Network Marketing Tips

Headlines the world over are pretty grim these days. From declines in the economy to turmoil in the world markets and 2012 predictions that don’t look any better than 2011′s, things seem to go from bad to worse.

If you believe what you hear in the media.

But guess what: there’s a really good chance that you can tune out all the negative chatter and create something absolutely terrific in the new year.

In spite of what’s going on out there.

And, even, because of what’s going on out there.

Listen. I’m not saying that things are pretty grim. But as Einstein once pointed out, you can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking that created them in the first place.

Think about it: If millions of people are hurting (and I have no doubt that they are), then small business success is not only possible – it’s highly probable – if you can provide a solution to their problems.

But in order to get into problem-solving mode, you need to have a clear head and be open to creative inspiration, and you need to be absolutely vigilant about the kinds of thoughts you’re entertaining (hint: positive thoughts equal positive outcomes).

So. Are you ready to give the power of positive thoughts a shot at working wonders in your life and helping you to achieve small business success? Here’s a two-part challenge to get you going:

1) Over the course of one month, turn off the news. Ignore headlines, turn off the t.v.. In fact, quit it all, cold turkey, for 30 days.

Does this bring up resistance in you? When I first did a media fast, I, too, worried that I was being socially irresponsible if I didn’t at least have some sort of idea as to what was going on in the world.

But guess what? Things kept on without me. Stocks rose and fell, weather happened (all over the globe!), babies were born, and a few old people lived into their 100s.

And while all of that was happening, I was giving myself a mental break from worry and stress and “worst-case scenario” thinking that, surprise, surprise, seemed to do very little but attract what I was worried about into my reality.

That leads to the second half of this challenge:

2) For the next 30 days, once a day in the morning and again at night, meditate, reflect, or just follow your breathing – whatever works for you to get into a place of silent awareness. Leave open the newly-created space you’ve made by tuning out the media for inspiration, and it won’t matter what approach you take.

Keep in mind that getting quiet takes practice (hence the 30-day challenge), but if you commit to a schedule and stick to it, you’ll find yourself looking forward to the quiet time, and showing up ready and eager to see what kinds of things come up.

Also, be sure to act on the insights and ideas that come to you in the quiet. There is enormous power in moving on inspiration, so don’t hesitate.

So. Up to the challenge? I know that there are plenty of opportunities out there to grow and thrive. To see them, you just need to look with fresh eyes and an open mind.

Here’s to your small business success in 2012, built on positive thoughts, moments of quiet reflection, and the action steps that result.

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If you’re looking to generate free MLM leads for your business, you may be pleased to learn just how easy online lead generation can be. Follow these three tips to see for yourself.

If I know anything about network marketing, I know that the first thing that newbies do when they decide to go into business for themselves is to jump online and search for ways to generate free MLM leads.

That makes sense.

Because with more than one million people every month Googling the term “MLM,” you have to assume that there’s a tremendous market out there for teaching others how to make sense of this crazy (but in a good way) business and attracting people to your unique opportunity.

What’s more, with multi-millionaires/billionaires Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, and Jim Rohn going gaga over the industry (internationally-acclaimed entrepreneur, speaker, and author Rohn noted that network marketing is “the big wave of the future [that's] taking the place of franchising, which now requires too much capital for the average person…”) you have to feel pretty good about network marketing.

So how do you generate free MLM leads for your business and hitch your wagon to this rising industry star? Simple. Just follow these three steps every day, and watch your business begin to thrive:

Free MLM Leads Tip #1 -Comment on blogs and participate in forum conversations where people are looking for MLM advice.

Providing tips, techniques, and insights into how to grow a successful MLM in forums where people are hanging out is a great way to drive traffic to your site – as long as you’ve got something meaningful to contribute. (Insider’s tip: Make sure the forums you post in allow for links back to your blog.)

And if you’re brand new and don’t yet feel like you know enough yet to be offering advice, don’t worry. Make it a point to read and comment on 10 new blog posts every day and you’ll learn very quickly what it takes to be successful.

Wherever you go online, be yourself and be respectful of others. And if the information you provides make ssomeone laugh, or think, or feel encouraged, that’s going to be very effective.

