Friday, December 19, 2008

A network strategy that puts 42 reps in my business in 16 weeks

By John Wallen

At first it was easy to be patient. I knew there was going to be a learning curve to get through, but I was determined to figure it out and get rich so I would never have to answer to a boss again. A home business was going to be my ticket to freedom, from a world of chump change.

Soon I came across a business, a networking opportunity that had it all. I had no idea what an amazing world it would turn out to be. I had no clue what would await me. I realized the frustration of never being able to get a hold on something for the first time ever, in my life.

Ten, eleven months went by with but nothing was happening. I was using every traffic generating device thrown my way. My message was sent to a trillion gazillion opportunity seekers with every click of the mouse. And that was he problem, all those opportunity seekers relying on the click of a mouse.

My business was in my opinion at least in the top ten. But my thoughts of success and prospering were getting foggy. As great as this industry is, my business was flat lining. I figured I wasn't catching on to the skills or something, and maybe I needed to work harder and longer to sponsor and make sales.

I came across something that caught my eye in this ezine, and I wish I had found this sooner. It said, "if you are persuasive enough to sell someone on your business, you can get them emotionally pumped up on the opportunity, you will have a good chance of selling or sponsoring a good amount of people.

But once that emotional state wears off, whether it's a week or months later, the buyer will experience remorse. These people quit and go back to their lives, and unfortunately this is what happens most of the time in this home business arena". And this is what was happening to me.

I started to feel a little confused it went on and said something like. The goal in sponsoring should be the process of not selling the opportunity, or the product to a prospect". Now doesn't that sound completely counter productive or backwards? I mean, what is the purpose of not trying to make a sale?

Well that's when I started to realize I was on to something. You see there's a problem with selling when it comes to this industry, especially when you're offering a business opportunity. New distributors are focused on the sale, so we learn how to throw out lines, read scripts.

Were going head to head with objections, trying to close the deal. Peoples natural instincts are that of not being sold, it's like were fighting a ton of little battles. Prospects have no trust, and are afraid of getting ripped off. That was a good day for me. I found a better way for the customer, the possible new distributor. Including yours truly.

Any entrepreneur struggling to network or sell their products in their home business should take a look at how this works. There is great opportunity to fulfill your dreams in this industry, but to many fail because of a lack of a better way.

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