In fact it was the first thing that I was told to do when I started my direct sales business.

Dawn you have to have a launch party!

A launch party I said? I did not have a place to have a party let alone the friends to come to my party!

I was the one who had very few friends and living in a studio apartment at the time.

So having a launch party was simply out of the question.

But despite the fact that I did not have parties, I was still successful in recruiting tons of people AND making tons of product sales in my business.

The thing is, when most people were doing parties, I took the time to learn different strategies that made me stand out. 

In an industry where competition is HUGE it is important to make the difference.

Sometimes going in the opposite direction is OK.

I would admit that a few Facebook parties did get me sales here and there, but what actually skyrocketed my business was using new, modern-day approaches to direct sales.

So what did I do differently?

5 Simple Ways To Grow Your Direct Sales Business Without Having Parties

1. Online Marketing

There is so much power in the internet and there is a reason why most successful businesses leverage this platform.

But many direct sales consultants seem to forget that it is there or if they know it is there, they do not know how to use it.

The internet provides a playground of opportunity, to find people who are searching for AND interested in your products when you have exhausted your warm market.

When I started direct selling, I went through my warm market in a matter of days.

Although I was trained to use social media outlets like Instagram and Facebook to find new prospects, many other people were also doing that!

It is no wonder why I sucked big time at trying to build a brand for myself. I mean, every time someone reached out to me in my DMs about my product, they usually followed up with something like “Oh yea! XYZ told me about this so I would buy from her”.

I had to come up with an alternative and it was to use the internet.

Using the internet to build a brand for yourself opens so many doors because you are in touch with a lot more people, both locally and internationally.

If you really understand how to use the internet to build a global direct sales company, then you can build a huge business. Check out my latest article where I explain how to build a global direct sales business.

It also meant that I could target people who were actually looking for my product rather than rely on people who only supported me, because I was a friend or family member.

So here’s what this looks like when I do a search, using my keyword research tool, to find people who are looking for a specific direct sales product.

Let’s say that product is the infamous skinny wrap that helps you tighten loose skin.

When I search for a keyword that could be searched by people on Google or other search engines, this is the type of results I get:

The above screenshot shows you the keyword that I have entered on the left which is “tighten loose skin” and on the right, it shows you the potential volume of searches on the search engines for variations of the keyword.

So for example, “loose stomach skin” gets approximately 1300 searches on the search engines. “Tummy skin tightening” get approximately 590 searches on the search engines.

This means that you have the opportunity to show your product to these people who are actually searching for a solution to “loose stomach skin” and “tummy skin tightening”.

And if you market your product properly to those people, then they are more likely to buy that product.

That is what is so amazing about search engine marketing.

Meanwhile on Instagram or Facebook, I was taught that every person I spoke to was a potential prospect. Knowing what I know now, I have to say … not really!

I would waste hours searching for that ONE person to say yes, when I had thousands of targeted people on Google who wants a solution to loose skin.

The most important thing that you can learn here, is to go after targeted people, as opposed to everyone.

It will make your life so much easier and running your business so much fun!

If you are looking for targeted prospects for your direct sales or network marketing business, check out this blog post or read my review of MLM Leads and Udimi Solo Ads.

How To Convert Searchers Into Leads and Buyers?

This was a secret that no company to my mind ever mentioned, although I strongly believe that every direct sales consultant should use.

(Before you use these methods, make sure that your company policy supports it.)

I used a marketing sales funnel. 

What Is a Marketing Sales Funnel?

A marketing sales funnel automatically introduces a prospect to my product via a lead capture page. 

A lead capture page, is a website page where I tell my audience what I have to offer, then entice them with something free in exchange for their name and email address.

By having a lead capture page, I was building an email list for my direct sales business so that I could find new prospects for my business.

Click this link to see what my lead capture page for direct selling consultants looked like.

My lead capture page will then take my prospect to a bridge page where I speak about the product and tell them more about why they should buy it and how it can solve their problems.

The bridge page also includes a link that directs the prospect to the website where they can purchase the product if they want to.

By using Google and other search engines, I could easily target my ideal customer and ask Google to show that potential customer my lead capture page via an internet link.

A marketing sales funnel, literally catapulted my business to success and gave me the freedom of time that I desperately needed.

Marketing sales funnel builders like Clickfunnels and LeadPages allow you to create a targeted website, then use that website to capture people’s information who are really interested in your offer.

This meant that I no longer had to speak to over 100 people, just to find that one person who would say yes.

It also meant that I could automatically get sales into my business, without me speaking directly to my prospect. The sales funnel did all the talking for me.

Click the video below to see how this process is completed with Clickfunnels.

