No matter what your goals are, success usually has a blueprint. There is usually a path to follow that successful folks have followed before you in order to get what you deserve. If you want to grow an effective Network Marketing business from the comfort of your home, there is a fool-proof system that works every single time for anyone who applies it.
Does it cost lots of money? No!
Does it take lots of time? No!
Does it require bugging family and friends? No!
Does it require attending lots of pricey meetings? No!
Does it require relying on your support team (upline)
to get your business going because they know
significantly more than you do? No!
Forget about what you’ve been taught in the past. This is why a lot of individuals fail in Network Marketing. And I want this to be the last business you will ever build. And if this is your first home based business, then you are at the right place. You picked your horse. Now you must ride it!
Most people in Network Marketing have the mindset of followers instead of leaders. In order to grow a successful Network Marketing business, you must first recieve the appropriate training. If it makes you sick to thinking about all the times you failed, fell down, spent money you did not have, time you did not have, and energy you would have rather spent on your household or venture that worked, you are now in the right place at the right time.
Outlined below are the 6 action steps you require to take back your life and to finally be effective in developing a successful Network Marketing business that will last a lifetime and not just a lunchtime.
Action Step #1 – Start Using Lead Capture Pages
A lead capture page is all you will need. What is it? Simply put, it is a web page where target prospects leave their information so you can create a database to grow your enterprise. You will find them very effective especially if they have something of value to share or give away.
Action Step #2 – Create A Back-End Marketing Method
This is a guide program for every prospect who visits your information capture page, so they can eventually obtain the information about your Network Marketing Enterprise and join you on the other end. I like to call it a sales page funnel or a funnel period. It’s a screening procedure. You don’t want individuals calling you (or you calling them back) who are not really interested. It is a waste of your time. Let the system do the filtering for you. Remember systems work people fail.
Action Step #three – Know Your Audience
It takes constant fine-tuning to find who your true target audience is. Ask yourself who has a will, need, want or desire for your products or services. Be distinct about it. What would drive them to want to seriously use your product of service? You want to get these people banging at your internet door. You do not want these individuals standing on the sidewalk debating whether or not to come into your house.
Action Step #4 – Establish Your self As A Leader
Be the leader people are looking for! Begin being the person people on your team want to do 3-ways with. Don’t position your sponsor as the leader of your business when it must be you! You will in no way grow a business unless you establish your own credibility as a leader. It is your expertise that people are searching for. They will and must be able to trust you and no one else.
Action Step #5 – Get Folks To Visit Your Capture Page
Your business will not grow unless you get your target audience to your site. If your web site was a store in the middle of the desert, how will you get thirsty men and women to discover it? Your friends and household members possibly will not be thirsty enough to care, so you want to write articles, write in blogs, obtain inexpensive leads and forget about the old tactics like placing ads in newspapers and distributing flyers.
Action Step #6 – Develop Your Skill Set
To develop a truly success Network Marketing business you must constantly keep improving your abilities (skill set). You must do this by way of company growth training and individual development. You must surround yourself with dedicated and positive people, and obtain the proper education. Sadly, this may not come from your sponsor or even your support team. You must plug in with leaders who are doing it. Education that will enable you to keep understanding as you grow your Network Marketing business.
These 6 Action Steps may not be completly descriptive, it is a basic blueprint that shows you literally step by step what must be accomplished in order to grow a successful Network Marketing business. It is the strategy I created after following so many so called leaders who failed me. It will jump start any new distributors business and revv up any stalled business even years after inactivity.
Yes, I worked many challenging years with out success. Talk about mistakes!
The essential thing to keep in mind though, is that making mistakes ultimately leads to success. If I had not made those mistakes, I wouldn’t be able to assist you now. Instead of spending months of wasted time and cash attempting to locate the right resources, the far more intelligent way to approach your business is to find out from those, like me and others who I am blessed to have on my team, who have already paid the price.
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home. Get your free Secrets to Marketing in 12 Steps. You will be added to Gerry’s newsletter for upcoming trainings and success strategies. Just fill out the form above.
No not those, these….Desire, Drive, and Determination!
Being part of a great team is also important. So are some tips on what is required to be that success. Feel free to share this post with anyone on your team, because the only way to truly make a lot of money in this industry is help each team member become a great network marketing mentor as well. My goal is to create as many Ten Thousandaires as possible. Yes that’s ten thousand a month….not a year.
