http://www.financealley.com en-us editorial@financealley.com Does your business have the potential to become a multi-million dollar enterprise? How are you doing in projecting, developing, and maintaining that goal? I believe that most people in MLM have no clue where their business volume is right this second. Gr... http://www.financealley.com/article_168425_15.html 01st June 2007 Over the years, I have written on the art of persistence a number of times. I have encouraged my readers to put on the tunnel-vision glasses and, as Nike said, "Just do it!" I have often quoted my husband, Taylor Hegan's now infamous, "We build the peopl... http://www.financealley.com/article_136197_15.html 08th March 2007 Talk! Talk! Talk! We are in a business where talk reigns supreme, and the boldest talkers are always at center stage. Claims run rampant about everything from ad responses - to phenomenal product results - to bodacious income projections. Sometimes th... http://www.financealley.com/article_125103_15.html 31st January 2007 If you are a top leader, scratching your head at the ineffectiveness of your new distributors --- if you're an MLMer, who has never really made money in the industry in spite of "working" several programs --- if you're on a plateau, unable to drive your i... http://www.financealley.com/article_115152_15.html 30th December 2006 Copyright (c) 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva One thing is clear to those of us who study the industry closely: many companies who appeal only to "older crowds" (yes, those my age) are largely flat right now . . . and some are seriously waning. Let's face it; wh... http://www.financealley.com/article_106529_15.html 18th November 2006 There is probably not another profession on the face of the earth more tailor-made for the "average person" to develop into a stage seeker than MLM. From the time you take your distributors to their first major event on (and perhaps even from the time yo... http://www.financealley.com/article_97875_15.html 09th November 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva I always smile when I think of Southwest Airlines. Southwest Airlines is not confused about its image or its service. When you and I think of Southwest, we probably think of the same things: low fares, one-day afforda... http://www.financealley.com/article_89340_15.html 27th September 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva For all the women out there who dream of a better life, more money, household help, relief from the pressures of trying to be a good parent, while holding down a job or two, equal opportunity with or without formal degre... http://www.financealley.com/article_84813_15.html 31st August 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva Two of the biggest challenges that MLM distributors face are understanding HOW to build an MLM business fast and effectively . . . and then actually being able to do it! Lots of books and tapes are available on this ver... http://www.financealley.com/article_84295_15.html 23rd August 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva To be sure, there are trends in our industry that are unmistakable. Compensation plans come and go. Promotional fads come and go. Product fads come and go. In fact, as volatile as our industry is --- practically ever... http://www.financealley.com/article_81432_15.html 13th August 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva If your company has lost its enthusiasm and zip, or if it never had any to begin with, all is not lost. I know some people don't agree with an old dog trying to look good in the window, but --- believe me --- it's possib... http://www.financealley.com/article_71205_15.html 11th July 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva I know . . .You thought you'd joined the "dream team" and found what you were looking for. However, just when you began to make some real money after days, months, or even years, of serious effort, and you thought you we... http://www.financealley.com/article_67670_15.html 28th June 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva I'm going to subtitle this article: "The Rest of the Story," because as I sit here I realize that I really love many of the non-check benefits of MLM. These benefits sometimes cost money --- lots of money --- but not fo... http://www.financealley.com/article_60296_15.html 06th June 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva It was a rare moment in networking history: four people with high MLM visibility sat together around one table. One was the man who revolutionized the diet industry, exploding his company to over 300 million within 4 yea... http://www.financealley.com/article_56863_15.html 26th May 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva The question of whether to lead with the product or the opportunity is an age-old debate. Over the years, I have vacillated between product emphasis and business opportunity emphasis, but if I could have only chosen one ... http://www.financealley.com/article_50795_15.html 07th May 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva Many people ask me to share the REAL secret of my success in this business . . . as though they think that I have been holding out the magic insight that adds an extra couple of zeros to my annual income. In a way, I ... http://www.financealley.com/article_38642_15.html 27th March 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva If you're like most of us, as soon as you've paid your fee to become a distributor, the first thing you want to know is: "How do I build my organization and make "X" number of dollars a month?" Amazingly, a lot of big mo... http://www.financealley.com/article_33739_15.html 07th March 2006 Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva "Conference calls are too expensive." "I don't have the money to attend the conference." "I can't afford to advertise." "I'm not making the money John (or whoever) is making, so I'm not able to do X, Y, Z." I've hea... http://www.financealley.com/article_28236_15.html 09th February 2006 Copyright 2006 Eileen Silva My address book is full of names of people who worked hard, "paid their dues," persevered . . . and then JUST when they became big money earners and had arrived at the top of the leadership ranks --- THEY came (the company m... http://www.financealley.com/article_22189_15.html 04th January 2006 Copyright 2005 Eileen Silva First it was Enron. Then it was Arthur Anderson. Reeling from the implications of corporate mishandlings, cover-ups, and fraud, we were ill-prepared to hear that World Com had perpetrated a multi-billion dollar fraud. Wher... http://www.financealley.com/article_19623_15.html 15th December 2005 We are in the best of times and the worst of times for MLM . . . Jobs are scarce, and many people are facing employment insecurity. Time freedom and income freedom, which used to give us our "sex appeal" as an industry, have shifted in their impact. Re... http://www.financealley.com/article_17882_15.html 01st December 2005