The Importance of a Solid Foundation

I'm a little tired of being "pitched" constantly on new start-up companies, to tell the truth. I get pitched through email, facebook, twitter, IM, texting, phone messages, etc. Everyone is pitching being positioned first or in networking terms, groundfloor. Well, let me explain something (experience talking), being first means nothing if the company hasn't proven themselves in the market place, is underfunded, is built on hype & there's no documented success with the product or opportunity. Network Marketing is an amazing vehicle to get products & services to the marketplace via word-of-mouth strategies, but if it's not coming from a solid financial & business savy foundation ... IT WON'T LAST. Distributors sign up, invest tons of hard earned money for a FAST START kit ... or ONE TIME PURCHASE ... get on the phones with their family & friends all pumped up about getting rich ... get their first order (maybe their second) & suddenly there are problems. Checks bounce from the company, they are stuck with inventory they usually don't use & can't consume, the company folds & no one wins here. So the same "leaders" jump to the next deal of the day. It makes me a little upset. So, let's now turn the tables on Vemma ... one of the only SOLID companies out there. It's parent company is 15 years old, a billion dollars strong! And the product - Vemma (energized version Verve & Verve Shot) is documented, researched, double-blind clinical studied...fabulous! It is solid folks. Fall in love with the product & start enrolling people onto your team. It's that easy. Use the tools - downloads, brochures, CD's, website, conference calls, etc. - to help you. Stay pumped! It's awesome & isn't going away. You can change your life & lifestyle here. It takes effort (consistently) - but the outcome is success. Time to rock 'n roll!

Keeping Things Simple :=)

I sound like a broken record when I mentor new distributors in Network Marketing. I say over & over again - "keep it simple". And for good reason. If you COMPLICATE...you can't DUPLICATE. If at anytime with your presentation or explanation of the business your Prospect says (or thinks) "I can't do that." Then you will not succeed with the duplication process - which is the secret to making the big bucks in this biz! You must "do to duplicate." Don't make things sound hard. Starting with your simple ONE MINUTE MESSAGE ... you tell them in 60 seconds what you are doing - why they should do it - & that they don't have to change anything they are currently doing to "do it." And always make sure to state that you are having fun! With a hot product like Verve - highly consumable (daily use) - just get everyone hooked on the product ... putting them on autoship. When your new Member sees product success guess what? It's a natural step for them to share that success with others. I always go from the product perspective. I actually couldn't get involved in a business where I didn't adore the product! Simply say ... "I'm having fun in a new business that is really easy because it has the only healthy energy drink on the market. You should do it too! You don't have to change anything you are doing, just drink the drink & tell people how great you feel!" Then let them ask questions - hand them a sample - follow-up (see it thru!) The follow-up is about (again) keeping it simple by using the upline & company TOOLS. Let those TOOLS TALK! Tools that you can use ... 1) your www.myvemma.com/teamburgess (your name) website where they can watch that great BK Boreyko video clip, 2) our support site www.teamburgess.com where they can hear a quick overview message & watch a product formulation video clip, 3) a HOTLINE voice mail message (949) 266-0344 where you can call it 24/7 from your cell phone right on the spot with your Prospects, or call it when you are doing your follow-up by 3-way calling it, 4) weekly biz opportunity calls on Tuesday or Thursday, 5) simple HOME TASTINGS (see Listen & Learn at www.teamburgess.com). My usual SIMPLE process with a potential new Member is ... HOTLINE ... WEBSITE ... CONFERENCE CALL ... 3-WAY CALL. But whatever order you use these amazing TOOLS...just keep it simple so that it is duplicatable. Your team needs to do exactly what you do & keep it simple too. DO TO DUPLICATE should be your daily goals. Be consistent. Be persistent & keep it simple. Have fun!!!

On the Road Again

I love the internet. I can be anywhere in the world (literally, seeings that I'm writing this blog from Istanbul, Turkey), & can communicate, update, evaluate, motivate...whatever "ate' needs being done right from your computer. I was just checking the growth of the group & was excited to see so many of my fab teams developing with or without me. Great! That is one of the beauties (& benefits) of this great biz. Like many of you, I have a job job that requires me to be there to make money. It's something I adore - teaching private voice students how to sing. I do love it, but if I'm not around to do the actual teaching, I make zip money. They call that "trading time for money". If I didn't love the results from seeing the growth in my students, I wouldn't do it. However, I've always done MLM because you can do it in your pj's anywhere - at anytime - from the road or from the car. You fall in love with a product like Vemma & Verve. You take it - see the benefits - share your story & sponsor. And if you help your people sponsor & anchor in your team downline - you make unlimited amounts of money. It works. It has always worked. And having the right company - right product - right pay plan - right support ...you win! From the road - from the car - from your kitchen table you can build this business. It's simple. Easy? If you get the right people...yes. Just keep talking - no matter where you are. The product is sensational!!! I'll be home from Turkey on the 9th. Until then ... keep peeps plugged into www.teamburgess.com & my recorded message at (949) 266-0344. xoxo

