Posts by tonyaa
Hiring Consultants
Sometimes I hear tall tales about startup companies doing $300,000,000 of business within a few years of opening their doors. In truth, this rarely happens. No one is profitable right from the start. Successful companies typically spend at least a year or two figuring things out. It takes time to find your core leaders and…
Read MoreHow to Know Your Strengths – Part 2
In the network-marketing profession, I have had the privilege of administering the Assessment (Intentional Creation Assessment and Coaching Program) with over 5,700 individuals—more than 7,000 hours of interviews—most Og coaches conduct even more interviews. Through these private and powerful experiences, we were able to identify seven thought processes that approximately 92% of all networkers share in…
Read MoreHow to Know Your Strengths – Part 1
In January of 2000, Bette Mandino called me and shared that the person who owned the film rights to The Greatest Salesman in the World was not going to renew due to a serious illness in the family. She asked, “Would you be interested?” It took a moment to realize the magnitude of this moment…
Read MorePersonal Development and FTC Case Filed
We’re talking about personal development this week on MLM.com. From giving and receiving feedback to time management for management, we’ll cover a range of topics to help you maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. When it comes to personal development, we all know there are some key areas on which to focus. Today’s post…
Read MoreDealing with Difficult People and Relationships
What is a difficult person or relationship? Most of us know one when we see one. However, that is not a good definition for an academic. In an attempt to define difficult people, Brammer surveyed 300 participants in six different organizations and came up with the following list of behaviors: “Aggressiveness, lack of clarity, poor…
Read MorePayment Tips from the Experts at ProPay
With our week’s focus on startups, we consulted the experts at ProPay, a company that has provided payment services to businesses of all sizes since 1997. Our panel included: Bryce Thacker, Executive Vice-President of Sales, Scott Nelson, Vice-President of Marketing, and Lance Rich, Executive Vice-President of Risk and Customer Services. Initially, ProPay focused on merchant…
Read MoreHow did the biggest MLMs get started?
We’re talking about startups this week on MLM.com and what better way to encourage success than sharing the startup facts about some of the largest direct sales companies on the planet? Avon is a world leader in the cosmetics and beauty products world. With almost six million distributors and a revenue exceeding $10 billion a year,…
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