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Visalus Distributors – A Word of Caution!

Category : Company Review, Network Marketing, Policies and Procedures

Interesting news development today. Blyth, Inc., a publicly traded company has just completed the 3rd of 4 phases in the acquisition of Visalus.

Here’s the news article talking about the acquisition: PR Newswire.

So this brings up some interesting questions for the Distributors. And just to be clear, this is not an article to bash Visalus, it’s owners, nor Blyth, Inc. It’s just to point out some observations I’ve had and ask some questions that came to my mind.

As you know, with a publicly traded company, the shareholders call the shots. When times get lean (and they will for Visalus, no company is immune to that), who is going to get paid first? The Shareholders or the Distributors? You got it, the Shareholders. And where will that money come from? The checks of the Distributors!

One of the paragraphs from the article that I found very telling was this one:

All three company co-founders, Ryan Blair, Chief Executive Officer; Blake Mallen, Chief Marketing Officer; and Nick Sarnicola, top sales leader, have agreed to stay on with ViSalus in their current roles. The founders personally invested $14.6 million from the proceeds of the acquisition in restricted stock of parent company Blyth, Inc., making them the largest inside shareholders after the Goergen family.

Now that Ryan Blair, Blake Mallen and Nick Sarnicola are shareholders of Blyth, Inc. (and I might add, the 2nd largest shareholders), who do they answer to? Where do their best interests lie?

Don’t get me wrong here, in my opinion I think that Ryan, Blake and Nick are brilliant, upstanding guys, but I think the stakes have changed for Visalus. To me it appears that those three are not the final decision makers any longer and can no longer can put the distributors first in any financial decisions.

That brings me to another point that I’m concerned about. Visalus has had tremendous growth the last year. That growth is both a blessing and a potential caution for the distributors. What happens when Visalus becomes a household name? Will Visalus need the distributors any longer? It’s happened before… A company with a word-of-mouth distributor based business model gets big enough that they don’t need the distributors any longer and convert to a retail sales business model.

Now, I know you are probably saying that they wouldn’t do that or even that they can’t do that. Unfortunately, they can. You should take a look at the Policies and Procedures of Visalus, which is the binding agreement between the Distributors and the company. It’s all spelled out there in black and white what they can do.

If you’re a Distributor with Visalus and need help going through your policies, I can certainly help you with that. You should know what you’ve signed and how it binds you to the agreement.

Last but certainly not least, in the Policies and Procedures of Visalus, Distributors are forbid to be in any other Network Marketing company. Here’s the clause:

24. During the term of this agreement (and any renewals) I will not participate in any other network marketing companies. In addition, during the terms of the Agreement and for (1) one year thereafter, I will not solicit or recruit, ViSalus employees or Promoters, whether active or inactive, to participate in any network marketing program. I acknowledge that my violation of this provision will result in immediate termination of my Promotorship and payments of any kind.


What’s interesting about this in my mind, is that Blyth, Inc. with the acquisition of Visalus, now owns 2 Network Marketing companies. Visalus and PartyLite, a direct seller of candles, fragrance accessories and home ambiance products. So that sounds like what’s good for the Goose is not good for the Gander. It’s all about Integrity folks.

Again, please don’t get me wrong. I think Visalus is a great company and boy do they know how to market. I’m just concerned about some things I’m seeing. And just to be clear here, this article is just MY personal opinion and questions I would ask if I were in Visalus or considering joining them as a Distributor.

Something that my personal Mentor Michael Dlouhy has taught me is to learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think. He taught me to become a critical thinker. Personally, I wouldn’t want to build something for a few years only to see it taken out from under me. I’d hate to have to start all over. Something to think about.

With that said, I hope you have a blessed day and find success wherever you seek it!

Take care,

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

P.S. If you want to learn how to be a critical thinker, enter your info in the form on the top right of this page.

