Austin Zulauf bio 2016 - Get to Know Him!

Austin Zulauf Bio 2016 (updated)

Who is Austin Zulauf?

Where does this guy come from, right? LOL...But seriously, as far as Austin's past is concerned, he grew up around some of the top thought leaders, sales & marketing professionals and personal self-development coaches in the world starting at age 12. This was thanks to his mother working for Combined Insurance Company of America. People like Zig Ziglar, Pat Ryan and W. Clement Stone are responsible for shaping this leader's mind.

Austin Zulauf started his career in the field of direct sales professionally October 2, 2002 at age 19 with Combined Insurance Company selling insurance door to door & business to business in Kentucky, setting and breaking several records of this hundred year old company! He was soon offered the position of Divisional Sales Trainer in Dallas Texas, training thousands of direct sales professionals in a classroom. This is where the Austin Zulauf training brand was started...

It didn't take long for this young professional to network in Dallas and start providing training for car lots, furniture stores, financial groups and all types of professionals wanting to get further in sales. Austin always had a knack for marketing though.

Austin Zulauf's rise from successful to homeless to Network Marketing leader:

So, even though he had a very successful start in his career in direct sales, Austin was young. Without saving much money or investing, he went from nearly a quarter million dollar per year income around age 25 to a corporate restructuring leaving him with no income. This would later prove to be a lesson on the need for residual income, owning your own business and investments. After defaulting on a home, Austin was stuck in a tight spot. Going from well over $12,000 per month to $12 per hour was challenging for him. He was burnt out on sales but stayed open to opportunity. Forced to move back in with family in 2008, Austin was on Facebook one day and saw a young man who looked successful and said he was a "Diamond Executive" in Zija International, a health & wellness company. The company didn't matter, Austin was looking for opportunity so he reached out...He had no idea this would be the start of a long journey to HIS salvation and become his new life's mission to help save others from the struggle he went through.

The Journey, the Struggle & the Breakthrough!

Despite his background in sales, Austin Zulauf wasn't a natural at Network Marketing at all! It took him over 2 months of hard work before he recruited his 1st business partner but by then, he already had his car repossessed and was getting food from the Salvation Army. 

See, Austin Zulauf believed in the Network Marketing business model so much, he took every penny he had to start his 1st business. However, just a few months later, he joined a different business with his friend Allen Jones from Dallas and this is where he had his 1st taste of success in multi-level marketing...

If you were to ask Austin what made him successful in his 2nd company, as opposed to his 1st, he'd simply say his partner and he came up with a simple system to produce a little results then built an army of people getting a little results.

He may not mention the sleepless nights watching YouTube training videos from Eric Worre, Ray Higdon, Todd Falcone and other Network Marketing Trainers or the thousands of pages of blogs he studied on his new craft or even the 10's of thousands of dollars of training programs and seminars he attended. But guaranteed, the hard work was put in! 

Fast Forward to the Fun Times!

(Austin Zulauf, the successful years?)

So, by about 2013, Austin Zulauf was becoming well-known for his training and systems in the Network Marketing profession. He's an active member of Church On The Rock, has 2 beautiful children he's very proud of, Kayla & Braedon, he's found balance and he's back to "normal"...

Here's some of Austin's accomplishments since then:

The biggest principles Austin tries to impress upon folks is unconditional love, helping one another, enjoying every second of life and taking pride in your work...

If you can't help someone, you definitely don't hurt them!

Even though he's focused on providing top quality step-by-step training to direct sales professionals with a focus on Network Marketing and online marketing, Austin has partnered up with a Network Marketing company, himself. He believe if you're going to train people how to do something, you had better be doing it yourself!..honoring a "practice what you preach" philosophy.

Austin Zulauf - Network Marketing Training

Care for a taste?

