A BRIEF LOOK AT 4 MLM COMPENSATION PLANS

by: Judy Thompson
Copyright 2005 Judy Thompson

If you are thinking about joining a network marketing company, also referred to as multi-level marketing, or MLM, one important item you will want to understand is its compensation plan. Otherwise, “How will I get paid?”

There are four basic kinds of MLM compensation plans that will be described in this article.. Each of these may have several variations. Some plans are better suited for the people who really enjoy sales and may desire to retail a lot of products. Some plans are designed to attract especially the “heavy hitter.” Some plans pay well for the beginner and may or may not be attractive to the big recruiter. Some plans make a serious effort to reward even the little guy or gal who can only sponsor or recruit a few people, but also pay very well to the top distributors.

These plans are called Unilevel, Stairstep Breakaway, Binary, and Matrix.

1. UNILEVEL. This is a simple, straightforward compensation plan. It allows for a distributor to have a first level of unlimited width. The levels the company pays commission on generally range from 3 to 9 levels deep. The more volume generated by you and your organization, the more you can earn. A disadvantage to this plan is that building wide means the distributor may give less help to his personal enrollees.

2. STAIRSTEP BREAKAWAY. This is the most common of all the compensation plans. It is where most of the really big money is made in MLM. This big money, however, is made by a very small percentage of people. Breakaway plans are geared for full-time effort. Attrition is the highest with breakaway plans and it generally will cost more to build your business. This is a work program. It takes persistence, salesmanship, and requires the ability for you to train your recruits. Companies which use breakaway plans tend to pay higher commissions. However, the plan may be extremely difficult for most people to duplicate.

3. BINARY. This is a very complicated and hard-to-understand plan. It does, however, offer a simple system that is easy to duplicate. Otherwise, you recruit just two and help them do the same.

4. MATRIX. This plan allows you to build a limited width organization. For example, a 2 X 12 group means two people on your first level, and paying 12 levels deep. Other examples would be a 4 X 5, 3 X 9, etc. This is generally pretty simple and easy to understand and explain. The low volume requirements usually common to matrix plans helps make it a good plan for part-time distributors.

The above briefing only scratches the surface of these compensation plans. For a more detailed description, you may wish to go to: www.mlminsider.com

Even though some of the internet hype may claim that you can make big bucks with only a little work, don’t believe it! With network marketing, as in any other business, you’re going to have to work at it and make some investments if you expect to be successful. To make money in MLM, you will have to work, no matter what company or compensation plan you select!


About the author:
Judy Thompson, a former teacher and business owner, is also an experienced network marketer. She promotes a nutrition company that has an automated support system. For details, go to: http://automaticbuilder.com/333015895/?source=sya505
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The compensation plan is a hugh part of why we join MLM marketing companies. We all want to make money. Every business out there tell you that you can live your dreams if you join thier company. For a few people it is true but for the average person this is not the reality, and the comp plan is a major part of the reason.

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Successful Marketing Is Easy Online

(c) Copyright Faye Brown
Internet marketing is the method thousands of people are using all around the world to make money online. They are using their home based business to boost their income through affiliate programs. Affiliate programs are plans where you can get rewarded for promoting another business or site. Basically, you offer free ad space on your site, and for every lead or click you get from people who visit your site, the other site will pay you. This can be extremely profitable if you have a high volume site already.

In addition, network marketing is very easy. Basically it takes about an hour to set up the plan initially. You have to fill out the forms and obtain the codes to put onto your site. If you know how to cut and paste codes well, you should have no problem with figuring it all out. However, if you don’t know how, you might take a little longer. Most affiliate programs will give you free detailed instructions on how to put the code onto your site.

After the code is in place, the rest of the work is easy. You can simply sit back and let the money roll in! When people visit your site and see the ads, they will be inclined to click on them. When they click on them, you will be racking up the extra income.

