MLM Companies- Top 20 Companies in Network Marketing

July 15, 2011 by Doug Firebaugh 3 Comments

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MLM Companies come and go.

A Network Marketing Company is easy to find but a good one?

Not so easy.

MLM Companies that are really good can be a gold mine and make you a LOT of money.

That is a fact.

But there are GREAT Network Marketing Home business companies out there.

If you are looking for a good company, then these MLM companies are a good start to look for.

My good friend Michael Clouse has done some due diligence and I must admit, the parameters he used for this MLM Company List were great.

I believe that there are 4 very important things that must be considered for a great MLM Network marketing company:

1. Time in Business.

2. Track Record.

3. Reputation.

4. Vision.

Michael had some interesting things to say as well and here are the Top 20 MLM Companies that are currently being ranked:

Company	Time In Business	GPR – AR – GT
1. Amway	1959 – 52 Years	6 – 5,143 – 2.02
2. Herbalife	1980 – 31 Years	6 – 18,570 – 2.16
3. ACN	1993 – 18 Years	6 – 22,114 – 1.14
4. Nu Skin	1984 – 27 Years	5 – 9,493 – 0.19
5. USANA	1992 – 19 Years	5 – 14,145 – 0.44
6. Pre-Paid Legal	1972 – 39 Years	5 – 14,624 – 0.04
7. Forever Living	1978 – 33 Years	5 – 22,649 – 0.40
8. 4Life	1998 – 13 Years	5 – 36,438 – 0.13
9. Tahitian Noni	1997 – 14 Years	5 – 37,014 – 0.14
10. Arbonne	1980 – 31 Years	5 – 43,147 – 0.67
11. Advocare	1993 – 18 Years	5 – 51,862 – 0.13
12. Shaklee	1957 – 54 Years	5 – 72,333 – 0.21
13. GNLD	1958 – 53 Years	5 – 97,295 – 0.07
14. Juice Plus (NSA)	1970 – 41 Years	5 – 126,511 – 0.24
15. Sunrider	1982 – 29 Years	5 – 174,309 – 0.08
16. Nikken	1975 – 36 Years	4 – 21,098 – 0.29
17. 5LINX	2001 – 10 Years	4 – 44,371 – 0.05
18. Freelife	1995 – 16 Years	4 – 53,164 – 0.03
19. Nature’s Sunshine	1972 – 39 Years	4 – 60,245 – 0.01
20. Mannatech	1996 – 15 Years	4 – 75,884 – 0.16

MLM Network companies are powerful and can be a great way to make a change in your life.

Look at each of the companies and get all the information you need to see if one of these are a possibility for you to consider as an MLM Network marketing company.

blessings…doug firebaugh

http://www.mlmnetworkmarketingtraining.com

Home Business Social Media- 7 Reasons You Struggle with Social Media

July 15, 2011 by Doug Firebaugh Leave a Comment

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in a Home Business today is as much as part of the network marketing culture as prospecting or in home meetings.

Social networking is critical for finding good possible prospects in this profession today. I have used it for training efforts and it works well.

Home based business owners know that online recruiting is all part of today’s marketing efforts. But many times, social media marketing does not work very well for folks.

I have talked with many people who seem to be frustrated at social media as they say that they cannot find who they are looking for. And if they do, they do not stay.

MLM social media I have been teaching, (along with others in this business) for 6 years. There are reasons why it may not be working for you. We have identified 7 of them in our consulting with companies and teams, and these may be why you may be struggling with social media.

What are the 7 Reasons?

1) No Target to Shoot For.

Many folks have not target or goal that they are looking to hit. That is crazy. You need to have a set target and defined destination that you are looking to go.

It may be as simple as finding 2 new leads a day or expanding your communication with your clients like Southwest Airlines has done. But whatever it is, WRITE DOWN the target and then start moving towards the bull eye.

2) Expecting Miracles when a Message would do.

It is about your Message, not Miracles. I am a HUGE believer in Miracles, but in social media, it takes time for the Blueprint you have to take effect.

Miracles in 72 hours? Not gonna happen. But a strong message in 72 Minutes?

THAT is doable and a great start to a turn around miracle.

