Top 5 reason why you should consider Multi Level Marketing this 2012

Top 5 reason why you should consider Multi Level Marketing this 2012

What and why are the most common questions that you will always encounter when people hear the word “Multi Level Marketing” or “Networking”. 

But believe it or not, even if people say “I know that already” the underlying factor that binds all potential clients is they don’t really know much about it in the first place. Some may have an idea but bottom-line is this people don’t have the correct and valued information about the industry and how it can help them, that’s why they don’t see its potential or value.

So what do people know? Most of the time, people speak  out of the context from what other people told them and sadly most of this second or 3^rd hand information are already subjective rather than objective. Some even talk about the industry yet they haven’t tried it or succeed in it, so that’s not a reliable source of information. As I was advice by my mentor early in my career, pay your respects to other people’s opinions yet at the end of the day, if it will not help you get your goals or targets, disregard it. It does make sense; simply put it, if you wanted to be a successful business man, entrepreneur, dancer or what even tickles your fancy, you listen to those who succeeded in their career not to those who failed.

So why would you consider Network Marketing as an alternate career or source of income? There are technically 3 ways to earning money:

 1^st is you working for another someone else or what we a being an employee.  This is a good idea, if you want to retire at the age of 60, depend of Social security and start building your dreams from here coming from your retirement pay. Statically speaking this was and sadly still the trend for some people.  But there are some people who are able to make it from these demographics but sadly it’s too low and how? They invest their savings so bottom line they still don’t just focus on being an “employee”

Question is, if you can earn and starts early then retire younger would that sounds like a better plan?

2^nd Become a Professional like a Doctor or Engineer. Though, this requires a lot of time in studies, masteral’s and trainings not to mention that you’re paying huge sums of money as tuition or fees. Are you even aware that some Nurse undergoing OJT are required to pay a fee just to do their required OJT? That was not the case before. Of course, this is a good investment and plan as well some even calls this passion and that’s great but I have met a lot of people who struggle financially doing their passion.

3^rd Is to have your own business or become an Entrepreneur. This could have the highest potential return and key to that Freedom may it be financial and/or time. But remember, in traditional business or any business there are always risk involved as well as large amounts of money to start up your own.

So let’s look into an alternative that you can do while juggling your career that won’t eat a lot of your time and jeopardize what remains of your social life, if not we can improve it.

So you’re asking me “WHY NETWORK MARKETING again?” Let cite Top 5 reasons why you should consider the industry like myself and make a better 2012 compared to your yearly routine. By the way, these are proven and well known facts that we encounter every day.

1.       Recession or Unemployment – This is a proven crisis even in the US and is here to stay. Downsizing, redundancy issues and retrenchment to save resources and limit cost. Some are even moving into technology to increase productivity and unfortunately reduce labor cost.

Here in the Philippines, from my previous industry, these are common practices in the BPO industry. Yes, you may say there are a lot of other companies but were looking at stability of income and long term goals; nobody wants a short term day in day out life anyway.

When you consider a Networking career, yes, you will still start from scratch or basics moving up but the advantage is seen in the principle of Leverage and Exponential growth (I’ll discuss this on a separate article) and as the topic relates, there is no lay off in Networking. The more you work here, the more it gives back. How? A proven effective system and support structure that is not talent or metrics base like your old job.

2.       Network Marketing is the only wealth generating business that does not require you to give up your life savings but still generate large sums of money – Like as mentioned above, this boils down to a proven and effective system. To make it easier to understand, lets cite the example of franchising a successful establishment. Let’s say McDonalds, it’s very popular and guaranteed working because of the System that you need to follow.  In a day, (I forgot the projected earnings that I read before in an article) let’s say it earns 100k, that’s a huge amount but what most people don’t know is the 100k is not your net income since there are the overhead expenses and don’t forget the royalty fee’s your paying for the brand name. NOT TO MENTION! If you have 5 million and more to invest in MCdo in the 1^st place. For the average “Pinoy” or employee, that’s impossible.