>>Free Book Teaches You How To Use Sales Funnels For Your Direct Selling and Network Marketing Business <<

2. Email Marketing

You have probably heard somewhere before that “the money is in the list”.

Yet you are probably not building your email list at all.

An email list, is simply a list of subscribers who provide their email to you, so you can send them promotional content like newsletters, product offers or posts directly to their email address.

Do you know that social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat do not belong to us?

When we build an audience using these channels, there is a risk that it can easily be taken away from us when we least expect it.

Imagine growing your audience to over 20,000 people. Now imagine the time and effort put in and then one day it is wiped out! Gone!

This is why you should be working on building your email list as any audience we create here belongs to us.

Yes! We have complete ownership of our email lists.

When I started building my email list I did not quite understand the phrase “the money is in the list”.

Now that I have an email list of over 1000 targeted subscribers, I can send one email with valuable content and generate a sale from that email blast.

Optinmonster also confirms the effectiveness of email marketing over social media with their blog post Email Marketing v Social Media Performance.

So how do you start building an email list?

Well you must have the following tools to start:

• A website or lead capture page – I use LeadPages for my lead capture page builder but you can also use Clickfunnels or any of these awesome builders to start.
• Email autoresponder – I use and recommend Aweber because it makes sure that all my emails are sent directly to my prospects’ inbox. There is also GetResponse which is another great autoresponder and they have some pretty neat lead capture pages as well.

I then strategically place my website link, on the internet or my social media accounts and capture prospects’ details if they want more information about my product.

Building an email list allowed me to easily follow up with my prospects and continue to remind them about my products.

This was a key way that helped me to get so many sales into my business.

Related Article: 

• How To Start Your First Email List From Scratch  
• How To Build A Profitable Email List Step by Step
• How To Get Email Subscribers As A Newbie

3. Blogging

If it is one thing that you can do for your direct sales business, it is blogging.

That is because blogging allows you to provide a hub where prospects can go to, to get more in-depth information about you and your product.

I DO NOT recommend your company’s website blog, but your own personal blog that is hosted by you.

The reason why I would recommend your own personal blog, is because it belongs completely to you.

What is a blog?

A blog is like your home on the internet. It is a place that you fill with content on just about anything.

So if you are in direct sales and you are selling hair care products, you can personalise your blog with posts about hair care that will help viewers solve their problems.

A blog will help grow your business

If you optimise your blog so that it can be found in search engines, you are accessible by many more people than you can meet at home parties or Facebook parties.

With parties, most times you operate in ways that are sales-oriented. You really only have about an hour to impress upon your prospect why they should buy your product.

Let us not forget that people do not like being sold to.

However with a blog, your prospects have the time to read your helpful posts.

If the right amount of value is provided, you bet they will be ready to buy immediately.

A blog helps establish trust and credibility

When you write a blog, you establish yourself as an expert. Do not worry if you are new to blogging or your direct sales company.

You can easily do research on your company’s products and write posts in your own words. The internet is also full of resources that help you to recreate posts that provide solutions to your prospects.

By blogging, you stand out and this can be your unique selling point.

After all, you are using a forum that other direct sales consultants hardly or do not ever use!

Furthermore when you present yourself as an expert, more people will trust your recommendation and are thus more likely to buy from you.

Ready to start your own blog? Read my article The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Successful Blog  which provides a step-by-step walk through on how I created this blog. You can actually start your blog for as little as $3.95 a month with Bluehost and WordPress. 

Related Articles: 

• Network Marketing Blog 5 Reasons Why You Need Them  
• The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Successful Blog

4. Facebook Marketing

Yes you can use Facebook groups to promote your products to your circle via Facebook parties but Facebook is bigger than that.

Just like online marketing, Facebook has a huge database of information on its users.

This allows you to specifically target people who may be interested in your products.

So if you are a direct sales consultant in a weight loss company, you can create an ad and ask Facebook to show it to people who are interested in Diets and Weight Loss or Easy Weight Loss.

Do you think these people will be interested in your product that helps them to lose weight?

Of course they will be.

So not only are you connecting with people who are not in your inner circle but you are connecting with the right kind of people who are ten times more likely to buy your product because they are interested in it.

When you use Facebook’s platform in this way you can collect your prospects’ information exactly as you would by using lead capture pages if you want to use email marketing to follow up with them later on.

If Facebook Ads is your choice of growing your direct sales business without having parties, then I would strongly recommend the Social Traffic Blueprint Facebook Ads Course by Jon Penberthy and Jubril Agoro.

They teach you everything you need to know about how to place a Facebook ad the right way. I would not try Facebook ads without doing a course or understanding the ad platform thoroughly as you can waste a lot of money. Be sure to also check out Facebook Blueprint which is a user guidance for Facebook Ads.

