WORK THE PLAN

WHEN YOU ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WORKING
FOR, you are ready to focus on how you are going to
get it. It’s time to take a look at how different companies
pay their representatives.
Every network marketing company has a compensation plan or a marketing plan that sets out clearly what you have to do to get what you want.
The common denominator of all legitimate plans is that payments are based
on the sales you generate, both from personal sales and the
sales of people you recruit. The higher your total sales, the more you will earn. If you are lucky, the plan will be simple and easy to understand. But many plans seem confusing and complicated, especially to newcomers.
Don’t be deterred. As the business has developed, so have the plans. Most good ones specifically focus on key behaviors required to build a successful downline organization. A strong downline—that is, the people you recruit and train and from whose sales you also earn a commission—is at the heart of success. As you learn the plan, you are learning what you must do to maximize your income.
If you understand the plan you can explain it clearly and enthusiastically to prospective recruits. When you do a good job they, in turn, will be able to explain it clearly and enthusiastically to their prospective recruits. Now your entire organization is focusing on the most productive areas.
 

This is what you need to know regardless of what plan you are working with:
The most basic principle of network marketing is duplication—
selling product, and recruiting others to sell product and recruit others, over and over and over. This is what all plans are designed to encourage and reward.
You will be paid a percentage of the total sales you generate, usually monthly, although some companies work on four-week, two-week, or one-week cycles.
Your percentage will increase as you reach and maintain
higher levels (also known as ranks). This is designed to encourage
you to build your business and reward you for consistent
performance.
Your rank is based on your personal sales and the sales of everyone you recruit, both directly (known as first levels) and indirectly (the people your first levels recruit down the line, known as second and third levels, etc). Collectively, these people are known as your personal group (or downline).
 

How quickly you reach each rank will depend on how hard you work and how skilled you are at marketing your products and your business opportunity.
If you grow your business steadily, your income will rise month by month, subject to the fluctuating demand for your products throughout the year.
 

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Most companies allocate approximately the same percentage of total sales to pay their representatives. However, each company structures its plan slightly differently. As one example, some plans pay a small percentage on the sales of everyone you recruit, whereas others require that you recruit a set number of people and reach a combined sales target before you are paid on your recruits. Another example is the difference in how much you have to sell personally to earn higher commissions.

The four most common plans currently in use (making up 98 percent of all plans) are:

    1. Stairstep or Breakaway
    2. Hybrid Unilevel or Unigen

    3. Forced Matrix
    4. Binary

The following brief description of each will help you make sense of them:
 

STAIRSTEP OR BREAKAWAY PLANS
Stairstep or Breakaway Plans have been around the longest and are used by approximately 62 percent of companies. The key details are:

✯ There is no limit on how many people you can recruit.
✯ There is no limit on how many people you may have as first levels (your top line).
✯ Your personal recruits (first-level) form a new line (or leg).
✯ The people they recruit become your second levels, third levels, etc.
✯ You earn commission on your personal group (your top line and the people they recruit).
✯ To qualify for commission you are expected to meet a monthly personal and group target.
✯ You climb ‘‘stairs’’ to qualify at each level, where you are rewarded by higher percentages.
✯ You earn commission on your breakaway groups (legs that achieve a higher rank) as long as you stay ahead of them by being promoted to a higher rank yourself.
✯ The more first-level recruits you have, the stronger your business will be, because when one recruit breaks away you have others to maintain the balance.

Companies using Stairstep or Breakaway Plans include Amway, Mary Kay and Longrich.

HYBRID UNILEVEL OR UNIGEN PLANS
Hybrid Unilevel or Unigen Plans are used by approximately 18 percent of companies. The key details are:

✯ Similarly to Stairstep/Breakaway Plans, Hybrid Unilevel or Unigen Plans pay commission on personal and breakaway groups.
✯ You are encouraged to recruit your customers, who are commonly known as Associates or Members.
✯ Associates receive wholesale buying privileges and may order directly from the company. Although they mostly buy for themselves, some service a small customer base.
✯ You generally earn a higher commission on personal recruits than with other types of plans.
 