But in Network Marketing your 8,900 pesos, will give you the same capability like those businesses to earn. It gives you the proven & effective systems to earn twice that amount even as much as 360,000 minus overhead expenses. How? Because you’re leveraging on the System not your talents or skills and at the same time leveraging on a mutual and beneficial partnership between you and your business partners. Not to mention, at this age of social media , you have the power of social online networking at the tips of your fingers.

3.       There will always be Inflation – why bother with circumstances that you can’t control rather let’s focus on what is within your reach of influence or action, your financial capability.

-          Reduce your expenses – learn necessity from luxury, even the rich will tell you “ it doesn’t mean you can buy it, you should”

-          Raise your Financial capability – Don’t just rely on your job, at the end of the day your just a number better than the last person. There is no stability in your boss

-          Make your money work for you – Be Smart, let money work for you rather than you working for money. Invest , you will be surprised when your revenue from network marketing has surpass your basic salary and becomes more stable.

4.       Power of compounding – This might as well be leverage in action. As John Rockefeller said “I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”

       How? This is how large corporation grow, through the   collective production of employees.

And it’s the same concept with network marketing because you double your effort every       time you sponsor another business partner into your organization. Some will perform less or some will perform more, nevertheless you multiply yourself.

5.       The opportunity to work with “Problem Solvers” – Entrepreneurs are “problem solvers” by nature. They find the solution or supply to the demands of the trend. If you are to start in any business, it’s always wise to work with the “Problem Solvers” who are in the lead of the trend not in the middle or tail. Getting the chance to work with these people not only increases your success rate if not guarantee it but gives you the opportunity to learn, grow and become a “Problem Solver” as well. This is the difference of working with them or for them.

The list may go on but in a nutshell, these are the most common reasons “Why” and you might encounter a lot more. So why 2012 again? Because there is no perfect time in Network Marketing other than today. You will be surprised that a few years back, you had a chance of MLM but didn’t decide on it, now here it is again. Fact is MLM will grow with or with you and it will make a better life for somebody you know so better start with you.

 Cheers!

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3 Ways To Start Making Money In Your Business Today!

3 Ways To Start Making Money In Your Business Today!

Welcome Back to “TheSeekersWill”!

Today I am going to share an article that I read before and I felt was a vital piece of information to many aspiring and veterans alike. But first, I was asked recently why you had your blog named “TheSeekersWill”? Let me shed some light to that first.

I first heard the word “Seeker” or should I say I first put value on the word Seeker when I heard it from my first mentor. “You should always have a seekers mindset”, true enough since it was my first in this industry I learned early to be hungry for knowledge. To “Seek” out information, To “Seek” knowledge for a great knowledge base + action = success in this career and surely everyone wants success. The “Will” part, well I believe that’s self explanatory but for me “Will” means the capability to fight, to withstand and be strong in all challenges, the Will to succeed.

So whats the relation between my Blogs name and the topic? Success is something you attain when you are equip with the right know how, who do you get it? You SEEK for it. That being said, let’s go back to our focus for today.

Success is no easy path but definitely worth any challenge so what makes success attainable per say? Its knowledge coming from those who actually came and conquer those adversaries that proves vital to those who are in need of help. It’s better to avoid pitfalls if we can and the best way to do that is to learn from those who conquered them.

The author of the article simply put it into 3 important keys that every   aspiring new blood or even veteran may need to refresh on. It’s simple, straight forward and understandable why he mentioned it as the 3 Keys. No need for “rocket science here people”.  What you immediately realize after reading it is the money that you can save and earn in the next weeks or months if you take his advice under consideration.  Another notable item here is the sincerity of the advice, no sales pitch for “buy my program”, “follow my system for a guarantee” but rather a modest advice.

As old as the article is, the concept and ideas are still the same. I recommend that you read the whole article, its short anyway and its worth your time. You can find the article here

Cheers!

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5 Secrets to Drive Online Traffic to your Blog or Page

5 Secrets to Drive Online Traffic to your Blog or Page

Have you ever wondered or ask this “How do I Drive traffic in my blog or Fan page?” It’s the most asked question since we all want to drive traffic to our sites without spending that much on paid advertisements.

