Success in network marketing comes down to a few simple basics backed by a few simple principles.  Here are three principles that I consider crucial to success as a network marketer.

Always Be Coachable

Being coachable is one of the most important traits of the successful marketer.  Why?  Everyone comes to network marketing without a clue as to how to succeed.  It’s absolutely crucial that you work with a coach, usually the person that sponsored you into the business, in order to learn how to work the business successfully.  If you’re not willing to take direction, encouragement, and the occasional constructive criticism, you’re setting the stage for your own failure.

Believe!

Belief is another crucial success principle.  After being coachable, it’s perhaps the next most important principle.  Believing in yourself, in your success, in your product, and in you opportunity allows you to make it through the difficult times.  Without that belief, you’re liable to throw your hands up and quit as soon as the going gets tough.  If you believe with all your heart that you will be successful, no matter what happens, you’ll be able to stay focused and stay motivated regardless of the many challenges that you’ll face.

Be Action Oriented, Not Result Oriented

Success in network marketing comes, in large part, as a result of taking daily action toward growing your business.  You must take action in order to succeed, and you must take action regardless of the immediate results of that action! (Of course, you’ve got to take the right action, but that’s what your coach is for.)  Success is a marathon, not a sprint, and results don’t always come right away.  In fact, the results you’re looking for sometimes don’t appear for quite some time!  Remember the right action will always produce the desired results.  Stay focused on action, and the results will follow.

What principles have been important to your success?

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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Joseph Addison

With all of the hype surrounding network marketing, some positive, some negative, some downright unbelievable, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that networking marketing is a profession much like any other.

Success as a network marketer requires passion, hard work, and knowledge.  Here are my Top Five, Must-Read Books for the network marketer and small business owner. (You’ll notice that only the first book in this list applies directly to network marketing.)

Your First Year in Network Marketing

Network marketing is one of the most fun and rewarding businesses in the world . . .

According to Amazon, I’ve owned Your First Year in Network Marketing since June of 2005.  It’s been an invaluable resource as a reference and a training tool, both for myself and the people on my team.  If you only purchase one book on network marketing, this is the one to buy.

Think & Grow Rich

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. –Napoleon Hill

Think & Grow Rich was first published in 1937, the result of more than 20 years of research into what makes hugely wealthy people so successful.  When I first heard about Think & Grow Rich, I was skeptical it would contain anything other than pop-psychology drivel aimed at the get rich quick market.  I couldn’t have been more wrong.

There are many avenues to great wealth, and the wildly successful all have their own stories, but there’s not a single one of them that will tell you they’ve achieved their success without a definite purpose, big goals, and a burning desire to be successful.  If you’d like to follow in their footsteps, I would recommend studying this book.

As A Man Thinketh

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. –James Allen

As A Man Thinketh is the one book on this list that I would recommend to anyone and everyone, regardless of their aspirations for success in small business.  I have learned more from this little book about the power of thought and its impact on my life than any other book I have read.  If you study this short essay closely, you’ll find that it’s source material for many of the most popular positive thinking books that follow, including Think & Grow Rich and the recent, wildly popular book and movie The Secret.  While I’ve enjoyed reading other books on this same topic, I’ve not found a single book I value more highly.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. –Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People is another book that I avoided for many years, assuming that it would teach me how to manipulate people into liking me just long enough for me to profit financially from the relationship.  Boy was I wrong! Reading this book has been influential in my development as a person, as a friend, and as a successful marketer.

One of the most important lessons to learn in network marketing is that people aren’t interested in buying into your business, they’re interested in buying into you! Practical application of the principles learned in this book will help you become the kind of person that people want to invest in.

Lower Your Taxes Big Time

Tax evasion is illegal.  Tax avoidance is the American way of life. –Claiborne Ferguson

One of the very best reasons to start a small business, any small business, is the ability to save on your taxes every year.  One of the biggest hurdles to making sure you’re reaping all of the tax benefits that you’re due are the incredibly difficult to understand tax rules and regulations.  Lower Your Taxes Big Time breaks down the confusing tax code into small, easy to understand sections that make doing your taxes at the end of the year much easier and highly profitable.  I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of these books over the years (they’re updated each year), and I’d recommend them highly to any small business owner who’s interested in learning more about the tax advantages of owning their own business.

