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You've seen the signs along the road and read the
magazine articles that promote the dream of network marketing:
work at home, make great money and have time to do the things
you want to do. We've heard the scenario, but few obtain it.
The reason many people don't become successful at network
marketing is that they begin a "dream-based" opportunity and
never turn it into a "reality-based" business focused on
fulfilling their dreams. Only professional network marketers obtain the dream because
they ALL have climbed the following 10 steps to success.
The first step is to make your opportunity a business within
your mind and in other people's eyes. You have to
believe it is a business, and they have to see it as a business. So, establish a written financial plan including how much
money you will invest, a time schedule for your investment
return, tax records, office space, equipment needs and
materials. The incredible part of the network marketing
BUSINESS is that your business can be up and running for the
cost of your initial fee + $35. The $35 should include:
the addition of 3-way calling to your phone bill, a tax
notebook, tax receipt box, daily appointment calendar and
business cards. The second step is to WRITE YOUR GOALS DOWN AND A LIST OF
100 PROSPECTS. Professional Network Marketers plan for
action and have an action plan. Writing down specific goals
promotes a direct path of action and business priorities.
Research has proven several times over that people with
written goals are more likely to achieve them. Also include a
prospect list of 100 people within your goal list. Keep a pen
and pad of paper with you so that when someone comes across
your mind that might have a need for your product, service or
opportunity, then add them to the list. The next obvious
step is take action toward your goals. The third step is obtaining support when you need it for
education, support and training. Get to know your business
partners. part of this wonderful network marketing business
set-up is that your upline (partner) gets paid when you are
successful. Successful people align themselves with upline
who are active and successful in the business and then
learn from them (not depend on them). Your upline should
be available as a key resource in the beginning for knowledge
you may lack. In addition, your upline should also be a
support system in recruiting others, until you have your
own success story to share. The fourth step IS learning to be self-employed. Especially
in the beginning with part-time hours, you MUST designate time
and allocate that time to action which will bring you to
full-time status. Plan your day including working your
prospect list, follow-up calls with prospects, development
calls with new distributors, encouragement calls with leaders
and education or personal development time. Where many
distributors fail is in continuously "getting ready" to take
action and never actually making the calls on their
recruitment list and making few calls for follow-up with
prospects. Just remember that if your appointment book is empty,
your pockets will be empty. The fifth step is provide support to your downline.
As a professional network marketer/leader/business owner, it
is vital that you show support to your downline. They need to
be able to contact you on the telephone or through e-mail. As
you grow larger provide them with conference calls, training
calls and meetings. Your job is being available to your
downline for education, training, support and with contact
recruitment. Beware, some people will perceive you as being
there to build the business for them. You can't do that--it
doesn't work. They must build their own downline with your
support. To do this well you must know your business customer
(distributor) types and provide excellent customer service. There are several types of distributors that make up your business. Active/Regular Distributors - These distributors love the
product or service and want to get it for wholesale or
free. They will in turn, purchase it on a monthly basis to get
the lowest price and will "share" the benefits and
savings with their close inner circle. These distributors
account for approximately 25% of your business. Part-Time "Mom and Pops" - These distributors desire extra
income. They work 5-7 hours a week, listen to company
informational or recruiting calls, attend meetings in
their area and add new distributors for the product, service
or opportunity on average of one every two weeks. In addition,
they "talk" to most people they encounter about the product,
service or opportunity. These distributors account for
approximately 70% of your business. Business Builders - whether Part-time or Full-time, are actively
"looking" for someone, anyone who might be interested in the
product, service or opportunity on a daily basis. Just as your
"job" is a part of you approximately 20-40 hours a week, their
"BUSINESS" is part of them approximately 20-40 hours a week.
They don't eliminate anyone. If they are truly business
builders you will find them doing all these steps. Keep in mind
that these distributors account for only about 5% of your
business. Regardless of the distributor type, you must provide excellent
"customer/distributor service." This means maintaining
relationships with them through ongoing education and contact. Now we come to the turn-key step. The sixth step is
consistently follow a simple, duplicatable system.
