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Time To Start Engaging With Your Downline

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Network Marketing:

- What to Do When Nothing Seems To Work

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The Real Goal Of Network Marketing

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Time To Start Engaging With Your Downline

When you start your network marketing home based business, you quickly ascertain that your downline will make or break your business.

Don't expect an affiliate to stay in this business long unless they have a mentor which will help them along every step of the way in the first few months.

That's predominantly when you have to be there for them. Potential "opt ins" are getting much more skeptical nowadays as the internet is littered with network marketing scams.

YOU have to stand out from the crowd. Here is three ways to make this possible.

Experienced network marketers will tell you that once they have been "showed the ropes", the majority of their time is now concentrated on helping new affiliates succeed.

You see, this business is all about building relationships with members of your team.

There are a number of ways you can do this.

Firstly in order to build trust with your prospects, get them to sign up for your own weekly newsletter.

This over time will portray you as a trustful presence online so that when they finally decide to jump in and start their own business, you may be the person they choose as their mentor.

Secondly don't underestimate the power of a telephone call when prospecting.

Just because this is an online business does not mean that all business is done online. You have to learn how to speak on the phone in terms of how you express yourself and the opportunity that you are providing.

Also you may receive phone calls from prospects so be prepared to be able to answer their questions periodically. In any sales pitch in any business the key lies in how you listen, not how you speak.

Throw a few questions to your prospect to engage him into the conversation. If he is interested and if you target the questions correctly, he will actually sell the opportunity to himself.

DO NOT just speak to him continuously about this fantastic opportunity, financial freedom, global income etc.

You must sell yourself in the context that you are now going to be part of his business life forever and will do everything you can to help him achieve financial freedom.

This sends home a much powerful message than the next person that rings him who solely is looking for money to sign up for an opportunity.

So now you are getting alot of enquiries because of the two things mentioned above,

(1) You have a trustful presence online and
(2) You are making phone calls to targeted prospects.

What's the third and most important aspect?

(3) Be there when they need you.

Now that you are getting people that are signing up for your opportunity, you must be able to justify your claims.

Now you must be these affiliates mentor. In the first few months, try and do as much as you can for them.

Just help them along by helping them sponsor their first few affiliates.

Teach them everything you know about the business and how from your experience they can get into profit quickly.

By doing this you are duplicating yourself and are fast-tracked to success.

It is hugely to your advantage if you educate your downline as best you can.

I repeat it's impossible to do this unless you start fully engaging with your downline.

Author Jack Foley works from home in Ireland. For more articles and information about Jack's home business, visit Jack's website: http://www.residual-income-home-based-business.com/

Copyright Jack Foley All Rights Reserved

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Network Marketing - What To Do When Nothing Seems To Work

One of the things that many people allude to (and some come right out and say it) is that they have tried everything to get their business to grow, and nothing seems to work.

They've tried online and offline systems, genealogy leads and biz opp leads, hotel meetings and home meetings, but things just aren't working.

I want to take a few minutes and give you some advice and some thoughts that may be able to help you (or those you know going through this) have success in our the NWM industry.

Let me begin by telling you my personal story. I joined my first company back in 1997. In fact, I am still with that company using their products every day. I tried for nearly six years to build that business, but I never had any level of success.

In fact, I think my spending to earnings ratio is at least 100:1 (maybe 1000:1).

Now, it wasn't that I wasn't passionate about the products. It wasn't that there wasn't a system that worked. It wasn't that I didn't have successful mentors. It wasn't because I didn't have prospects to talk to.

After about six years, I began working with another company. By the end of my first year in business I had earned $60K after 18 months, I was on track to surpass $100K annually.

What was the difference?

Well, it wasn't because all of the sudden I had a good batch of leads. It wasn't because all of the sudden I now had a patented, proprietary, first-to- market, ground floor, doctor approved, miracle product.

It wasn't because I now had an upline that could do killer 3-way calls with me.

