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Networking Marketing Is Sales, Whatever They Tell You

17. Oct, 2008 • Categories: Guest Posts • by weathermania

Part of the hype that you often hear from MLM companies is “Its not sales; were providing a service”. You may have been told that you dont need any background sales experience or that you are simply providing people with the information they are seeking already. You may have been told that this is “sharing” or “providing a service” and that its not really sales at all.

None of this is really true. Networking marketing and MLM is about sales. You will be required to sell your service or product to the public just like any other type of business. It is not only important, but essential that you know how to do this and how to do it correctly. To have MLM success, you need to be knowledgeable in sales.

One common untruth that spreads its way through the network marketing industry is the belief that this isnt really sales and that instead you are just “sharing” useful products or information with people. While its certainly a pleasant way to look at things, its not a realistic way. Remember that anytime you are asking someone to give you money in exchange for a product or service, this is sales.

While its nice to think you are doing some great good for the community around you and that you have a product that people will be clamoring over one another to buy from you, its going to be a disappointing reality when this doesnt happen. The only time your personal recommendation really means anything is when you have nothing to gain from the transaction. When the transaction will earn you financial gain, your well-intentioned recommendations to friends and family to purchase the product suddenly have a different meaning.

No matter how great your product is, or you think it is, there will still be sales involved in network marketing. In fact, the better your sales techniques, the more successful you will be. Its important that you learn an appropriate and effective sales technique for selling your product. Its not enough to simply suggest it to the people that you know. Once you realize that network marketing really is about sales, you will improve your business.

If you are sitting back with the attitude that this isnt really sales or that your product is so great, it will sell itself without you really needing to do anything, than you might be wondering why you are not making sales or making any money. If you ever hope to be successful, you have to recognize first that it is sales and second, that you need a proper sales strategy and marketing technique. Once you have achieved this, you will be well on your way to success.

In fact, your product doesnt even matter all that much, provided, of course, that it is a useful product which is being sold at a fair price. What many people overlook is that marketing is king, and a great marketing approach will sell most anything to anyone.

Thats why the secret to success is not primarily in the product, but in the marketing strategy. And this is where many network marketing and MLM companies fall down, because they dont have an effective marketing system in place for new distributors to simply plug into.

Thats the single biggest reason why so many network marketers fail. And thats why the first question you should always ask when considering a home business is, “How am I going to market these products or services”.

If your potential sponsor doesnt have a satisfactory answer to that question: Run a mile

About the Author

Ann McLaren is a former network marketing failure who now earns a multiple six-figure income after learning how to market. Visit her at http://www.annmclaren.biz

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How To Stand Out In Internet Network Marketing

05. Aug, 2008 • Categories: Business building, Guest Posts • by markatlarge

How is it possible to make sure you are known when you enter the world-wide web? With the huge community of pages and pages of information and millions of players how can you stand out? With internet network marketing and knowing that the marketing part is crucial, what enables you to succeed?

In conventional marketing there is branding. Branding is still a requirement of the internet. Unless you stand out from the masses of others plying their business in varying degrees of intensity, how are you ever going to make it? As the internet is a relatively impersonal place with little direct presence of yourself actually there, you need something powerful to have an effect.

Personality on the Web
Images and sounds will help. This as as close as the real contact in the real world can be, It explains the success of the MySpace and Facebook formats. And if you do happen to stumble across some such site while doing a search the effect of a video which can be played almost immediately is quite profound. Elements of the poster’s personality are evident immediately. Even those non-verbal cues like eye contact and body responses as the person speaks give large volumes of information that the written page cannot quite match.

Your Purpose
But is it is well to remember, before you place an on-line video, that you need a purpose to be there. Or at least if you are pursuing internet network marketing you need that. Why do you you want to enter the web and what are you offering? This clarity, a bit akin to that recommended by Napoleon Hill in his classic “Think and Grow Rich”, is important. As one of his strategies he suggests you need to have a goal (monetary in the case of the book) that you are aiming for, that you have a date by which you wish to attain that, and that you know what value you are going to give in exchange for it. Similarly we need some clarity about our purpose before we launch onto the world wide web in search of internet mlm success.

