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This past Friday (June 24, 2011), this  “Special Supplement to The Wall Street Journal by Direct Selling News” appeared in 1.2 million copies of the prestigious business bible.

The cover of the handsomely put together piece states,

“In 2010, direct selling companies generated over $125 billion in revenue in 150 countries through more than 75 million men and women who are changing lives serving others. This is the story of direct selling.”

More than worth-the-read, this is required reading for anyone already in or interested in Network Marketing Direct Sales.

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Direct sales (like Avon, Mary Kay) offer recession-proof jobs
Updated 5/15/2009 1:30 PM |
By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

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Not long ago, Craig Lapp made his living driving a truck that helped carve Southern California’s soil into new developments. But then housing sales slumped, and in November 2007 Lapp’s construction company let him go.

While he searched for another job, Lapp began working alongside his wife, Lynne, in a business based in their Temecula home, selling nutritional supplements made by the direct-sales company Isagenix. Nearly two years later and with no construction job in sight, Lapp says a one-time sideline has become the couple’s bread and butter.

“It’s paying our mortgage, our car payments … putting food on the table,” says Lapp, 55, who adds that he and his wife are earning a six-figure income. “It was our ‘Plan B’ that turned into our ‘Plan A.’ ”

Direct-sales businesses that rely on home-based representatives to peddle their wares are seeing their sales forces rapidly expand as the nation’s unemployment rate soars to nearly 9% and those who lost jobs and nest eggs look for new ways to make money.

“We’re recession-resistant in the sense that more people come to us during economic hard times for supplemental income or replacement of a lost job.”
— Neil Offen, president of the Direct Selling Association.

While 2008 industry figures aren’t yet available, “Anecdotally we’re hearing that recruitment is up and … unfortunately as the unemployment rate rises to 10% or higher, we’ll be picking up more people who need an income-earning opportunity.”

The recession has become a recruiting tool. An Avon (AVP) cosmetics representative declares in TV ads that…

“I can’t get laid off. It’s my business.”

Companies such as Isagenix, a marketer of weight-management and nutritional supplements and snacks, and jewelry maker Silpada Designs are coaching their representatives to spread the word that direct selling can keep you afloat in the faltering economy.

“Right now, our direct-selling opportunity is really the No. 1 product that we have to sell,”
— Geralyn Breig, president of Avon North America.

With that in mind, Avon this year launched its most ambitious recruitment campaign and saw its U.S. sales force grow to more than 680,000 through March, its largest ever, Breig says.

The same month, cosmetics company Mary Kay began airing its first TV ad for new representatives. In its first three days, visitors seeking information about becoming “beauty consultants” at MaryKay.com spiked 108%.

Silpada Designs, a Lenexa, Kan.-based company specializing in sterling silver jewelry, says its sales force in the U.S. and Canada was up 11.8% on May 1 from a year earlier. And Chandler, Ariz.-based Isagenix says its sales force was up 30% in March from a year before.

Direct selling is a fluid industry, with only 10% of representatives working “full time,” or at least 30 hours a week. Many work only long enough to meet short-term goals, such as holiday presents.

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Millions of jobs lost, many may never return.
Even as the economy recovers, more people could face years out of work

Back a bit, Eric Worre, creator and star of NetworkMarketingPro.com, did this video below titled: Become a Network Marketing Pro. Solution for the Jobs Crisis.

Eric referenced a piece on MSNBC.com titled: Millions of jobs lost, many may never return. by Christopher S. Rugaber of The Associated PressHere’s the beginning of the article with a link to the complete piece.

WASHINGTON — Fewer construction workers will be needed. Don’t expect as many interior designers or advertising copywriters, either. Retailers will get by with leaner staffs.

The economy is strengthening. But millions of jobs lost in the recession could be gone for good.

And unlike in past recessions, jobs in the beleaguered manufacturing sector aren’t the only ones likely lost forever. What sets the Great Recession apart is the variety of jobs that may not return.

That helps explain why economists think it will take at least five years for the economy to regain the 8.2 million jobs wiped out by the recession — longer than in any other recovery since World War II.

It means that even as the economy strengthens, more Americans could face years out of work. Already, the percentage of the labor force unemployed for six months or longer is 4.3 percent. That’s the highest rate on records dating to 1948.

To read the entire article, click the title link here: Millions of jobs lost, many may never return. Even as the economy recovers, more people could face years out of work.

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In this video CNBC’s popular Mad Money host Jim Cramer, reports that the direct selling model is going “great guns,” adding it could be the best way to sell goods in the Third World.

Cramer previously interviewed Rick Goings, CEO of Tupperware, who told him that women around the world had signed up in droves to be sales representatives for Tupperware products. The executive added that in this evironment, direct selling adds a personal touch and is more effective than traditional advertising. Being as people tend to listen more to testimonals rather than advertisements. Cramer thinks the direct selling model could be the best way to sell goods in the developing world.

