WHAT'S THE BEST MLM FOR YOU?

Finding the best MLM company is the second biggest reason you'll fail at network marketing. (The first is operating your business according the the many MLM Lies out there).

Most people never look for any network marketing company, let alone the best MLM company. The fact is most people get into MLM by accident. It usually happens this way.

You're sailing along, minding your own business, when you get a call from a friend inviting you to a wonderful 'party', or 'business opportunity meeting' that everyone is making a boatload of money doing.

You go to the 'party' or 'meeting', hear what sounds like a fun and easy way to make money in your 'spare' time. You're told this is the best MLM company out there, and you sign up.

You're excited because you think you've finally found the way to earn that extra income that's going to get you out of debt.

Then after six months or so of making absolutely no money (and actually losing some because of the affiliate products and monthly associate fees), you become jaded.

Best MLM company my foot!

You feel like you were duped. You start feeling like this whole MLM thing was nothing but a scam to get your money, and you quit.

This is how it goes for the vast majority of network marketers.

And it's an inevitable scenario for one very important reason that's intentially overlooked by the MLM industry. And that reason is...

You weren't looking to get into MLM or sales in the first place!

You see, when you are 'recruited' into something you really have no independent interest in already, the odds of you actually sticking with it (let alone being successful) are pretty slim.

This 'Bring Anybody You Can' method of prospecting is what keeps most MLM'ers exhausted, discouraged, and in the poor house.

It's keeps them in sales 'pergatory'.

But when you're exposed to the correct way to prospect, you'll find it so easy you feel like you were in Prospect Heaven, a place where willing prospects come looking for you, instead of you chasing after them...which is actually the way it should be.

At this point, it really won't be so much about the best MLM company any more, but rather what's best for YOU.

Beleive it or not, no truly successful network marketer or sales person chases after prospects. The prospects are the ones chasing hungrily after them.

They understand that the best MLM company is the one they created, and the company they're working with at the moment is nothing more than a product manufacturer for their personal company.

And most of them don't have a single 'best' MLM company they work with. Some work with several different companies in order to meet the differing needs of their customers and prospects.

There's a very specific set of techniques successful salespeople employ in order to make this happen.

And teaching you how to find 'Hungry For What You Have' prospects and customers is what The MLM Network Marketing Success System is all about.

But even before getting to proper sales and marketing strategies, or learning how to find the right prospects, you must first find the best MLM companies for you.

And believe me, they aren't all created equal.

There are a few that are the best MLM companies, then there are all the others.

So, what's the most important thing to look for when choosing a company you ask?

Well, there are several basic keys to keep in mind, but the single most important key to finding the best MLM company is actually something you'd do 'before' selecting the particular company (or companies) to work with.

IT'S GOT TO BE YOUR VISION - NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S

To find the best MLM company to work with, you first have to find a product or service or industry that you personally love (or at least like a lot).

You see, without a decent level of passion for your industry, you won't make it through the rough spots that are sure to come during the early growth of your company.

You'll have to be able to convey a sense of enthusiasm for what your involved in, or you'll never be able to convince others that you're someone they should hitch their wagon to. You won't be able to do this if you don't have a belief in the products, the company, or the industry as a whole.

The first key in network marketing is not selling the company, it's selling yourself as someone a prospect or customer needs to do business with.

But how will you do that if your not enthusiastic about your industry? The answer is, You Won't.

So before you set out to select the best MLM company, ask yourself what interests you most.

Are you the environmental type? Or a person concerned with health and nutrition? What about travel? Or maybe the legal and financial arena is your thing?

Whatever it is, there is a wide array of companies out there, that will suit your interest.

I know this seems like an obvious concept (and it is).

But I guarantee if you were to go to any MLM meeting and ask a handful of honest people, most would tell you they had no interest in that industry until someone brought them to a meeting.

And when they eventually leave the company (which most usually do), their exit speech is something along the lines of, "I never wanted to be in this in the first place."

WHAT DO THEY 'REALLY' SELL?

This is where you have to put your investigative skills to work. Your objective is to find out how much of a company's revenue comes from selling an actual product or service, and how much of it comes from simply recruiting more members.

You see, the more revenue a company derives from the sale of an actual product or service, the more viable that company is likely to be.

There is an actual formula that the U.S. Government uses when determining whether a particular MLM company is a business truly engaged in 'commerce', or a company making money off people by selling 'the dream' of financial freedom.