The Best MLM Training (Mentoring For Free)

Category : Mentoring, Network Marketing, Success, Truth

I have a great video for you today. It’s by my really good friend and Mentor Michael Dlouhy, Founder of Mentoring For Free and the author of Success In 10 Steps, and Powerful Networking Secrets.

In this video, Michael shares with you how we can prove to you your lack of success is NOT YOUR FAULT! How can it be your fault if you don’t have truthful accurate information?

So look, I’m going to offer you the truth here. If you’re struggling in your Network Marketing Business, why not get educated as to why that is happening. Watch this video by Michael Dlouhy. Then get our free eBook called Success In 10 Steps to get started learning the skills that will help you start making money in this industry.

You know, for the last 2 years I’ve been using the Mentoring For Free System to get highly targeted leads, build my team, train my downline, and teach people the skills needed to succeed. I personally have 100s of students who I’m mentoring on a full and part time basis using the MFF System. Those that are Coachable and Committed to their success, have seen results that far exceed anything they’ve ever experienced before.

So my question to you is; Are you Coachable? Are you Committed? If so, you owe it to yourself to at least take a look at Success in 10 Steps and the Mentoring For Free System. Did I mention that all our coaching and training is FREE? Good, glad I got that point across.

By the way, if you don’t want to download the book just yet, and would rather talk to me, my phone is always on. If I’m out enjoying the time and money freedom that I get from doing Network Marketing the correct way, just leave a message and I’ll call you back ASAP. You can reach me at (215) 268-6696 Anytime!

So why are you still reading this? Go get the eBook and let’s get you started on your path to retirement!

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

P.S. I forgot to mention that I don’t make a dime off MFF. It’s not an income opportunity, nor is it an affiliate program. Never has been, never will be. It’s a system I and 1000′s of people are using to build relationships on the internet and to give back to this industry that has been so good to us.

P.P.S. One last thing. We’re not prospects for one another. I’m NOT going to pitch you on my Opportunity, and I don’t expect that you will pitch yours to me. All I want to do is show you the right way to build your business, because if I can help you become a better person, better wife or husband, better parent, better Network Marketer and you never join my business, would that be ok? The universe works in mysterious ways, and I know that if I help YOU, somehow, somewhere down the line, it will come back to me 10 fold. That’s why I do this. It’s proven itself over and over to me in the last 2 years. Hey, you’re still reading and haven’t gone to get the eBook! What are you waiting for? GO!

A Good Story That Might Make You a Lot of Money!

Category : Network Marketing, Stories

We all know that stories are a great way to help someone relate to our message. Our prospects are no different. Telling your prospect a good story can be very effective in opening the door and leading to further discussions about starting a home-based business. Many have used this 2-minute story very effectively to get started building their Network Marketing Business.

I’m going to show you the exact 2-minute story that I use. If you’d like to adapt it to your story, you will need to change all the sections in RED to Your Information.

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For this training scenario, let’s say that I’m at a restaurant and the Waitress/Potential Prospect has come over to greet us.

Waitress: Hi, my name is Cheryl and I’ll be taking care of you tonight, can I start you off with something to drink?

You: Hi Cheryl, you sure can, but first, would it be okay if I asked you a question?

Waitress: Sure.

You: Well Cheryl, I wanted to ask you if this was a career for you, or are you open to other possibilities.

Waitress: This is just a job for me while my husband finishes school. I’m always open to other possibilities. Why?

You: Well, I got a good story, it takes about 2 minutes. It might make you a lot of money and it might not, would you like to hear it when you have the time?

Waitress: Sure, I love a good story. It’s not busy at the moment, so if it’s only 2 minutes, tell me now.

Cheryl has now become a Prospect.

You: If you never had to go to work again, would that be okay?

Prospect: Of course, that would be lovely, but I still need to get a paycheck. (Cheryl is creating a vision in her mind.)

You: Well, I felt the same way. My job interferes with my life, I can’t get the time off I need, and I spend hours commuting every day.

So I decided to start some sort of home-based business so I wouldn’t have to spend all of my time at the job the rest of my life.

