Brian Gosur

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In my everyday conversations with people, I get a lot of people who ask me what I do. When I say that I am in network marketing, most of them will sneer and look at me with that same look, ” that’s one of those pyramid schemes”. Network marketing carries the wrong illusion of a pyramid scheme. When I ask them back, ” what is a pyramid scheme?” They cannot answer. I am going to tell you the truth about network marketing – what it is and what it isn’t.

What It Is

Network marketing is not a pyramid scheme. Network marketing is a business that leverages the efforts of many distributors or representatives of a company to produce sales of a product or service that this company represents. These efforts produce a residual income for both the company and the distributors of that company. It’s that simple.

I worked for Ford Motor Company for thirty five years. Through the combined effort of thousands of employees, all around the world, sales and the distribution of  Ford Motor Company vehicles, produced a residual income for both Ford Motor Company and its employees. You could say that Ford Motor Company is a form of network marketing. This can be said of thousand of other companies all around the globe. You probably are or have been employed by one of them.

What most people don’t realize is that network marketing is the key that drives the entire worlds economy. In fact 95% of the worlds population work in some type of network marking and don’t even know it. If it is run as I described in the paragraph above, it is probably some sort of network marketing business.

What It Isn’t

I am approached, by network marketing representatives, every day about their particular company and the product or service that it represents. There are about 4800 network marketing companies out there, so there are a lot of fish in the ocean to choose from. When someone comes to me about a business opportunity that only has to do with the passing and exchanging of money from one person hands to the next persons hands, a big red flag goes up. When there is no mention of a product or service, and they can get cleaver in hiding this, be very careful.

There was a company that was out, and may still be out, that cost one hundred dollars to get in. With this they put your name on a grid. As you got people to join, your name moved up the grid. When you got to the top of the grid, you received a check for a certain amount of money, and your name went to the next grid. When you got to the top of that grid you received another check. With each grid, the check amount increased. The only way you moved up the grid was by how many people you brought in. This is a pyramid scheme. No product involved, and the only way you moved up was getting more people in, not selling anything.

Some people were making money, but it is illegal. This is against the law, and you want to be very careful. They can be very cleaver on how they present their opportunity. If you are seriously looking for a network marketing business, talk to someone that you know and understands the business. If you don’t know anybody, you can take a look at my website. I have plenty of information on the network marketing industry, or attend one of my training’s. I would be happy to assist you in what exactly network marketing is all about.

The network marketing industry has been around for over a hundred years. It produces 120 billion dollars a year of revenue. The oldest network marketing company is Avon, not Amway. Most people don’t know that. It has providing more millionaires than any other industry. For a small investment you can start your very own business. Work from home and build a nice residual income for you and your family. Work par-time or full-time. Work your business around your schedule. It is a strong and viable industry to get into. Do your homework.

Brian Gosur

Is Facebook ready to be number one? Facebook has reached 500 million members. Every eight seconds a new account is formed on Face Book.

Facebook has become a haven for network marketers. A sea of prospects. 500 million to be exact. Now how and what is the best way to market on Face Book?

The newest one is Facebook pay per click. This is rivaling  Google’s PPC marketing, and Google is getting a little worried.

There are a number of ways to market on Facebook and really you should be using a couple of different ones. I am going to show you just one. This is the one that I have been using and a lot of people have been using for awhile.

First you must have a Facebook account. That is very easy to do, but DO NOT mention anything about your business on your Facebook profile.  You want to connect with people. All people. If they see you and your business, they will assume you are just like thousands of other marketers on Face Book who just want to pitch their business at them.

Once you start making connections and friends, people will naturally want to know more about you. This is where your profile is important.  They are going to visit your profile and find out more about who you are. Just make conversation and only talk about your business to them when they ask, and they will eventually ask. Just be patient.

I usually have several generic scripts written  that I keep in my “office one note pad.” One for asking to be a friend and the other for thanking someone for their offer of friendship.

For example; “Hi Jim.  Really liked your page. Please add me to your friends list. I’m also online often so feel free to send me an IM.  Look forward to hearing from you. Have a great day. Brian” It’s friendly and to the point, and I usually always get a response. Always respond to every request you get. That personal note is very impressive. Don’t just click the confirm button.

