succeed with a company. Take away any pillar, and You get the same result You would get with the apple pie.

Now, I’m not talking about what the company needs in place for IT to be successful.
I’m talking about what the company needs to have in place for YOU to succeed with it.

For example, the largest MLM in the world had over six billion dollars in sales last year,
but most of their distributors are starving because of a missing pillar

Most people don’t know what the five pillars are, and don’t know how to figure out whether an MLM company has them or not.

Over the next few weeks, we will share the Five Pillars with You.

If You are impatient and want to learn this stuff right away, then download “Success in 10 Steps” - the book in the
upper left corner of this page..

Meanwhile, we’ll discuss Pillar #1 next time.
.
Your Friend and Servant,

Ken Klemm
+1-215-722-3274 anytime

Focusing On Quality to Create the Dream

Posted on November 17th, 2009 in Critical Thiking, Self Development, Notes from the Universe, Personal Development, Recent Posts by Laurie

“All pathways to success are dotted with enticing rest areas where laziness can cause even the best of dreams to sputter and stall…..” (a commentary by Stephen Covey)

Dear Universe:

This morning I read an excerpt on a couple of famous comedians and a hotel magnet’s success in life. One common thread for their success was a focus of quality efforts to detail they incorporated while working through the “hard parts” in their everyday life. Success would not be achieved had they not persisted in striving to add quality in all aspects of their life.

Is it an inherent part of human nature to take the “easy” route?

I cringe when I hear the word “lazy.” It conjures up a dozen other adjectives that can literally suffocate productivity in the every day actions I take to succeed in my life.

YUCK! To even put the words in print would be like puking negativity all over the place. Yet I know if not careful I could be easily enticed to set aside productivity and “rest idle.”

Every day there is a “To Do List” of things that must be done to achieve success. Yet it’s very easy to ignore the details or put off the “hard parts” of a job or task.

Instead, I resolve to tackle the hard parts with a “focused Quality” in mind in both my business and my personal life.

Quality or lack of affects the way I speak, dress, work, entertain, and generally how I feel about myself! It impacts how I walk, teach, listen, exercise, learn and play. It is one of the principles that is ever woven throughout the entire tapestry of my life, directly and indirectly touching everything I am and everything I do. Quality doesn’t require a lot of expense just careful attention to detail.

One True aspect of success is in the quality put forth in every day actions and efforts.

To strive for quality in every task, doing my best at the moment puts me in the best place for the next moment

Do You Use Targeted Niche Marketing?

Posted on November 16th, 2009 in Critical Thiking, Marketing Tips, Whats Your Plan?, Skills Training, Recent Posts by Laurie

Target marketing can be an important key to your business success.

To some, Target Marketing implies breaking a particular “general” market into segments, then concentrating Your efforts on one or two key segments. If Your business, for example, offers a service for homeowners, advertising in a newspaper to the “masses” is “ok” but not necessarily targeting Your specific market. Instead You could tailor Your marketing efforts directly to those who actually own a home and would be most interested in Your service.

With a little bit of research, You can zero in on specific clients looking for You. Ask Yourself who is most likely to be interested in Your service then find the vehicle that best reaches Your potential clientele.

Be a client Yourself. 

Where and how You would look for the service Your providing? A local Home For Sale Guide could be advantageous if Your service helps sell or buy a home; establishing Yourself online through forums where Your service would be beneficial goes a long way in finding potential clients. Building relationships, offering helpful responses goes hand in hand in building people’s trust in You and the service You offer.

Niche marketing is a focused, targetable portion of a market. Specifically, niche marketing addresses a need and a solution for a product or service that is not being addressed necessarily in the mainstream of providers. Think of a niche market as narrowly defining a group of potential customers.

Instead of offering cleaning services for a home, a business might establish a niche market by specializing in specific cleaning services, such as blinds and draperies; area rugs, or even pet beds, blankets, and such.

What’s the benefit in establishing a niche market?

One great advantage is being the only one offering Your unique service in a particular field of service or solution; on a local level other small businesses may not be aware of Your particular niche market, and large businesses just won’t want to bother with it.

Capitalizing on a niche market involves a bit of creativity and imagination in finding or developing a market niche that 1. has customers who are accessible, 2. involves a need in a area that shows growth potential; and 3. is not already owned by an established vendor already.

