Tips for Becoming an Usana Health Representative

She and her husband operate an Usana Health Sciences business together, and also runs a home based business.  

How long have you had your business?

Dan and I have had our Usana business now for 3 years, and I just started making Usana automated profictable business  this year.

What led you to pursue it?

Usana Health Sciences is a health and wellness company.  I have always had an interest in health, physical fitness, and nutrition.  Three years ago, we were home on vacation and visited our friends Dave and Heidi Carlson. I remembered she drank meal replacement shakes, and I was looking for a new one.  So I asked Heidi how I could get some of those shakes.  Well, come to find out, they started selling them. I thought, great I can buy them from her! But then Dan started asking questions about the business, and it all made sense! It was like the stars were all in line! Wonderful business model, very high quality products, and a great team to be on! We talked about it for about a week and really believed this to be what we can do when Dan retires from the Army! We are so happy that Usana has come into our lives!

Are you full time or part time?  If part-time, do you anticipate switching to full time?

At this time we are working our business part time for two reasons.  First, Dan is still on active duty, and second, I really need to focus on educating our kids. Dan has a few years left to go, and then we are going to start working full time! I'm looking forward to that!

How do you market your business?

We share Usana with our friends and family but also co-workers and people we meet. We do have a Facebook page that I pretty much take care of called Coach Hedman Health and Wellness. I share a lot of different health and wellness tips, recipes, exercises, and more! We also have wellness events at the house, and sometimes we have a booth at vendor fairs.

What is your favorite part of the business?

I think for me, one of my favorite parts of our business is helping people! It is so rewarding to hear how we have helped our clients with their health, weight, skin issues, or other issues they had! Another favorite part is the team we are on called OneBody! Our team has so many wonderful people on it from all over the country and some in other parts of the world! We feel blessed to be a part of such a great team!

  

What advice do you have for others who want to get into a similar opportunity?

If you are looking for a home based business, do some educated research on the business that you are interested in.  Look at the products:  are they high quality? is it a consumable product? and do you believe in them? Then look at the company:  is it an ethical company, congruent, publicly traded, credible, and solid? After that look at the compensation plan: is it good for the average person and lucrative for the high achiever?  Also look at the training you will get from the company and the team you are on, the sales tools and marketing that the company provides! These are a few things to look at when deciding which home based business you want to be a part of!

What is the first step? 

The first step in any home based business is finding something that fits you and something you believe in and trust. Then you do your research (as I mentioned above). Once you find something that fits you, then contact someone in that field!

What websites or books do you recommend for tips?

I have a few favorite books that I recommend to people, and they are mostly health related or business related.  The Healthy Home based business, Automated profitable business, and Healthy For Life are a few health related books.  Rich Dad, Poor Dad- any Darrin Hardy books or John Maxwell books are also good choices.  The list could go on, but those are a few we love!

You can learn more about what Holly does at her personal home based business blog or her Usana website as well as her home based business website.  You can also find her on http://web6.usana.com.  Finally, her home based Usana business also has a page.

How To Choose An Online Mlm Company?

If you are new to MLM Network Marketing, or unsure if you should join a particular MLM Network Marketing company, here are some considerations that you can take into account before you join. It is important that you know them because they will affect your business in the long run.

1. Does the product meet my needs? Do you find the product useful, or you simply joined because your friend asked you to? If you are interested in Anti-aging, you might be more interested in health products. If you love health drink, Acai berry juice might be your choice.

2. Is there demand for your products? Although it is necessary to be in a niche market, there must also be demand for your products. Let's say there is a MLM company that promotes hunting products & services. Will you join? Probably not, because the demand for such a product or service is very low! And you have to decide if this product will be popular for many years to come, or simply a passing
fad.

3. The nature of the product. If you are looking to earn a residual income from MLM Network marketing, the products should sell easily. People in your group need to keep buying so that you can profit. There is no point in selling a one-time product because it doesn't really come under 'Residual income'. There must be repeated sales every month.

4. Company support. Does the company provide you with promotional materials, such as free promotional website , email ads, PPC ads, sales website, leads, sales kits, etc? These are important because they will help you to better promote your MLM Network marketing business opportunity. If you are left alone with no company support, it is better to keep away from such companies.

