The MLM Launch Formula is opening on Monday, June 7 and offering lots of bonuses for the movers and shakers.

If you haven’t yet seen the 6  free instructional videos that Jonathan Budd and Mark Hoverson have offered as pre-launch material, do go ahead and access them right here: MLM Launch Formula. You will definitely learn something from these two experts. The videos include some recent and detailed examples and case studies of what Jonathan and Mark do to be so successful in their MLM businesses, and how some newcomers to the MLM industry have applied these techniques to become successful right from the get-go.

Just a very brief recap on what the MLM Launch formula is offering members. . .

A six-week intensive training course that will take place every Monday afternoon and be followed up every Friday afternoon with a Q & A session where Jonathan and Mark will answer your questions personally. In addition to the training, you will receive resources, tools, blueprints,  and software that will help you put your training into action.

The first MLM Launch Formula lesson hands you a pre-built launch and you just put it into play by following the instructions given to you. This lesson also focuses on building your list. And the good news is that you do not need to have a huge list to start profiting right away. Learn how to build and hone down your list to get the most responsive players. While it’s true that the money is all in the list, the real money is all in the quality list.

The second MLM Launch Formula lesson focuses on using webinars for your launches and give you step-by-step details on how to go about this. The program is called the easy, no-fail webinar plan.

The third lesson is called “The Art of the Perpetual Launch” and here is where you will learn some special techniques and secret weapons that you can use over and over again on your launch, without putting forth any further effort. You will also receive a “technology weapon” that both Mark and Jonathan use in their business and is worth more than the MLM Launch Formula itself.

The fourth MLM Launch Formula lesson will teach you how to continuously earn multiple streams of income as an affiliate, and the fifth lesson gives you access to Mark Hoverson’s Downline Supernova Formula, which teaches you to instill the “launch culture” within your entire team, so that they can duplicate exactly what you are doing, and how to make your specific team a brand that others will fight to become a part of.

And the last lesson teaches you one of the most important aspects of MLM branding — how to create your own product. Often the mention of creating your own product puts fear into the hearts of new network marketers. But it is easier than you think it is – especially if you follow the MLM Launch Formula action plan. This lesson also teaches you how to market your product so that it can create income for you long into the future.

When you access the MLM Launch Formula training videos, keep in mind that the first three are strict content that are designed to help you in your current business. Video number four describes the MLM Launch Formula in great detail. Video 6 describes all the bonuses you get after you join the program, and if you hurry, you can get some really big prizes!

Check out the MLM Launch Formula videos  if you haven’t already and keep your eyes peeled on Monday, June 7, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for the official launch.

MLM Traning Material Review

I started network marketing less than a year ago and dove in full force. And yes, I did what the common newest of newbies does. . .I gathered all the MLM training material possible in a very short time and drove myself to madness with overwhelm. Eventually, when the excitement wore off, I slid back down to reality and took it all apart.

Although I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this to anyone else, trying out different MLM training material and programs all at once allowed me to get a fuller picture of what it was all about. Not everyone can afford to do it (and neither could I really) and I doubt that anyone would have the time to ingest more than one resource at a time, but I still feel that I’ve benefited from being a part of different programs and I’ve learned (and continue to learn) something valuable from each of them.

Was I overwhelmed all the time? Yes. Am I overwhelmed all the time now? Yes.

I believe that whether you’re new or experienced in internet and network marketing, there is always a feeling that you aren’t doing enough. . .you’re always behind.

So. . .instead of fighting the overwhelm, I just accept it as a fact of life and  move on. . .and take the time to congratulate myself on what I AM able to accomplish. I’m curious. . .is that what you do too?

The resources that I recommend on the right-hand side of this blog are my top picks in terms of MLM training material so I thought I would just give you a glimpse into some of their various focuses and approaches:

Renegade Professional

Renegade Professional  is an incredibly thorough training course which teaches you literally step-by-step, click by click, how to set up each piece of your web content that will start to bring you recognition (also called branding) and leads. But that’s not all. Mike Klingler, the founder of Renegade Professional, his partner, Ann Sieg, founder of the Renegade Network Marketer and the Renegade System, and their talented contributors walk you through each step of the 90 Day Action Guide to get you started.

