MLM Secret – Stop Doing What Your Upline Tells You to Do

Here is the awful truth that your mlm companies hope you don’t find out. There is a 95% failure rate in the network marketing industry. All the best mlm companies know it and now so do you. But even though you may not make a dime in growing your home based business, most people who sign up with a network marketing company will sign up on average 2 people before they quit and even though you may quit working your business you are 16% likely to continue to use the network marketing product or service offered by your network marketing company.

So what does all of this mean for you and your business. Listen; there are plenty of people that make it in their network marketing business. But I guarantee you that the leaders, the so called heavy hitters, of the best mlm companies are not using the same strategies and methods that they teach. If you want to make the big dollars in your home based business, you had better get the skills that are needed to get the job done.

What skills you ask? Sales and marketing skills. There are some people that are natural born sales people and then there are people like me that have to learn the art and science of marketing. If you really want to grow a huge downline and actually make money with your home based business, then you had better learn the skills needed and master the tools that will get the job done.

If you continue to do what your upline tells you to do, your mlm company’s business will continue to grow but will yours? Think about this, would you go looking in the classified ads for a sales job that you don’t have any experience in doing? If you were an employer, would you hire someone for a sales position that doesn’t have any experience?

Then I ask you, why do we join a network marketing company where the money is in selling a product or service. And why do we ask anyone and everyone with a pulse to join our business without any sales experience? Because that is what our upline is teaching us to do.

Stop doing what your upline tells you to do and learn the art and science of marketing. Learn how to systematically add reps into your network marketing business. Once you learn how, you can grow any mlm business that you want.

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Amy Howard, December 16th 2009 | Tags: , , ,
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How To Invest In Your Network Marketing Business

A lot of people believe that network marketing is a business that increases in value over time.  In other words, a network marketing business isn’t worth anything until you have a large downline buying the products and recruiting people into the MLM Company. However, network marketing is just like every other business and as such it’s important to treat it as a business.

One of the sad statistics in the network marketing industry is that – Most network marketers will run out of cash flow in about 3 months and quit because they aren’t making the money they wanted to. 

Just like any other business, most home based businesses fail within their first two years of operation.  One of the keys to survival is investing in your network marketing business in order to create cash flow.  You have to know how to properly spend your MLM income.

What Serious Network Marketers Invest In

If you look at the successful network marketers, you will see that they ALL invest in at least two things:

Leads – it’s vital to your network marketing business to have people to talk to.  You will have to buy network marketing leads either with your time or with your money.
Training – successful people are always looking to improve themselves with more training.

You will probably notice that some of the top network marketers will also invest in other tools that help to bring in more revenue (internet marketing, predictive dialer, etc.).  But, these tools are only useful if you know how to use them (training) and you have the leads to put through them.

How Much To Invest In Your Network Marketing Business

I don’t care what MLM Company you are involved with; you will have expenses if you want YOUR business to grow.  Typical network marketing business expenses are:

Sign up fee
Auto-ship of MLM product
Phone
Leads
Training
MLM Meetings
Travel Expenses

Some of these expenses you can’t get away from but there are ways to limit how much you are spending in order to grow your network marketing business. 

For instance, there is always a sign up fee when you are joining a MLM Company but did you know that most MLM Companies have more than one sign up package available.  (I’m probably going to tick off a few heavy hitters by letting you know this MLM secret.  Oh well, I’m here to make a difference in YOUR business.  They will just have to get over it.)  Anyway, if you are looking to join a MLM Company, ask if there is a less expensive sign up package available.

Every MLM Company on the planet will want you to consume their MLM product/service on a monthly basis and will want you to be on auto-ship but does it make sense for YOUR network marketing business to be receiving product on a regular basis.  Look at what you are buying, are you using the MLM product, selling the MLM product, or are you stockpiling it in your garage>

You may have to have a telephone to operate your network marketing business, however, there are numerous options available today when it comes to using the telephone to grow your network marketing business.  There is VOIP, Skype, even a new thing called Magic Jack that can lower your monthly phone bill.  Find something that works well and works within your budget.

When it comes to training, there are a ton of options available.  You can go online and get loads of information on how to grow your MLM business.  You can go to the library or bookstore and get books on the subject of sales.  There are even a lot of training programs designed specifically for network marketers.  My suggestion is to look at what is available in your price range and go from there.  If you can’t afford to buy into a training program, then go to the library and get all of the books that you can on the subject of network marketing, sales, cold calling, closing, marketing, advertising, etc. and get busy reading.  Yes, it will take a LONG time to get all of the information that you need but at least it won’t break the bank.

If the idea of having to wade through a ton of information to get your training makes you want to stop before you get started or if you can afford to buy into a training program, check out the MLM training programs thoroughly.  Does it come with a guarantee, is the MLM training limited, how is the material delivered, etc.?  Find a program that works for YOU!