5. Company history. How long has this company been in the market? You should choose a company that is around 3-5 years old. A new company may offer great opportunities. A company that is more than 5 years old should have quite a number of distributors, thus diminishing your prospecting market.

6. Noteworthy mentions. Are they mentioned in authoritative sites that govern MLM network marketing opportunities? Are they the leading brand in their specific industry, e.g. Antioxidant, Anti-Aging or weight loss? Have they owned unique for product innovation? These can indirectly help you when you are promoting your products.

Making money online is easy as it used to be for MLM network marketing. Many MLM network marketers struggle because they do not have a way to do it properly by internet or online. The first thing that you need for your MLM Network marketing business is to generate leads from internet or online.

How to Select the Right MLM Network Marketing Company?

The key to success in network marketing or MLM is in choosing the right MLM Network Marketing companies for you.

MLM Network Marketing is no different from other companies; they have their own survival timeframe. New companies in any business, MLM or not, have a tough time getting through the first few years.
Many new MLM companies emerge, but only a few makes it past their second year. Fewer still reach five years or more.

MLM Network Marketing companies may fail because of several reasons: they are not properly financed; they have poor management team; they don't have a good product offering or they are unable to innovate, or the federal government found them unscrupulous in their dealings and shuts them down.

The people that promote MLM Network Marketing companies never seem to get around to explaining the real facts to you. But you need to understand the dark side as well as the bright side.
Sound scary? Well, if you were to invest $5,000 to $25,000 like some MLM companies would like you to do, yes it would be scary. The correct word is probably "foolish."
Now let's take these facts and see if there is really a low risk, high potential waiting for you.

So, back to the question, "How Do You Select the Right MLM Network Marketing Company?" This is like asking. "What stock should I buy?" Brokers, advisement firms, and the like will be quick to give their advice. Wouldn't they? And why not - they all earn a fat commission or other fees. Do you think any of them really care about you? And if they really believed in their own "advice." why don't they mortgage their homes and buy in themselves? The fact is, "No one knows!" And that is true with MLM companies and buying stocks!
A standard solution does exist however: Diversify! Spread your investment around! Why put all your eggs into one basket?

Now all of this doesn't mean that you should select your MLM Network Marketing company with your eyes closed. There are some fundamental rules and guidelines for you to consider.

Participate in an MLM Network Marketing company that is established at least 10 years old and is the best product that certified or recommended by the profesionnal body, like "PDR", Recognized as an unbiased reference for physicians to research and recommend drugs and supplements, Approved by the Ministry of Health, etc. Make that your first program.
You may want to vigorously promote these programs while you are building your slower, but stronger #1 program.


Get into MLM Network Marketing companies that you have total confidence in. There is nothing quite as frustrating as trying to promote a product or a company that you don't really believe in. Stick with the winners that has years of success behind them! Choose a company that has the capacity to innovate products fast!


Make sure that the MLM Network Marketing company that you select have inexpensive literature that you can send by mail in a cost effective manner. This just makes good mail-order sense! In the Internet, good MLM companies provide advertising exposure for their downlines.

As soon as you have made your choice, concentrate on your method of lead generating. Have fewer quality downlines instead of trying to sell to everyone your MLM Network Marketing company. Avoid placing all your recruits in your first level. It is better to have only 5-8 quality first level downlines than 500 with no zero people in each leg.

Don't be an "MLM junkie" without a plan. You may be enticed into many different exciting "ground floor" MLM Network Marketing opportunities. These can be fine, but you will lose your shirt if you don't have a coherent plan that makes sense. Work the programs that you have selected and its offering to the fullest before you take off in other directions.
Then enjoy!

Why MLM Network Marketing?

There are bad apples in every bunch, and this industry has more than it's share. But it can produce outstanding results if you know how to find the RIGHT company.
And to MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL, there are a few simple concepts that are critical to your success in MLM Network Marketing.

The 3 Pillars of Success in Network Marketing are:
1) Passive Residual Income
2) Leverage (of Time and Money)
3) Duplicability or Geometric Growth

Network Marketing, MLM, and Multi Level Marketing are all terms that refer to the same type of business model. While many close-minded people outside the industry
(and others who've tried it and failed), have biased or negative wrong impressions, and despite the fact that it is used and abused by many crooks and con-artists, this
business model has exceptional performance potential.

