The top network marketing company in 2012 is the one that’s been around the longest, is number two in worldwide sales and has been growing at a clip of more than 10% per year even during the recession. The top network marketing company is Amway.

When you have the world’s top selling dietary supplements in Nutrilite, a top 5 prestige skin care brand in Artistry, one of the top 5 best selling energy drinks and the highest rated cleaning products and detergents, you know you’re doing something right. Add on some high quality personal care and home care products along with dozens of brand name partner stores, and it’s little wonder that Amway did $9.2 billion in sales in 2010 and is projected to do $10.5 billion in sales in 2011.

As great and as in-demand as their products are, there’s even more to like about the Amway business opportunity. The compensation plan is the most lucrative in the industry, and it’s built to reward even the newest person with bonuses and healthy monthly income checks as long as the new business owner completes a few simple steps to lay the foundation for their business.

Amway supports its Independent Business Owners (IBO’s) with global advertising campaigns through several mediums like TV, Print, Internet marketing and more. They continue to innovate with product development, social media participation and improving their business opportunity to be unmatched within the industry.

I highly recommend taking a good look at the Amway business opportunity before you consider any other network marketing company by doing some research and talking to an informed IBO, such as myself.

For much more information on Amway and why I feel it’s the top network marketing company in 2012 and beyond, click on the link below and read all about the company, products, partnerships and business opportunity. I think you’ll see why starting an Amway network marketing business is becoming so popular among ambitious online entrepreneurs like yourself:

http://www.amway.com/JeffreyMirro/start-a-business

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I’m sorry to break the news to the veterans out there, but prospects these days, especially in North America, are too skeptical and distrustful to let you get away with the “curiosity approach,” which was very flawed and dishonest in the first place in my humble opinion.

You see, by not disclosing vital information to a prospect such as the actual company you’re affiliated with that provides the business opportunity you are offering to this person, you are by default being dishonest with them.

Be that as it may, it worked to some degree for many years, at least on the vulnerable and the naive. Now, most people want to know everything right off the bat and which network marketing company you’re working with, and frankly, they have every right to.

Why not disclose your network marketing company to a prospect? Are you ashamed of your business? Are you worried they’re going to do a Google search on your company and run into a bunch of negative websites? Well they might just do that, and once again, they have every right to, but it’s your obligation to be open and honest with them from the start, and they can make the decision from then on what to believe and what not to.

I can’t stand when network marketers try to dance around the issue of what company they’re in. And by the way, even though you’re not an employee and it is your own business, you are “in” your network marketing company, whether you like it or not. The faster you accept this the faster you’ll grow.

The major driving force behind people still wanting to use the old-school approach is not only wanting to withhold information from the prospect, but also because they have little to no interest in selling their network marketing companies’ products. They only want to recruit and sponsor. Needless to say, this is an awful approach to building a true, balanced network marketing business.

Selling products should be the first thing you learn to do as a network marketing business owner. You are in direct sales after all. Only after you learn about your products, learn some sales skills and demonstrate your ability to make a consistent, significant profit by selling your products should you venture out and attempt to sponsor some other opportunity seekers who you wish to train to do the same.

If you attack your business with this mindset, you will have no choice but to lead with your products and your company name. You will actually be happy to do this after a while. Believe me, it’s much easier than having to dance around the issue and play games with your prospect.

Proudly proclaim the network marketing company you’re in, lead with products, sell, and then sponsor. This is the correct process for a profitable, long-term network marketing business. You will gain people’s trust, make more money earlier on in your career, and people will actually come to you wanting to do what you do, which is selling quality, exclusive products at a reasonable price and then teaching others to do the same.

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The major reason is that Americans are much more likely to buy high quality health, beauty and home care products from you on a consistent basis than commit to a business opportunity long-term, even if that business opportunity is low-cost and no risk. Plus, being able to sell products online turns your business into more of a hands-off affiliate marketing business, or like I said above, a true direct sales business, rather than a multi level marketing or network marketing business. This can create a form of residual income that’s even more automated and less time intensive than if you had a huge downline producing the same amount of volume.

That’s been my experience at least. I’m not suggesting you take the “network” out of network marketing completely, or even shift your focus away from recruiting whatsoever. I’m just saying that it’s important to have a balanced business in terms of products sales and recruiting. And I’m also saying that selling your company’s products online, when done properly, can set up an even better lifestyle for yourself than building and maintaining relationships with a productive downline.