Check out the response that I got from one Facebook ad for my company’s product which generated hundreds of product sales. 

If you would like to use Facebook as a traffic source feel free to check out the course here.

5. Pinterest

If you are in direct sales then Pinterest is one of THE best platforms that you can use to grow your business.

Best of all, it is a FREE platform.

Not many people go to Pinterest because it is one of those social media outlets that is rarely heard of for business, but did you know that Pinterest has more than 150 million monthly active users and is actually a search engine? So people are actually searching for solutions to their problems on there.

I have said over and over that I absolutely LOVE Pinterest. It is the one place where I can showcase my business through my blog and get targeted leads and sales.

With Pinterest you can surf visually stimulating images and get ideas for hair styles, wardrobes or gift ideas.

I however use it strategically to drive traffic to my blog or website.

Check out the amount of traffic that I am getting from Pinterest to my blog below.

Do you think that if you can get this amount of traffic to your website that you can make a few good product sales?

To learn how to use Pinterest I first invested in a course called the Pinterest Traffic Avalanche course by Alex Nerney and Lauren McManus. This course taught me some really cool things on how to increase traffic to my website with Pinterest.

In the course they also teach you pinning strategies, how to create viral pins that get the most traffic amongst other valuable lessons to grow your business. If you wish to use Pinterest as a traffic source feel free to check out the course here.

How to create pins

How I do this, is I create beautiful pins using an easy to use graphic tool like PicMonkey and stock photos from Shutterstock, then connect that pin to my blog.

I then share my pins in targeted group boards where I can connect with people who may be interested in one of my topics.

So for example, I am a part of many network marketing, direct sales and affiliate marketing group boards because I know that people on these boards have followed it because they are interested in it.

Before now, I would have never thought about using Pinterest as a business tool but once I discovered that I could actually grow my business using it, I became absolutely hooked on the idea.

Final Thoughts

Online marketing is huge. It is a known fact that the top direct sales consultants grow their business using the internet and with the help of various marketing tools.

However even today, consultants are still encouraged to use the “belly-to-belly” strategy which in my view only helps you achieve mediocre results.

Cheers,

P.S Are you using any other ways to grow your business without home parties? Show me some love in the comments and let me know. I would love to hear more from you.

Resources That Will Help You Even More

How To Use Sales Funnels To Grow Your Network Marketing Team a free e-book that will teach you all you need to know about using sales funnels to build your direct selling and network marketing team.

Start A Blog ECourse 5 Days To Blogging Success my free blog course will teach you how to start a blog and build it around your direct sales business.

Power Coaching if you have a product, service or business, personally work with me and I will help you automate and leverage the internet so you can live the life that you truly want. I will help you take your business to the next level with personalised coaching sessions. My coaching sessions are $247/hour. Please only complete the application form if you are serious about utilising my coaching. Click here to complete the application form. 

Aweber the internet’s most powerful tool to help automate your email communication. This is what I use to build my email list and send my newsletter to my subscribers to form the relationship. It is one of the biggest tools you will need in your business.

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How exactly are you growing your network marketing business? What strategies are you using that works or do not work?

When I started network marketing, the one problem that I had was getting clients for my business and recruiting team members.

You see, I was the introvert. I was overwhelmed and frankly scared as hell when it came to prospecting both for selling products and building a team.

I remember in my first network marketing business, I asked my best friend to be my first customer, which she did.

Thank goodness for that but she became my only customer. LOL

After her, I had no idea how and where to find other customers until I jumped on social media and started busting my butt looking for my new shining stars.

But it did come with heavy lifting… and a lot of it.

If I could start again, I know I would do a lot more things differently because three years on, I have learnt so much.

As I connect with more network marketers, who are just starting their business, I find that they are repeating the same mistakes I made.

I have realised that there is the old way and the new way to network marketing. How do I know this?

Because when I was doing things the old way, I was recruiting no more than five people in a month. When I was doing it the new way, I was recruiting more than 20 people in a month!

How did I do this? By simply using strategic investments and creating a marketing strategy that works! A marketing strategy that I only learnt through my mentor.

I mean after two and half years of getting it wrong and six months of getting it right, I have turned my business over tremendously where I am now recruiting people into my business effortlessly.

And this is what inspired this blog post.

When you focus on using the right strategies to build any business, whether it is network marketing or online marketing, you generally come out as the winner.

So Here Are My Top 10 Network Marketing Tips For Guaranteed Success That You Can Use

If you follow these tips consistently, it can make a massive impact in your business.

#1 Have The Right Business Mindset

Starting a network marketing business is not a hobby. You are starting a business.

The problem with most people who join network marketing is that they are attracted by the claim that you can make a “full time income with part time effort”, but what they do not realise is that in order to reach that level, it takes hard work.

