Success in Network Marketing
Success in Network Marketing eludes a
lot of people.
Mostly the non-success people listen to
the hype. "I made a million dollars last month -- You can
too!!"
Logic tell us that it just ain't so,
but the Get Rich Quick Gurus are working overtime to push that nonsense
in front of our noses. Your best defense is to ignore it.
What is Your
Definition of Success?
Forget about making a million dollars.
Realistically, what is "success" to you?
My friend Sally is a young, stay at
home mother in Iowa. She only has an hour or two a day to devote
to her business. So when she makes $500 a month, she is very
happy.
My friend Marcia is a very different
person. Her goal is to buy a penthouse in Manhattan. She is
willing to devote 80-100 hours per week on her business, but she wants
it to be a huge success.
Where on this
spectrum do you fit?
Believing that you will earn hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year from working 3-4 hours a week is
genuinely unrealistic. But it is realistic to look for returns
commensurate with the effort that you put into the project. (The
possibility that you will become a millionaire by working 100 hours a
week is still pretty remote. Sorry.)
How do you find success in network
marketing? What are some of the elements that say "You've Succeeded"?
You've Built
Relationships
If you can say that you have built
relationships with your affiliates and with potential customers, chances
are that you have approached success. In network marketing, financial
wealth sometimes evades us for a while and that is something that is
important to realize. It may take some time before the wealth is
substantial enough to be able to use that as a basis for measuring
success, but the fact that you have built a community of people all
around one central product or service speaks volumes about your business
skills.
You Have a Product
You Can Be Proud Of
If you have been in network marketing
long, you have probably dealt with products or seen other people deal
with products that they were not necessarily very proud of. This is a
tough one to deal with, because some people believe that you shouldn't
have to like a product to be able to sell it. While this is partially
true, the best success in network marketing comes from having built a
program off of a product that you truly believe in, one that you can say
really works and that you yourself do make use of.
You're Linked to a
Company You Can Be Proud Of
Another sign that you have reached
success in network marketing is that you are proud of the company that
you work with. This is no small accomplishment.
If you explored the world of network
marketing and MLM programs, you may have been introduced to companies
that had bogus products and bogus people running the company. Whether
the payouts were awful, the products were awful, or the overall service
itself was just atrocious, there are many MLM marketing companies out
there that no one is able to say they are proud to be part of.
It constantly astounds me when people
opt to represent companies with shoddy products, or shoddy sales
techniques. But they do it every single day. And they expect
to make money from it.
When you've found the companies that
you can be proud of, you are well on your way to success.
You're Not Starved
For Customers
One of the most significant signs that
you have reached success in network marketing is that customers come to
you.
The same goes with affiliates. If you
have a great team of affiliates that are making money for both you and
themselves and you know that you can count on this team, financial
wealth is the only next logical step if you haven't yet obtained it.
No matter what type of MLM or Network
Marketing program you have got going, it is important to realize that
financial wealth may be slow to come but success is so much more than
that. It is about stability, progress, and dependability. If you can say
that you feel successful and that you are conducting an honest and
profitable business, that is more success than most people could ever
hope to ask for.
AND, if you can say that much,
financial reward will soon follow.
So. How Much
Time Does Success in Network Marketing Really Take?
There are obviously no hard and fast
rules. But I would recommend that you take a look at this
WAHM Guide. Don't be put off by the fact that it is
about Work At Home Moms. It has great case studies on exactly how
much each one made, and what they had to do to make that money.
Where is Your
Success?
Your first job is to find the niche
that spells "s-u-c-c-e-s-s" to you, no matter what it is. If it is
tires for monster trucks, fine. If it is a hydroponic garden,
fine. WHAT IT IS doesn't matter. If you enjoy it and can
honestly say it's a great product/service, THAT's your first step to
Success in Network marketing.
