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.

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If it was one thing that I could go back and do over again in my network marketing days, it would be to take a marketing course or invest in a mentor that will teach me exactly what I should be doing to build my network marketing business quickly.

You see, when I started network marketing I did not take it seriously.

I did not understand its potential and I came from a legal background.

So knowing how to promote and sell products, was not my forte.

For two and half years, I learnt only from the top income earners and yea they had a few good tricks up their sleeves.

But now I realise, that tricks was not what I wanted.

I needed a better strategy and that strategy should have been a marketing strategy.

Maybe I was blinded by the success that top income earners had. After all they knew what they were talking about right? So it was right to listen to them.

But I always struggled with this one question

Why were they getting results, (and so fast) and I was not?!

I mean of course if someone is getting results, and they are where you want to be, you would follow what they say.

Why would you zag when everyone else was zigging?

But over time (and I mean two and a half years later) I realised that there was a better way to promote my network marketing business.

A way that leaders are just not talking about and for the life of me I do not know why.

In fact the first time that I heard about this way, was from a sideline sister. She mentioned that people approached her about using “marketing tools” and my upline responded “… do not listen to them! They’re only after your money”.

Yes! That is exactly why I was repelled from the idea.

But only if I listened to my instincts back then, I would have been a lot further in my business than I am today.

But I am not mad. We all have a journey and that was my journey.

So let us get right to it shall we.

Here Are 5 Ways That You Can Build Your Network Marketing Business Quickly With Sales Funnels

1. Build Your Sales Funnel

Who would have thought that this would be your first step?!

In order to grow your business and grow it fast, begin by building a sales funnel.

There are many companies that offer sales funnels like Clickfunnels, LeadPages, GetResponse.

My favourites are Clickfunnels and LeadPages. Check out my detailed comparison review here to see if they are right for you..

What Is A Sales Funnel? 

A sales funnel is the path that you take a prospect through to sell a product or service.

Most network marketers fail at this point because they do not know how to properly approach this process to close a sale.

When I started network marketing, I was told to speak to everyone on my phone contact list.

Then when I exhausted that, go to my social media accounts and start following people like crazy and promoting my product to them.

Talk about face palm! 

Then there was attraction marketing. What exactly was attraction marketing in the first place?

Some uplines were very vague because they did not want to disclose their “secret” to people in their downline or who were not on their team.

Then we were told to make it a goal to speak to at least 100 people a day about your business. “It was a numbers game” they said.

But all I was thinking was

How in the world am I going to speak to 100 people every day?!

The answer? A sales funnel and an automated one at that.

How Does An Automated Sales Funnel Work? 

Well you are most likely familiar with the whole network marketing approach I just mentioned above.

So instead of you doing the talking, you will start with a website that does the “talking and selling” for you.

And I am not talking about the traditional website, like this one that you’re reading.

That actually comes after and whilst I am dismissing it for the purpose of this topic, it is still an important element of your network marketing business.

Read this post where I provide my view on why your own network marketing website and blog is important in your business.

What you do want however is an opt in page, or capture page where you can send your prospects to, so they can get more information about your product or offer.

Have you ever opted into a website to receive a discount on your favourite pair of shoes? Well that is what I am talking about.

Click this link to see an example of what I am speaking about.

What this does, is it helps to capture your leads’ information so you can follow up with them by email using autoresponder tools like Aweber or GetResponse.

Never heard about autoresponders? Read my review of Aweber here.

Then once you have captured their email, you can send them onto your product page or even better your bridge page, where that page will “talk” to your leads.

Meanwhile in your email marketing sequence you can start to build a relationship with your leads by providing value and showing your leadership.

You can also format your emails to find out exactly what your leads’ problems are and provide a solution – which will be your product.

So essentially what I am saying, is that instead of you doing all the work, you can use marketing tools to do the work for you.

Click here to read my recommended marketing tools for your network marketing business.

That is how you work smarter, not harder!

So once you have your sales funnel, how do you actually find people for your product or offer?

2. Advertising

More than likely you have pitched your offer or product on your Facebook timeline inviting people to “buy your product now” or “join your team today”.

So you probably have gotten a few customers and distributors this way but would you not like to 10x your efforts?

This is where paid advertising comes in.

There are billions of people on the internet. So why would you want to limit yourself with just the 1000 people on your friends’ list?

