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Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams! Paperback – January 7, 1998

by Mark Yarnell (Author), Rene Reid Yarnell (Author)
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How to Keep the Dream Alive!
Network marketing is one of the fastest-growing career opportunities in the United States. Millions of people just like you have abandoned dead-end jobs for the chance to achieve the dream of growing their own businesses. What many of them find, however, is that the first year in network marketing is often the most challenging—and, for some, the most discouraging.
Here, Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell, two of the industry's most respected and successful professionals, offer you strategies on how to overcome those first-year obstacles and position yourself for lifelong success. The Yarnells provide you with a wealth of savvy advice on everything you need to know to succeed in network marketing, such as proven systems for recruiting, training, growing and supporting your downline, and much more.
In an easy, step-by-step approach, you will learn how to:
·Deal with rejection
·Recruit and train
·Avoid overmanaging your downline
·Remain focused
·Stay enthusiastic
·Avoid unrealistic expectations
·Conduct those in-home meetings
·Ease out of another profession
You owe it to yourself to read this inspiring book!
"This will be the Bible of Network Marketing."
— Doug Wead, former special assistant to the president, the Bush Administration
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To listen to its proponents, network (or multilevel) marketing is the greatest thing since sliced bread: top performers earn $1 million a month, reside in alluring places like Aspen and Kauai, and still find quality time to happily raise children and lovingly cement spousal relationships. Contending that those who fail to make it that far are ill prepared for the initial challenges they face, Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell--married network marketers who are among the industry's leaders, as well as members of a University of Illinois faculty that teaches the only college-certified course on the subject in the U.S.--have written Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams! to convey both advice and inspiration to newcomers. Peppered with personal anecdotes that bring their recommendations to life, the two offer logical strategies for overcoming rookie obstacles and kick starting a career. Individual chapters explore issues such as battling rejection, avoiding depression, handling prospects, supervising recruits, and managing time. Each concludes with a comprehensive summary, but save it for later reference and don't skip the preceding narrative, or you risk missing the book's considerable motivational component. --Howard Rothman

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0761512195
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown; First Edition (January 7, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780761512196
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761512196
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
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    Rene Reid’s life took her from the serenity of life as a Catholic nun to the chaos of life as an elected public official. Rene is passionate about making a positive impact on the world. She has worked as a religious education director in Catholic parishes, expanded her reach to the media via hosting TV shows and talk radio programs and was among the first female talk radio hosts in the nation. Rene created a successful network marketing organization and wrote a bestselling book about network marketing. She is dedicated to helping people find their own purpose in life, whether through the media, assisting the homeless, or sparking religious renewal via Catholic Church Reform International (www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org), which she founded and directs. She lives in Reno, Nevada, and continues her work for church reform as she is committed to transforming a monarchal church into one focused on loving one another with the people having a voice in its governance.

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    Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell are on the faculty of the nation's only college-certified course in network marketing at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Well known for their philanthropy, they have created a $70 million multilevel marketing organization that spans 20 countries. They divide their time between Reno, Nevada, and Gstaad, Switzerland.

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L.C. Mack
5.0 out of 5 stars Necessary Read for Any Network Marketer or Sales Professional
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2013
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This book helps you to see network marketing as it truly is. It does prepare you for the challenges and disappointments that are to come. It also helps you see how friends and family can turn on you when you do your network marketing thing. I had friends who I thought would support me no matter what. Well I was wrong. As a network marketer, your "friends" will start to treat you like you have the plague. They become so fearful that over drinks or dinner, you are going to try to pitch them again that they dodge you. It applies even over the phone or Facebook. It would have been hilarious but I must admit, there were times I was offended. Regardless of how you supported them with their hair-brained schemes over the years, they run in the other direction when they find out you are a "NETWORK MARKETER". Yikes! Lol. This book helps you understand that it is in the nature of your family and friends to "save" you from your network marketing career. At least that is what they think they are doing. It is up to you to stand your ground in what you are doing and show them how serious you are. The book tells you how to deal with these situations. That is why this book is a requirement if you are not only starting out but if you have been networking for years and start to become frustrated. There are great tips on how to approach others as well as great background stories that you just might find familiar. If you are a network marketer and have never read this book, I suggest you get started by purchasing it today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Newbies.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2023
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Simplistic, informative, and straight facts. Remains a classic to this day. A recommended read for anyone looking to go from mediocre to good to great.
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Terry Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic Read
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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I have been in network marketing for over ten years, failing miserably. I tried this company and that company. Wasn't going anywhere untill I bought this book and used it.