Tip #1:
Be a leader not a follower. Show your team how to take action by actually taking action yourself. Even if you’re not certain what you’re doing, you must be willing to attempt certain things to show your team that it’s OK to go into the unknown. The best way to get your team to take action is to continue contacting, explaining the power of Network Marketing and teaming up with new people every month. Lead by example, and don’t expect your team to do things that you yourself are not doing.
Tip #2:
Don’t be a babysitter. Never give your team members any expectations that you will be hovering over them to make sure they’re getting their work done and producing. This is not a job, and you are not their boss. We are all independent entrepreneurs, and 1 of the reasons we got in this industry is because we’re psychologically unemployable…or at least I am LOL. We don’t want to have a boss, which means we also don’t want babysitters for mentors. The thing is that most people in the beginning are too accustomed to having a boss, which means you have to set the expectation immediately that you will be here to support them as a great network marketing mentor when they need your help, and that you will not be calling them to make sure they’re getting their work done. The must call you.
Tip #3:
Point your team at tools and resources. Again you have to remember that we all must develop independent leadership by developing the proper skill set to make serious money in this industry. So assisting your team members to form the habits required is key! If someone contacts you with a question that they can easily find the answer to on Google, tell them to Google it themselves. If they contact you with support issues, tell them to contact support. If they can get the information they’re looking for in a training video, then you shouldn’t be wasting 1-on-1 time teaching them something. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t assist your team or coach your team, of course you must. We all have the same time in a day, and in order to be respectful of your time they should form the habit of doing independent search. When you teach them this habit, they too will be able to pass it on to their team, and that’s what will allow more time-freedom in all of our lives.
We all must form habits that you want your team to form so that both you and your team can make more money in less time. This is the key to being a great network marketing mentor. If you don’t have a mentor that’s pushing you like this, then you should certainly surround yourself with someone that will. That’s what I did when I got started. I surrounded myself with the right people and so should you.
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
Do you really want to know? The key to taking your network marketing business opportunity into massive profitability all boils down to exposure. Here’s the challenge you may run into simply because there are actually basically only four varieties of mlm lead generation obtainable on the internet. Co-registration email leads, Generic business opportunity seeker leads, Business certain mlm leads, and Genealogy lead lists. The most beneficial sort of lead, nonetheless, isn t offered by a network marketing lead generation provider – it truly is produced by YOU.
MLM Lead Generation Tactics
Co-registration optin leads are the most widespread sort of lead generated on the internet today, yet they provide the least value when it comes to sponsoring and recruiting. Co-reg leads are produced when a person opts-in or opts-out of a list and is presented with half a dozen other small ads. If interested, check the box and you will obtain additional information and facts.
Generic opportunity lists are compiled by a mlm lead generation provider in just about the identical way. They run classified ads, Television ads, as well as other forms of generic make money offers. Prospects are then lead to a incredibly generic how to start a business sort of information site. No specifics are given. The prospect is answering a blind ad. So the quality suffers.
MLM Lead Generation – Genealogy Leads
Network marketing genealogy leads are perhaps the most beneficial qualified prospect you could approach simply because these lists consist of individuals who have had or who still participate in a home business. These are proven buyers. People who are serious enough about producing an extra income working from home they paid revenue to start. The challenge with this kind of list, nonetheless, is they are compiled from old, normally out-dated information and facts. Actually, most mlm lead generation provider genealogy lists will have less than 30% valid, up-to-date contact information and facts.
Here’s the Secret! Become Your own MLM Lead Generator!
You may normally sponsor and recruit additional men and women into your mlm business if you begin generating your personal provider or market certain leads. One way is to use a proven platform like SIC. Another is to construct and host your personal web site and blogs and target a certain niche marketplace with high value content.
I mean, let’s think about this for minute. How did you wind up reading this blog post about mlm lead generation? Chances are you might be incredibly serious about taking your business to the next level, and have run out of warm marketing contacts to approach. You have already talked to every single person you know – family, buddies and co-workers. Or perhaps you don’t want to!
So the question begs……Now What? Correct? And your choices aren’t that broad. You can purchase leads from a lead broker, pick up the phone, and begin dialing for dollars hoping to find somebody interested enough to take a look that will also afford to get involved. It works, I still do it. It takes a great deal of work and can be fun.
Your second option is to begin generating and creating your personal list utilizing paid advertising models like placing newspaper ads, on the internet pay-per-click ads and possibly even run a couple of solo emails ads. It works, but it normally takes losing revenue on the front end just before you crack the code to find a profitable mixture of ads, copy and conversions.
