We are Derek and Monique Alvarez. We love our dog (Char­lie Parker), work­ing for our­selves, trav­el­ing the world, and help­ing peo­ple reach their dreams!

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Is Your MLM Company Any Different Than Corporate America?

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They’re going to stone me for say­ing this, but…

Six months into my MLM busi­ness, I real­ized it was start­ing to feel a lot like my old JOB in cor­po­rate America.

I know, I heard you just gasp — “No, Monique, say it ain’t so!”

But say with me here.

I was a Man­ager and I got sick of a few things:

  • Hav­ing a Boss
  • Deal­ing whiny co-​​workers
  • Hav­ing absolutely no cre­ative lib­erty in my work.

Bot­tom line — I didn’t like being a num­ber and I sure as heck didn’t like the fact that I was becom­ing a robot.

You see, the only way you’ll ever make it in a job like I had was even­tu­ally you sit down, shut up and do it their way.

  • You take the salary they give you.
  • You come early, you stay late.
  • You sing their praises.
  • You attend every staff meet­ing and you let every­one know just how thank­ful you are that they keep you around.

Being raised by two entre­pre­neurs, this whole song and dance just didn’t sit well with me.

Call me a con­trol freak, a dreamer, a non-​​conformist — but I was done with the life I had as a Manager.

I quite my job with no real plan. Con­tinue read­ing Is Your MLM Com­pany Any Dif­fer­ent Than Cor­po­rate America?

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Personal Branding Versus Duplication

standoutDuckHave you ever heard, “But that’s not dupli­cat­able!” Well, here’s what I think about that…

…It’s a bunch of B.S.

(Just kid­ding)

Sort of.

First off, why do I feel like we are not talk­ing about peo­ple — ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS — when Net­work­ers talk about duplication.

Peo­ple can­not be duplicated!

I already wrote an arti­cle on dupli­ca­tion that can be found here: http://​dri​vethe​line​.com/​w​h​a​t​-​e​x​a​c​t​l​y​-​i​s​-​d​u​p​l​i​c​a​t​i​on/, but I thought I would address a spe­cific debate that all too fre­quently comes up.

There seem to be two sides:

  • One side argues that a Net­work Mar­keter must per­son­ally brand them­selves to be some­one worth joining.
  • The other side says that per­sonal brand­ing is not “dupli­cat­able.”

Well, I’m going to give you the cold, hard truth. Con­tinue read­ing Per­sonal Brand­ing Ver­sus Duplication

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What Exactly Is Duplication?

miniMeI Shall Call Him… Mini-​​Me!

Just kid­ding — it’s not about cre­at­ing clones or forc­ing peo­ple to do things exactly the way you do — it’s about help­ing peo­ple become leaders.

We can help facil­i­tate this by cre­at­ing sim­ple sys­tems for peo­ple to “grow up in,” but the bot­tom line is that, in Net­work Mar­ket­ing, we need to cul­ti­vate lead­ers and help them be the best lead­ers they can be.

This means that we can’t expect peo­ple to become “mini-​​me” ver­sions of ourselves.

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Con­tinue read­ing What Exactly Is Duplication?

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Anyone Can Succeed in Network Marketing (With the Right System)

heismanWinnerDannyWeurffelLook no fur­ther than all the suc­cess­ful Florida Gators quar­ter­backs who suc­ceeded in a great coaches’ sys­tem, only to flop in the NFL

What got me think­ing about this is my love for my alma mater’s foot­ball team, The Uni­ver­sity of Ari­zona Wildcats.

You see, we earned our first bowl game since 1998 last year, but we did it with a senior quar­ter­back who has now graduated.

Our fate this year is now up to a cou­ple of sopho­more quar­ter­backs with lit­tle game experience.

My hopes and dreams are rely­ing on our Offen­sive Coordinator’s “sys­tem,” The Air Zona Offense that allowed Willie Tuitama to break sev­eral school records as our start­ing quar­ter­back last year.

What makes me think this is pos­si­ble? Danny Wuerf­fel, Ker­win Bell, Rex Gross­man, Bob Hewko, Doug John­son, Eric Kresser, Shane Matthews, Jesse Palmer, John Reaves, and Kay Stephenson.

All of them suc­cess­ful quar­ter­backs at The Uni­ver­sity of Florida, using a great offen­sive sys­tem, who went on to the NFL and didn’t live up to expectations.

So what does this have to do with Net­work Mar­ket­ing, you may ask?

A lot. Because any­body can suc­ceed in this busi­ness if they apply them­selves, don’t give up, and effec­tively use the right sys­tem. Con­tinue read­ing Any­one Can Suc­ceed in Net­work Mar­ket­ing (With the Right System)

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