Duplicating your business in network marketing involves havinga proven system with upline support, training, and mentoring.Such a plan should include up-to-date system methods.
However, times have changed, and methods have evolved. Themethods that worked a few years ago do not work today, yet manycompanies and teams still use and teach outdated system methods.
Are home parties working in your area? Is your town "all partiedout"? Approximately 92 percent of the population does not liketo sell or be sold to. Is there a way to promote your productwithout coming across as being "salesperson-like"?
Most network marketing companies will ask a new distributor tofocus first on his or her "warm market." A warm market consistsof people whom the distributor knows, such as relatives,friends, and coworkers. A network marketing company or uplinewill often instruct the distributor to pull out a sheet of paperand list the names of 100 friends and family members. WOW! Ihave never done that, and I do not know anyone who has beensuccessful using this method. This method does not work! Yet,companies and team leaders still teach it.
What does work?
A step-by-step action plan is needed. This plan should be easyto follow and should be a plan that you can teach to anyone.Remember, most of the people you bring in are going to bepart-time, average people, so the key is to develop an overallsystem that everyone can follow.
Network marketing is about people. Have a system that will teachyour downline about building relationships. The quicker a personcan build relationships, the easier it will be for him or her tobuild a team. Toward this end, becoming a color profiler is amust.
It is important to understand how to build "the list" from yourcold market. Your cold market are people you do not know andhave not yet met. There are a number of ways to build your list.The Internet is a great tool, but although some folks buy leads,I personally would not recommend this unless you know the sourceof the leads as most of these leads are sold over and overagain. Ever wonder why the leads you bought acted put off or whyyour prospects were short with you? It is a good idea to createyour own leads. This way, your leads tend to be of higherquality.
In my opinion, it's best to start on a low budget and test yourmarket before spending a lot of money. Your upline shouldprovide training on designing marketing headlines that captureyour prospects' attention and create curiosity. As my mentor,"Big Al," says, "Your first sentence or headline is everything.If you don't capture your prospects' interest immediately, youare wasting your time." Let your imagination flow!
Do you have a mentor? Everyone in network marketing should,someone who has "been there, and done that" and can teach andguide you along the way.
About the author:
Monica specializes in helping people succeed in their NetworkMarketing business. http://networkmarketingsuccessblog.com
