{"id":88,"date":"2013-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/timothyeller\/your-responsibility-as-a-sponsor\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:28:21","slug":"your-responsibility-as-a-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/timothyeller\/your-responsibility-as-a-sponsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Responsibility as a Sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sponsor Responsibility<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Forget About Your Sponsor Going into the Witness Protection Program Your Sponsor Probably Outsourced You<\/h2>\n
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Sponsor Going into the Witness Protection Program<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The \u2018trend\u2019 across MLMs and Biz Ops is for leaders to work their business with as little work as possible.\u00a0I am sure you\u2019ve come across videos from any given business opportunity where the theme is that your goal should be to travel the world and enjoy the luxury of your toes underneath the white sands of the world\u2019s beaches while sipping on some tropical refreshing drink , fingers fiddling with the pretty pink umbrella.<\/p>\n

God help you if that is what your sponsor<\/strong> is preaching. Chances are you are going to sink faster than the Titanic.<\/p>\n

While I definitely do not believe a new enrollee in whatever biz op shouldn\u2019t feel as if their sponsor<\/em> needs to \u2018babysit\u2019 them the truth is a \u2018newbie\u2019 does need help to get going if he is going to succeed.<\/p>\n

It is pure stupid selfish laziness on a sponsor<\/span> if he does not make himself or herself accessible if only for a few minutes on the phone.<\/p>\n

This is not Michelangelo Lopez and Timothy Eller, two of the leaders in Empower Network<\/a>,\u00a0trying to come across as some\u00a0\u2019perfect\u2019 sponsor<\/span>.\u00a0I am the first to tell you I drop the ball weekly.\u00a0But I strive to be the best sponsor I can be to my team I can be daily and yes it is work.\u00a0It is not easy to be a sponsor of over 1100 personals on my downline.<\/p>\n

That said, I encourage you to be the best sponsor you can be and it starts with allowing your team to have complete access to you via phone not\u00a0just via emails. This does not matter what MLM<\/a> or Biz Op you are currently promoting be the best sponsor you can be and you will not only reach your highest level of success but you will help others reach success, too.<\/p>\n

And it doesn\u2019t come easy.\u00a0There are many times when I do not want to answer the phone, or deal with some stupid question and I have to remember why I am an Internet Marketer and why I chose to be in a biz op that requires recruiting and a downline.\u00a0And that is to help others succeed and reach the highest level of success they can possibly reach.<\/p>\n

The owners of the biz ops they do have the right to outsource their work, and make themselves accessible only to the leaders, while they have their toes in the World\u2019s beautiful beaches.\u00a0As long as they provide the tools for their affiliates to succeed, and in the case of Empower Network<\/a> Dave & Dave do exactly that, meaning they provide their affiliates with everything their affiliates need to succeed and to pass success to their downline.\u00a0But we in the \u2018trenches\u2019 do not have that luxury.<\/p>\n

Those sponsors who treat their business like its their \u2018missionary\u2019 work are the ones who help their downline succeed.<\/p>\n

Treat your downline like it\u2019s just a vehicle to hear money and you will not have much of a downline left within just a few months.<\/p>\n

There is not a day that passes that I don\u2019t receive an email or a phone call from some affiliate in an MLM \/ Biz op begging me for help because their sponsor is not accessible.\u00a0That\u2019s sad and I will be the first to tell you it hurts everybody within that business opportunity.<\/p>\n

Anybody can\u00a0recruit and most are \u2018Assembly Lining\u2019 their new affiliates.\u00a0If you can just stop and realize that you are building a loyal following of people who trust you and the company you are affiliated with and not just recruiting to make money you will find yourself with a down line that is exploding and their down line is exploding and everybody is making money and everybody is happy and working toward their goals.<\/p>\n

I have always said most sponsors go into the \u2018Witness Protection\u2019 program after their new member has joined but just as bad are leaders who don\u2019t want to do the work themselves and outsource everything.\u00a0Now while I am a firm believer in delegating that does not mean you cannot make yourself accessible.<\/p>\n

I was having lunch with a successful leader in the industry and he went on to tell me how he has outsourced everything to assistants and assistants and more assistants and, hell, he was barely in touch with anything in his business save counting the money.<\/p>\n

If your sponsor has outsourced you I feel real sorry for you and even more sorry for your sponsor. He may be successful today but soon he will not.\u00a0And chances are neither will you.<\/p>\n

People have often asked me, \u201cMichelangelo, what is your \u2018funnel\u2019?\u201d\u00a0and I musingly say, \u201cWell, my \u2018funnel\u2019 is all the leaders in the industry who go into the \u2018Witness Protection\u2019 program.\u00a0They spend tons of money recruiting and recruiting and then go into hiding and their affiliates quit, wait the period to rejoin again according to their program\u2019s policy and rejoin under me.<\/p>\n

Or a team leader who whole heartily knows the importance of their downline having complete access to their sponsor.<\/p>\n

In closing, it is my hope that leaders realize the goal is not to see how much money they can make while working as little as possible.<\/p>\n

You cannot work as little as possible as a team leader and expect to truly help your team.<\/p>\n

A great sponsor should practice the following and practice this relentlessly<\/h3>\n
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  • Make himself accessible to the \u2018newbies\u2019 and those who are \u2018pros\u2019 via the phone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Strive every day to improve conversions for his team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Provide as many tools as possible at no charge even at his own expense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Maintain the expenses of running an online business for his team at a minimal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Provide added training for his team on top of what the MLM \/ Biz Op they are in provides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Provide more than \u2018Feel Good Overcoming\u2019 Stories.\u00a0Your team needs the nuts and bolts more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              And something that I personally have dropped the \u2018ball\u2019 for the last time with\u2026\u00a0Get their team to events since they are so important to his team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

              Your Dream Sponsor,<\/p>\n

              Timothy Eller & MA<\/p>\n

              Don\u2019t forget to access the video to the right for the 3 step formula and why it worked to create a top online earner and how it can work for you as well when you let me be your sponsor\u2026<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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