Unlike franchises or conventional businesses, Network Marketing, MLM, and Multilevel Marketing are the only business models that take advantage of all 3 of the important, yet misunderstood principles of:

Passive Residual Income - Leverage - and Geometric Growth.

And the combination of all 3 of these elements is what gives the MLM Network Marketing business model it's synergy and exceptional performance potential. In fact one outstanding company I'm aware of has actually built designed synergy into their business model.

7 7 Poor Reasons to l forces with a minimal investment of time and money!

Whether it's a franchise or conventional business, both require major investments of time and money, and special skills if you hope to be really successful. Even the
relatively small percentage who achieve true success usually take years just to break even.

On the other hand, with the advent and popularity of the Internet and the rampant quest to "Get Rich Quick for Doing Nothing", many people have gotten all excited about affiliate, associate, referral, or co-op programs as they are sometimes called. But very few of the thousands of these being promoted have any real chance of making any significant money for the vast majority of people who get involved.

A perfect example is an email I recently received from one of these programs who claim to be 'the best'. They bragged that they were paying "over $400,000 in commissions each month!" and have "now grown to over 650,000 affiliates!"

Those are interesting statistics some might get excited about. Let's see... if they're true... They're paying an 'average' of $.61 per affiliate... That's sixty one cents ! Wow!
How would you like to retire on that?!

They claim later in their letter that some are making $10,000 a month. If that's true, then to come up with an 'average' of sixty one cents each, the vast majority have to be making absolutely nothing.

There is a much better way to achieve your dreams!

But you have to:

1) Take the time to understand these 3 critical principles -

PASSIVE RESIDUAL INCOME - LEVERAGE - GEOMETRIC GROWTH

Then...

2) LEARN TO ASK THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS! - so you can teach what you know to others.

If you're even moderately successful in MLM Network Marketing, you undoubtedly understand and believe in the 3 principles above. If you haven't yet had the success you desire, you may not completely understand these principles, or how to get them across to others. Highly successful MLM networkers have learned how to ask the right questions, then help others understand and take advantage of these important and powerful concepts.

Unfortunately these principles are not well understood by the majority of the population. And that's just one reason why so many fail at MLM Network marketing.
There are lots of other reasons, and it would take a book to cover them all. But this is one of the more common ones. Because if you don't understand or believe in these principles, it's impossible to help others fully comprehend and appreciate them.

Let's face it, our educational system trains (or brainwashes) us to be conformists, to do what others tell us to do, and to prepare for a JOB, not an entrepreneurial business opportunity. So those of us who crave our independence and freedom, head in that direction in spite of our education, rarely because of it.

And even though many people claim they'd like to be their own boss or own their own business, only a small percentage of the population possess the necessary desire for
success to risk stepping out of their 'comfort zones' to pursue their dreams.

Most people are afraid of failure, and for them it may be better and easier to live life in a rut. Others are satisfied or even happy with their jobs, incomes, or lifestyles, and that's great for them. But if you're one of millions who yearn for more freedom and control in your life, you must understand the following 3 principles to achieve True Success in MLM Network Marketing.

1) PASSIVE RESIDUAL INCOME:

Passive Residual income is recurring income that continues to come to you long after the work you've done to produce it has ended. There are lots of ways to produce residual income. But many people don't understand it. Others have never thought about or been exposed to it. And unfortunately, many ways of producing it are out of reach for 'average' people.

Successful authors, actors, musicians, and insurance agents are some of the more familiar avocations that produce residual income. Probably the simplest and best example of passive residual income is interest earned on money in the bank or other investments. It gets paid or credited to you without you having to invest any more time to produce it.

Using the "virtual millionaire" concept I will explain below, if you had a million dollars in the bank earning 6% interest, that would produce about $60,000 of annual income (before taxes). So if you have any source of passive residual income producing $60,000 or more a year, you are a "virtual millionaire".

And with the right business, that can be much easier to accomplish than trying to overcome all the roadblocks to accumulating a million dollars in the bank. Instead of Uncle Sam fighting you all the way (taxing all your income), he actually becomes an active partner by giving you all kinds of tax breaks and incentives to succeed.

