@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @/@ @/@ @//@ ===>MASTER NETWORKER<=== @//@ @///@ PROFESSOR LON LINDSEY @///@ @////@ A BUSINESS FOR EVERYONE @////@ @/////@ THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM @/////@ @//////@ THE ART OF BUILDING A BUSINESS @//////@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MASTER NETWORKER #5 A BUSINESS FOR EVERYONE November 13, 1996 ===================================================== INSIDE YOU WILL FIND: Network Marketing By Mail Are You Addicted? . . A little "Net Humor" . . . "re you addicted?" The Archive of Master Networker Publications Our weekly one liner. The Master Networker recommended business web page for the week. ================================================== Hello fellow "Master Networker" subscribers! This is number five in the Master Networker series. If you happened to miss the first four publications, you can retrieve them at: http://masternetworker.com/mailfiles/mailfile.html or you can retrieve them by email from the auto-responder: MasterNetworker-Issue#.txt@masternetworker.com Substitute the desired issue number in place of the "#" Example: mailto:MasterNetworker-Issue4.txt@masternetworker.com *********************************************************************** Do I appear larger? . . .I just upgraded to 1.6 gig and a 33.6 modem . . and now I hear of a 56 baud modem coming out. Well, it doesn't speed up my typing so I guess it won't matter! This is a reminder that the Master Networker series is purposely set up for the beginning networker or for those considering networking or even for networkers who have yet to be successful in networking. This means that The Master Networker series covers basic networking principles with the purpose of developing a firm foundation for networking. "The Master Networker" will be void of information that will thrust you to a $90,000 income within 90 days or a $15,000 monthly income without doing any work. Why? Because that isn't how networking works. I've been in networking for twelve years, and I have yet to meet anyone who has obtained networking riches without working for it . . .especially $90,000 in ninety days. This series is about the real world of networking. *********************************************************************** The PINNACLE DOWNLINE CLUB is New and Different from other Downline Clubs. You can earn your way towards the Top of the downline by referring new members. We will also be joining a program through another downline club or support group. By doing this, we will benefit by what they already have in place. FREE to SIGN-UP! Send an e-mail to Jeff Stanners at: PinnacleDC@aol.com for further information or to sign-up. *********************************************************************** NETWORK MARKETING BY MAIL BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH Published reports by leading business analysts list network marketing as one of the "TEN BEST" opportunities for growth from now to the 21st century. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that more than 20 million Americans now own and operate a home-based business. Today we know that over 100,000 people per month are joining home-based network marketing businesses. This 40-year-old, worldwide, multibillion dollar industry is successfully providing incomes to millions of people from all walks of life. With more and more major companies entering the arena, the stage is set for explosive growth in the network marketing industry. There is every reason to believe that whether you are already successful in network marketing, or just about to begin your networking career, this year will provide the opportunity for you to enjoy your very best year ever in terms of income! Mailorder business opportunities are among some of the oldest and biggest that provide many of the best ways for a beginner to make his or her first million on a shoe string. One of the things that makes it possible is the fact that the average rate of mailorder response is about one percent to two percent. That may not seem very big, but it is big enough. Many fortunes have been made with mailorder businesses over the years. A SOLUTION FOR OUR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS? The truth is that network marketing offers one of the few solutions to our tragic economic conditions: poverty, unemployment, downsizing among people who want to work, and the fact that only five percent of Americans over 65 are able to support themselves after working most of their adult lives. Network marketing can give thousands upon thousands of unemployed and retired people a source of income. It can help people save money on products and services they want and need. It can provide a source of accomplishment, plus the mental and emotional satisfaction that is so important. A GREATER MARKETING STRATEGY The concept of combining mailorder marketing with network marketing has proven to be the answer to many beginning entrepreneur's dreams. By combining these two successful marketing businesses, an even greater marketing strategy has been developed. This new strategy has produced an opportunity of a lifetime for millions of people - an opportunity that never before was thought possible. However, please note a word of caution. These opportunities will not make you a Donald Trump or a Mary Kay or a Howard Hughes over night. There are no miracles and no get-rich-quick schemes that work for the average networker. There are no free rides and there is no such thing as something for nothing. There is an old saying: "When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is just that - too good to be true!" A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY Networking by mail is a unique opportunity of the 90s; a business that can be run from your home, part time or full time; a business that you and your family can operate together. It is a recession-proof business. You do not have to borrow money from the banks or invest huge amounts of money to start. You do not deal with employees. There are very few overhead expenses. It's a cash business. Success is not dependent on education or lack of it. Even with the Internet becoming so popular for presenting and building network marketing businesses, mail order continues to be utilized by more people . . . if for no other reason than to be able to present an adequate and professional picture of the opportunity and company. =========================================== The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. --Martha Washington -- =========================================== Where in the world can you start a business from your home for as little as a $20 investment and build a business that can generate thousands of dollars of earnings per year or possibly give you the financial freedom you dream of. If you like people and like to associate with winners, and if you would like to have the freedom to work when you want to, then being self-employed is for you and your family. You run your own