Network Marketing Today

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Network Marketing Today, Your guide to success.

Over the next 5 to ten years more and more people will be joining the network marketing industry. People are looking to home based business as the way to a more meaningful life. People are looking to break away from their boring routine of a nine-to-five job. People are looking at Network Marketing as the opportunity to add a retirement plan to their future. Many are choosing Network Marketing today as a full time business. Network marketers today are finding the sea of so-called gurus and online marketing junk very misleading to actually be able to build a Network marketing business today.

 What sets the successful people apart from the not successful? The successful people protect themselves from the mistakes in network marketing today, the idea of the week club or the opportunity of the week club.

What worked ten years ago, does it still work In Network Marketing today?

Network Marketing is a relationship building business. Relationship building in Network Marketing for success 10 and 20 years ago still applies today.

As you build your business you will hear ‘old school’ methods of prospecting. Twenty years we didn’t have computers and the internet. The traditional “Old School” methods of prospecting are friends & family, warm list, 3 foot rule of walking around shopping malls, cold calling, home meetings, etc… These days such methods are often talked as if they don’t work anymore by many preaching a simple quick way to riches. They are feeding on your desire for painless and quick millions. The internet and the Old school way both have a place in Network Marketing today. The computer and the internet have added a new element to building a global business that cannot be overlooked.

Many self proclaimed online marketing gurus are teaching to building your list online with no pain or not calling anyone. I see more and more online crap, like “ gain 25 to 50 leads an hour”’ and “they all come to you” and “No need to bug your friends and family” or “no need to even leave your house you can be just like me look at all these leads I have” B.S. If you don’t use every method to build your business you’re missing what it takes to build a long lasting income. Most of them are not making any money in network marketing at all. They may be making money selling an online system, but very few are converting to their Network Marketing business. There are great benefits to building a business online.

Network Marketing Today and what works.

• Contacting friends and family- Friends do what friends do. It was a friend that introduced me to MLM both times. Where would I be if my friend did not talk to me? Also how would you like to be the friend of someone that made big money in network marketing and they did not tell you about it. Your friends and family should at least be told about what you’re doing and then let then decide if it’s for them or not. Don’t you care about your friends and family? When you’re sitting on the beach it’s your true friend that you will want to be with.
• List of names – This is in the same as friends and family. You know 100 plus people and they all disserve at least a chance to see what you’re doing. Most of them won’t join, but they deserve to be given a chance to see what you are doing. Most people that personally sponsored ten or more will found at least one friend or family member that will build a big team. It’s your obligation to offer them the opportunity. If they’re not interested leave them alone about it.
• Three foot rule – Many make fun of the three foot rule they are appealing to your desire to build a business without pain. That’s not possible. Every successful person in network marketing have built their team with people they meet in their daily lives. You will always be around people. Mastering the art of inviting will make you one of the best network marketers on the planet. MLM is a people business you need to get good at talking to people. Commenting on something good in people is a great way to create conversation and then using a CD or DVD as a prospecting tool is one of the best ways to build a very large team.
• Home meetings – are mostly as a follow-up and as a way to build community. How do you think one of the oldest and most outdated compensation plans in the industry, Amway are still building large teams today? COMMUNITY! Network Marketing is a relationship business. If you can build a community you will build a long lasting business. Without community you will be rebuilding every time you turn around. Home meetings are a great way to introduce the new prospect to the team. The main reason for a home meeting is not to show the plan one more time it’s to follow-up and to bring people together.

We have looked at all the traditional methods to build network marketing and just to prove that these methods work look at the top people in the industry. Mark Yarnell he built his business cold calling and using a prospecting cassette tape, Todd Falcon built his almost all by cold calling, Almost all of Amway was built using a cassette tape as a prospecting tool with the three foot rule, Brig Hart using home meetings, Randy Gage all the old school methods. Name anyone that is, who’s who in Network Marketing and you’ll find they built their team using so called old school methods, internet was not around for most of them and the internet is not going away. Using the internet as a tool just like the old school methods can be a very good opportunity for many. Everything takes time and work including the internet. I have personally sponsored over 250 people into the network Marketing business. I personally sponsored over 150 people using the old school techniques and I have sponsored around 100 people using the internet only.

I use everything I can to build Network Marketing today. You must use everything at your disposal to build a large team.

Network Marketing Today

Most people fail because they start and stop and start and stop and start. They get trapped in the idea of the week and the opportunity of the week. It will take time to build your business no matter what way you chose.. You need to be committed to your company and your daily method of operation. I build my business using method I could. I have team members that are great at using Facebook as a way to meet people and develop a relationship with them then recruit them into their business. I SUCK at Facebook. I have a team members that are great at cold calling. I can be great at cold calling. I also have team members that would die if I told them cold calling was the only way to build a team. If I taught everyone that they needed to learn the internet most would quit in less than 6 months. The internet can be very hard to learn.

The truth about Network Marketing today is that few people will do what it takes and stay focused long enough to succeed using any method. Using only one method to build Network my Marketing business today is crazy.

Stay tuned and look for the article I am working on about using the internet to help build your Network Marketing business.

Chief Inspiration Officer

Vincent St.Louis

PS Make sure you visit www.vincentstlouis.com for all your Network marketing support.