Free MLM Leads Tip #2 – Interview experts in your field.

I’m in the process putting the finishing touches on a series of print, audio, and video interviews that I plan on releasing in the new year that will feature interviews with top MLM pros, small-business entrepreneurs, and leading-edge online marketers.

As a package, these interviews will provide hours of free training for those new in the industry and a calling card for our business. (If you’d like a free copy of the training, email me and I will be sure to send it out as soon as it’s available.)

You don’t have do anything as involved as putting together your own training bundle, but it is a good idea to conduct interviews with MLM pros who are willing to give you their time.

Why?

To begin with, you’re going to learn a ton of insider techniques yourself.

And don’t overlook the fact that just by having something on your blog with an MLM pro’s name on it, you’ll obtain a certain level of industry clout.

And finally, if you are resourceful enough to land an interview with some of the really heavy hitters in the industry, you may just grab some of the search traffic that their name generates.

Pretty good for something that will probably take up about an hour of your time.

Free MLM Leads Tip #3 – Lead with a funded proposal

I’ve written a lot on funded proposals, all of which you can find in the archives of my blog.

As you’ll see, funded proposal systems are a great way to start generating MLM leads and building wealth on the fast track -especially if the system you use is designed to reach out to your potential customers for you with well-written, effective email campaigns.

We use and recommend MLSP, or MLM Lead System Pro, for several reasons:

1) Training. I’ve been a marketing professional for nearly 20 years, but there’s always more I can be learning – especially in the ever-changing world of network marketing. MLSP has got training covered, and they’re constantly updating their information.

2) Earnings potential. When a new prospect comes to your site to check out your network marketing opportunity, even if they don’t join your team, you have the chance to make a commission if they join MLSP.

And chances are very good that they will, too (see #1, above).

3) Excellent follow up. Once you start driving traffic to your site and people sign up for the free training MLSP provides through your affiliate link, you’re free sit back and let MLSP do the selling.

Why? Because MLSP has created high-conversion, value-packed emails that you can set up to mail out to your leads list automatically, about once every two to three days.

So, what do you say? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work?

Generating free MLM leads for your business is easy to do, but you want to take the time, be disciplined in your approach, and be constantly on the hunt for new ideas that will spark your creativity and keep you excited about being in the game.

In no time at all, the free MLM leads will start flowing to your site, and you’ll be well on your way to building a successful network marketing company.

If you are really dedicated to generating free MLM leads, you’re going to want to learn all the MLM tips you can. For expert insights from Pamela Schott, visit her blog or Facebook Fan page.. This article, Free MLM Leads: 3 Simple Tips for Online Lead Generation is available for free reprint.

Each month, more than 100,000 people from all over go online to search “Help me pay my bills.” But they don’t need help paying their bills. Actually what they need is a way off of the treadmill… for good. If this is you, this post might be an answer to your prayers.

If I told you that I Google searched “Help me pay my bills” at one point in my life, would you believe me?

Or would knowing this make you feel better.

Let me share something with you.

In 2006, my husband and I launched a business that catered to the movie industry that was IT. Everyone who saw this site, and the way that it promised to help undiscovered talent break in, just went ga-ga over it. It was one of those no-brainer/why didn’t I think of that kind of services that gave new writers hope and made the industry execs sit up and take notice.

We put everything we had into that business. And for a while, it looked like it was going to work. We even attracted an investor who stepped forward and said he’d help us make it something big.

We had it made, right?

Not quite.

Just a week after we got our investor, Lehman Bros. took a nosedive off of the financial map.

We lost our investor.

We lost over $50,000 of our own money.

And then? We lost our our home to foreclosure and our jobs.

That was in 2008.

Today, we’re staring down 2012, which is just about five weeks away. And today, we are finally, finally feeling like we’re out of the woods.

That’s a long time.

So I know what I’m talking about when I say that I get what “Help me pay my bills” feels like.

Network marketing opportunities have a stigma attached to them used to be well-deserved, but I think those days are long gone.

Not when people like Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki are out there changing the face of the industry with their leadership and encouragement. And not when the Internet has made your reach and influence virtually unlimited.