If Your one of the many that believes selling to the widest possible market is the surest path to success think again. Don’t be afraid to pursue a niche based on a fear of losing business. If You’ve been trying to “sell to the masses,” ask this, “how’s that been working out for me?” Do You stand out when You market Your business without a specific, distinctive set of prospects in mind?

Defining Target and Niche marketing can be summed up like this:

Target a group of people most likely to buy Your product or service; to find Your niche, discover and offer a specialized solution to a need or problem.

For more valuable information on how You can achieve Success, download our ebook Success in 10 Steps;  get the straight scoop on what does and does not work in building an income from home for Free, today.

Why You Should Never Tell Your Best Friend Their Spouse is Cheating on Them

Posted on November 8th, 2009 in Self Development, Critical Thiking, Marketing Tips, Skills Training, Companies/Opportunities, Personal Development, Recent Posts by Ken

Let’s say I have a best friend named Carl. We’ve been friends a long time. We care very much about each other. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for Carl, and nothing he wouldn’t do for me.

One day I found out his wife was cheating on him. I went to a new place, Joe’s Pub, on a Friday night and saw Carl’s wife in a corner booth in the back, snuggling and smooching passionately with I guy who wasn’t Carl.

I didn’t say anything to Carl. The next Friday night, I went to the same pub and saw the two lovers again in the same corner booth. I still didn’t tell Carl.

The following Friday night, and there they are again! Somehow, I’ve got to let my best friend know he has a real problem. Remember, I would do anything for him.

But, if I tell him, “Hey Carl, Your wife is cheating on You!”, how will he react?

Probably something like, “You’re full of crap, Ken! She would never do that. You’re an a-hole!”

But I’ve SEEN her with the guy! I’m obligated as a friend to do something, but I don’t want to risk losing the friendship in the process.

Even if Carl learns the truth later and says, “Ken, I’m sorry. I should have listed to You,” there will still be a scar on our relationship.

So, what to do? What if I arrange for Carl to discover the truth on his own?

“Hey Carl, what are You doing Friday night?”

“Nothing, Ken, just watching TV as usual.”

“Listen, Carl, there’s a cool new place in town everybody’s talking about - Joe’s Pub. Why don’t we go there together, check it out, have some fun?”

So, we go to Joe’s Friday night, and I arrange it so Carl is sitting facing the corner booth in the back. At some point, he spots his wife smooching with her boyfriend. Carl says, “My God! That’s my wife back there in the corner!”

I turn my head around to look and say, “No, that’s got to be someone who just looks like her.”

“No! It’s her, it’s HER!” Carl shouts as he rises out of his chair.

I grab Carl and say, “No, man, this is not the time or the place. Let’s get out of here and talk about it somewhere else.”

Now Carl knows the truth and I can be there for him as his friend to help him through this.

What does all this have to do with Network Marketing?

Let’s say You have a friend who’s in what You know is a bad MLM company. You’ve researched and found out the owners are crooks who will probably grab the money and run to Cyprus to avoid extradition.

Or You know the products are crap and no one will buy them and the price they demand, or - even worse, there IS no real product or service - it’s just a Ponzi scheme.

Or their compensation plan is so bad, even though the company is raking in so much cash their headquarters are expanding to overtake an entire county, their distributors are starving.

Or whatever.

Should You tell Your friend at the risk of Your friendship? He’s bought into it hook, line and sinker. He’s MARRIED to the dumb thing!

He will probably think You’re just trying to recruit him into YOUR company by bad-mouthing his.

Better to point him to someone like Mentoring For Free, where he will be educated and learn how to spot red flags on his own.

When he becomes a critical thinker, then he will discover the truth on his own - and You’ll be the trusted friend who pointed him in the right direction.

Heck, he might even join You in YOUR company!

Your Friend and Servant,

Ken Klemm
+1-215-722-3274 anytime

Network Marketing - You Are Perfect to Play!

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 in Critical Thiking, Self Development, Whats Your Plan?, Mental Cleanse MasterMInd Sessions, Recent Posts by Laurie

I shared this with my dear friends and Mentors this morning.    “I think I just got “IT” when you say, “Your Perfect Just The Way You Are…”

I always looked at that statement to mean anybody can “play this game” no matter Your background, education and such; but I didn’t take it further - I don’t think I took that from my head into my heart.

My kids were watching an older movie, “Dodge Ball”, with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller; a bunch of misfits from a run down gym gathered together as a team to compete for the National Dodge Ball championship - the prize money to save the gym.  The usual slap stick, funny in parts, brilliant really when I stepped outside of the humor and saw simple people with their “fears” and “lack” super exposed in a comedic way.

