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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Comforting Information about the Berry Tree bonus pools

If you haven’t noticed yet- and all you literally have to do is “look around” to notice- I’ve been covering a lot of information about the Berry Tree bonus pools and the company projections for future pool values.

The Berry Tree itself is a very unique opportunity, but since it revolves around a completely different system when compared to other traditional MLM companies, we will inevitably see challenges that pop-up and require time to overcome. And over time, BT founders and developers have had to tweek the system in order to maximize the distributor’s rewards.

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As mentioned before in other articles, many people are extremely worried about the Bronze pool decreasing to $62 in the past month. However, let’s take a look at the past. We’ll see just how low these bronze pool shares were reduced, prior to 2008:

August 2007 – Bronze Pool Value: $39.22
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September 2007 – Bronze Pool Value: $22.92
Change from previous month: -$16.30
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October 2007 – Bronze Pool Value: $20.64
Change from previous month: -$2.28
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November 2007 – Bronze Pool Value: $67.07
Change from previous month: $46.43
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December 2007 – Bronze Pool Value: $92.91
Change from previous month: $25.84

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Let’s take note of a couple things with this given example:

1. First of all, the Bronze Pool value was as low as $20 at one time! However, the company started to tweek the berry tree payplan and bonus requirements, which eventually lifted the Bronze Pool to record levels.

2. Notice that after the Bronze Pool began to increase during the November commission period, both of the increasing rate’s absolute value (Nov & Dec) was larger than the decreasing rates for the previous months.

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So, what does this all mean?

Well, we’ve seen that the company was able to dig the dying bonus pools out of their hole in past experiences; chances are- even if worse comes to worst- the Berry Tree will be able to recover once again.

For those that are a tad irritated with the recent decrease:
I suggest looking over the above chart one more time. Just because the value is down at this current time does not mean it will remain at a low level. As the corporate advertising seeks to expand our membership levels to 100,000 people, you can expect a positive change!

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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WARNING: The “Lazy $1336” Berry Tree Myth

I think it’s necessary to issue a warning against some rather repetitive information on the internet that could become very misleading.

All over popular forums, blogs, and other internet article platforms, I’m finding authors who are essentially claiming that the company is going to fill your entire Berry Tree matrix for you- whether you recruit people or not- and you will automatically begin to earn $1336 every month after a 20 month period. There are many variations of this statement, but most follow the same idea.

However, this is NOT a safe promise, and the chances of this happening are extremely unlikely. Here’s why…

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Let’s examine the mathematical aspects of this statement:

To earn $1336 residual each month, a member must have his tree completely filled. This requires 8 people on Level 1, 64 people on Level 2, and 512 people on Level 3; totalling 584 people.

Currently, the Berry Tree has a little over 10,000 full (or upgraded) members. This means that in order for each new Berry Tree member to be guaranteed a full tree in 20 months, the company must recruit at least 5,840,000 members; i.e. 584 x 10,000 within this time period!

And, sorry folks. I don’t mean to put a negative twist on the company efforts, but from a realistic MLM point of view, this is a very careless projection for a new-blooded company that is just initiating corporate advertising. One of the training calls mentioned that the company’s goal is to turn our 10K organization into over 100,000 people by 2009. That’s a 1000% increase; not necessarily an easy or guaranteed level, but it is at least a possibility.

Let’s compare that 100K to the 5-6 Million mark mentioned earlier. Now we’re talking about a 50,000 – 60,000% increase compared to 1000%!

Starting to see the flaw with the “lazy $1336” promises? It’s quite far from a realistic 20 month goal!

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However, there is one true 20-month guarantee with the Berry Tree…

Perhaps specific advertisers and Berry Tree endorsers are confusing the matrix with the bonus pool requirements. It is true that anyone willing to commit to 20 months of autoship as an upgraded member will receive 10 berry member credits and thus qualify to earn from the Bronze bonus pool every month.

Yes, this is, in fact, guaranteed, because berry member credits can never be depleted or taken away. But, there is quite a difference between the bronze bonus pool shares and monthly residual income from a filled-tree. After all, we’re talking about $100-150 compared to $1336-1600 per month.

And, I certainly don’t mean to make light of this 20-month bonus. A guaranteed $50-100 and free product each month is certainly nothing to sneeze at. However, it’s more than necessary to clarify that people shouldn’t be expecting $1000s per month within 20 months if they do not plan to help build their own business.

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This entire warning relates back to some of my past encouragements and articles, which point out that those who are willing to put the effort into building a Berry tree team are going to reap the highest rewards.

Regardless, please don’t allow yourself to be deceived by promises of thousands of dollars with little to no work; which applies no matter what business or investing arena you may choose.

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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Berry Member Credits- Power to the MLM!

I think almost everyone familiar with the Berry Tree and its compensation plan would agree that the Berry Member Credit program within the BT business opportunity is potentially one of the greatest advantages out there in this industry. I know I’ve studied several MLM payplans and I’ve never seen anything quite like it.

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For those unfamiliar with berry member credits (BMCs), here’s a brief overview —

Each time you remain loyal to the Berry Tree and your monthly autoships for a 2 month period, you receive 1 credit. In fact, you actually receive one half of a credit in your account each month. You also receive the equivalency of 1 BMC each month for each direct referral you bring into the berry tree that continues his/her autoship.

