Skype has been around since 2003. It has become very popular with people in MLM network marketing. I have it on my computer. However, I do not use it as a prospecting tool.

Before Skype, many network marketers promoted the concept of using instant message texting systems like MSN, Yahoo, AOL, ICQ, and others as MLM prospecting tools. The idea was to strike up a conversation with people you meet online and try to find common ground and a way to introduce your business opportunity to them. I did have some success doing that. But, I found it very time consuming. Way too much of my time was spent with prospects who did not qualify.

Similar prospecting techniques are now being promoted using Skype. And it’s still easy to spend too much time on tasks that do not produce results.

I prefer to practice attraction marketing and have top-quality prospects reaching out to me on a daily basis. I’ve found it to be much more time-efficient and results in better qualified prospects. And most of the attraction marketing techniques we teach our team are also free or very low cost.

Still, Skype is a powerful tool for building an MLM business. I use it regularly in two different ways.

File Transfer. It is a fast and easy way to exchange files. It’s perfect for videos, images, and other large files. There are no size limits, although larger files take longer to send. It’s much faster than sending an email. And email attachments are becoming very unpopular.

Personal Mentoring and Coaching. I find it to be the ultimate tool for one-on-one coaching. When I can’t be there in person, a video call is the next best thing.

If you don’t already have Skype, download it today. It’s a great tool for building your MLM business!

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

One of the first things I ask a new business partner to do is to give serious thought to exactly why they joined me in the business. I want them to understand that it’s not just for the money. What are they really looking for the business to do for them? What will the money provide?

Maybe it’s to be home with the kids. Maybe it’s for the new house they’ve been dreaming of. Perhaps it’s the freedom to come and go as they like without answering to a boss. It might be to create a secure retirement.

I ask them to put their Why in writing, tape a copy to their desk where they can see it regularly, and email a copy to me.

Here’s why understanding your Why is so important. You are going to have ups and downs in any business. We all do. I have tough days. And I have easy days. It’s all just part of network marketing.

Some appointments will not show up. People will quit. A new business partner you had high hopes for will turn out to be a whiner and excuse-maker. Products will be on back order. Leads will give bad phone numbers. All kinds of challenges will come your way.

When I have a tough day, I just think about my Why…and it keeps me pushing ahead. Knowing my business partner’s Why, lets me better understand and help them, too. Over the years, I’ve found that those in MLM network marketing who are very successful, always have a very strong Why!

If you haven’t done so yet, give serious thought to your Why. Write it down and share it with your sponsor. When challenges do come up, think of your Why. You’ll find it has a dramatic impact on your success!

Check out my Why in this YouTube video.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

For most people, working a traditional job will never get them to where they want to be.

Job security is a thing of the past. More good people than ever are facing cut-backs, lay offs, and unsuccessful job searches. Retirees are worried about their retirement funds. Income from savings has bottomed out. Many families are struggling just to survive.

If you are serious about being able to live a dream lifestyle, look into starting your own home based business. Choose the right one, and you can build a successful, lucrative business in just a few spare hours per week. You can use it to supplement or even replace the income from a traditional job. I haven’t had a real “job” in over 8 years now, and it’s awesome!

In choosing a home based business, I highly recommend mlm or network marketing. It’s a business concept that works better today than it ever has, thanks to the Internet and automated business-building systems.

In MLM or network marketing you can leverage the efforts of others by building a team. There is no better way to build long-term residual income. In fact, you can make a lot of money in a short period of time with the right company and system.

Here are the 3 keys to choosing the right mlm network marketing business. Pick a business with a high demand product that sells itself. Look for something with a low start-up cost so the business appeals to the masses. And most importantly, find a successful mentor and system to follow.

Look into starting your own home business today. Do your research carefully. Pick the right opportunity and get to work. It’s easier than you think…you too can live a dream lifestyle!

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

I started by doing some research. I studied gyms and health clubs in the area. I decided to take a closer look at a fitness center a few miles from home. They gave me a tour of their facilities and explained the benefits of each machine. They outlined the training system that I would follow and the results to expect. I met the lady who would be my personal mentor. I was sold. I signed up and paid the membership fee.

Signing up was the easy part! My training would start at 6am the next day. Looking back, the whole process was very similar to the business presentation I do every day in my mlm business.

