Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Articles | Posted on 16-12-2009
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Wouldn’t you like to know how to take your network marketing business to the next level? To explode it to that dimension you dreamed it would be when you first saw it? And to the strength the top earners have?
Then you need to become an mlm entrepreneur! And just what is that?
Entrepreneur Definition:
Well the Wikipedia, gives a definition of an entrepreneur as “a person who has possession over a new enterprise or venture and assumes full accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome”.
The article then goes on to talk about how actually, when analysed entrepreneurs do not assume great risk. When studied, they are risk averse. But their great passion for the task causes them to seek out new and more effective ways to utilize resources.
Network Marketing Responses:
If your home based business is in the doldrums, there are a number of things you can do. You can carry on as before and hope something will happen (the definition of insanity isn’t it – doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome).
Or you can leave and join another multilevel marketing company. Or you can quit.
An Entrepreneurial Response:
But to succeed at anything you need to take ownership of it. Sure there will always be people in any organization who just want to be led (check out some of the information below). And there will be those who hope someone else is going to do it for them – isn’t it so much better when you are in an mlm company that actually rewards personal effort? At times you may benefit by default from someone below you exploding and you reaping those production rewards. But the best way to find such people is to be active in the business.
All multi-level marketing companies assume and treat you as an independent business owner. So why not be independent and an owner?
It means you really take it on as your own business and you seek out a way that works for you to succeed. Sure try what is recommended and if it works like wildfire, great! But if not keep your attention open for those possibilities and openings that will allow you to leap forward.
You have to have the absolute conviction that this is the company that will work and that you are the one who will make it work no matter what. You take ownership of it and keep adjusting and trying and monitoring responses for what works until you find what does. And when you do you will really have your own business and it will bring you the most deeply felt rewards.
Be happy to take your own path. Why not? If something does not work, you can always try another. It reminds me of John C Maxwell’s book “Failing Forward”. He notes, as do a number of others, that only those who are willing to make mistakes will succeed. And those who make the greatest number of mistakes (or are prepared to) will succeed massively. Those not willing to make mistakes will not do anything. Or you can take on the adage that failure is only success in progress.
Entrepreneur Profiles:
There is another aspect to this and for this I am indebted to the work of Roger Hamilton (of the XL and the Results Foundation) and his entrepreneur profiling.
This is huge. And it fits well with the idea of network marketing and its team approach.
In his research on entrepreneurs Roger Hamilton identifies eight different types of entrepreneurs. And these align along the lines of four spectra of personality that originate from the Chinese I-Ching, with glimpses of it in the ideas of alchemy, brought through in the works of Carl Jung with his archetypes and then in personality profiling of the Myers Briggs tests used so commonly in employment and recruiting.
These correspond to the four elements of wood, earth, metal and fire. What this work shows (and is reinforced with modern personality profiling) is that people have a basic vibration they function best at. They can attempt other ways of doing things but will find they succeed best when they follow their own pattern.
By doing this and allowing others in your organization to pursue things in their natural way you will find you team, your organization, home based business and opportunities will function optimally. They will explode. Which means we need to seek out for our teams those people who will complement our talents and, through synergy, create massive momentum.
The Fifth (Missing) Element:
Roger identifies a fifth element, water, representing flow, that has been left out of the Western interpretation of the I-Ching and yet is important in understanding businesses and organizations. The flow aspect shows how all businesses go through maturity cycles. And at each level these cycles require different skills.
What it all requires is that we each pursue our own entrepreneurial giftings and leadings. And as we do, keeping our eyes and ears open, we will attract others seeking their entrepreneurial giftings who will lead us on to combined huge success. Isn’t that network marketing? Read Full Story...
Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Articles | Posted on 14-12-2009
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An entrepreneur is an individual that engages in a business enterprise in order to maximise profits and to subsequently make himself rich in the process. What distinguishes the entrepreneur from a worker is the ability to initiate ideas and to be able to translate this idea into physical reality through action.Being entrepreneurial goes deeper than just having a job or career, it is a life style. Business owners are special beings, they need deep commitment and seriousness to arrive at their targets. Most of them are also risk takers, but they assess risks well before plunging in. They adapt to change and improve their life skills through coaching, mentorship, books and experience.Finding success as an entrepreneur is not a function of luck, some attributes have to be in place. Firstly, an entrepreneur should build his/her business around satisfying a need, if there is no need to satisfy, then their is no need being in business.Secondly, an entrepreneur that would be successful needs to train his kind to recognise and explore opportunities around him. He also needs to have a bit of management skills to enhance the process of integrating and coordinating resources in arriving at a targeted goal.Also, an is entrepreneur required to have some knowledge of marketing. This is to enable him exchange goods and services for money, identify his target market, reach the people within these market, and to understand the different behaviours of the consumers towards his product.Furthermore,the entrepreneur should be good at planning as well as implementing the plan by involving others through effective delegation.Other variables that will enhance the success of an entrepreneur include, but not limited to the following: persuasiveness, drive, vision, understanding, and perseverance. Others are self-confidence, people, Godliness, competitiveness and organisation. Read Full Story...
Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Articles | Posted on 12-12-2009
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A.On Being a Serious Entrepreneur
Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit?Do you want to achieve an impressive level of success?Do you want to achieve long term success and wealth?Do you want prosperity inĀ every area of your life?Do you want to make money that lasts a life time?
Do you want to enjoy the life you deserve?Do you want a job where dedication and hard work give results?Do you want to stick to one business opportunity and make it work?Do you want to make things happen?Do you want to be passionate about your work?
Do you want financial stability?Do you have a willingness to learn?Do you have an ability to focus and follow through?Do you have an ability to lead by example?Do you want to earn a six figure sum annually?
Do you want to be a serious entrepreneur?Do you want to be in control of your own future?Do you want to be rewarded justly for your efforts?Do you have the ambition to be as successful as you can be?Do you have the self-discipline and vision to be a serious entrepreneur?
B. On Working From Home Read Full Story...
Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Articles | Posted on 10-12-2009
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It’s now quite easy to conduct any form of research and people owe it all to the internet. Aspiring and even full-pledged entrepreneurs get a lot of business opportunities online. If you’re looking for an entrepreneur business opportunity, make sure that youstart your hunt online. Building a business requires some ideas. You may be planning to offer a certain product or even a service. But before anything else, you need to determine if the service or product that you plan to offer is marketable and in-demand. When an entrepreneur introduces a new service or product to the market, there should always be a demand for it. Otherwise, you will not be able to make a sale. Even if you think that you’ve found the best business opportunity, probably the most innovative and useful service/product, it will mean nothing if you have no market or people willing to purchase them. You will not be able to earn huge profits without market demand. Putting up a business may seem very easy to some people. Well, it is especially if you do it online. However, you do need to exert enough effort to make it a success. As mentioned a bit earlier, you first need to determine the demand for your business idea. How will you go about it? Read on and you will find out. 1. You must choose the appropriate market for your business idea. After that, you need to determine if your business idea, whether a service or a product, offers similar or the same benefits like those existing services/products. 2. If you plan to put up an online business, you have to make sure that your business idea can generate enough traffic. It should always be among the top searches in any given search engine. 3. Businesses, both online and offline are dealing with real people. In the case of online businesses, you will often find unethical practices or scams all throughout the net. Make sure that your business idea is not similar to them. Is your product/service easy, lazy, vanity, or trick-like? You must answer this question before you put your business plans into action. 4. Is your chosen market full of disposable income? These are some things that you need to answer and discover to determine if your business opportunity can compete in the market. Putting up a business will require money and a lot of your time as an entrepreneur. So before you start anything, you must take a hard, good, and long look at your business ideas. This is true to both products and services. As an entrepreneur, you only want to make money and as much as possible, you want to stay away from business loss. Sell only the things that the market demands. Studying the market demand is very important in determining if your chosen entrepreneur business opportunity is viable or not. Choosing the right business opportunity will always come side by side with market demand analysis. Entrepreneurs are well known risk takers in the field of business but before taking any risk, they calculate everything first and see if the risk is worth taking. Putting up a business is a serious undertaking and so even upon the start of choosing the entrepreneur business opportunity, one should already put his heart and mind to it. Read Full Story...
Posted by Ken Longbridge | Posted in Articles | Posted on 08-12-2009
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Money is really hard to find these days especially if you’re lazy. Entrepreneurs on the other hand are hard working and dedicated individuals. Once they set their minds to a certain business endeavor, they will surely find ways to make it successful. There are so many entrepreneur opportunities that you can find. All it takes is some research.
Many people think that putting up a business requires huge capital. When making a business investment, it is very important to have an ample amount of funds. Businesses starting from scratch will definitely need huge financial investments. But did you know that you can find entrepreneur business opportunities that require smaller amounts of investments? Yes, that’s true.
If you search diligently, you can find low cost entrepreneur opportunities that yield high returns. You will not find it hard to conduct your research because you can do it online. The internet provides a lot of resources that you can make use. In fact, by devoting your time to research, you can find several great low cost entrepreneur opportunities. Read Full Story...