I got to figuring … I only need about $60,000 a year to replace my take-home pay, so I went looking for a business that had a simple system and was easy to learn how to do!

You know how a lot of people are always dieting, drinking energy drinks like Red Bull, and a lot of people take vitamins and are interested in natural health?

Prospect: Yes.

You: There is a company called Vitamark that has cool versions of these products that people really like.

They have some cookies that dieters love to eat to manage their weight, an energy drink about 1/3 the price of Red Bull, but gives you a better buzz, and lots of vitamins and healthy things people buy from them all the time.

Well, Vitamark has this Freedom Magazine and on page 15 it says that to earn $60,000 a year, I would need approximately 300 people using the Vitamark products, and then I’d never have to go to work again.

Now, I don’t know how to get 300 users of the products now, but I can learn.

Hey, I learned how to drive a car, learned to be a parent, learned all about the computer, and I can certainly learn a SYSTEM to get 300 people using the Vitamark products.

(This takes away the objection of I don’t know how to do it, I don’t know anyone, etc. Many people believe they have to know how to do everything before they even start learning.)

So I got to thinking, what’s going to be easier?

Going to work every weekday for the rest of my life, fighting traffic, warehousing the kids in day care, and begging for the time off for vacations?

Or learning a SYSTEM to get 300 people using Vitamark products?

So what do you think?

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I love this story because it’s virtually rejection free. If your prospect is interested, they’ll ask for more information and you can give them your card and arrange a future meeting over coffee to explain more.

If they are not interested, they’ll probably say something like, “Well, I like what I’m doing now, so what was it that can I get you to drink again?”

All you have to do at that point is give them your card and say, “Well, if things ever change for you in the future or you know someone who might be looking to make some extra money, give me a call.”

If your prospect is not interested, it’s not a big deal. At least you shared your story and maybe it just wasn’t their time.

But the beauty of a good story is that people remember it long after you tell it. You never know, maybe 2 weeks later your Prospect has a really, really bad day at work and finally decides they need to do something different. They’ll think to themselves, “What was it that person was doing again? I should give them a call to find out exactly how that works.”

So that’s it, remember, since I used the actual numbers and products from my Vitamark business, you’ll need to substitute yours for the items and numbers in red.

Oh, did you notice that I subtly asked for a reference at the end? It’s very important that you do that. Even if it’s not their time, they undoubtedly know someone whose time it is. It never hurts to ask, and you’ll never know if you don’t.

In a future article, we’ll go over the art of asking for a reference. It’s a great way to explode your business.

So I hope this helps and if you have any Questions at all feel free to get a hold of me anytime.

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

The Biggest Network Marketing Secret Revealed!

Category : Network Marketing, Secrets

In honor of my 100th blog post, I’m going to reveal to you the Biggest Network Marketing Secret Ever! And along the way, I’m going to dispel one of the oldest Network Marketing Myths of all time. Read on.

I was talking to a guy the other day about Network Marketing and he said to me, “I don’t believe in Network Marketing or MLM. You’re just working to make the people above you rich, and you never make a dime.”

Seriously?

The problem is, many people think this way. It’s one of the oldest Network Marketing Myths there is. What they don’t even realize, is that statement is more true when you work at a regular job every day.


When you’re hired for a job, you get paid (hopefully) what the going rate is, not necessarily what you are worth. Now your job has to be one that provides an end result of profit for the owners, or that job wouldn’t exist. I know this is an obvious statement, but companies aren’t there to break even, they exist to make a profit. So the work you do translates into a profit for the company, i.e. the owner or shareholders. If that wasn’t the case, there would be no job.

So when you take a job, what is the real purpose for you working that job? Are you working to make others rich? You bet! But what do you get out of that? A steady paycheck? Ok, I’ll give you that one. Is it enough to pay your bills? Hopefully. Will it give you the lifestyle you dream of? Doubtful. Does it give you the time to do all the things you want to do? Hardly. But hey, it’s a job and you can make some money. Fair enough.

