Most will tell you that no, Network Marketing always does very good in economic down times and thrives in recessions. That is true. We are, however, seeing a slightly different picture right now than in recent recessions of the past.

Over the past 50 years, if you go back and examine the data, you will find that Network Marketing companies have indeed grown very strongly in recessions over the this timeframe. In fact, they the worse the recession, the better their growth. All current data supports that this trend will continue.

Right now, however, one trend that we are observing is that sales of traditional high ticket Network Marketing companies (those with products at or above the $2,000 price point) have slowed down more than normal for this time of year. I chalk this up to the triple effect of (1) a slow economy, (2) a new president and the uncertainty that will bring and (3) the normal Holiday slow down.

So, what is the best strategy to combat this and continue to be successful in Network Marketing if you are a traditional “high ticket” marketer? Wisdom would suggest you “diversify” and join up with a small ticket company as well. Many experts will advise you against marketing more than one product at a time. But, if you study highly successful Network Marketers, they all know that the key to success in this industry is creating multiple income streams. That being said, there is a good way and a bad way to do it.

I don’t suggest marketing more than two products – it becomes too confusing, you get too distracted and can create a lot of busy work which pulls you away from sales. What I suggest is that you find a complementary second product - one that is not in the same niche as your primary product and has a very different compensation plan. For example, most high ticket comp plans reward you more for your personal sales than your downline sales. You would be wise to find a physical product that has a good residual binary comp plan as a secondary product. I would suggest a low startup cost of under $200 and something that has very moderate autoship requirements. Remember, you want to have an affordable and easy “down sell” for those who cannot join your high ticket product.

Now, the cost of acquiring leads can be high. So be prudent with how you market to them. If after a certain number of messages from your autoresponder they have not been enticed by your high ticket product, make a casual mention of your strategy of multiple streams of income (educate them on this concept) and then reference your down sell product. You will be surprised how this can grow your income. Now you are converting what used to be no’s into yes’s – just at a lower price point.

To see what affordable product Troy recommends to supplement your Mor Vacations sales, look into Viv.

Now is the perfect time to start your new home based business and there is no better opportunity out there than Mor Vacations. In fact, Mor Vacations has just announced a new streamlined product named Mor Hot Weeks for an amazingly low $498. This product is not the same as the company’s flagship product, the Diamond package, but it still offers the single best feature of the Diamond package for a small fraction of the price.

Mor Vacations recognized that many people are looking for an affordable alternative travel option and are very excited about the $149 Hot Weeks that Mor Vacations offers. So, they decided to create this new “streamlined” product that just focuses on a lifetime membership to the Hot Weeks – the most affordable high end travel program available.

So, here’s what you get. A lifetime membership with access to hundreds of affordable resorts destinations for just a fraction of the retail price. You can explore the inventory and book directly online. These are Hot Weeks and inventory will vary month to month as they are primarily last minute discount packages. You won’t find them available months in advance, but what you will find is incredible discounts.

Most people will recoup their entire $498 investment in just one trip! That’s right, you’ll likely save more than $500 on just one trip. Then you have the rest of your life to take advantage of the savings for free!

Travel remains the top answer people respond to when they are asked “What would you like to do more of?” Why not support your travel desires with a travel membership that not only provides incredible value but offers you the business opportunity to refer others as well? In fact, you can pay for your entire $498 membership by referring just 3 people.

For more information, contact Troy Broussard at (541) 404-7446

The main reason that Mor Vacations has created such a stir in the Travel Industry is that the company has its finger on the pulse of the American consumer.  Mor Vacations recognizes the economic situation that we are all in and rather than just blindly marching forward, it continues to innovate and create new ways for it’s affiliates to be successful by offering products that make sense.

Today Mor Vacations unveiled a new product - the Mor Hot Weeks package.  Recognizing that that many people are looking for a more affordable solution, the Mor Hot Weeks package is a streamlined travel package focusing purely on the most affordable resort destinations in the Mor Vacations arsenal - the Hot Weeks.  Hot Weeks start at just $149 per week and many of those units are 3 and even 4 bedroom units sleeping 6 or 8 people - all for the low price of just $149!