Once that is done, start to connect with other people. If you are a network marketer, sign up with some of the groups that are associated with a company and or network marketing groups. Also think of the groups that have been hit hard right now with our struggling economy. Real Estate, mortgage, and financial investment companies. These people are hurting for some extra cash each and you have the tool that they could use. Get into their groups.

Once you are in, start posting some articles that are full of value pertinent to the needs of the group that you are in. Do videos and start connecting with people. It won’t take long for people to start looking at you as someone who knows what they are doing. People are not looking for products, they are looking for leaders to follow.

Every day you should be adding twenty to thirty people as friends. Be careful and do not add links to your website or blog in your response. If you do, Facebook will send out a warning after you send about ten or so, that you are doing things that could get your account closed. If you just send out a friendly note, like the one I suggested, you will have no limit.

To get a free training on the blue print that I use for marketing Facebook, click on the Facebook button, and get ready for the leads.

Reciprocation

Studies have shown that when a discounted item is compared with the offer of a free product, we are always more likely to take the free product than the discounted item. There is something about that word, free, that we just can’t resist. The higher we perceive the value of the free gift, the greater we feel obliged to the person that is offering it to us.  Anytime you can give visitors something of value, the more likely you are of converting them into customers.  The principle of reciprocation is very powerful and well documented.

In one study there was the sale of raffle tickets. People were offered a can of Coke without any obligation to buy a ticket. The people who took the can of Coke, bought twice as many raffle tickets than those who did not. When people accept something of value, they feel an obligation to you. Remember, a discounted item is not a free gift.

Commitment

Once a person has started down a path, they are far more likely to continue down that path and believe in a positive outcome, than they ever did before they started. If you have a form that is long and difficult to get through, even if it is only one page, you will be less likely to complete it, over a form that is simple and easy to follow. If your website or blog is easy to maneuver around and the sign up simple to follow, your conversion rate will go up. Make sure what you are offering is out in front where it can be spotted with no trouble.

Acceptance

Before we join any group, we want to make sure that the people in that group have similar needs. Nobody wants to feel like the last person picked for the team. We want to join a group that we feel we can fit in with. We want to be with a successful group where we can also learn to be successful. We want to be with leaders that can lead. When talking with your prospects show opportunities of success with other clients that are just as they are.

Explanation

Two groups of people were studied. They were to go into long lines of people and ask to cut in line. One group just simply asked courteously, if they could cut in, and were allowed to do so 60% of the time. The other group also asked courteously if they could cut in line, but they added, “because I’m in a rush.” This group was allowed 94% of the time. Whenever we ask for information online, weather a commitment to buy, or personal information, adding a “because” statement to it will increase your chances of a good result.

Credibility

The “professional” look of your website, will convince 47% of the people that visit it, if it’s credible or not. Spelling errors, poor navigation and an amateurish look, will drive traffic away and make it harder for you to convince people that you are reliable. Your home page’s appearance is key to the success that you will have. Make sure that it represents your best side.

Buying is a very emotional decision for most people. Buyers like to think of themselves as logical and practical. The truth of the matter is that we will shop until we reach our comfort level, and than we will buy. The design of your website will help people reach that comfort level, because you will be perceived as someone that they want to do business with.

By understanding and putting into action, these five tips to success in your network marketing business, and you will see an increase in your conversions.

How many times have you heard the saying, don’t live above your means. Stay below the income level you have set for yourself. If that’s the mind set that you carry,  you will never be successful in network marketing or in any other business for that matter.

Their are four kinds of people in the world today.

The first one is the person that always has to be right. This person is so engrossed in proving that they are right and you are wrong, that they loose all focus on anything else. Their total goal is prove this fact at any cost. They will never make good business owners because their whole mindset is all wrong.

The second person is the always looking to be comfortable. This person’s house could be burning down around them, but as long as they have their remote in their hand and the football game on TV, they are OK. Comfortable people are always willing to let other people do all their work. They are not willing to roll up their sleeves and get into the game and get dirty themselves.

The third type of person is the one who always wants to be liked. They are not willing to say the right thing for fear that someone will not like what they say. They worry about everybody thinks about them, over getting the work done. They just want to be well liked and the work and the success goes by the wayside.