There are only 2 sources of money:

1) PEOPLE AT WORK, and 2) MONEY AT WORK...

THAT'S IT!

The simple goal of Retirement & Financial Planning is to make sure you accumulate enough money (or income producing assets), so that when you decide or are forced to retire, it will produce enough PASSIVE RESIDUAL INCOME for you to enjoy the lifestyle you choose for as long as you live.

The same concept holds true in MLM Network Marketing. But Leverage, and Duplication or Geometric Progression, can help you build it much faster in the RIGHT MLM Program.

One of the first questions I often asks prospects is:

"If you had the choice of doing a job and earning $500 once, or getting paid $100/mo for the rest of your life, which would you choose?"

You'd be surprised at how many answer $500! These people either, 1) are not good prospects or, 2) need some education. That question is one quick and simple way to
pre-qualify people. Those who don't understand that principle may never achieve their true potential.

Obviously $100/mo. will surpass a 'one time' $500 relatively quickly. And if it lasts for a few years, or better yet - the rest of your life - it will really be a blessing.
Producing enough passive residual income can make you a VIRTUAL MILLIONAIRE in a relatively short time, compared to working for someone else and scrimping and
saving for 30 - 40 years.

A VIRTUAL MILLIONAIRE is someone who has enough money coming in every month, WHETHER THEY WORK OR NOT, to support the lifestyle THEY CHOOSE, for as long as they live. It's also nice to have something SIGNIFICANT to pass on to your heirs or favorite charity.

But like everything else in life, even residual income has a downside. The biggest one is, just like compound interest or geometric progression, it normally takes a little time for the magic to start working. The POWER and BEAUTY of passive residual income is on the back-end, not the front!

Many people have a hard time understanding this FACT and mistakenly chase false promises of quick or easy money. That's why there will always be crooks and con artists in the world pitching "Get Rich Quick and Easy". Smart and Successful people ignore them. Naive or greedy people usually get burned.

Passive Residual income is NOT about "Get Rich Quick", even though with the right opportunity it's possible to produce a small fortune in a relatively short time.

If you're especially talented or have the time and money to invest, you may have some success in less than a year. And many people do. But without a major investment of time or money it takes most 'typical' people a year or two of part time work to generate a decent income, and another year or two to really hit the big time. But achieving success with 2 - 3 years of part-time effort beats the widely accepted 'standard' plan of slaving 20 - 40 years working for someone else to make them wealthy!

Most people who fail at MLM network marketing was due to choose the wrong company and just give up too soon and quit because they expect INSTANT results.
But because the real beauty of passive residual income is on the back end, not the front, once you build it you have the financial security and time freedom to do anything you want the rest of your life!

The RIGHT MLM network marketing opportunity allows anyone, with no prior experience, special skills, or large capital outlay, to build long term, passive residual income.
If you don't know how to choose the right opportunity, I can help. ( Read "Why Robert T. Kiyosaki and Donald Trump Recommend Network Marketing")

A critical component to building long term passive residual income is offering high quality, high demand, value-priced, 'consumable' products or services that people use and re-order month after month.

Because of this simple fact, the top industry in MLM Network Marketing by any measurable standard is Nutritional Supplements and Personal Care products. Some people refuse to consider this industry because they don't take supplements themselves or don't understand the 'Big Picture' and successful business model of this industry.

Do you think KFC and McDonald franchise owners invest hundreds of thousands of dollars because they like to eat fast food burgers? Not hardly! They understand human nature and trends in society. We're a convenience oriented society, and a large part of the population would rather eat low cost convenience food, even if we know it's not good for us.

But there's also a booming trend toward improving your health, improving your life, and developing personal and time freedom. Many 'opportunity seekers' completely miss or ignore these trends in society. If your business is in front of multiple long term trends, you dramatically increase your chances for success.

I'm not saying it's not important to believe in and use your own products, because it is! But for true success you have to recognize major trends in society, and your products or opportunity must meet ALL the highlighted criteria above - high quality, high demand, value-priced, and 'consumable'. (And in this case, 'consumable' does not necessarily mean just 'edible'. It means used and/or repeat sales on a regular basis.)