The government says that any network marketing company that does not derive at least fifty percent of its revenue from the sale of an actual retail consumer product is more likely than not a 'pyramid' scheme.

Now this ratio is not a hard and fast 'law'. It's only a lose guide that gives a clue to where a company's real focus is.

Companies that fall on the wrong side of this 50/50 ratio are not automatically held out to be scheme's whose sole purpose is to cheat people out of their money.

It's just that when you see a company like this, you have to ask whether their goal is to sell a product, or market an 'opportunity'. The product with the opportunity is totally legal. The opportunity without any real product is probably not.

Any company showing the vast majority of it's revenue from the recruitment of other prospects is not likely to be in business for a long time.

This is because this type of company is not built on a solid foundation anchored by a product or service that the retail public demands on a continuous basis.

And this is what gives the network marketing industry as a whole such a bad name.

When a company has no real product focus, it will eventually collapse because, at some point, everyone whose remotely interested in the business will have heard the 'opportunity' speel, and there will eventually be no new 'recruits' to be had.

When this happens, since the company's not really doing much in the way of selling a product or service, there's nothing left to prop the company up and it collapses.

Of course, the owners usually know this is coming and act accordingly by cashing in and taking all the money they can. For the few companies that are publicly held, seeing their financial books will be no problem.

The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires all companies that trade public stock to make their income and revenue statements available.

Privately held companies, on the other hand, may be a little trickier. Many private companies are lothe to hold their financials open for public observation, so getting a look at their books may be a little more difficult.

But even if you don't get a look at the books, you'll be able to tell a company's focus fairly easily by spending a little time with them. Are they talking about their product or service, or is all their focus on recruiting more people?

The best MLM company's tend to be more product focused.

Nevertheless, be prepared to run from any company not willing to provide you with their prior years earnings statements. It's a signal they have something to hide.

After all, how can you make an intellegent decision on whether you like where a company's going when you can't see where they've been?

If they won't show you the books, you know they're not going to be the best MLM company for you.

WHAT'S THE DEAL ON THE DUDE WITH THE PURSE

What are the companies owners up to? What's their history? How many other companies have they been a part of? Have any of the 'owners' recently left the company, and how much money did they take with them?

There was one company that I was involved with. They'd been in business about five years, and on the surface appeared to be doing great.

Their officers told everyone at the meetings how their's was the best MLM company ever. Of course, I expect them to say that, so it was no big deal.

But when I did a little investigating, I learned that one of the original owners of the company had recently cashed in his stock (about 10 million dollars worth) and left the company.

Why would he leave the company if it was the best MLM going today? Huummmmmm.

Then the company came out with a declaration that no matter what happened, even if the company was sold, it would be guaranteed to continue operating under the same commission splits and residual income payouts.

Not only did this strike me as an impossible declaration, but it got me wondering why it was even being made...unless the current owners were planning on 'selling' or otherwise jumping ship, golden parachuting, or whatever it is they call it when some head honcho leaves a company high and dry while riding off into the sunset with his millions.

After all, how can anyone guarantee the same income or residual money forever? What if the company (or industry as a whole) takes a downturn? What if any number of things that could happen?

Knowing a little about business, I know it's not too likely you'd buy a company subject to abiding by the rules of the former owners in perpituity.

You may agree to not make changes for a determined period of time (say one or two years), but after that....

After all, you own the company know. And one of the benefits of ownership of anything is the unfettered ability to do as you please. So why would you by something, then agree to be governed according to someone elses terms?

Would you by a house subject to leaving it painted the same colors the previous owners liked? Of course not.

It reminds me of a piece of property I thought about buying a few years back.

There was a little old lady who owned a couple of acres adjacent to my propery's backyard. She was getting on in years and told me she wanted to sell. I seriously wanted this piece of property, and told her I'd think about it.

Wow! I could have over two acres of prime backyard space! I'd gaze out and imagine all the things I could do with that much property.

Full length football field when the family came over for the summer picnics.

Sleigh rides in the winter.

A couple of additional small guest houses on the property for my inlaws and others.

Enough room to have a 'serious' Fourth of July fireworks party that would put the city to shame.

As we negotiated, the woman made one odd request. She explained that a certain tree had been in her family for over four hundred years, and her only condition of sale was that the tree not be cut down.

Now this was one humonguous tree, very tall (over a hundred feet), not pleasing to the eye, and leaning at a twenty degree angle towards my main house to boot.

Now the tree wasn't bothering anyone, but I couldn't agree to the lady's terms. There was no way I could guarantee the tree would never come down.