Now let’s switch over to Network Marketing for a minute. Your up-line only earns money by helping you earn money. So think about it. If I teach you how to make $1,000, and I make $100 for doing so, isn’t that fair? But get this, you aren’t even the one paying me the $100. The company is. So you are actually getting trained for free! Free training on how to make money, while you’re making money!! How can you beat that? But wait, check this out, I don’t get that $100 UNLESS you make that $1000! If you don’t make any money, I don’t make any money. So wouldn’t it be in my best interest to teach you how to make lots and lots of money? Doesn’t that make sense?

Let’s put it another way, have you ever bought stocks or bonds? If so, you know that you have to pay a broker a fee to buy those stocks and bonds. You have to pay this fee regardless of whether or not you make any money. You even have to pay that fee if you lose money!! How fair does that sound? But people do it every day, many times a day for some.

What about when you buy a car? Do you think the guy helping you sign those papers isn’t making money off the sale of that car? But here’s the kicker in this scenario, the minute you drive that car off the lot, it’s lost almost half its value. And to add insult to injury, if you’re financing that car, you’re actually paying almost 3 times what the car is worth after all is said and done! Yet, every day tons of new cars are sold, and nobody thinks twice about it.

So let’s go back to the part where it would be in my best interest to teach you how to make lots and lots of money, because this is where a lot of people make a HUGE mistake in Network Marketing, and here is where I reveal to you the Biggest Network Marketing Secret you’ll ever hear.

Don’t ever sponsor anyone into your business unless you are 100% committed to teaching them how to make tons of money!

I don’t understand how anyone can sponsor someone and leave them high and dry. That is a recipe for failure and that is why most people fail. How can anyone expect to make money in this industry if the only way to make money is if you teach your team to make money, and you’re not doing that?

Take a look at the most successful people in this industry. Those making the most money. The top 5%. The Legends.

What separates them from you? Are they any better than you? Are they any smarter than you? Better looking? Better Dressed? Taller? Shorter? What separates them from you?

I believe the one main reason is that they found a way to teach others how to do this business and in turn, taught those people how to teach others. You see, it doesn’t stop with just one generation. It must be taught again and again. It’s a philosophy that spreads through the organization. Everyone has to be doing the same things, believe the same things. Everyone needs to know how to make money. And obviously, if everyone is making money, everyone is making money.

If you get this concept, I mean REALLY GET THIS CONCEPT, and you should if you are a Network Marketer, your life will be a whole lot easier.

If you don’t know how to do this business, or you don’t know how to teach others to do this business, then you need to find someone to teach you. You need to study. You need to train. Because if you don’t, you’re going to end up not very much more successful than you are now.

Either learn how to do it right and to teach others, or someone else will teach your down-line. And more than likely, at that point, they won’t be your down-line any more.

So if anyone ever asks you if you are going to make money off of them, say, “Yes, the company pays me on how well I train you to make money. So my goal is to train you how to make more money than you can possibly spend. Is that fair?”

Who can argue with that?

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!
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Network Marketing Online – A Few Pointers

Category : Marketing, Network Marketing

First of all, you’ve got to have a direct splash page for your #1, #2 and #3 selling MLM products. And please don’t put a business opportunity attached to the splash page. You will literally drive people away from you.

People love to buy a product, but they don’t want to be sold. They absolutely don’t want to be sold. Make sure you have company-approved testimonial pages, so network marketing distributors don’t have to make their own.

The Big Problem

The network marketing company doesn’t offer these single product pages to distributors, so now the distributors on their own go out and create this stuff. They see in the Policies & Procedures that reps are 100% responsible for what they do in building their business. OK. Great.

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So the company doesn’t STOP you from putting ads out there that this product cures cancer, grows your arm back, grows your hair back and all that stuff. They let reps make these wild claims. Why? Because the product sales are pouring in.

Some guy reads that ad and says, “My gosh! I’m bald. I want to grow my hair back, I better buy the product.” Or somebody is dying of cancer, and you advertise your “cure.” They say, “I better go get some.” So they do.