When I started network marketing, I envisioned quitting my job and working full time on my business (which thankfully I have achieved).

I sacrificed a lot of things to get here.

There were times that I did not want to do the work but had it not been for my work ethic, I would not be where I am now.

You probably have heard this before but as cliched as it is, you must treat your business as a business; not a hobby.

Also self investment is crucially important. There are people who have a fear of investing money into their businesses because they see it as either spending money or wasting money.

But the most successful network marketers are those who invested in coaching, courses, mentoring, tools and resources to run their business.

No one says you have to invest huge chunks of money at one time but it is always best, if you want to see the growth that other successful network marketers are having.

Want to see the tools that I use to run and automate my business? Click here.

#2 Don’t Fake It

True story! I had a long time friend who I had not seen in years. We spoke now and again but I would say we lost touch of each other.

When I joined my network marketing business, you know how they say to contact everyone on your phone contact list, regardless of who it is??

Well that was me. I called my friend to “catch up” with her. Of course she was surprised to hear from me and rightfully so.

So when I told her that I joined a network marketing business and I had some “really amazing products that could help her” – yes I used those exact words – she immediately knew what was up with me.

You do not want to do that! Do not be the fake friend.

If you want to be successful in your business, be genuine. If you think that contacting a long time friend just to try to sell them a product is uncomfortable, then DO NOT do it.

There are many more ways you can actually get a sale without bugging those “friends” who really are not your friends.

#3  Leverage Social Media

If you do not know by now, social media is huge for building your business.

Everyday I connect with so many people who are successful and also not so successful.

But I know that I have one thing that I can offer to them and that is value. This is how I was able to recruit five people in a day from Facebook and Pinterest.

My biggest tip for growing your business with social media, is find one or two platforms and master them.

“Jack of all trades master of none” can actually hurt your business when you are spreading yourself thin and trying to do everything at once.

I agree that any social media platform is great for networking and prospecting but you will never be an expert if you are trying to grow an audience over all platforms.

Some of the best platforms you can try are:

Facebook

Invest in Facebook ads to connect with people who may be interested in what you have to offer.

Facebook ads is a very powerful platform that allows marketers to put their offer in front of the right people which can help generate consistent sales of your product.

When I first started network marketing, I was told by my upline to join Facebook groups where people promote business opportunities or sell products.

Your first thoughts may be that it’s free so why not try it, but I do not think this is the best source of traffic for your business as you may see little to no results from this. 

If you are serious about growing your business and making money from it, then I’d recommend investing in paid advertising to show your product to targeted people who are more likely to take action.

Not only will you save time, but you can see a huge return on your investment when you run your ad campaigns properly.  Just like I did when I made near to 3x return on my investment promoting a credit repair product using Facebook ads.

Before investing in Facebook ads I do recommend that you learn how to use the platform. This will help take away all the frustration that you are likely to encounter, when you do not get the results that you want.

If you’re looking for a great course, I would strongly recommend Jon Penberthy and Jubril Agoro’s Social Traffic Blueprint. It is by taking this course that I am currently generating a 10x return on my investment.

In the end it all paid off.

Pinterest

Have you ever created a Pinterest account and all you ever did was pin your favourite recipes, fashion and design inspirations?

Me too.

In the past I used Pinterest to save outfit ideas for the summer. Now I use Pinterest for business.

How does Pinterest actually work for businesses and how can it work for you? Pinterest is a great platform for businesses who promote their products or services with a blog.

As a network marketer, it is a good idea to have a blog where you can provide useful information to people who want to know more about your products and help raise awareness of your brand.

If you have never considered writing a blog for your business then head on over to my post where I share more about why a network marketing blog is great for business.

You can actually start a blog in under 15 minutes and for as low as $3.95/month with Bluehost and WordPress. 

If you do have a blog but don’t have readers or visitors, here’s how you can use Pinterest to get visitors who are likely to take profitable action. That means, they buy your products!

1. First create a Pinterest business account.
2. Next verify your website.
3. Apply for Rich Pins which will add extra details to your pins from your website.
4. Join group boards on Pinterest that are related to your niche
5. Start pinning to the group boards

Follow the above steps consistently and watch how your traffic levels increase. Make sure that your blog provides valuable content that helps your readers solve their problem so they can take action such as buying your recommended products.

Using Pinterest to grow this blog has been very rewarding. In fact, I would have not known the power of Pinterest had it not been for a Pinterest growth course called the Pinterest Traffic Avalanche by Alex Nerney and Lauren McManus.

If you are thinking of using Pinterest to grow your network marketing blog and connect with new readers, then check out the Pinterest Traffic Avalanche to help you learn how to use his traffic source.