So, for example, if you have been in the berry tree for 4 months and you have referred 3 people, you would have 5 (2 + 3) BMCs for the current month.

What makes the BMC system so great? The bonus pools of course! Once you have 10 BMCs, you qualify to receive a “Bronze Bonus Pool” share worth $90, and increasing…

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So, since you can earn money by doing nothing more than exercising some patience, you might as well just sit still and wait until you have 10 BMCs, right?

WRONG!

And for 2 main reasons…

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1.) There’s a lot of potential money to be made in the Berry Tree!

Referring other people to the Berry Tree and building a line of customers through your BT business should be a priority! After all, you not only accumulate credits, but you also earn a residual income on your first three levels of sponsorship- $7.00, $4.00, and $2.00 respectively. Also, let’s not forget the simple mathematics of the situation: As you build your business, your BMC value will grow and qualify you for additional pools and more bonuses at a faster rate.

There are people in this business that were able to generate well over $1,000 during their first month. How? They worked it and made daily efforts to build their team. Now, I’m not saying you can’t necessarily just enjoy the product or be satisifed with your bi-monthly BMCs- if that’s what you wish to do, that is absolutely fine. But I’m finding that a lot of people out there join the Berry Tree and become impatient accumulating their credits. In order to earn more money, all they need to do is start treating their Berry Tree membership like as business as opposed to a simple “investment.”

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2.) The “sit and wait” method takes a while…

It’s no secret! If you do not plan to build the business and you simply wish to wait until you accumulate enough BMCs to qualify for the Bronze pool, it will take you exactly 20 months.

Now, I personally would have no problem waiting 20 months, paying $55.95 each month for a useful product in order to eventually start receiving $100-150 back as a monthly bonus. But to many, I’m sure 20 months would seem like an eternity! So, for that matter, I would say- Why not attempt to build the business in the process and potentially generate some extra income while you’re waiting for your personal BMC Bronze Pool qualification?

If you’re dedicated to wait out the 20 months, the worst that could happen is that you discover at the end of 20 months, you were unable to directly refer anyone to the business. And, yes- that’s the worst that could happen! In the end, what would it really matter? You would still qualify for monthly bonus pool payments!

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This is not to attempt to criticize the current BT members that apply the “sit and wait” method. It’s simply a quick encouragement to say- “Why not give the MLM side of the Berry Tree a shot, if you haven’t already?”

If you’d like more information about the Berry Tree compensation plan, please go here:

http://www.berrymembercredits.com

Remember: The extra rewards are great, if you’re willing to build!

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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Berry Tree Rumors on the Internet: Valid Disappointments or Myths?

I’ve recently noticed that there are quite a few stories scattered across the internet about frustrations with the Berry Tree. Many of them are included in some rather nasty reports with messages such as “Don’t join the berry tree scam” and “this company is a rip-off.”

So, I figured it would be rather helpful to look at some of these specific rumors and claims against the Berry tree’s performance, progress, and credibility. Which of them have some partial truths? And which claims are so far-fetched that we should laugh them off without a second thought? I can’t list all of them, but here are some of the popular examples:

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“They claimed after 2 years, your tree would be full, and you would be making over $1300 per month.”

Although I wasn’t personally around during the ground-breaking of the Berry tree, this sure seems like one far-fetched rumor. The founders and major influences behind the Berry Tree, such as Matt Yonan and Art Phelps, would know better than to directly make such a careless promise to all members. They know full well that even the ideal network marketing system cannot necessarily guarantee an individual’s success to this extreme level.

I believe $1300 per month is a realistic goal, as I know many people who have accomplished this monthly level of success. However, only those who are willing to be patient and ready to work to build their business are going to achieve these commission levels.

BTW- The original statement is taken right from a complaint at RipOffReport.com, thanks to a “Mrs. Pickle:” http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/289/RipOff0289597.htm

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“The company claimed they would do all the work for me!”

I hear this one a LOT. It is true that the company promised that special promotions would take place to generate spillover for all Berry Tree members on a fair basis. It’s also true that these intended promotions faced an unfortunate delay.

However, it is certainly NOT true that the Berry Tree program guaranteed anything specific to those who sat still and waited on spillover to determine the overall success or failure of their business. It is very helpful and encouraging when a MLM program makes an effort to supply spillover, but that spillover should never be considered anything more than an extra bonus. This is not a get-rich-quick scam; your overall success in this program will depend on individual, consistent effort.

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“The bonus pools stopped increasing as promised. When will the bronze pool reach $500?”

Apparently, there are at least a couple people out there who were told that the bronze pool alone would reach unrealistic levels. Either they are making it up, or they had a upline who was feeding them hype and/or false information.

There’s not too much more to say about this one; it’s just plain wrong. It’s true that some bonus pools- including bronze and silver- were decreasing in value for a while. But, the pools are now on the way up again. They are expected to reach levels in the $100-200 range very soon; just don’t expect any ridiculous levels of $500 or so.

For more information about projected Bonus Pool progress, read our latest article: “Bonus Pools – Soon to Increase?”

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Just remember there will always be people out there creating rumors and twisting words. We are dealing with an industry in which the vast majority joins in hopes of receiving a “free lunch,” and then quits once they realize MLM success requires commitment. And, of course, people love to vent as a result and blame the company, claiming it “must be a scam” or something similar.

Be careful who you believe out there. 😉

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– Ryan

RyzAutomatic@yahoo.com

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