STARTING OUT AS A NEW NETWORK MARKETER

Having successfully registered with Forever Living Products, I tried to prepare myself for the task ahead. I absolutely needed to succeed, and I told myself often that this has to work. I just couldn’t allow this opportunity to waste the way it happened with GNLD.

      Let me tell you guys about my experience, or lack of experience with GNLD. I was visiting a friend in another town about 4 years ago. All she talked about was about this new wonderful opportunity with GNLD. Prior to this, I had just finished reading “Becoming a Millionaire at 26” written by an author I can’t remember his name.  In that book, he talked about MLM as a good way to become wealthy. He also differentiated MLM from ponzi /pyramid schemes, and talked about qualities to look out for in any MLM company. I decided to join GNLD. That action was a mistake, however. I was not residing in the same town or state with her, and when I got back home, I couldn’t find a support group in my immediate vicinity. I had no idea how to go about recruiting prospects, and no marketing skills either, so I ended up not selling any of the products I bought. My sponsor was later duped by her own sponsor, who collected monies meant for the registration of new recruits, and disappeared into thin air. This demoralised her, and she stopped the business altogether. Thus, I eventually lost the support of my upliners.

       So having learnt from my past blunders, I made up my mind to make this opportunity work. I love the internet; it is a great place, where information on almost any subject can be found. I found many sites with so much information on how to be a good network marketer. With this information, I am slowly but gradually developing a strategy which I hope to follow in my business. I will also update you all, my readers, on how I have gone about this business, the strategies I’ve used, what works, and what does not, and how to succeed in this business. Hope you had a nice read.

LESSON 1: Never join a business you know nothing about. Research fully, and understand the workings of the business before joining.

LESSON 2: Your sponsor has to be easily accessible either physically or on phone, email etc. Never make the mistake of joining a team who just recruit you and leave you to figure out the business on your own. You need your sponsor’s total support and training.

LESSON 3: There are frauds everywhere, so be careful who you trust. Find credible people to sponsor you.

LESSON 4: You need a high level of motivation in order to survive in this business. Discouragement will come, but your enthusiasm and determination will see you through.