Signing up for an MLM Opportunity can be exciting. The mind swirls with the idea of a large residual income and the ability to do as you please. Once this initial fantasy subsides you have some very important matters to consider.
At the very core of MLM is duplication. Ten people using the same successful marketing tactics are much more powerful than one alone. It is also very beneficial if you can develop or become a part of a system to sell your MLM company's primary product. Doing this leads to more money quicker since most MLM's pay on the volume of sales. It can also bring in very dedicated distributors since they were first a customer and now become passionate about the product.
Let's look at a simple example. Would you rather have 1000 distributors purchasing $100 a month in product or 300 distributors selling $700 a month in product? Since MLM commissions are based on volume and the 1st group's volume is $100,000 and the 2nd group's volume is $210,000, who made the most money? It is obvious that the 2nd group was more profitable. Don't neglect product sales systems if you can find them.
What you want to find starting out in the MLM business is a duplicatable system anyone can use. This may take the form of lead capture pages, autoresponders and the messages preloaded in them, and of course, a reliable source of good leads. Hopefully you can get all these "tools" from your upline, since company created material is not the best available.
Using a system to promote your MLM business is not all that new. Most of the larger companies and uplines have these available. How you use the system is what will make YOU stand apart from the crowd of the 1000's of moneymaking offers available.
Let me give you an example of what one MLMer does to make over $1,000,000 a year. He uses the systems available; but he calls them and mails a postcard to his prospects. He only calls when he knows the prospect won't be home and just leaves a generic message on their answering service introducing himself and his company. He signs up more people than you can imagine! He stands out because he uses 3 different modes of contact: the Internet (using a lead capture page along with many followup autoresponder messages), the telephone and snail mail.
Since most people are ONLY using the Internet these days, why not consider standing out from the crowd yourself. Also use postcards and the telephone answering machine method. Teach your downline to do what you do, and you will see your downline grow tremendously.
It is cold and impersonal to use a duplicatable system. Adding your own personal touch will nullify all your competition.