Growth And Flexibility
In some ways though, you can never be absolutely sure of what exactly you will be and how you will run things on the web until you get on it. As you become involved in the community your ideas begin to clarify. Having to put out there what you believe and have experienced crystallizes some of your reasons and aspirations. Feedback from your forays will redirect you as well. Some approaches and ideas produce more fruit than others. And like any savvy marketer you need to take heed of these responses to adjust what and how you are doing your work. In itself this is hugely useful. Your business will be in a state of flux finding your path. But if you respond appropriately and learn from your mistakes (and there is no way you will not make some of these) then you will be a much better network marketer for it.

What sort of things help your branding?

Your Story
Well your past experience is always helpful. And it is a natural point to work from. We are the product of our upbringing and the events that happen to us along life’s way. The story of your history is always interesting to people and creates an element of kinship. Of course there are those out there who will not relate to you. But the value of the web is the in the huge numbers of people out there. The more there are, the more chance we will have of encountering someone who relates to us. So we do not need to be bland and inoffensive. By creating a larger-than-life character in a way you create a powerful magnetic attraction to those with a similar or related bent. That shared identity and understanding creates the beginnings of rapport and that vital trust that allows for more direct communication. So never forget the importance of the story of you.

Stories
With the constant amount of entertainment we are all exposed to it is important to be entertaining. Remember that stories sell and facts tell. By relating you daily life stories you will engage people further. Letting them know of amusing happenings and changes you are going through you also create more of that personality that we are used to relating to in the live situation.

So do not be afraid of relating those embarrassing or annoying moments – you don’t want to be too personal – but at least people are quite likely to be able to connect with it.

Remember in network marketing people also relate and stay with the person more than with the opportunity. By being a compelling person you create even stronger attraction.

Your Company
The value you have in your company is also important. For some reason it was important to you. and for those who will most likely respond this will be important too. Being able to feel your enthusiasm for it will translate across the medium too.

Clarity
Clear messages of what you are seeking and hoping for also helps. It is easier to relate to a strong personality. And if you want to retain people it is important to have a clear point of difference from others out there. You can afford to be outrageous to a degree, especially if it reinforces your brand.

Consistency
Make sure you respond quickly and consistently to your contacts. With the flaky world that is out there that assurance of consistency creates great trust and loyalty.

Multiple Exposures
Chose several mediums to work with. As people are present in different areas of the web if your mlm home business is going to find the right people you need to be exposed in a large number of places to find those people you are looking for in large enough numbers to ensure that no matter how fickle these wandering net people are, they will find you and stick with you.

Your Persona
Over time you will develop a persona on the web. And your particular strengths will become more clear. You can add this to your contact details to reinforce this even more. In this way you become more compelling by having a clear message as to who exactly you are and what you stand for. It creates a greater polarity. But that stronger differentiation creates even stronger attraction as it creates stronger repulsion for some. But you only want those who are going to respond well to you anyway. Why not make it even more secure.

Finally, it may not always be the best to promote your company first. People are always keen for information and connection. Once this is well established they become more curious about who you really are and what mlm business you are involved with. A more natural inquiry and response can be created very readily.

About the Author

Mark Denekamp is an Expert Internet Network Marketer. “How to get all the leads you could handle with people calling YOU to join your business. Never buy a single lead.”
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Why Do You Need An MLM Prospecting System

10. May, 2008 • Categories: Business building, downline retention • by Kerri

Are MLM prospecting systems really all that important?
Before we answer that question, let’s think about the importance of prospecting. Many people in the MLM business know that a steady flow of prospects is the lifeblood of your MLM business. MLM prospecting system enables you to make the whole process of getting a constant or even [...]

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