3) Connecting- but Lack of Personal Connection.

Connection in social media is important.

But PERSONAL CONNECTION is IMPERATIVE.

You must create that Connection that moves past the surface and create conversations that start to build a bridge of Trust.

That will do more for your follower count and friends than just about anything.

4) Providing Constant Volume but not Consistent Value.

Your messages, notes, posts, tweets, videos, and podcasts need to be Constant and regularly distributed. But without Consistent Value-people will quit reading them. You must be consistent in your posts. But also you must have VALUE in your posts. I send out posts and I effort to include a LOT of Value to the reader.

It is the same with you. EVEN-if you send out maintenance or utility posts, make sure they carry the Value to the prospect or reader-that will be appreciated and forwarded- not deleted and forgotten.

5) Trying to be Too many Places with Too Little Time.

Pick a social site and build there. My focus has always been pick 5 sites and stay there.

Automate everything else. You have ping.fm, and hellotxt.com, and other broadcast sites. Pick one of them, and then you can be on 75 sites or more daily.

But do it SMART.

Automate the sites with your messages and posts that you are not building relationships currently on. And build the relationships on the other social sites you are on. BUT- I recommend that you build a few relationships on EVERY social site you are working. This is only integrity. If you do that, your REACH in the home business profession expands drmatically.

Some people do not like broadcast social sites, but if you are a marketer, you better use them if you are going to create results over time.

6) Trying to be SEEN when You should be Helping Others to be Known.

You need to be a promoter on social sites.

Become a promoter of great material, and great value. I sent out over 10 links last week of things that rocked. Most of the folks I did not personally know who they were, but knew others could benefit.

What about you? Do you run across things that really impact you? Let others know about it.

Become a Power Promoter and promote others and not just yourself. It works better that way. If you let others know about great Value and Content of others, you will be SEEN, HEARD, and KNOWN quickly.

Trust me. It works.

7) Ambushing the Conversation instead of Amplifying the Connection.

Happened today. Someone connected with me about something I sent out, and the next thing I knew, I was being pitched a financial deal that I was shaking my head on. They were relentless, and after I politely cut them off, they said to me, “I knew this social media stuff was a bunch of hooey. It does not work and people are full of it if they think it does.”

Au contraire.

It DOES work as long as you do not hijack and ambush the conversation with what YOU can GET. And instead focus on what you can GIVE to folks that will help them.

If you do that, what you have to offer they will embrace.

We have been blessed to build a highly successful business on facebook alone- not counting anything else–totally under the radar –quietly–and without hype or ambushing anyone.

You can too- if you do not make these 7 mistakes that a lot of people are in their social media marketing for their home business.

Take each one of the challenges and check yourself on them. Are you making these mistakes? Are you in your MLM efforts really doing the things that will draw people towards you? Are you pushing to GET from social media or GIVE to social media?

Social media in network marketing is about GIVING.

G.I.V.E. means to “Gain Influence Very Easily.”

If you practice that alone, you will start becoming a social media master in your mlm home based business.

blessings…doug firebaugh

http://www.mlmnetworkmarketingtraining.com

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Home Business Social Media-The 7 Most Powerful Words To Use

July 14, 2011 by Doug Firebaugh Leave a Comment

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In Home Business Social Media Marketing -Words carry a Power that usually is ignored. A Power that we can use.

Even more than we realize.

A home business today must be on social media. That is a given. if you are not with your home based business then you are working in the stone age.

Work at home professionals need to embrace and utilize the social networking arena for it;s powerful prospecting methods and potential for your home business.

If you can connect to this post, you will be way ahead of Most in the network marketing profession.

There are 7 words that are CRUCIAL to making your home business mlm social media marketing efforts successful, whether you own’a traditional business, a home business, or work for a business.

And many do not even know them let alone use them.

They can change your social media marketing to a powerful force in your branding efforts and beyond.

Sooooo….

What are they?

1) FREE.

Many folks in social media like free gifts. They like free content. They like free podcasts. They like free videos. They like free content.

So you need to start using the word FREE in your tweets, vids, posts, podcasts and blogs. WHAT is free? That is for you to decide, but it can be an ebook, a report, an mp3, a CD, a DVD, or anything that the people will find of value to their life.