This book should be called "How To Become Brilliant on the basics" and subtitled "How To Unleash Your Potential in MLM." It sure did for me.

Before reading "Your First Year in Network Marketing", I thought I would be lucky to get 100 people on my list. After reading what Mark said, I easily came up with a list of over 2,000 and the bst part is that those 2,000 know 2,000 who know 2,000 who know 2,000 and so on. I think it is true that if you know three people, you know everybodyelse in the world.

The affirmations were great and got me thinking bigger. The scripts were a great start, although I have midified them since then.

Overall a great book by Mark. I wonder how many other failed network marketers would do well if only they read (and applied) this wisdom?
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Donald Stracener
4.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for a new person in MLM
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013
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The book starts well and reads good with a lot of needed information. The chapters on meetings could have been cut down, but maybe they still do them somewhere, if that's the case then it's perfect.

I gave it 4 four stars because the writing style got boring for me a few times. I would get this for any new person in MLM and for someone that's joined MLM before and has had no success.
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023
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This is a must read to help you avoid lots of pitfalls you will most likely encounter in your first year of network marketing. I feel much more equipped and it helped me recognize many of my strengths and weaknesses so I know what to do with them. :))
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Nana Sands
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Informative
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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I've learned so much about myself as a multi-level marketer and desires to go higher as a result of this fantastic read.
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PrayingMom
3.0 out of 5 stars Just can't get into it!
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2008
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Honestly, I just can't get into this book. I am having a hard time getting past the first few pages. I personally think it is the set up of the pages to be blunt. I have read some good stuff as I have skimmed through the book and read eye-catching sections, but for me to sit down and read this book and highlight the good stuff and take notes--- yea, well it is just not happening with this one.
Information wise, what I am reading is good- This couple certainly hits both sides - the misconceptions and well as the reality of the network marketing world.
One thing I do like is the summary at the end of each chapter (one reason is becaus eit is a different font and page set so it is easier to follow) but mainly because it really does highlight the good parts of the chapter.

Happy Selling! Party On!
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Tony Dunne
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2012
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For anyone wishing to get all aspects of network marketing this is the book.

As an experienced owner and worker in traditional business for over 20 years I thought i'd have all the experience i'd need to succeed in network marketing. Whilst some aspects are useful this book has helped me understand how my traditional business approach could actually have an adverse effect for me.

The authors not only come from a place of high experience in NM they are also industry advocates, people of high integrity and people who truly want to help. Well thanks to the Yarnell's i'll avoid some of the pitfalls and this info will help me to build a simple business plan and a highly effective global business.

I thought i understood how great this industry could be but i'm now absolutely convinced that i'm in the best industry in the world, one where our success is directly related to how much we help others achieve and grow. I'm looking forward to making it to the top of my companies compensation plan but even more excited to help many others to do the same and change their family trees forever.

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Kamesh S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Networking book
Reviewed in India on January 3, 2024
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Good to read and follow. It’s a baby steps to take and to reach a diamond level in Network marketing
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom
Reviewed in Brazil on July 26, 2019
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El libro aún no lo he leído, la reseña es por el estdo de éste. Páginas manchadas, tapa rasgada, páginas que se sobresalen de la tapa al estar el libro cerrado... En fin, pésimo estado del producto. Me pregunto si no lo habrá usado alguien antes
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Reviewed in Spain on October 26, 2020
El libro aún no lo he leído, la reseña es por el estdo de éste. Páginas manchadas, tapa rasgada, páginas que se sobresalen de la tapa al estar el libro cerrado... En fin, pésimo estado del producto. Me pregunto si no lo habrá usado alguien antes
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Heather
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, a reference that I am sure I will visit many times in the coming months.
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2017
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I chose this rating because I believe it will guide me through many pitfalls, and already has made me alert to problems.
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Cyrille Hurstel
5.0 out of 5 stars Comment accélérer votre apprentissage
Reviewed in France on September 16, 2018
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Très bon livre. J'ai malheureusement fait une partie des erreurs décrites dans cet ouvrage. C'est tellement mieux de le lire la première année.
Heureusement que j'ai persévéré (Je relate mes aventures dans libreparlemlm.com)
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