But for the not so versed, what do we mean by “drive traffic”. It’s the ultimate goal for most people specially those who want to share their ideas or for some its business. Simply put it, “drive traffic” means views, usage, ratings or popularity. Think about a famous music video or movie in youtube.com, let’s say “The secret video” most videos have at least 100,000 views. Meaning people all around the globe has viewed that item 100,000 times; it creates so much online traffic that it’s so popular that even if you do a Google search, the item appears. That is our GOAL, to drive traffic! So how do we do it??

What I am going to share is what I have learned from online research, feedback from people as well as personal experience.

To sum it up, there are 5 items that you can use to drive traffic in your site, blog or pages.

1.  Social Media
2.  Social Bookmarking
3.  Blog Comments

4.  Forums

5.  SEO

So first of all, Social Media. This is no longer a stranger for all of us, actually Social Media’s like Facebook, Twitter, linkedin and youtube has been used and capitalize by so many big companies that it is proven already how powerful it can be repeatedly. Take a look at some establish companies using the power of Facebook like Pepsi, coke, pizza hut even schools  and resorts have their own Facebook page that has millions of followers. You know what’s the best part? Most of these social media’s if not FREE are cheaper compare to the traditional advertisements!

So how do you do it? Most Social Media are FREE so take advantage and create your own page or accounts and keep this in mind:

          a.  Be Unique. Design it base on your brand

 b.  Make it interactive and FUN
 c.  Always remember to Add value to your friends or followers. Don’t just focus on your sales pitch 100 times a day
 d.  take advantage of different tools available
 e.  Don’t Spam

Social Bookmarking is more on giving, sharing or “bookmarking” the relevant links to your sites so that people can find you. I checked the trend for Social Bookmarking and there are a number of recommendations like Digg or StumbleUpon. My advice is to pick one or two, stick to it and see how the feedbacks come in rather than juggling all of them at once.

Blog Comments and Forums for me focus on one thing, Building relationships. This 2 are similar in approach since you will be investing some time to build rapport, establish trust and value not only to you but to the community as well.

Some tips about Blog Comments and Forums

          -     always ADD value. Remember, your building a relationship so avoid nonsense comments or sale pitches just to add your name in the community

-          Don’t do your Social Bookmarking here unless there is a separate thread for that

-          Respect other peoples post and or ideas

-          Use your name when interacting with the community

-          Always put value on your comments so that it attracts attention

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a functionality available to blogs that helps you and the people find your ideas. Samples are

          -     Keyword search

-          Tags (words related to your post)

-          Naming Images or pictures

In most cases, like in Blogger, there is a built in SEO function and step by step procedures to help you so don’t be lazy in reading the FAQ’s. It’s there to help you.

So that’s what I can share with you today and I hope that it can help you further improve your online marketing may it be for business or for that personal goal that you were able to share an inspirational idea to someone.

Oh by the way! As my mentors always tell me, Great Ideas and Learning’s are useless (pardon the term) if you procrastinate and don’t put it into action. Those items above are proven methods by hundreds if not thousands of people, its time you prove it as well.

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Cheers!

               
 

Why Not You ? By Steve Maraboli

As I was going through my Sunday chores and enjoying the Sunday heat wave, I got a few seconds to check something online and I saw one of my colleague’s post that inspired me.  

Since I was thinking about the power of positive affirmation that this strike me in the right spot at the right time. In any case, I wanted to share the inspiration he gave to others as well.

Why Not You ? By Steve Maraboli

Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?

Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?

Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?

Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?

Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?

Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?

Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?

Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?

Today, many will take the action necessary to make a difference. Why not you?

Today, many will make the commitment to be a better mother, father, son, daughter, student, teacher, worker, boss, brother, sister, & so much more. Why not you?

Today is a new day!

Many will seize this day.

Many will live it to the fullest.

Why not you?

How i got my business mentor

When i started in this new path or career it was clear to me that i needed a mentor or point of reference towards success. Yes, i did buy some books and as much as i enjoyed and enlightening they are, nothing beats an actual successful person sharing his ideas and experiences.   I read this article before and i did here the same ideas from different people.

