shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commissi

Network Marketing can be stressful, if you allow it to be. In my experience, the source of this stress is lack of skills and confidence, coupled with desire and big goals. This is a classic example of conflict, where a person’s wants are held just out of reach by a bevy of obstacles. The big goals and desires are necessary for your motivation, but you need to recognize that acquiring skills and confidence will take time.

Take the time to learn your trade, and set realistic goals that match your knowledge level and time commitment. It always amazes me that people want to join network marketing and make a million dollars the first year, before they have even secured their first sale. Would you like a surgeon operating on your child before going to medical school? How about allowing a person to prepare your taxes before learning the tax code? We expect professionals to be trained, qualified, and certified prior to operating on us or completing our tax forms. Should we not expect the same standards for ourselves when we go into business?

I had a similar experience with a career ambition to become an electrician. I was shocked to discover I would need 6,000 hours of documented electrical work experience before being considered for an apprentice position. That’s over three years of full time work, just to get started on the bottom rung of the union’s formal training program that would one day lead to a journeyman or master skill level certification. Yet as network marketers we expect to be shown the big money by next Thursday, at the latest. This is a recipe for disaster and disillusionment.

If you have already joined a network marketing organization, I want you to consider this plan of action: Within the next 24 hours find one person who will buy your product. Forget about recruiting for the moment. Concentrate on generating personal sales volume. Don’t get distracted by recruiting goals, conventions, fancy cars and wardrobes, or the income of people in your upline. Focus on creating a small batch of regular customers.

After you have 9 regular customers, broaden your scope of operations to finding one person to join your organization, and then help that person find 9 regular customers. As they say on the back of shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commissio

people want to join network marketing and make a million dollars the first year, before they have even secured their first sale. Would you like a surgeon operating on your child before going to medical school? How about allowing a person to prepare your taxes before learning the tax code? We expect professionals to be trained, qualified, and certified prior to operating on us or completing our tax forms. Should we not expect the same standards for ourselves when we go into business?

I had a similar experience with a career ambition to become an electrician. I was shocked to discover I would need 6,000 hours of documented electrical work experience before being considered for an apprentice position. That’s over three years of full time work, just to get started on the bottom rung of the union’s formal training program that would one day lead to a journeyman or master skill level certification. Yet as network marketers we expect to be shown the big money by next Thursday, at the latest. This is a recipe for disaster and disillusionment.

If you have already joined a network marketing organization, I want you to consider this plan of action: Within the next 24 hours find one person who will buy your product. Forget about recruiting for the moment. Concentrate on generating personal sales volume. Don’t get distracted by recruiting goals, conventions, fancy cars and wardrobes, or the income of people in your upline. Focus on creating a small batch of regular customers.

After you have 9 regular customers, broaden your scope of operations to finding one person to join your organization, and then help that person find 9 regular customers. As they say on the back of shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commissi

n. I was shocked to discover I would need 6,000 hours of documented electrical work experience before being considered for an apprentice position. That’s over three years of full time work, just to get started on the bottom rung of the union’s formal training program that would one day lead to a journeyman or master skill level certification. Yet as network marketers we expect to be shown the big money by next Thursday, at the latest. This is a recipe for disaster and disillusionment.

If you have already joined a network marketing organization, I want you to consider this plan of action: Within the next 24 hours find one person who will buy your product. Forget about recruiting for the moment. Concentrate on generating personal sales volume. Don’t get distracted by recruiting goals, conventions, fancy cars and wardrobes, or the income of people in your upline. Focus on creating a small batch of regular customers.

After you have 9 regular customers, broaden your scope of operations to finding one person to join your organization, and then help that person find 9 regular customers. As they say on the back of shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commissi

to consider this plan of action: Within the next 24 hours find one person who will buy your product. Forget about recruiting for the moment. Concentrate on generating personal sales volume. Don’t get distracted by recruiting goals, conventions, fancy cars and wardrobes, or the income of people in your upline. Focus on creating a small batch of regular customers.

After you have 9 regular customers, broaden your scope of operations to finding one person to join your organization, and then help that person find 9 regular customers. As they say on the back of shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commissi

shampoo bottles: Rinse and repeat. Helping other people succeed is the heart of network marketing.

Some MLM industry analysts’ claim only 10% of active network marketers receive a commission check each month. This does not mean MLM is not a viable business opportunity. What it does mean is that up to 90% of network marketers choose to attempt recruiting people into the business, without attempting to make sales. In my opinion this approach is backwards and foolhardy. Build a regular customer base and you will be a part of the 10% that receives a commission check each month.

As an added benefit to regular commission checks, your prospects will see your success and be encouraged to follow your lead into the business. We all love success and want to be around successful people. Your record of making consistent sales will be seen as proof that the business works. By the way, make a show of handing out commission checks during your opportunity meetings. You do not need to disclose the amount of the checks to the audience unless the recipient requests it. Just the spectacle of active sellers receiving cash back from the company will motivate others to focus on making sales of their own.

A second concern in network marketing is the dropout rate of starters. The statistics are grim, but they do not have to apply to you. According to MLM company averages, up to 90% of starters quit the company within a 1-2 year period. What the statistic does not show is where the quitters have gone. Many still believe in the MLM opportunity, but have chosen to change companies. In my experience, the leading cause of this departure is related to the new marketer’s relationship with his or her upline. An upline that does not train, or support its downline is worthless, and you can’t blame people for not wanting to hitch their dreams to a falling star. For fall they will.

Always remember, in network marketing, you succeed by helping the people you sponsor into the business succeed.

The concept of network marketing is so powerful that many companies cannot resist the lure of creating a huge sales force to market their products and services. These companies will resort to any unscrupulous act or promise imaginable to draw you in.

In your efforts to create sales or recruit associates, avoid the email spam scams. Stick with legitimate companies, with long-standing records of delivering a quality product to its customers. MLM is a people business. That is, it depends on people meeting with people to trade goods and services, and discuss business opportunities. It is not a hands-off, lazy man’s way to riches. MLM takes work and discipline—which is what makes the rewards worth striving for. Good luck and email this article to a friend or business associate.