The most beneficial option is to make a commitment to master the art and science of building a business, not just a team which means understanding what you must know to start generating your personal high quality leads utilizing many different funded proposals and proven mlm lead generation systems. For this reason you can become ccomplished at it, as an alternative to developing yet one more expense you could truly now get paid for marketing and make an entirely new profit center.
Bottom line?
Become your own personal mlm lead generation provider by embracing a proven, mlm lead generation system like Second Income Coach. It works, for those who work it. Then just teach your team how to duplicate the magic.
Happy Marketing,
Gerry Schroeder
http://www.gerryschroederonline.com
Skype: gerry.schroeder
Office: 705-524-1286
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It’s a new year! It’s time to make your life what you deserve it to be!
Get into a quite room for 10 minutes. Shut the door. Take two deep breathes, exhale and relax. Now close your eyes . . . and imagine. Imagine where you would like your business to be at the end of 2011? Don’t create any limits. Don’t wonder what the economy may or may not be like. Just imagine.
Unlimited Possibilities!
Imagine what your December 2011 paycheck will be like. See it in your mind. What is the amount on the check? Read the amount and see the numbers clearly on your check. REALLY see them!
Keep your eyes closed and now imagine opening up the January 2012 edition of your company’s monthly publication or website. You are in it! And you are interviewed for seriously advancing your business. What is your new position in December 2011? See it clearly in your mind. Know that you can make it happen!
Say it out loud, “it’s the end of 2011, my position is ________ and I am earning $_________ per month.”
Believe it!
It’s in your hands to make it happen. Never before has there been such unbridled potential for growth than now! Millions of North Americans are out of work. Many places around the world are seeing challenges, and it’s up to you to make that change in your life. To seek out others who MUST incorporate change in their life. And there are many!
Network Marketing is something anyone can do. And that’s the key word….DO!
With many Network Marketing companies going backwards. Others losing their sales force due to negative change within the company structure and philosophy. Others just starting way too small and can’t handle the growth. And too many networkers staying with companies like these because of emotional relationships. If you find your check going backwards, even while you are working your business, then it may be time to look else where.
Network Marketing is a BUSINESS. A business built on relationships, yes. These relationships should be MUCH STRONGER with those you work with, than with the company. Your team will understand how you feel, because if you are feeling it, they are most likely feeling it also.
So whatever your vision is for your check and your position in December 2011, know that it can happen if you are willing to make the necessary commitment and necessary steps. Whether with the company you are currently working for or perhaps a new massive company and opportunity.
If you were to ask me what the single most important business building activity you can engage in right now to better ensure a great 2011, I would tell you this…..Talk to everyone you know, everyone you meet, about your opportunity. Develop a 90-day goal to create the grandest, most energetic “get the word out” campaign as you can possibly imagine. Talk to at least 50 people per week? Absolutely! You can do it. During the course of your normal day, do you think you see 7 people, online or offline, who may want to earn extra money? I’m sure you do. If you did this for 13 weeks spanning
over the next 90 days, you would be talking to well over 600 people.
WOW that’s a lot of people! And think of this, how much time and effort do people put into their career between college, working, gaining experience and then hoping to get that promotion? Decades in some cases!
What are we talking about here? Just 90 days!
90 days of speaking with 50 people per week on average.
Remember, every new team member begins by talking to someone. Every new leader in your organization began their new Network Marketing career with you, the moment someone began talking to them about your opportunity. And there has never been a better time to do so.
Just look at the people in your company who took massive action just a few short years ago. They are the top leaders now….aren’t they? You have an even greater opportunity now, with the way Network Marking is becoming mainstream and so accepted as an additional income stream and career. All it takes is finding 2 or 3 good leaders who catch the vision as you have.
So make it a goal….talk to at least 50 people per week about your financial opportunity (if you don’t have one let me know) and you’ll be well on your way to making your vision for business in 2011 a reality.
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
How do you build a financially successful business around yourself and your loved ones in Network Marketing while dealing with today’s financial and economic challenges? Here are five key ideas for creating financial peace.
1. Realize That This IS Your Shot
Start with the intention of building a multimillion dollar enterprise, knowing that there will be lots of presentations and training before the results reach your bank account. It takes time to build momentum.