And with the right business the rewards can be much more than just financial! It's hard to put a price tag on the goose bumps you feel or tears that come to your eyes sometimes when someone thanks you profusely for introducing them to a product that has had a major impact on their health, their life, or their financial situation.

Unfortunately some people never grasp the importance of this additional benefit. Most good people want to feel they are doing something worthwhile with their life. And it's not just about Making Money, even though many narrow-minded or greedy people will try to convince you it is. It's also about helping others. And doing both , can make the right business doubly rewarding!

But your business also has to have profit potential. Some 'price-based' products or services have lots of competition and limited profit potential. If you choose a business like that you have to do a lot more volume and it's hard to build loyalty, which is an important element in producing long term passive residual income.

2) LEVERAGE:

Every successful person or business (in or out of MLM Network Marketing) takes advantage of leverage. There's only 24 hours in a day! And no matter how talented you are or how much you get paid per hour, if you don't take advantage of leverage you're limited by the number of hours in a day. By learning to leverage your time, you can also benefit from a percentage of other people's efforts, and dramatically increase your income and freedom.

If you're reading this article on the Internet (on my website or someone else's), or in a magazine, that's one simple example of leverage. I don't have to be physically present to teach you something. I may be sleeping, or vacationing on the other side of the world while you are learning or sharing this information.

Unfortunately in most non MLM Network Marketing businesses, the only ones who benefit from leverage are the owners or stockholders. The loyal, hard-working employees do most of the work. The unique and wonderful thing about the MLM Network Marketing business model, is that everyone has the same opportunity to become the 'owner' of their own business - with a fraction of the investment of time and money of a traditional business or franchise.

And instead of worrying about training people to become your competitors, in MLM network marketing the people at the top have a vested interest in helping others on their team succeed.

Again, the question I ask prospects here is:

"If you had the choice to receive 100% of one person's efforts, or 5% of 100 peoples', which would you choose?"

And again, if they answer 100%, either: 1) they're not a good prospect or, 2) they need a remedial math class or additional education.

Many talented people would rather just depend on themselves, and have difficulty grasping the importance of this concept.

Obviously 100% of one is always only one. But 5% of 100 is five. That's a 500% increase and is significant! And with synergy, sometimes it can be even more!

Not only will the total result with leverage almost always be a lot more, but your income is not dependent on only one person. If it is, and that person gets sick or injured, disabled, dies, quits working, or decides to go on a long vacation, your income could stop!

But if your income is produced by the activities of many, it is much more dependable. Even if something unexpected or negative happens to one or more of those people, it only has a minor effect on the total production. That's what allows people who understand and take advantage of this to live the lifestyle they choose or get paid while on extended vacations.

It's great to get paid while you're on vacation or doing other things you love! That's one of the many advantages of leveraging your time, and is just one of many reasons so many high income professionals from all walks of life are flocking to get involved in MLM Network Marketing.

Many professionals who make great incomes, get frustrated at the 'bottom line' after putting in long hours just to cover overhead and miscellaneous expenses. No matter
how much you earn per hour, if you don't learn to leverage your time, your earnings will always be limited by the number of hours you can work in a day. And nobody wants to work 24 hours! But even with a small MLM network marketing organization, you can produce equivalent results to working 24 hours a day, with a fraction of the individual effort.

Learning to leverage your time (and money) is an important step toward gaining Financial Independence and Time freedom.

3) GEOMETRIC GROWTH - DUPLICATION - POWER OF ONE:

The best illustration I've seen of geometric growth is the penny-a-day example. It's also frequently used to illustrate the benefits of tax free compound interest.

If you start with one penny, and double it every day 30 days, how much will you have at the end of 30 days?

If you haven't heard this before or don't remember, go ahead and take a guess. Day 2 you'd have 2 cents; day three you'd have 4 cents, then 8, 16, and so on. How much at the end of 30 days?

I've never had anyone who hadn't heard this before come close. So don't feel bad if you don't, and I promise not to laugh. Ready? Did you pick a number?

Would you believe over 5 MILLION DOLLARS?! ($5,368,708 to be exact!) That's right! Most people don't believe it until they punch it out on a calculator. And even then
it's sometimes hard to fathom. But it's true. Isn't that amazing?

