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The Business Of Sugar

This is a report from CBC on the business of sugar. Enjoy!

Choose the Right Company

Nine Keys to Choosing the Right Company — a Company That Can Provide $1,000-$100,000 A Month Residual Income in Less than 12 Months”

Online businesses are no different from normal brick and mortar businesses. If you do your due diligence and follow a simple game plan, you’ll find a business that is the right fit for you. Here are the crucial questions you need answers to …

    1. AN UNSELFISH MISSION: Is the Company involved in any charities or programs to help others? Is the company doing something to benefit others in the future? Do they understand the universal principle of “what goes around comes around” or are they just in it for a quick buck? You’ve got to have a mission that puts the success of others first. Remember, helping other people to get what they want is the key to getting what you want. Our goal is to help 100 people become millionaires within the next three years, and we’re on track to reach our goal. Plus our company assists a number of charities. Look at the leadership of the company. Are the leaders people of integrity?
    2. A GO-AHEAD INDUSTRY: Direct Sales via Network Marketing. No other business model offers so much potential with so few barriers to entry (like start-up costs).
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Lead with the product

“When Everyone Else Is Focused on MLM Opportunity Leads, Learn How To Sneak In Under the Radar and Generate Rabid Customer Leads”

“The Only Stability in Network Marketing is in Product Sales …”

Something important I have learned is how to actually market products and services, instead of just a “business opportunity” like we are taught in the MLM world.

Trouble-Shooting for an Old MLM friend…

Susan called and told me that she wanted to create a product-based lead system for her Herbalife Business. She said she had trouble recruiting people into Herbalife because it’s such a well-recognized brand and people immediately make assumptions before she has an opportunity to present her business opportunity properly. (more…)

A Lesson From The Wright Brothers … How to Give Your Business Wings!

by Michel Bilodeau

In 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright were struggling to fly the world’s first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. At the same time another man, Samuel Pierpont Langley, was also trying to build an airplane — with the assistance of an entire staff. His assumption was that if he put a big enough engine on the airplane, he could get anything off the ground. He focused all his effort on that one project: creating a super-powerful engine for the plane.Airplane
The Wright Brothers’ approach, however, was to build a glider that would glide from a hilltop with no engine at all. They focused their energy on (finesse), balance and steering — power was almost an afterthought. Only after it worked with no power would they try to put an engine on it. (more…)

Top 3 Tips To Avoid Compensation Plan Nightmares

When speaking to groups of people, I’ve often commented on how tragic it is, that there exists no school or class you can attend, to find out what to look for & what to stay away from in a network marketing opportunity.  

This checklist is meant to change that for you, so you can avoid wasting many months, & even years building your dreams with the wrong vehicle.   (more…)

A Used Model

Would You Seriously Buy A Used Vehicle Without Checking Under the Hood?

by Michel Bilodeau

JOINING a network marketing company, like LifePath, Herbalife, Global Resorts or Polaris Media, on the basis of … “it’s got such great products” is the auto industry equivalent of buying a van without checking under the hood.

Let me explain. Like it or not, the primary purpose of any business is to “move product”.
Similarly the primary purpose of a van is … (you guessed it) to “move product”.
Trouble is, most companies — like LifePath and Polaris Media Group — offer a great “looking” vehicle, but on closer inspection, the home business owner finds it doesn’t have an engine capable of driving sales. (more…)

Amateurs ‘Sell’, Professionals ‘Sort’…In 3 Steps

Amateurs “SELL” –> Professionals “SORT”.

In the end, the sorting process can be summed up in just three steps …
Step #1 — Build a prospect list.
Step #2 — Build a relationship with your list.
Step #3 — Market to your list.

But let me start by asking you a simple question:

Would you rather …

option #1: have people eagerly contacting you, cash in hand, about your products or services.

or

option #2: hunt them down and beat them over the head with a sales pitch until they run away calling you a crazy person? (more…)

Online Business Myth 7 "You can make money in this business with next to no money down…"

Ever heard the saying “You get what you pay for?”

Online Business Myth 7

Never a truer word was spoken. It applies in this context as well.

Now, certainly, if you are planning to build a business working from home, you have far fewer capital outlays than someone in a brick and mortar business or even a franchise. In either of those business environments, you will typically have expenses like a lease on a building and equipment, stock and wages. If you are a franchisee, in addition to all of those costs, you will also have paid for the ‘privilege’ of doing business under someone else’s name. Forking out money for any of these running costs is by no means a guarantee that you will make any money. There are many brick and mortar business people and franchisees who go out of business every day, despite having great products and services on offer. Read more (more…)

Online Business Myth 6 "You can make money working as little as seven hours a week…"

Ahhh…another clever marketing ploy to appeal to the “get rich quick”, “time poor”, and just plain lazy prospect.

Online Business Myth 6

Now this is simply a bald faced lie. Again, think about this logically. Every person who steps into this industry for the first time (especially if they have no previous business experience of any kind), is faced with an enormous learning curve. We are not exaggerating, it is huge. Less a curve, and more of a Mt Everest in fact.

There is only one way to learn, apply and master new skills, and that is with time. And unless you are an exceptionally fast learner, you will need to be prepared to devote lots of it. Now, don’t get me wrong, you can definitely start learning how to run your business in as little as seven hours a week, and if you have a very strong desire to start your own business, and that is all the time you have available to you, then you have to start where you are at. Read more (more…)