On his website, RichDad dot com, Robert Kiyosaki (the best-selling author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”) notes that network marketing is the business of the future and says that becoming a business owner is a very wise strategy, especially at this time in history. “Starting your own business,” he writes, “gives back some control over your life If you ever wanted to get ahead of the curve, now is the time to open your mind and look at this business of the future. Now is the time to talk to people when they too are looking for new answers and new ways to find true, long-term financial security.”

Those are important points that bear repeating: Network marketing has the ability to help you take back control over your life, build financial security, and plan for the future.

If you’re over the Google searches, and the bills, and the so on, etc., now may be a perfect time to consider your work from home options.

If that’s the case, then let’s consider three things that you need to build a successful network marketing company.

1) A solid business opportunity: Starting a company of any kind will naturally require you to be passionate about what you do (after all, you’re going to be spending a lot of time and money to make it work). And while it’s true that there are thousands of network marketing opportunities available to you, not all of them are created equal. Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure the company you want to join has a good track record, a solid business model, and experienced leadership.

2) An awesome upline: While the point made above is an obvious first place to start, don’t underestimate just how important it is that the people above you are knowledgeable about MLM and willing and available to share that knowledge with you. After all, your success is their success. Which means that it’s in everyone’s best interest that your team has extensive marketing experience (both traditional and new media) and knows how to grow a company on a shoestring budget.

3) The right tools: This last point will be very important to those who will be marketing their opportunity online, and it’s a topic worthy of its own article. For our purposes here, suffice to say that you want to give yourself plenty of time to map out a strategy for how you’ll approach your marketing efforts (a good team leader should help you with this), and then build your tool kit around that strategy. Be on the lookout for services that offer free or discounted trial periods so that you can test drive the software before you commit the big bucks, and set a reasonable monthly budget for what you can comfortably afford to spend (somewhere between $150 to $200 every four weeks). Expert’s tip: Make sure a software or service is compatible with your PC or Mac, as many only cater to one platform or the other. Waiting until you’ve signed out to find out you can’t run a particular software can be a costly (and frustrating) mistake.

The team you build, the leadership that you follow, and the tools that you use will be critical to the success of your new business and will go a long way in helping you to achieve financial freedom (and say goodnight to late-night Google searches for “Help me pay my bills”), so take your time and do what feels right.

These days, I still do my share of Google searches, but my keywords don’t include “Help me pay my bills.” Instead, my searches are what I do when I want to fuel my dreams. Nice change of pace, don’t you think?

If you are really dedicated to network marketing success, you’re going to want to learn all the marketing secrets you can. For expert insights on this and other useful resources from Pamela Schott, visit her blog or MLSP page.. Free reprint available from: Help Me Pay My Bills (and Other Things People Google These Days).

In terms of web 2.0, YouTube is really the uncontested leader. The fact that Google bought over YouTube is a testament to this fact, as YouTube is now the number one video-sharing site on the Internet and it is also the frontrunner among web 2.0 sites. It’s undeniable that YouTube can help boost your business, but to do that you’ll have to figure out a way to get more YouTube views. Fortunately, all you have to do is read this article!

To get more YouTube views, it’s a good idea to upload short videos. Be careful, though: If you upload videos that are too short, you’ll run the risk of taking a hit to your credibility.

Generally speaking, viewers will not continue to thee end of a video that is too long, because time is at a premium and they need information fast before they move on to the next thing. It’s your job to grab their attention quickly and keep them captive until you’ve conveyed your message.

Make them laugh. Make them think. Make them talk. Whatever the goal of your YouTube video, ensure that what you are uploading is of some value to your viewers. Yes, it is important to be succinct, but it’s equally important to provide your viewers will the kind of content that will make them want to continue watching.

It’s not easy to stand out in the YouTube world, but if you want more YouTube views, you’ll have to make some waves. Create content that is specialized, and you’ll soon have people viewing your videos more often than, or hopefully to the exclusion of, any other similar content.

It’s easy to get your name out into the YouTube community. Find out people’s videos that relate to your content, and post comments on them. If you want, you can even post video comments! Get involved in conversations about other people’s videos and make your mark. Once people start to see your name crop up more and more often in comments, etc., you’ll be rewarded with more YouTube views to your videos.