You actually do everything right along with the video tutorials which is really cool!

But what I especially appreciate about the Renegade Professional approach is that it’s not all “how to” and methodical.

A great deal of emphasis is placed on having the right mindset and how to minimize overwhelm – and I believe a lot of those lessons are truly invaluable. Here are just a few things that you will learn how to do with the Renegade Professional MLM training material (this list is by no means all-inclusive):

- How to build your own list
- Sign up with and write articles for HubPages, Squidoo, Ezine Article
- keyword research and SEO
- Create your own blog on SqareSpace or WordPress
- Use Social Bookmarking the right way
- Use Twitter and Facebook the right way
- Create your own lead capture pages
- Build relationships with email marketing
- Create and share videos the right way
- Paid advertising like PPC (pay per click) advertising on Google, ezines and targeted website advertising

Network Marketing

The next courses that I’ll speak about are McKay Earl’s 90-Day Marketer, 30-Day Marketer and brand new Network Marketing. When you join one, you automatically get access to all three.

There are two things that I love about McKay’s program.

1) It offers options for you and whoever you bring into the program. The 90 and 30 Day Marketers deal with online business training in general and niche marketing. And the Network Marketing course is specifically dedicated to our industry. When you join this program, you have access to all three. And if you are like I am, you sometimes sway back and forth between network marketing and online marketing. One thing that I love about working from home is that I can do all sorts of online activities and McKay addresses all of these. And the basic “good networking” concepts apply to everything you do online.

2) McKay’s MLM training material gives you the overall picture of what you need to be doing in your online network marketing. Sometimes you can lose track of what the real point is in doing certain things because you get caught up in the technical practicalities and details. And each specific aspect that you learn is important. . .but being able to keep it in the context of the big picture is even more important. McKay also hosts weekly training calls where he brings up incredibly timely and interesting topics and answers any questions that you may have directly.

I will continue to update this post with other MLM training material that I find especially beneficial. For now. . .happy networking!

Have you been looking for a network marketing resource that’s an all-in-one guide to the industry and how to be successful? Something that you can turn to for all the answers, tips, advice and guidance? As you probably already know if you’ve even the least bit of searching on the web, there is quite a bit of information about network marketing online. Putting it all together is a little bit trickier.

The great news is that most of what you’ll find is informative, especially for newcomers to network marketing, and much of it is free.

If you are brand new to network marketing, you really do have the world at your fingertips.

You can get free e-books, free courses, free videos, etc., all willing to explain the basic ins and outs of network marketing online. But what I’ve found is that you need to get a hold of lots of these in order to put together your own network marketing resource that is tailored to you and then you can even start to come up with your own to offer your team and other network marketers. You must include your own personality in your network marketing efforts if you truly want to succeed in this industry.

As the internet continues to enable the success of more and more network marketers, they are now offering a lot of their expertise for free. It’s a great idea to start with this free stuff to learn the basics. Once you’ve mastered that and inevitably have more questions, you can choose to spend a little more money on a network marketing resource that goes into a little more detail.

Here are some basics to know before you start:

What is Network Marketing? Many people are confused about exactly what network marketing is (even if they are involved in it) and what it isn’t. The industry has undoubtedly suffered because of its structure’s similarity to Ponzi  or pyramid schemes (which are illegal). Network Marketing is not only legal, but network marketing businesses continue to help thousands of business owners and serve millions of customers worldwide.

Establish yourself as an expert network marketer on the internet.

Write about what you’re learning or some techniques that work for you. Give a short how-to session about something related to network marketing. You can write single articles and submit them to the free services such as Squidoo.com, HubPages.com and EzineArticles.com. There are literally hundreds more but these happen to be viewed favorably by the search engines. The more articles you write, the more you will be seen as an expert in your field. Your content should be valuable advice that solves potential network marketers’ problems and answers their questions. Don’t even think about promoting anything until you first offer some good, valuable information.