What if it dryrotted? What if it grew so large it endangered my home (after all, it wasn't that far away as it was)? Anything could happen.

Now I could have promised the lady I'd never touch the tree, all the while knowing I'd darn well do whatever I wanted after I owned it. But that's never been my style. I like to be honest and straight forward and upfront.

I ended up not buying the property, but not because of the tree. When I considered what my new property tax would be, it cured my desire to own the extra land.

I'd just had a brand new home built, and the city was taxing me as though it didn't want me within city limits already. And at my age, I wouldn't be playing enough football, or shooting off enough fireworks, to justify the ten to twelve thousand dollars a year in new taxes I'd be paying.

The point is, this lady could not have dictated to me what to do AFTER I owned the property, anymore than this company's present owners could dictate what future owners could do.

After seeing one company official cash out, then the other owners talking about what would happen 'if' the company were ever sold, it got me curious, so I decided to take a look at their books, and what I saw desturbed me.

This company was generating over 75% of its revenue by recruiting other prospects into the business. That meant that only 25% of their income came from the actual sale of their product.

Then it clicked. Now it made sense why, when I went to the company meetings, most of the time was spent talking about how to recruit new members. They rarely spent any time talking about their product, and this alarmed me because one of the company's key pitches was how their's was a trillion dollar a year industry.

This always ounded impressive to some new recruit who didn't understand business. But I knew better. I'd seen the books.

Even if it was a trillion dollar industry, this company was not a serious player in that industry because the vast majority of their income came from selling 'memberships and websites', not the industry product. Not the trademark of one of the best MLM companies.

Even though I loved this particular industry, I decided to leave this company alone. From what I know, the company's still going strong, and perhaps will continue to do so. It just didn't feel right for me. Too many warning signs.

IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK...

And that's the next important key you have to look for when picking a company to work with. If you study the company, and don't like what you see, don't let anyone else talk you into it.

What can be the best MLM company for someone else isn't necessarily the best MLM company for you.

Many times people will try to 'guilt' you into joining them in their company. They'll say things like, 'poor so-and-so, she's leaving the best MLM company ever, and walking away from a million dollar opporunity and she doesn't even realize it.'

Just tell these kinds of people to get back to you when they can show you the million dollars they have in their bank account courtesy of that best MLM company.

Signs are put in place for a reason. It's like the credit card industry. A lot of people say they're not fair, looking at your credit and deny you a loan just because you were late on a few payments.

But the hard fact is that a person's (or company's) past behavior is usually a fairly reliable predictor of future results.

If someone cheated you before, you're thinking they're likely to do it again.

If you loaned someone money they didn't repay before, there's a pretty good chance they won't pay you if you loan them money again.

And it's the same with the MLM companies. If a company hasn't been around long, says it's the best MLM company out there, but has officers leaving the company, and is making most of its money from memberships and not products, it's a pretty good chance that company won't be around long. Not a guarantee, but a chance. This is why you have to learn how to Branding You and not your company is so important. It should never be more about the company than it is about you.

MLM companies will come and go, but you and your company have to be structured to stand the test of time - that is if you're planning on making the kind of serious money I'm talking about.

Even if the MLM company's not around a long time, The MLM Network Marketing Success System will help make sure you and yours will be!

THE 'KILLER' COMPENSATION PLAN

Companies that tout their compansation plan as the greatest always remind me of Las Vegas casinos that advertise their slots 'pay out' more than any other. They say this is what makes their's the best MLM company.

It's mostly just a ruse - Vegas and the MLM company claim.

The fact is most network marketing companies have pretty similar compensation plans. There will be some variation depending on product, price point, etc. But by and large, there will be little difference in most of the compensation plans of the major, long standing MLM companies.

And what does the compensation plan matter to someone who's not making any money anyway? You and I both know that the majority of network marketers never actually make a dime at network marketing. So it wouldn't matter to them if the company paid out 100% on every sale, plus a backend residual for life.

Nothing from nothing still leaves nothing, best MLM company compensation or not.

Worry about getting the right marketing and sales skills, then finding the right industry, then the right company. This is the formula that will allow you to have real MLM Success. Get these three things down, and the compensation will take care of itself.

The fact is that there are a lot of good companies out there. There's a lot of people who will provide you with ratings of what they think are the best MLM companies to work with.

None of that really matters though, because all you're trying to do is find the one or two Best MLM Companies best MLM companies for you. Using the tips on this page will guarantee that you will.


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