Treat your MLM like a Business, NOT a Hobby

Trying to build your berry tree business and interested in increasing your conversion rates and team growth effect?

Here’s a very simple statement I originally picked up from another experienced MLM-er at Richdad.com a few years ago that can help you achieve better results: “Treat your MLM like a business, NOT a hobby.”

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So, what exactly does that mean? Let’s take a closer look at the underlined statements. In the initial stages of building a business, your end rewards will depend on how much time, effort, and creativity you put into developing the business. In other words, if you give a half-hearted or lazy effort to get your business off the ground, the end results will be very disappointing. “You reap what you sow,” or so to speak.

However, a hobby is usually defined as something of specific interest that you do in your spare time; i.e. “something you do for fun or recreation.”

Today, many people in MLM- especially the novices- immediately begin to treat their MLM position as a hobby. They come home from work, and say: “Hmm, well I could work on my marketing website and contact my leads, or I could watch TV for the next 2 hours.” And if they feel like watching TV, they watch TV- plain and simple. Sometimes, they even use common justifications such as: “After all, I worked for 8 hours today; I deserve to watch TV (or whatever alterative may be substituted)!”

Now, before I go on, yes I realize that many people would not consider “watching TV” a hobby; however, that’s not the point. The real keyword is one you may not have picked out or immediately noticed: “FEEL.” A hobby is something you usually participate in only when you FEEL like it. And when you begin to build your MLM business and work on your promotions only when feel like it, you sholdn’t expect to accomplish anything special.

After all, can you imagine how a traditional, brick-and-mortar business would operate if the CEO and Executives only came to work and managed the company when they “felt” like getting out of bed in the morning or “felt” like reading through reports and making key decisions? That company would be in major trouble! The same is true for MLM distributors who treat their business as a hobby.

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This is not only true for the Nutronix MLM, with Automatic Builder or the berry tree, but also for nearly every other MLM program out there. So, no matter what MLM you may be building, if you don’t feel like your team is growing fast enough, take a good look at how you are currently operating your business. Is it more like a hobby? If so, consider changing your habits.

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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March Madness – with the Berry Tree!

Alright- well, it’s been quite an “interesting” month so far. And if you’re already a member of the Berry Tree and you’ve been paying attention to the e-mails and updates, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

The website itself has been acting a little crazy, and we’ve seen a few errors here and there. So, I figured it’d be wise to go through these changes and notices, starting with March 18, 2008:

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Episode #1: Technical Problems – March 18

Yeah, we know…those are probably some of the last words you want to see as a member of an internet-based marketing system. Putting all the mumbo-jumbo details aside, essentially the Berry Tree was facing some issues with their server, which is a temporary problem that any website faces on the internet sooner or later; sometimes even on multiple occassions. And, as long as the errors are only temporary, there is nothing to worry about in the long-run.

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Episode #2: The Site is back up! – March 20

The programmers went to work! In the end, they decided to move Automatic Builder and the Berry Tree websites and other information to a completely different hosting company. That’s definitely a good move, especially if they felt that their current operating server was going to give them further problems down the road.

At the time, there were still a few problems with links and re-directs on the main sites, but most of these problems have already been taken care of by now.

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Episode #3: Bronze Pool Confusion – also on March 20

So, anyway, after sending out an update about the hosting platform changes, the administrators decided to send out another e-mail congratulating and updating all members who had earned a share in the Bronze pool for the February period. Sounds like a nice gesture, right?

The problem was that the introductory statement – “Congratulations on earning a share in the Bronze Pool this month” – suggested that each receiver of this particular e-mail was a qualifier. However, this e-mail was sent to EVERY member of the Berry Tree- both bronze pool qualifiers and non-qualifiers.

An apology for the confusion was sent out on the 24th of March…but if you were still unsure about this notice, please note that you must have 10 credits (Berry Member Credits + Personally Sponsored) to qualify.

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And there you have it, folks. March Madness was indeed upon us in two forms this year 😉

Each “Episode” I listed above was actually a condensed version of an e-mail update from Nutronix…in my own words, of course. I figured you’d rather read the brief summary and quickly get all the basic details, as opposed to spending 10 minutes reading all the direct e-mail content.

But, if you wish to read the exact updates, you can find them in our “Company Updates“ section of the blog.

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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Berry Tree Team Bonuses- Now Available!

Hey, everyone. I don’t normally like to spend a lot of time or blog space talking about my individual promotions, because this blog is intended for all viewers, which includes both current BT members and non-members.

However, I would just like to make a quick, exciting announcement to all those who are investigating my blog and/or the Berry Tree for the first time:

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Starting the month of February (2008), our team will be offering special bonuses to any individual interested in joining our Berry Tree line.

We will actually be giving these new members 3 options to choose from. Our specific bonus system is designed to help our new members jump-start their business. However, we have provided options in order to satisfy both the passive members and business builders.

I won’t go into the major details here. For a more thorough explanation, please visit our blog’s new “Join/Bonus” page HERE.

You will also find a tab at the top of this blog entitled “Join BT, + Bonuses” which will take you to the same page.

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Special thanks to 1-Star Automatic Builder and BT member, Ronnie Branch, for his support regarding this Berry Tree bonus project.

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Enjoy, folks!

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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