I wasn't lied to, I just wasn't told the truth.
I've been in and out of Network Marketing since 1979. I went to an Amway home meeting where a well dressed young man named Steven drew circles on a whiteboard and talked about "time freedom" and playing on the beaches of the world. I was hooked. I couldn't give him my money fast enough.
He never said it would be easy or that I would be rich in two years or less but he never told me how my friends and relatives would respond and how they'd run the other way whenever I came around.
I've been in a dozen companies since 1979. Some turned out to be the scams I had been warned about by my friends and relatives. Others were good companies with good products. But one or two were bad companies with a great product. There was no way I could invite someone to join me in a company that had no integrity so I just sold the product. Unfortunately, the pay plan didn't reward anyone to sell the product, the mantra was recruit, recruit, recruit and I couldn't do that.
I had almost given up my dream of "freedom" when one day I downloaded a free ebook called "Success in 10 Steps" by Michael Dlouhy. In that book I discovered why I had had no real success in any of the companies I had been with and that it wasn't totally my fault.
I also found in "Success in 10 Steps" an ethical way to build my Vitamark business and a wonderful group of people who have nothing to gain and yet are there to help me and all I have to do is ask.
This is how Network Marketing (MLM) should have always been. It's here for you now. Read the "74 Ways" and contact me. I haven't bitten anyone in years, really!

74 Ways I Can Help You Create Extra Income From Home
Me with Marketing Guru and Co-Founder of Mentoring for Free, Richard Dennis.
Following is a list of ways that Success Team Builders, Vitamark, & Mentoring For Free provide a safe place for you to create substantial income from home.Success Team Builders
1. Learn to build your business inside your comfort zone. No selling to friends & family. In fact, no selling at all.
2. Build your business through relationships. You will get complete training in relationship marketing. You will NOT sell.
3. We are family. Team members work together to help each other. Very unusual in this business. No kidding!
4. The Anti-Predator! We focus on non-threatening, non-sales, ways to do business.
5. Team Mastermind: Twice a week the entire team brainstorms business-building & marketing.
6. "Meet the Team": 1 live call a week to introduce new people as they join the family.
7. Success Team Builders Leader is Michael Dlouhy, who leads most team conference calls & is available to answer all questions. Can you handle the truth?
8. Many STB Leaders will help you do 3-way calls to answer questions for your prospects.
9. The "Cruise Ship" Rule: Some people recruit anything that crawls, walks or slithers. Our benchmark: Is this someone we'd like to go on a 30-day cruise with? If not, we let them go.
10. Success Team Builders' Action Plan: We have your step-by-step success plan already mapped out.
11. Team Call audio files - you can get up-to-speed in a hurry in our audio file archives
12. Instant marketing/advertising help - Plug into the Dlouhyvita Yahoo discussion group and ask
the Team any question. (Archives also available.)
The MLM Video Mentor Blog
MLM Lessons learned, how to's and thoughts.
To be a leader in this industry you have to have the tools to distinguish yourself i.e. set yourself apart and tell people what you bring to the table. In this blog I'll give you the tools to show your best side. Many of the tools are free....I really like FREE. Enjoy!
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- Residual Income - Standard of Living Vs Quality of Life
- Most of us are subject to and are almost always in denial of the negative effects our jobs have on our lives. Finding ways to build a residual income through network marketing and/or investments etc. can go along way to making your life something most people only dream about.
- MLM Distributors - Surprising Shortcut For Success
- What explains the fact that you find some people who tear it up in MLM, while others fail time after time after time? Could it be that some MLM distributors just have better people skills?
- The Law of Attraction - A Bottle of Dreams
- Dreams, really big dreams not the tiny ones that flow through our minds like leaves in the wind, as we sleep. No, not them. I'm not talking about the dreams that require you to buy a 500 page book or subject yourself to a past life regression to interpret. I'm talking about "The Law of Attraction" kind of dreams.
- Network Marketing Success - Your Distributorship Can Be Big Business
- Just like in any other business, you need a good plan for network marketing success. The failure rate for all types of business is high. It's certainly no different for MLM distributors.
- The Best Network Marketing Business - Guarantees and Gobs of Money
- So, you found the best network marketing business opportunity on planet Earth. The products are life-changing and the pay plan guarantees that you're going to make gobs of money.
