How Much Money Do You Make As A Network Marketer?

First of all, why is it considered ok to ask this question in the Network Marketing industry but not in any other profession?

Some marketers think it’s rude. Then there are those, like me, that when we hear that question we’re really hearing an underlying issue.

First of all, if you’re already in Network Marketing here’s how to answer that question, and how not to answer it. If you are someone that is looking to get into Network Marketing and you’re the one asking that question I have the answer for that too.

Whatever amount of money you are making in Network Marketing, if you tell someone that asks this question, it will be the wrong answer.

Your income in Network Marketing falls into 3 categories:

1. Beginner – You aren’t making anything yet, or are just breaking even, but you haven’t made anything significant yet. If you give this as an answer you lose credibility. People want to join a leader that has produced results.

2. Intermediate – You have begun to create success, you’ve been able to replace your main source of income and possibly even more. If you give this answer, you’re still not really impressing anyone. Because the prospect asking you how much you make has a vision of what they want to make, and quite likely it’s more than what you are at right now. Again, they want to join someone that has produced the results that they want.

3. Advanced Guru – You make $60,000/month and are living the Network Marketers dream. You still don’t want to tell prospects what you make because you will scare them away and draw out their underlying insecurity and self-doubt that they can reach that level.

So, no matter what you make it’s the wrong answer!

What is the right answer?

First we need to address what is really being asked.

The hidden question here isn’t about how much the person being asked makes. The real question that is being asked is how much can they make.

So, when you hear the question: “How much do you make in Network Marketing?” what they really want to know is: “How much am I going to make in Network Marketing?”

Now, to address those of you who have asked this question, or want to ask it. Here is the underlying issue that someone like me, and other marketers that have been in the game for awhile are going to pick up on. Your lack of confidence in your ability to make the income you want in Network Marketing.

Because you know that you don’t really care about what I make. You want to know what you’re going to make. You want reassurance and a guarantee.

You are the only one that can put a guarantee on what you will make as a Network Marketer because your results are directly linked to the effort you put into it.

The reassurance I give is in the training, information, education, resources and tools that I offer to those starting out in Network Marketing.

Editing Note: After writing this I realized I didn’t give a clear way to respond to this question, so thank you for Marcus Baker’s comment and for Cedrick Harris saying this at least 100 times,,, respond with a question for them in return: “How much of my money do you have access to and get to spend on a monthly basis?“  NONE “Right, so let’s get you signed up today so you can get to work on what you’re going to make in Network Marketing.”

Network Marketing Inspires 9 Year Old Entrepreneur To Enroll 154 People Into Numis Network And Make $200,540

As a parent I want my daughter to follow her dreams as she grows. I hope she follows her dreams like my friend Robbie Johnson’s 9 year old son.  Robbie and I work together in the Numis Network team Team Takover and have both been inspired by the leadership of Dave Wood, but I believe Dave inspired Robbie’s 9 year old son more than any of the rest of us on the team.  Here is a reprint of Robbie’s blog entry on how his son is an inspired Network Marketing Entrepreneur.

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This is a story my son wrote on a state test. He wrote it in his own words. I have not edited it in any way. He told me this story on his way to school. I was inspired by it and wanted to share it with everyone:

The Little Money Maker

My name is Jake Willis I am nine years old. I come from a very poor family. One day I was walking home from school. every day I pass the local dump and I always look through the garbage for old toys or games. But that day there were no toys or games but there was a old chest with a old rusty key in a keyhole. So I went to the counter and I asked if I could keep the chest and the man said I could keep the chest.

So I dragged the old chest four blocks to my old house. When I got home I said ‘hi’ to my Mom. Then I took the chest outside to my Dad I asked my Dad for some oil. When he gave me the oil I put some on the rusty key. Then I turned the key. When it unlocked the chest I opened it. And inside the chest were old collectors gold and silver coins And a P.B.R invitation. Even though I didn’t know what a P.B.R I went up to my Dad and asked him if we could go but he said ‘NO’. The next morning I snuck out of the house. Witch seemed imposable with all the squeaky floorboards.

Once I got out of the house I took a bus to the Seattle center because that is were the P.B.R was. Once I got there I went to the meeting room. In the meeting room there was a white board and a man talking to everyone so I asked him if this was the P.B.R and he said yes. After the P.B.R I sold two of the coins and I got for $500.00. I also got a sign up sheet that I hade to have my parents fill out so I could join Numis Net work.