2. Realize That Momentum is Created In Stages
First, you must grow and support your initial team through weekly getting started meetings and a monthly big meeting with other leaders which will allow the team to better organize for next month’s activities. And if you have a local group this fires things up like that of a NASCAR race car getting ready for pole time trials!
Next assist your initial group to build a national group. Who on your team knows someone in the next major city or state/province? Invite those people to webinars (that’s what I teach….and if you don’t have a webinar room you deserve to have one. This is the best and most affordable) or conference calls or even live events. Once you have 15-20 people in that new city you may want to just work with them as a team to build their local market. If you are close enough you may even want to build up to an event in that area.
Next it’s time to go global. Find out who has contacts in a country that your company just opened or will be opening soon. Get in touch with these contacts and begin building rapport. Perhaps you’ll want to have them plug in to your webinars and training….so they can do the same with their contacts. This is a way to pre-build an international team that can explode your Network Marketing business.
3. Establish A Daily Method Of Operation
This is what your work day looks like. How many three-way calls did you schedule today? How many new prospects are you talking to daily? How many people did you invite to a webinar presentation? How many people confirmed they were attending? How many prospects are you personally following up with? How many new team members are you assisting with setting up their marketing system?
If you’re building solely online, you may want to track…How many capture pages are you building today? How many new contacts are you making in each of your social media sites? Where are you advertising your links today…etc.
These are called red button activities. Many new Network Marketers don’t get the proper training required to succeed. That’s why I created SIC-Second Income Coach…..go check it out, I know you’ll love the generic training. And it’s a FREE marketing system for you to plug in to.
4. Assume Responsibility for your Financial Success
The most successful people in Network Marketing don’t make excuses, they make things happen. Here are some ideas for you to make things happen….
* Sponsor Continuously – As a top leader myself, I am always bringing in new people. Don’t be afraid to ask your leaders when the last time was that they personally sponsored/enrolled a new member to the team.
* Stay Strong – Instead of worrying about what your company may lack, lead with the positives – your support team, your products, your rewarding compensation plan, your system for success and your personal commitment to their success.
* Communicate Directly – Explain to your team they must sponsor on a regular, consistent basis to find the right people to grow their team. Even part-time Network Marketers must attend conference calls, Webinars, team trainings and company events to grow and learn the business correctly. Remember, education is constant in our business. The money flows in as the distributor base grows. This becomes exponential as you development leaders on your team.
* Focus On Results – Keep track of the number of people you talk to or contact in order to sponsor a new team member. When you’re new to your Network Marketing business you should be told that you will find yourself in and around the 50% rule. Meaning 50% of the people you speak to will listen to you. 50% of those people will commit to attending a live webinar or go to a presentation website. 50% of those people will actually answer the phone when you call them back to follow up. And 50% of those people will actually partner with you. So what does this mean? Well if you want to sponsor 2 new team members a week (8 per month which is highly recommended) you’ll have to understand the math and the simple formula….TINA.
TINA = There Is No Average
To sponsor 2 per week: 8 to presentation, 16 invited, and 32 actually spoken to.
Hmmmm…..are you willing to do those numbers to change your life?
Some will some won’t so what someone is always waiting…….
5. Leaders Are Not Just Born…They Are Created
By understanding what is required to be a leader, and actually becoming one. You’ll be able to create leaders on your team. Step up to the plate and start swinging. Get some team members on the bases. Load them up and hit that home run for a grand slam. By you being a leader and swinging the bat (doing the red button activities above), your team members will do the same.
Your team members will do what you do or less. Seldom will they do more!
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
Starting people on the path to genuine success in Network Marketing is perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of this business. Obviously you can’t just sponsor people and hope they make it. You have to teach them something……and what would that be?
Some conclude that the best way to serve your new team members is to teach it all. Trainings that cover everything, from product and compensation plan to how to use the website back office…can seem useful….and often do nothing more than confuse people.
The truth about Network Marketing is that it is quite simple by design. People often complicate it. What people need right at the door is a system, simple enough to understand and use, that includes only those essential elements they need to start generating successful results. They need the core….practical basics. Everything else can wait.
Just teach the Skill Set they require to begin their successful journey in their first 6 months. It’s all about three simple steps…..Invitation, Presentation, and Follow-Up.
INVITATION
Knowing how to invite potential business partners is the most critical step, yet it is also the skill brand new Network Marketers most tend to fail at.
Why?
