7 Things To Consider Before Joining A Network Marketing Company

Authored By James Woolley

Network marketing programs, also commonly referred to as MLM
or downline programs, can bring huge financial rewards if
marketed well. They provide a way of working at home and
building your own monthly income through your efforts to
introduce and sell the network marketing company's products
or services to other people, who then introduce them to
other people, and so on. It sounds simple enough but how do
you know if a company is legitimate and will pay you on time
or even at all, and will they be around in the long term?

In this article I have listed seven factors that I
personally take into consideration before choosing to join
an MLM company:

1. Are the products offered good enough to be sold on their
own without the downline incentive?

The first thing you should look at is the products or
services that the company is offering. If you don't believe
they represent value for money, or you simply aren't
impressed with them, then the likelihood is that other
people won't be either. Therefore you will probably have
difficulty selling the products to other people, and so your
potential profits could be limited.

2. Has the company already established itself?

It's important to find out how long the company you're
considering joining has been operating. Although there's no
guarantees on whether a company will be around in the
long-term, I still favour companies that are at least a year
old. Yes some of these may subsequently go out of business
at some point in the future, but at least you know they're
not a fly-by-night outfit.

3. Does the company offer a good compensation plan?

Let's be honest, this is the factor that most of us are
primarily interested in. Time is a very valuable commodity,
so we don't want to spend it promoting a network marketing
company's products unless we are being well rewarded
financially for our efforts.

4. Does it offer spillover?

Spillover occurs when say for example, if the company uses a
5x5 matrix then when you refer 6 people, the first 5 will
fill the top level, and the 6th person will go under one of
your initial referrals creating an incentive for them to
continue with the program because they are benefiting from
your efforts as well as their own.

5. Does the company have a reputable owner or management
team in place?

This information can be slightly difficult to find out, but
in this internet age it is becoming much easier to carry out
independent research. If you can't find sufficient
information yourself you can almost guarantee that there
will be a forum somewhere which discusses the company, and
where someone has already done a background check on the
owner or management team.

6. Is it strongly endorsed by other members of the company?

Forums and discussion groups are great places to obtain this
information. Although most people will obviously praise the
company that they are promoting in order to get more
signups, you will inevitably find a few negative comments
from disgruntled recruiters. It's these comments that you
should read carefully. Most of the time they will be minor
issues or faults, but sometimes you can come across red flag
signals such as the company suddenly starting to delay
payments, for example.

7. Does the company still have plenty of room to grow, or
has it already reached saturation point?

This is the final point I want to mention, but nevertheless
a very important one. You don't want to join a company that
everyone is seemingly already a member of, and one that is
already promoted heavily. For optimum results you want a
company that has already established itself yet still has
plenty of scope to grow and attract new members, therefore
being relatively easy to promote.

Mind Power Yoga

Authored By James Traverse

Here is an amazingly simple Mind Power Yoga method that facilitates the communication between your conscious and your subconscious mind and help you realize what you really want. It is one of the most powerful Mind Power Yoga tools that you can use.

It is based on The Law of Duality or the Law of Opposites which in simple terms is like a coin where a coin can only be because it has two sides - You can decide which side you choose to focus on.

Anti-Thing

Take two sheets of paper
Place them side-by-side
On the left sheet write the description of:

Things that you fear - be specific
Things that you do not want
Things that you do not like
Things that you feel that you are not responsible for
Things that you feel like complaining about
Things in your life that have a negative impact on you
Things that you are not or don't have - what you are lacking

Fill in all the details - Be specific.

Give yourself permission to write every anti-thing or negative thing that comes to your mind - wallow in the blackness of the dark side for a time; get it all out and get it on paper in your own handwriting.

Do this Now.

Anything

On the right hand sheet write the opposite of what you wrote on the left hand sheet. Please do not take this lightly by thinking that you know the opposite of what you wrote on the left hand sheet. You will find that it helps to be very specific.

For example: if you wrote something about fear on the left hand page then do not write here that you are not afraid. Your subconscious mind does not know what 'not afraid' means. Thus you write the positive opposite of what you wrote on the left hand page.

In this light since you wrote that you have fear on the left hand page, then on the right hand page you write that you have courage or that you are courageous. Then write a very clear and specific description of the opposite of the fear you described.

Another example is that if you write that you have the life from hell on the left, then you write that you have the life from heaven on the right. Then write the specific description of what life from heaven looks and feels like.

Thus your challenge is to be very specific about what you write on this right hand page as you use the left hand page to laser target the things that you really want.

Challenge yourself to be as equally or more positive on this side as you were negative on the other side (note which comes easier for you - if it is the negatives then also write on this side that you are extremely positive).

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One of the many benefits of this activity is that it allows you to explore your creativity. Another is that it reveals many of the blocks that you hold in your subconscious mind which you may be unaware of until you do this exercise.

This process shows you that there is always an 'any-thing' for every 'anti-thing' that you have now, or for ones that come up. So the next time you hear yourself or someone else say, 'I can't do anything about it' - Think again!

The Solution is always in the Situation...

The psychologists and sages are correct when they tell you to turn and face your demons and dragons. Like Dante who says that the way out of hell is right through the centre of it; all wisdom masters agree that it is best to turn and face your fears and your problems. In practical terms this means take a good look at them - the solution is there!

This exercise provides an excellent means to do that. The more clearly you define what you don't want, what your fears are, and what your problems are - then the more clearly and obviously you see the solution.

When you have completed both pages explore the questions:

Which of these have you been dwelling on?

How do you dwell on them? Is it a matter of fear where these things control your life; or do you focus on things because you know that by taking a very close look at your fears and problems that their opposite will be obvious, such that your real focus is on being happy and dissolving anti-things that sabotage your happiness?

What you choose is what your energies are focused on - it is your choice.

Please do this exercise, do not just read about it. You'll be quite stunned by its effect because it will help you to face and dispel your fears. In the process you will see what you really want and you will also know that you now have a means for finding living solutions to the challenges of your life. Thus you can live your life On Purpose.