To sample some of Austin's simple and proven training strategies for success in the Network Marketing or "work from home" profession, check out this quick video that explains how to successfully do the entire Network Marketing process with ease, producing results:

If you'd like to book Austin to speak or train at an event for your company, you'd like personal training or for any questions or inquiries, please reach out at one of these preferred methods of contact:

Email - AZ@AustinZulauf.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/austin.zulauf

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinzulauf

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/austinzulauf/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/austinzulauf

Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+AustinZulauf

Business Site - http://directcellars.com/direct

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ViewTrakrInc1

Austin Zulauf has a training site as well you can visit, just contact him for the information. If any training or value provided by Austin helps you in any way, you have implicit permission to share or use it. One of the purposes of life is to pass along information.

Thank you for reading and we'd LOVE to hear your thoughts, suggestions or questions in the COMMENTS section of this blog!

The Marketing And Networking University - MNU - A Review

The Marketing And Networking University

Okay, so there's COUNTLESS educational platforms out there for the direct sales umbrella (network marketing, blogging, affiliate marketing etc) so what makes the Marketing And Networking University so special?

Simple answer: VALUE!

So, you want to become a professional in door-to-door sales or maybe learn how to make money online or perhaps you've tried your hand at network marketing and failed so you want systematic training on how to become a network marketing professional...Then it'd seem the Marketing And Networking University is going to be the most valuable asset you can have. 

Not overpriced, not hyped up, not just another junk program that was thrown together by a couple nobodies that haven't had any real success...in other words: The Marketing And Networking University is your new best friend! ;-)

Marketing and Networking University Courses:

As the curriculum at the Marketing and Networking University is growing on a daily, almost an hourly basis but at this moment, the Marketing and Networking University has some of the following training:

• Basic to advanced online marketing training
• Basic to advanced network marketing training (mlm training)
• Social Media Marketing (Marketing on Pinterest, Google+ Twitter and Facebook marketing)
• How to do video marketing (everything from ranking with SEO to going viral)
• How to do effective SEO (search engine optimization)
• How to drive traffic online (including all types of PPC, solo ads, etc)
• Backlink creation and how to do keyword research
• Email marketing strategies
• Effective blogging strategies
• Why outsourcing is important and how to do it
• Effective tips for offline marketing
• How to become an affiliate marketing genius and MORE!!

Watch my Marketing and Networking University testimonial video:

The Marketing And Networking University Opportunity:

Yes, yes, yes...There IS an opportunity attached to The Marketing and Networking University and you don't have to be an absolute rock star or genius or some high powered super being to take advantage of it (even though MNU teaches you how to be all of the above)...

There's 2 ways to earn at the Marketing and Networking University:

1. Earn 100% commission on the $50 joining fee

2. Marketing And Networking University has a 3x7 forced matrix where you earn a recurring monthly residual commission when students pay the monthly membership fee of $49.99 within your forced matrix.

Why is a 3x7 forced matrix awesome and oh so splendifferous for YOU?

Well, you only need to go 3 wide and all future referrals will be placed under people within your matrix. This is called "spillover". Spillover helps promote the growth of your team and YOU can receive spillover from the folks that came in the matrix before you!

YES, you actually earn commissions from spillover you get from the experienced marketers, lecturers and student above you in the matrix!

Also, as people sign up through organic searches (as they already are), the company GIVES AWAY those sign-ups to random people in the forced matrix! How cool is that!?..

How do you get started in the Marketing and Networking University?

So now you want to get started in the Marketing And Networking University? Oh, awesome! I'd say that's a good idea. To get started CLICK HERE and follow the prompts. They've made it pretty simple. 

Want more info on The Marketing And Networking University?

For more info or if you have questions regarding the Marketing And Networking University, pick one of these contact methods and reach out to a leader inside of MNU:

Austin Zulauf:

Email: AustinzUniversity@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/austin.zulauf

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ViewTrakrInc1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinzulauf

Direct Selling Model Broken Down For a 5th Grader!

