Are You Simply a Coach or Are You a Mentor?

I receive tips and training for networks marketers from my mentor, Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter that I thought I'd share with you. The following was taken from The Big Al Report:

Consider these definitions.

To be a coach, you don't have to know how to do what you are coaching. Many coaches simply listen to their distributors and tell the distributors they already know what to do and how to do it. As coaches, they simply hold the distributors accountable for their actions.

These coaches don't have to be good sponsors, good presenters, or good leaders. They simply hold the distributors accountable, and attempt to motivate them into action by talking about their "Why," etc.

To be a mentor, you should already have the skills the distributor seeks to learn. In this case, the distributor does not have certain skills and experiences, and seeks the answers from the mentor. The mentor is not responsible for motivating or holding the distributor accountable. The mentor assumes the distributor already is highly motivated and will put the lessons into action.

To be a mentor, you must first master the skills the distributor seeks. And if you master the skills, the distributor seeks you.

And what if the distributor is not self-motivated?

Well, the distributor won't be seeking you out.

Are you simply a coach that talks a good talk? Or are you a coach that motivates distributors to take action? Are you a mentor that has mastered skills and can pass them on to self-motivated people?

Or, are you simply a lousy sponsor that recruited a distributor and quickly moved on to finding your next new distributor?

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart
404-604-6947

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How is Eating Crawfish Like Network Marketing?

I recently visited my hometown of New Orleans, La. The first thing I did when I arrived was get crawfish. In fact, during the week, I ate crawfish as often as I could because I haven't found a place in Georgia with good crawfish.

I grew up eating crawfish and know how to eat them so. There are a couple of ways to eat them. You can suck the head and pinch the tail -- quickest way or you can suck the head and peel the tail -- much slower. And, you can just simply eat the tail without sucking the head. As I said I grew up eating them so I am a crawfish connoisseur. Of course, I use method 1 and so does my son, Kenan. On the other hand, his friend, Damon, uses method 2. Once Kenan and Damon were eating crawfish -- Kenan doing method 1 & Damon method 2. Watching them was their friend, Steve, a non-native New Orleanian who had never eaten them and didn't know how. He found it fasinating to watch them. They both started with the same amount but, because Kenan pinched the tail and Damon peeled them, Kenan was finished much sooner. But, because Damon didn't stop, he eventually finished his.

Now there is a wrong way to eat crawfish and that is to leave on the shell. Eating them with the shell on would be very frustrating and the crawfish experience woould not be pleasant. You may think it is easy to figure out how to eat crawfish, but Steve didn't have a clue until he was shown how.

How does that relate to mlm? Well, there is a right way and a wrong way to build a network marketing business or mlm business. The right way is to build relationships which entails getting to know people: finding out what they need and in turn mentoring, training and coaching them. In other words, SPONSOR them.

The wrong way is to make a list of family & friends, attack every who comes within 3 feet of you, etc. This is the method people use who have never been shown how to build a business. This is the method that creates a mess. It messes up relationships (family & friends hate to see you coming) and it sometimes messes up finances because of doing things like buying worthless leads, etc. This is the method recruiters use to enlist people into service.

If you desire to learn how to eat crawfish meet me in New Orleans and we can have a good ole time. But, seriously, if you have not figured out how to build a solid residual business that you can leave to you children and children's children, the mentoring for free team and I can teach you the right way - the way that builds lasting relationships - and you can decide which method best suits you. You can take it slow -- like Damon -- or fast -- like Kenan. Either way, if you stick with it, you'll get to the finish line and have a pleasant experience in the process.