You need to get people to come and see your web content. It’s important to offer valuable information, but if no one is coming to see it, you won’t get very far. Here are just a few free ways to get traffic to your web content. Comment on people’s blogs in a non-promotional manner and include a link to one of your relevant articles. Participate on Facebook and Twitter – make sure that your profile includes a link as well. Participate in internet marketing or network marketing forums. Your comments should be helpful and offer answers to questions and solutions to problems. You can include your link but you should not be pitching your network marketing company or anything else.

Keep in mind that a good network marketing resource should help you and others 1) to understand certain techniques or methods that are successful and 2) to learn how to put these techniques and methods to use 3) to know how to follow up once you’ve got some interest in you and your network marketing company.

If your goal is to learn for free, you might get one point from one resource and one point from another. If you have a little money to invest, you’ll be able to find a single network marketing resource that offers all three so take the time to pick the one that’s right for you.

First off, let’s define what a funded proposal is and why it is an essential concept for any business and especially for network marketers . . .and even more especially, for new network marketers.

In a nutshell, an MLM funded proposal is a system that allows you to earn cash upfront so that you can build your network marketing business. Most of you have heard the sad but true statistic, right? . . .About 97% of network marketers fail within the first 3 years of joining the business for the following reasons. . .
1) they don’t have enough money to put into the business to keep it going so they end up leaving it by the wayside. . .and
2) they don’t have enough prospects to share the business opportunity with.

AND, not coincidently, about 97% of the people you contact to join you in your  MLM business will say “No thanks”. That’s the truth.

But instead of letting this statistic intimidate you or trying to figure out how you can change it, what you need to do is accept that it is a fact – you are dealing with a 3% positive response and need to organize yourself appropriately. Not everyone is interested in what you have to offer – in fact, hardly anyone is! But that’s ok – because you can still turn the “no’s” into cash if you are using the right funded proposal.

For the record, I just love this concept and wish I had thought of it myself – it’s brilliant! Here’s how the MLM funded proposal works:

You offer something to your target audience (your potential downline) that they want. . . like a marketing system that can earn them money on auto-pilot. Remember, what is your target audience looking for? I’ll give you a hint.

They are NOT looking for some kind of product or service they can buy (or buy into), no matter how wonderful it may seem to you.

They ARE looking for additional income, a way to get out of a tiresome, low-paying job (or jobs), a means to insure retirement for themselves and a future for their kids, the flexibility to be able to work from home or whenever and wherever they want. . .the chance to spend more time with their families, etc.

So you offer them a money-making funded proposal system that will allow them to achieve their goals and dreams. There are many well planned out marketing systems available for you to offer to your audience – and they are all relatively inexpensive which is just one reason that people will choose a marketing system before they will choose to join your network marketing opportunity. They pay a low price for the chance to make a greater income.

You want to choose a funded proposal marketing program that allows you the flexibility to brand yourself and not just the system. If possible, you want one that actually trains you on how to brand yourself as it is doing the marketing for you. And by all means, choose a system that lets you keep the leads that the system generates for you.

The MLM funded proposal guarantees that you will not run out of advertising money before you really get going (obstacle number 1). Your funded proposal program should  be on auto-pilot. It should provide much needed cash in order to pay for your advertising.

The funded proposal is not necessarily intended as a revenue stream in itself, but it can be.

Personally, I use the money I generate from my funded proposal program to further fund my advertising. The more I use it, the greater my advertising budget becomes and the more leads I generate. . .quality leads that are interested in ways to make money, such as network marketing.

There are many funded proposal programs out there on the market. They are essentially small ready-made businesses for you and for the people you are offering them to. All you have to do is plug into the system you choose, which should be quick and easy, and promote it or let the system itself promote it. The system is already set-up for you – completely duplicatable. . .the key to success in network marketing. You earn commissions as the program sells and the people who are buying the system turn into very qualified leads for your business.

The most profitable funded proposal that I’ve used is the StreamLine Funnel System , and it also happens to be the easiest.