You've heard the expression "Keep it Simple"; well it's the truth.
You need a system from the company or from your upline or you
need to develop a system that anyone can reduplicate. It must
include the following pieces to be complete: how to contact
someone, what to say, what to give, how to follow-up and how to
train the next person to do the exact same thing. The system
must sponsor, train and support, so the new distributor sponsors,
trains in the same way and teaches the new distributor
to sponsor, train and support in the same way. It's repetitive,
yet effective. Then you have reduplicated yourself. If you don't follow a system
nor train your downline and have the attitude that it's okay to do
it anyway they like, then that is proven to fail. There are many
systems out there in many companies, but often they are missing at
least one of the pieces to the recruiting system or the
distributors do not follow them. Hence, solid duplication NEVER
occurs. It's as simple as "monkey see, monkey do." If you
haven't had success in the past, select a system that has ALL of
the pieces above and do it 100 times and you will find that
persistence and repetition pay off. Be persistent about being consistent, and be consistent about
being persistent. The seventh step is optimising communication skills
and channels. in our world of advanced communication
professional network marketers must utilize the systems available
to them to maximize their communications and leverage their time.
With few exceptions, hotel recruiting meetings and mailing packages
are becoming things of the past. Whereas,
telephone 3-ways, conference calls, internet web-sites and e-mail
are today's communication channels. The "sharing" with the people
you come in contact with is an excellent way to establish close to
home businesses, but large networks are recruited, built and
trained world-wide through telephone and computer systems. The eighth step is using effective means of
advertising to make yourself visible. What products
come to mind when you think of these words? Little green lizard
"I'm a geco, not a GEICO" - (GEICO Insurance); "Give it to Mikey.
He'll eat it. He'll eat anything" - (LIFE cereal); "The Real
Thing" - (Coca Cola). What do these advertisements have in
common? Visibility. You see them or hear them almost every day
and you associate them with a product because it's engrained in
your mind. Even major companies know that if they want to
continue to make money, then they have to continually remind you
of their product. Network marketing is EXACTLY the same.
Let's say that your business is related to health in some way.
You want to have provided them with enough information to
trigger their thoughts towards your product or service when
they are making lunch, working out at the gym or walking through
the grocery store. The more you advertise, the more chances you
have for successful recruitment. Remember, by checking more
people off your prospect list you have a greater chance for
success.
This means advertising to them either by word-of mouth,
e-mail, web-site or your business card. Advertising often and
advertising well is a must. Keep this simple advertising formula
in mind. The AIDA principle targets: A - Getting Their Attention,
I - Sparking Their Interest, D - Building Desire, and A - Telling
them what Action to take. Just remember, the more visible you
are, the more chances you have to find the people who want what
you have. The ninth step is FOLLOW-UP. This step encompasses your
prospect list, your simple duplicatable system and your advertising.
Without follow-up the other steps are useless. Think of follow-up
as relationship building. How many times can you say you have a
relationship with someone after one brief contact. Follow-up
with phone calls, letters, e-mails or autoresponders is the next
step in building the relationship. Without relationship
sponsoring little happens. This is the step that so many amateur
network marketers miss and it is the step ALL professional
networkers do well. The tenth step is PERSISTENCE. Often, even though they know
better, people have in the back of their minds that network
marketing is a get-rich-quick scheme. That when they sign-up by
paying $100, use the product for a month and tell 3 people about
how great it is, they should be rich. It's just not so. The
truth is that you need to have a product, service or opportunity
that you can sincerely believe in. You need to be committed to
working a duplicatable system with your chosen upline and company,
day in, day out, for a solid year to reap the benefits. You have been reading a small sample of practical information
taken from the new book "Reality Planning for Real Success in
Network Marketing" by David Mastrangelo and Stevyn Muller. This
is just the tip of the iceberg. To receive your FREE network
marketing evaluation and learn more about the full version of this
book and other products and services available from REALITY
MARKETING, your network resource, contact us at
www.realitymarketing.net.
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