Now this product will not feature many of the other benefits of the high end Diamond package, such as Guest Weeks, discounts on Airfare, Cruises, Travel Packages, VIP access, etc…  But this new Hot Weeks package sells (for a limited time) for just $498.  But you must act soon, because this is a limited time offer and it won’t last long.

So, just in time for the holidays, why not treat yourself or your spouse to a special gift - the gift of Travel!  This price is so amazingly low that you will likely recoup the entire cost of your lifetime membership in just ONE trip!

So, go ahead, take a trip on us!

To Sign up, go to Troy Broussard Mor Vacations site and click the check box and then click on the Start button, then select the $498 Mor Hot Weeks product.

Other types of businesses, like a franchise, may run anywhere from hundreds of thousands into the millions of dollars just to start. These businesses have a way of owning you more than you owning them, that’s because a typical owner has to work the exceptional long hours, and has to deal with employees and all the other problems. This is such a hassle.

So as soon as you decide you want a network marketing business, you need to choose the type you would enjoy the most. Some of them may require door to door tactics, calling on your friends and family with expensive cosmetics and skincare, while others sell pricey appliances or fragrant candles. This may work okay for some people, but another option is the discount vacation club industry. This “requires” you to take great vacations at luxurious places at rock-bottom prices and be willing to teach others to do the same thing.

If you would like to sell lipstick door-to-door, then you should do that by all means. But if traveling around the world in first class style at economy prices sounds like more fun to you then you might want to check out MOR Vacations. MOR is short for “Members Only Resorts” and the places they have for you to stay at are simply top notch.

How much easier could a business be than taking first class trips at economy prices and sharing this great deal with other people? So many other businesses have you pushing products on people that they really don’t need or actually want. But who wouldn’t want to enjoy a fabulous vacation every year at the same price normally paid for a ho-hum spot?

No doubt, the network marketing industry is the best to be in if you would like to start making a lot of money very quick and without a large upfront investment. Also, there is no doubt you can earn a large income with most any network marketing company. You just need to choose whether you would feel more comfortable selling cosmetics door-to-door, hosting a home party, or selling candles and gadgets to your family and friends, or rather enjoy the luxury travel for economy prices and helping others do the same. The choice is yours and MOR Vacations is a vehicle that can help you reach your dreams.

The word itself is not magical or mysterious, though it is completely understood at its core. The power lies not in the word itself, but in the process of truly internalizing and knowing the definition of the word and realizing just how truly fundamental it is.

Now as I prepare to introduce this concept to you, many will dismiss what I’m saying – that’s okay, this article is not for you. But for those of you who are humble enough to learn from someone who has been there and has pulled himself up into a six figure income earner in just a short six months, for you, I ask that you go somewhere quiet and re-read this article several times. Print it out. Internalize the real power of what I’m about to tell you and allow it to transform your mindset in the snap of a finger.

We have been taught from an early age that things have to happen slowly, that slower is better (ever heard the story of the Tortoise and the Hare?), but I’m hear to tell you that the exact opposite is true. You truly can transform yourself in a very short time period if you are willing to question some of your long held beliefs, discard some of the limiting ones, and embrace your own commitment to success.

You see the biggest changes we can make come from within. Those changes involve redefining your fundamental belief systems and those changes can transform you in an instant, removing decades of self-imposed limitations. When it happens for you it will be as if you have been seeing in black and white all of your life and someone instantaneously shows you how to see in color for the first time. Suddenly limitations and fears just begin to melt away.

The word that I want you to redefine is the word “decide”. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? But here’s what I want you to understand. If you research the word to its original roots, the word decide literally translates “to cut off from all other possibilities”. Now, I want you to stop and go back and re-read that about 10 times. Visualize the power in that phrase. Imagine how your life could be different if you truly embraced the definition of the word “decide” from this day forward. Did you stop and go back to ponder that for a minute? If not, you’re missing the point and you will likely not get anything out of this article.