The trick to really making a lot of money with affiliate programs is to place them in a great spot. If you put the links or ads at the very bottom of the page, most people will not notice them. However, if they are one of the first things visitors see, they might click on them. You should consider color and size of the ads as well, to be sure you are using the best ads for your site. Most affiliate programs will allow you to choose these things.



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3 Effective Tactics Every Business Should Implement

Allyn Cutts

Copyright © 2005 Cutts Group, llc

3 Effective Tactics Every Business Should Implement

Do you remember your first day as a business owner? You were probably just like the rest of us... pretty darned happy and bit on the proud side. Yeah, back then we thought we could conquer the world. Now we're too busy conquering our own little corner of the world to pay a lot of attention to the rest of the world... unless it's to learn a few tips from successful marketers just like us who have made it big. Tips just like these... that will apply to every market - regardless of the product or service - are a great motivators to try something new. Yeah, you never know when the next idea will be worth a million dollars!

1. Create a Special Offer
A special offer is exactly that... an offer that is special. Normally, customers would not be able to purchase this product or combination of products, and once the products are gone... sorry!

You don't have to go out and order a bunch of new products to put together a special offer. It don't take a whole lot... just use what you've got. Grab a few items that are related, group them together, discount the price, and your customers will be excited to be getting a good deal. Think about it from your standpoint... you've sold three or four items rather than one. Yeah, combination offers are winning deals for everyone!

2. Address the Small Customer Groups
Niche markets are everywhere, right under your nose! Within the customer audience that you serve right now are groups of people who share common traits. Think about it... maybe you have a group who speaks Spanish, a group of teens, and a group of middle class family men and women.

Evaluate these classes of people, and discover the unique needs and desires they share. That will set you up to customize your advertising campaign directly to them. It’s not hard to take your current ads, and make a few changes to adjust to the niches. They’ll be impressed that you understand THEM, and the increase in your profits will be the best thanks you can get.

3. Set Up a Winning Referral Program
Successful marketers develop the ability to turn their customers into advocates. Often, they don't even have to directly ask customers to refer them to others. Their willingness to go the extra wins customer loyalty and support. Naturally, satisfied customers refer their friends and family to the place that will take good care of them.
Quality service and is the first step toward referrals, but you can easily take it one step further. Studies show that every satisfied customer tells three people about you. What would happen with a little incentive added to the picture? Yeah, a lot more. Give customers who refer friends a thank you - whether it's a discount, special gift item, or a simple thank you card - and watch the referrals spiral!
You can get two birds with one stone by implimenting customer surveys. A few quick questions about what the customer does and doesn't like about your product, followed by a request for the names and addresses of friends and family who would benefit from the product, and you're all set to go with the contact information of a prospective customer!



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List Building – What are You Missing From Your List Building Campaign?

Sean Mize

List Building – What are You Missing From Your List Building Campaign?

List Building is an art that too many people are involved in who have no clue, and are acting like they are elephants with a paintbrush.

They send traffic to lousy web sites, they email their subscribers worthless emails, and then look at people like me, and think, he must be exaggerating when he says he is making $1.00 per subscriber per month.

I understand how you feel. When I first got started online, I thought it was crazy that someone could have a list of 100,000 subscribers and make $1.00 per month per subscriber. But now that I am on my way to a list of that size, and the money per subscriber is consistent; now I am a believer.

So what are you missing from your list building campaigns?

Check these items and adjust your list building campaigns accordingly:

1) Are you sending your traffic to a squeeze page? You must send your traffic to a squeeze page if you are serious about building a list. 2) Are you offering your visitors an irresistible offer to subscribe? Write a free ebook on a hot topic and give it away. 3) Are you sending the free item out fast? And sending them additional, unannounced bonus items? 4) Are you sending your subscribers quality content and only referring quality affiliate products?

Do these things and watch your list building campaign explode.

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Network Marketing - Is Duplication A Fantasy Or Reality?

Rebecca Prescott

One of the central tenants in the promotional material about
network marketing, is the power of duplication. The story goes
that youll refer 3 people, wholl each refer 3 people, and so on...