Because instead of simply inviting, new Network Marketers approach everyone with a pitch! And after a 30min in your face lecture of their company’s amazing history and their products out of this world benefits. Everyone on the warm list has said NO and the new person is seriously discouraged and maybe even ready to quit!
And guess what….none of that would have happened if they knew how to invite.
Inviting is NOT presenting! Successful inviting is polite, has boundries, and is always respectful of the prospect’s time and availability. People who successfully invite are good listeners (that’s why we have two ears and one mouth, so we can listen twice as much as we talk) and never make presumptions about their prospects. They ask questions and invite thier prospects to investigate a business opportunity. They never pitch!
PRESENTATION
If making effective presentations depends on the individual’s skill or talent, then let those who are good at presenting present. Delegation is empowering. Give people task to perform in their business by inviting to the presentations. Live presentations are best. You can also use a presentation tool. Taking the responsibility off the new team members to do presentations is key.
Most teams have excellent tools….CD’s, DVD’s, webinars, live events…..that give an effective professional presentation. This IS an essential component in any system that offers genuine equal opportunity.
FOLLOW-UP
Solid follow-up is where the business is really built…and it’s where your new team members have the greatest opportunity to learn the skills they need. Like many teams, we teach follow-up in the context of a three way call…between networker, prospect and support team member. The new team member gets to listen to a seasoned partner answer their prospect’s questions, which builds their own confidence level and ability to do the same for others on their team.
Teach your team members how to invite, use professional presentations and follow-up effectively….and they will be well on their way to success!
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
Employee or Entrepreneur? Which would you rather be?
Network Marketing / MLM is the business of the 21st century! It offers a worldwide network and global reach. It produces a fully scalable business that is easy to teach and produce serious results with. It develops strong effective leaders and creates genuine prosperity and wealth.
Imagine one day your boss says to you, “Bad news….we’re going to have to lay you off. The economy is down and business is bad.” How would that make you feel? Pretty down huh!
Then your boss adds, “And you know what….if you were to work just an extra hour every day….from 5pm to 6pm…Monday through Friday….for no extra pay….we’ll let you keep your job.” Hmmmmm what would you do? Most people wouldn’t even hesitate! Most people for sure would work an hour overtime for no pay to keep their job.
Then your boss really surprises you and says, “I know it’s still kinda bad news, but there is also some good news….for that one hour a day of overtime at no extra pay….we’ll let you retire if you make the commitment to stay focused and give us that extra hour everyd ay Monday through Friday….and better yet, we’ll let you retire after three years at full pay!”
Now all of a sudden you’re thinking….WOW….what an opportunity! Three years from now you can retire at full pay!
So what would happen?
You make the commitment, your focused, and about one year down the road one of your friends says…..”Why don’t you quit doing that? Geeze, you’ve been working an hour overtime every day and you’re not getting paid for it! You’re missing our golf times!”
You say to your friend, “No way! I only have two years to go and then I can retire.”
Now about eighteen months into your three year plan, your wonderful spouse says, “Instead of working that one hour of overtime every day, why don’t you spend some more time with your family? Your missing some of the kids activities!”
You say, “No…..just another year and a half and I can retire at full pay! Please support me on this…..I will be able to go to all the activities and be there for you and them 100%!”
So you continue to work Monday through Friday….one hour of overtime at no extra pay. You do this faithfully, even with all the negativity from friends and family. Your excited, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel! This opportunity is a blessing!
Well, this is exactly the opportunity we have in Network Marketing. We coach people to spend at least one hour a day Monday through Friday, building their business, and all you have to do is talk to people. Of course there is much to learn online, and having a proper system to plug in to makes all the difference.
Don’t worry about what to say or how good you are, because with practice you WILL get better. The longer you stay focused the more you will learn and grow.
Perhaps the first month you’ll think….”I don’t really know what to say…I’m nervous….actually I suck.” The second month you realize, “At least I know how to point people to more information.” The third month you are becoming more comfortable, “I think this is kinda neat.” And the fourth and future months you keep getting better and better.
Just invest an hour a day! At the end of three years, you will be pleasantly surprised and say, “I bet I can replace my full time income.”
Wouldn’t you want to take advantage of this kind of opportunity?
The sad reality is…..most people say they would and don’t spend the time actually developing the skills and taking action.
They have that “Stinkin Thinkin”!
They think to themselves……”What is it doesn’t work? I have never met anyone who has retired after just three years. Everybody I know had to wait until 65 to retire.”