The fourth person is the one I hope all of you are. You want to win. These people have a drive and a penchant to get into the winners circle. It’s all about getting the work done and doing what it takes to win. No excuses and no letting up. It’s win or nothing else. These people are the ones you want on your team and in your organization.

When I was younger and played sports, coach would always say, “you will play as hard as you practice.” The serious players, the ones that wanted to win, would practice and practice hard. They wanted to make themselves better than anybody out there. I realize that this same principle works in your network marketing business.

The serious players will be the ones burning the midnight oil on leadership training. Writing the articles and making the videos. Connecting with people and mentors that will make them better than anyone out there. That will make more effective leadership. Remember the cream will rise to the top.

These are the leaders that you want on your team. These are the leaders that you must become. The leader that can grow and mature and build an organization. One that he can lead and duplicate himself through. No one makes it to the top by himself.

Network marketing is not about sales, it’s about leadership development. Qualify people to join your organization. Be selective and your organization will reward you with true leaders and a residual income that can last a lifetime. One that you can pass down to your kids and grand kids.

Remember. Wealth is not measured by how much money you have. It’s measured by how much time you have. Your hard work today will pay you for a long long time down the road.

Now I have to go. I have a tee time in an hour.

I’m a network marketer. Whenever I tell folks that, they back up a little and think that I’m going to attempt to tell them about some juice or vitamin. Perhaps the new oil I am able to put in my auto or a new water to drink that may change my molecular structure and be in robust health for the remainder of my life, or perhaps some new and better washing detergent. In fact, there are roughly 4800 network marketing corporations out there. There’s a lot to select from.

I was chatting to a woman recently and she was telling me about the billion dollar company that she has her network marketing business through, but she wouldn’t let me know the name. It took me 10 minutes to get her to finally let me know that she’s in Mona-Vie. It was like she was ashamed to give that information. Why?

Mona-vie is a billion dollar company. Mona-vie is a good company with a good product. Mona-vie juice contains the acai berry. This tiny small berry has been judged to have some awesome nutritional importance to it. It holds plenty of good anti oxidizing compounds that our body needs to keep us healthy. There’s one thing. There are over 200 network marketing companies that market juice. All of them make really similar claims. This lady was nearly scared to tell me the name of her internet marketing business, because network marketing has always been looked on in such a negative way. They will run from you when you say that you are connected to the network marketing industry.

But what if you were in an organization that had no competition? No-one else was doing what you were doing. And what if that business was promoting a product that everyone needed? Well I’m involved with an organization that does precisely that. Numis Network. Silver and gold Numismatic Collectible Coins. Numis Network is the sole company that’s promoting these pretty gold and silver collectible assets through the use of the network marketing industry. Talk about an open market. There isn’t anyone else doing this.

These coins are assets you can put in the asset column of any form or document that you are filling out. The rich buy assets while the remainders of us are purchasing debt. With what’s occurring to our economy, it just could be a great idea to have gold and silver assets to add to your list of assets.

Think about that for a minute. What if I was to drive up to your place and I had a trunk full of juice and vitamins. I told you clearly that you can have as much as you wanted. Would you take any? Sure you could take two cases of juice and some bottles of vitamins. What if I came over to your home with a trunk full of silver and gold assets? I claimed that you can have all that you would like. Would you take any? Totally, you would take each single one that I had.

That is the great thing about Numis Network. No one is ever going to assert that they have too many silver and gold assets. Nobody is ever going to call you and tell you to stop sending them those darn silver and gold assets that continue coming each month. “My closets are packed with them. What am I going to do? “ You don’t ever have to stress about hearing that, regardless of whether or not you ever grow a business or organization in Numis Network.

You’ve got to agree that it is better to get an ounce of silver sent to your home each month. These are assets that have real value.

I can recollect when I had cash taken out of my paycheck each week for savings bonds. I remember getting savings bonds as a present from my grandparents. Now I just give out silver assets. Graduations and birthdays, and then watch the expressions on their faces when they see an ounce of silver in an absolutely beautiful numismatic collectible coin.