The “leader” is riddled with his own “fears,”  and accepts the flaws and weaknesses in each individual.   While they come together as a team to practice and play the game,  their strengths emerge one by one.  Their weaknesses take a backseat.  Each member on the team draws upon an inner character strength when he or she was ready.  At the end of the movie, Vince Vaughn has his gym and walks across the screen saying,

“Hi. I’m Peter so n’ so, owner and operator of Average Joe’s Gym.  I’m here to tell You, You’re perfect just the way you are.  But if You feel like losin’ a few pounds, gettin’ healthier, and makin’ friends in the process, Joe’s is the place for You…”



I’m perfect right now, today with all my faults and flaws and weaknesses because at the same time my strengths are emerging in my own time.


I’m an Average Joe with a dream.


My plan?


I’ve aligned myself with a team of like-minded people all desiring what I desire; people who have successfully achieved their dreams!  Mentoring For Free led me to my mentor, who in turn is leading me away from wallowing in weakness, my frustration with lack, and helping me grow in strength, confidence, and self-assurance right into my burning desire.


I’m perfect just the way I am and am ok with failing forward.   I don’t want to “dodge the ball” anymore or take a hit and sit on the sidelines.   I want to catch that ball and run with it. I have the team and the tools I need to Succeed; as an added bonus I’ve received friendship, guidance, understanding, patience and belief until I could believe in myself.


My Team gave me TIME to understand I’m right where I should be.  Today with their help I’m strategically re-formulating my plan to achieve my “Why.”


If you want to get into this Game, download our free ebook, and don’t worry  – “You Are Perfect Just The Way You Are” to grow into anyone You want to be.



					
						
			



				



				

		

	




	



	
		

					


				
Are You on Network Marketing System Overload?



				

					Posted on  November 1st, 2009 in Success Stories, Self Development, Critical Thiking, Mental Cleanse MasterMInd Sessions, Skills Training, Personal Development, Colors Training, Recent Posts by Laurie 				



				

					
So are You on System overload?  Do You have a system that goes, “blah blah blah” course after course, manual after manual, theory after theory?  Do You have so much information thrown at You Your mind is like scrambled eggs on a griddle?


Have You figured out yet that maybe the system Your using doesn’t meet Your style of learning?


There are two types of people in Network Marketing.  The first group is those that have figured out they need a system in place that can first provide ongoing education and skills training and secondly help them duplicate their mentor’s success.


The second group is those suffering for Network System Overload and haven’t figured out they need to be in the first group to achieve any sort of consistent success.


Since both groups are interested in creating a business that provides financial freedom to enjoy life, with a few other personal desires sprinkled in the scenario, what advantage do some have in accomplishing their goals and heart’s desire?


They found a system that works with their learning style allowing them to truly duplicate on-going success.


Not everyone learns in the same manner.


Some of us are auditory learners, some visual and some “hands on” or kinesthetic.  Add the fact that individually we have different strengths, abilities, and weaknesses, it stands to reason  You need a system in place that complements Your style of learning.  A system that enables YOU to successfully learn and participate in Your choice of business.


If a system only offers knowledge and a theory of business practices in written dialogue, a visual learner may excel in understanding and putting this knowledge to use, but the auditory and “hands on” learner will have difficulties.  If a systems only offering implies getting into action by a “watch me and do what I do,” plan, the visual and/or the auditory learner will go nuts trying to implement action before education!


For real success Your system must provide You with all the tools to meet Your individual needs, whether its audibly, visually or kinesthetic.  You need a system that compliments not only Your style but offers Leadership and coaching geared to Your strengths.  This System needs to provide personal development, practical business techniques, and knowledge of how to build a successful business by offering on-going and up to date skills training, and effective methods for lead generation.  Most of all Your system must be able to duplicate so You, in turn, can teach others!


There are some people who have found a system that meets these criteria encompassing all they need and allowing them to consistently build a successful network marketing business.


If You want to grow Your business, be an effective presenter and lead others ask Yourself this:  Would it be ok if You had a duplicatable system geared to Your Style of Learning?  A system in place that provided ongoing education, hands on skills training, personal growth to develop Your leadership skills, and a host of professional network marketers available to mentor You every step of the way through Your business?


If you’d like more info on a truly viable and successful system offered for Free, start with our Free Ebook, Success in 10 Steps and start learning Your way to Success.