Learning the Ropes of Network Marketing

If you’ve followed the information from my last post, you’ll know that I’m one week deep into my network marketing experiment. So what exactly have I been doing in my endeavor so far?

Well, I’ve been doing the most important thing that ANY network marketer should do, and that is trying the products for MYSELF.

Most network marketing companies give you a field test order, or a sample of their products when you sign up for your business. And while you may be eager to just get the show on the road and start making money, take the time to really use what you’ve ordered and make sure it’s something that you can get behind.

I personally am not the type of slimy saleswoman that is going to lie and say my products are delicious when they really taste like cardboard. While that may work for an initial sale, you will forever blow the potential of having repeat customers by selling a product that isn’t what it claims.

So before I told MY customers that a certain natural weight loss product tastes like cake batter, fills you up all day and produces super fast results (like I was told from a few people in the company), I needed to try it out for myself and see that it really does taste like cake and made my jeans fit awfully loose in just a little over a week.

Similarly, before I put natural, green cleaning products in the hands of people that were skeptical to give up their disinfectants and bleach, I needed to make sure they were effective in my own bathroom first (and again, I was pleasantly surprised that they worked better than all of my toxic stuff put together!).

Get my point. You shouldn’t start a business around something you don’t believe in.

However, if you do start a network marketing business and think the products are misleading or possibly lawsuit worthy, seriously make an attempt to get your money back. This is especially the case when asking people to fork up their hard earned money to start their own business under you and your venture. As you can see, this is where the difference between a scammy MLM income stream and a true network marketing income comes into play.

Once you educate yourself on a network marketing company’s products and services and try them out for yourself, then you can start making a business plan and thinking of creative ways to sell your product and bring new business owners into your organization.

But until then, don’t sacrifice your integrity and reputation for a dollar. Make sure what you are getting ready to sell to your friends, family, co-workers and trusting strangers isn’t a gimmick or a business plan that will ultimately drain their bank account of precious dollars.

Put the needs and wants of other people first, and like any legit business person- you will succeed

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