Nu Skin is an example of a company using this type of plan.
 

FORCED MATRIX PLANS
Forced Matrix Plans are used by about 12 percent of companies. The key details are:

✯ There is a limit to how many people you may personally recruit across your top line (this is known as a limited matrix).
✯ Your personal recruits are one line below you, meaning your direct recruits are known as your second level, your second level recruits are known as your third levels, etc.
✯ The number of downline levels (called depth) you may have is also capped.
✯ Any people you recruit over your limit will drop a level. This is known as spillover.

Melaleuca is one example of a company with a Forced Matrix Plan.
 

BINARY PLANS
Binary Plans are used by about 6 percent of companies. The
key details are:

✯ You can only recruit two people, or legs, as your first levels.
✯ Any additional first-level recruits become your second levels, etc.
✯ You are paid on the sales of the weaker of your two legs.
✯ You may be allowed to carry unpaid sales forward.
✯ Some plans allow you to form a second matrix.
 

Companies using Binary Plan include USANA, Global Wealth Trade and Helping hands International.

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Understanding Your Plan
You only have to learn it once, and it will fall into place as you put it into practice. Taking the time to understand your plan will give you the knowledge and confidence to share it with others. A cursory knowledge of other types of plans may help you deal with questions from prospective recruits.

To separate the key points of your plan from jargon and hype, look for the answers to these questions:

✯ What will I be paid on my personal sales?
✯ How much must I personally sell to earn the highest commission on my sales?
✯ What will I be paid on my first-level recruits, that is, the people I personally recruit?
✯ What will I be paid on my personal group, that is, including my indirect recruits (the people recruited by the people I personally recruit)?
✯ How much must my group sales total for me to earn the highest commission on its sales?
✯ What will I be paid on my breakaway groups?
✯ What do I have to do to be paid on my breakaway
groups?
✯ What will I be paid on my total business?
 

Additional questions to ask yourself are:

✯ What level on the plan will I aim for?
✯ What do I have to do to reach that level?

The most appealing aspect of all plans is that they clearly mark out key mileposts en route to your destination. Once you calculate how much time you will allocate to your business and factor in your current skill level, you will be able to set a realistic rank to aim for in your first year. This will enable you to calculate your income.


Culled from Be a Network Marketing Superstar by Mary Christensen with Wayne Christensen

GSK BEST SUPPLIER AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2014

Longrich received from GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the British pharmaceutical giant a reward for being one its best suppliers for the year 2014. Furthermore, Longrich was rated four-star supplier by GSK's auditors in 2014 which represents the top honor a GSK supplier can possibly receive at best in China.

Known as a global leader in research and development of pharma and healthcare items, GSK's products have been sold all over the world. The Sensodyne toothpaste series is an example of their '' excellency '' character, which is renowned for its rigorous production process, consistent product quality and meticulous test standards. Most notably, Sensodyne Anhydrous Toothpaste is so sophisticated that it takes an amazing 12 hours to complete the whole production process as opposed to 3 - 4 hours that ordinary toothpastes normally take to make.

The Story

Back in 2008, GSK conducted a research on China market in an attempt to identify a supplier for its star product Sensodyne which were intended for GSK China market. GSK visited many toothpaste manufacturers across China back then and Longrich was among them. Technical experts from TSKF also made many visits to Longrich and did stringent auditing on its production facilities. In October, 2010, the first batch of Synsodyne toothpaste proved a success, which catapulted Longrich onto GSK global suppliers list and also marked Longrich product quality conformance with GSK global standards.

