September 2008

Introduction by George Madiou

This month’s theme is In The Trenches – Just Do It! Getting and staying in action is what success in your business is all about. Our experts have contributed articles that will help you become more successful. It revolves around getting into action and staying in action.

36 months ago we made a decision to get in the trenches and just do it! This issue represents the completion of our third year of publishing TheNetworkMarketingMagazine.com. I want to thank each and every one of you, Distributors, Leaders, Contributors and Visitors for being part of this journey and being part of this community. Our mission is to help you all become a little bit more successful in your business each and every month. I’m proud to be in the trenches with you, getting into action and staying in action and Just Doing It!

Features	Method vs. Mindset by Steve Dailey Where do you find a Coach to perform this magic with you and how do you know they are equipped to truly help you? Did you listen to my article last month about the fact versus fiction of why you need a Coach? If you haven’t yet, please do that...Read More » The Kill by Mark Stevens How to Close Every Time. Every Day. Chances are you have had all kinds of advice and would-be guidance on how to sell yourself. How to move your products. How to woo your customers and prospects. The problem is, the voices you are listening to are all professors and consultants and...Read More » 5 Tips to Taking Massive Action! by Michael Bernoff Practice these 5 Massive Action Tips and watch how your life changes for the better. Imagine a young woman with an amazing voice, an innate ear for music and a love for creating, writing and performing. Will she make a living as a musician? Will she be famous? Will she...Read More » Are You Walking the Walk? by Rod Nichols It’s easy to talk the talk, but if you want to build a large and lucrative network marketing business, you’ve got to walk the walk. Network marketing is full of people talking the talk, but very few who are walking the walk. It’s one of the reasons why the turnover...Read More » Your Products Are Worth What They Are Worth! by Michael Oliver Do you discount your products (and yourself) by justifying the price when someone asks you how much it is? You might be doing both yourself and your customer a disservice. I went into the pharmacy the other day to see whether they had a nutritional supplement that would replace the...Read More » Taking Responsibility in the Trenches for Your Success by Dr. Joe Rubino It may be time to shift how we have been trained to view responsibility Perhaps the key principle most critical to achieving success in any business endeavor is the concept of responsibility. Responsibility is simply the ability to respond at any time and to any situation in a way that...Read More » Building the Dream with your Team by Randy Gage Good work habits are created…which are rewarded with positive results… which encourages more good work habits. Probably the two biggest requirements to building a big network marketing business are a dream, and the willingness to trade ten to 15 hours a week to get that dream. You need the dream because...Read More » You Are What You Repeatedly Do by Mark Semple If you are focused on the wrong actions, it will not matter how much time you put in, you simply can’t possibly achieve what you want. Success in Network Marketing, as in any other pursuit in life, necessitates a clear compelling vision and consistent action. Let me qualify that – consistent effective...Read More » JUST DO IT. Just do it. (just do it) by Dana Phillips Why don’t we just do it? If we know that people want and need our product, what has to happen before we just do it, whatever it is? Why don’t we just do it? If we know that people want and need our product, what has to happen before we...Read More » Take the Road Less Traveled for Freedom! by Teresa Romain Debt robs you of and/or limits your freedom for the simple reason that, when you are in debt, you have a claim on your future income! I’ve never met a network marketer who doesn’t want to experience FREEDOM. Freedom is part of the appeal to anyone joining this industry. You...Read More » Diggin' Deep by Chad Bumgarner Where You Realize Your Potential Isn’t life interesting? The ups and downs. The curveballs that are thrown at you, sometimes on a daily basis! When you’re In the Trenches, anything and everything can happen, so you always have to be ready! How bad do you want your Dreams and Goals?...Read More » The Perfect Storm of Opportunity by Sue Seward Are you going to take advantage of the perfect storm or wait until the waves calm down? Who saw the movie with George Clooney, The Perfect Storm? I do not mean to be insensitive to the people who went through a storm like Katrina. Believe me I know about hurricanes...Read More » In The Trenches... Just Doing It! by RS Mallory Remember this is YOUR journey; one that you should enjoy as you learn, grow and share… these tips will help you do just that. Network Marketing can help us achieve our individual goals more than any other business paradigm. Once we have selected our vehicle (company) the important thing is...Read More » You don't have to do all the work for your downline. by Tom "Big Al" Schreiter Here is a way to meet them half-way, and to sort out the time-wasters. You know the scenario. You are having dinner with your family and the telephone rings. The caller says: “Hey, upline. My business isn’t doing so well. What are you going to do about it?” Every failure wants...Read More »
Articles	Recession Power: How Great Companies Rise to the Top, Even in Down Times by Denise Corcoran Whether your business survives or thrives during a recession is, at least 85%, within your control. Are you tired of hearing all the “doom and gloom” forecasts regarding our current economy? Do you find yourself obsessing with worry and fear about the potential impact on your business? Are you ready to shift from...Read More » Action vs. Self-Delusion by Jim Rohn The key is to take a step today. Whatever the project, start TODAY. Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action. Action is the ingredient that ensures results. Only action can cause reaction. Further, only positive action can cause positive reaction. Action. The whole world loves to watch those who make things...Read More » The Leader's Leader— by Jack Lannom Empowering Language vs. Dis-empowering Language Here is the influence that is exercised by true Leader’s Leaders, and it creates an environment in which ordinary people become extraordinary performers. I have used the metaphor of the leader who seeks to intimidate through the baseball bat rather than motivate through the skillful...Read More » Model Yourself After the Best Individuals, Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time by Denis Waitley If you want to become or stay the best, you must know more than what your competitors are up to Do this by benchmarking the world’s most admired organizations and people in and out of your industry. Hewlett-Packard sends teams of two to four managers to meet with peers in...Read More » The Twin Actions of Accomplishment by Chris Widener Intake information, exercise the will. When it comes to achieving accomplishments there are two foundational actions that must take place. When these two actions take place, and take place in the right order, you will become unstoppable. You will also enter into an elite group of people who actually do...Read More » The Extra Mile by Linda Yates Is it hard to go the extra mile? Not really, if you expend just a little more effort the rewards could potentially be tripled if not more. The other day a colleague and I were meeting in my office and he made a comment about a plaque hanging on the...Read More » 5 Keys to a Gold Medal Performance According to Michael Phelps by Sarah Robinson I invite you to read over these keys and choose some very specific way you can incorporate them into your life and your business. For two weeks in the middle of August, the Robinson family was glued to the television. This is highly unusual – we rarely watch television. We...Read More »
Stories	'Before they call, I will answer' by George Madiou (Isaiah 65:24) This story was written by a doctor who worked in South Africa. One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter....Read More »
Columns	A Standard or An Ideal by Mary K Weinhagen Are you hoping things will change and you will eventually get to your “ideal,” or are you going to settle for nothing less than your standard? I recently received an amazing email from a friend. One of those emails filled with enthusiasm for a recently experienced ‘Eureka!’ moment that she...Read More » In the Trenches... Just Do It! by George Madiou How do you jump from where you’re at to where you want to be? You’re at your job or perhaps you’re thinking in your back yard about the possibilities of a new career path. You were just introduced to your network marketing opportunity or perhaps you have been involved for...Read More »