What books would you add to your Top 5 List?

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Blu Frog Energy is the best tasting energy drink on the market. It’s packed full of natural goodness, has fewer calories than the competition, and it kicks like a mule!  Here are five reasons that you should be drinking Blu Frog Energy.

Blu Frog Energy Does a Body Good

No added flavors, no added sugars, and two ounces of Original Limu in every can means that Blu Frog is not just good for you, it’s great! See “What’s in Blu Frog?” for more.

Blu Frog Energy Gets You Through the Afternoon Slump

I don’t know about you, but I usually have a little energy slump around 3pm every day.  Long days at the office spent in front of the computer can be really tough – draining both physical and mental energies.  A can of Blu Frog helps me get through that slump and keeps me going strong until quitting time.

Blu Frog Energy Tastes Great

Blu Frog is full of delicious, natural fruit flavors.  Mango and papaya puree, combined with pear juice and apple juice concentrates, create a delicious mix of flavors that make drinking this energy drink a truly enjoyable experience.

Blu Frog Energy Pays You to Drink

Yes, you read that right! All you need to do to earn is purchase some product for yourself and share Blu Frog with your friends! Blu Frog will provide you with your very own marketing site (here’s mine), and every time your friends buy Blu Frog from your site, the company sends you a check! See “Seven Ways to Make Money Sharing Blu Frog Energy” for more.

Blu Frog Energy Helps You Stick It to the Tax Man

Let me tell you how it will be,
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.

– Taxman by The Beatles

A lawyer friend of mine once told me, “Tax evasion is illegal.  Tax avoidance is the American way of life.”  I agree wholeheartedly, and there’s no better way to stick it to the Tax Man than by starting your own home-based business. Don’t take my word for it! Check out “Let the tax genie out of the bottle” from MarketWatch for further details.

Wrapping Up

There you have it, five great reasons to drink Blu Frog Energy! How can you go wrong with an energy drink that tastes great and is great for you? And while the home-business aspect of Blu Frog certainly isn’t for everyone, it really sweetens the pot for me and for many of my friends.

Ready for some Blu Frog of your own? Go ahead and grab a case or two. Questions, comments? Drop me a line at jeremy at gimmeblufrog dot com or leave me a comment below. I look forward to hearing from you!

The U.S. economy is in tough shape right now, and consensus opinion says things are going to get worse before they get better. A lot of people are cutting back, considering a second job, and working hard to make their income stretch as far as possible.

For me, an extra $500 would give me a lot of extra breathing room in my monthly budget. It would go a long way towards achieving my goal of total financial independence. In short order, I would be free and clear of my credit cards and my car payment, allowing me to start saving all that money I’m currently throwing at monthly debt payments. I can’t wait for that day to come!

How about you? How would your life change with an extra 500 bucks per month?

Who isn’t interested in making extra money?  Who isn’t interested in making a ridiculous amount of extra money?  They say the economy is bad.  They say things will get worse before things get better.  Seriously?  I’m not going to let that bring me down.  I refuse to participate in a recession!  There are always opportunities, even in the worst of times, and Blu Frog Energy is one of those opportunities.

Have you ever heard the saying, “You’ve got to have money in order to make money”?  I’m here to tell you that’s BULL.  Whoever said that never heard of the seven ways to make money with Blu Frog Energy.

How to Get Started

First, and most importantly, you need to sign up for Blu Frog before you can start making money.  To get started, all you need to do is sign up to receive two cases of Blu Frog on a monthly basis.  Seriously!  That’s it!

Personal Sales

Grab yourself a couple of cases of Blu Frog Energy and start drinkin’.  Your friends, family, even strangers are going to want to know what in the world Blu Frog is.  Tell ‘em it’s the best tasting, all natural energy drink on the market, and sell ‘em a couple of cans to try for themselves! I can’t tell you how many cans of Blu Frog Energy that I’ve sold since the launch this weekend.  Get yourself a case of 24 for $65 and sell ‘em for $4 a can.  You do the math.

