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Network marketing prospecting is much more easily powered when using a funded proposal. A little education in regard to MLM funded proposals – Starting a MLM business takes money. You have heard “it takes money to make money.” Mike Dillard in his course entitled Building on a Budget, suggests that our goal as serious network marketers should be to invest $10,000 per month on advertising. Not from our own money, but from dollars derived from our MLM business opportunity. A great deal of the money that would go into the advertising would come from the MLM funded proposal. The idea of a proposal is relatively a new concept in the world of network marketing. It is essentially a way of putting people through a sales funnel in order to generate up front cash flow that can be used to fund their marketing efforts. Once you have the lead in your funnel, you can began marketing to the customer your MLM opportunity and/or a higher dollar back end product. MLM proposals are relati...

In 2007 I read a fascinating book by Nassim Taleb called The Black Swan. Taleb describes a black swan as a highly improbable event that is unpredictable and carries a massive impact. The 1987 stock market crash was a black swan. So was 9/11. And so were the extraordinary financial and economic events of 2008. So here we are in 2009 having to deal with economic circumstances that most of us would never have predicted a year ago. What can we do to give ourselves an edge in leaner times where several competitors are scrambling for fewer opportunities? In developing proposals, here are four factors to which you might want to pay extra attention. 1. Recognize the client’s issues More than ever we need to know what challenges the client is facing: * What is the reality of their present situation? * What is the state of their specific marketplace? * What steps are they taking to address issues in their marketplace? And how can we, in making a proposal, assist this client in dealing with ...

Distance, time zones, culture and language no longer limit where companies of any size have customers, suppliers or service providers in this age of seamless commerce between continents. One key to success – and survival – is finding a reliable, experienced business partner who performs essential back-office services at reduced cost but not reduced accuracy, speed or security. Global economic changes and technology advances make it vital for companies in a diverse array of industries to examine the benefits of transferring specific businesses processes to a responsive, knowledgeable provider who re-engineers and executes the functions according to each client’s standards at a guaranteed cost. As Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partnerships become increasingly common, companies lose their competitive position unless they trim expenses by letting domestic or offshore specialists administer routine support functions. Motivations for Action BPO solutions let organiza...

“Well Dr. Caldwell, what do you think is wrong?” “I’m not sure… I might need to do a more thorough investigation to the problem at hand.” “Doc, can you please tell me what the nature of the problem is… ?” “I don’t know.” “But Doc, what do you know?” “The one thing that I do know is… I don’t know. Do you know how many people are willing to admit they don’t know something?” “No Doc, how many?” “I don’t know.” Let’s face it… Contracts, Agreements, Business Deals, Marketing, and Administration are an intricate and underrated entity in our daily transactions and lifetime enterprises. Bureaucracy tends to burn every one of the more than two-thousand nerve endings coursing throughout our bodies when they tie us up in never-ending paperwork requiring signature after signature. The daily grind of contracts and the business that accompanies it...

Professionals and consultants who write proposals might wonder if they should be a deadline on their proposals, or if they should make the proposal open-ended. I’d suggest you always put an expiration date on your proposals. Here are six reasons why you should. Six Good Reasons to Put an Expiration Date on Your Proposals 1. It creates a call to action and a sense of urgency. The prospect realizes she must act by a certain date or the offer will disappear or new terms could apply. 2. It gives you are reason to contact the client to move ahead with the project. You could call the prospect a week before the deadline and ask if she has questions about the proposal and remind her that the deadline is approaching. 3. It helps you plan your activity. If all your proposals were to be accepted during the same week, you might find that you have more work than you can handle. By adding a deadline, you’ll know which proposals are active and which are languishing. 4. It protects you in c...