But what if you don’t want to do all of that work? No problem! Web promoter uSocial.net will take care of everything for you. Simply purchase a package from them and sit back and watch as your statistics rise, thanks to to targeted views that will be driven to your videos.

Want to know how to get more YouTube views? Check out where you can get more YouTube views from at this resource.

As of this writing, we are now on Day 64 of our 100 Day Article Marketing Challenge to promote our new MLM success blog.

And today, something in the Google machinations clicked, and we rounded a major corner.

Today, we ranked at the top of page 2 in Google for an article I wrote recently, beating out 315 million other articles.

Yeah, like that.

But you want to know what’s funny? Even though I was writing about MLM tips you can use to establish your business quickly, we didn’t rank for that term.

Nope.

Because this is the way that our life goes, we ranked for our long-tail keyword, which included the word, “crazy,” as in, “MLM Tips: 3 Things You Can Do to Build a Crazy-Good Business from Home.”

Not the network marketing tips part (which we were trying for), and not the home business bit (which was also a good target).

Just the part that mentioned the word, “crazy.”

It’s okay. You can laugh. We laughed, too.

Still, it was a cause for celebration. Because 1) we ranked! at page 2! and 2) a lead is a lead is a lead. And it doesn’t matter how your traffic finds you. What’s important is that they do.

And after we celebrated, I reached out to our mentor, Rob Fore, to let him know the good news and to thank him for his ongoing encouragement.

Because if I’m being honest, we wouldn’t have made it to Day 64 without him.

When you first start out in this business, you have to get through a huge learning curve and stick to the system you’ve set out for yourself, every day, no matter what.

And if you’ve decided to make article marketing your approach (which is, in my opinion, the best way to go -read these MLM tips for why) until Google acknowledges your existence, you’re pretty much putting in the time blindly, not knowing when things are going to shake loose.

That’s why it’s so crucial that you make sure you have a strong leadership team behind you.

For more than 18 years, my husband and I have been teaching marketing strategies to companies who make millions from our marketing campaigns. We know what works and what doesn’t, online and off.

But every leader needs a leader. That is why we feel so fortunate to have Rob on our team.

Today, we hit the search engine jackpot. And doubled our client base. Why? Because we teamed up with a great group of leaders, followed an effecgive plan of action, and stuck to that plan, even when doing so was really hard.

Call me crazy, but I think that’s a pretty nice way to make a very awesome living.

If you’re really serious about using these MLM tips to help you grow a successful MLM marketing business, you need to decide that you’re ready – right here, right now- to be a part of something that’s bigger than yourself.

And you need to be on a team of leaders that can show you all that they know to help you succeed and keep you on track until you get there.

If you’re ready for that kind of leadership, contact us and let us know. We’re ready when you are.

If you are really dedicated to network marketing success, before you begin, you’re going to want to learn all the MLM tips you can. For expert insights from Pamela and Jerry Schott, visit their blog or MLSP page.. Check here for free reprint license: Network Marketing Tips: Call Me Crazy.

Enjoying network marketing success can be simple when you get how important clarity, commitment, and surrender are to creating anything you want in life.

What do you want in your life?

I mean, really.

You’re here, reading this post, spending the time, because there’s something that you want.

So I’ll ask you again: What do you want?

I love the writings of Deepak Chopra, especially because he is so good at explaining why it’s so important that you get clear on what it is that you want in order to see it come to be in the real world.

Once you’re clear, your job is to let go of the outcome, and then make a commitment and take action.

And when it comes to commitment, we take what Chopra says is the most empowering, powerful steps we can towards realizing our dreams.

When it comes to network marketing success, taking the time to get clear on what you want, letting go of the outcome, and then committing and taking action can take your business places you never thought possible.

3 Things You Can Do Immediately to Place Your Network Marketing Success on the Fast Track

So what can you do today – right away – to make network marketing success a reality for you?

While it’s up to you to take the first two steps covered above, I can make some suggestions on what to do next on the commitment and action front.