"While some entrepreneurs have had the privilege of earning a business degree in college, or even an MBA, more people have gone through the business course of life and learned the entrepreneurial ropes the hard way: with bad decisions and expensive consequences. "

That being said, i learned early on that even some business man didn't really have that "privilege", Yes it is a plus factor if you have that but from what i read and successful people i interacted with some learn the ropes  with experience. Most say it boils down to your attitude (I'll expand on that next time)

This is what i learned, if your going to get a mentor, work with yourself first. What do i mean? Set yourself first to be in the zone of learning, know who you are, what you want, your goals & targets then most importantly your attitude (strength and  weaknesses). You cant afford to do a "shot gun approach" and waste time nor equally wasteful is learn later on that " i think im working with the wrong person, his ideas and ethics is different from mine"

"The teacher appears when the student is ready" When you know what you want and what you need it simplifies your list of who you want to approach since you know what you want and who can possibly feel it in & that somebody worth emulating.

Dont fret as well to ask help or get mentor ship from different people of success, as long as their ideas and concept are similar then the outcome is the same.  Sometimes its the approach that is different, some ideology but different approach like that of the "Coach A & Coach B"

People get confuse easily if not the hardest challenge people face is to "ask for help". Its a golden rule to have a business mentor when you want to be successful.

Busy Body

Its such a great feeling that my days are being filled up and enjoyed productively. So many thing have already happened the past 7 days that its a challenge  to start in blogging it =)

I just cant wait to start sharing all ideas, views, learning and the great sights that i have experienced these past days. 

There was the historical trip to Bataan and corregidor islands where i was overwhelmed by the "dambana of kagitingan" among other sites and relics. That was a 2 day trip that unfortunately i didn't have the change to bring my laptop due to accessibility in the places were going anyway. 

There was the skills workshop that i have attended where it was refreshing experience and in away an eye opener. An overnight workshop, where sleep is not a concern in a good way plus i was able to meet new friends and acquire new if not skills i already knew but didn't realize was there. Oh! not to mention a 6 hour activity that..well dumbfounded me from the start. Typical analysis paralysis syndrome .

and tomorrow! another event to be graced by the Ms Earth Candidates not to mention my original schedule of topics to blog.

How time flies when your having FUN! I wonder who i can take to meet the Ms Earth Candidates  tomorrow? =)

Welcome to your Family

In 2010, I decided to try out Multi Level Marketing a midst the hesitations and opinions of my peers. Why? Simple actually, my career in the corporate world (BPO) was not providing which was expected to sustain my family and when I say sustain, I no longer associate it to the word "survive" for a day but rather I wanted more for my growing family. Other than the fact that a lot of people are making fortunes from it. I do have my own research and it’s just logical to listen to somebody who succeeds rather than somebody who failed. It’s basic, like any business, why would I dive into battle unequipped and listen to somebody who didn't win, right? =)

This is what I had in my head, my career is at its peak but the environment was "insufficient" if I may say (no negativity here rather that's the best word I can think of to describe it) among other factors like no more quality time for both family and even myself, work was taking its toll on my health ( and trust me, they may deny it all they want, that the industry has no direct impact on its employee's health condition but the reality speaks for itself. In and outside the office, I even came to a conclusion that's its affecting some people’s emotional even mental state) and personally I don’t want to grow old in this industry.

So I said, I know I’m good (personal PEP talk) results speak for it so why not try something new. Besides, I can always come back and work the ladder up. BPO's even if their merging will always be there. If you did it once, you can do it again! Also, nobody is growing any younger, I might as well try now then try at my 40's and be haunted by that cliché "What if?" 

Actually I have a lot to tell and say but let’s focus on the idea on why I chose a certain company compared to the rest and what really made me decide or maybe "stay".

I encountered MLM through my wife's cousin, Ryan, successful, professional and down to earth. What really caught my attention other than the earning potential was his companies vision "To Uplift a billion lives" seriously that's a different level. I don’t even remember people in my industry taking their vision and core values seriously.   But being my typical self I just won’t settle on 1 resource so I did a little research for comparison before making that decision.

