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Feb

25

2010

When should I quit my job and become a full-time network marketer?

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Category : Working Smarter

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One of the biggest reasons people join network marketing is because they hate their jobs.

Their goal is to earn enough money so they can afford to leave their present employment. Will that give them financial security? Probably not.

For example, let’s say that John earns $2,500 a month. That $2,500 a month pays the expenses for John and his family. While he is building his networking business, his part-time checks of $1,000 per month represent extra income that is not required to cover their personal overhead.

It’s unencumbered money. That extra $1,000 a month could buy trips, nice cars, fun times, pay off debts, or could be saved for retirement or invested for financial security. Life is good with extra cash to spend as you wish.

But what happens when John’s network marketing check reaches $2,500 a month?

He quits his job. Now John’s $2,500 a month network marketing check pays the expenses for John and his family. There is no extra cash or fun money. The budget is tight. John sweats his sales volume every month hoping his check won’t drop to $2,300.

See the difference?

The successful networkers I know keep their job and invest their network marketing check. After a few years they are totally financially independent because of their investments.

Then, they quit their job. Their investments pay the monthly expenses while their networking checks are spent on vacations and other fun activities.

“Nothing magical happens when you quit your job except that your income disappears.” — Art Spikol

“Since I quit my j-o-b, I sleep like a baby. Every three hours I get up and cry.” — Anonymous Distributor

Something to consider.

Because Your Success Matters!

David A Haines
215-268-6696 Anytime!

Feb

25

2010

Inspiration from Will Smith

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Category : Persistance, Working Smarter

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Watch 10 minutes of pure motivation by Will Smith

My favorite quotes:

“If you’re not making someone’s life better, you’re wasting your time.”
“I want to do good. I want the world to be better because I was here.”

Make it a great day.

To Your Success!

David Haines
What would you do if you KNEW you could not Fail?
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

Feb

24

2010

Network Marketing Is A SCAM!

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Category : 5 Pillars of Success

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Network Marketing is a ScamI wish I had a nickel for every time I hear that phrase when talking to people about what I do! It would be a nice little side income!

Unfortunately, that’s what a lot of people think of Network Marketing. The really sad part is that there are a lot of Network Marketing Companies out there that are scams. A lot of people are getting ripped off every day.

So you’ve got to ask yourself, why does this happen? Are people stupid to fall for these scams? I don’t think that’s it. I think that the main problem is people get caught up in the hype and don’t really understand what they are getting into. They don’t take the time to figure out if the opportunity is legitimate or not. They’re not stupid, they’re just trusting! They trust that a company wouldn’t intentionally try to rip them off.

Because of these unscrupulous companies, it’s given our whole industry a bad reputation.

So how do we combat both the bad companies and the bad reputation?

Education. We need to get educated on what makes a legitimate company. There are signs. We just have to know what signs to look for.

That’s where Mentoring for Free comes in. Michael Dlouhy has come up with what he calls The 5 Pillars of Success. A good, solid, legitimate company will have all 5 of these Pillars. If any one pillar is missing, you should think twice about joining that company. Why? Because your chances of success diminish with every loss of a Pillar. Now, does a company without all 5 Pillars make it an instant Scam? No, not at all. But…. You can guarantee that if the company has all 5 Pillars it won’t be a scam.

So which would you prefer? A guessing game? Or a proven system to show you exactly what to look for?

To get started learning more about the 5 Pillars of Success, just go to http://www.davidahaines.com and sign up for our Free MLM Letter. As a bonus to the first 50 people who sign up, I’ll send you an excellent audio recording of Michael Dlouhy explaining the 5 Pillars to Success. This is one audio you don’t want to miss!

Ok, until next time!

Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!
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PS: I heard a good story, takes about 2 minutes, might make you a lot of money, might not. Call me at 215-268-6696 if you have a whole 2 minutes to hear it.

Feb

20

2010

Sorting for Leaders

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Category : Leads, Target Marketing

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While there are many ways to divide and subdivide people into groups, let’s examine a simple way to sort for leaders.

For recruiting, training, and business-building purposes, it is advantageous for us to categorize people into two groups:

Group One:
Those people looking for reasons why something will work.

Group Two:
Those people looking for reasons why not.

Group One individuals are fun to work with. They are mature enough to realize that life isn’t perfect. In fact, in many of their business decisions, they acknowledge there may be thousands of reasons why something won’t work. All they need to go into action is one good reason why it will work.