Following are three things you can do right away to put your network marketing success on the fast track:

1) Blog. Whether you write about something related to your industry or not doesn’t matter.

Regardless of what you decide you to write about, make sure you’re being yourself.

Let your style come through, your tone of voice, your unique perspective.

Let your readers get a good sense of who you are.

This will help you add value in the marketplace and attract a like-minded following (many of whom will decide that they want to work with you.)

If you don’t already have a blog, not to worry. You can sign up for one that’s been designed for network marketing success with Empower Network.

I mean, right now.

Within a matter of about 15 minutes, you’ll be up and ready to go. Problem solved.

2) Comment, interact, and start conversations. Who else is blogging that you like to read?

Submit a comment on their blog, include a link back to yours, and you’ll be sending new readers to your blog (and exposing them to your opportunity) from all over.

3) Show gratitude.

It doesn’t how you do it (whether by phone, or email, or face to face). Just find someone that you want to thank and do it.

Gratitude is one of the fastest ways I know to put your network marketing success on the fast track.

Easy, right?

So get busy. Get clear on what you want, let God/the Universe/Spirit work out the hows, and make a commitment that you back with action.

And thank you for helping me to reach some of my biggest goals in life, to lead, inspire, and help others change their lives for good, and forever.

BTW, you can access some really cool, guided meditations from The Chopra Center for free at Chopra dot com.

If you are dedicated to network marketing success, you need to learn all the marketing tips you can. For these and other useful resources from Pamela and Jerry Schott, visit their blog” or MLSP page.. Unique version for reprint here: Network Marketing Success: 3 Steps to Getting There from Here.

Network marketing success isn’t all about reaching a certain level financial abundance, though that one reason why people go into business for themselves. In this interview I talk about the three laws of abundance and how anyone can harness their power to grow their business and enjoy more out of life.

In early November, I had the great good fortune of interviewing with small business pro Tony Wilkins on his Blog Talk Radio show in San Francisco.

I first learned about Tony and his show from a mutual colleague, and was intrigued by what he does within the small business community. As I’m always looking to expand on our network marketing success, I was eager to speak with him.

Tony isn’t in the network marketing industry, but that actually made his experience all the more interesting to me. Because it can be very helpful to take a break from your own industry for a while and explore what others are doing that is specific to success in their field.

If you get the chance to brainstorm with someone who’s not looking to build network marketing success, consider taking the time. It will be well worth it.

During the 15-minute radio interview, I shared with Tony the three laws of abundance, how they tie in with your network marketing success (and every other area of life), and what it means when I tell people that we are in the business of increase.

I loved speaking with Tony, and am looking forward to going back on his show in the spring of 2012.

Until that time, you can listen to the interview for free on the blog and determine for yourself how the three laws may impact your network marketing success, life, and everything else that you care about. (My interview begins at the 15:00 mark.)

If you’re dedicated to network marketing success, you need to learn all the marketing secrets you can. For insights on this and other resources from Pamela and Jerry Schott, visit their blog or MLSP page.. This article, Network Marketing Success: The 3 Laws of Abundance has free reprint rights.

More and more, it seems like everyone and their Uncle is going online in search of a way to make money from home. It doesn’t take a genius to see why.

With the economy flatlining and showing little signs of recovery, the writing is on the wall: The days of making a living by punching a clock are on the way out. Which means that we need to get creative about how we earn an income and provide for ourselves and our families.

Now, as someone who has almost always been self employed, I find this shift exciting. More than ever before there are resources out there that are readily available to anyone who’s willing to strike out on their own.

This paradigm shift also provides tremendous leadership opportunities, and that’s what’s most exciting of all. Because as more and more people explore their work from home options, it becomes evident that quality, inspired leaders are needed to guide them.

This is where you as a network marketing professional have a chance to really step out. If you think you’re you up to the challenge, I offer three network marketing tips you don’t want to overlook.

MLM Marketing Tip #1: Make sure that the strategies you use to grow your business are ones that your team can adopt, easily and effectively.

One of the fundamental principles of MLM marketing success has to do with what’s called success duplication.