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In 2013, the new intelligent factory which Longrich invested RMB 600 M to build came into operation. The plant occupying an area of 80,000m2 has several workshops capable of producing skin care and cleaning products, toothpaste, mouthwash, bath salt, talcum powder, makeup, soap, etc., which can deliver an annual output value of more than RMB 10 billion. Moreover, in order to meet GSK high standards on quality and efficiency, latest machineries from international leading brands including Norton/IWK filling machine, 3000L GEA paste reactor all were then introduced in multiple toothpaste production lines. As Longrich has made continual improvement and constantly meets GSK high quality standards, the cooperation between the two companies on toothpaste production got smoother over the years.

Future perspective

‘Information technology and industrialization are at the core of 2025 Made in China Plan to transform China from a world factory to an industrial powerhouse with the aid of Internet and manufacturing’ said Mr. Xu Zhiwei, the chairman of Longrich Group.
Longrich intelligent factory has ushered Longrich manufacturing into Industrial 4.0 Era. Longrich will continue to improve its production facilities in HQ and Chengdu, and in the meantime build new factories.

Personal Branding: Sell “Yourself” First

I was talking to someone the other day about their network marketing company. We were talking products, compensation plans, team building, selling the dream. You know the typical network marketing conversation.

The person said something to me that I have heard so many times and have often said myself. You have probably heard it or even said it before.

“These products sell themselves.”

I was thinking about it later and realized this is an absurd statement. If they sell themselves, why are we trying to sell them? Think about it.

I know, I am taking it too literally, but it got me thinking.

Depending upon what company you are involved with, there are thousands, tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people that are all selling the same product/s and opportunity that you are.

Why should someone buy from you, or us, or anyone? They don’t need to buy from us or join our business.

I am sure if they do a Google search for said product/company, they will find hundreds or thousands of people lining up with a big smile on their face wanting to convince them that they are the best sponsor in the company.

In reality most sponsors don’t have a whole lot more to offer than the next sponsor.

I mean of course they do, but so many of us are so focused on selling products and pitching the opportunity, that our prospects never have the chance to see what we personally have to offer.

Here is the reality.

Of course our prospects need to be excited about our products, but what they really want to be pitched and sold on, is YOU. They want to know that you are the right person for them to partner up with.

They will be looking for some guidance at first, someone to show them the ropes. They’re going to need a brainstorming buddy, right?  They might need someone to motivate them when they need it. Heck they may even need a friend.

So what are you saying Jason? I need to do a better job of selling myself?

Yes, and I really don’t need to say much more about that. You need to do some personal branding and sell yourself first.

It is pretty simple.

Show them what you offer. Get to know them. Show them you care by asking questions about them, and don’t be so quick to pitch your products and your opportunity.

After you have talked about your company and answered their questions, continue to showcase what you have to offer.

Ok, but that is not the point of this blog post.

The point is for us to teach you how to sell yourself before you ever even talk to your prospects.

And here is a little secret.

If you do this well enough, you may not even talk to some of your prospects prior to them joining you and your opportunity.

That’s right, you might wake up and discover someone you have never heard of joined your business last night.

How cool would that be?

So here is how you do it. You need to sell yourself first by building your own Personal Brand.

Building a personal brand goes hand in hand with content marketing (which is what this site is all about if you haven’t discovered).

Content marketing is providing a specific group of people (a niche) with valuable information and resources in order to help them find solutions to a challenge they are struggling with.

If we want people to buy from us, we need to provide them with tons of value.

If you follow along with us, we will teach you how to choose a niche, provide lots of value to this niche, and then watch them come to you to buy things and/or join you in your business with little to no effort on your part.

I take part of that back.

I don’t want to give you the impression that this won’t require a lot of effort.

In fact, in the beginning, it is going to require a ton of effort and hard work on your part, but the hard work can turn into a couple hours of work per day if you play your cards right.

How do you do that? Follow our lead!

Ok, back to what I was saying.

By doing this (building your business through content marketing), you will essentially be building your own personal brand. You will sell people on you first, and your products and opportunity second.

Building and marketing your own personal brand has many benefits.