That's a simple illustration of how networking can work. If I can teach you, I've doubled myself. If we each teach someone else, we've doubled again. And as this goes on and on it can produce amazing results in a relatively short period of time, just like the penny example.

The easier your program is to do and the lower the cost to get involved, the more people you can appeal to and the more potential for geometric progression to work.
Programs that are too complicated or expensive for 'average' people to do will always hinder your growth.

Great salespeople can succeed at almost anything they apply themselves to. But not many people have the talents, skills, or desire to be great salespeople.
IT'S NOT DUPLICATABLE!

The MLM Network Marketing business model is about a lot of average people doing a little, not a few talented people doing a lot.

While lower cost of entry can be an advantage, many programs that are 'free', don't offer any real potential for significant income, and often attract people who aren't willing to work to build their business. So REALISTIC INCOME PRODUCING POWER is an important area to consider.

Joining a 'downline club' or any other program that promises any variation of - "we'll do everything for you" - will never produce significant LONG TERM passive residual income, because the majority of people who join are looking for a free ride or are too lazy to build anything significant. None of these programs have ever worked long term and none ever will.
It's a simple fact of life successful networkers accept early on.

The penny a day example is a great model for illustration, but in 'real life' it never works exactly like that. Some people never recruit anyone, and others find 10 - 20 - 30 or more.
It helps to understand human nature, and an IMPORTANT, but little known reality called REVERSE GEOMETRIC GROWTH.

Understanding this important principle is also critical to your success! If you'd like a more detailed explanation of that important concept, send me an email or give me a call letting me know you want to learn more about REVERSE GEOMETRIC GROWTH. I'll be happy to give you a VALUABLE FREE REPORT.

Despite the fact it rarely works in reality like it's illustrated on paper, the principle of GEOMETRIC GROWTH is still one of the 3 PILLARS TO SUCCESS with the RIGHT
MLM Business Opportunity. With the RIGHT business and these POWERFUL PRINCIPLES, even average people who are willing to work and to learn can achieve their dreams.
And above average people may exceed their greatest expectations.

If you can UNDERSTAND and BELIEVE IN those 3 principles, and find the RIGHT company, you will succeed in MLM Network Marketing. If you're willing to TEACH these 3 principles to a few others, the results might just amaze you!

The beauty of MLM Network Marketing is that you can get started with very little investment of time or money, and no major changes in your present lifestyle. Eventually, passive residual income can give you the FREEDOM to live the lifestyle YOU CHOOSE, and pursue and enjoy your dreams - whatever they are!

I read somewhere that, "according to IRS statistics, in 1984 20% of NEW millionaires came from Network Marketing. By 1994 it was 50%. It's predicted that by 2004,
70 - 80% of NEW millionaires will come from the booming Network Marketing industry." I don't really believe those statistics. But no matter what the percentages are,
certainly many new millionaires are created every year in the MLM Network Marketing industry.

Many positive CHANGES have been made in the industry, and several simultaneous MEGA-TRENDS help make this the best time ever to get involved! The time to start is NOW!
But it's important to pick the RIGHT company and Industry!

IF YOU UNDERSTAND:

1) The IMPORTANCE of 'CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS' ...
2) The REASONS for the popularity of the Nutritional Supplement Industry...
3) The importance of high quality, high demand, value-priced, products... and
4) The principle of a 'TREND 2000' COMP PLAN ...

YOU'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ABOVE AVERAGE SUCCESS!

Successful MLM Network Marketing offers many benefits: Passive Residual Income - No Boss - No Commute - No Dress Code - Income Tax Reduction - More TIME for kids,
family, hobbies, or whatever is important to you - Above Average Income - and much more.

If I had to sum it up in one word it would be FREEDOM! - Freedom to work as much or as little as you want, to come and go as you please, and to spend more time doing whatever is important to you. Once you experience this FREEDOM, you'll wonder how you ever lived any other way!

There's no free lunch though. It's like riding a bike. If I asked, "Would you rather ride a bike uphill or downhill?" most normal people would say, "down." But in order to coast down the hill, you first have to ride your bike up. Once you start, you may find yourself enjoying the exercise and additional benefits of improving your strength, endurance, and health.
The same is true in this MLM Network Marketing business. You have to 'climb the hill' (learn the business) before you can 'coast'. Many people learn to enjoy the process of becoming better people, helping others, and improving much more than just the financial part of their lives.

