First off, yes.
Is it easy? No.
Is it simple? yes
The first thing people need to realize is that in order to have success in network marketing on the internet, is that it isn't get rich quick. Anyone selling you on the idea that for a fifty dollar start up cost and a great website already set up for you is all you need and 60 days from now you will be rolling in the dough with a paycheck, is probably making money for sponsoring you, which falls into some illegal pyramid laws that we won't get into here.
Network marketing is a relationship business opportunity. It is not a sales business, although product certainly has to move through your business, you don't need to focus on selling your products door to door or put on presentations, having a "party plan" style get together. The big hitters out there will tell their downline that you that you need to jot down a hundred of your closest friends. Go through your cell phone or address book and write down everyone you know. Give them a call and without telling them anything, see if you can get them to the next Opportunity meeting and some hotel where a slick talker will put on a presentation, get them all pumped up and will help you build your business for you. The only problem is that your friends and family will probably start to disown you because they feel like your trying to make money off of them and they in turn will have to go out and make money off of their friends.
Rather than alienate your friends and family, it's best to learn a bit about your company, the income opportunity, your products and the compensation plan. Find someone successful in your organization that can help you determine who the best prospects for your business plan are and slowly introduce them into what your doing, not by dragging them to some meeting, but maybe giving them access to some information online via video or an e-book. Ask for their opinion, not if they want to "Sign Up". Tell them you are checking something out and you wanted their feedback because you trust their opinion. If they like what they see, they will tell you and ask for more info. This isn't for everyone and if you convince them to get in your business you will have to keep convincing them month after month to order products or stay involved with conference calls, etc. That's a waste of your time and theirs.
People are looking for businesses they can run from home and make money in their spare time. They have heard about success in network marketing and are looking for the right company and opportunity to align themselves with. Seek those people out. They are everywhere. Would you rather run an ad for a carpenter to build your house or run an ad for a teacher that you could show how to build a house and hope for good results? It's a no-brainer! On one you spend hours teaching them how to do what you want, but with the other, they have the basic knowledge and skill and will look forward to educating themselves further if they need it.
Find a reputable company, with a product that people want and buy in some form already, with an easy to understand compensation plan and preferably an online presentation that does the work for you. When the person you send the information sees that you didn't need to learn a bunch of facts and figures and be some great presentation guru who has no fear of getting up in front of a hundred or more people and talking for an hour, they will be much more open to your idea, because they realize that anyone can do what you did. You sent them to a website, followed up to see if they had any questions that weren't answered there and introduce them to some other members of your team if they are interested. If they are, great and if not, no big deal. How much time did it take you to send them a link to your site and do a follow up call? On the other hand, driving to a meeting, hoping the person will show up, leaving your spouse and kids at home, spending money to get in the meeting cause they have to pay for the meeting room somehow and getting all dressed up is insane.
There are many ways to get people to your website and learning about them can be done, sometimes for free through videos online, blogs and articles. There are many people willing to share their success tips.
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