Once you have answered all the questions we have covered here in other posts, you begin your journey. Our best recommendations follow.
Attend trainings repeatedly and listen to your upline. If your upline is not qualified, then keep going upline until you find someone who can coach you or mentor you.
Once you have downlines under you, you must be prepared to be a leader and duplicate what your upline has taught you. DUPLICATION is the key to building a long term business because your downlines are able to do the same thing you are doing.
Many successful leaders in MLM are fantastic speakers on the stage and powerful trainers in the field and even write books on how to succeed. One of the biggest mistakes a new distributor usually makes are buying a ton of books thinking they will be well equipped to go out there and create a sponsoring explosion.
You may try to imitate your leader, talk like them, look confident or even walk like them. But the tricky part is duplicating the charisma or having the same influence. Even after reading all the books on self-improvement, the tactics might not work because you don’t have the same charm as the author!
I am not saying don’t read books or buy books. Factual information or education is usually more helpful in making a good decision. I have compiled a reading list at the end of this post that will give good facts. But trying to become like another person and using his or her „techniques‟ will often lead to disappointment with the book itself! They become disillusioned and go on to buy another „key to success in MLM‟ book and the vicious cycle repeats itself again. Eventually they become disillusioned with books and they will stop reading all together.
KEY POINT TO REMEMBER:
LEADERS ARE NOT BORN, THEY ARE DEVELOPED OVER TIME. THOSE WHO SUCCEED IN MLM WILL HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE OF LEARNING AND GROWING. THOSE WHO SUCCEED QUICKLY IN MLM HAS ALREADY PAID THE PRICE OR WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND DOWNLINES WHO HAD ALREADY PAID THE PRICE. ARE YOU PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE?
In a Nutshell
MLM is not an easy road to walk on and there will be many obstacles along the way. That is why choosing the RIGHT company is of utmost importance as the journey of a thousand miles begin with the first step so I hope everyone reading this will take the first step in the RIGHT direction.
Regardless of success or failure, MLM is a journey worth traveling on because of the things you will learn along the way. It is priceless. It is with my sincerest wishes that all who consider MLM would achieve tremendous success in their chosen journey.
Suggested Reading
Ice Breakers! How To Get Any Prospect To Beg You For A Presentation
Book 1 of 3: MLM & Network Marketing. By Tom “Big Al” Schreiter.
The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money,
And Stand Out From The Crowd. By Allan Dib.
Success For Today’s MLM Enterprise: Blueprint To Building A Massive
Network Marketing Business: Winning Strategies For MLM. By Jerrold Surridge.