“To cut off from all other possibilities”. What if you decided to treat your home business like a business and actually commit to it, rather than expecting it to just change for you? What if you decided that now was your time to change? What if you decided that you were no longer going to allow fear, complacency and procrastination to dominate your life? What if you decided to make today the first day of a new level of truly living your life rather than merely going through the motions?

You see that magical day came for me because I finally decided that I deserved better out of life and I decided to take action. I hope that you too will find the incredible power of this simple little misunderstood word, decide.

Facts are you used to have to sign up for an expensive timeshare with pricey monthly maintenance fees to enjoy the classy treatment offered by MOR today, but now there’s a new partnership and internet technology has changed all that. Now a person can become a member for a low fee (or they can make payments if they need to) and at once start enjoying the benefits of a luxury vacation for the same amount they would usually stay at a cheap motel (part of the time anyway).

Far better than that, there is a great earning opportunity that is available with the plan as well. You can teach others the value of traveling in style on a lowly budget and you can begin earning an incredible income at the same time. Some people find it is a way to leave the 9 to 5 job routine and become their own boss. Others just join for the great vacations and earn enough income to fully enjoy the trip. MOR has something to offer everyone.

What if you really see the possibilities in this and want to start making money, but don’t have enough to even afford the low membership fee? While it is a good idea to experience the benefits of the product yourself and then share the opportunity to others, they offer a way to get started in this for free.

If you are down on your luck you could still sign up, sell a few of the memberships to your family and friends and earn enough to purchase your own membership. Anything is possible; a person who is homeless could start off on the library computer and wind up living in luxury if they were willing to do the hard work.

Whether you have been dreaming of luxury travel and thought it was just out of your reach or if you are looking for an opportunity to make some more money, this is something worth considering. Check out MOR vacations. It may turn out to be the best decision you ever made.

These 100,000 members paid three times what the membership is now selling for and those who join now with MOR Vacations receive many other benefits that existing members do not have, such as a “No-Fee for Life” membership and a company backed finance plan to get you up and traveling now!

Travel Clubs have become popular since the 80’s as a much more viable and flexible alternative to the traditional Timeshare model. They typically offer more access to more resorts without all of the hassles of timeshare ownership and at a far discounted price.

Isn’t this just another variation of the Timeshare model? No, it sure isn’t. Travel clubs are all about flexibility and options via membership to a large network of resorts (5,400 in the case of MOR Vacations) whereas the Timeshare model is about ownership at a specific resort for very limited travel and within a very narrow network.

A one-time, lifetime membership purchase with MOR Vacations will give you access to more resorts and locations that any Timeshare network and at a fraction of the price, plus many other benefits such as discounts on air fare and travel packages as well as theme parks and travel tours.

This Travel Club was designed for YOU! It was designed to save you money and provide you flexibility at the same time. Want to do everything yourself online? Great. Just login to your Online Membership account and plan everything out. Would you rather just make a call to an 800 number and let them figure out the details? Well, we’ve got you covered there too. The choice is yours.

Get additional info about Travel Clubs at Troy Broussard’s site MOR Vacations Overview and get a Free eBook on MOR Vacations.

Momentum is both a physical property and a psychological one as well. We all have had times when things just couldn’t feel any better, couldn’t go any smoother, like we were on cloud nine and nothing we did seemed to fail. Likewise, we’ve all had times in our life where we felt no matter how hard we tried things just wouldn’t turn our way - momentum is the common denominator in both, both as a positive and a negative.