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma L. White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart
404-604-6947 (call anytime)


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What Mentoring for Free Has Done For Me

Have you ever done anything that caused you a lot of grief because you acted out of emotion? Well, I know I have. Those emotional decisions were sometimes made because I wanted the info presented to me to be true and I didn't take the time to look at the facts or I felt I would miss out on something if I didn't make the decision immediately. But, so often those emotional decisions caused me much grief. Or, maybe it didn't cause grief but I surely wasted time and felt frustrated, especially in network marketing. In network marketing Isaw the potential to live an abundant life, the life of my dreams so I kept chugging along. Then, one day I stumbled upon a book called Success in 10 Steps. Like most people who read that book I found out why my lack of success was not my fault. I found out that it is possible to succeed in the industry IF I was coachable, If I had a mentor and a team of people helping me, If I was in a 5 pillars company, If I had products that helped people, If the company had a system of duplication that anyone could follow. The info in that book was eye-opening & life-changing because the info was based upon proven facts. Am I glad I found the info because there is no more frustration. And, because of the team of mentors, I have identified and eliminated the time wasters and have learned and am still learning how to build a solid business.

Oh, and did I mention, the mentoring I received was and is FREE to everyone? If you can relate to where I was, this can be your turning point. Making the right decision today will save you years of failure & frustration tomorrow. Click here to start your free mentoring and coaching.

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A mentor with a servant's heart


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Six Steps To Guarantee Success in Network Marketing

When I was first introduced to network marketing I saw it as a viable opportunity for the average person like me to make an above average income. But, I didn't have a clue as to how to generate that income. Not until years later -- not until I found the Mentoring for Free System. Here is what I learned in the meantime. Anyone who has or becomes the following six things can almost guarantee their success in network marketing. The average part-time person can accomplish this in 2 - 10 years - depending on individial effort.

1. Be coachable. Just like any championship team, no matter how great the players are, they need coaching. Coaches help you to improve your strengths. Coaches help you focus.

2. Have a mentor and a team of people helping you. These people need to be accessible. I am a mentor and have a team of mentors helping me. My mentors have mentors. I can provide that to you as well.

3. You must belong to a 5 pillars company.

4. You must have and know how to use your duplicable system – mentoring for free is the system I use. Network marketing is not one person sponsoring 100 people, it is many people sponsoring two or three people each.

5. You must be a student of the industry – we can help teach you what is legit and what isn't; what works and what doesn't. We provide free live and interactive training 10 times weekly. In addition we have archived training calls.

6. You have to practice self-development. We also have live interactive calls each Wednesday where we discuss a chapter of Think & Grow Rich. These calls are life changing. Many limiting beliefs are brought to the surface. The same can happen for you.

Whichever one of the above you need help with, we can help. Most people who participate in Mentoring for Free save themselves years of failure & frustration. But some don’t take the time to read it and waste a lot of time doing things that will never work.

So, make the decision today and save yourself years of failure and frustration tomorrow. Click here to claim your free ebook, Success in 10 Steps. written by my mentor, Michael Dlouhy.

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart
404-604-6947


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Are You Working Your Way Out of a JOB?

If you are in network marketing, are you working your way out of a job? After all, that is the ultimate goal, at least that is the case for most network marketers although some never think about that. Most people who join a network marketing company understand the concept of residual income. They also understand that network marketing gives them the best chance to earn an income that can replace their linear income. So, they find a product they love and start feverishly building that business. Or, at least they attempt to. But there are two types of network marketers, the 2 percent who actually have success and earn a full-time income and the 98% who earn little to no income.

If you are in the 2 percent, are you building long-term, lasting income? Or, are you building something that will potentially cause burn-out because of the monthly requirements? That depends. On what, you might ask? On what is written in the contract -- the company policies and procedures. Did you know that with some companies there are clauses which state "no matter what level of achievement, you must bring in new customers each month" or you must have ongoing sales" or "you must bring in x number of new distributors each much to qualify for commissions?"

Do you see any problems with those clauses? If not, here is what is being said -- you can never quit building your business because you must have ongoing sales or ongoing recruiting. Not only that, to meet the requirements, you can't even take a month off.

So, if you are like most people who joined network marketing and want to build your business once and stop actively building when you are ready -- you won't be able to. That is, if you want to keep receiving the residual income you've built up to that point.

So, whether you are in the 2 percent or 98 percent, you really can work your way out of a job. How? By learning how to evaulate a company before you join them. Wouldn't you rather find out on the front end what the requirements are instead of finding out later?

