Binary MLM plans are unquestionably widespread now, so here are a few lessons from my own experience.
First, for the uninitiated, binary MLM pay plans have one definitive characteristic: you have just two "legs" in your organization... a team leg and a pay leg. Everyone you ever partner with will be placed in a direct line, one after the other, down one of those two sides.
Here are 5 issues you should know if you're thinking of joining a binary MLM compensation plan:
1. Use fear of loss to motivate recruiting.
In a binary, each person who signs up is placed under the person who joined before them (in that leg.)
Not only does this offer "overflow" to your team, which encourages partnership and retention, but the skilled MLM sponsor can use this to drive recruiting.
"I have 5 people's enrollments in front of me on my desk. If you join right now, I'll enroll all 5 of these under you. If not, that's cool... I'll just place you beneath them when you are ready to join."
There are "powerline" systems that automate this. It's effective stuff.
2. Position is significant.
Negotiate your position with your sponsor with care.
Some positions get more overflow than others. Your sponsor is going to want to place you where it pays them the most, but be careful. If your sponsor places you at the top of their inside leg, you won't get any overflow unless they continue to sponsor.
On the flip side, requesting to be placed to maximize overflow will help you... but it may not help your sponsor as much. So, they may be less willing to devote time and effort to helping you to develop your business.
There is no crystal clear best solution, which is why my suggestion is just to tread carefully. Don't just hop in without thinking it through and talking to your upline.
3. TNSTAAFL.
Lovers of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" know all too well... There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
Even with the prime position and a whole organization worth of overflow, a binary MLM still won't compensate you a cent unless you recruit yourself. Overflow has to be matched with volume you generate for it to be beneficial. So, don't join a binary reasoning that you're going to get something for gratis.
Also, when sponsoring someone it's okay to reveal them about the overflow they may receive, but make sure they recognize TNSTAAFL. It won't kill the enrollment... if anything, it'll prove them on you as a leader even more. And if you do lose them, you didn't want 'em anyway.
4. Teach your downline to enroll outside then inside.
The first person you enroll into a binary should go on the same side, either left or right, that your sponsor placed you on. This is called your "outside" leg.
The second person you enroll should go "inside," on the other leg.
The order is paramount... a lot of people enroll in an MLM recruit 1 person and throw in the towel. If that 1 person was placed outside, they will get overflow from their upline. If not, they will be working their business by themselves forever.
To defend against that, you should always teach "outside, inside."
5. The most stable binaries are hybrids.
Plain binary MLMs are no longer state-of-the-art. In fact, there were several problems with them.
But, when "combined" with a unilevel, coded bonus, or other pay plan, those problems can be easily solved. These hybrid plans-particularly the binary/unilevel-have proven to be very stable and fair to distributors.
They are the BMW of contemporary MLM pay plans.
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First, for the uninitiated, binary MLM pay plans have one definitive characteristic: you have just two "legs" in your organization... a team leg and a pay leg. Everyone you ever partner with will be placed in a direct line, one after the other, down one of those two sides.
Here are 5 issues you should know if you're thinking of joining a binary MLM compensation plan:
1. Use fear of loss to motivate recruiting.
In a binary, each person who signs up is placed under the person who joined before them (in that leg.)
Not only does this offer "overflow" to your team, which encourages partnership and retention, but the skilled MLM sponsor can use this to drive recruiting.
"I have 5 people's enrollments in front of me on my desk. If you join right now, I'll enroll all 5 of these under you. If not, that's cool... I'll just place you beneath them when you are ready to join."
There are "powerline" systems that automate this. It's effective stuff.
2. Position is significant.
Negotiate your position with your sponsor with care.
Some positions get more overflow than others. Your sponsor is going to want to place you where it pays them the most, but be careful. If your sponsor places you at the top of their inside leg, you won't get any overflow unless they continue to sponsor.
On the flip side, requesting to be placed to maximize overflow will help you... but it may not help your sponsor as much. So, they may be less willing to devote time and effort to helping you to develop your business.
There is no crystal clear best solution, which is why my suggestion is just to tread carefully. Don't just hop in without thinking it through and talking to your upline.
3. TNSTAAFL.
Lovers of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" know all too well... There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
Even with the prime position and a whole organization worth of overflow, a binary MLM still won't compensate you a cent unless you recruit yourself. Overflow has to be matched with volume you generate for it to be beneficial. So, don't join a binary reasoning that you're going to get something for gratis.
Also, when sponsoring someone it's okay to reveal them about the overflow they may receive, but make sure they recognize TNSTAAFL. It won't kill the enrollment... if anything, it'll prove them on you as a leader even more. And if you do lose them, you didn't want 'em anyway.
4. Teach your downline to enroll outside then inside.
The first person you enroll into a binary should go on the same side, either left or right, that your sponsor placed you on. This is called your "outside" leg.
The second person you enroll should go "inside," on the other leg.
The order is paramount... a lot of people enroll in an MLM recruit 1 person and throw in the towel. If that 1 person was placed outside, they will get overflow from their upline. If not, they will be working their business by themselves forever.
To defend against that, you should always teach "outside, inside."
5. The most stable binaries are hybrids.
Plain binary MLMs are no longer state-of-the-art. In fact, there were several problems with them.
But, when "combined" with a unilevel, coded bonus, or other pay plan, those problems can be easily solved. These hybrid plans-particularly the binary/unilevel-have proven to be very stable and fair to distributors.
They are the BMW of contemporary MLM pay plans.
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50 Cent tweets, tiny stock soars! The rapper tells millions of followers to buy a penny stock in which he has a large stake - and scores $8.7 million.
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