YouTube

Create videos that provide valuable content. You can easily make a search in YouTube for some of the keywords that people are using in respect of network marketing.

Once you have a handful of keywords, create a video around those keywords.

The most successful videos are How To videos.

Do not worry if you do not know what to talk about.

Take a look at other people who have created the same content and put that content in your own words. Be confident when you speak about it.

Once you have created your content include your referral link in the description box of YouTube so you will get credit for any product you recommend that is purchased.

Instagram

Instagram is a picture platform that allows you to create lifestyle posts, motivational and inspirational posts as well as product posts.

When used right, this can help grow your business by showing other people what your network marketing business is doing for you and how your products have helped you and other people.

As usual you want to create value posts. Posts that speak about how your business has changed your life or you can even share other people’s success stories.

#4 Your Business Is Never About You

It took me a while to understand this next point but when I got it, I had an a-ha moment.

When you start a business, you must start your business with the prospect in mind. At the end of the day, your business is there to serve other people.

It is never there to serve you!

As a network marketer, if you want people to consider doing business with you, learn how to provide helpful content that will genuinely help your audience solve a problem.

Here are some ideas:

• Share different ways of how the product has helped you.
• Share tips of how your product can help other people.
• Share how the product made other people feel. For example, do you have testimonials to prove that other people are using the product and like it? Then share that.

When you work on serving more people, they will come to you instead of you chasing them.

#5 Leverage The Internet

A lot of people come to me and ask me how did I grow so fast?

My response: the internet.

A few years ago, belly-to-belly network marketing was a good way to market your business. If you were comfortable prospecting on the streets, at the malls or beauty fairs then you may have gotten a few good sales or leads into your business.

But for someone who was an introvert and having anxiety when it came to approaching a prospect, doing it this way was never ideal.

Instead after a couple years of trying and seeing no major shift in my business, I turned to the internet on the advice of my mentor and boy was I glad I did.

It was the best thing that I could do for my business because it allowed me to reach far more people than I could speak to in a day offline.

Using the internet and other advertising strategies helped me to make hundreds of product sales and build a team of over 110 personally sponsored people in under two months. This was by far the most important change and achievement in my business.

I know that there are still a lot of network marketers who do not want to invest in advertising strategies but there was a reason why the number one tip was to have a business mindset.

There are many platforms that you can use to advertise your business. Simply choose one and master it.

And if you are worried about the huge influx of prospects that will more than likely come into your business, then the next tip goes hand in hand.

#6 Leverage Marketing Systems

I do not know why most network marketers are against this idea but for me it is a no-brainer!

If you want to grow your network marketing business fast and successfully, you need to know how to use marketing tools to automate your business.

You can take all the hard work out of what you would normally do and give it to a “system” to do on your behalf.

This is how I was able to “speak” to over one thousand people in a day about my business and ended up closing thirty sales.

You see, marketing tools allow you to show your prospect, your product or opportunity, without you speaking to them. You simply set up a website or lead capture page and an email autoresponder communicates with them.

Whilst the prospecting part can be automated, you still need to build relationships with them so consider ways that you can build that relationship by offering coaching or mentoring that teaches the lead how to grow their own business.

The must-have marketing tools that I use in my business are LeadPages and Aweber. Click here for my review on LeadPages and here for my review on Aweber.

Technology has literally changed how fast I grew my business and has helped me fulfil my dreams of travelling as often as I can.

To read how this works in practice, check out this free book that teaches you how to use marketing systems to grow your network marketing team. 

Related Articles:

• How To Use Sales Funnels To Grow Your Network Marketing Business
• How To Get Leads For Any Business

#7 Teach Your Team Duplication

When I learnt how to use marketing systems to grow my business, I taught my team the same thing.

This is how you can grow your team to over thousands of members in a short space of time.

Something that works for you and is so easy to replicate can help other struggling team members.

When you introduce these systems into your team it is a win-win.

It helps the team member build their team quicker, make more product sales and puts money in everyone’s pocket.

I still use this strategy every day and encourage anyone looking to build a solid foundation, to find a strategy that works for you and then share it with your teams. They will then share it in their own teams and so on and so on.

>> Get The Free Book “How To Use Sales Funnels To Grow Your Network Marketing Team Fast” <<

#8 Get A Mentor

So I have mentioned a few times in this blog post about the recommendations made to me by my mentor.

Having a mentor was the first step I took to transforming my business.

Granted I paid him for his services but in return I was given valuable information that helped me and my business catapult into success.

When looking for a mentor, find ideally two people. One within your business, who is where you want to be and another outside of your business who can teach you a skillset that is important to be successful in your business.

Subscribe to their courses or coaching programs and listen to and DO EVERYTHING that they say.