Fast Start Bonus

Who doesn’t love to make some quick money?  Who doesn’t like a lot of quick money?  That’s what the Fast Start Bonus is all about!  The Fast Start Bonus pays 50% the first month and 40% the second.  And that’s paid out weekly!  That means for every case of Blu Frog Energy purchased by the friends you refer, you’ll pick up $25 in the first month and $20 in the second month!

The Fast Start Bonus is paid weekly.

Fast Start Pool

The Fast Start Pool is a way to earn even more quick cash.  For every five folks that you refer in a 30-day period who order two or more cases of Blu Frog Energy, you get paid a fat bonus!  Because the bonus is based on a percentage of Blu Frog sold, the amount varies month to month, but it’s usually at least $100.

The Fast Start Pool is paid monthly.

Level Bonuses

“Residual income” means getting paid over and over for work that you did once.  Musicians and authors make residual income, getting paid every time their music is played or every time a book is sold.  You can earn residual income as well!  Every time one of the people you refer buys more product, you get paid.  Refer ‘em once, get paid every single time they order Blu Frog Energy.

Even better, if the people you refer share Blu Frog with their friends, you get paid!  You can get paid up to eight levels deep!  That’s some serious long term money.

Level Bonuses are paid monthly.

Matching Bonus

The Matching Bonus allows you to get paid an extra bonus on the Level Bonuses of all the people you refer.  If your referrals are sharing Blu Frog themselves, they’re earning Level Bonuses of their own, and you get a cut.  Not bad, eh?

The Matching Bonus is paid on a monthly basis.

Global Bonus Pool

How would you like to earn a percentage of every Coca-Cola sold?  That would be a dream, wouldn’t it?  Well, for qualified Blu Frog Energy members, you can earn a cut of every single Blu Frog Energy drink sold nationwide!  Imagine what that would look like.  Blu Frog Energy is already taking the nation by storm.  Energy drink sales are up 516% over the last five years.  After you qualify, you get a cut of each Blu Frog sold.  That’s truly making money while you sleep!

The Global Bonus Pool is paid monthly.

Wrapping Up

There you have it.  Seven ways to make ridiculous money sharing Blu Frog Energy.  What are you waiting for?  Grab yourself a couple of cases and get started today!

Questions?  Shoot me an email at the address listed in the sidebar or drop a question in the comments.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Blu Frog is a wildly healthy, absolutely delicious energy drink that’s packed with great for your body ingredients! It kicks like a mule, and since it’s packed with natural goodness, there’s no nasty crash that’s so common with other energy drinks.  What’s more, there are two ounces of Original Limu in every can!  Taking into account that Blu Frog contains no added sugars, no artificial flavors, and all natural ingredients, Blu Frog is not just good for you, it’s great!  Can you believe it?  A truly healthy energy drink! How many other energy drinks can say that? (What’s Original Limu?  No worries, I’ll tell you all about that in a minute.)

How does Blu Frog Taste?

What does Blu Frog taste like?  Well, it’s hard to describe (everyone has different tastes), but it’s safe to say that Blu Frog is light and refreshing, with natural fruit flavors.  It includes a blend of papaya and mango puree, and apple and pear juice concentrate, and no artificial flavors to get in the way of those delicious fruit flavors.  To say that it goes down smoothly is an understatement.  It doesn’t have that nasty, thick, syrupy taste that so many other energy drinks have, thanks to the fact that there aren’t any added sugars.

Blu Frog Destroys the Competition

How does Blu Frog stack up to the competition?  Yeah, Blu Frog pretty much kicks the competition’s ass.  It’s got fewer calories, fewer carbs, more B6, and more B12 than those other energy drinks.  For a more detailed comparison, see Blu Frog vs. The World.

About Original Limu

I promised to tell you more about Original Limu, so here goes.  Original Limu is the world’s best tasting super food, an immune boosting supplement with all the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that your body needs to take care of itself.  Original Limu is the world’s best source of fucoidan, quite possibly the most important and effective immune boosting supplement ever discovered.  How about some quotes from people in the know?

“The greatest health discovery of our time, even surpassing the discovery of penicillin and antibiotics.”

