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I do not really believe that 95% of people actually fail in the industry of network marketing. What I really believe is that 95% of people who get involved with network marketing actually fail to make the amount of money that they set out to make. In fact many of these people will actually lose money and end up giving up on their network marketing company, which results in failure.

There are several reasons why most people who start network marketing will never make the amount of money they intend on. In my opinion there are two main important reasons why people fail in network marketing.

The first and ultimate main reason for such a high failure rate in the network marketing industry is the lack up proper training.

Lets face it; this industry is an industry that is pursued by armatures. What I mean by this is that in this industry of network marketing we have people from every other occupation and industry who come to the MLM industry because they want to work at home and leave their current job. These people will want to leave their occupation in which they have gone to university or college for several years where they were trained in, so they can join an MLM company, which they were not trained in, and work from home. The problem is most people think that they should automatically be a successful superstar from day one.

People do not understand that they are leaving a profession that they were trained in so they can go work in an industry that they were not trained in.

What is creating the 95% failure rate is that 95% of the people who do leave their current occupation to pursue network marketing will not believe they need to now get trained in their new business or career. Most people will just rely on just their upline in their company who is in their same position as well for the training. Then the 5% of people who do succeed are the ones who take training very seriously and get and pay for the proper training. They become students of network marketing.

The second most important reason for the 95% failure rate in network marketing is lack of money or capital for building the business.

Many people who join the network marking industry are looking to make money and do not want to have to spend the money to make the money. Believe it or not but many people will pursue this industry looking for a cheap little program that cost them $20 - $50 and then want to promote the business with only using free methods. If people do use some paid methods such as buying business opportunity leads or newspaper advertising etc. they will not make enough money to even cover their cost of advertising. Then they will eventually run out of money and have to quit what they are doing. These people are almost dead in the water before they even start by doing this.

People need to realize that when they join a network marketing company and want to build a business that they are going to need to spend some money.

If you do not have boat loads of money to just throw into your business for advertising then you are going to need a business that allows you to make lots of money fast.

You need to have a product and service that has a profit margin that allows you to make a worth while profit. Do you realize that the products and services in a traditional store has a huge mark up on price? This has a lot to do with giving a margin for getting customers in the door. The same needs to apply with your network marketing business. I am not talking about the company having a margin to allow paying out commissions to the distributors, I am talking about the distributor having the profit margin for allowing a good marketing budget.

So in conclusion I really believe that if you really want to be in 5% that really succeed, you will need proper training and a product and service that has good profit margin so you can make more money fast to pay for your advertising.

Colin Meunier is a Successful Home Business Coach and Mentor! To learn more on how to start or become more successful in your home business online Visit: http://www.WhoIsColinMeunier.com & http://www.colinmeunier.com/blog

Old ugly or damaged plaster walls and ceilings are truly a headache and an eyesore.

But don't throw up your hands in despair. The problems are often not as grevious as they might appear. Damaged plaster is certainly fixable, often even by the homeowner himself.

Many years ago, when I was a young man being trained in drywall finishing, we encountered a problem on one of our jobs. As we worked to install and finish new drywall partitions in a drugstore, the owner complained to us about his old plaster ceiling.

Damaged it certainly were. Old lath and plaster from the early 1900's, the ceiling was riddled with cracks and scaling paint. An eyesore of the first order.

The customer wanted to know what could be done about his plaster problems. We said we would deal with it, without knowing immediately what we were going to do.

My boss and I talked about it and decided that we could treat the cracks like drywall seams. Apply paper drywall tape in a bed of joint compound over each crack. A couple coats of topping and each crack was out of sight and reinforced against reopening.

The final step was to apply new texture over the whole big ceiling. We chose a sanded skip trowel texture that would hide minor imperfections and blend all the repairs together.

The result? We had a very happy customer and we had added a new trick to our bag.

In the years since, I had dealt with hundreds of damaged plaster jobs using drywall finish materials and texture compounds. And I am happy to say that I have given all these clients relief from their plaster headaches.

Why not use regular plaster materials to fix ugly plaster?

Certainly that is the approach to plaster repair taken by professional plasterers. But I went the route I did because I was using materials and techniques I was already familiar with.

I do know how to use regular plaster, but for ease of handling I like drywall finishing materials. And I have had great success with them.

For the motivated homeowner, I believe it would be a mistake for me to recommend he or she use real plaster, which can be a difficult medium and really is, I believe, the province of the plastering professional.

So, for those who want to tackle the job themselves, I show them how to do it my way. And I am delighted to report that I have seen many success stories.

If you are the sort of person who likes to do his own home repairs (and doesn't mind saving money), you can learn how to repair and renovate your damaged plaster. And get the satisfaction that comes from a job well-done.

I have put together an e-course of 10 short lessons to give you the basics and steer you clear of ten common mistakes people can make in fixing their own plaster walls and ceilings. Sign up - it won't cost you a penny.

Wishing you the best!

Edwin Brown is a licensed and bonded specialist in the field of plaster and drywall repair and renovation, with 35+ years of experience. He lives and works on the west coast of the US. To subscribe to his free e-course, HOW TO REPAIR YOUR PLASTER RIGHT, go to http://www.plaster-wall-ceiling-solutions.com/plaster-repair-instruction.html

Have you considered building a home lately? Many people believe that a stagnating housing market points to rough financial times ahead so they tighten their belts and put their wallets away.

What most people dont know is that a cooling market means cheaper building materials, cheaper labor, and faster construction times.

Housing for low-income wage earners is more affordable than it was just a few months ago. The prices for most kinds of building materials are falling which is great news for owner builders.