So, I checked different MLM's or Networking companies while still managing my work since I only decided to do it part time. I saw a lot of companies to be honest and even heard a lot more.  Success stories, horror stories even some people with over the top stories. Being a analytic or logic base, those didn’t really impress me besides I won’t go into details but I even met some people whose business ethics and professionalism in MLM are quite questionable if not "does not exist" at all. I dont want to judge, I just thought of it this way, it’s like the government, it’s supposed to be a fine institution to serve the people but due to some personalities or entities they give it a bad wrap or hideous impression due to their own personal actions. So, out of respect I will listen, say thank you, move on with a mind setting that there is somebody there that would suit and meet my expectations.

So after awhile, I didn’t really decide to join any of them rather my wife went ahead and made the decision for us (which now I am grateful that she did) let’s just say that went to a little discussion and then eventually I just thought why not, were here already and he's a family and I don’t think my wife’s cousin would bring us to any harm. 

So I learned the business and honestly, there is something unique and amazing that I got to know about GFI that none of the other companies was able to uphold in their business and distributors.

What you may ask? Well, I know you heard it before as well even at work. The word or words "welcome to your family! We are a community here" 

Yeah, I heard that also at work, but "work community" is not such loving community, honest and ... you get the point. In a world were my stats should be higher than yours to secure my position, it’s very different. I’m not saying that there is a no "real" community in my industry, there is but honesty its "rare"

So going back to GFI's community or culture, I saw an open, honest and ethical, day in day out not only from the distributors but it manifested from the President, VP going down to its distributors. It’s their talk and walks that made the difference. Besides, where can I find a place where the VP of the company and training has that pure intent of reaching out to all and the sole purpose is helping you grow as a person, a leader, other than just earning. That's why we call him Chief. Here when they say, you will earn but GROW as well, they mean it.

Connecting in heart and in mind

there were definitely challenges, and they were honest about it.

"Dondy, this is not get rich scheme, overnight"
Me: yeah thanks for head up =) but you know what we have been challenged in what we do everyday anyway so what the difference? Might as well face the challenge that yields and creates a better future.

I believed that I wouldn’t have lasted and stayed this long if we were not connected in heart and mind. That's the foundation I saw, what they teach and what I learned.  That's the way it has been and I believe that's the best way & it will always be.

The foundation or community that they raised spans culture, race, age, gender, religion or politics. It happened because I saw that their intentions were pure. As far as I’m concerned, with my limited expertise at that time, there teachings seem to lead to one word only - love. As they say, it isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

I know, what you’re thinking at this point? Hey you said Networking and earn money! Yeah, so did I thought but this guys perceived and envisioned such ideas that I myself was over whelm when I let myself absorb and understand. Understand what?  That’s there is more to just earning money, it’s about "Uplifting a billions lives"

The power of the Mind

I mentioned overwhelm above, yes, why? It’s the intensity of our thoughts and the power that our minds can create. This what I learned "it really depends on the persons openness, willingness, to trust the process of upgrading the mind in knowledge and attitude. 

One Billion Lives

amazing right?! When I let myself learn the value of this I got to know "how". Why not ask the why? Because most people I met always ask one billion lives? How?

What got us to make a difference in 10, or 40 or 2,000 lives is the same thing. It is the battle cry from the start - a genuine love and care for one another. As well as the resolve of everyone that has been touched by GFI to allow other people to experience the same. 

One World, One Family

In GFI, the world, the people, the teams no matter how diverse, understand and speak one language of genuine care and concern for others out of the sheer intention to uplift and to be better.

Apart from the significant financial gain, 8 million or a new BMW, more importantly I believe what makes GFI so resilient are the gains that can’t be quantified. We thrive because of the things we have deemed priceless.

So once again, welcome to your family

it’s not your typical or accustomed welcome as protocol.
It’s a genuine welcome, to a warm company, accommodating people, relaxed atmosphere and helpful individuals. Usually it will be with a sly knowing smile, like saying, "You have no idea what’s about to hit you!"

So in closing, did I find what I was looking for?

Yes, and you don’t know half of it =)