One of my clients asked me the other day what I did to transition into success in this industry. He asked me what I meant when I said to take massive action. As I began to explain to him about the concept of massive action and building momentum, this aviation analogy came to mind. I’m just going to tell this from an aviator’s perspective and let you draw the parallels yourself…

As a pilot probably the most critical part of any flight is knowing your destination - knowing where it is that you are going and when you intend to arrive. After that, of course, you must do your fair share of planning, but, rest assured, all of the planning in the world will not prevent the head winds from coming, or the abrupt change in weather that inevitably alters our course, and, plan as we might, planning alone will never take us one inch closer to our destination. For planning itself is useless without actually “taking off”.

The experienced pilot knows that there will be deviations along the route. He doesn’t obsess about them, but he does plan for and acknowledge them. Furthermore, the experienced pilot knows that the most important aspect of flying is to ARRIVE at your destination. Sometimes that means some pretty major deviations along the way. Sometimes it means that the destination itself must be changed during the flight. But commitment and resolve to make it to that destination are unquestioned. Can you imagine being in a small, single engine airplane with a pilot who says (after you’re airborne), “we’re gonna give it a try and see if we land safely, if not at least we can say we gave it a shot”? Yet how many of you have taken that exact same approach to your network marketing business and then later pondered as to “why” it has not worked out for you?

Whether you’re flying a Leer Jet (as one of my clients does) or my humble little four passenger Cessna, there are two points in time when flying is at it’s most critical juncture - take offs and landings. Today I want to discuss “taking off”. Again, if we go back to our prime objective of reaching our destination, I think we can all agree that a successful departure is the most fundamental step. After going through the preliminary systems checks and ensuring we are safe to fly, we turn to the runway. One last glance at everything and then comes the moment of truth.

Once aligned and pointing down the runaway, we reach down and begin to apply power. How much you ask? Do we apply “just enough”? Do we think to ourselves, “What is the minimum amount of power I might need to probably get airborne?” Do we add an extra little bit for safe measure? Or do we give it EVERYTHING WE’VE GOT and apply full power, thrusting the throttle forward until our knuckles rest on the dashboard? I’ll tell you what, I don’t want to fly with a pilot who is trying to save gas and use “just enough” power to “maybe” get airborne! Likewise, do you really think that people will join you in your company if they see that you take the same approach to your business? Are you really giving your business every possible opportunity to take flight? Or are you perhaps loading it down with unnecessary baggage and weight and giving it a half-hearted “I think that should be enough effort” attempt?

You see my little Cessna weighs 3100 pounds fully loaded and it takes a lot of momentum to persuade it to get aloft - where it was designed to be. On the ground my little plane is awkward, uninspiring and even boring. Taxiing around the ground it is cumbersome, slow and awkward. But once you apply the necessary momentum it needs to become airborne, it transforms into an agile, docile and elegant machine - doing what it does best with the grace that can not adequately be described, it must be experienced. But without tremendous force and will, it would never get off the ground.

If you were to consider becoming a pilot, don’t you think that one prerequisite would be your complete and unwaivering belief in flight? Could you possibly fly a plane if you didn’t fundamentally know with every ounce of your fiber that that little Cessna could fly? Would you have the belief necessary to allow you to get the courage to apply full throttle that very first and magical time you departed the ground if you questioned the principal of light? Likewise, how strongly do you believe in yourself and your ability to make your business “fly”? This believe must be beyond question, beyond doubt - it must be known to you and just as real to you as “gravity” itself.

Once airborne, we pull back the power to “normal” ranges; we don’t want to over tax the motor that we need to take us to our destination. No longer are we concerned about giving every last RPM of power - we now have other things to concern ourselves with. Principally, keeping on course so that we ensure we arrive at our destination. This may surprise you, but any pilot will tell you that they are off course 90% of the time. But no pilot will ever tell you there is a doubt in their mind of where they’re going or that they will get there (if they do, I suggest you find another pilot to fly with). The destination is known. The general course is known. The approximate arrival time frame expected. But it is never that simple, and neither will your business be that simple. There are the winds to contend with, the clouds, the fog, Temporary Flight Restrictions to be navigated, the lighting strikes or the icing layer that must be avoided - flying can be a challenge, so can piloting your course as an entrepreneur!