And it’s critical to your network marketing business, because if your team can’t duplicate what you’re doing, they won’t stick around for long. So you’re going to have to be ready to give them the leadership and training they need to be successful. Neglect to do this, and soon enough, someone else who does have a duplicable system will soon woo your team members away.

But it’s not enough just show your team where to go to get the resources they need and then wish them luck.

MLM Marketing Tip #2: If it’s long-lasting network marketing business success you’re after, you better make sure that your downline can put the tools you provide to good use.

Look. Most people don’t have any idea how to market online. So it’s up to you to not only provide the resources they need to succeed. You also have to give them step-by-step, down-to-the-last detail training.

So you want to provide your team with easy marketing strategies that they can duplicate. If they’re making money following your system, they’ll remain faithful, devoted followers.

MLM Marketing Tip #3: Leadership is an inside, out job. Good leaders inspire because they are inspired. Everything they do, from the moment they get up till their heads hit the pillow at night comes from a place of gratitude and good intentions.

Gratitude, because they know that leadership is a privilege, not a right, and one that they earn, every day. And good intentions, because at the heart of it, every good leader wants success for others more than they want it for themselves. This is what drives them to do what they do. And this is what makes them successful.

Do you have these leadership qualities? Of course you do. We all do. They may be stronger in some than others, but all of us have the potential to lead.

So… You’ve got your work cut out for you. I suggest that, if you need it, get started putting these network marketing tips to work. Train with a leader who will guide you to success. Learn from them, duplicate their efforts, and then take notes and be prepared to pass along what you know.

Do this, and I promise that it won’t be long until others are seeking you out, looking for your unique brand of leadership to guide them along the way.

If you are dedicated to succeeding in Network Marketing, you need to learn all the marketing secrets you can. For expert insights on this and other resources from Pamela Schott, visit her blog or MLM Lead System Pro page.. Unique version for reprint here: MLM Tips: 3 Ways to Build a Successful Business.

Are you a newbie in the world of Internet network marketing business? If you’re looking to build a successful company, you need to be ready to spend a lot of time in these early stages making it work.

How much time? Statistically, it could take up to a year before you start seeing results.

But you can get to cash-flow positive a lot faster (like, within the first three months) if you are:

1) ready to put in the time;

2) self-disciplined (so that you can set a schedule and stick to it); and

3) properly trained.

This last point is key, but in reality, the majority of Internet network marketing business owners have zero marketing training. That’s one big reason why they throw in the towel within the first few months of going into business.

Training is one way to avoid failure, but the sheer amount of information available on the subject of marketing online can be overwhelming for the inexperienced business owner.

What often happens here is that the earnest new marketer will take little nuggets of training from source after source and then piece together something that resembles a strategy, only to find pretty early in that their efforts aren’t working.

Does this sound familiar?

If so, don’t get discouraged. Because the fact that you’re here reading this means that you’ve taken one extra step that the majority of new business owners don’t: You’ve seen what doesn’t work, and have decided to keep looking until you find what does.

Let’s get started.

As is evident in the name, Internet network marketing business consists of four very important factors:

Internet: This is a business that can be run completely online. Which means you have the ability to harness the power and reach of the Internet to let the world know what it is that you do.

Network: I’m not just talking about your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter networks. Your online reach also includes your email list, Internet forums, etc., How you conduct yourself in the networks is important because it’s here that you’ll be building relationships with future clients.

Marketing: If you’re going to be successful in business online (or off, for that matter), you need to know how to market yourself and your services. That’s a given.

Business: I don’t know why, but all too often, work from home business owners sometimes seem to forget that they are actually running a business. That means that, just like every other successful company out there, you need systems, a focus, and a strategy in place if you’re going to be successful as well.

Where does that leave you and your new business?

If you haven’t done so already, I suggest that you find an online training system that:

1) provides you with a funded proposal (so that you can make money even if prospects don’t join your downline);

2) offers online audio and video training in every area of online marketing (including article marketing, PPC, email marketing, etc., etc.) so that you can choose and follow an approach that interests you; and

3) provides affiliate marketing programs that will also help make you some money upfront.