When I got home my parents were so mad that I snuck out of the house that there faces were bright red. I was sent to my room for four hours. But the next day I asked my parent if I could join Numis Network. After two hours of thinking my parents decided that I could join Numis Network under my Dads name. After three years I built a team of 154 people and I had made over $200,540. And now me and my parents live in a very nice home in Hawaii. And when I am 18 I make $80,000 a month and I am also none worldwide for my training webinars on how to be successful in Numis Network.
The end.

This all came about because I recently had a Private Business Reception at my house with my good friend David Wood. My son the whole week was excited about him coming to our house. I had no idea the effect that it would have on him. It inspired him to write this story. Which leads me to ask are you inspired by what network marketing can do? Are you dreaming big like my 9 year old son? I am.

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End of original content, Click Here for original post on Robbie Johnson’s blog.

OK, as a mom this pulled on my emotions and I got a little teary eyed.

If you haven’t found a company that is this strong, and a team of marketers that is this close, this personal and this supportive then please click here to see the most powerful company and product in Network Marketing.

Top 10 Reasons No One Is Following You On Twitter

1. Profile Picture. Is it you? Or your company logo. No one cares about logos. Twitter is a social site. People follow people. If they want to follow a logo they’ll go follow the actual company.

2. Your Name. Is it your name? Or are you “companyguy” or are you “mlmcompanymom” You might have a really catchy name, but these are usually passed over and people follow those that have their real name, or they will once again follow the actual company.

3. Twitter is for Tweeting. Are you sending out any tweets? I get a lot of followers that never tweet a thing. There’s no reason to follow someone that doesn’t say anything. There’s nothing to gain or learn from them.

4. Spammers and Promoters. It’s ok to send out a link to a product or company…. Once in awhile. But you have to send out tweets that are worth something too!

5. Unfollowers. If you’re gonna follow somebody, stay with them unless they offend you or just aren’t providing anything useful. Twitter also watches out for this. If you follow a bunch of people, and then quickly UNfollow as soon as they follow you back,,, you’re going to be flagged as suspicious, plus it’s just rude.

6. Direct Message Spam. I don’t get any direct messages that are worth reading anymore. So I don’t bother looking at them. 99% of them are automated and totally impersonal.

7. Compulsive @ Mentions. I like getting messages this way because of reason number 6. But I’m seeing spamming this way too. Being @ mentioned in the same tweet as a link to a product or promotion is rude. What’s worse is when I’m being @ mentioned by people just so they can look cool because they are mentioning someone that has a bigger presence than them in the industry. Piggy backing like this is almost worse than name dropping. It’s also rude to do this in Facebook with tagging. Don’t put anyone’s name on something unless they are part of the content you are sharing or it’s going to be of value to them. If you aren’t sure then don’t do it.

8. Profile Bio. Um, who are you? No, don’t tell me about your company, I can go follow companies if I want to know about companies,,, remember? Who are YOU, what makes you unique and interesting to people? How to you attract attention?

9. Profile Background. You might not think this is important, and perhaps it’s not. But if you look at the real players in network marketing, they have custom profile backgrounds with all the ways to reach them. There’s a couple that keep it simple, but those are the REAL big names that don’t need to put out their info, infact they don’t want it out there anymore because they’ve gotten too big in the industry to be getting messages from everyone.

10. Communication. Twitter is a social site. Strike up conversations through @ mentions to connect with people. Always remember that in this industry people join people. They aren’t interested in businesses and opportunities. They already have one of those, chances are it’s not working out to great for them. They’re looking for answers and connections with people that can help and give answers.

If you’ve been having trouble with no response on Twitter and no one following you back look over your profile and Tweet habits and make changes to either stop or start doing some of these things listed above.

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Remember being afraid of the dark as a kid? Once the lights were on everything was fine.

Well, let’s shed some light on Binary Compensation Plans so we’re not all terrified of them anymore.

Why marketers avoid Binary Compensation Plans, and how to find binary plans that actually pay!

If you’ve ever been burned by a binary compensation plan, welcome home.  See the only company with a binary compensation plan that avoids all the pitfalls of binary plans by clicking here.