Like I have already said, it will give you the opportunity to sell your prospects on you first and your products and opportunity second. This is just a better way to sell, period.

Building your own brand will also give you the opportunity to sell other products that aren’t related to your current MLM Company.

Maybe you develop your own training course that you sell, or you offer personal coaching or consulting. You could sell other affiliate products. The sky is the limit.

Having your own brand offers you some protection in the unfortunate event that something happens to your company.

So many people go from hero to zero overnight because they are at the mercy of their MLM Company.

If you can build a strong personal brand and sell people on you and the value you bring to the table, you will find that people want to partner up with you and get involved in whatever you are doing, regardless of the product or opportunity.

Remember that we are going to help you through the process of choosing your niche, building your brand, and promoting yourself to thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people.

Here are a few things that we need to think about when we are creating our own Personal Brand.

1)      Know who your audience is. Know what they struggle with. Know what they need. Choose your niche wisely.

2)      Promote your own name. Hint: this is the name that your parents gave you. No need to be fancy.

3)      Know your story and how it ties to your audience. Be able to tell your story in a way where your audience can relate to you and your experiences.

4)      Decide what you want to be known for. Pick one or two things. Example: We are known for helping network marketers generate leads for their business, and we teach people how to use content marketing to attract people to themselves and their business.

5)      Create a tagline that tells people what you offer. Our tag line is:  WE help network marketers get more leads, provide more value, and make more money.

6)      Be yourself and have fun. Show people who you really are. Keep it real. That is what sells. Everyone knows when we are putting on an act and trying to be someone we’re not.

7)      Be consistent with your message. If you are following our lead and use your own personal blog, blog often. Your people will be looking for your next post (as long as you are providing valuable content).

8)      Keep your eye on the big picture. Remember that your personal brand is not about a specific thing, product, or opportunity. It is about you, and everything you have to offer now and in the future. You probably have no idea what you will have to offer in the future. I know I don’t.

So there are some things to consider while you are creating and promoting your own personal brand


By Jason Kaesten

UPGRADE PROMO FROM 7th - 26th SEPTEMBER, 2015

Dear Esteemed Members,

Due to your unrelenting effort and amiable contributions to the development of this great company, Longrich has decided to reward your effort by giving you the opportunity to upgrade to a new level.
This upgrade will last from 7th September to 26th September, 2015.

The details are carefully listed as follows:
1.   Balance your PV to 240 and upgrade to gold
2.   Balance your PV to 720 and upgrade to Platinum
3.   Balance your PV to 1680 and upgrade to Platinum VIP.

To avoid mis-understanding on the Upgrade Promo which is going on, we would like to further explain the promo by using the example as follows:

QUESTION A: Before promo started, Member A accumulated 230PV (Upgrade order), and he wants to upgrade to Gold by using this promo, if he purchases 10PV to balance his PV to 240PV before promo ends, would he be upgraded to Gold?  
ANSWER: No. He needs to buy minimum 50PV of upgrade order to be upgraded, because there are 2 conditions: 1: Total upgrade order should be no less than 240PV 2: Minimum Upgrade Purchased during the promo period should not be less than 50PV.

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QUESTION B: Before promo started, Member B accumulated 240PV already, how can he be upgraded if he is still silver?
ANSWER: Buy 50PV upgrade order before promo ends, you would be upgraded to gold;

NOTE: If you want to Upgrade to the next level, you need to buy 50PV at least in this Period of time.

Thanks for your wonderful cooperation and thanks for choosing Longrich Marketing Platform.


Sharing is caring. Please inform your friends and family of this business opportunity.

LONGRICH INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Longrich Distributor:

All NEW upgraded Star Directors of Longrich International Market before December 31, 2015 are qualified to win a SCHOLARSHIP recommendation for themselves or one person of their choice to study a Bachelor Degree at Soochow University.

The Beneficiary:

·        Longrich Scholarship covers all Tuition and Admission Fees at Soochow University.

