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ATTENTION NETWORKERS!!! Is the only way to be successful in Network Marketing is to get involved at the right time? Getting in early is the catch of any new network marketing company to hit the market. I attended a Xango opportunity meeting in 2001, where the premise was “Prelaunch, get in early and get rich!!!!”

Who can deny the truth of this? Those who sit high aloft in their good timing towers, collecting the residual checks, will do meetings and emphatically claim that timing is always good for network marketing. Lets look at the top earners of Xango- who are they? The answer is simple. The ones at the top are those who got in at the beginning.

Residual income of an mlm marketing plan is the dream that sells. The key to which is group growth occurring well beyond your contribution efforts, thus geometrically expanding your income. The problem is saturation, the timing runs out. Whether it is the business opportunity that is saturated, or the product has reached market saturation- it ALWAYS happens. There is no question that, in spite of the record growth Xango once enjoyed, Xango too has reached its end. What is the remedy? Get ready for the a string of new Xango products, a marketing plan tweak, or just something new to get the “getting in early” opportunity resuscitated. Even with this, it will be a band-aid fix, the time to get rich with Xango, sadly, is OVER!!!

Attention network marketers! You know who you are. You know this business, and you have attended an opportunity meeting or two. The other day, in the middle of an opportunity meeting for MonaVie’s Acaiberry drink. I stepped back and just watched. I saw the confident expressions on all the willing participant faces. Their emphatic applause imparted the hope that one day they would succeed. Hope that one day they would earn an income enabling their dreams to come true. In this relentless pursuit to self-reliance, I wondered how much money they spend, how much energy and faith exert, and how much time they spend for their network marketing careers.

The numbers do not lie. The vast majority of network marketing ventures end in failure (much like any business venture). However, few businesses create a following where meetings are more like religious revivals than training meetings. This MonaVie meeting was excellent. The speaker, an attractive master at his craft, could say no wrong. The faithful applauded loudly, hanging on his every word. He is the living epitome of success, and all watching apparently wanting to emulate him.

Anyone who has cashed a hard earned commission check knows that the heart of network marketing beats in the meetings we hold and attend, much like attending church. MLM 101 dictates that meetings generally consist of three main elements as follows:

1. Product Explanation- improves your life
2. Corporate Background- trusted individuals who help you
3. Business Opportunity- get ahead in life

Truly successful “networkers” have very good, informative, and motivational meetings. The cutting edge product is absolutely essential to your health, corporate figureheads are noble with supreme business acumen, and most importantly, the sense of urgency with their unique business opportunity rivals the need for food and water. My question is, how is this different than a religion? Religions might be characterized with the following:

1. Product- better way of life (a set of rules to live by)
2. Corporate Background- trusted servants (God and his servants)
3. Business Opportunity- get ahead in life (go to heaven, not to hell).

Maybe this is a stretch. But, it is evident that many religiously follow their MLM. In my last meeting it happened to be MonaVie. Passionate belief in their juice and business opportunity justifies what the vast majority pays (or donates). All to be a part a company that is very much bigger than they are individually. Yes, they certainly do get something for their money, and some do end up making a good living. Is it a freakin’ religion? No, but I think it is close. Is that necessarily a bad thing?