Are you working in a job which has no limitations and no restrictions to how much you can make? Are you working in an enterprise that you can pass down to your youngsters or grandchildren? I am. I’m also clearing some new space in my closet. I got a feeling I am going to need  it. That darn mailman…..he keeps bringing me more of those silver assets.

Unemployment in the United States is around 10%.  One in every 136 homes are in foreclosure. Over one million homes will be repossessed by the banks this year alone.

Makes your head spin doesn’t it. Our country and the rest of the world is in a very weak and teetering economic structure.

I know people that had very good secure jobs, or so they thought, and they are now delivering pizza or flipping burgers to make ends meet. Maybe you are one of them.

With all that bad news, I want to shed some light for all of us to consider. If you ever thought about starting a business, now might be the time to do just that. I don’t mean a brick and mortar business. I mean a network marketing business. Now before you close this page and walk away, hear me out.

The network marketing business is a 120 billion dollar a year business. If you were in this industry, you would be with some very good company. Mary Kay, Herbalife, and Avon are network marketing businesses that have over a billion dollars in sales every year. Now you might be thinking, “I don’t want to sell vitamins or cosmetics.” Well there are about 4800 other network marketing companies to choose from. Do some research and I am sure you would find the right fit for you and your families needs.

There are many advantages for starting a network marketing business. The first is the low start up cost. Most network marketing businesses can be started with as little as $300 to $15oo dollars. That’s a far cry from the 100k plus that you would need for a brick and mortar business.

The second advantage is the tax right offs that are available to a small business operator. The government allows for a number of deductions that can be used. Business telephone, office space, and some travel expenses. I am not a tax consultant, but check with your tax adviser to find which ones apply to your particular business.

The third advantage is the ability to set your own hours. Weather you are doing this full time or on a part time basis. It’s your business so set it up to comply with your needs. If your a single parent, want to only work four or five hours a day, or you want to only work the week ends, you can work your new business into any life style you choose. I know some people that are working 70 and 80 hours a week at their brick and mortar businesses. Why? Because they are the business.

The fourth advantage is to work from your own home. Thus the title, home based business. Now not everyone will want to do this. Some may want to have their own office outside from their home.  That is your own personal preference.

My office is in my home. I don’t have to get up in the morning and fight the traffic to and from work. I can take a break in the comfort of my own home, when I want. Don’t need all the expense of suits and dry cleaning. Gas in my car, and the wear and tear of my automobile.

With all that said, I can’t leave this page without putting in a plug for my primary business.

I am in the gold and silver business. Numismatic Gold and Silver Collectible coins. Numis Network is pioneering the sale of graded silver and gold numismatic coins through the network marketing industry. Graded numismatic collectible silver and gold coins have never been sold through this method before. Coins are a 100 billion dollar a year industry.

If silver and gold doesn’t interest you, there are 4699 other companies in the network marketing arena that you can check out.

I urge you, if you are seeking another stream of income or are looking for a career change, why not try starting your own business. Your own network marketing business. A 120 billion dollar a year industry is nothing to sneeze at.

First Step in Your Network Marketing Business. Click on this link for a short video on your first step in your network marketing business.

What if you were ready to go into the operating room for brain surgery, and you saw the brain surgeon reading the instruction manual before he operated on you.  Probably you would jump off the table, and who would blame you? A brain surgeon goes through years of training and years of internship before he can ever take a scalpel in his hand.

The same goes for anyone and your first step in network marketing. You just can’t read a book, listen to a CD and expect to be a seasoned marketer. You need to learn. Like a newborn baby needs to crawl before he can walk and he needs to walk before he can run. There is a training and a learning period that all successful marketers must go through. Taking a short cut, could short circuit your road to success.

I see so many people that come into network marketing, and think that they can simply go to one training or read a book and they have it all. They take off like a rocket and come down just as fast. These are the ones that will go one or two months and say, ” this isn’t working. I quit!” Which is good because you don’t want these kind of people in your organization anyway.

You need to find successful marketers that are where you want to be. You need a mentor and someone that you can be accountable too. Follow them. Learn from them. Do what they do. Duplicate their system. They have been down the road you are traveling. They can show you where all the holes are and lead you to the things that work. There are a lot of companies and systems that just sign you up and say good luck. Find successful people that will work with you and learn.