There are many routes to the top of the hill. Some people choose to take a gradual incline and may take a little longer to get there. Others prefer the direct route, and choose to pedal directly up the steepest side. The beauty is, the choice is yours. We can show you the routes, and you decide what's best for you. We'll be there to encourage and guide you every inch of the way.

Best wishes for True Success and a HAPPY, HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIFE!

"TRUE SUCCESS" IN THIS WORLD IS NOT DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE, OR BY HOW MANY POSSESSIONS YOU HAVE, BUT BY THE POSITIVE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU WORK TOWARD YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS IN LIFE !

If I can be of any help, feel free to contact me directly at https://web6.usana.com

Why Robert T. Kiyosaki and Donald Trump Recommend Network Marketing

I was searching for an old issue of Success Magazine in a bookstore featuring a network marketing company when I found an article about network marketing written by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump.

The featured article goes like this, Trump/Kiyosaki: Why We Recommend Multilevel Network Marketing and it was published by Success Magazine on April 2007.


The article caught my attention because I know Robert Kiyosaki because of his best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad. I also have a collection of his books. Donald Trump was his co-author in this article. And I also have a copy of Donald Trump's book Think Big And Kick Ass.

I became interested in that article because I was wondering why these two business giants recommend network marketing.

Robert Kiyosaki said he was against Multilevel network marketing when he first heard about it. But after opening his eyes, he began to see advantages that few other business opportunities offer. He said that Multilevel Network Marketing is the industry for people who want to change their lives.


Multilevel Network Marketing Is a B-Quadrant Business

In the Cashflow Quadrant, the second book in the Rich Dad series of books, Robert Kiyosaki discusses the four quadrants. The four quadrants are the following;

E- for employees

S- for self - employed

B - for business owner

I - for investor
He recommends a Multilevel network marketing business if we are in E or S quadrants and we want to change to B quadrant, because many Multilevel network marketing companies provide personal - development , necessary skills, and attitude training to be successful in B quadrant.

According to him, a true Multilevel network marketing business is the exact opposite of a traditional business model because a real Multilevel network marketing business is designed to bring you to the top and not keep you at the bottom. A true multilevel network marketing company does not succeed unless it brings people to the top.

In his book Cashflow Quadrant, he further stressed that he endorse any Multilevel network marketing company that is first committed to developing you as a human being, more than developing you as a salesperson.

The following are points worth mentioning about network marketing:


1. Tax break increase. If you start a network marketing business in your spare time while keeping your regular job, you will begin to gain the tax advantages. A person with part-time business can take more tax deductions than employees can. Of course it is important to consult and check it with CPA for exact rulings about your tax situation.


2. Meet like-minded people. We have a saying that goes like this, "Birds of the same feather, flock together." This is also true in network marketing. We can meet people with the same interest and share a common goal. It is important that we surround ourselves and mingle with people with the same aspirations.

3. Give yourself time. Becoming successful does not happen in just a flick of an eye. It always take time. It requires dedication and patient on the part of a person.

4. Network marketing companies are patient.The beauty of a network marketing companies is that it will invest in you. Many network marketing companies provide trainings for its independent distributors because they want you to become successful. Because if you will not become successful, their business will not also become successful. After all, their goal should be brought you to the top and not keep you at the bottom.

5. Leverage the systems already in place. You will not find it hard to create a new system because the system is already built and proven.

On the other hand, Donald Trump pointed out the following about network marketing:

1. It requires an entrepreneurial spirit, focus and perseverance.

2. Network marketing is inherently social.

3. Network marketing has proven itself to be a viable and rewarding source of income.

Donald Trump also advises to do your research and put everything you've got into your product. He added that genuine enthusiasm is hard to beat and the odds will be with you.


For more information about this, I highly recommend you take your time to read the book CashFlow Quadrant and find a copy of Success Magazine Volume 3 Issue 4 April 2007.

In conclusion, network marketing is generally a good business for those people who want more out of their lives and become in a MLM or Network Marketer.