| Multi-level marketing businesses are very popular and | | | | So, your main priority is lead generation. Day in and |
| can be very lucrative. I can almost say with certainty | | | | day out, as you share your business with others, you |
| that at some point in your life you have been | | | | will be rejected. That's just the reality. You must |
| approached by someone wanting to share a home | | | | realize very quickly that the NOs aren't personal and |
| based business opportunity with you. These | | | | that you will hear NO more times than you will hear |
| opportunities probably included household cleaning | | | | YES. Either the prospects will see the value in your |
| supplies, makeup, body suits, wellness juices, legal or | | | | opportunity and want to sign up or they won't. Every |
| travel services, just to name a few. | | | | opportunity is not for everyone. -Question #3. How |
| Your initial exposure to the world of network | | | | well do I handle rejection? Do I give up easily? |
| marketing probably went something like this. An | | | | 4. Passion - Don't simply join a business because it |
| exuberant family member or friend contacted you | | | | may be working for the person who is introducing |
| about a new business they just joined. They | | | | you to the opportunity. Select a business based on |
| constantly talked more about all the money they | | | | your passion. As the old saying goes, "When you |
| could make but hardly mentioned the product or | | | | follow your passion, you will never work a day in |
| services they were distributing. Every week, they | | | | your life." If you love to travel, there's a MLM for |
| asked, well begged you to attend their weekly | | | | that. If you love working out and helping others get |
| Tuesday night business opportunity meeting. Finally | | | | fit, there's a MLM for that. If you collect gold & silver |
| after being worn down by their nagging pleas, you | | | | coins, there's a MLM for that. There's literally a |
| went. So, there you were, on a Tuesday night in a | | | | network marketing business opportunity for almost |
| hotel ballroom, missing your favorite TV show, | | | | anything you're in to. If your friend is having great |
| waiting for the "show" to begin. The meeting started | | | | success distributing wellness juices, but you can't |
| with the success story of "Mary" and "John.'" Mary | | | | stand to drink it yourself, do you really think you will |
| and John had 4 kids. They both lost their job at the | | | | have the same success? Probably not. You must |
| same time, were forced to live in their 1982 minivan | | | | sincerely believe in the product or service you're |
| with a bad transmission, had more than $50,000 in | | | | representing. Take the time to analyze your passions |
| credit card debt, 2 kids in college, and $1.23 in their | | | | and then find an opportunity that matches. - |
| bank account. Oh yeah, they had to take their 2 | | | | Question #4. What am I passionate about? Can I |
| dogs and 3 cats to the pound because they could no | | | | genuinely be excited about telling others about this |
| longer afford them after the house was foreclosed | | | | product or service? |
| on. | | | | 5. The Fine Print - Each company has it's own sales |
| The story continues on, getting more pitiful by the | | | | guidelines and commission structure. You and you |
| sentence. It finally concludes with Mary and John | | | | alone need to research the products and services |
| standing up to give a testimonial about how they, | | | | being offered, your monthly auto-ship and service |
| just like you were sitting here on a Tuesday night | | | | fee requirements, as well as the commission |
| just 10 months ago. They told how they borrowed | | | | structure for you and your down-line. - Question #5. |
| the start-up money from a relative and now, after | | | | How much sales volume will I need to generate in |
| only 9 months in the business, they are debt free, | | | | order to cover my monthly expenses? How many |
| live in a 6 bedroom home in a gated community, | | | | people will I need in my down-line in order to reach |
| have completely paid for the kids college, saved a | | | | my financial goals? |
| million dollars and went back to the pound to get all | | | | 6. Positivity - Success starts in the mind. Make sure |
| of their pets back. After hearing that inspiring | | | | that you surround yourself with positive people and |
| success story, you rushed over and signed up | | | | commit to reading materials that will keep you |
| immediately for a monthly auto-ship of products that | | | | motivated. With all of the rejections coming your |
| will cost you $150 per month. Less than 30 days | | | | way, a positive mindset is crucial to keep your |
| later, you cancel your membership and call it a scam. | | | | momentum. - Question #6. Am I surrounded by |
| Sound familiar? | | | | positive influences? Can I commit to reading 1 |
| Getting involved in a network marketing business can | | | | motivational book per month? |
| provide you with the financial freedoms that you long | | | | 7. Creative Marketing Strategies - All network |
| for. However, before jumping in based on the hype | | | | marketing companies provide training materials to get |
| of a rags to riches story, really take the time to | | | | you started. However, in order to be successful right |
| consider these 8 critical points. Also, you'll need a | | | | from the start, you must find creative ways to get |
| scrap sheet of paper because as you read this | | | | the word out about your products and services |
| article, you will be answering a few questions that will | | | | without bugging the heck out of your family and |
| help you decide if getting involved in a MLM business | | | | friends. If you simply follow the antiquated marketing |
| is really right for you. | | | | strategies of yesteryear like going door to door and |
| 1. The Big Why - Most people join network marketing | | | | approaching strangers at inopportune times, you will |
| businesses based on the hype of getting rich quick. | | | | burn out quickly. - Question #7. Am I an "out of the |
| This can definitely be one of your reasons, but | | | | box" kind of thinker? Am I open to learning new |
| should not be the sole reason. - Question #1. What is | | | | things? |
| my big why? | | | | 8. Dedication - You've got to be in for the long term |
| 2. It is called a Multi-Level Marketing Business - The | | | | and dedicated enough to fail. Nothing ever succeeds |
| emphasis here is on the word business. Treat the | | | | the first time. Ask any successful person and they |
| business like a business. Right now you may be | | | | will all tell you, it was through their failures that they |
| working 40 hours a week on your current job. That | | | | obtained success. - Question #8. How many hours |
| is 40 hours that you are actually doing something to | | | | per week can I dedicate to the business? Will I be |
| improve the bottom-line of your employer. Whether | | | | committed to planning my work and working my |
| you are starting full time or part in a home based | | | | plan? Do I have a mind-set that will allow me to |
| business, you are going to have to work it. No one is | | | | accept and use my failures as a catalyst to success? |
| going to be knocking down your door initially begging | | | | Well, you've read the article and answered the |
| for your products or services. - Question #2. Am I a | | | | questions. Based on your responses, is a MLM Home |
| self starter? Can I work independently? Will I be | | | | Business right for you? Whether you join a network |
| committed after the initial excitement fades? | | | | marketing business or try some other business all |
| 3. Handling Rejection - The goal of all network | | | | together, the ultimate key to your success is to |
| marketing businesses is to build up a strong down-line | | | | make the commitment and take action. |
| so that you can make money from not only your | | | | "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't |
| sales but the people you sponsor into the business. | | | | see the whole staircase." - Martin Luther King, Jr. |