company and you are free to be yourself. That is what free enterprise is all about. Entrepreneurs and traditional business people who are financially successful in their own fields and who would never have dreamed of becoming involved in either mailorder or network marketing just a few years ago are joining this new industry. They can now make more money from their home or office without personal selling and without ever intruding on their friends or professional associates. They are joining because they've become aware of the importance of having an additional or second income. There is absolutely no doubt that with the concept of doing network marketing by mail, there is a "Business For Everyone." Network marketing programs can take up as much or as little of your time as you want to spend. That means that busy people can also work them. Notice I said "WORK." You do work; and like anything else you do, the more you put into your network marketing program, the more you get out of it. Some people mistakenly join network marketing programs thinking that they will get a quick return on their investment with little or no work. There's no such thing as a "free lunch" or something for nothing. Beware of those who tell you they will build your business for you. What they are really saying is "I am building my business and along the way I might be able to help you some." Don't depend on someone else doing it all for you. It won't happen . . . whether you do it by mail, in person or via the Internet. Prepare to focus your efforts on your business and above all, be persistent. Remember, networking effectiveness is many people doing a little instead of a few people doing alot. Networking is working smarter, not harder. ***************************************** BUSINESS WEB PAGE OF THE WEEK Networker 2.1 - Exclusive Contact Manager Software for Network Marketers. http://www.mlmsoft.com/ ****************************************** This week's one liner ---------------------------------- When people draw their own conclusions, it's usually a caricature. ========================================================= NET HUMOR? This was emailed to me this week. Although there was no indication who assembled this humorous approach to the Internet, I traced it back to Peggy Hendricks (pjzako@athenet.net). I was able to relate to many of the "Are we Addicted" statements. How about you? Are we addicted??!! You know you are addicted to the Internet when... You actually wore a blue ribbon to protest the Communications Decency Act. You kiss your girl friend's home page. Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. Your eyeglasses have a web site burned in on them. You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to search. You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines. You finally do take that vacation, but only after buying a cellular modem and a laptop. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap... and your child in the overhead compartment. All your daydreaming is preoccupied with getting a faster connection to the net: 28.8...ISDN...cable modem...T1...T3. And even your night dreams are in HTML. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one. You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading. You start introducing yourself as "Jim at I-I-Net dot net dot au Your heart races faster and beats irregularly each time you see a new WWW site address in print or on TV, even though you've never had heart problems before. You step out of your room and realize that your parents have moved and you don't have a clue when it happened. You turn on your intercom when leaving the room so you can hear if new e-mail arrives. Your wife drapes a blond wig over your monitor to remind you of what she looks like. All of your friends have an @ in their names. When looking at a pageful of someone else's links, you notice all of them are already highlighted in purple. Your dog has its own home page. You've already visited all the links at Yahoo and you're halfway through Lycos. or [C]ontinue? You can't call your mother...she doesn't have a modem. You realize there is not a sound in the house and you have no idea where your children are. You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again. You refer to your age as 3.x. You have commandeered your teenager's phone line for the net and even his friends know not to call on his line anymore. Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box. Even though you died last week, you've managed to retain OPS on your favorite IRC channel. You code your homework in HTML and give your instructor the URL. You don't know the sex of three of your closest friends, because they have neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask. You name your children Eudora, Mozilla and Dotcom. You laugh at people with 2400 baud modems. Your husband tells you he's had the beard for 2 months. You miss more than five meals a week downloading the latest games from Apogee.t, or [C]ontinue? You start looking for hot HTML addresses in public restrooms. You wake up at 3 am. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape. You tell the cab driver you live at http://123.elm.street/house/bluetrim.html You actually try that 123.elm.street address. You tell the kids they can't use the computer because "Daddy's got work to do" and you don't even have a job. Your friends no longer send you e-mail...they just log on to your IRC channel. You buy a Captain Kirk chair with a built-in keyboard and mouse. Your wife makes a new rule: "The computer cannot come to bed." You are so familiar with the WWW that you find the search engines useless. You get a tattoo that says "This body best viewed with Netscape 2.01or higher." You never have to deal with busy signals when calling your ISP...because you never log off. The last girl you picked up was only a jpeg. You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in front of your computer with a toilet. You forget what year it is. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. You ask your doctor to implant a gig in your brain. You leave the modem speaker on after connecting because you think it sounds like the ocean wind...the perfect soundtrack for "surfing the net". You begin to wonder how on earth your service provider is allowed to call 200 hours per month "unlimited." You turn on your computer and turn off your wife. Your wife says communication is important in a marriage...so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat. As your car crashes through the guard rail on a mountain road, your first instinct is to search for the "back" button. *********************************************************** Any suggestions for Master Networker articles? Submit to: professor@multi-level.com Remember, on the internet, it's not only who you know and what you know, but also WHERE YOU GO! See you there! Professor Lindsey If you want to unsubscribe from "The Master Networker" send e-mail to professor@multi-level.com and put unsubscribe in subject area.