“Here is a FREE mp3 that i recorded last night and thought you might enjoy. Hope you like it and let me know what your thoughts are as i am looking to improve it. Thanks!”

2) GIVE.

This is a biggie. It is CRUCIAL that you GIVR and use the word GIVE in your communications. It is called a “trigger word.” This is a word that triggers psychologically in the brain to create some kind of emotion or feeling. GIVE is a powerful concept in social media marketing.

Especially what you are giving away is FREE.

“I am giving away today a FREE ebook that will help you in your Success efforts. I want you to have it as I know you will like it. Here is the link for it and let me know how you enjoy it as always looking for ways to improve. Thanks!”

3) TRUST.

This is another huge one as we build bridges of trust with people and their friends. Use the word trust in what you do. Use the word trust in posts, mp3s, videos, and any other communication. Put it FRONT and CENTER and let people know that is your focus. You are looking to be trusted and you sare looking to trust back.

“My goal is to build trust with people before they ever do any business with me as that is critical. Integrity is the foundation of trust and that is how i operate and always will.”

4) VALUE.

People will do more for Value than you think. And people are smarter than you think. They KNOW value and what is NOT Value. Your focus in social media marketing is to provide VALUE in your communication and use the word in all you do. Your FOCUS should be VALUE and a lot of it.

What people talk about is Value. What people are seeking is Value. What people are DEMANDING is Value and you must be the Value Freak in what you do in social media.

“And my goal is to create such an amazing Value in this video that you will watch it over and over and learn something new each time you watch it. All I ask is you let people know what you have discovered in this video and share it with others.”

5) LOVE.

Love is a strong word that people do not use enough. i know i know. I can hear it now-“Doug is getting hairy fairy.” LOL Nope. Just telling you the truth. if you believe in something string enough- you need to let people know that you love it. if you are convinced that your product is the best that exists on the planet-let them knwo you love it. if you are sure that the relationships you are building in social media are powerful and life changing, let people know that you love that part about social media. if you are a home business professional and LOVE what you do- shout it out and rock the world with it.

Love is a powerful life changing word and when you use it- EYES ARE DRAWN TOWARDS IT- instinctively.

“I LOVE this mp3/video/ebook/report/post even if I did do it. It has a LOT of great content on it that can change lives. I want you to have it as a gift and i look forward to talking to you about it as I know you will love it too. I love giving things away for free-hope you like it!”

6) SECRET.

Everyone likes a good secret that cannot be kept. And if you are any marketing effort, you need to let peo;ple know that you know a secret that they do not. Why? Fear of loss. Curiosity builder. Wanting to be a part of the in the know crowd. Hope of gain. and ther are other reasons as well. But when you use the word SECRET- BAM! Every one’s heads turn-and they are thinking- “Tell me pleasssee!” And we have used it for years as that truly does set you apart form the masses…

IF and ONLY IF you have a secret that no one else has about your endeavor, Success, leadership, social media marketing, home business success, or internet marketing, or anything else that you are working. Be unique and one of a kind. OWN the Secret-don’t just repeat it. Old news is still old news. Get creative and let the secrets flow.

“I have discovered a secret about skin care that ia amazing and wanted to give it to you. Here is a link to a video that will tell you the secret of looking 10 years younger in little or no time. And all I ask is that you share it with other you know as it will help them too as well. Here is the secret link….”

7) THEIR NAME.

Enough said.

Their name is music to their ears. It is honey to their soul. It is sugar in their tea. I ALWAYS use the persons name or nickname in communication in the very first couple of words.

It is an EYE MAGNET.

It attracts their eyes to move towards their name and then you are guaranteed that your communication will be at least scanned. Use their name at the end too. I call it “bookending.” It works and lets them know that you appreciate who they are.

These are the 7 most powerful words that you can use in social media. of course there are more.

What other words can you suggest in your social media marketing for your Home based business?

There are so man y ways to say things- make sure YOU GET HEARD.