This is truly the power of leverage, but the problem is that
most people who sign up for programs have little to no experience
either online or offline in building a business and networking it.
They dont know enough to provide valuable information that acts
as a relationship builder, and most often, they dont have the
skills to set up an autoresponder account or a website.

Most network marketing programs have information on how to
generate leads, but if someone doesnt have the skill-set to
write a good autoresponder series, they're left to rely on the
one the company has provided. Unfortunately, this is often a
series of sales messages, that provide little of real value to
someone starting out. The leads you load up to this
autoresponder series are simply sent a series of letters telling
them why they should buy-buy-buy. And most people have a sense
that they actually need to know a little more about how things
work on the internet to make their prospective business
successful So, the sign-up rate is not going to be particularly
high.

Of the people who do sign up from those emails, how many of
them are now going to be equipped to make the program work?
After all, if they dont start making money in a few months,
they will drop out of the program. And the principle of
leverage wont start to work if people arent being guided or
taught to take effective action. Its easy to take action,
even easier to spend money on poor quality advertising. But
that wont build a business.

A system needs to be in place to develop people into
leaders - to take them from newbie to expert in the shortest
time possible. And its a system that needs to take into
account the fundamental principles of direct sales. The
internet is simply a different form of direct sales, and its
a well known fact that most people wont buy from you until
theyve seen your tips, or other valuable information, seven
or more times.

Having an autoresponder system, set up with newsletter
style emails that regularly keep in touch with your prospects,
is vital for success. It provides several benefits. The first
is that over time, as people begin to see that you are
offering something of real value in helping them get started
with an online business, more sign-ups into your preferred
program will naturally follow. What is more, these sign ups
will have been effectively trained in some of the fundamental
principles and methods that lead to success on the internet.

There are a number of ways to get content for the series.
If youre just starting out yourself, your upline may be able
to help you collaborate on a series of letters. Or, you could
invest in some good quality courses and study them until you
have more knowledge yourself. And, you could of course hire a
writer with small business/internet marketing/network
marketing experience to write the articles for you. These
could then be shared with your downline to get them started.

As well as an autoresponder system, youll need a direct
sales page that ethically persuades people to sign up to
your autoresponder series. There are several options for
creating that sales letter. You could study other successful
sales letters and adapt them to your needs. Or, hire someone
to write it for you. Although this can be expensive, its a
one time investment that you can share with your downline,
by providing them access to your sales copy.

The principle of duplication requires going above and
beyond the sales material the company has given each member.
By investing either time, or money, or both, in acquiring
quality prospecting material, this can then be shared with
your downline to create a truly duplicatable system. Perhaps
all wont follow it, but it will give potential leaders a
chance to really shine.

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Online Business: All or Nothing

Dan Theta

As I was doing my normal internet surfing one day, I came across a fable by Aesop. It was about a hound who failed to chase a rabbit for dinner. Now while the plot of the story itself may not be of much interest to too many people, the message behind the story sparked a bomb in my head. The hound was just chasing the rabbit for a meal. However, the rabbit was running for his life. And then it hit me; the very necessity of life is what pushed the rabbit to accomplish his goal, in this case to live to see another day.

What does this have to do with working from home online you ask? Well that very message that was behind the story made me look back and think about why I work an online business in the first place and why I pour so much effort into it. For me, I am but a young college student at a prestigious university, trying to get by and survive my rigorous coursework. College is not cheap at all these days and I know my parents poured a ton of money in order for me to send me here. I use my online business to help them pay for my college education, as well as so I can have an income here so I can eat, buy books and supplies, and maybe spend a little for myself on the side.

One could ask why I do not simply get a normal part time job. Well aside from all the homework I have which would make setting time for an outside job a living hell, I like being able to do my work from my computer, whenever I please. That and spending a summer working at an amusement park when I was 15 traumatized me to the point where I have not held a job like that since, but lets not talk about that.