They may be aware that their upline sponsor is a jerk, their personal contacts are useless wimps, the company’s logo is the wrong color, the delivery of product is sporadic, the local meetings are boring, etc., but if they have just one good reason why the opportunity is good (such as the marketing plan is good, the product really helps people, etc.), then they can go ahead and be successful in the business.

Group One individuals are not excuse-driven. They look for the positive reasons why something will work, and then go into action.

Group Two individuals are constantly looking for flaws. Why?

If they can find the slightest excuse or reason why something may not work, they can then justify not trying. They may investigate an opportunity and find thousands of reasons why it will work, but they will concentrate on searching for any little reason not to go into action.

Group Two individuals are people who won’t leave the house in the morning unless they can be sure every stoplight on the way to work will be green. Many upline leaders frustrate themselves by attempting to fix every excuse their Group Two distributors can think of. No matter how many obstacles you clear from their path, your Group Two distributors will create more to take their place.

Their motto is: “Any excuse will do.”

So how’s your group? Is it mostly Group One or Group Two people?

Stop wasting your time signing up Group Two people. To learn how to get quality leaders searching for YOU, download our FREE eBook “Success in 10 Steps”.

Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!
Skype ID: davidahaines
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PS: I heard a good story, takes about 2 minutes, might make you a lot of money, might not. Call me at 215-268-6696 if you have a whole 2 minutes to hear it.

Feb

18

2010

The Importance of Finding Your “Why”

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For the past few months I’ve been very depressed. So much so, that for a bit I even considered that my time here on earth might be up and that I needed to leave. Not good to say the least.

You see, I let the negative thoughts back in. I stupidly opened that familiar door to fear.

All of those fears that I thought I had conquered and put behind me, were gripping me tightly again. I thought I failed… Failed my Mentors, failed my Family, but mostly failed Myself. It’s been horrible!

I decided that this week I was going to figure out what it was exactly that was causing this “breakdown” and today I finally figured it out.

I forgot my “Why”. I got so caught up in “being successful” I forgot why I was doing all this in the first place.

So today I reread my “Why”. And yes, I cried. Because my “Why” is very powerful to me.

Finding it, changed my life. Losing sight of it, changed it back.

I will never let that happen again!

I’d like to share my “Why” with you. It took me a long time to come up with it, and a lot of digging into places I didn’t want to go. But now I realize how beneficial it is.

What’s my why?

Well, simply put, I haven’t been alive! Even as a young kid I believed I was destined for great things. I knew it in my soul. I knew I was special. What the hell happened? How did I get from there to here? This is not the life I was destined to live! I feel like I’m dying. I feel like I’m just counting the days until it’s over. I’m not experiencing all the joy and wonder that I know is out there. I’m not being the leader I was born to be.

My older kids are just starting their adult lives and they are struggling. I see the negative thought patterns and the mundane life taking hold of them. I see the contentment with a life of lack creeping in. It’s killing me. Are they destined to live the life of poverty that I’ve lived? I want to scream at them to wake up! But how can I do that? How can I expect them to change behaviors I myself have yet to change? People follow leaders who truly lead, not just talk. True leaders lead by example. I haven’t given them any positive examples to follow. This needs to change! This will change!

I, we, they will see the success I’m having. I will restore the thoughts of possibilities in all our lives. The possibility that we can do great things. That we can accomplish our goals. That our dreams are not just something to wish for! That’s the true meaning of success. All the money and all the things are just a by-product of success. True success is knowing that you’re living. Knowing that your short time here on earth was not just waiting to die. Life is meant to be experienced, soaked up, shared.

If I can just do that, I’ll know for the first time in my life that I’m not just a waste of space.

That’s my why!

So my message to you my friend, is to find your “Why”. Because when the going gets tough, and it will, your “Why” can bring you back to a place of empowerment. It will give you the reasons why you must go on. Why you must succeed. It restores hope. Without it, you can’t own your life. And that’s what we all need to strive for. Otherwise, our time here on earth is just a waste. And I know you don’t want that.

If you’d like help working on your own “Why” or just want to share yours with me, just give me a call or shoot me an email. My door is always open.

To Your Success! Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

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Feb

17

2010

Greed and Ego

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Every time we have ever seen a company or downline explode and go away, it does so because of the same 2 reasons: GREED and EGO.

True leaders are the Mentors with the servant’s heart. It’s never about the money. No Money Focus = No Greed. Build people and people will build the business.

People are people. They are not a number. They have goals, dreams & desires. Network marketing is not a sales business. Network marketing is a teaching & mentoring business. So the track record & attitude of leadership is critical.