Liquid Gold

It's no secret to my friends & family that I adore the Vemma core formula - no matter which form it takes on. The formula is outstanding & really works. When I started on the Vemma formula over a year ago, my ankles were constantly swollen from a diabetic challenge. I had a hard time walking or standing for any length of time, & I was having to wear obnoxious shoes to support the problem. All of my wonderful high end shoes were collecting dust in my closet because I couldn't wear them. I could put them on, but had to take them off due to the swelling. That problem was corrected within weeks of taking the original Vemma product. And I was sleeping all night for the first time ever! I love the formula. It works. Aches & pains from having six children were no longer causing me the grief I had been dealing with. So, no matter which form I drink the formula in ... plain or peanut, as they say ... it gives me the same results. I think Verve is genius! You get all of that fab formula still working its magic in your body PLUS energy factors! Healthy energy that is accomplishing two major things. It doesn't get better than that. For those not wanting the "fizz" of Verve - they can still gain the benefits with the Verve Shot. So, guys...get people hooked on the formula. It's as simple as that. They get hooked then they will tell others about it. From those satisfied autoship customers you will build a biz!!! Blitz it!!!

Start Up Momentum & Massive Action!!!

With 36 years of success in MLM under my belt, I've learned that in order for your biz to really take off & make you consistent money - big bucks - you have to shoot out the gate in massive action. That means you don't wait around, take your time, diddle daddle, piddle with products, etc. You start immediately talking to people, putting them on weekly calls, sampling them, signing them up on autoship & create immediate momentum. You are excited at the very beginning of your biz building. You have big dreams. You see yourself at the top with leadership. You are pumped! So, it's crucial to kick in big time. As they say..."ignorance on fire!" All you know is VEMMA - vitamins, essential minerals, mangosteen & aloe. And you know that you had great results with the product! And folks, that's all you need to know. Once you get a little knowledge, you bore people to death, take things too seriously & start lecturing, vs biz building! Don't let that happen to you. Plug in. Plug people in. Light fires everywhere. Hold short, exciting tastings & really rock 'n roll with the biz! Talk the biz everyday. And, if you are pokey & fall into that sleeper category...fire yourself & hire yourself again. Start new. Start fresh. HAVE FUN!!! This rocks!!!

Self Motivation

Are you self motivated, or are you in constant need of motivation to get yourself focused on building your Vemma business? To be successful at anything in this life, you have to be self motivated. From day one, write down your goals & write down (in detail) your reasons for succeeding at this business. This is called your "why." When you first enroll, you are pumped. You are excited about the possibilities! You have big dreams & just know you can succeed. However, a couple of months into the business building process, you lose sight of those original dreams. You may attend a convention & get all pumped up again. But does it last? Here's the secret to staying motivated...stay plugged in. Plug in with the weekly calls. There are upline calls every night of the week. Ruth Elliott's Wednesday Webinars are a fantastic motivator! And they are extremely informative. Plug in with these, & actually participate if possible. Enroll one new person a week. A new person changes your entire paradigm from negative & down...to up & excited! Read your goals. Rewrite your goals if you've achieved them & need bigger things to work towards. Listen to positive CD's & tapes. Call your upline to report your success. Anchor in positive energy by consistently doing daily income generating activity like sampling, prospecting, following up. Get out there with your Ipod & take an hour POWER WALK with great music playing in your ears. Look around you as you walk & recognize God's hand in all of nature's beauty! Look in the mirror & tell yourself how great things are. Surround yourself with positive people. Let go of your negative relationships. Have fun. Smile. Laugh. Love. You have what it takes to succeed, so never doubt yourself. If in doubt...plug in! Win!!!

Drive the Leg!

Your business has two legs. One leg usually takes off from the spillover of upline activity. If you've anchored both legs by sponsoring one on the left and one on the right, you drive the outside leg first (that's the one getting the spillover activity) until it's pretty much "cookin'!" You need one leg to be 3x's what the other leg is. Once you've blasted that one leg, then start building the other one. Every time you enroll someone into that left leg, you click in some cycles. Cycles mean money to you. $$$ I learned this the hard way because I'd never worked a binary plan before. I was equal volume on both legs & was losing big time money & positioning. Ruth Elliott looked at my backoffice & brought this to my attention. I'm passing that advise onto you. Look at your legs, anchor then drive one of the legs until it is far outperforming the other leg. Drive that leg by calling those you've enrolled & helping them enroll with 3-way calls, phone invites to meetings & conference calls. Drive it hard & then move to the other leg. If you drive a leg correctly (3 way calls, invites, teaming up with your key peeps) - your group will explode! If you just enroll - no driving of the leg - it won't. That's the bottom line. Drive!!!