The more complicated a plan is, the more that can go wrong.

Success in Network Marketing is not dependent upon how elaborate your marketing plan is.

The more simple it is, the more easily you can teach someone else how to do it and the more easily they will learn it and be able to teach it to someone else.

This applies to Offline and Online methods! Whichever you choose to use, or if you use BOTH!

I reference the Laws of Duplication in this video. This video and that post compliment each other, neither one has to be viewed before the other.

No one ever said life should or would be fair.  But everyone has some sort of unfair advantage over someone else.

I have 3 unfair advantages given to me when I started as a Network Marketer.

Watch this video and pick out which of these advantages you might have and didn’t even know it.

What are your unfair advantages?

Practice This Exercise To Bring Out Your Inner Alpha

If you aren’t an Alpha in your everyday interactions then how are you going to be an Alpha in Network Marketing?

Learn more Mike Dillard techniques by clicking here.

Remember The Good Ol’ Days Of Marketing?

I’m talking about commercials and magazine ads from way back in the day.

When everyone in the commercials had big smiles, were overjoyed to use the products and they never ever ever never never bashed the competition.

They always referred to “Brand X”

On TV commercials now you will see all kinds of companies bashing other companies. Whether they say the name of the company they are bashing or not, does not matter, you still know who they’re putting down.

(By the way,,, I’m a PC, I just think this commercial if funny.)

Those old ads that used to be on TV had some integrity to them,,, even if they were really corny.

As internet marketers we should live up to that same integrity. I’ve never heard a leader in network marketing talk bad about a particular company in their marketing campaigns. Sometimes we get a little critical but the top earners will not say “My company is better than Company XYZ because Company XYZ steals candy from babies and kicks your mother in the shins.”

Oh wait,,,, I’m wrong. Top earners and leaders DO say “Company XYZ” because they keep neutral and don’t attack the integrity of other companies and they will actually use the phrase: “Company XYZ”.

While we are on the subject of not using names, I would like to add an important note.

Name Dropping.

Never ever ever,,, NEVER pull the trick of “name dropping”.

Just this past week I have met 2 different people that started “name dropping” on some people that are members in the marketing system I use.

The first of the two claimed he helped the founders create it. He was flat out lying. How did I know that? He didn’t even know the correct last names of the founders. Nor did he know there was more than one founder of the system.

The second one told me he was friends with another one of the members in the system and that he had dinner with him the night before. He was also lying. How did I know that? Because the member he was talking about is my sponsor and was speaking at a presentation in Palm Springs, CA with one of the owners of my primary company and this guy that was telling me stories was in New England.

So DO NOT drop names in this industry. You never know if who you are talking to actually knows the person whose name you are “dropping.” And you could just end up looking like a fool.

If you are ever in doubt, there is really only one name you should use when you are speaking with someone. And that is the name of the other person. Because that is the only person they truly care about. And everyone loves to hear their own name.

I learned this and other ways of marketing with integrity from a guy who I won’t “name drop” by clicking here.

“A leader is someone that can get other people to do things that wouldn’t have otherwise gotten done if the leader hadn’t been there.”

The following is from a training given to our team by my personal mentor and sponsor David Wood. It is so powerful that I was compelled to share it. (View the full training here, however it is specific to my team’s company)

These commitments can be applied to any company within Network Marketing. In fact, we carried these commitments over to our new company team from our previous network marketing company that had shut down its compensation plan.

This is for those who desire to be leaders in network marketing.

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The Ten Core Commitments

1. Get Started Right – In your first 24 hours,
plug into your team training.And jump in with a major burst of energy.
Contact people that you know personally and that you know well,
(keep the list small,,, don’t call your neighbor’s cousin’s friend,,,
unless that’s also your best friend), to tell them you have started
your business. (Use your team training to learn how to do this without being overbearing)

Start your business right, and get your new people to do the same.
Plug people into your teams existing system for training.

***If you feel embarrassed to tell those closest to you about your
business then you are either with the wrong company,
or network marketing may not be for you.***

2. Three Great Invitations A Day – Expose at least 3 people to your
business on a daily basis using 3rd party tools. Always be connecting.
If you have just started, treat people right and invite them to see the
message from someone other than YOU.

3. Form A Mastermind Team – This has worked for thousands of
years. It still does. Find a core group of people to work with and
bounce ideas, trade tips on what is working for each person.