When you’ve joined a business and someone calls you, telling you to make a list of your friends & family, I can promise you that they do not have a system. “Friends & family” is what has been puked downline for the last 50 years, and that is the reason for such high failure rates in MLM.

It’s Really All About Target Marketing

You’ve got to find people who will raise their hand, looking for you and/or your product, your service, your opportunity.

Too often, somebody calls you up, pitching you. They don’t even know who you are. They don’t care who you are. They don’t care anything about you.

I’ve heard certain network marketing leaders say, “It’s a relationship business.” And many of these people have never built a relationship with anybody. Nobody on their team would want to go on a one-month cruise with them.

Some “Leaders” Don’t Even Want To Be Around Their People At Convention!

Why? It’s all about the greed & the ego. The fancy watch, fancy jewelry, fancy suit, exotic cars, being the superstar, all that stuff.

Do they ever help the person who’s been squashed by life? Do they ever pay for the next guy going through the toll gate? Do they ever just freely give their time to mentor others, expecting nothing in return? Do they ever use their income to buy good tools for those in their group who are obviously trying to build?

No, they don’t.

Instead, it’s always about greed & ego, me, me, me. It’s never about the other person.

You truly have to care about people. And then you won’t have the greed and the ego. And THAT is the kind of person who can build huge in network marketing, because you will attract people just like you!

To build your own big income in MLM, the people you sponsor will need a constant stream of hot prospects. I can help you do that for them, and for yourself. For details, call me at (215) 268-6696 or go to HERE right now to see what we can do for you.

To Your Success!

David Haines
215-268-6696 Anytime!
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PS: I heard a good story, takes about 2 minutes, might make you a lot of money, might not. Call me at 215-268-6696 if you have a whole 2 minutes to hear it.

Feb

17

2010

Cold Calling Stinks!

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Category : Personality Color Training

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Let’s be blunt. Cold calling stinks! There has got to be a better way. I am glad to tell you that there is a better way. It is called the “Colors Personality Training.”

So what do colors have to do with your success level?

How can understanding colors allow you to potentially see up to a 300% increase in your response rate?

Colors Personality Training is a unique approach to helping you have success in contacting prospects. Most people think it is all about having a great ability to close the deal, to make that prospect yank out their wallet and buy right now. This sounds good, but really misses a vital key to long term success.

What is the key to having long term success?

It first starts with understanding the type of business you are really promoting. Many people believe it is all about having the best product or service. Others think it is about having a fancy web site or a 20 page full color brochure.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

It’s not about what you are “selling”, but it is something so simple that most people will completely overlook it. In fact, once you see and understand the simple principles that are shared with this training, you will be amazed at how you will be able to go from having to hear 100+ No’s every day to dealing with a high number of Yes’s.

If you are ready to discover what you are really promoting and to get the prospects to enjoy your calling them, then go to:

The FREE MLM Letter

If you’re a Leader who wants to stop playing around and finally learn how to succeed in this industry, just sign up for Michael Dlouhy’s FREE “MLM Letter” and I will personally send you the special Colors Personality Training Audio recorded by Michael Dlouhy which explains the Colors Personality in depth. This is an awesome audio that you don’t want to miss!

To Your Success!

David Haines
“What would you do if you KNEW you could not Fail?”
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Feb

16

2010

Are you a walking “bad advertisement” for your business?

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My Mentor Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter shared this with me today. Hmmm… I think he was trying to tell me something… It’s a good lesson for us all.

“Every day the ant works all day. Every hour the ant is busy. And in the end what happens?”

“Someone steps on him.”

Many network marketers work their business every free hour they have. Weeknights, weekends, holidays, family reunions, wedding receptions, every event is an opportunity to pass out business cards, catalogs, brochures, audios and . . .

What’s happening?

These network marketers are working all day, just like the ant. They are so busy with activities, they fail to see the big picture or real goal. We just hope these networkers don’t get stepped on like the ant.

Here is a point of view that networkers should consider:

1. If you spend all your free time building your business, what is your prospect going to see? Your prospect will avoid joining your business because he doesn’t want to spend every waking hour networking.

2. If you advertise how network marketing gives you time and money freedom, yet you work your business every waking hour, doesn’t something feel wrong with this picture?

3. And what about all this activity? Networking should be simple. If all we have to do is sponsor a few people and build them into leaders, then what’s all this other activity about?

4. Would a balanced, happy life attract more prospects?

We are living advertisements for network marketing. We should be careful what our advertising says.

What does your advertising say?

Great thoughts to ponder!

To Your Success!

David Haines
What would you do if you KNEW you could not Fail?
215-268-6696 Anytime!
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