Now where does all this talk lead? Its all about why YOU either want to start an online business, or why you have an online business in the first place. Maybe you just want a more money than what your career is giving you right now. Maybe you want to save for a new car, a nice vacation, or another one of lifes expensive pleasures. Or perhaps you do not want to hold a job period, and want your fulltime income to be from working online. Whatever the reason, it must be a reason you would be WILLING to give your LIFE for. You must put 100% of your effort and power into your online business, and then put more even still. You must FOCUS all of the energy in your body into making your online business successful. If you see your online business as a simple hobby, then you will soon realize that it is a very expensive hobby, and you just might come to realize that it is a hobby not worth keeping if you do not commit your life to.

Your online business is a sink or swim situation. You either put all of yourself into it, or you dont do it period. To quote the famous Yoda: "Do, or do not. There is no try." I could spit out countless more quotes and clichés, but I think I have made my point by now. Once you focus yourself properly into your online business, and you change your thinking into an all or nothing mode, your goals will be accomplished. Run your online business for your life, just like the how rabbit ran for his life.

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Change Your Mindset, To Positively Change Your Online Marketing

(c)Copyright Faye Brown

One of the most powerful things you have in your life is mindset. Mindset is basically the way you think and how you react to things in life. As simple as that may sound, when you utilize the power of mindset effectively, you will be able to accomplish anything you put your mind to. This includes having a successful online marketing business. Since most people don’t realize they need to have a specific mindset, they often don’t realize they need to change their current one. Take a look at these simple steps you can take to change your mindset.

The first thing you need to consider is trying to always think positive. When you use positive thinking, you will be more successful than other people around you. Negative thinking can destroy your health, your emotional state, and your destiny as a successful person. So, you need to do what you can to stay positive. You have the power to choose what will and won’t upset you. You can train yourself to forget about bad situations and go forward to more pleasant ones.

Another thing you can do to change your mindset is realize that you have the power to change yourself. You can use your way of thinking to make things happen in your life. You can learn how to become a successful marketer and can do it just by changing the way you approach life. Your mindset and how you utilize it will determine how you approach life.

Surrounding yourself with people who you admire is a great way to choose what type of mindset you want. If you have a boss that is always positive, rarely gets upset, and makes things happen, take note. Utilize your environment to see what typically works for people and what doesn’t. Overall, you will be able to change your own mindset by being influenced by positive people.

There are also many good books and audio's availible, on the topic of mindset. It is not a new way of thinking. Positive people have had great success for 100's of years.

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Blogs And Forums: A Two-Pronged Approach

Scott Lindsay


When discussing online marketing there is the inevitable comparison between a Business Blog (b-blog) and an online forum. The feeling is that the two serve essentially the same purpose and it is a simple matter of defining which approach may be best for your company.

The comparison between these two approaches is something like comparing apples and oranges. They are both fruit, but that’s about the sum total of their similarities.

B-Blogs

A b-blog is designed to allow you a controlling interest in a conversation between you and your customers and guests. Your guests can provide feedback, but they can’t post.

B-blogs allow you great flexibility in timely release of company information in an informal and nonthreatening way.

Forums

A forum is offered as a means of allowing member interaction and conversation. Generally speaking a forum will be member-directed and in most cases a moderator or administrator will simply act as referee when needed. They may also answer a few questions along the way.

B-blog Benefits

As the owner of a b-blog you have the capability of keeping an informal line of communication with your customers and prospects. You can keep your clients updated on a variety of aspects related to your business. There is very little work that needs to be done with a b-blog to keep it maintained.

Forum Benefits

When you develop a forum for your business you are welcoming individuals with an interest in your products or services to network with other likeminded consumers. In a best-case scenario a forum will allow customers to discuss your product or service, provide tips to other users and develop friendships with other customers based on mutual interests.

Since this approach is consumer-centric it may seem a less than ideal means of online marketing. The truth is, a forum is less about active marketing and more about learning customer trends and preferences. If you pay close enough attention to what your customers are saying to each other you will learn more effective ways to connect with them.

It is a bit surprising, but a forum board somehow allows openness in communication that you won’t likely find in face-to-face conversations.