Direct Sales Made Easy:

All Direct Sales Businesses need three primary things to be successful. They are: 

• Lead Generation...The ability to produce information of people who are sincerely interested in your product, service or opportunity.

• Lead Conversion...The ability to get your leads interested enough in your product, service or opportunity to buy from you or join you.

• Lead Fulfillment...The ability to fulfill the expectations of your buyer or new business partner.
  

EVERYONE is a lead!...There's tons of different ways to generate more leads online AND offline but just remember EVERYONE you ever see or meet is a lead. NOW you've gotta start the lead conversion process. I've broken the ENTIRE process down into 5 simple steps:

• Audience - Indentifying the right people to either be a customer or a coach on your team.
• Invite - Make a powerful invitation that will have them following up with YOU!
• Follow-up - One on one meeting or 3 way call.
• Introduce - After the choice of customer or coach we get them off to the right start. (plug them into the system or group)
• Assimilation - The assimilation of necessary knowledge into one's DNA by immersion.

 ....I'll break down keys & tips on executing this process effectively in just a moment ;-)

The Direct Selling Process Broken Down:

So what kind of process do you need to have sustained success or duplication in direct selling?

The process would look like this:

Training (where we do 90% of the work then explain what we've just done)

Mentorship (where we do half)

Coaching (where we do 10% and critique their work)

That's one way we experience duplication. It may seem slow or like work BUT it's no where near as much work as having to constantly replace the people falling out of your business!...

 

MASTERING THE INVITE:

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INVITATION since that's where most people stumble...(there's a difference between a HOOK and the invite. The hook is a powerful one-liner you can use to get to an invite. The invite isn't rushed)

Example of a hook: "Are you absolutely MARRIED to your job or, if you heard of something that appeared to be less time consuming with the same or more income, would you be open?"......"Do you ever feel time deficient? (YES) Would you like me to show you a way to get more free time?"

We've proven over and over again that it is best to keep the Invitation Process as brief as possible. Your goal is to build trust & rapport then get their interest piqued OR get their contact information (if you're not already on the phone) and setup a follow-up time for a call or live meeting.

REMEMBER!: Whatever YOU do, they'll think that's what THEY have to do. If you present your opportunity solo then the prospect is saying to themselves, either consciously or unconsciously, they have to do what you are doing to be successfully. That's why the initial conversation is typically solo but then pass em' to a tool like a video or recording...cuz anyone can do that!

The primary focus should be on their Motivations and your Common Areas Of Interest. These two focus points give you the greatest rapport with the New Warm Market prospect.
Once you have rapport, you are ready to transition the conversation to the second Stage of the Invitation Conversation which is Framing the Opportunity which is TRULY important because this will have them WANTING to follow up with you when you part ways.

Framing The Opportunity:

The process of Framing the Opportunity is simply telling the story of your company, product/service and opportunity. All network marketing is, is telling a story so you may want to think about the different aspects of YOUR story. Is the story you're sharing compelling, is it interesting and would YOU want to be a part of that story if you were them?

Remember!...Your goal is NOT to sell, close or convince the New Warm Market Prospect to join or buy. Your goal is to get them to the next step!

You will sense when the person has heard enough that that they are ready for you to set an appointment. So pass them to a tool or video like a Hangout and set the appointment to follow up. Remember to appear busy, important and in control. Also, if you make an appointment to follow-up at 9pm the next day, make sure you follow up at that time AND you may want to send them a text about 10 minutes before you call and say "I'm wrapping something up & I'll call you in 10 minutes
;-)

The 3-way Call:

The 3-way call is SUPER important because, if done properly, it builds credibility in you, the company and the overall vision of what you're trying to accomplish.