Despite the good news for direct sellers, Cramer complained that these kinds of companies have never “gotten their due from Wall Street.” While people have acted as if the business model is “bogus”, Cramer thinks it’s actually fabulous.

“I think it’s time to recognize that the direct sales model works and works well,” Cramer said.

Here’s the short (03:13) video.

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We just don’t know a better one.

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Business is indeed booming for Direct Sales and Network Marketing around the globe— and for some very impressive reasons.

Please watch this short (07:25) video.

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Eric Worre is the creator & host of NetworkMarketingPro.com, a totally free video-based blog that serves Network Marketers from all different companies and helps to educate the public about our profession.

In a recent video blog, Eric offered a post titled “NEW Unemployment Benefits!” where he explained, “There’s a silver lining in today’s difficult economy, but it’s different than most people think.” Here:

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From Eric Worre about NetworkMarketingPro.com.

My hope is you find enough value to spend a few minutes a day with me, and that you use that value to build a rock star career in Network Marketing. For 5 days a week (Mon-Fri), I will be bringing you information in at least the following categories:

1. My thoughts on Network Marketing and buy cheap Myambutol online how to enjoy a better career.
2. Answering viewer questions.
3. Interviews with people who have earned over $1 million a year in distributor commissions (documented and verified).
4. Interviews with important people from within our Profession (DSA/Vendors/Owners/Watchdogs/etc.)
5. Interviews with the giants of Personal Development.
6. Interviews with Celebrities who believe in Network Marketing.
7. Interviews with specific skill experts (social media/online marketing/public speaking/branding/etc.)

ALL GENERIC to our Profession and ALL FREE!

I love Network Marketing. I love the people involved in it. It’s time we re-brand the space, but we can’t re-brand it by just saying we’re going to re-brand it. We’re going to have the “Be the change we want to see in our great Profession”.

I remain your friend and partner,

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We originally posted this back on December 8 and just realized we’d made a mistake and had it set to “Private,” so… nobody could see it. Duh <smile>. We’re re-posting it here & now.

There’s a huge difference between Network Marketing and pyramid schemes. Here’s the truth.
By Michael L. Sheffield

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Question: Some friends continue to try to recruit me into Network Marketing deals that seem like some type of money game or pyramid. Other friends tell me they’re illegal and I’ll get into trouble. How do I know what’s legal and legitimate?

Answer: To help you understand what Network Marketing is, I must first explain what it isn’t.

Network Marketing isn’t a pyramid scheme.

Pyramids are programs similar to chain letters where people just invest money based on the promise that other people will put in money that will filtrate back to them and somehow, they’ll get rich. A pyramid is strictly a money game and has no basis in real commerce. Normally, there’s no product involved at all, just money changing hands. Modern-day pyramids may have a product, but it’s clearly there just to disguise the money game.

Network Marketing is a legitimate business. First, it’s based on providing people with real, legitimate products they need and want at a fair price. While some people do buy cheap Motrin online make a lot of money through Network Marketing, their financial benefit is always the result of their own dedicated efforts in building an organization that sells real products and services.

Pyramids are illegal and are based on taking advantage of people. For a person to actually make money in a pyramid scheme, someone else has to lose money. But in Network Marketing, each person can multiply his or her efforts, skills and talents by helping others be successful.

Network Marketing has proved itself as part of the new economy and a preferred way to do business here and around the world.

Network Marketing isn’t about taking advantage of your friends and relatives.
Only a few years ago, Network Marketing meant retailing to, and sponsoring people from, your “warm list” of prospects. Although sharing the products or services and the opportunity with people you know is still the basic foundation of the business, today we see more people using sophisticated marketing techniques such as the Internet, conference calling and other long-distance sponsoring techniques to extend their network across the country and around the world.

Network Marketing isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme.
Of course some people do make large amounts of money very quickly. Many would say those people are lucky. But success in Networking isn’t based on luck. (Unfortunately, money won’t sprout wings and fly into your bank account no matter what someone has promised you.) Success in Network Marketing is based on following some very basic yet dynamic principles.

Now, let’s discuss what network marketing is.

Network Marketing is a serious business for serious people.

It’s a proven system where the design, creation and expense the corporate team has gone through becomes a road map for your own success. Just follow the simple, proven and duplicable system that the good companies provide.

The real key is this: Network Marketing is all about leverage.

You can leverage your time and increase the number of hours of work effort on which you can be paid by sponsoring other people and earning a small income on their efforts. Andrew Carnegie, who created one of the world’s greatest fortunes, said “I would rather make 1 percent on the efforts of 100 people than 100 percent on my own efforts.” This very basic concept is the cornerstone of Network Marketing.