You can begin the learning process by reading the free ebook, Success in 10 Steps. Most people who read it are very glad they did, but some don't.

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart

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Is it too Good to be True?

As a mentor for network marketers, I attempt to keep abreast of industry trends and/or problems. So, I visit the mlmwatchdog site on a regular basis and just read an article written by Rod Cook, the MLM watchdog, entitled” Let’s stop these cruel MLM matrix hoaxes in 2009.” You cam read it @ http://www.mlmwatchdog.com/MLM_comp_matrix_plans.html

Also the FBI, Postal Inspector and other Partners to protect the consumer. While the Internet can be a safe and convenient place to do business, scammers are out there in "cyber world" targeting unsuspecting consumers. The Looks Too Good To Be True.com website was built to educate you, the consumer, and help prevent you from becoming a victim of an Internet fraud scheme. Visit http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/index.aspx

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor with a Servant's Heart
504-570-9165 (call anytime) or send email to irma.white@gmail.com

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What Are You Working On?

First let me start by saying Happy New Year! I pray that this is your best year ever in every area of life, in particular in network marketing.

If you started a business in the past that is working for you, continue working it until you get the desired result. But, if what you started hasn't worked and you've given it your best effort, then maybe it's time to find out why. It could very well be that you only need to get the skills that will help you build your business. Or, it could very well be what you're doing will never work. At any rate, whether you need to make a change, or simply learn skills, I am here to help as many people as I can succeed in network marketing.

Okay, let's move on. I want to start with a question. Do you know why you are doing network marketing? If you know why, is the why strong enough to keep you in the game when it seems everything is going wrong? Will your why keep you motivated to action even when you don't feel like working? Did I say working? Yes. Network marketing entails WORK, lots of WORK, lots of consistent, focused WORK. It is not netwish, or nethope, or neteasy marketing. It is netWORK marketing. That is the reason you have to have a strong why because when others join you and discover it is WORK, they will quit.

Back to the question, do you know why you are doing network marketing. Do you see it as your best chance to earn an above average income? Or, did you join because an upline promised you they would do it for you if you joined? That may sound silly, but I actually know someone who tells his people that.
And guess what? He is a sponsoring maniac. And guess what else? No one else is duplicating his sponsoring efforts. My friend does understand that he has to WORK to build a business, but he missed the point that network marketing is a team of people working together all doing a few things not just one person doing everything. He doesn't understand you cannot do it for them but you can mentor and guide them. He can plug them into a system where they can develop their business and personal skills. As a result, he is spinning his wheels because just as fast as he signs up one person, someone else quits.

Another way an upline can promise you they'll do it for you is with spillover. Spillover creates the mentality that I don't have to do anything. And, as already mentioned, network marketing entails WORK - not just by one person, but by everyone involved, I might add.

Okay, let's say you don't expect to get rich by spillover but you joined a network marketing company because you saw it as an equal opportunity for everyone to achieve their desired income. You understand that it takes work and that it is not get rich quick but will take persistent, consistent effort. But, you just can't seem to get it WORKING. If that's your case, there is a way to get it going. It starts with basic understanding of network marketing. It starts with basic understanding of PEOPLE. Yes, PEOPLE. Since it is proven that network marketing is a people business, developing people skills will take you a long way. And, believe it or not, developing people skills is quite simple. Now there are other skills which need to be developed, but people skills is the number 1 skill needed and so often overlooked.

Not only do you have to understand other people, you have to understand and know yourself. That is why in addition to developing people skills, part of building a solid busines is personal-development as well. Personal-development will help anchor you and keep you working when you feel like quitting. This actually reminds me of a quote I read by Bob Moawad about goal setting which says - when we set goals they work in two ways: we work on them and they work on us. So it is with network marketing, we work on the business and the business works on us.


So, let's get started on those people skills. How, by downloading this free ebook, Success in 10 Steps where you will discover that your lack of success is NOT your fault. Once you get started with the ebook, I will show you where to start the personal development process.

I look forward to netWORKing with you.

Be empowered to prosper!

Irma White
A Mentor With a Servant's Heart



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