You need to define a time line of two to five years. You wouldn’t start a brick and mortar business by reading a book or listening to a cd and expect to have success? You would study and research and invest in your training to be the best you could be. Don’t think your network marketing business is any different.

Learn, study, and research. Hook up with the successful leaders. Emulate and duplicate them. This is your business. Treat it like a business and it will pay you like a business. Treat it like a hobby, it will pay you like a hobby.

Do you want to be successful? Get out of the box. 95% of all people are in the box. Don’t listen to all those people who are yelling at you from inside the box. Be one of the 5%.

Successful people are not like 95% of the worlds population. They are different. They go that extra. They take that calculated risk. They learn and work to be the best. They are far from being average.

Yes, read those books. Listen to the Cd’s. Go to the seminars. Absorb everything like a sponge. What you learn will be more than the other 95% of those other marketers………who are still in the box.

If you would like to work with me, go to Learning MLM Secrets.

“Every cloud has a silver lining. ” Ever hear that one before? The cloud represents something negative hanging over your life, but do not fret, the silver lining we’re all attempting to find is there. With our economy still wobbling, unemployment hanging around 10 %, and so many folks attempting to find work, it could be tough to find that silver lining. Folk are taking a look at work prospects in places they never thought they might. Some are returning to college, taking on a second casual job, or even starting an exciting new business. When it boils down to survival, and putting food on the table, and a roof over your head, it can become a desperate situation in an exceedingly brief time.

This is not really a bad time to start a business. Some of the biggest and most successful corporations opened their doors during extraordinarily financially disturbed times in our country. Microsoft, GE and Hewlett Packard, solely to cite a couple. When you’re looking to grow another stream of earnings, consider now and consider beginning your own business.

Now when I say your own business, I’m really not announcing to get some stockholders and generate about 100k and get your bricks and mortar business going. What I’m asserting is to have a look at a sector that produces about a hundred billion dollars annually. That’d be the internet marketing industry. A home business.

Now prior to starting giggling and calling it a pyramid scheme, Lets look at some facts. Ever hear about Ford Motor Company, Apple PC , or Mary Kay Cosmetics? All home based businesses. Yes, these multi billion dollar firms all started as home based businesses. Now I am not saying your business will become a multi billion greenback company, but why not? With simply a minimum investment of between $500 to $5000 greenbacks, you may be on the way to building an organization and a stream of revenue that might serve your folks and you for a long long time.

There are roughly 4800 different internet marketing firms out there hunting for distributors for their services and products. Have a look around and see whether there’s one that’s an acceptable fit for you.

It must be the proper fit, because I see so many folk that get into a company that they detest and do not believe strongly in. Check things out and find the best fit for you. You also need to select the one which is the best fit for your families needs.

I think I might have something for you. Silver and gold collectible numismatic coins. Not bullion coins, but numismatic collectible coins. These are coins that are put out by the governing body mints from around the globe, for the express point of stockpiling. Their price relies on the scarceness of the coin, the disposition of the coin and the collect capability of the coin. Numis Network is the sole company using the power of the internet and the network marketing industry to market the selling of money. Yes….I’ll say that again…… money. Not a juice or a vitamin, but cash.

Graded numismatic collectible silver and gold coins haven’t been sold thru this technique before! We all understand that most of the people are devoted to cash. Most of us want more of it.

But there’s another dimension to cash – picking up money – as in picking up graded silver and gold numismatic coins. What’s so potent and exciting about the Numis Network business is that the love and appreciation of silver and gold numismatic coins is everywhere and worldwide! Graded silver and gold numismatic coins are valuable, renowned, gorgeous, historic, and profit-making. They might be the coolest and top product ever!

At Numis Network, we help people and families generate more wealth in their lives by lighting a taste for picking up silver and gold numismatic coins. Put simply, coins are cool…and profitable! With Numis Network, you may be one of the first to market a top class choice of graded silver and gold numismatic coins thru the power of the Network – Your Network. This just could be the silver lining you’ve been attempting to find.

I am learning to become the great duplicator in my network marketing business. As a matter of fact we must all become a duplicators. Become a duplicator and become a success in network marketing.