·        All successful scholarship beneficiaries are automatically eligible to obtain internships placement at Longrich during holidays or when available.

·        Secure and develop an international career with Longrich.

·        Join a multicultural network of students and talents from all over the world.

PARTNERING INSTITUTION: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY

v 4 years program +50 different majors

GENERAL ADMISSION CONDITION:

18 years old or more, in good health, high school diploma, interested and wanting to pursue a higher education in China

HOW TO BE A LONGRICH NIGERIA STOCKIST

STEP 1:

       Which qualification should I have if I want to be a Longrich Stockist?
 1) A valid and active Longrich Platinum VIP member.
 2)  Must have attained Diamond 4 and above.
 3) Willing to work full time and has a team no less than 100 people.
 4)  Able to organize and conduct weekly meeting at Distribution Centre.
 5) Have a business premise with minimum 50 sq meters(the higher your square meters, the higher your chances of becoming a Stockist)
 6) Able to understand, write and preferably communicate in English.
 7) Willing to attend Stockist Training/Meeting on date and venue scheduled periodically by the Company
 8) The applicant must apply through a Diamond 6 distributor who would also be the guarantor to the applicant.

STEP 2:

       If I meet all of the requirements above, what should I do ?
Download and print the Form which you can find in your back office, fill the form neatly.
Then scan it and send to Longrichbonus@gmail.com

STEP 3:

       Which documents should I provide?
When we receive it, we'll check whether you have the qualification to be a Stockist.
If you are qualified, we'll call you to prepare the documents and we'll inform you to buy goods.
(never buy goods until we permit you to do so, failure to comply will be on your own risk)

DOCUMENTS
1. Stockist agreement
2. A copy of your passport
3. 2 copies of your picture
4. Tenant agreement or Certificate of title if you are the owner of the office
5. Office's photograph (Interior and Exterior view)

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STEP 4:

        After I provide the documents, any others need I do?
You have two choices to buy goods
1.  Transfer/Pay N1 million to our account to buy overturn goods and enjoy 30% discount，but no PV.
Send the details of payment to us.
2.  If you want to get PV, you can buy N1 million Retail orders, but NO discount. When you finish, please let us know.


STEP 5:

      How do I select goods?
If you buy overturn goods order, give us a list of products of your choice which cash value amounts to N1,428,500.
If you buy Retail orders, tell your Stockist to help you.


STEP 6:

      When can I receive my goods and Stockist code?
If you buy overturn goods, after we received the list of goods, you can get the Stockist code in one week and the overturns goods within two weeks.
If you buy Retail orders, after your Stockist confirm the orders, you can get the Stockist code in one week and get goods from your Stockist within two weeks.

LONGRICH NIGERIA COMBO COMPENSATION PLAN

Combo means combination of products selected by the company and it enables you to earn instant sponsorship bonus (combo bonus) on everybody you sponsor that included combo in their regular order. The distributor who included the combo in his/her regular order also earns this Combo bonus.
This bonus is different from the normal bonuses (Performance, Development, Leadership and Repeat/Retail bonuses)  and is paid separately.

There are 3 types of Combo;
VIP Combo which cost N143,200
Platinum Combo which cost N65,000
Mini Combo which cost N11,800

Mini Combo enables you earn instant sponsorship bonus (combo bonus) of N6,900 on everybody you sponsor that included mini combo in his/her regular order. The distributor who ordered Mini combo also earns N6,900. Mini combo includes 3 Calciums and 1 SOD Milk body cream.

Combo bonus is  paid monthly. Combos bought in a particular month is paid at the end of the following month.

Illustration: If you sponsored let's say 10 people that bought combos in a month, your combo bonus would be
 10*6900= N69,000

Combo is OPTIONAL if your new sign up doesn't include it in his regular  orders you WON'T earn combo bonus on him/her, however they can still buy it later when they are upgrading with additional minimum products worth up to 105PV.