Naturally, most of us are going to have some doubts…and we must build up our belief by working with a good solid team! So to assist you with that, here is what our business (Network Marketing) offers.
It lets you earn as you learn!
Every so often you’ll get a check in the mail from your Network Marketing company, just to keep your spirits up during your three year plan.
Once you begin receiving those monthly or weekly checks, you’re going to say to yourself……”You know what? This business works! Network Marketing Works! I’ve got these checks to prove it.”
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
We are quickly approaching the middle of November. The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday will soon be here, and Christmas will be just around the corner. Most people think the home business arena slows down from about Thanksgiving until after the New Year. That is if YOU let it!
Are you among the most, or the least?
This is the BEST time of year to grow, start or even explode your home business enterprise….especially in the Network Marketing / MLM arena. People are happier this time of year, they are more open to listening and meeting, and guess what…..people are looking to buy things of benefit!
Of course, you probably have a jammed packed life. Work a full time job. The commute to and from that job is horrendous at best. After dinner all you want to do is collapse in front of a television with your remote tucked snugly next to you. It gets even more hectic if you have a young family needing their school work checked, general nightly duties, preparing for the next day, etc.
Hmmmmm what to do…..what to do????
If you’re serious, and you believe you deserve the prosperous life…..then calendar!
Perhaps weekends are more time constrained attending kids sports games, becoming the parent-mobile shuttling your kids (and other kids from the neighbourhood) to their practices, birthday parties and sleep-over’s. What free time you can nab out of your weekend is spent at the supermarket or wholesale club food shopping.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could be sent to do a time-out in your room and let the others take care of themselves?
How many times have you heard this…..Build your home based business in your spare time!
Well, that’s just great. WHAT SPARE TIME!!!!!!!!
Now here’s the rub….
FACT: busy people get things done. Same thing applies with YOUR home based business.
If you are a morning person, get up an hour before your regular schedule and do not even think about starting your daily routine, start your home business work. You will see that this becomes a daily pattern. If you are a night person, rather than dragging yourself to bed after an exhausting day, have a coffee and spend another hour at the computer. At work, instead of chatting with co-workers during your work breaks and lunch, spend the time reading/responding to your email, answering Facebook messages, returning your business related phone calls, etc.
Weekends are your best time to build your business, if you are in the position outlined above. There are both women and men that work with me, who schedule Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights as their business nights. They are either in front of their computers or out doing business presentation meetings. And, those that have small children, in order not to have interruptions they have a babysitter watch and entertain their children while they are busy online elsewhere in their home.
Calendar, make it happen, believe, and never give up!
If you do not have family responsibilities, you have no time excuse for not building your business. You can put your social life on hold while spending every non-job waking moment working your business. Trust me, you will be on a first name basis where you pick-up your nightly take-out food so you will not have to waste time preparing (and cleaning up after) a meal.
Early in my network marketing career, I attended a presentation given by a well known MLM Big Dog. During the question and answer session that followed, one person asked him how could she possibly join and build the business given her busy schedule? His response – which I have heard (and, okay, I have also used it) numerous times since then……
You can either make money or make excuses but you cannot do both.
If your WHY is big enough, you will find a HOW in your busy schedule.
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
Think about the last time you referred something to someone? You shared something good with them…a movie, a restaurant, a nice pair of shoes, an excellent product or even a service. Did the company send you a thank you card, or a discount coupon or even a commission check for the business of those you referred?
OF COURSE NOT!
And guess what. That’s Network Marketing. Referring something good, something you believe in with those you know and those you will build relationships with and become business associates with.
Having a home business in the Network Marketing arena is truly something anyone can do! Part time or even full time. And with the power of the Internet and proper systems out there, you can create a nice income from home with a potential global business.
Being on the right team, and having the proper Skill Set are crucial!
And you must know, there are huge changes that are occurring in Network Marketing and MLM today. No longer will you hassle everybody to take advantage of your opportunity. You won’t be making cold calls and you will never have to worry about the BIG BAD NO’s again by a prospect.
There are many MLM opportunities out there these days, some good, some not so good. The only MLM companies that survive and flourish are the ones that embrace the new way of operating their Internetworking business. This new way of operating a business from home on the Internet primarily focuses on the internet.
A good Network Marketing / Multilevel Marketing team will provide you with at least the following.
1) An automated lead capture page. This page is used to introduce the prospect to your opportunity and will include a web form to collect their details.