My three year old grand-daughter follows me around my house where ever I go. She has become my shadow. Even when I go into my office, she will follow me in there. We are getting better at setting some rules down for her, but she is going to be a true network marketer when she grows up. I can tell because once you get her started talking, she is hard to shut down. A sign of a true network marketer.

She likes to imitate or duplicate everything that I do. She has become a duplicator of her grandpa. That’s exactly what all of us should become of the leaders in our network marketing business. Find the successful and top earners and duplicate what they do and you will be successful. These people have already gone down the road that you are traveling. They know where the potholes and curves are at. They can steer you in the right direction. All you have to do is become a master of duplication.

Listen to a webinar, read a book, or have a phone conversation, and write down the answers that you found. Implement those in your business and find out which ones worked and which ones didn’t. Pass that information onto the people in your organization. Chances are, they are struggling with the same things that you are. They are looking for answers too. You give them the information that they need to help them become duplicators also.

We live in an information age. People that have the answers and the information are the people who are sought after. They are the ones that are successful. As you are learning and growing in your business, you pass your experience and information out to others. You will start to stand out and pull away from all the other peddlers in the ocean who are just looking for someone to market their products too.

With your growing knowledge of marketing, you will know more than 90% of all other marketers. You will stand out as a leader and one who leads with value and not just another clone of everybody else. This is why you should be at every function of your business. You should be on all the webinars. Glean everything that you can from the leaders in your network marketing business. Use it and pass this valuable information on to others.

You must always carry the two P’s with you. Patience and persistence.  Remember this is not going to happen over night. It is going to take time to develop your skills and experience. Over time, your hard work, patience and persistence will make you a true leader with a great organization and a successful network marketing business.

Click the link below to watch a short video.

Network Marketing Success is Duplication

You need to be marketing a funded proposal. I know I’ve said this before, but this is the most important part of attraction marketing. What is a funded proposal? A funded proposal is a way for you to generate income, from your prospects, even if they never get into your primary business. It is a way to generate leads that are exclusive to you and not from a company where you have to buy them. It is a way for you to sell a system that answers the top two questions that every network marketing business has. Lead generation, and generating a cash flow to cover the costs of my marketing expenses.

Marketing a funded proposal is marketing a solution for your prospects instead of a business and starts them generating an income immediately. This creates confidence and momentum inside of your team. It doesn’t matter what kind of business you’re in. You will have all the free training you need to build your business online as well as offline. With a funded proposal, you will be able to create a strong bond within your organization. You will be able to exert your energies towards those that are serious about building their businesses as apposed to those that aren’t.

The money you generate from a funded proposal will help you to advertise and market your business. You have to look beyond your family and friends if you truly want to build a strong enduring business. You have to laser your focus on your real target market, which is other network marketers. You have to zero in on the reason why 95% of all network marketers fail. Not having enough leads, and not having enough money to advertise and stay in the game.

A funded proposal will give, the people in your organization, the cash flow that they need and enable them to advertise their businesses endlessly and freely. The average network marketer will quit his business in about 63 days if they don’t see some cash in their pockets. The funded proposal will answer this very important problem.

A funded proposal system will generate exclusive leads that you did not have to go out and purchase. You are able to generate a front end income from these leads and give your organization the same advantage through a funded proposal system.

Now you could go out and buy your leads, but they will never be the same as having a system that separates the tire kickers from the serious buyers. I don’t care where you buy your leads from.  Getting on the phone and getting rejected takes a special person. This is not easy to duplicate either, unless you are an A-type personality.

I get phone calls everyday from people who are trying to push their business down my throat. They think they are using the attraction marketing system of a funded proposal, but they are not. Leads will call you. You don’t have to chase people with a funded proposal. They will come to you.

Once you start  branding yourself as a leader, once you start to make money off your affiliate commissions, and you are effortlessly bringing people into your primary business, and you learn how to market your funded proposal, you will never do business any other way again.

Think about it. Doesn’t it make sense to make money off the leads that will never join your primary business? Doesn’t it make sense to market a solution instead of a business? You will stand out from the crowd just by doing this. Doesn’t it make sense to market your business to people you already know instead of total strangers?

Utilizing a funded proposal for your business will put leads into your system and generate the income that will keep you and the people in the organization in the game.