The difference was - it was the right fit for me.

I believe (and you may not agree) that there are some companies and segments of the NWM industry that are harder to build than others, for some people.

While one person may thrive and flourish with one company, another person may flounder and falter with the same company.

It doesn't mean the second person is a moron. It may mean that there is another company out there somewhere that is a better fit.

Now, before I go on, let me say that I am not advocating for people to quit their company and jump ship to another company. I believe in perseverance, overcoming, and breaking through those barriers that can help you become a greater person.

I am advocating that a person needs to be realistic and not blame the leads, the system, the upline, etc.

You see, in my first company, there were people who were making six figures a month. There are still people who are recruiting 20+ people a month. In fact, one guy recruited 110 people in one month this last year.

It isn't as if the company isn't successful. In fact, they are currently experiencing record growth after 10+ years in business.

Look at the corporate world. People change jobs all the time. I'm not talking about the person who can't hold down a job. I'm talking about the person who changes positions because as he matures he comes to discover what brings him the greatest fulfillment, joy, and satisfaction.

While there isn't a job that can provide all that 100% of the time, there comes a time when a person knows what works and what doesn't work for them.

For example, my favorite restaurant is a Mexican place called Abuelos. It doesn't mean I want to work there or even own the place. But, I'll recommend them all day long for someone who wants a great meal.

Similarly, I still believe in the products of the first company I joined, but it doesn't mean that company is the best place for me to work and build a business.

Another example - have you ever seen a shirt, dress, or pants that looked great on someone else?

But, when you go to the mall and try it on, it makes you look like an overweight, disfigured Manatee that highlights every fault and imperfection on your body.

You can either buy the shirt and live with the disillusion that the shirt looks great on you, or you can be realistic and say "the shirt looks great, but not on me."

Here's the bottom line.

I believe in our industry as a whole. I don't believe every company is for every person and that every company is an equal fit and opportunity for every person. I believe it is time to stop blaming the leads, the system, the products, the upline, the leadership, etc. for one's lack of success.

While it may be in someone's best interest to persevere, break through, and achieve success with their current company, there also comes a point when it's time to admit, "the shirt looks great, but not on me."

I tried on a different shirt, and it fits great. I love what I am doing and I wouldn't go back to the corporate world for anything.

Maybe, just maybe, this resonates with you. This article was written for those who can "hear" what I am saying. There is a verse in the New Testament that says "To him who has ears, let him hear."

You see, many people are bombarded with guilt because they are told that if they can't make it with "ABC" company, then what makes you think you'll make it elsewhere.

Finally, let me say this. This article is not all about finding a new company. If that is what you've concluded, then you've missed the heart of what is being said.

This article is a response to people who have been complaining and blaming, and for those who have been working hard and working smart, but making very little progress. It is about finding success within our industry.

Rich Niccolls has been helping networkers with leads for over five years. To receive a free copy of his soon to be released ebook, "The Almost Comprehensive Guide to MLM Leads," sign up for his newsletter at: MLM Leads Newsletter.

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The Real Goal Of Network Marketing

Her name is Jessica and she is a single mother in Georgia. She is engaged and living with her fiance, but she has 2 kids she wants to take care of and she wants them to know their mother. She wants to be there for them and with them.

She wants to raise them as once kids were raised...as she was not raised. Her fiance has a good job, but with 2 kids and one on the way, it's hard to make ends meet sometimes. We know, we've been there.

The clutch went out on her fiance's truck last week, the one vehicle he has to get him back and forth to work. He's just been promoted into a management training program with Wal-Mart, and he really didn't need this right now.

She's pregnant again, but she also works and needs her beat up old jalopy her grandmother helped her buy to get to work herself.

The initial estimate was $800.00. They had no idea of where they could get that kind of money. Even when they got a few other, lower, estimates and got the work done (it wasn't the clutch after all), the bill came to over $400.00. They couldn't really afford it, but they had to have the truck running.