And then what’s amazing is, someone writes the testimonial that it grew their finger back. Then the next guy writes, “Well, it grew my hand back.” You have to top that, so the next one says, “It grew my entire arm back – and my leg.”

So they do a one-up on each other. The sales are pouring in. Meanwhile, the distributor’s neck is on the line, because the company can chop it off it anytime – like as soon as the Federal Government says “Whoa! Hey, you guys are making product claims!”

Now, the company has to show the government that they have been going back and terminating distributors who make these unbelievable claims. Meanwhile, product sales in the company are skyrocketing.

The Company Is Making Tons of Money

So much money. They have to go build another bigger building, so they can be bigger than the next one on the block.

They have to have that. And then the 3rd thing these companies do is, they charge people for their back office. It does not cost them $39 a month for that website. It doesn’t cost them FIVE bucks! But they charge the distributors $39 for their whole back office to look at your business center and your genealogy and to organize and so forth.

Companies like that are making $100,000 minimum a month off the distributor’s backs.

It’s another profit center, just charging reps for the stuff.

But the company needs to create the pages, so the distributor won’t do it. The company knows better than to put wild claims in there. If they do it, then THEIR neck is on the line. That way, the company is liable, rather than the individual rep.

The only reason to spend your time and your blood, sweat, and tears to build this business is to have it sustain you over your lifetime. Anything that puts you at risk should be eliminated from your gameplan. So be sure YOU aren’t the one making wild claims.

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

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The Great Autoship Debate

Category : Autoship, Network Marketing

When you see an ad on television or in a magazine of some celebrity endorsing a product that you know they don’t use themselves, how does that make you feel? Does that give you confidence in that product, or even confidence in that celebrity?

Do you then trust that celebrity to recommend and promote products to you that you know they are just getting paid to endorse? Probably not.

How would you feel if you went into a clothing store to buy some new clothes, but there were no clothes on the racks? You find out that in order to buy from that store, you would have to purchase the items based on the verbal description of the owner.

Would you buy any clothes from that store? Not likely.

What about if you went to see a new doctor who was just setting up his office. You are ushered into a exam room by the nurse, and you notice there are no exam tables or medical tools. You ask what’s up, and the nurse says that the doctor is waiting until they have a few more patients before buying the equipment because they’re in business to make money, not spend it.

Would you stick around for your exam? I doubt it.


All of these scenarios paint the picture of how a lot of Network Marketing Businesses Owners think. What they don’t realize is that Product Inventory and Supplies are part of the cost of doing business.

How can you fulfill Your Network Marketing Obligation by recommending and promoting a product you don’t even use? How will anyone ever believe you if you don’t have personal experience using the product? If you’re in a Health and Wellness Company, how can you expect someone to buy your product without trying it first? Would you? Did you?

The beauty of Network Marketing is the low overhead cost. Now note that I said “Low,” I didn’t say “Zero.” Product Inventory/Samples are really our only cost of doing business. I can’t think of any other business entity that only cost less than $500 to begin and less than $200 per month to operate.

I heard a good statement the other day;

“When you treat your Network Marketing Business like a business, it will begin to pay you like a business.”

I totally agree with that statement because when you treat it any other way, it will pay you like, uh, well, it won’t pay you at all.

In Network Marketing your autoship is your cost to do business. It is not an optional expense for those who are serious about making money. When you decide that you are going to treat your home business like a business, you will treat your monthly autoship like a required business expense. If you are working your business correctly, you will likely use up almost all of your products EVERY Month anyway!!

Another factor that you should consider is that the members on your team will follow your lead. If you commit to a monthly autoship, your team members will more than likely do the same. You set the tone for your team by your actions and your mindset.

An abundance mentality sets the stage for your abundance without the fear of investing in your future. A lack mentality does just the opposite.

Another factor you might not have considered is that just by committing to your monthly autoship, you will committ to the behavior needed in the day to day operations of your business, because you now have “Financial Motivation” to get out there and recommend and promote the products. It moves from thought to action.