Many of you as entrepreneurial business seekers have the “dream of flight”. You have prepared. You have studied. You have dreamed of arriving in style at your destination (maybe driving a new car, buying a new house, making that $20k a month). But ask yourself, have you truly pushed that throttle all the way to the dashboard until your knuckles are white with force? Ask yourself if you really are deserving of your dream? Have you really taken the massive action required to ensure your dream becomes a reality?

I started this off by saying that some stories are meant to be told… Well here is what I mean. I’ve had this in my mind for a couple of days now to write this analogy to you. Then today, I sat down and began to read a book that I have read many times before. Every time I re-read it some parts come alive again as I remember them, others are if I’ve never read them before - perhaps I wasn’t really tuned in the last time I read it. Let me quote you a paragraph from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey:

“Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were transfixed as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth. Superlatives such as ‘fantastic’ and ‘incredible’ were inadequate to describe those eventful days. But to get there, those astronauts literally had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth. More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half a million miles.” (page 46)

When I read this paragraph, I knew I needed to pass on my little aviation analogy to you. What gravitational force is preventing you from achieving lift off in your new business venture? Are you really applying enough energy to “break free” from your current circumstances? Answer this one question: If you could not fail, what would you try to achieve? How much better would your life be if you truly pursued your dreams with the belief of a child - unaware that it “can’t” be done?

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle.

One last thought. Above I said that my little plane was designed to be ‘aloft’ - that is where it is at it’s best, graceful and true. Can you imagine how disappointed the engineers who designed it would be if the pilot never had the desire to apply full throttle? Never had the courage to give it all it deserved? You too, were designed to be successful. Each of you was born with all that is necessary in life to succeed. Only one question remains; do you have the courage to apply the momentum necessary to transform your dream into reality?

To learn more about the author, Troy Broussard, visit his Kiiera online website where you can find more information about what he currently up to. If you just want find out why so many want to buy Kiiera, stop by and take a look.

The old secret they knew about is known as time shares. For those who could manage to pay for them, exclusive condos having all the amenities were theirs for the taking. Most people though could never afford something like that……that is until now! Picture being able to live the lavish lifestyle as you travel to interesting places worldwide for prices as economical as $149 for a one-week vacation, and that includes the entire family and not having to actually purchase a timeshare.

This is an incredible opportunity for anyone who loves to travel, to have the benefit of a luxurious condo at the cost of an inexpensive motel. For people who have wished they could travel but didn’t think they could afford to, a great new world of opportunity is literally waiting. This opportunity doesn’t end with a great vacation at a steal; the incredible thing with this plan is you are able to earn extra money just by showing others how they can enjoy the same benefits of luxury traveling for rock-bottom prices.

An associate with MOR can earn between $1000 and $2000 for each person they teach about the discount travel benefits. Travel that is unlimited, assisting others and earning extra money all at the same time! Does that sound too good to be true? The reality is that a lot of people all over the county have been enjoying these exact same benefits. In fact, some of them have been able to quit their full-time jobs, which give them even more time to travel.

Now is the time to get started with this great opportunity. People are looking for a way to help their declining wages and this may well be the answer they are seeking. Instead of reducing travel which depresses the economy even more, people are then able to do more traveling at lower expenses and earn income teaching this to other people at the same time.

The resort locations continue to make a profit and more people are hired on the jobs in this industry. Other people can enjoy an inexpensive vacation and also enjoy unlimited earning possibilities. This definitely is a winning solution for everyone.

Mor Vacations host Johnny Bolton announced today that the new pricing and $2000 commissions are in effect starting this morning, November 11th, 2008. Sales affiliates have been eagerly awaiting this day to begin reeling in those $2000 commissions on a top notch product with truly no equal in today’s marketplace.

For more information on Mor Vacations, see Troy Broussard’s website here - MorWithTroy.com