I would suggest that you sit down and think long and hard about what you are saying and doing in the social media zone. If you do the right things, and say thr right things, you will have built right your mlm home business.

blessings…doug firebaugh

http://www.mlmnetworkmarketingtraining.com

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June 17, 2011 by Doug Firebaugh Leave a Comment

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MLM Network Marketing Training Secrets: Seven Magic Words

October 9, 2009 by Doug Firebaugh Leave a Comment

Your Home Business prospects have their own lives, their own goals, their own dreams and even their own hassles. Network marketing can help them achieve many of the goals – but not all of them.

Think back to your most recent person to person home based business opportunity presentation… instead of thinking of what you wanted out of the meeting (your prospect to sign that distributor agreement,) what would happen if you changed your whole outlook? What if you wanted to find opportunities that would really help your prospect — in all areas of your prospect’s life?

Just Help the Prospect?

Let’s say that your new prospect didn’t immediately enroll in your program. Instead he used the famous phrase…

“I’ve got to think it over. I have to talk to my lawyer and my dog. I don’t have any extra cash.”

Can you help this prospect even if he didn’t join your MLM opportunity?

Of course you can. Here’s how.

First, you recommend a good accountant (I have one if you don’t) to do his taxes. Maybe the accountant will save your prospect an additional $1,500 in income tax by restructuring his IRA and savings, turning credit card and automobile loan interest into tax deductible second mortgage interest, and just do a better job on his personal income taxes. And the accountant you recommend charges no more than his current tax preparer.

Now your prospect has an extra $1,500 a year ($125 extra a month) in his budget. Even if your prospect turns down your opportunity, you still have helped your prospect change his life. And he can rent a lot of videos on Friday night now!

Second, you show your prospect how starting his own part time business can mean many extra tax advantages for him and his family. Previous non-deductible travel and training expenses now become deductible. With a little planning your prospect can save another $1,500 a year by starting his own home-based business. Even if he doesn’t join your opportunity, he will have many tax advantages from running his own business.

Now your prospect has an extra $250 a month in his budget – now he can order pizza AND beer with his armload of videos every Friday night!

But Don’t Stop There!

Third, recommend a good lawn care and landscaping entreprenuer that will save your prospect $20 a month.

Fourth, tell your prospect about the great computer guy you know that is fast, efficient and best of all $50/hr less than he is currently paying. (This one should be a no-brainer for you 🙂

Fifth, sixth, seventh etc. etc. you get the idea. Be of help to people. When you hear of a good deal or an honest bargain – share the information and become the “go-to guy.”

Now how is your prospect gonna feel about your and your opportunity after you’ve passed along 10 or 12 hot ideas and tips that will dramatically change his life?

I’d say “Pretty darn good!”

Your prospect will see that you have his best interests at heart instead of a commission check. Your prospect will want to be involved with you and your opportunity. All you have to do is care and give of yourself a little to help someone.

But what if this person uses all your great advice and ideas and still doesn’t join?

There is no harm in helping someone out and not getting paid. I think we should help people out whether there is something in it for us or not. It’s just the right thing to do.

Now, back to those Seven Magic Words that will build your business. All you have to do is memorize this seven word sentence and you are on your way to stardom.

Here it is – just learn to say this at the end of your presentation…

“What else can I do for you?”

That’s it – just let your prospect tell you about his problems, his challenges, his unattained dreams. Then do your best to help him.

You’ll sign up more distributors, better distributors, distributors who really want to to join your team, and best of all, distributors who won’t quit. And that’s only the beginning…

Your tax accountant, yard guy, computer guy etc. are all overjoyed with you!! What does that mean for you? Ask these people for referrals and continue to build your empire by helping others. It sounds simple but it works amazingly because so many people today overlook it. Now go out there and HELP SOMEONE!!

There has never been a better time to be part of network marketing!
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Chris Doelle – ww.unitoday.net/bigdog

Presented by PassionFire Intl

Blessings…

doug Firebaugh / PassionFire Intl http://www.passionfire.com

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MLM Recruiting: The 5 Types of Network Marketing Recruiters in a Home Business

December 4, 2008 by Doug Firebaugh Leave a Comment

It is amazing.