The doing part is what is important.

You want to take massive action on the ideas that they have given to you. At the end of the day, they got to where they are because of the tips they shared.

Don’t you want to be there too?

The one advice I can give to you, do not be afraid to invest in the services of your mentors. I have spent thousands on courses and programs that has helped to improve my skills tremendously.

I am now using those same skills to build my business and  provide value to the marketplace.

#9 Believe In Yourself

Not only having a business mindset but also a positive mindset is key to helping you achieve your goals.

When you have a positive mindset you attract positive things into your life. You must also have a strong belief that you can achieve your goals.

When you doubt yourself you are more than likely to avoid taking action which only leads to procrastination.

People who are unsuccessful have those major stumbling blocks.

Until they get out of that funk they will never have the life that they truly deserve.

If you are stuck in a toxic mindset then I recommend improving your personal development with personal development books.

#10 Never Quit And Be Consistent

Consistency is key and the ones who never give up, come out successful.

Network marketing is not a get rich quick gig. But if you give it time, nurture it, be disciplined, take action and be consistent you can accomplish that goal of being a top income earner or achieve the success that you want, however you define that success.

I will not lie, there will be challenges. There will be times that you will want to quit but embrace your journey with gratitude and keep moving.

There are so many things that I have learnt on my own journey that I can now give back in this blog. This is why I want to help many people become true online entrepreneurs and build their brand successfully because I have learnt so much.

And one day you will too. You will be able to use the highs and lows in a positive way to keep building you.

Cheers,

Resources That Will Help You Even More

Network Marketing Secrets a free book (just pay shipping) that will teach you how to use sales funnel to grow your network marketing business.

Start A Blog ECourse 5 Days To Blogging Success my free blog course will teach you how to start a blog and build it around your direct sales business.

Power Coaching if you have a product, service or business, personally work with me and I will help you automate and leverage the internet so you can live the life that you truly want. I will help you take your business to the next level with personalised coaching sessions. My coaching sessions are $247/hour. Please only complete the application form if you are serious about utilising my coaching. Click here to complete the application form. 

Aweber the internet’s most powerful tool to help automate your email communication. This is what I use to build my email list and send my newsletter to my subscribers to form the relationship. It is one of the biggest tools you will need in your business.

LeadPages is a marketing tool that I use to generate leads into my business effortlessly. With LeadPages I create dedicated websites that attract my ideal audience by giving away something of a high perceived value that encourages them to take action.

The post 10 Network Marketing Tips For Guaranteed Success – Growing Your Business appeared first on I Am Dawn-Marie.

The most common complaint that I have heard from my network marketer friends during my network marketing days, was that they were tired of asking friends and family to support them in their business, but having very little success with it.

It’s an unfortunate lesson that even I had to learn, but I began to understand that friends and family did not have to support me at all in my business. If I wanted to succeed, it was up to me, to make it happen with or without them.

Sadly, this remains the misconception that most network marketers have today. Whilst there are many ways that you can support someone, it does not necessarily include buying your product.

So if this is the mindset you have, when you join your first network marketing business, I hope that my blog post can encourage you to change it and you will see how you can move in a different direction, so your business can move forward. 

If you are new to any online business or network marketing, you are probably making one of these five mistakes.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to change.

Now is the time for you to identify the mistake and correct it.

Five Network Marketing Mistakes You’re Probably Guilt Of Making In Your Network Marketing Business…

Network Marketing Mistake #1

Always Pitching

As I think back on the things I used to do as a network marketer, now that I know better, I cannot believe some of the things I did.

For example, cold messaging as many people as I could on Instagram and pitching to them the sale of my product, without even an introduction.

Sometimes I have to wonder “what was I thinking?”

Whilst cold messaging people is an excellent way to meet new people and form new connections, there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it.

If cold messaging people, is one of your strategies, to producing sales in your business, here is a polite reminder – very few people tolerate sales pitches that provide no valuable information to help them understand the offer and why they need it. 

If they have never engaged with you or your business, then it is unlikely that you will get a favourable response to a cold message pitching the sale of your product.

There are a few things that you have to do, to be qualified and have the authority to pitch to someone.

If you expect an audience to pay attention to you, you must be prepared to take the time to help your audience build trust with you.

One of the ways you can do this, is demonstrate your expertise by educating your prospects about your products in a way that is interesting. When you give away valuable content and people absorb it because they are interested in it, it is ok to ask your audience for the sale.

Most people think like this:

They get massive value for free, they see that you can potentially help them with their problem, they buy into you because of the potential to work with you.

That really is it.

When you understand that, then you will get why pitching a sale and ONLY pitching, will get you very little results.

How can you provide value?