Combining Benefits

By combining these two truly unique online marketing principles you maximize your effectiveness in reaching your customers while allowing them the opportunity to provide honest feedback. Sure, they may not realize that’s what they’re doing, but an astute netrepreneur will take the information clients voluntarily share with each other and maximize customer satisfaction whenever possible.

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Legal Problems The Newbie Should Know About

I would like to Thank Wycliffe Williams for writing such an informative article.
: Faye Brown

Legal Problems The Newbie Should Know About
Wycliffe Williams


Legal problems can easily sink your internet business before you even begin to swim. Legal requirements abound in the internet arena. It’s your responsibility to get yourself up to speed on these requirements. Ignorance of the law is not acceptable.

Links to your Contact Information and All About Us Information should be on all of your webpages. Your main legal information is your Copyright, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, and Privacy Policy and they should be included as well.

Copyright

Make sure the word copyright and the copyright symbol are at the bottom of your webpages. If you are selling anything, include the words All Rights Reserved. If your product is available worldwide, include that term also.

Terms Of Service

An age statement is strongly advised. In the US, the minimum age is 13 years old, 18 in most other countries. To safeguard yourself, use 18 years old as the required age for your site. Also include the terms for using your site.

Cyberspace has its boundaries. There are rules and regulations that govern advertising. They are called the Dot Com Disclosures. They can be found here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/index.html

Disclaimer

The internet is riddled with viruses, spyware, Trojan horses, and all those other attackers of your computer. Tell visitors to take precautions. Are you giving advice?

Always let your visitors know they should see a relevant professional before using your advice. Also, due to the fast changing nature of the internet, information goes out of date. You cannot be held liable for that, so let your visitors know.

If you sell a product your visitors expect to help them make money, never say the amount they should make. Your legal problems will multiply if you do. You really don’t know.

So many variables go into others being as successful as you. The visitor may not have the internet savvy that you have, or the motivation. You can’t guarantee results. Here is where you state all of that information.

Privacy Policy

Should you capture a visitor’s private information, include your policy for doing so. Tell your visitor what you intend to do with the information. If you intend to share the captured information, you must say so.

I’ll just add this about spamming. This is a small area in the Can Spam Act that receives much abuse. It states, “The Act also prohibits false or misleading subject headings in commercial email messages.”

Don’t send any grand promises of fame and fortune in your email subject line. This is generally done to encourage people to open your email.

Build a great relationship with your list. There’s no need for grandstanding. When the people who know you see your name they will open your email. You can take that to the bank! Find spam info here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/rules.htm.

I can’t guarantee that you will not have legal problems during your internet journey. But if you include these items in your website, you would have done much to reduce your risk.


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Legal problems for the newbie usually sound the death knell early. Arm yourselves with the relevant information. Wycliffe Williams has armed himself and thought you also might like to do the same. If this article has been helpful to you, grab a website like this to get you started: http://www.wyclefinnovations.com/amb.html

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Gaining Trust From Your Home Business Partners Is Important

©Copyright Faye Brown 2006

When you start your own business, you might think you can do
everything by yourself. After all, you have likely dealt with
a boss for too long and want to get away from the influence of
others. However, quickly after becoming a business owner you
will likely see that you could use a little assistance in some
areas. The best way to get this type of assistance is though
business partners. You can form great business partnerships
with other business owners and gain trust from your business
partners.

The most important part of the whole thing is gaining trust
from others. You may wonder why trust is so important.
However, in the world of business, everything is important.
From the biggest sale to the smallest, everything must be done
with integrity. If you don t gain trust from your business
partners and refuse to operate your business with honor in mind,
you will find your business goes out as quickly as it came in.
So, remember that the most important thing you can possibly do
is form great relations with partners and keep those relationships
strong. You can gain trust from your business partners by following
through with your word, showing them that you need them, and
showing them how they too can profit from the relationship.

Once you gain trust from your business partners all you have to
do is maintain that trust. As long as you conduct yourself with
honor and honesty, this should be no problem at all!
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