Is This Your First Year In Network Marketing / MLM?

Is this your first year in network marketing otherwise known as Multi Level Marketing (MLM)? How is it going for you? Are you seeing the results your upline promised you? Are you investing a lot of time for very little gain? Are you talking to everyone who is within 3 feet of you, boring them to tears with your brilliant opportunity or product? Are you now starting to think that this industry isn’t for you? If any of the above is familiar to you have no fear, you are not alone. In this article I will be providing you with an answer to some of the issues you have encountered.

There is hope, network marketing does work. Your upline wasn’t lying to you.

Your first year in network marketing or any business for that matter is always going to be one of the hardest. The problem with network marketing, especially the first year in network marketing is people expect to enter the network marketing industry as an immediate expert.

You have been to the hotel meetings, some home meetings, you have read the hand book and you have been trained by your company or upline for a week to a month. Now armed with this new knowledge, you feel that you can easily do this network marketing stuff and off you go. The first couple times you expect to get knocked back, rejected, but after the 10th, 20th, 30th time rejection becomes a bitter pill to swallow would you not agree?

Have you been trained enough? Do you really know all you need to know? Is there more you can be doing? Are you working hard enough? Is there a SMARTER way to work?

Lets look at it this way. If you decided today that you wanted to become a brain surgeon, do you think after attending some hotel and home meetings, reading a book and listening to some stories from a brain surgeon friend of yours that this is going to qualify you enough to become a brain surgeon in a week or months time? No I didn’t think so. Now even though being a network marketer isn’t as involved as brain surgery there is still a lot to learn if you want to be a really successful network marketer.

So lets break down what network marketing is.

The roll of a network marketer is to have a network to which they can market a product or service. Think to yourself right now, how big is your network? Who does your network consist of? Family, friends, co-workers, hobby buddies etc, I am sure you already have this list. How many people from your immediate network (list) are really going to be interested in your product / service or would like to join you in your business venture? If 50% of your list (and that is being very generous) want to join or buy from you will the income they produce give you the lifestyle you are after? I am sure the answer to this it NO. Your network is too small to fulfill your dreams.

Ok, so enough doom and gloom. I am sure you have had enough of that for your first year in network marketing. The solution to your problems is simple. Get a bigger network to which you can market your product / service.

How big can my network be?

As big as your product / service will allow. If your goods are globally sold, then the world is your oyster. If your goods are only in your country, then your whole country is who you can market to.

How am I going to market to the rest of the world?

You do it the most accessible way. Online! The internet has brought the whole world to your front door.

That’s my network problem solved. Now how do I market to them?

Very good question. There are literally hundreds of ways to market. Some you will be glad to know are free, such as Facebook Marketing and Article Marketing, some you have to pay for such as pay-per-click, banner ads, advertising on other people website and so on. I would strongly advise that you find one, two max marketing methods your happy with. Learn them, consistently apply what you have learned and master those methods. Once they start bearing results then your can proceed onto other marketing method. Take a look at my post, How To Make Money Online As A Network Marketer, I explain what you need to know and have to make money online.

If your first year in network marketing has been full of struggles I am sure you now have a new boost and ideas on how to make your second year more successful. If you have just begun your first network marketing year you could use this article as a short cut to your success.