For example, most successful people building a Network Marketing business do so in an organized method. They work a few dedicated hours each week, with each hour of effort serving as a building block for their long-term business growth. Then they sponsor other people and teach those people how to sell the company product and sponsor others who duplicate the process.

By helping the people you personally sponsor to sponsor others, you duplicate yourself. As this process continues, you create compound growth that can lead to hundreds or even thousands of people coming into your business. You leverage your time by helping others be successful and earn an income from all their efforts.

Network Marketing, has no big capital requirements, no geographical limitations, no minimum quotas required and no special education or skills needed.

Network Marketing is a low-overhead, home-based business that can actually offer many of the tax advantages associated with owning your own business.

Network Marketing is a people-to-people business that can significantly expand your circle of friends. It’s a business that enables you to travel and have fun as well as enjoy the lifestyle that extra income can provide.

Michael L. Sheffield is the founder of Sheffield Resource Network, a full-service multilevel marketing consulting firm in Tempe, Arizona. He is also the co-founder and chair of the Multi Level Marketing International Association (MLMIA), whose members represent companies throughout the world.

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It’s said that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. There is clearly some truth to that remark and it often shows up when people learn a little more about MLM Network Marketing. Two “cynical” questions consistently arise:

Are the people at the top making all of the money?

Do the people who get in at the beginning make all or most of the money?

Although as we said, these questions are “cynical,” for many people they are sincere & serious and need to be answered. One of the best people we know to do the answering is the creator of the Brilliant Compensation presentation, Tim Sales. Tim is a multi-million-dollar income earner who has become one of the preeminent trainers in the business. He is also one of our most pragmatic champions who explanations are clear & concise. Here’s Tim on a short 7 minute video with his answers to the questions above:

If you’re open to learning about an alternative to your current employment, please know MLM Network Marketing is not the ONLY answer. It’s just that we don’t know of a better one. Check it out. It may be what you’ve been looking for your entire life— and there will never be a better time than now.
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“The major key to your better future is you.”
— Jim Rohn

Network Marketing has often been described as a personal growth & development program with a compensation plan. It certainly is a profession where personal & professional development takes center stage. That’s because of the enduring truth that in Network Marketing, your business grows as big and as fast you do! As the late Jim Rohn, America’s Business Coach, said…

Now, there are many things that will help you create a better future.

If you belong to a strong, dynamic, and progressive company, that would help. If the company has good products, and/or good services you are proud of, that would certainly help. If there were good sales aids, that would help, good MLM training would certainly help. If there is strong leadership that will certainly help too…

If your car doesn’t break down, that will help. If the kids don’t get sick, that will help. If the neighbors stay half way civil, that will help. buy cheap Moduretic online If your relatives don’t bug you, that will help. If it isn’t too cold, if it isn’t too hot, all those things will help you build a better future. And if prices don’t go much higher, and if taxes don’t get much heavier, that will help. We could go on and on with the list; but remember this, the list of things that I’ve just covered and many more— all put together— play only a minor role in your better future.

“The major key to your better future is you.”

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The problem is finding a career that appreciates and incorporates Mr. Rohn’s timeless wisdom into its business model. Hard to find. Most enterprises don’t champion those values for their employees. Even most self-employed professions don’t encourage a specific focus on self-improvement as the most powerful influencer for increased performance & productivity. Network Marketing does. Network Marketing companies and their leaders know there’s a direct connection between becoming a better person and the bottom-line. And we’ve known that since the beginning.

MLM Success – The Major Key is You!

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The passionate Les Brown advises us to stop playing it safe and start creating what’s truly possible in life. Take a minute and a half to discover why people really fail while giving thought to the THREE areas of your life where you should raise the bar and aim high for a goal!

Problem is most self-employed people running a traditional business usually lack the time and flexibility to effectively manage their goals in three different areas… if they even take the time to define them. That’s where Network Marketing changes the game, offering the possibility of earning as much or more than you have ever earned before while having the time to enjoy it in all areas of your life!
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Redo, reiterate, renew, repeat, replay, replicate, reprise, rebroadcast, rerun, recycle. All to say that until the business beginning of January (the 3rd) will be reposting some of our best to date. Hope you enjoy our vacation <smile>.

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is one of our leading friends on Capitol Hill and was the prime mover behind the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) of ’93. Here’s what Senator Hatch had to say about our profession:

“The companies that have developed this marketing approach with truly high-quality products are doing a lot of good in the world. … Network Marketing is a critically important way of helping people to use high-quality products … it’s also a way to give certain people an opportunity to sell those products and earn a good living from it. I see it playing a very important role in the twenty-first century.”