This funded proposal is fully set up with an  auto-responder follow-up series and my own landing pages which promote it. The advertising is done for me within the program itself but I can also choose to promote it with the various methods that I’ve learned throughout the training offered by the same system. Just extra ways to get extra leads. And the “brand yourself” training is so important! As you build your lead list, your income and your business, you also want to build your image. . .not just the image of some system. So, that’s what I really love about the StreamLine Funnel System – that I’m earning as I’m learning how to brand myself.

Now, will everyone who joins the system join my business? Certainly not, although the conversion rates for this particular system are much higher than others I’ve tried. But I am still earning commissions off the ones who don’t join my business. Money which I can pore back into the advertising part of the system or into my own marketing efforts.

As a newcomer to network marketing, the funded proposal has served as an essential piece of my online network marketing business, allowing me to earn money even when not everyone is joining me in my business. Isn’t that cool???

Network Marketing books are somewhat overlooked nowadays since you can easily find electronic information on the web, and much of it is free. But many of us (myself included) still like to sit down and open a real book with a real cover and turn the pages – something that you can hold on to and put on your shelf.

Another interesting thing that I’ve noticed is that books on Network Marketing seem to share a little bit more on attitude and mindset, whereas the information that you find online tends to cover the more of the strategical and technical aspects of network marketing.

And if you haven’t already discovered this, your mindset is half the battle (if not more) when it comes to succeeding in Network Marketing.

So, what are some of the most talked about Network Marketing books in the industry?

Pretty much anyone would agree with me in recommending the books by Robert Kiyosaki. Perhaps his most famous is called “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. As you can gather from the title, the book is about how most of us learn the “poor Dad” philosophy that is taught to us by our middle class upbringings while “rich kids” learn a whole different set of rules from their rich dads.

Among other lessons which are must-learns for network marketers, Rober Kiyosaki’s book teaches us that we need to start thinking like rich, successful people in order to be rich and successful people.

Kiyosaki has also written several other books including “Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing”, “Rich Kid Smart kid”, “Cashfow Quadrant” and the “Rich Dad’s Business School”. Robert Kiyosaki’s books focus greatly on attitude which most successful marketers will say was the key to their success.

“How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends”, by Michael Oliver, is actually one of my personal favorite network marketing books because it gives a great deal of attention to the art of listening which is a weak point for many of us that are involved in network marketing (or in any profession for that matter).

Listening is something that all successful salespeople have mastered to some extent.

This book offers an understanding about how being true to yourself and to your team and potential customers and downline will lead you down the path to success and well-being.

“The Ultimate Guide to Network Marketing” by Dr. Joe Rubino is very interesting because it actually features the industry’s 37 top income-earners who share their so-called secrets to success. Get truth, testimonials and tips from industry success stories.

On the more “how-to” side of network marketing books, there is “Your First Year in Network Marketing” by Mark and Rene Reid Yarnell which offers more action-oriented strategies on how to overcome those first-year obstacles and position yourself for lifelong success.

“Network Marketing for Dummies” by Zig Ziglar is sort of a combination of the motivational inspiration needed for network marketing and the more strategic and methodical  issues. This book has received mixed reviews: many are on the positive side but some of the more experienced network marketers were not overly enthusiastic about the book.

Richard Poe has published 4 Network Marketing books: “Wave 3: The New Era in Network Marketing”, “The Wave 3 Way to Building Your Downline”, “Wave 4: Network Marketing in the 21st Century” and “The Wave 4 Way to Building Your Downline”.

“How to Build a Large Successful Multi-Level Marketing Organization” by Don Failla is on the top of many network markters’ lists – and something they require their downline to read.

The last one I will mention in this article is called “The New Professionals: The Rise of Network Marketing as the Next Major Profession”, written by Charles W. King and James W. Robinson.

Due to the growing internet economy coupled with the economic crisis, the numbers of people turning to network marketing are definitely on the rise and this book goes into more detail on that.

There are many, many Network Marketing books that can offer you the solutions you are looking for when it comes to succeeding in network marketing. Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from the computer screen and do your studying the old fashioned way!