2) An autoresponder is configured to send out a series of emails to your prospect about the opportunity and why it is going to be life changing for them.
3) An automated presentation about the company and the products and how your prospect will benefit from either using the products or joining the company.
4) Once your prospect joins, your Network Marketing / MLM company should have a back office system with comprehensive industry specific training.
5) Having an Affiliate Marketing Program is nice also. Something to plug your new business partners into. This will give you all of the above, including an the availabilty to introduce streams of income additional to your primary opportunity.
If your Team and Network Marketing / MLM company has all of these features you are going to be getting involved with a
company that has embraced the new way of operating. This by no means guarantees your success but it does in so many ways assist you in marketing your Internetworking business.
Does Network Marketing Really Work?
Many people have made fortunes in network marketing, and many still do today!
Usually, it was only a small number of people who went on to become the top money earner’s in any company. Generally it
was the individuals who already had marketing skills and knew how to put them into action! This left the majority of distributors / marketing executives / associates out in the cold, failing to achieve any measurable level of success!
Today there are more resources than ever before to assist you with becoming successful! The challenge today is, knowing who to trust.
Today there are companies that offer a multitude of products and services, items that the average person uses on a daily and consistent basis. And, many of these companies are embracing social networking “Twitter, Facebook and Blogging” to get their message out.
Learning the Skill Set to tap into this incredible ocean of contacts is critical!
No matter where you look, you will find one if not more companies offering something you are passionate about like: Communication Services, Internet Access, Nutritional Products, Weight Loss Programs, Water Filtration Systems, Financial Programs, Electrical Power, Solar Power, Personal Care, and Home Hygiene just to name a few.
Becoming successful requires understanding “What Is Network Marketing.” Many individuals fail to understand this and attempt to diversify instead of focusing on the tasks that will ensure their success.
Here’s something to digest! You MUST Focus!
F.O.C.U.S. – Follow One Course Until Successful.
Once you develop the Skill Set and understand what it is and “How Network Marketing Works” you will place yourself in a
much better position, thus increasing your chances of ultimate success!
Everyday an untold number of individuals are asking the question of “How Do I Get Started In Network Marketing?” In my opinion, it really is far to easy to get started!
Although I’ve found a few companies that do it right by setting a few requirements before you can present it to your friends, family and public. This is called proper training. Why would you want to go to your friends first. Practice on people you don’t know…..make mistakes and learn from them. Then approach your friends.
As you are looking at all the different companies out there today, how do you choose one? And, do you know what it is that you should be looking for in a network marketing company? Of course, these companies should provide products or services that are unique or consumable, this is very important if we want repeat orders from customers.
Your customers are just a click away from ordering directly online. In fact, many of them are shopping and doing their research there right now. Keep in mind that what you may find exciting and you are very passionate about, your friends and family may not be.
On the other hand, they may be very excited about them if there is a benefit. If the products or service can actually save them money, give them better quality, offer them better health perhaps than what they can get from their local stores. You’ve got a winner!
1.) A desire to Learn (developing the proper Skill Set) 2.) A willingness to take action
Getting a solid education should be one of your highest priorities as an independent business owner. It’s not anyone’s responsibility for your ultimate success or failure but your own.
When you get right down to it, it’s easy. Yet, our human nature leads us to over complicate it. A vast majority of us get our start in this industry only to stray off the beaten path. While the internet information age has opened a whole new world of information, to entrepreneurs, it has also derailed a vast majority of them as well.
So……..what Will It Really Take For You To Become Successful?
It will take commitment and determination from you in time, money (marketing budget), proper system and consistent action from you to build and market your business. This is why the right Network Marketing Training is not only necessary but vitally important to your future success. If your serious about making this your life style, to have the ability to call
your own shots, then take the time to really learn how to be a true professional!
Personal Accountability:
Our human nature is to achieve the greatest results with the least amount of energy expended. Think about it, by carrying over an employee mentality into your business, you are setting yourself up for failure.
When you want to call your own shots, be your own boss, you had better show up for work. There is not going to be someone there standing over you holding you accountable, that’s your job now!
So Which Tools Should You Use, And When Should You Put Them Into Practice!
In reality there are very few network marketing tools you actually require. The most important tool is you!
Everyone gets started with the best intentions. Yet, many of you have never done this before! This is a people business, which means our communications skills have to be developed! These skills are more important then just about anything else you’ll ever learn!