Dr. Thomas F. Bailey
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Practicing Over 25 Years

“Original Limu™ is the one product I have gotten the most results from in all my years of practicing medicine.”

Ron Manzanero, M.D.
Board Certified in Family Medicine and Contributing Author
of Fat and Furious and Living Well with Hypothyroidism

With two ounces of Original Limu in every can, Blu Frog isn’t just healthy, it’s WILDLY healthy!

Wait, I Can Get Paid to Drink Blu Frog?

As if that wasn’t enough, Blu Frog pays you to share with your friends!  No kidding!  When you order your cases of Blu Frog, you get a free marketing website where your friends can order Blu Frog for themselves (Here’s mine: http://www.blufrogenergy.com/jeremy).  The Limu Company, the company behind Blu Frog, will pay you for every referral that you send their way, and they pay extremely well.  Drinking Blu Frog is a no-brainer.  Sharing Blu Frog is a no-brainer.  What are you waiting for?  Grab yourself a couple of cases and get Froggy today!

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The Blu Frog launch wrapped up on Saturday night, and it was one hell of an awesome event.  It was great to see old friends, make some new friends, and to be present at the birth of Blu Frog Energy.  Here’s the scoop:

Blu Frog was finally made available to the public this weekend.  I got to drink the first of many cans on Friday night, and I was impressed.  It tastes great, it’s all natural, I experienced a significant energy boost without that nasty crash so many other drinks cause.  No added flavors, no added artificial sugars, fewer calories, full of vitamins, minerals, nutrients – seriously, what doesn’t Blu Frog have going for it?

Blu Frog is teaming up with NASCAR, sponsoring Larry Foyt’s #56 Chevrolet Monte Carlo at the upcoming Daytona Speedweek.  Blu Frog is also sponsoring Foyt’s #74 Dodge truck earlier in the weekend.  UPDATE: Edited to correct the specifics, full details now available!

Ted Murphy of Izea delivered a great talk on social marketing on Saturday afternoon.  Ted has tons of energy, is a lot of fun to listen to, and really knows his business.  He shared the basics of social marketing, introduced the crowd to sites like Twitter and Facebook, and went so far as to help an attendee sign up for Twitter on the spot!  Nice work, Ted.

There was a great presentation about TLC’s charitable initiative, For Goodness Sake (TLC is the company behind Blu Frog).  While most charities have had to cut back on the donations that they’re making, For Goodness Sake has actually increased its donations!  It a testament to both the great success of TLC and the leadership at TLC.  Being able to give so much during a time of such great need is amazing, and it’s something that I’m proud to be a part of.

The new “Prosperity Plan” outlined all the new ways to get paid by sharing Blu Frog Energy.  There are five, count ‘em, five ways to get paid for sharing (Wait, there are seven ways to get paid! Seven!)!  The most exciting part of the new Prosperity Plan is the up-front money that’s now possible.  I get 50% commission on new sales in the first month, and 40% in the second month!  That translates into what I like to call “stupid” money.  Full details are available here.  Cha-ching!

I got my hands on my first four cases of Blu Frog on Saturday evening.  I couldn’t wait to get it back to my hotel room and chilled so I could start gulping it down.  I didn’t make it back to my hotel room before I sold two cans to a guy standing outside of the hotel.  He asked me what I was carrying, so I told him that it’s a brand new energy drink that’s  great tasting and all-natural.  He shelled out for two cans on the spot!  When I say that Blu Frog sells itself, I speak from experience.

I’m back in Memphis now after that awesome whirlwind weekend in Texas, and I can’t wait to start sharing Blu Frog with everyone I know.  2009 is going to be an awesome year for Blu Frog, for TLC, and for myself.  Want to get involved?  Check out the FAQ to find out how.

Everyone is drinking energy drinks, but most energy drinks are really, really bad for you.  What’s more, most of them taste awful!  Blu Frog Energy is the healthiest, best tasting, fastest acting energy drink ever!  Drinking Blu Frog will send you from groggy to froggy in not time, and sharing Blu Frog with your friends will put some fast cash in your pockets!  Want to learn more?  Opt in below!