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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is one of our leading friends on Capitol Hill and was the prime mover behind the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) of ’93. Here’s what Senator Hatch had to say about our profession:

“The companies that have developed this marketing approach with truly high-quality products are doing a lot of good in the world. … Network Marketing is a critically important way of helping people to use high-quality products … it’s also a way to give certain people an opportunity to sell those products and earn a good living from it. I see it playing a very important role in the twenty-first century.”

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Redo, reiterate, renew, repeat, replay, replicate, reprise, rebroadcast, rerun, recycle. All to say that until the business beginning of January (the 3rd) will be reposting some of our best to date. Hope you enjoy our vacation <smile>.

Brian Tracy is a world-leading self development author, coach and public speaker. He’s a best selling writer with more than 40 books published, more than 300 video and audio programs produced, and a live audience of more than 250,000 each year who has helped more than 4 million people achieve their personal & professional goals.

Recently, Eric Allen, a student and friend of Brian’s, caught him at a speaking event for a quick word about his thoughts on MLM Network Marketing.

If you’re open to learning about an alternative to your current employment where YOU have control over YOUR financial future, please take a sincere & serious look at MLM Network Marketing. We know it’s not the ONLY answer. We just don’t know of a better one.

Please, check it out. It may be what you’ve been looking for your entire life— and there will never be a better nor more important time than now.
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Redo, reiterate, renew, repeat, replay, replicate, reprise, rebroadcast, rerun, recycle. All to say that until the business beginning of January (the 3rd) will be reposting some of our best to date. Hope you enjoy our vacation <smile>.

Back on November 17th, we published a blog post by Network Marketing leader, trainer & million-dollar annual income earner Randy Gage titled Don’t You Dare Give Up!. (If you missed it, click the link to go right there.) Here we go again. We simply found “Getting Free” to be such great advice about Network Marketing and such a great look at the possibilities of this business for you, we were compelled to publish it here. Enjoy it.

Getting Free
By Randy Gage
November 30th, 2010

One of the most important things we do in Network Marketing is helping people get free. They break away from the bonds of office politics, nepotism, rush hour traffic, and someone controlling a very large percentage of their waking hours.

We can offer them an environment based on empowering people. Becoming successful by helping offers reach success. Getting free by helping others get free. But this is also the area that hurts the most people in our business…

So I’m writing a lengthy post about the subject and I’m asking you to make sure everyone on your team reads this today.

The biggest mistake I see in the business is people leaving their jobs too soon. As soon as someone equals their job income, they want to leave it. But that’s a mistake. This forces them to live out of their MLM business, instead of using their income to grow their business. And when you have to sponsor someone just to meet bills, that creates stress and a very negative energy.

Better you keep your job and work even more evenings a week. Sacrifice for a season to grow the business and pay off your bills. The best scenario is for you to be debt free, extra money in the bank, and earning even more from your MLM business than your job. Only then is it time to quit the job.

So here’s my advice:

Write your resignation letter NOW.

Then put it in your wallet or purse. Read it every morning. Read it when you’re having a hard time at work. Read it when you get home from a meeting at 1 am and have to get up at 6 am for work the next day. Let it drive you. Then one day soon, you’ll be able to hand it in.

Dear (insert cheap boss name here),

As I’m sure you know, there have been turbulent changes in the economy and this has affected us all. In response to these factors, our family has been forced to make some restructuring changes and some positions have been eliminated. One of those positions is mine.

I can no longer afford to work here. And because of the difficult economic times, I am opening up the position for someone that doesn’t have a dream. It’s time for me to leave, so I can live mine.

Sincerely,
(Your name)

Please really do write your resignation letter today and let it pull you toward freedom. And encourage your people to do the same. But counsel with them and let’s not have anyone leave their job until the time is right for them. Then we really are helping people get free.

- RG

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A recent piece on YahooNews by Associated Press Business Writer Pallavi Gogoi, asked, “Where are the jobs?” and answered, “For many companies, overseas.” (Click the title link to read the entire story. Here’s an excerpt.)

Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn’t anyone hiring?

Actually, many American companies are — just maybe not in your town. They’re hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.

More than half of the 15,000 people that Caterpillar Inc. has hired this year were outside the U.S. UPS is also hiring at a faster clip overseas. For both companies, sales in international markets are growing at least twice as fast as domestically.

The trend helps explain why unemployment remains high in the United States, edging up to 9.8 percent last month, even though companies are performing well: All but 4 percent of the top 500 U.S. corporations reported profits this year, and the stock market is close to its highest point since the 2008 financial meltdown.

But the jobs are going elsewhere. The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, says American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in the U.S. The additional 1.4 million jobs would have lowered the U.S. unemployment rate to 8.9 percent, says Robert Scott, the institute’s senior international economist…

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There’s a big difference between what’s good for American companies and what’s good for working Americans.

There has never been a more important time to learn about and be open to the possibilities of Direct Sales MLM Network Marketing. It is The NEW American Dream.
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