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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Network Marketing 101: Tips To Begin Your Journey

By Bryan Frances


A lot of entrepreneurial minded folks consider network marketing as a potential income stream. However, many are dissuaded from attempting it, due to a lack of knowledge and intimidation. Read on, for some tricks of the trade that will ease your entry into this lucrative opportunity or will help you if are already involved in network marketing.

If you want to build a successful network marketing business, you should be practicing relationship marketing. By listening carefully and paying attention to the things that people need, you gain their trust and are able to help them in a personal way. The special attention you show other people, now will pay off substantially in the future.

One of the biggest pitfalls that people involved in network marketing encounter is laziness or simply getting too comfortable. Even though network marketing can give you results very quickly, it is not a get rich quick scheme. It requires work! Therefore, to be successful you should treat it like any other job and set hours each day dedicated to your job.

While many people mistakenly focus their efforts on the numbers of leads they get, successful marketers emphasize the importance of quality prospects. If you want to be truly profitable, you have to find workers with the drive to succeed, and the willingness to make the effort to establish their own downlines.

Handing out free samples of your product is good, but you need to keep close track of who's taking what. A lot of MLM starters hold parties and various gatherings, handing out samples of their products and inevitably finding that some people only show up for free stuff. Vet your audience to ensure their seriousness.

As a network marketer working as a recruiter, you will have to show and prove the financial capabilities of what you're doing. People cannot feel as if they're being used to pad your personal bank account. Show them examples of people who've made money and how they can follow that path.

You need to make sure you set a schedule to work on your business and stick with that schedule. If you do not put the time you need to into your network marketing business, then it will fail. Just like with everything else, you must put time and effort into what you are doing in order to succeed.

When marketing your business, use an email address that looks professional. Part of being a good network marketer is your reputation, and will get you noticed - but not in a good way. Buy your own domain name for your website and set-up a mail server. Afterwards, use your first and last name as the start of your email address. Focus on what your networking contacts want. Pay attention to what is missing in their life and what they hope to get out of network marketing. Those are the points that you can focus on when you market directly to them. Getting a prospective client into your network isn't about what you want, it's about giving them what they want.

Never EVER post on your network marketing blog or forum about personal issues unless they relate to your business in a positive manner. For example, posting that you were able to attend your daughter's baseball game today because of the flexibility of your job is fine. Posting that your wife is leaving you because you're a penniless hack is NOT. Watch what you say online, it's there forever.

Network marketing can seem both attractive and scary, as said earlier in this article. You don't have to be a member of that crowd, now that you have read some good advice on the subject. Keep what you have read in mind in the coming days and you can find your network marketing efforts easier and more effective than you ever imagined.




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