Think about it. Selling someone a product does not require near the maintenance or the commitment that sponsoring them does. When you sign someone up in your opportunity, you are almost making a promise to them to get involved in their financial and maybe even personal life, to stick with them throughout their career, and to be available to them around the clock. When you throw in the expected training, motivation and direct assistance you’re expected to give someone you personally sponsor, is it really worth it when you consider the unlimited income potential of selling products online?

For some it definitely is. For me, I’m not so sure anymore. I think from here on out I’ll sponsor someone if they really want to get into my company or learn from my marketing methods, but other than that, I’m a pure salesman. It’s less stressful, less time intensive and just as lucrative. The residual income potential still exists, and there’s nothing stopping me from sponsoring more people whom I’d like to help down the road. I now have the attitude of getting back to what direct selling was originally meant to be. Promote and sell your company’s products, establish a solid customer base, become profitable, and then develop a sales team that will duplicate your efforts.

The original post is located here: Direct Sales or Network Marketing?

I’d like to thank the good people at Solid Cactus, a local Internet marketing agency, for their hard work, their attention to detail, and for finishing up the project within just one month after I first came up with the idea of starting an e commerce website.

This online store is now my full time business, as it is the culmination of everything I’ve been doing over the past four years. From my experience in SEO and Internet marketing, to my home business, to my different affiliate partners and my passionate interests in personal development, health and fitness, and business and marketing, the Self Development Shop brings it all together in one package that I intend to make my long-term career focus.

I hope you enjoy and find value in the products offered at the Self Development Shop, and I truly expect you to benefit greatly from them in all facets of your life. That’s the goal of this website, to get people on the fast track to success, whether that be financial freedom or any other type of personal happiness you are seeking. I want to see you achieve your goals and develop yourself so that you could extract whatever you want out of life. I believe the Self Development Shop will help you do this.

This blog now exists primarily to support the Self Development Shop and it’s products, because of the benefits it can provide to all people who visit, and because, quite honestly, it will be my main source of income. But Pro Network Marketing will still provide tips and support to help you grow your network marketing business, as well as keeping you up to date on the home based business industry.

But from my experience, nothing is more important to your long term success in business and in life than developing your attitude, your mind and your physical self. That’s why I created the Self Development Shop, and that’s why the Pro Network Marketing blog will exist first and foremost to support it and keep you up to date on our products and on any news about our store.

Visit the Self Development Shop at the link above in the header of this site, or by clicking the image link on the homepage of this site, and come back to this blog often for more news, tips and advice that will support you and help you grow in your business and life pursuits. And feel free to leave me any comments you may have on the new store or our products.

Here’s to your success and the awesome future that we will create together through high quality products from the Self Development Shop!

The original post is located here: The Self Development Shop is Now Open for Business!

The economy has played a huge role in this, and so has the average American’s increasing desire to work from home and work for themselves. Most people don’t want to be controlled by a boss anymore. They don’t want to have their income capped, and perhaps most importantly, they want to create more free time for themselves.

Network marketing provides all of the above and much more. It has become the most appealing career in the world today, and as a result of its obvious positive characteristics, increased advertising and sponsorships by the major network marketing companies, and the downturn in the global economy over the past few years which has made jobs even less secure and less appealing, network marketing is poised to continue to see very strong growth in the near and distant future.

If you are already a network marketing business owner, or even if you’re just considering getting a network marketing business started, it’s important for you to know that your prospects, meaning average people, are more open to what you have to say and the network marketing opportunity you have to present to them. They are looking for a way to make extra money, and for alternative ways to generate income besides a job. In some cases, they are desperate.

The summer of 2011 will go down in history as the time when the network marketing industry surged to unprecedented heights with a massive wave of new distributors signing up with the major network marketing companies and a drastic increase in product sales. The future beyond the next few months looks even brighter.

So jump on board and be a part of the best time in history to start a network marketing business, or to at least become active with your current network marketing business. As entrepreneurs, we will be at the forefront of the economic recovery, and network marketing will lead the way.

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We should be 100% good to go sometime in early May, hopefully as early as next week, but for now, you can take a look at the design and the way the site is displayed, which I am very happy with. I will let you know when the site and product store have fully launched, so check back to this blog daily for our official grand opening and for more updates on the Self Development Shop, as well as our usual information and tips on building a successful network marketing business.

The original post is located here: Self Development Shop is Up, But Not Open for Business Yet

Well, if you don’t know how to do something, don’t have the time to do something, or really despise doing something that is mandatory to your success, you should really consider outsourcing it to a professional. Most importantly, when you’re just starting out as a network marketing business owner and you don’t know all the ins and outs of Internet marketing, web design, traditional marketing and the many other critical aspects of running a business, you should definitely consider outsourcing.