• Share information that you have learnt
• If something solved your problem, share it
• Do not expect anything in return
• Always show up and show a willingness to offer help

See if that makes a difference in the number of sales you can get.

Network Marketing Mistake #2

Not asking for the sale

You cannot be afraid to ask for the sale directly.

It goes without saying that if you have provided a lot of value that has helped someone, then you have the authority to ask for the sale.

So many network marketers leave a lot of money on the table, when they expect their prospects to buy a product on their inclination.

Whilst there are some prospects who will buy your product without a request to do so, others  need a bit of direction and sometimes a push to make a move.

I always say that the right time to ask for the sale, is when you have provided value at least 3 or 4 times before.

Here is the sequence that I use:

Day 1 Value

Day 2 Value

Day 3 Value

Day 4 Pitch

But when you are asking for the sale do not make the mistake of just saying

Buy XYZ now.

It may be more attractive and professional if you ask for the sale by giving an indication of what your prospect can expect from you when they buy your product.

For example,

• Free coaching
• Direct contact to you by personal means (phone number, Skype address, messenger)
• Free access to a weight loss support group
• Free training video

You want to stand out from the rest by giving rewards or bonuses to your prospects for joining you.

Network Marketing Mistake #3

No Proper System In Place

I will forgive you if you have no system in place to market your product because for a long time, especially being new, I wasted a lot of time by not having a system for my business.

When I started in my network marketing business, there was a saying that stood out to me and actually made me realise how important having systems were.

That phrase was “systems work, people fail”?

Systems are designed to make our lives easier. Technology was created to make the things that we do in our lives and jobs easier to manage.

Just because you are a network marketer does not mean that you cannot take your business online.

For too long, network marketing has been run by old school methods. New school methods mean that you can take your business online and use a system to automate your business.

When I first started network marketing, if someone told me that I could

• Make sales without speaking to anyone
• Get prospects without speaking to anyone
• Run my business straight from my laptop without the need to attend fairs or beauty events

I would have jumped straight in line.

But for two years I was uneducated and uninformed. I felt like it was a waste of two years but regardless, I am grateful for my journey.

Since I have added a system to my business, I have had many more prospects and sales.

Let us admit that the follow up process can be time consuming, exhausting and not for the faint of heart. But with a good system in place, the follow up process can be done for you.

Network Marketing Mistake #4

Wrong Targeting

You start a network marketing business and you instantly post on your Facebook timeline about the opportunity and product. 

You wait. An hour goes by and there is no engagement with your post.

Do you know what you have done wrong there?

Most likely, you have targeted the wrong audience.

Let us go back to the opening paragraph.

Your friends and family do not have to fall into the equation of your business. They may not even be interested in what you have to offer.

So before you post, ask yourself this question:

Are the persons who I am posting to, on my social media, remotely interested in what I have to offer?

What does your target market look like? What do they want?

When you can answer these questions, you can really hone in on those persons who are really interested in what you have to offer.

Another good thing is that you can actually eliminate quickly those who are not.

This helps you avoid wasting time and immediately get you to the right people for your product or service. Do not go fishing in a pond full of turtles when what you are really after is a pond full of sharks.

Network Marketing Mistake #5

Not properly promoting your product

The biggest mistake that you can make is to never bring your content in front of new people.

I see so many people who focus on promoting their business solely on Facebook to the same 100 friends. You want to always be sharing your offer with new people.

How can you make sure that new people are seeing your offer?

Well advertise as much as possible and post your offer in as many places as possible.

You always want fresh eyeballs on your offer every single day. Make it a goal to spend the best part of your time working on getting your content out in as many places as you can whether through free advertising or paid advertising.

By the way. Facebook is not the only way to get people to see your offer. Try

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Pinterest
• LinkedIn
• Blogging
• Google SEO
• Instagram
• Etc.

Everyone turns to Facebook because it is the go-to social media platform, but would you not like to dominate a space that not many other people are using? 

Those are the five network marketing mistakes you are probably making, that is holding you back. 

If you are making those mistakes, then check out my other network marketing tips and resources below:

Related Topics:

• 5 Ways To Boost Your Network Marketing Business With Sales Funnels
• Should I Buy Leads For My Network Marketing Business
• How To Get Referrals To Your Business With Attraction Marketing 

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If it has happened to you a billion times, then do not be surprised. It has happened to everyone including me and you would be pleased to know that it is not uncommon.

You Are Always In Control And You Should Know That

People sometimes get distracted and forget about what you say. After all life gets in the way. But when you have followed up with your prospect a hundred times, do you just leave them alone?

Do not allow your prospects to take control of the process. After all, this is your game and you should always be in the lead. An effective way of finding out if the prospect is still with you or not is simply put it to them.