I recommend that you check out MLSP, or My Lead System Pro. Why? A couple of reasons. First, it meets all of the above criteria. And second (and more importantly), our team (the people that we joined under) provides a ton of extra training that goes beyond even what the folks at MLSP do. That gives us an extra edge that we are able to pass on down to any new team members that join under us.

If you do join MLSP, I suggest you expect to spend about two weeks getting your system set up and learning the ropes. You might move through it faster than we did, but just in case, you want to be prepared.

Once you’ve completed your MLSP system set up, it’s time to get started. Work your plan, and stick with it for at least three to six months.

If you need it (and you will), align yourself with a mentor who will challenge you when you’re not putting in 100 percent, hold your feet to the fire when you feel like giving up, and congratulate you as you make progress.

Give your business plenty of time to grow, give it everything you’ve got, and then share what you’ve learned to the next person in line. Because this business works best when it’s built on cooperation (not competition) and passing on what you know will contribute to your success in ways you can’t even begin to fathom.

If you’re really serious about building a successful Internet network marketing business, you’re going to need to learn all you can about online MLM marketing. More information from Pamela Schott on funded proposals can be found here or on her MLSP page.. Check here for free reprint license: Internet Network Marketing Business: Strategies to Help You Make Money Online.

If you’re growing a network marketing company, it’s a good idea to leave some room for making mistakes. Following are strategies that can help shorten that learning curve.

I am loyal to a fault.

And I’m not sure why that is.

Allow me to explain.

Just over 10 years ago, just before my second daughter was born, we decided we needed to trade in our car for something more reliable.

As J doesn’t like the car shopping process, it fell to me to wade through the options. So, off I went one Saturday to shop. Boy, did they see me coming – er, waddling.

No sooner had I stepped onto the lot had they taken my car around back (and kept the keys), added my name to the big white board as one of the day’s sales, and had me driving “my new car” around the block.

Of course, I felt pressured.

When I called J to update him on what was going on, he said simply, “Come home.”

Easier said than done. Remember, I didn’t have my keys, and I had no idea where my car was.

“Tell the salesperson you want your keys, and come home,” he said again, his voice barely above a whisper.

After I had begged for my keys and promised I’d be back, the saleswoman thanked me for being her first customer back at work, especially as she had just recovered from a hysterectomy.

Yup.

J blew a fuse when I told him this.

Was it tacky for the saleswoman to apply that kind of pressure? I think so. Did I think she was playing the sympathy card? In retrospect, yes. Should I have simply gone to another dealership instead? Probably.

But did any of that matter? No.

I had made a promise. And I wasn’t going to go back on my word.

Keep in mind, she didn’t really work for my business. So I can’t say for sure why I felt loyal to her.

Maybe it was a female/uterus thing.

I don’t know.

I cringe as I write this, but I ended up justifying buying that stupid car, and hating every day I had it.

I’d like to say that I learned my lesson, but some days, I’m not so sure.

But this weekend, for whatever reason, my loyalty streak reared its head again, and I ended up buying something against my better judgment from a network marketing professional J and I had just 24 hours earlier expressed our distrust of.

When I told my husband I had bought something from this particular network marketing professional, he looked at me like I was crazy.

The thing was, they were the first to offer the service (if I had shopped around, I could have easily purchased it elsewhere for the same price). And even though I debated buying from them (we both felt like their business practices are less than honest), in the end, I did it anyway.

Do you want to know why?

Because they had introduced me to the service, and I felt like I “owed” it to them.

In California, there is no “cooling off” period when you purchase a car. That’s a relatively new law, and I think that most states still let you change your mind within a short period of time. After all, cars are one of the most expensive things you’ll buy in your lifetime, and sometimes our emotions get the best of us when we should really be making clear-headed decisions.

But in network marketing, there is no product of service, no opportunity, no discount so incredible that you can’t impose a cooling off period if something doesn’t seem right.

For no other reason that, if there’s money to be made on the transaction, there will always be another opportunity.

So do yourself a favor and promise yourself that if you’re ever in doubt about purchasing something related to your network marketing business that you’ll call your own cooling off period.

My recent mistake didn’t cost us a lot of money, but it could have. Learn from my mistake, and make sure you can walk away until you’re ready to make a sound decision. It’ll be totally worth it in the end.

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