Every where I have the honor of speaking, I see over and over the 5 types of recruiters on MLM….and they all remind me of animals. Animals have a particular way of creating in their habitat what they need to survive and live on…and to become what nature meant for them to be…

Network marketers are a lot like that too…

Last week I was deluged with emails about the article on “Recruiting the Wrong People..”

My good friend John Milton Fogg emailed me and said he was putting that article up on his Greatest Networker site…

“Wow Dougie! I am stealing this article for my site! Catch me if you caaaannnnn! Great stuff!”

Thanks for the kind comments!

So….

This week’s article explains a lot of WHY folks recruit the wrong people, and you may even see yourself in one of these Recruiting Animals that run rampant in MLM…

The 5 Types of Recruiters in MLM.
The first:

1) “The Snake”…

This is the type of recruiter that deceives and takes advantage of folks and is a cancer to this great industry… This recruiter has one focus….to TAKE and do whatever it takes to recruit you…including unethical things and practices…

Why?

Who knows, but they are out there, and it is a shame… A snake slithers around the ground silently and looks for prey…

Sound familiar? Know anyone like that? If you do…stay away from them as they are bad news…

2) “The Hyena…”

This is the person who simply cannot shut up during a recruiting meeting or call….they are focused on themselves and talk about themselves and like a hyena, run their mouths and laugh a lot all in the name of “look at me…and what I have done…”

Give me a break…

INFERNO Secret:

People come into this business for THEIR reasons….not yours… Keep the conversation focused on them and not you…don’t be like a hyena and dominate the meeting…

Don’t be like a hyena and look foolish to the prospect… Don’t be like hyena and constantly be engaged in bringing attention to you…

Keep your attention on them, and you will have a much better chance of recruiting someone…

For a HOT Training on Prospecting: “How to Create a Tidal Wave of Prospects”

3) “The Cow…”

The Cow is the “Lay around all day and do nothing and chew on CUD…” MLM recruiter… These folks are the less that ambitious people who wander around in MLM and chew on “Failure Grass…” and it ends up CUD….

Cows chew CUD daily…what does “CUD” stand for?

“Consistently Unproductive Daily….”

That’s what Cows do…they do nothing and get nothing in this business…

Brutal? Yes. The Truth? Absolutely!

Are you a Cow in recruiting? Do you MOOOOO? (As instead of working, you end up watching MOOOOvies?)

That is called a CLUE!!!!! GET BUSY and quit chewing Failure Grass and CUD! Success Grass tastes 1000 times better!!!

The Busy MLM Worker.
4) “The Beaver…”

These are the folks that are teachable, and are eager to work and are excited about the business. They have a great work ethic, and a great mental focus, and they are into one thing:

BUILDING.

They are into Network marketing to BUILD and build more…they like to build DAMS….

DAMS are what create success in MLM… The DAM of Belief… The DAM of Action… The DAM of Results… The DAM of Consistency.. The DAM of Prospects ….

You know what DAM stands for?

“Doing All Methodically….”

And that is what they do….ALL…what ever it takes, and they do it Methodically, step by step, daily, and never give up…They prospect, contact, present, follow up, get the decision, and train DAILY! Till they have built a DAM and resevoir of SUCCESS!

5) “The Eagle…”

The Eagle is a recruiter that is in a class all by themselves… They soar above the crowd when it comes to recruiting, and they are sharp and focused in their efforts…

They are totally professional, and have great Leadership skills…they are sharp in many ways and have great communication and building skills…

They recruit from a “what is best for you.. not best for me” standpoint, and always puts the prospect first and foremost.. The eagle knows who they want to recruit, and doesn’t bother with anybody else…

Eagles look for other Eagles, or those who aspire to be… Eagles search out for the BEST in people…and then when they find it, they know they have something to build on…and to recruit…

Eagles are head and shoulders above most in recruiting in their actions, consistency, attitudes, and work ethic…

OK….

Where are you in the 5 Types of recruiters? I hope and pray at least the Beaver…

The MLM Metamorphosis.
INFERNO Secret:

Many a Beaver has grown and evolved into an Eagle over time…

Where are you evolving to?

Your answer has just painted a picture of your recruiting destiny in this industry…

blessings… doug Firebaugh / Passionfire Intl http://www.passionfire.com

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