MLM Compensation Plans

Network Marketing Comp Plan Blogging Points 

• Advantages/disadvantages of each MLM compensation plan
• Adversarial position/red personality - that "my way or the highway" person who thinks you MUST do everything their way!
• Aussie 2-up - lots of government scrutiny, lots of failure
• Can an average person work this compensation plan? (90% of everyone hates to sell or be sold to.)
• A lot of people think all MLM comp plans do the same thing. Fact is, they're all different, and you need to understand the differences.
• How each comp plan drives the behavior in the field.
• Binary - describe this plan, how it works, and it's pros & cons
• Breakage - What is breakage and how do companies hide it from prospects and reps?
• Breakaway compensation plan - build wide. How it works, pros & cons, how it got started, what type of companies use it.
• Can everything you've build be legally taken away from you? Explain how.
• Changing compensation plans - how MLM companies steal your money.
• The circles on the blackboard - oh, so mesmerizing!
• Compensation plan coding - how it works, how you spot it, how it affects you.
• Why compensation plans are so darned complicated!
• The comp plan that destroys your training ... and how.
• Compensation Plan v. Outstanding Product. Who wins? Who loses?
• Comp Plan Compression - why this "logical" company proposal has such a devastating effect on your income.
• Your company and your master distributor - do you understand the fallout from this conflict of interest?
• Big, big, important question: Does the company own its own software? If not, head for the hills!
• Dog & cat reps - how & why does THIS oddity happen?
• Does your comp plan COST you when you recruit a big player?
• Downline builders - whose list are you REALLY building ... and what is your profit potential?
• How to do your due diligence online.
• An easy mathematical equation to accurately evaluate any MLM comp plan.
• How do you compare and evaluate a "levels" comp plan v. a "volume" comp plan?
• A history lesson - the evolution of MLM compensation plans ... and why some companies are still in the Neanderthal age!
• Comp plans promoted by fear of loss - good or bad and why?
• Matrix compensation plans - how to use your precious front-line positions.
• What do state attorney generals evaluate when they're looking for a company to hang?
• How a company gets locked-in to a bad compensation plan.
• How do you figure the actual commission payout of any compensation plan?
• How many reps do you need to earn $10,000 a month?
• How to spot compensation plan disincentives that will kill your recruits.
• How to spot illegal money schemes.
• 95% of all MLM reps are part-timers - how to spot a comp plan that will never be profitable for a part-timer.
• Isn't THIS cute? Does your comp plan pay your sponsor for the work YOU do?
• Do you understand the magic of 10 MLM retail product customers?
• Company management chose this compensation plan for a reason. How to figure out their thought process ...
• Different comp plans require a totally different marketing plan on your part to maximize your profit. Explain, please?
• How to estimate company overhead and the effect it has on YOUR profit potential.
• Part-timers v. full-timers: how does this compensation plan reward each one?
• Company payout ratio v. inverted payout ratio ... you'd better understand this and be able to spot it, or you'll cost yourself a lot of money.
• Why certain personality types are doomed to failure when they join certain compensation plans. You'd better understand how THIS works!
• Phantom bonuses! They SAID you'd get that Super Fast Start Leader's Bonus - why isn't it in your paycheck?
• Why you must place your people strategically in certain compensation plans. If you don't, you will probably fail.
• Your company Policies & Procedures - do you know the key words that mean you can NEVER retire?
• The MLM Powerline - why it's so popular, and it's REAL, hidden purpose.
• If the price of your product is 2 or 3 or 4 times the cost of the identical product at Walmart then ... Houston, we've got a problem!
• How to figure out if a comp plan requires a "recruit, recruit, recruit" strategy ... and how to predict the future of that company.
• IMPORTANT key: what is the retail commission you get on a product sale?
• The "Secret Spots" companies - how they work and how to spot them.
• What "spillover" has to do with whether or not you can build a profitable business.
• The "Stairstep Breakaway" compensation plan - how it works, pros & cons.
• Should you search out an upline heavy hitter guru to sponsor you? It's usually a fatal mistake for your income, and here's why.
• Do you understand the various volume requirements in your compensation plan and how this is one of the primary hiding places for comp plan breakage?
• The unilevel comp plan - how it works, pros & cons.
• What pay plan entices your upline to steal your people, and how?
• Which pay plan promotes NOT helping your downline, and why?
• Which pay plan promotes crossline sponsoring?
• Which pay plan leads to big, big front-end loading?
• Which pay plan promotes retailing product?
• How do some pay plans STOP production?
• Wide v. deep - what's the best way to build your business, pros & cons of each?
• Key question to ask yourself: would you buy this product if there was NO business opportunity attached?
• What is the BEST compensation plan?
• If a company only accepts payment by money order or wire draft and doesn't take credit cards, what does THAT mean?
• Where does your income get cut off in your compensation plan?