Now I know that you are probably thinking what a crazy question, but it may surprise you to know that a large percentage of people who join the Network Marketing Industry don’t even think about what strategy they are going to use to grow their business.
I often hear oh I am just going to approach everyone I get within 3 feet of!
It is really important to Continue reading Do you have a strategy to build your Network Marketing business?
I was asked today how do you tell if a person has the potential to be a 3%er? Firstly let’s establish a very important fact and that is, that everyone has the potential to be a 3%er, but not everyone will use that potential.
So perhaps we should rephrase the question to, How do you know Continue reading How to Identify a 3%er.
Having your own Network Marketing business and working from home definitely has huge advantages. Apart from the obvious financial benefits, you get to choose how many hours a day you are going to work, and what hours you will actually work.
However to every up side there is a down side! The downside of working from Continue reading Dealing with distractions!
Sometimes we are funny creatures aren’t we? We go into something new because we are inspired by something we hear. We start off like a race horse and then all of a sudden we find ourselves lame and in the stable!
Perhaps like me you attended a meeting and heard a speaker talk about how their lives changed as a result of being successful in Network Marketing and you were so inspired that you put your money on the line and you said okay this is for me this is what I want to do.
So you joined got your Distributor Kit had a few meetings Continue reading How to create double digit growth in your Network Marketing Business!
How would you like to learn to break through the barriers that stand between you Continue reading Break through the barriers to your success in Network Marketing!
Here we are over half way through another year! It seems to me that time seems to move more and more quickly every year, I wonder if that’s just because I am marginally over 25?
It won’t be long and once again we will be making those all important New Year’s resolutions. It will be time to sit and reflect on our year’s results and to set our objectives for the next 12 months.
While we are on that subject, why do you think it is Continue reading Just how committed are you to your Success in Network Marketing
One of the most critical aspects of creating success in your Network Marketing business is having people to talk to or to connect with. There are numerous ways to generate leads successfully; I have listed some of the most common practises.
Belly to belly or face to face, working your warm, network or cold markets. Traditional Advertising,
Flyers, Attending trade shows and fairs, Seminars and Events, buying Generic Leads. Most of these methods are commonly referred to as Old School.
New school methods of Lead Generation , generally Continue reading The best way to succeed in Lead Generation
I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a very close friend of mine, and the discussion was about whether or not someone else could create success in Network Marketing doing what I do when perhaps they don’t have the same skills, the same background or the same knowledge as me?
My answer was very simple all people can learn what they need to learn when they really want to do or be something.
I can go back a few years (well probably more than a few!) and I remember I used to get my former husband Continue reading Can you do what others do, to be successful in Network Marketing?
I was out driving this morning and in front of me was a car that had obviously been in a rear end collision. The boot was all crumpled up and smashed in, in fact the boot was all taped up to hold it shut. It was a relatively new car and I couldn’t help thinking what a shame to see a car like that all banged up.
It wasn’t more than 500 meters down the road and that very same car cut right in front of another car and almost caused an accident, if it had not been for the driving skills of the second car they would have collided.
That brought back to me what my dad taught me many years ago, (yes, there were cars back then!)
and that was if I wanted to drive a car I needed to learn how to handle all sorts of situations, both the good and the bad, so that I would be prepared for any situation.
So that meant getting into an old car ( forget the brand they don’t even make them anymore) and driving around paddocks (fields) with a young guy my dad new who drove vehicles for a living. Mike taught me so much about how to a handle a car what to do if I got in a spin, how to handle wet conditions and how to brake in a hurry without loosing control of the car. Mike was my driving mentor, and when I wanted to improve a particular driving skill I would go to Mike and have him guide me through what I needed to do or learn.
So what the heck does driving a car, have to do with creating your Success in Network Marketing?
Nothing, but having a mentor does! You see having a mentor can be the most valuable step you can take toward success in your Network Marketing career, or any other pursuit you have in life.
Mentoring is a relationship, not just a procedure or activity, where one person assists the career development of another, more than just the normal working together relationship.
It really is about pairing up with a more skilled or experienced person, with the goal of developing specific competencies or skill sets. Like follow the leader…
Mentoring, is a really effective method for quickly learning all sorts of skills. You can have group mentoring and you can mentor on a one on one basis. I personally find one on one the most beneficial because you are really focusing on your particular issues, and for that reason it can have a huge impact on the speed at which you grow and ultimately the results you achieve.
Some of the absolute benefits of having a Mentor in Network Marketing are:
1. Increased skills and knowledge
2 -Increased potential for Growth within the business
3 – Speed up the learning process
4- Insights into the culture and ethics of the Industry,
5 – A supportive environment in which to grow and learn from successes and failures,
6- Development of self-confidence,
7- Recognition and satisfaction,
8- Empowerment.
So how do you go about setting your self or someone on your team up on a mentoring programme?
And is a mentoring programme for everybody?
Lets deal with the second question first is it for everybody? – that answer is really simple, NO it isn’t. A person must want to learn to grow to be willing to change the things that need to be changed – I remember listening to a training call and the guys running the call were talking about a guy who asked them how did they get to be so Successful in Network Marketing so fast? he wanted to know because he wanted to get there real quick to.
So eager to share their success principles, they said:
Well we talked to everyone we knew, and he said yeah I did that.
Then we listened to great trainers like Dani Johnson and Todd Falcone, and he said yeah I have done that.
We plugged in to all the training calls and he said yeah I did that,
And we went to all the company meetings and he said yeah I did that…
We developed other methods of lead generation, he said yeah I did that
Do you think this person is looking for mentoring? or is this person looking for the quick fix? I believe he is after a quick fix not to grow himself as a Successful Network Marketer. So NO mentoring programme is going to help him until he wants to help himself, do you agree?
To set yourself up on a mentoring programme, have a very clear outcome in mind of what you want to achieve and by that I mean a specific GOAL – BE OPEN TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO THE WAY YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THEM IN THE PAST – remember if you continue to do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got!!!
Look for a person who has achieved a similar result to the one you want to achieve – The mentor should be a person with greater experience and knowledge than you in Network Marketing. For the first mentoring experience it may be easiest to work with someone close to you in your business, speak with your sponsor or upline about this.
You must feel you can trust and respect the person you mentor with
The mentor needs to be a person who agrees and is willing to help you develop the skills and knowledge, and be able to share knowledge and experience openly and honestly, A mentor really is a person who will act as your coach.
A good Mentor will share with you their experiences, strategies or philosophies they used to gain their result – they will provide you with feed back on what you have done and will make recommendations to you ultimately though, it is up to you to either accept or reject the advice.
Does a mentor have to be a friend? No at times it is better to have a mentor who is not a friend that way the feed back can be more open and honest.
Once you have completed a mentoring programme as quickly as you can find your self someone to be a mentor to, so that you can share what you have learned, that will help you grow even further while at the same time helping another person improve their outcomes.
Having a Mentor for your Success in Network Marketing can prepare you for both the good and the bad, and we need to experience both in order to grow! It will also help you achieve greater results quicker. I would recommend you get yourself a mentor sooner rather than later