That last point is something that many network marketing business owners will debate.  They will tell you that you should learn the ropes in the early going and do everything yourself, while also saving money and doing everything cheap or free. That’s a good way to go if your main purpose as a business owner to gain an education and delay your potential profits by 6-12 months.

However, if you became a network marketing business owner to actually succeed as quickly as possible and run a profitable business from the outset, then I’d highly suggest outsourcing as soon as you start your business. You can learn things as you go, but you’ll never get the chance to have a fast start again, and you could lose confidence and patience as you toil through your first few frustrating months as a network marketing business owner.

So now that we’ve established that you should outsource as quickly as possible for any tasks you’re not able to do yourself or simply don’t want to do yourself (as long as you can afford it of course), now the question is what should you outsource? Everything I listed above and then some. Seriously, anything you aren’t comfortable doing, aren’t able to do, or simply hate doing should be outsourced if you have the funds to do it. Don’t try to do the “noble” thing and work through your mistakes while time and profits pass you by.

If you have an idea, or you know of something that will work, and you can get it done much faster and efficiently by outsourcing, then you should move heaven and earth to get it into the hands of a professional or freelancer as quickly as possible and get off to a fast, profitable start in your network marketing business. You won’t regret it a year from now when you’re making a six figure residual income and don’t have a job anymore.

Then you’ll have all the time in the world to learn all the things you bypassed by outsourcing your way to success when you first started your successful network marketing business. That is if you want to.

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While we will be featuring products to help you grow in every facet of life, such as health and fitness, business, e commerce and marketing products, many of our products will be intended to help you develop your attitude and increase your personal growth so that you can achieve whatever you want to in life, whether it be a successful network marketing business or any other worthwhile endeavor.

I highly encourage you to come back to this blog often and watch for more updates on the Self Development Shop, as you’ll want to have a look around the store as soon as it opens and see what products can help you reach your goals in business and life. I know that you will find some valuable informational products that will make all the difference in your personal success and happiness.

The original post is located here: Self Development Products for Network Marketing Success

Among the other credible things you can do online to make money, I like providing a valuable service (such as Internet marketing/SEO/PPC) to clients, selling your own physical or digital products through an e commerce platform, and drop shipping. I also think a great way to make money online is to provide freelance writing services to clients, whether the content is for Internet marketing purposes or not. This can be a great way to earn a living.

I have to give a special recommendation to affiliate marketing as well. Promoting other people’s products for a commission is a phenomenal way to make money online if you know what you’re doing, and in my opinion it’s a very close second to network marketing.

But direct sales, mlm and network marketing is still the best industry to be in if you want to create a full-time residual income online by working part-time hours. The potential for profit with network marketing is the absolute best you will find, while the nature of the business model is very unique, in a good way of course. What other industry or career allows your income to go up over time as your work hours go down? You can make an argument that this can be accomplished through straight affiliate marketing, and I wouldn’t disagree, but nothing beats network marketing in this regard.

My top recommendation as an online entrepreneur is still to start your own network marketing business. Get going with it now, learn the ropes and be on your way to an unbeatable lifestyle using and selling superior products and sponsoring others to do the same. It’s simple, it doesn’t take forever to become successful, and you can develop a walk-away income by leveraging the power of the Internet and the network marketing business model. I highly recommend you get started right now with the right company, business team and leader who can propel you to success in the next 6-12 months!

The original post is located here: Network Marketing is Still the Best Way to Make Money Online

Let’s be real here. There’s only so much that can be said and so many tips on building a successful network marketing business that can be given before virtually every topic and strategy has been covered. Sure, things are always changing, and new information and motivational writing is always in demand. But for the most part, it’s all been said before and now it’s just a matter of presenting the information in a different way to reach and affect the most amount of people possible.

That’s why Pro Network Marketing has started to include posts about not only our network marketing company and their high quality products, but also about things closely related to network marketing like self development and personal growth. This is reflected in the decision to start the brand new Self Development Shop, which is an e commerce store that will be debuting in the next couple weeks. It will feature products for success in business and life. They will mostly consist of ebooks, audio books, audio training and software.

So while Pro Network Marketing will continue to be your leading source of fresh information and advice on building a successful network marketing business, my goal is to also to provide true and accurate information about my network marketing company, their many products that can positively impact your life, and information about the upcoming Self Development Shop and the plethora of products provided there that will hopefully lift you to whatever financial and personal goals you have set for yourself.

Look for this and other brand new, interesting topics of discussion on this network marketing blog in the future. Trust me, we are just getting started.

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