Some expenses you can totally eliminate.  For example, we are in network marketing and as such, we are supposed to be able to operate our business from home.  With that in mind, there really isn’t any reason to go to the local MLM Company meetings.  (This will probably tick off a few more heavy hitters but I don’t care.)  All the meetings are the same; the information is always the same, the only thing that may change is the person that delivers the message.  So, stop going to the meetings.

If the purpose of the meeting is to put your prospects in from of the information, but you don’t have any prospects at that meeting, then why do YOU have to be there?  In fact, couldn’t you have your prospects listen to a similar presentation over the phone using a free conference line?  That way no one has to spend money on gas getting to a briefing.

I hope that I have given you some ideas that you can take back and apply to your network marketing business.  it doesn’t really make sense to keep spending money on growing your home based business without getting any positive results.  Remember this is YOURnetwork marketing business not anyone else’s and you have to treat it like a business.  There are only 2 things that you MUST have in order to grow your network marketing business; leads and the training to close the sale.

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Amy Howard, August 5th 2009 | Tags: , , ,
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How to Schedule Time for your Network Marketing Program

Schedule Time To Work Your MLM

Schedule Time To Work Your MLM

Life has a tendency to get in the way at times.  Let’s face it; you really can’t expect your network marketing business to grow all by itself.  That’s why it’s essential to have a plan, to create a schedule if you want to succeed at selling your network marketing product and create a MLM income.  So, let’s talk about how to schedule time for you to grow your network marketing program.

What to Use to Schedule Your Time

When it comes to creating a schedule, you have quite a few options.  Here a just a few options that you can use to create your schedule for your day-to-day activities.

  • Microsoft Outlook-most computers have a program similar to Microsoft outlook.  If you are good at using your computer, you may want to consider using it to make up your schedule.  You can even have your computer give you reminders so that you don’t forget anything.  This was my personal favorite at one time.
  • Cell Phone Calendar-I use my cell phone a lot so it only makes sense to make sure that I keep important dates, appointments, and such in it.  I even set the alarm to go off before I’m scheduled to do something.  I can’t tell you how many times my cell phone alarm has gone off and kept me from missing an important appointment.
  • Plain Old Piece of Paper-you don’t have to spend a bunch of money on any fancy network marketing tools to make up a schedule.  Just a regular piece of paper with some lines drawn on it to represent the days of the week and the hours of the day will do a nice job.  Of course, I haven’t figured out how to make paper tap me on the shoulder to give me a reminder.
  • Day Planner-nothing says that you mean business like a day planner.  This is my personal favorite and it has worked well for me.  I can plan out my day so that I make sure that I schedule enough time to complete a task and if I don’t complete that task, I can reschedule it.  I prefer this method because I get a visual of what my week looks like at a glance.

That should be enough to give you an idea on what you can use to schedule your time with.  Really, there are some other options such as; a Word document, or a spreadsheet but you get the idea.

How to Schedule Your Time

How to schedule your time is more important that what you use to schedule your time with.  For some people this will be the toughest part of working their network marketing business.  There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to devote the necessary time to working a MLM business and get all of the other things done too.

Let me give you a little secret to how to work your network marketing program part-time.  Sit down with whatever you are going to use for your schedule and the first thing I want you to write down are the things that can’t be moved or put off.  These are things that only you can do and they have to be done at a certain time.  For instance, if you have a job that you go to, put it in your schedule.  If you have a doctor’s appointment or you have to pick up the kids from school, put it in your schedule.

After you put in your schedule all of the things that YOU have to do and the TIME you have to do it, then it’s time to schedule all of the other things that you want to do.  Keep in mind how important it is to you to grow your network marketing business.  If it’s important that you succeed at your home based business, then schedule it appropriately.  If spending time with your friends and family is more important, then make that have priority in your scheduling. This is where having a strong “WHY” is important.

Benefits of Scheduling Your Day

Creating a schedule will help to keep you on track, focused, and it will increase your productivity.  The key is not to overdo it.  Make sure that you leave a little room for you to do some of the things that help you to relax.  For me that means meditation and reading.  I make sure that I schedule a few minutes everyday so that I can meditate.  In fact, I put that in my schedule before I put down when I am going to work on my network marketing leads.

If your schedule is already full, take a look at the things that you have listed.  Can any of those things be done by another member of the family?  Do they have to be done at all?  Do you have to clean the house or can you put it off so that you can work your network marketing business?

In order to succeed with your network marketing program it’s not only important to know what to do but it’s important to make the time to do it.  If you don’t make the time to work on growing your home based business, then it won’t grow.

Making a schedule is not only important to growing a home based business, it’s also important for a lot of other things too.  I have made a commitment to run a half marathon this December, it fact it is scheduled for the day after my birthday, and in order to insure that I cross the finish line, I have to train.  In order to train properly, I have to keep a training schedule. 

One last word on scheduling, DO YOUR BEST and FORGET THE REST.  If you don’t get something done for whatever reason, don’t beat yourself up about it.  Make a note on why you didn’t accomplish the task, if it’s something that you can plan for next time then do so.  IF NOT, LET IT GO!

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Amy Howard, August 3rd 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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