Back to Basics
By Steven Maoudis cp.nlp Global MLM Trainer
Often in MLM you see people who have gained the initial momentum and start to reap the rewards of their business. But then they sabotage their own success by not sticking to the basics. The successful leaders who work within the Network Marketing Industry still attend weekly meetings, they still attend training meetings, and they lead by example.
This business is not easy, and anyone who tells you that it is is lying. You need to be productive every single day. Many people get activity confused with productivity, and these people will generally quit the business as they don't understand the basics. The initial stages of building your business is hard work. You have to make telephone calls, see people and sign them up, work with them, and get them on track. You need to be consistent and persistent on a daily basis, and doing this will help you gain the initial momentum.
There is a very old saying in Networking and it goes something like this "If you have had a bad week, you need to attend the meetings" This is obviously to get you excited and motivate you. Now "If you have had a good week, then the meeting needs you". Makes sense, doesn't it? After all, if you are exposed to people who are producing results, then if you want to produce similar results, just find out what these people are doing, and copy them, it's that simple.
You
will often find that successful distributors will do the things that
unsuccessful distributors don't, or won't. I have heard so many rookie
distributors say "Do I really have to go to the meeting this
evening, it's going to be the same as last week". Well, we all know
that. But just remember, if you expose a new prospective distributor to the
meeting, it will be their first time. If you have no new guests going, you
should still go to support your colleagues, and by doing so they will return
the favour when they find themselves in a similar position as you.
Also, it's good to analyse what you have been doing on a daily basis, then you can
monitor what works best for you. At the end of the day, the whole philosophy of
Networking is to talk to people. To get in front of as many of them as possible
and tell your story. The difference between someone who just gets by and
has a successful organization is the number of people they are
talking to. And also keeping it simple, as simplicity is easy to duplicate.
At
the end of the day when you have learned everything there is to know about
Network Marketing all that you can become is a very well-paid storyteller. Can
you recall when you were first pitched for your current MLM programme? How did
the person sound at the end of the telephone? The way that you put the
opportunity across can sometimes make all the difference. You need to be
excited about your company and its products. If you are indeed using the
products, and you have total belief in them, then this belief will be reflected
in your enthusiasm for the company. And you know what they say about enthusiasm,
"It's contagious".