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I’ve been involved in the Network Marketing industry for close to 6
years now. I’ve worked with a few different companies, and I’ve tried
several different strategies. I’ve done the home parties, referrals,
trade shows, hot leads, cold leads, random leads… When I initially got
started I had a goal to not lose any friends in the process, and I’ve
done very well on that front. I’ve lost money on deals, I’ve broken
even on deals, and I’ve made money on deals. However, to this point, I
haven’t been able to hit anything out of the park yet.
I can’t
say I ever lost faith in the industry, but I definitely changed my
focus for a while. My biggest issue was ethics. It seems that
everyone is following a “system” and this system is what will ensure
success. Only problem is that few Network Marketers actually have a
real system. It’s only the people who are true salespeople and can
sell a vision of what’s possible. Too bad very few people ever hit
that success.
The system is as follows. Recruit enough people
who also recruit people.. uh.. who also recruit people… etc. They say
that proof that the system works is that you joined. Only, I think
that’s a little flawed. Proof that the system works would be that you
joined and made money. Only that’s impossible to show on day one.
Having
said that, I’m a student, and I learn from my mistakes. Network
Marketing is supposed to be about satisfied customers referring the
product to others. However, it seems that as soon as a “customer”
decides to refer someone, they get bombarded by hard headed uplines who
try to force them to “do more.” Of course, this has the opposite
effect. Why can’t we just allow people to work at whatever level they
feel comfortable.
I understand that there are people who are
looking for a business and that’s ok. However, if you want to run this
as a business then it should be about gathering customers!
I’ve
recently decided to try something different. One of my MLM friends has
put together an internet marketing program that is generating hundreds
of leads for a product. So far I’ve been calling for 2 1/2
weeks. I have not called one person that I currently know. I’m only
calling leads. Everyone I’ve called so far knows why I’m calling and
has some level of interest. I’ve been working 2 hours a day, 5 days a
week. NO MORE, NO LESS! and I’ve enrolled 6 new people (surprisingly
all 6 came in as distributors). I committed to this activity level for
one month. If I continue to see success, and I make more than my
initial investment back (I came in at the highest level which cost me
about $600 USD), then I will allow people that I know to join me. If
not… then I quit.
Stay tuned! |
| Posted: Monday, 2 February, 2009 at 1:23:16 PM | Read 19 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
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