Tyler and Mimi Ford – Vemma

Muck Mud

Written on March 3 by Tyler Ford

The more mud you throw in the wall the more mud that will eventually stick… so start mucking mud like crazy!

One key to success with any network marketing company is action and the more action you take the better your results will be. At first, the action you take might not yield the results you are looking for but as you talk to more people your results will get better and better. For example, you may share Vemma with 10 people and only get 1 person to try Vemma or Verve. Then you go out and share Vemma with 10 more people and get 3 to try Vemma and find one person that wants to share Vemma with others and make money. So the more action you take the better your results will be over time so start mucking mud today and lot’s of it!

The harder you work the luckier you get!

The more times you throw the process below against the wall the more that will stick:

1. Taste – Invite people to TASTE the Vemma Nutrition Program.
2. Share – SHARE the tools, SHARE the product stories.
3. Follow Up – Follow up within 48 – 72 hours.
4. Enroll - ENROLL new brand partners as consumers or builders.

Below is a list of ways to muck some major mud by getting people to taste Vemma:

• Warm Market / Belly-to-Belly
• Vemma Voice
• Referrals – Ask the question “Who do you know that: health conscious, motivated by money, has a health challenge, successful?”
• Home Meetings
• Booths and Trade Shows
• Vemma and Verve Wear: T-Shirts, Hats, Cycling Jersey and Shorts, Socks, etc.
• Three Foot Rule – Listen to people around you and fill a need

Lastly, once you enroll a new Vemma brand partner it is extremely important to plug the newest member into Vemma’s 8 Step Action Plan.

Question For The Post (QFTP): What are some other ways to prospect and muck mud? Please comment below.

Tax Benefits of Network Marketing & Home Based Business

Written on March 2 by Tyler Ford

Starting your own network marketing home based business brings you a million-and-one benefits but the one specific benefit I want to talk about on this blog post are tax benefits since it is tax season.

Most all network marketing companies have a monthly auto-delivery program a member has to be on to qualify for all commission bonuses. Vemma brand partners need to be on a $120 monthly auto-delivery to qualify for all commissions. Guess what? Your monthly auto-delivery of $120 is 100 PERCENT TAX DEDUCTIBLE!

A Vemma brand partner on our success team, Carol Herzog, is an accountant. Carol called the IRS to ask them if our monthly auto-delivery is 100% deductible. Carol spoke with IRS representative Colleen ID #0348881 and below is what the IRS representative said. First she asked several questions about how our business worked:

• Is purchasing the $120 monthly auto-delivery was a common practice amount for all members? which is “yes”
• If it was expected for business builders but not consumers? which is “yes”
• If it was helpful to drink the product? which is “yes”
• Necessary to get paid? which is “yes”
• Appropriate for network marketing industry? which is “yes”

Based on the answer and Publication 535 Business expense page 2, the expenses would be ordinary ( common and expected) and necessary (helpful and appropriate) in regards to our MLM business model. Which means the $120 purchase qualifies as a business expense.

Also if a doctor recommends and supplies Vemma out of their office, it is a medical expense for a patient. This is in the instruction for Schedule A.

Other tax advantages to your home based network marketing business are the  obvious expenses you can deduct, such as:

• A portion of your rent or mortgage – your business has to pay rent and that includes home-based businesses. Some of the amount that you pay each month in rent or mortgage payments can be counted as a business expense.
• The cost of your computer
• Office equipment and furniture – office desk, office chair, computer, software, telephone, printer, lighting, etc.
• Internet connection
• Phone bills
• Your vacations and company events – This benefit can be huge! You’ll be able to deduct the cost of the plane ticket, hotel expenses, food, entertainment.
• Conferences – There is no faster way to super-charge your business than to attend a conference. You’ll get a fantastic business education, get a chance to network and best of all get to write off the expense.
• Restaurant meals – Take out members in your down-upline, up-line, or anyone you talk to about your home based business and the meal is on the IRS.
• Groceries – Your home office needs some food for visitors. It is unlikely you will get away with your entire grocery bill but food you consume for home events and visitors is a legitimate deduction.
• Some car expenses

In conclusion, it is hard to put a positive spin on paying taxes. It always hurts but we all have to do it. The good news is that by joining Vemma and or any network marketing company there are tax deductions that you would not have been able to deduct if you did not have a home based business.

Always consult with a tax professional.  We cannot provide any warranty about the information above.

Vemma and Verve March 2010 Win $100 Bucks!

Written on February 28 by Tyler Ford

We are going to be running a contest giveaway for all of our Vemma success team members at a chance of winning $100 in the month of March 2010.

Contest Rules:

1. We will be giving away $100 to a Vemma brand partner who is on our success team.
2. Personally Enroll 2 new members who are on autoship in the month of March 2010.
3. NEW ENROLLED MEMBER MUST BE ON AUTO DELIVERY TO QUALIFY! NO EXCEPTIONS.
4. Comment on the post below with the members you enrolled, who your enroller is, your first and last name, city and state and who your Vemma Elite upline leader is.
5. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH TO COMMENT. AS SOON AS YOU ENROLL TWO NEW PEOPLE IN THE MONTH OF March ENTER BELOW BY COMMENTING ON THIS POST.
6. We will be drawing a winner and will be filming the drawing and posting the winner on our blog by April 5, 2010.
7. Must be in Tyler and Mimi Ford’s downline to qualify.

Vemma is as simple as personally enrolling two new members who are on auto delivery and teaching your new members to do the same! – Tyler Ford

PS: PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE IN YOUR DOWNLINE!

Network Marketing Survey – Belly to Belly is key to success!

Written on February 28 by Tyler Ford

We recently did a survey on our blog asking a few simple questions in regards to network marketing. The results were not surprising.

For those that took the survey we did a drawing for a Flip HD Video Camera. The winner of the Flip cam was Georgjina Brustmaker. Watch the video below.

The one question that we were curious about was “how were people first introduced to network marketing?” Before the survey we know that being introduced to MLM by friends, family and acquaintances would be the most popular answer.

Take a look at the chart below. Not surprising! 87.4% or 118 people were introduced to networking marketing through a friend, family or acquaintance. Hint this tells you where you should spend most of your time prospecting.

94% or 126 people are happy with their current network marketing company as shown on the  chart below. Although talking to people in other MLM companies is always a good idea from a network standpoint it is not where your focus should be. When we talk to others who are in other network marketing companies we always ask “are you happy with your company?” If they say “yes” just get to know them  and make friends and if they say “no” then share Vemma with them.

The chart below shows the currently monthly income of the network marketers that took the survey. Keep in mind there were about 10 people that took the survey that were not in a network marketing company so their answer was zero income. 63% of the people survey are making $100 or more a month and 30.3% are making $500 or more a month which is huge in this economy. What would an extra $500 a month or more do for your household?

Thanks to every one that took the survey. We had people from many different network marketing companies take the survey like Vemma, Agel, MonaVie, Xango, Herbalife, PrePaid Legal, Arbonne, Zrii, ACN, Send Out Cards and NuSkin.