I showed up at 6 the next morning ready to take on the world. My mentor was there. She’s about my age and obviously very fit. Together, we set clear goals and expectations and outlined the schedule I would keep. She coached me through my routine on each machine. I followed her training exactly. It was hard work. But I was committed. I knew I could do it.

The next day was a little easier and I could feel results. The day after that, even easier yet and the results were more evident. It was obvious their system works. That’s when it really struck me. Building an mlm is just like going to the gym!

Pick a good company and mentor. Follow the training system. Be coachable. Then work your tail off. Just like going to the gym, if you do all of the right things, you will get the results you want in your mlm business.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

One of the most common questions prospects ask me is how much time it takes to be successful in my network marketing business.

I have helped many new networkers build their mlm business on a very part-time basis. Here are the four keys to part time success in mlm with the goals of making money the first week and quickly growing from there. With consistent effort, success can be achieved in as little as 5 to 7 hours per week. Of course, committing additional time to the business can produce even greater results.

Company. You must join a company with a high-demand product that requires no explaining or selling. The company’s compensation plan must provide for substantial immediate income. It must be a true online business for maximum time-efficiency.

Sponsor. You need to choose your sponsor carefully. This has more bearing on your success than anything else…even your choice of the company! You need an experienced, full-time sponsor with a proven system, training, and tools to automate the business-building process. Find a sponsor who will close your prospects for you.

Goals. You must have clear goals and a strong reason why you are in your home business. This will keep you focused and in the game even on days you don’t feel like working your business.

You. You must be 100% committed to your business. You must be coachable and willing to follow a system. Even though you are only working a few hours per week, you need to lock in a work schedule. If you have a family, they must be supportive. You need to learn to devote your time to only the tasks that produce results.

In conclusion, if you have the right company, sponsor, and goals and you apply diligent efficient effort, you can be very successful in mlm network marketing on a very part-time basis.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

I have found that those people who are successful in our industry usually have a different mindset than those who are not. The successful network marketers have a strong belief and passion for what they do. This success mindset is focused on 3 main areas.

Belief in the MLM network marketing industry. Fact is, MLM works better today than it ever has thanks to the Internet. In MLM you can leverage the efforts of others. I know of no better way to build long-term residual income. In MLM, even an average person can earn a substantial income on a part-time basis.

Belief in their company. You must be 100% sold on your company, its products, and compensation plan. You must understand exactly where your company is in its growth curve and be your own best customer. You must be familiar with your company’s history, leadership, and future direction.

Belief in themselves. You must see yourself as a leader capable of and deserving to be successful. You must have a passion for what you do, be willing to invest in training and personal development, and be ready to step outside of your comfort zone to reach your goals.

To be a successful networker, you must have a positive attitude and surround yourself with positive, successful people. You need to have a strong reason why you are in an mlm business and take pleasure in seeing others succeed, too.

When you have the winning mindset, everything about your business becomes easier. You will work your business even on days when you don’t feel like it. Obstacles will become minor challenges. Goals will be easier to achieve.

Develop a strong belief in our industry, your company, and yourself and you can create a large increase in your success in MLM network marketing.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

While the team and mentor you work with and the system you follow may impact your success in MLM network marketing more than anything else, the actual company is also an important consideration.

In looking at any MLM company, there are several things to evaluate…the company itself, the compensation plan, and the product or service it distributes.

The product needs to be an essential rather than a luxury item. Especially when money is tight, it’s easy for people to stop buying luxury items. Monthly product re-orders are where the long-term residual income in network marketing comes from.

The product needs to be a real value. So many times, mlm products have been over-priced to create the dollars for the company’s compensation plan. When your customer can go to town and buy a similar product for less, it’s a problem. While price alone is rarely the only factor in a shopping decision, it goes a long way towards credibility for you and your business.

Next, the product has to really work. One of the things that has hurt our industry is mlm products that do not deliver on what they promise. Nothing will damage the reputation of a company and its representatives quicker than poor quality or performance of the products.

And then lastly, and most importantly, your company’s product has to be something you believe in and use yourself. If you can’t get excited about your product, you are in the wrong business!

Carefully evaluate the product or service before choosing to join any MLM network marketing business. It can have a dramatic effect on your success.

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A sad fact about our industry is that on average, three out of four new distributors stall out in their first 90 days and quit the business. A staggering 90% of new business partners do not make it through their first year!