- Successful Network Marketing - Uncle Sam Fuels Your Business
- Why start a home based business? There are explanations galore all over the internet. They point to things like "Time Freedom" and "Financial Freedom" and "Tax Benefits". They never give you a no hype example of what it really means to live financially free or have time freedom.
This article gives one example of how the government helps with your business expenses. - Best MLM Companies -- A Simple System That Works
- Most people really get started in the wrong direction in network marketing. The potential is there with the best MLM companies to build a solid income that you can retire on, but only if you have a tested, proven system that works to build your business. And part of that system needs to be an understanding of what prospects really want.
- Network Marketing Income - The Key to Warp Drive Success
- What explains the fact that some people rocket to success in MLM, while others fail time
after time after time? This answer may not include everything, but I do know that
understanding personality differences makes a huge difference in the results people get
when building a network marketing income.
At The Power Marketing & Promotions Workshop
.......................>Me with RS Mallory "The Compassionate Marketer"
13. "How To Write Your WHY:"Your personal, step-by-step plan to motivate yourself to success.14. Know Your Competitor: Use our archives of compensation plans, Policies & Procedures & evaluations of 40+ companies.
15. Personal coaching & mentoring available for all team members.
16. FREE training for all your people, by conference call & email, so you can focus on building your business.
17. Complete training in how to interview prospects so you can decide who you want in the business with you.
18. You MUST be a "mentor with a servant's heart." Those with a greed or ego focus are NOT welcome on our team.
19. Family atmosphere. Will you fit into our family? We want those who truly want to help others.
20. Constant encouragement & support, from all, for all.
Twenty Ways Isn't Enough? Okay! Here's More.
..................................>Me & Suzanne Fulford "The MLM Mom".
21. Group Conference calls: Many of our leaders have their own "team within a team" calls.22. Effective Marketing Tools - fliers, CDs & ebooks are created for all team members to use.
23. Copy writing professional creates effective marketing pieces - like this one - for every group member to use.
24. "What To Say To Prospects!" Michael Dlouhy reveals exactly what he says that keeps him the #1 Builder in Vitamark.
25. "How to Develop a Strong Customer Acquisition Program In 60-90 Days" report
26. "Non-profits & Vitamark:" Build your income & help non-profit organizations raise funds.
27. A listing of the best phone plans for US, Canada, & international.
28. Vitamark CEO: Tom "Big Al" Schreiter, the most trusted name in network marketing.
29. "Big Al" helps you sponsor! Send your prospects to meetings around the US. Big Al recruits them for you - and they'll love the meeting, because Big Al is funny as heck!.
30. Upline Leader Art Jonak does a weekly training call & is available to answer team questions.
31. Big Al's free "Fortune Now" newsletter gives you weekly business-building tips.
32. Entire company management is experienced, ethical & legal. It's critical to have a corporate structure of experienced MLM people.
33. A Culture of Truth. Every company you align with has a culture. Vitamark believes in truth.
34. High company regard for reps.
More You Say?
.........>Me with A Great Mentor, Luther Brotherton
35. A compensation plan that pays REALLY well! You can earn a substantial 5-figure monthly income with only 400 people on autoship in your entire group. In most companies, that takes 2000+ people! ASTONISHING: you can actually do this in a year by personally sponsoring just ONE person a month -& train them to do the same.36. You average $20-$25/month profit for everyone in your group on autoship, so you can earn $500 a month from only 25 customers.
37. Exotic company-paid trips for Diamond - level producers (past trips went to Italy, England, Austria, etc.).
38. Six free websites, including:
3 websites focused on selling our most popular products
1 website presenting the Vitamark opportunity
1 (European customer) website, targeting product sales
1 (European prospect) website, for the Vitamark opportunity.
39. Vitamark is the only company I know of that pays you infinitely wide and infinitely deep, based on product movement. There are no stops on your growth.
40. Ease of product ordering. You can go online & change autoship quickly & easily. No phone calls. No waiting. No getting put on hold. No approvals. No catches.
41. Back office with up-to-the-minute statistics. You see exactly who you have on every level,what they ordered this week, their next scheduled order, & much more. And it's free. What other company offers this for free?
42. Vitamark is a "No Hype" zone. You don't need to twist arms to get people to join your business.
43. Vitamark is a clean operation. No "cure cancer" claims, like some companies.
44. Vitamark answers your questions within 24-48 hours by email You get both technical & product support very fast, so you can answer prospect question.