The 3 way call ends one of 3 ways:

1. The New Warm Market prospect becomes a new partner or customer by an enrollment occurring at the end of the call.

2. A second appointment is set for the Enrollment call within 24 – 48 hours.

3. The New Warm Market prospect is not interested at this time and a future follow-up date is set.

Hopefully, this breakdown of the direct selling process is helpful. If you have any further questions, please post them in the comments and I'll answer them directly. If there's ANYTHING else you'd like info on or any sort of training on, please comment and I'll be SURE to address your comments ;-)

Bio of Austin Zulauf

Austin Zulauf, International Marketing Trainer/Speaker:

If you're on this page, you're probably looking into more about Austin Zulauf, either because you're thinking about doing business with him, hiring him to perform at a speaking engagement or you saw him on GQ Magazine's cover...lol

So who is Austin Zulauf? Austin is an International Marketing Trainer & Speaker, training members of the direct sales community how to grow large successful businesses in direct sales with a focus on network marketing. Also, Austin has a strong focus on personal self-development...He believes daily self-development is essential in attaining & maintaining the right state of mind for a happy & successful life...But what's the story of Austin Zulauf? Who is he really?...

Austin Zulauf lives right outside of Lexington, Kentucky. He's a father of 2, better half (depending on who you ask) to Tyreta Jones and "works" full time with a Relationship Marketing company called Kannaway. Austin is a dedicated church member at Church On The Rock and runs a private training and consulting company that offers training to direct sales people with a focus on network marketing.

If you're ever around Austin Zulauf, you learn fast that Austin just likes to enjoy life and encourage others to have as much fun in this journey as possible! He lives by a quote: "All I want to do is change the world...Make it a better world for this and future generations!".  He believes the best way to do so is through the "magic" of network marketing and having an attitude that's contagious.

Mr Austin Zulauf would tell you "nothing in life deserves your stress!", so the fun he has with his life is transferred to those around him...after all, it's fun when you're winning & it's easy when you know how to win!

So what's his story?

What's his background?

How did Austin Zulauf get where he's at?

What made him choose network marketing?

Austin Zulauf's Story:

So, he seems like he's doing AWESOME!! But it hasn't always been that way...we ALL go through things that mold us into the person we become. At age 19, Austin got started in direct sales with Combined Insurance Company. He did well, he qualified as Sales Manager his 8th week and was offered a promotion to Divisional Sales Trainer in Dallas, Texas in 2005. He excelled in training, heck, he trained thousands & thousands of Combined's sales people. He got the idea to offer his expertise to outside companies & started doing outside sales consulting at age 21, developing sales training programs for 3 different Fortune 500 companies!

After 6 years with Combined, there was a corporate restructuring so his position was eliminated and he sought employ elsewhere...but what ended up happening is he had to take a factory job & going from a very substantial income to 1/10 what he was used to wasn't easy. 

After defaulting on a home, getting his car repossessed & having to feed his daughter at the local canned food drive, Austin was looking for a way out but there were no jobs with a starting pay that would get him out of his situation...so he found a guy. (cue the cool network marketing story)

Skip ahead, it took almost 2 years in traditional network marketing & online marketing for Austin Zulauf to find what he believes to be a legacy company: Kannaway. 

Austin worked with various companies including Zija International, Momentis, Sozo Global, Ingreso Cybernetico and more...Sometimes, it takes a little shopping around and learning to find out where you TRULY need to be.

Austin Zulauf has went from a luxury condo in downtown Dallas, TX to homeless back to a beautiful home right outside Lexington, KY and he did so on a part-time basis with vehicles inside the network marketing sector. He's trained 100's of thousands of people how to do the same...so maybe if YOU'RE looking for a way out of a situation or you'd like to help others out, maybe he can help.

Austin Zulauf booking/contact info:

If you're looking to book Austin Zulauf for a speaking or training event:

Phone: 859.868.8628

E-mail: AustinzInternational@gmail.com

If looking into Kannaway and you'd like to partner with Austin, go to WorkWithAustin.com and enter your information on the for and/or you can connect with Austin on Facebook here: Austin Zulauf Facebook

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