4. Support A Weekly Meeting – Bring your business to the world.
Meet people and build relationships. (Don’t just throw out your
business card!) This meeting can begin with just 2 people. Invite
someone to lunch and connect. You will see 10 times the success
of recruiting locally over using the internet alone.

5. Daily Personal Growth – Read for 15-30 minutes per day.
Leaders are readers. Countless studies have shown that one
of the main differences between highly successful people and
average people is how much they read.

6. Study Marketing – Don’t overwhelm yourself. Make regular time
to study. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Learn to eventually generate
at least 10-20 leads per day. Study the leaders in marketing.

7. Attend The Big Events – There may be 2 or 3 per year. One of
the secrets of the top earners is they make events and bring their
team.

8. Get Connected – This is a team sport. Connect with your upline,
your sponsor, your company, and your personal team. Reach out.
Be on the weekly team training, presentations, and chat groups.

9. Support The Team – Be available to anyone in any way that you
can. It doesn’t matter if they are on your team or not. We, as a
company, are a team. Let’s ROCK this together.

10. Be Here In A Year
Everyone who is here in a year and follows these commitments
will have a dramatic transformation in their lives. All that is
required is that you follow the commitments and have your team do the same.

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This is a summary of a longer training. If any of these seem ridiculous, off the wall, crazy, or just plain stupid to you,,, feel free to contact me and we can talk in further detail.

Be creative and think outside the box!

Your Sponsor has zero responsibility for your success.

Your success is totally up to you.

The person that enrolled you has a responsibility to be available to you and to provide you with the tools for you create success in your business.

But they are neither personally responsible nor accountable for the outcome of what you do with the knowledge and tools passed on to you.

As a network marketer and entrepreneur your keys to success are within you. Your sponsor has merely provided you with the car and the knowledge on how to drive it. YOU have to turn the key and start it and put it in drive.

That may sound harsh to you, but remember, I’m the one that tells you what no one else will.

There is a bright side though. The success of your sponsor is linked to your success. It is in their best interest for you to succeed.

Without your success it is more responsibility and work placed on them.

Have you heard this saying: “Would you rather have 100% effort from one person or 1% effort from 100 people?”

It’s much easier to teach 100 people one simple task and have it duplicated than to teach 1 person how to do everything. 100 people means 100 times the available time to perform the tasks.

The sum of the parts is greater than the whole.

This is a business of leverage.

It is simply teaching people how to utilize the time and talents of others. It is a duplication of efforts.

Laws of Duplication:

1. KISS – Keep It Short & Simple – Always ask yourself: Is this something that anyone can do? You want people to see it as easy and that they can do it. If you are over complicating things then no one will be able to duplicate your efforts,,, and no one will want to either. You want people to say “I can do it, and I wouldn’t mind doing it everyday.”

2. It Has To Be Able To Work Anywhere – It needs to be simple enough that someone living in the middle of nowhere with no friends or contacts can duplicate. It needs to be able to work without your continued presence and holding the hand of everyone in your downline.

3. It Has To Be Able To Work For Anyone – The most socially inept person with zero knowledge about network marketing must be able to duplicate your success. People have to be able to have a chance at making network marketing work for them.

4. The Law Of 3rd Party – Whenever you are presenting your business you want anything or anyone other than you presenting your business. Whether that be a guest speaker or an online webinar or a recorded presentation.

This law ties all the others together. You could be an expert on your company’s product, compensation, and history of the founders. But it is still not wise to present all of that info because it takes a long time to gain that knowledge and you want what you do to appear simple, work anywhere, and for anyone. A new person in the company cannot do a full presentation, but they can invite someone to see one.

How you present the business to your prospects is how they are going to be picturing themselves presenting the business.

Randy Gage is very successful in network marketing. He gives presentations of his company all the time. But he does not give presentations to his own prospects. Because he understands that what he does needs to look like it’s super easy to do.

So is your sponsor responsible for your success? No.

But, if they want success of their own, then they are responsible for making sure you are duplicate their success and make yourself victorious. Therefore, as a sponsor and mentor, it is also your responsibility to do the same.

Have more questions about the Laws of Duplication?

Don’t have a sponsor or mentor that is teaching you simple steps to duplicate success?

Contact me here.