Everyone wants to tie the internet & network marketing together with their business, and you should, yet you can fall into the trap of not focusing on the essentials that you’ll need to become successful. I’ve said it for years that your learning curve is not linear but moving along parallel paths.
Laying a proper & solid foundation for your business with the right tools and skill set will pay you huge dividends later.
So Why Do Network Marketers Fail with Leads?
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” – Dale Carnegie
Old School or New School, it really doesn’t matter eventually your going to have to talk with your prospects or customers.
It doesn’t really matter where you get your leads from…… a company or self generated, your conversion rate is going to depend on you and you alone. It’s your skill set!
When prospecting, your initial reaction is to place way too much importance on your company, the online presentations or your companies compensation pay plan. Yet, while they are all important we tend to overlook the obvious….and often fail to address the true want’s and needs of our customers or prospective new business partners.
Tell them about your team, about the people you work with…….tell them about you and listen about them!
I mean think about it……What does your prospect care about?
This is what you have to discover, what it is that they truly want. When you begin to understand that a lead is more then just a name and phone number or email address, it is a real person that you’ll be talking to!
Today we have advertisers selling us courses on how to “Create an endless Flow of Free Network Marketing Leads.” If this really worked why are they paying for advertising in the first place?
Generating your own leads will not guarantee your success, you still must establish credibility and trust with your prospects and customers in order to become successful….PERIOD!
Please understand…….Network Marketing / MLM is not just about systems, video’s, blogging or email campaigns, these are just tools we employ as part of the sales process. What it really is about, is the development of long lasting personal
relationships with both your customer base and team business members.
RFB – Relationshipping, Friendshipping and NOT Bullshipping
Even if it takes several years to learn how to effectively communicate and connect with people, once you do, you’re set for life no matter what you do!
And, with today’s economic conditions, Network Marketing is still the best work at home business you could ever start!
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists
others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
Most mentors and Network Marketing industry experts all agree that you will doom your Network Marketing business if you fail to persevere! This means stopping before you succeed.
Having effective tactics, strategies and a system to plug into is critical.
AND they will stop working the second that you stop working!
Of course, choosing the right opportunity matters. Not just a little…..it matters a lot. And your opportunity will look the other way, just as soon as you do.
Being part of a team based community with the same culture, WILL keep your head in the game. If you stay plugged in!
Here are the 3 P’s to keep your head in the game at all times.
PASSION
First things first. Your passion, your “why” for pursuing a network marketing business is the oxygen your business cannot live long without. Unless your “why” changes, keeping your head in the game to pursue your business until it succeeds comes directly from how much your “why” stays front-and-center in your awareness.
1. Keep visual reminders of your “why” around you: photos, quotes, letters, whatever visually connects you with your passion for your business.
2. Write down positive affirmations of what happens with your “why” as your business succeeds. Read them, say them aloud several times a day.
3. Relive history. For example, if part of your “why” is to assist people, relive the stories of people you have already assisted.
PARTNERS
Even if your business has no employees or formal partners, you are wired to be connected with others in a ‘team based system‘ concept.
1. Start or join at least one mastermind group that shares a common goal for being together. The mutual accountability and support both serve to keep you engaged and in the game. Skype groups are great for this. If you have to create one yourself!
2. Increase what you are doing to assist your business builders to succeed. You know intellectually that their success is your success. Seeing it happen is very energizing.
3. Join or create a community that leverages combined group efforts toward a common business activity such as internet marketing. You benefit from the shared results as well as the community relationship. And Always have fun doing it!
PAYCHECKS
Network Marketing businesses require very little capital to start and operate. So staying in the game from a money standpoint should be straight forward. For network marketing businesses this has quite a bit to do with your upfront financial choices.
1. Pick an opportunity with a realistic, quickly-reachable break-even point.
2. Know in advance what ongoing operating expense is required for the long term, and stay right-side-up versus your business revenue. If you’re starting your business as a part-time endeavor, consider Jim Rohn’s advice and stay part-time as long as possible! This eases the paycheck pressure. Plus it increases your bragging rights about the income you will create when you can describe your network marketing business as a part-time enterprise.
3. Assess what realistic marketing investments will be required to take your business to the success level you want. There is no Network Marketing business growth without the marketing.
Gerry Schroeder is an expert online and offline MLM marketing coach in the Network Marketing Industry. He assists others with creating their true wealth working from the comfort of their home.