How do I know all this?

She's in my downline.

I went online and checked her stats first. Then I gave her the news. She had a check coming for $57.00 that week, and the week after that, she was going to get $377.00.

She had already earned $117.00 for the following week. It's a shame that she can't use it for something else, but it takes care of the car expenses, and between her and her fiance's pay, they'll do okay.

Okay, an average of $600.00 to $700.00 a month might not be much to some internet marketers, but to them, it's the difference between disaster and "everything's okay."

I got her, and Jay, and Donna, and Ruth, and Sarah, and others into internet marketing, and they're the success stories. John and Joseph and Shawna and Celestine didn't do that well. I couldn't help them. I did what I could for them, but for whatever their personal reasons and circumstances, they didn't make it.

A few years ago, I was a truck driving instructor with a major national carrier...big orange trucks with the owner's name on 'em. Every two weeks I met a new group of people, about half of whom had hit bottom or were trying to get back up before they got that far down.

Many wouldn't make it. Some would give it their best shot and fail. Some could learn what I was trying to teach without breaking a sweat. Some could handle the driving but not the classroom, and some were, as my son used to say, a "cool breeze" in the classroom but hopeless around the truck.

Sometimes it hurt. I was often handed the really nervous, and the really hopeless...and sometimes the damned dangerous...because I could remain calm when they were going to pieces...sometimes at 60 miles-per-hour on the interstate.

Hence the CB handle an ex-special forces/Philly cop pinned on me which I use as a handle in forums sometimes...teflondon. My nickname before that was Sergeant. A lot of times I was working with someone who was being given one last chance, and a lot of times they really had nothing to go home to.

I always tried to do my best, but sometimes my best wasn't good enough. Sometimes I had to walk 'em upstairs to Charlie, my boss, and sit there while he gently gave them the news. Sometimes they took their anger out on us and blamed us...some yelled, some cursed, every once in a while, one got violent.

Sometimes they smiled and were really polite and acted cheerful although you could feel the strain. Sometimes they just broke down and cried. Talk about rejection.

But sometimes, an ex-student would come back in to the Training Center looking for me, or the instructor who trained him or her. I remember Martin in particular. When Martin arrived at the school, he had clothes in two conditions...bad and worse.

His shoes were literally falling apart. He showed me a picture of his beautiful wife and two gorgeous children. He had not had a job for over 6 months. He was glum and desparate. He had a lot of problems in the classroom, and wasn't much better in the truck, but he refused to give up.

I could see him in spare moments walking around somebody's truck naming the parts to himself. A few weeks after he graduated, I met him at one of our facilities.

He was wearing all new clothes, and he was smiling and happy. He shook my hand and thanked me for helping him make money like he had never made before. He was now proud of himself and able to take good care of his wife and children.

Can you imagine the feeling? To have made that much of a difference in someone's life simply by showing them how to do a job and do it well?

Yes, someone in network marketing or internet marketing is out to make money, just like I collected a salary for teaching those people back then. However, when the failures get you down, if you can remember someone you have helped achieve their dreams or lighten their load, you can find a reward more valuable in many ways than the money you earn.

There are lots of reasons to have your own internet marketing business. I can make a couple of phone calls and have a pretty good job before 48 hours has passed, but I am in internet marketing because I like being able to make the money I make working the way I want to work, at home, without bosses, on my schedule.

One of the other perks is the feeling I get when I know I have helped start someone on the same path I have traveled, and maybe, by sharing some of my experiences or skills, making that path a little easier to travel.

Donovan Baldwin is a Dallas area writer. A graduate of the University of West Florida, Pensacola (1973), member of Mensa, and retired from the U. S. Army, he writes essays, articles, poetry, and product reviews for use on his own website, and for other webmasters. His blog on internet business and marketing, and related subjects, can be found at http://www.donovanbaldwin.blogspot.com.

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