A great way of finding targeted prospects for your network marketing business is through paid advertising.

Think of Facebook Ads, Google AdWords, Yahoo Ads.

The beautiful thing about these platforms is that you can specifically target people who are likely to be interested in your product or opportunity by using keywords or key interests.

I mean this is so much better than walking up to every single person that you meet, hoping that they might bite!

By using advertising you can focus ONLY on those people who are likely to be interested in what you have to say.

3. Bribe Offer

Ok so you know where your ideal customers are hanging out.

You have some great engagement in your advertising.

How on earth are you to convert those ideal customers into leads?

Let us go back to the sales funnel.

Once you have built your sales funnel you actually need your prospect to become interested in what you have to offer.

Now, this does not mean calling them and finding out their likes or dislikes.

You basically want to use a strategy and that strategy is called a bribe offer.

A bribe offer is simply a free offer that you entice your visitors with to get their contact details in exchange for your offer.

Your offer can be any of the following customised to your niche:

• A free ebook
• A free PDF checklist
• A free video series
• A free plan
• A free download
• A free report

Basically anything that you can create that you can give to your prospect that will help them. For example, if you are in the weight loss niche, you may want to offer a free 6 Day Course To Healthy Living.

With this course you can easily research a few topics and prepare a PDF document setting out a plan that the customer will do over a 6 day period.

If you have used your product to achieve a desired result, then you can offer them a free report showing how you did it. Then within that report provide a link to your product page so they can check it out.

It really does not have to be extravagant!

The idea is to offer them something for free, to get their email address.

4. Call To Action

Once you have your offer, create your capture page within your sales funnel, with a headline, an image of the offer and a strong call-to-action.

Then use that capture page in your advertising campaigns.

For example, in my capture page above, I am offering a free e-book to entice my prospects to enter their email address.

I have a strong call to action “Grab Your Free Ebook Now”.

Once I have received their email address, I send them on to the next webpage which contains my product offer.

Remember to send the free offer to your lead by setting up your email campaign in your email autoresponder.

4. Email Marketing

Email marketing is often overlooked by network marketers.

I get that. No one ever told me how to use emails to “speak” to my prospects.

But I have found that it is the best way to convert my prospects from a lead to a sale.

The best part about it, is that it is automatic.

With tools like Aweber or GetResponse, email marketing is like a breath of fresh air.

Before, I would spend hours upon hours inboxing leads on Facebook and Instagram, to follow up with them.

Sooner or later I was bound to get tired and frustrated. And tired I became.

With Aweber or GetResponse, I pre-write my content with FAQs, success stories and starter packs and it is sent out for me on my behalf.

So whilst I am sipping a Pina Colada on the beach side (OH! the dream life), my business is still working for me.

That is what you call living a life of freedom.

5. Converting Your Prospects

Now that you have started getting some leads into your sales funnel and your email list is growing nicely, it is time to start getting sales.

This is where you begin to nurture and reassure your leads.

This is the last stage of the sales funnel and is the most important.

It is where you can gain a lot of new customers or lose a lot of leads.

If you have built your sales funnel right, then your prospect will already have an idea as to what you are offering.

If your email marketing is full of value and you are feeding your leads with information about how your product or opportunity will benefit them and why they need it, then you can easily convert your prospects into paying customers.

You can also offer to answer any questions that they may have.

Ditch the old school and get with the new school!

The ways that I have outlined above, have one thing in common – automated marketing.

If you want to get more sales into your network marketing business quickly, then an automated sales funnel is paramount.

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.

Make sure to watch the video at the start of this blog post to see how I set up my system using Clickfunnels. You can also use LeadPages if you want.

Confused about how both work and whether it is the right fit for your business? Read my comparison review here. 

If you are ready to make the change in your network marketing business and make the income that you truly deserve, maybe you want some hand holding and accountability, I am accepting coaching students by application only.

I am always looking for Dream Clients to work with. I am looking for go-getters, ACTION-takers and high-spirited, overall positive people.

As your mentor I will teach you how to: 

• How to build online marketing sales funnels that convert
• How to build a follow and email marketing list
• How to blog for results
• How to do paid Facebook marketing
• How to build stable teams using social media
• How to build leadership online brands that convert

Start your application today.

Cheers,

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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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