45. Vitamark Builders Circle recognizes the top builders in the company each week.
46. Company management know it is the reps - YOU - responsible for company success. Your production is both recognized and financially rewarded.
47. Our flagship product - Limu Moui - is in the media. It's been scientifically tested hundreds of times at www.pubmed.gov
48. Vitamark is streamlined. It's the first network marketing company to take full advantage of modern technology to do the work it does best.
49. You can actually retire after building your business. There is no "ongoing sales" requirement.
But Wait, There's More...Sounds Like an Infomercial, Huh?
....................>Walter Seward Awesome Mentor/Arid Humor :-)
50. You can will your business to whomever you want. Many companies don't allow you to pass it on to your family.51. Vitamark offers several dozen popular consumable products, with many testimonials, so it's easy to get people on autoship.
52. You can create a good income even if you NEVER sponsor anybody -just retail product.
53. Vitamark owns their software, so you never need worry about a vendor selling your database (it's happened in many companies!)
54. Vitamark protects the product ingredients. There are many ways to contaminate ingredients, from planting to processing. Our system avoids contamination.
55. The Policies & Procedures is your contract with the company. Many run 25, 50, even 100 pages, full of "lawyerese." Vitamark's P&P is a simple 3 pages. No hidden "gotchas."
56. Vitamark's priority is where it should be -lots of support for the distributor.
57. Value-priced products, competitive with store prices.
58. No huge home office building paid for by reps ... the money goes into the comp plan.
59. You get a weekly paycheck. In other companies, it's often 6 weeks after you've sold something that you get paid.
60. You get 1 free product a month for every 100BV of autoship.
61. Car bonus of $250 to $2000 a month, depending on volume.
Gettin' Close To The End. Talk about value added..................
An Awesome Mentor With A Servant's Heart, Michael Dlouhy, The Founder of Mentoring For Free and Success Team Builders.
Mentoring For Free-No charge62. How to talk to leads: 3 live training calls a week
63. How to be a network marketing leader: Learn all the skills you need in 3 more live training calls a week
64. Colors Personality training -how to spot the personality type within seconds and talk to that person the way they want you to.
65.The Compensation Plan call, explaining how the different MLM comp plans work.
66. The Marketing Call, giving ideas & resources to help you build your business.
67. The 5 Pillars training, giving you all the data you need to accurately evaluate any company.
68. "It's not my fault!" That's the conclusion most people reach when they realize the cards have been stacked against them. The floodgates open, and you hear a huge sign of relief.
69. Two "Mental Cleanse" calls a week, to help you get rid of life's negative processing and adopt a winning attitude instead.
70. One "Coaches Corner Mastermind call" a week. You will hear the personal growth in people from one week to the next. To have 80 to 100 people on a 10:30 pm Saturday night conference call is amazing -and it's free!
71. Weekly Health Mastermind call, for those interested in "do-it-yourself health"
Mentoring for Free Pro Lead generator version
($19.95/month)
72. Success in 10 Steps ebook lead generation system -A proven duplicatable, turnkey system anyone can do without stepping outside their comfort zone. Don't change who you are.
73. Our system attracts network marketing Warriors, because they finally see a way to achieve their dreams & goals. These people already know the business and the industry. No babysitting. They see the value of our system. They understand the training. They are amazed at the compensation plan. They see what they have ahold of, and they're ready to rock and roll..
I'll help you every step of the way.
And you can offer this to others, with confidence.
74. We attract people who really want to be professional in doing this business. No dilletantes, no get-rich-quickers. If you join us, we expect you to make the time & the effort to get really good at the details of this business.For more information, call me:

Call 1-818-392-8293 anytime!
Send me some mail!
PS: Wow! What a Trouper. You made it all the way to the end in one sitting. Bet you haven't read this much since college. Well, you deserve a reward. Here's a book that'll smooth out the network marketing bumps in the road. It's free, no catches.
35 Biggest Mistakes Everyone in MLM is Making and How to Avoid Them
copyright 2006 SuccessTeamBuilders
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- Walter Walter Feb 4, 2008 @ 7:39 am
- Kim You have given me 74 things to think about.
Thanks for waking us up!
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- Choc-full of info!
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- Hi Kim,very good lens on Network Marketing. You give very useful and unique info here.
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- MsSuccess MsSuccess Jun 1, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
- This is really great info Kim! Keep up the good work.
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- mommyroxy mommyroxy May 11, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
- Great info. LOVE the cruise ship rule!!
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