If you are out there in the corporate world holding down a job you may never have thought about the difference between earning residual versus linear income.

So what’s the difference?

Let me ask the same question a different way. Would you rather get paid for your own time and efforts or receive a share of other people’s time and efforts?

We all love heroes.

In fact, we all love heroes so much that we wanted to be heroes ourselves! Not a remote thing to really think about when you’re a little child, especially if you’ve become so enamored with the powers that one could possess – power to zap enemies and make them vanish right before your very eyes, power to fly (a favorite!), power to carry and lift heavy objects like buildings, power to stop objects from its tracks, the power of heightened senses (sight and hearing).

If you are a regular visitor of The Enlightened Networker then you know that at the beginning of every month I highlight my Top Commentators for the previous month.

Guess what? It’s this time again. Time to say “Thank You” and appreciate some of the great people who through sharing their valuable input and thoughts make this blog the success it has been enjoying over the past year or so.

I am so very thankful to all of you who visit and please know that I deeply appreciate every single one of you.

Besides the obvious reason that any sum is greater than the parts it is made up of, why is teamwork important for you to be successful with your network marketing business?

Before I go on and answer this, let me ask another question…

What is a team?

A team consists of a group of individuals with different strength and weaknesses, working together to achieve a common goal. Each member also brings with them a different set of skills, experiences and ideas.

Not everyone joining the network marketing industry will make it to the top. Newcomers are often lured in with the promise …Oh, it’s easy. Anyone can do it. But to have success in network marketing it really takes a special kind of person. So, what traits do all “Successful Network Marketers” have in common?

Let’s take a look…

Successful network marketers lead by example. They are totally plugged in. You can find them on every conference or training call as well as company events. They are constantly improving themselves through reading books, listening to audio or watching video courses or attending seminars.

When I heard about the prelaunch of GVO Conference and its incredible low price, I had to jump on it. This was an opportunity I did not want to miss out on.

In the past my husband and I had been using web conferencing software to do live presentations with our prospects and it worked extremely well for us averaging about 7-8 sign ups per 10 people who watched our presentation.

What is a Pyramid Scheme?

According to Wikipedia… A “pyramid scheme” is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment, services or ideals, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme or training them to take part, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public.

People often label MLM or Network Marketing, which is absolutely legal, as nothing but a pyramid scheme. However, a pyramid scheme is based solely on recruiting new people and no product or service is involved. That is illegal.

If you have ever thought, that the average person can’t achieve success and realize their dreams then I recommend you read “Beach Money”. A book about “Creating Your Dream Life Through Network Marketing,” written by one of the most inspiring and most humble people I know, Jordan Adler.

Show me any network marketing leader who hasn’t struggled in his or her career. Most of them had to overcome tremendous obstacles on their way to the top.  There’s no such thing as overnight success. They usually have been years in the making.

Could Your MLM Home Based Business Be In Danger?

Think the MLM Home Based Business you are building is really yours? Think again?

Imagine this scenario…

You have been building your MLM Home Based Business for the past 10+ years and all of a sudden the company decides to make some radical changes one of which is changing the compensation plan.  You are scrambling to keep your organization but can’t prevent max exodus. The bottom is falling out of what you have been building for years. To top it all off, the company doesn’t like your comments of discontent, sees you as a threat and decides to put a hold on your commission check.  Worse yet, decides to terminate you.

Build Your Own List

When I first started my internet network marketing business about ten years ago, I heard about the importance to build your own list. “The Money is in the List” was a popular phrase back then and it still holds true today. It made sense to me. The larger my list the more people I would be able to market to.

So I signed up with some of the biggest list builders back then and started building my list. Or so I thought, because some of the advertising claimed “Build Your Own List of Leads.”

Overcoming Objections with Feel, Felt, Found

Overcoming objections is one of the top business skills you need to learn how to master in your mlm home based business.

I know I struggled with this issue when I first started.  But then someone introduced me to “Feel, Felt, Found” a really cool method to overcome objections.

Marketing Outside the Box

Being creative and thinking outside the box in your marketing might make your offer more appealing.

Just think, a nicely wrapped gift makes much more of a statement than if you hand the gift over unwrapped.

Maybe you have a tough time getting some of your prospects to make a commitment and join you in your business.

I learned about these innovative marketing ideas below which may just create that little push they need to get them off the fence.