There are follow up strategies that I have used in the past that were not effective as this one. In fact most of my follow up messages were ignored or even deleted except for this one. This one message made the most noise and forced people to respond.

How To Follow Up With Your Prospect That Is Bound To Get A Response

I love it and include it all the time when I realise people are reading my messages and then not responding.

The reason why I love this message is that it allows me to have the final word. Well unless the prospect chooses to respond, which they almost will.

It also positions you as a person of power and influence. When you say something and you get people actually responding to you, it means that they have every respect for you. It is simply a reflection of who you are. If you treat your business as a professional, powerhouse that it should be, then your prospects will do the same.

Your messages should therefore have the same tone. Do not allow your prospects to walk all over you. You have the key baby and you should definitely be using it! Lol

The Final Follow Up Script

Here is the script that I have been using to successfully turn my follow up messages from crickets to raving comebacks. You can easily adapt this script to both your warm and cold markets by adding a few personal touches for your warm market.

It goes like this:

Cold Market

Hey, so you still haven’t come back to me about the [offer or product]. That’s ok though. It’s all good. I just wanted to let you know that I’m taking you off my list as this probably isn’t the right fit for you. No problem really. I do wish you all the best in whatever you decide. Take care.

For your cold market, the reason why I feel this works, is because it exudes a little bit of confidence without making the prospect feel like you’re begging them to take the action they said they were going to take.

It also makes you look like whether they consider the opportunity or not, does not really matter to you.

You never want to make your prospects feel like you are desperate for the sale, even if you may be.

Allow them to feel like they are just one fish in a pond of many and you can easily go after another catch if you did not manage to net them the first time.

Warm Market

For your warm market I mentioned adding some personal touches. Here is what I would say:

Hey girl (or fella), what’s up? It’s been a long time since we chatted. Hey I was coming back to you really quickly as I noticed you never said anything about the [offer or product] you said you’d look at. Right now I have some people joining me and I want to give them my dedicated attention so I am going to assume that you won’t be one of them and maybe this isn’t the right fit for you. So you know what, I’m gonna take you off my list and I won’t speak to you about this again. Oh by the way, really nice pics I see you uploaded there. Let’s talk about it over coffee sometime.

Friends or family run away from you when you have told them about a product they are not interested in, not because they want to be spiteful but because they simply do not know how to reject you without causing too much hurt.

Do The Work For Your Prospects

By taking the weight off their shoulders, I bet they are going to feel very relieved that you did the dirty deed for them.

Like the cold market script, it also shows that you have enough business to let go of the stragglers, thereby putting you in a powerful position.

By using these scripts, I am pretty sure you would have broken the ice. Look out for that apology or even an estimation as to when they might be able to check out your product or offer.

It works like a charm for me most times.

Never over complicate things. Network marketing is simpler than we think it is and all it takes is a bit of creativity. Now all those prospects that you have who never returned a call or message, use this strategy and let me know how it went for you.

Are You Tired Of Following Up In The Conventional Way?

If you need a system that helps you to follow up effortlessly with your contacts, then I’ve got you covered.

Visualise this. A prospect is interested in your offer without you speaking to them. That prospects gets more information from you without you literally talking to them. You follow up with your prospect automatically. You do not even do the follow up yourself. It is done on your behalf.

With pre-written emails you get your message across to the prospect and if they decide to buy from you, they go straight to your link without you literally handing it to them.

What Do You Want?

• Do you want to shake up your network marketing business?
• Would you prefer to speak to 100 people a day? Or 1000 people a day?
• Is it ideal for you to stop harassing friends and family to join you in your business or buy your product?
• Do you prefer to connect with the right people who actually want to work with you because they are PRE-QUALIFIED?!
• Would you not like to stop wandering around malls, beauty fairs, the streets looking for your next prospect? (which in my view is a complete waste of time if you know how to use the internet)
• Do you dream of building your business with an endless stream of people to talk to who actually want to hear from you instead of giving you BS excuses and asking ridiculous questions? 

If you want those things, then using an automated sales funnel is the EXACT way that top network marketers get more customers, recruit more reps and make more money in their business. It is all because they have a system in place to make their sales process easier. 

Leverage this exact system that I use personally to go from recruiting 5 people a month to over 20 people a month. 

It has also helped me make hundreds of product sales in my business every month.

The system also comes with a private support group with over 30,000 members who are at various stages of their online business sharing motivation, support and tips to help you on your journey.

PLUS you get endless training on how to market your business the RIGHT WAY and how to use the internet and which exact sources you need to tap into to skyrocket your business.

If you are ready to make the change in your network marketing business and make the income that you truly deserve, then check out The Top Earner Recipe TODAY.

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