Here’s something to think about; The way you make residual or recurring income in Network Marketing is by moving product volume consistently month after month. If you’re not willing to be part of moving that volume, maybe you should stick to buying lottery tickets. Your odds of getting rich that way are better.

Tip: Get with your upline to figure out the best products to buy for both yourself and to sample. I’m sure they’ve figured out the least expensive bang for your buck.

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

Network Marketing Professionals Are Sorters

Category : Network Marketing, Working Smarter

Network Marketing Professionals Sort, Network Marketing Amateurs convince.

You see, Professionals spend all their time trying to locate someone who wants to do the business, but amateurs, they find one person who would be good and they high pressure, browbeat and keep pitching them week after week. They try to convince them. They say, “I think this way, and therefore you should think this way too! And I want you to join my business.” Amateurs waste all their time with people who don’t want to join their business, trying to change their whole way of life and attitude. Professionals just sort.

Your whole job as a Professional Network Marketer is to locate and find people who want to join your business.

Are you familiar with the Oyster Story?

The Oyster Story goes something like this:

They say you can find pearls in oysters. So imagine we’re sitting on a dock near the ocean and we each get a bucket of 100 oysters. Inside each bucket of oysters, 5 have pearls and 95 do not.

For demonstration purposes, let’s say I am the Amateur Network Marketer and you are the Professional.

I take the first oyster out of the bucket and take my trusty knife and slice it open to reveal that this particular oyster is without a pearl. So what do I do? I simply put it back together all nice and calmly and apologize for cutting him open and hold it in my hands and keep it warm and hope and hope and hope that it grows a pearl.

So let me ask you, does that make good sense? It’s pretty stupid isn’t it?

Now You, as a Professional would take your trusty knife and slice yours open to reveal that your oyster is without a pearl also. What do you do? You either throw it in the ocean or eat it raw, and grab the next one.

You see, in Network Marketing, that’s what we need to do. We need to find the pearls, find the ones who want to do it. Because not everyone wants to earn extra money or set aside the time to do the business. They are not who we’re looking for.

Make your job as a Network Marketer easier. Be a Professional and Sort for the Pearls.

To Your Success! Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!

3 Unique Network Marketing Icebreakers

Category : Network Marketing

Have you ever wanted to approach your co-workers about your product or opportunity but just couldn’t find the right time or place? Here’s an easy way to do it without you seeming like a used car salesman.

Change the address of your monthly autoship to your work address. Or order extra product and have it shipped to your work.

What’s the first thing that happens when anyone gets a package at your work? A crowd develops because everyone wants to know what you received. So as the crowd develops, open the package in front of them, and inevitably someone will ask about one of the products, which is a perfect way for you to tell them the benefits of it and how much it’s helped you.

Then people are going to ask where it’s from and who makes it. Perfect time to talk about the company.

Basically you’re just sharing the information. You can also share the product by giving out samples.

This is a great icebreaker to introduce your co-workers to your part-time business from home.

Are you a full-time Network Marketer working from home? How about “Accidently” having your product shipped to a neighbor you think would be a great partner? Your neighbor will receive the package and give you call to pick it up or even hand deliver it to you. When this happens, be so excited that neighbor found your “lost” package. Invite them in for a cup of coffee and open the package right there. Questions will ensue, and you’ve broken the ice without an akward approach. If you neighbor calls you instead, you can always say they can just keep it since you thought it was lost and ordered another one. It’s your choice, but the interaction is always better.

Could this work with a family member? Sure. Preferrably in the same state as you. Ha Ha. One way to go about it is to tell your family member that you’ve had some missing packages recently and you’d like to know if you can have your packages delivered to thier address until you can sort out the lost ones.

With all these methods, just be sure to let others ask the questions. Don’t push anything on anyone. Let it be “their” idea. That makes it easier on everyone.

To Your Success! Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
(215) 268-6696 Anytime!