This leads to a major drain on your income because retention is where the long-term residual income in the MLM network marketing industry comes from. The good news is that even a modest increase in your retention rate can lead to a dramatic increase in your income.

It is important to note that of those who do quit, better than half of them do so in the first 90 days in business. This is why it is so important to start new team members the right way on day one and help them have success in their early days in business.

For many years, I focused on prospecting and sponsoring, and became known as a top enroller in the MLM network marketing industry. But, for the last several years, I focused more on retention. I found the results to be almost immediate and long-lasting, too. Increasing retention has had a greater impact on increasing my monthly check than the number of new people I recruit each month.

Much of our team training now focuses on retention. Here are the keys to increasing retention in your MLM.

1. Enroll the right people the right way. We teach our team to enroll prospects that ask to join the business. We do not teach our team to use warm-market tactics like pitching friends, neighbors, and relatives who are not even interested in the business. We do not teach our team to sell or close prospects on the business. When you have to close people to get them in, you’ll have to close them every time they hit a small obstacle. They are the first ones to become quitters.

2. Have new team members define their personal goals on their first day. Make sure their goals are realistic. Both you and your new business partner will need these goals to measure their success. Each team member’s success is measured against their own goals.

3. Get new team members off to a fast start. New team members need to make money early in their career for both their belief in the business and for credibility with others. Nothing helps retention more than making money quickly!

4. Be a true servant-leader. Helping a new team member is more important than even your own prospecting. Live up to your commitment to be available for your new business partner. Make it easy for business partners to reach your upline in your absence.

5. Effective and regular communication. Provide essential information, without flooding new partners with information overload. Regular emails from an autoresponder have proven to be an effective way to keep partners in the game and help them get back in the game if they’ve become sidetracked.

6. Recognition. For many people, recognition is an even bigger motivator than money. Recognition can be as simple as a personal email or phone call. For some, edification in front of a group can bring huge rewards. Look for ways to recognize even the smaller accomplishments.

7. Training. Effective training should be available by several means, both live and recorded. We’ve had best success offering training via a mix of live webinars, recorded webinars for playback at the team member’s convenience, training videos, email series, and personal one-on-one coaching.

Shift more of your focus to retention in your MLM network marketing business. It will lead to a big increase in your long-term residual income.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

Let’s face it. You’ve got to have some sort of autoship in MLM network marketing. That’s where the long-term residual income comes from. The real power of network marketing comes from leverage. With autoships and leverage, network marketers can earn significant incomes from the efforts of many people.

However, many times autoships slow the growth of, and sometimes even destroy mlm businesses.

When an autoship is way overpriced, when it’s based on luxury rather than necessity items, when it’s things you can go to town and buy for less, the autoship can be bad for business.

Many times, the autoship is just too much of the company’s product. When a distributor is asked to purchase more product than they can consume or sell, it’s a real problem. And it’s just wrong to let distributors stockpile products in their garage or basement to qualify for bonuses.

I’ve always been a firm believer in the concept of being my own best customer. In fact, when a business partner suggests that he or she doesn’t want to use your product or service, that’s a clear signal that partner is not in the game. People like that should not even qualify for your time. They probably need to find another business and sponsor.

The autoship has to make sense. Consider it carefully when choosing a network marketing company. Align yourself with a company whose products are a necessity rather than a luxury. Build an MLM business of solid residual income with products people really want.

To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor

Unfortunately, many people have formed opinions based on wrong or incomplete information. Many still think of MLM as a pyramid or ponzi scheme rather than as a legitimate home based business.

Network marketing has proven itself to be a powerful business model. It has provided a dream lifestyle and time freedom to many people around the world who never would have achieved it through traditional employment.

Yet, I hear it all the time from people with incomplete or inaccurate information… “I just don�t like MLM.” Well, I can guarantee you that they would love it if they were making a significant income at it.

I don’t know of any other way someone with limited money and no previous business experience can create a substantial income on a part-time basis. The income potential is truly unlimited.

Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” says:
“Simply put, a network marketing business, with its low cost of entry and great training programs, is an idea whose time has come.”

Today most people have just one stream of income�their job. If they lose their job, they lose their income. And it’s been happening in record numbers.

In the right network marketing company, following the right system, not only can you create an almost immediate income, but a residual income that can last your lifetime, too. That’s security!

Yes, MLM is a legitimate home based business.

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To your success,

Joe Barclay
Online MLM Mentor