The housing market is taking a huge down turn. While that is bad news for the economy in general, it does create an advantage for those with low income who wish to build a home. That means that the prices for lumber, cement, and everything else is going down.

Wafer board has already dropped by about four dollars a sheet in the last few months. I predict it will reach a low of around ten dollars in the spring unless the housing market turns sharply around. It's a fantastic time to be building your own home. The housing boom has been healthy for the economy, but not very good for those of us wanting to buy materials for a home.

Now it's good for us and it will get even better.

As a rule of thumb, I always consider the price of wafer board to be a good indicator of the over all price of building materials. It is used for many different things in home construction.

For those people who dont want to try to build their own home, the opportunity is still there because as the housing market slows down, there will be many contractors willing to work for less money. The availability of experienced contractors will increase in the months ahead.

So if youve been waiting for that perfect time to build a home and not break the bank, now is the time.

Larry Angell

Larry Angell is the author of Sweat Equity, building a house at half cost. He is actively involved in helping people build homes that are high in equity. He teaches people with low income how to build homes without the help of contractors.

http://www.make-my-own-house.com

How do you get a cold? You get exposed to a germ, right? This may be a very simplified explanation of getting a cold, but the basic principle is the same when it comes to malicious software. We all know what malicious software is, it is a program that does unwanted and in many cases destructive things on your computer. Typical examples of malicious software are viruses, spyware and ad-ware. You have to expose your computer to a malicious program to get infected by it. This can happen in many ways, by using an infected Floppy Disk, CD, DVD, hard-drive or flash drive. You may get infected when opening an attachment of an infected e-mail message. But if you use common sense you have a smaller chance of getting infected. Only use disks from trusted sources, dont open strange e-mails and even if you use material from a trusted source, ensure that it is scanned by a respectable Anti-virus scanner.

There is one method of infection I did not mention and that is through the use Internet by browsing from web site to web site. Common sense also plays a role here. If a link looks strange, dont click on it. If you are required to enter sensitive information that is not relevant to your visit, dont do it. By using a browser with good security measures will make you less vulnerable. But one problem that cant be fixed with security software is peoples moral values. Ignorance plays a significant role in infections but I dont believe that it plays such a big role as peoples intentions when using the Internet.

Many infections occur when the user was either doing something illegal or immoral. The evidence is clear when you try to fix an infected PC. The Internet History and the Temporary Internet Files folder is most of the times cluttered with cookies and cache of pornographic and piracy sites. Piracy sites range from pirate music to pirate software. Many of the cracks downloaded from the Internet are actual Trojan Horses (a host program that gives malicious software access to your computer) but they usually imply to bypass the anti-piracy sections of a program to allow the user to use a full licensed version of the software. Sometimes they even do actually crack the software but installs a malicious program in the background without the knowledge of the user. Some sites require users to install specific software in order to gain access to their pirate or pornographic content. These programs are nothing other than spyware, which monitors activities like keystrokes from your keyboard to record passwords. They also spy on your online activity and store this information on their servers in order to send you relevant marketing material and spin you deeper into their web. What users often dont realize is that their PC becomes a source of malicious activity. Many of these companies will load your computer with malicious software and try to infect everyone you communicate with, either through your local network or the Internet. Your PC may become a spamming engine, sending spam to all your contacts. Your PC will in the end earn revenue for these dishonest organizations and you may become an accomplice in illegal activities without even knowing it.

All these are consequences of the immoral and dishonest actions of the user in the first place. If people stay away from piracy and pornography sites we will deal with lesser malicious software threats. If lesser people use these websites, these organizations will make less money from these sites and will in the end be forced to shut it down. This will be to the benefit to the whole online-community, but also the music, television and software industry, due to smaller volumes of piracy. In the end it will put money back into the pocket of the end-user and keep our children safe from the filthy material on the Web.

It is a simple rule, if you keep your online intentions clean, your will have a clean conscience and a clean conscience will go hand-in-hand with a clean computer.

Coenraad de Beer was born on 27 February 1982 in small town called Lichtenburg in the North West (Formerly known as Transvaal) province of South Africa. He graduated High school in 2000 and started doing computer programming on his own for 2 years using the C++ programming language. In 2003 he started a career in Accounting and he is currently studying BCompt at the University of South Africa.

Coenraad is a very dedicated person in whatever he takes on in life and believes that success only comes from hard work and believing in your own abilities, the abilities God gave to you.

Coenraad is also the Webmaster of Cyber Top Cops - The Cyber Security Specialists

You can also visit his homepage at http://myweb.absamail.co.za/coendb/

Website traffic is one of the most cherished things on the internet. The biggest problem that most people face is finding visitors to see their creations. Far too much time is spent designing and making your site pretty when you should be setting out a plan to gain profitable website traffic first. This article will look at web site traffic and what drives it.

There many methods for driving website traffic to your site. One of the best ways to get traffic to your site is by paying for ads on Google and other search engines to gain traffic. This method is known as pay-per-click advertising. PPC is used by most online marketers who have experienced some success.

The caution you must have when trying to find qualified website traffic is to not think that by paying money you will see a profit or the traffic you desire. If you are not spending good money or to put it another way If you are not spending your money wisely then you may be helping someone else to get rich.

If you plan on paying for some website traffic you should set a low budget at first and run some test ads to see how well they might do. The average budget to start with should be around $50.00 or less.

One of the key factors to consider when purchasing your website traffic is going to be the amount of potential profit per item that you are promoting on your site. Is this an affiliate related site that pays you $10, $15, $20 per sale? Do you have your own product that can earn you $30, $40, or more per sale? Is this an ongoing product that may bring in $100 or more per customer?

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