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Did you read and carefully consider the points I brought up in my previous article 5 Great Tips For Newbie Network Marketeers? There is really no hurry when it comes to deciding which business your going to get involved with. Make sure you have a good look around and find one that feels right for you. 6 Can You Follow A Step By Step Program? Yes, of course I can. You need to know more about those steps. If you truly are new to this then you will have no idea that this may involve doing things that you wouldn't see yourself doing, not ever! I'm just bringing up this point so that you are aware of it. What one person is happy to do another will never do. So just be aware. I followed the steps and got lost. I entered into a barrage of new stuff. I crammed it all into a few precious hours I had each evening. Now I was rocketing ahead with my new business. Learning about scripts and how data was collected, what the products were and how fabulous they were and how much stuff I needed to sell to get a decent amount to live on. Then I started to learn about recruiting and I still didn't actually have a customer. I was exhausted! When was I going to work the business, as they say, when I had so much to learn. One month went by then another. The amount of stuff involved to get set up was phenomenal. Then I reached the bit that asked me to contact all my friends and offer them the product. This was when I learned about COI for the first time. Circle of Influence. I'm a pretty shy person. I love my friends. They are family to me. They are the diamonds in my life. Most of them have very little money. If I had to rely on my circle of influence to buy my stuff so I can get rich then I may as well stop now. Even if they were interested in my new product,and they weren't, if I had to rely on them to be interested I may a well just stop right now. Then I learnt the term cold calling I know it may sound pathetic to some people but I for one could never do cold calling. I just don't have it in me. I have a challenge to order take away Pizza! Perhaps you can do it? Great! Good on you. But just be aware that some groups will focus on this area. If you can't do it and you don't want to do it then don't get involved with that particular group. Don't Rush In So you've decided to go ahead and join a particular network-marketing group. Great. There are heaps of positive things about this form of business. You'll need to start buying stuff. Well it might be websites, communication systems, stock, books, a merchant account, business cards to name a few. I ordered too much stuff at the beginning. I thought I was going to the top. I wanted the big breaks and the big 50% earnings on everything I sold right from day one. I should have gone in small. Then I could see if I could do the work first. Upgrade to a better deal once I was comfortable with the day-to-day stuff. After I'd proven to myself that I could make a sale and do the deal. I didn't need to buy the car decal. I didn't need to fill my spare room with stock. I could have gone at a lot slower pace. You need to talk about this before you put your money down. I took the car decal off after 2 months. I was constantly embarrassed by it being there. I never got used to it. I hadn't connected with my new business and my friends were confused and worried for me. I have a years supply of stuff and I could have just bought one-month worth! HEY, at least it's edible! 7 Personal Development. When I started out on my first network marketeering experience I loved the fact that personal development was down as a priority. I love personal development stuff. I started off reading the books that were suggested to me to read. I devoured them. Somehow though it didn't filter into my real life and I was still faced with all my fears. I still couldn't hand out pamphlets in the local shopping center. I still have posters I made that I couldn't physically put on poster boards. I'm quiet well known and respected in my local community. I just couldn't get over the fear that if I advertised my new business locally that every one would laugh at me or somehow think less of me. I was still overwhelmed by fear when I got out of my car after driving for an hour to get out of my local area to post leaflets in letterboxes. I did it and I did it again just to prove to myself that I wasn't being slack and I was working on over coming my fears. I just didn't enjoy it, I wasn't getting used to it and it didn't get easier. In my mind when I started this new venture I saw it as an Internet business. In reality it was still in the last century. It didn't actually involve door-to-door sales but it may as well have. I had a website so what on earth was I doing posting leaflets in letterboxes?! My upline couldn't help me here. How on earth was I going to sell my products in strangers' living rooms? Everything was overwhelming me then I did the thing they tell you you must NEVER DO! I GAVE UP Well actually I didn't give up. What I did was change my plan. Now you may think I have a negative view of Network marketing. I don't. I learnt heaps from my first experience and I don't regret it. We all have to learn what we have to learn. I would encourage everyone who reads this article to really think and be as well informed as possible before putting your money down. What didn't work for me will certainly work for others. I would never have found the RIGHT business for me if I hadn't joined my first networking group. Now I still love personal development. I still have my big dreams of financial independence and residual income. I love my internet business and I'm proud to put up posters and advertise my association with my new team. I wish everyone the very best and may all your goals be reached and your dreams come true.
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Sarah is a Student of Success University. Since starting her online studies her whole outlook on life has changed. She is learning the skills needed to be successful on all areas of her life including achieving the elusive dream of residual income.
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