1. You must be able to meet people! This is a people business. The only way you’ll find recruits and customers is by getting out there and marketing! If you’re not a people person, this business likely isn’t for you!

2. Do you believe in the products you’re selling? You must be excited about the product you are selling. If you don’t believe in the product it will impact your sales results. You must be the type of person who gets enthusiastic about sharing your product with others. Excitement plays an important role in a purchase decision in the network marketing business!

3. Have patience. It takes time to grow your business, as it does with any other business. Give yourself at least two years to succeed. Try. Try. And try again. Create goals lists. Take small goals and turn them into huge goals. It make be slow, but you can grow!

4. Attend company training programs. Network marketing / MLM companies often offer training programs to help you succeed in recruiting and training new consultants. Take advantage of the training programs your company offers. Don’t let those valuable networking opportunities go to waste either!

5. Work with your sponsor, and work with those you sponsor. You should soak up as much experience as you can from your sponsor and pass that knowledge down to those that you sponsor. A successful sales organization has successful distributors. If you’re not willing to help others and be helped, this business is not for you.

6. Think positively. Remember, the MLM business will subject you to a lot of motivational speakers, sales and promotional materials. Some of it will be useless, while some of it won’t. When things don’t go smoothly keep yourself in a positive frame of mind. On average, you’ll have to make ten presentations to make just one sale! You need to be able to positively deal with rejection. Maintaining a positive attitude will go a long way in keeping you motivated and encouraged to succeed!

7. Get organized. Set aside a place in your home that is used just for business. Make good use of the incredible amount of free computer software and apps. Keep a daily planner. Keep track of customers, prospective customers, etc. Send out those emails and reminders. Stay organized!

8. Be loyal. Don’t become a “multilevel junkie!” Some distributors fail because they bounce from one network marketing opportunity to another – again and again. This is a prescription for failure! While many successful distributors may be involved in promoting two or three direct selling product lines at once, the most successful distributors are those who focus on promoting the products or services of a single network marketing / MLM / direct sales company over a long period of time. Find the right company for you, and then stick with it! Loyalty pays.

9. Work hard! Network marketing is not a quick, easy path to a lifetime of prosperity. Nor is it a free ride to wealth that requires absolutely no effort on your part. It doesn’t work that way. In fact, it doesn’t work at all unless you do! You have to devote time and effort to it especially in the very beginning. It can pay out huge rewards. But regardless of what everyone tells you, you must work for those payoffs! Work as hard as your competition is working – then harder!

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MLMLegal.com has tons of resources to help and motivate successful distributors. Here are just a couple of videos out of the Video Library that you may find helpful!

What is the Benefit of Recruiting Experienced Distributors?

Tips to be a Successful Network Marketing Distributor

What do I do with Distributors who go “Passive?”

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There is no question that, over time, the MLM companies that have been the most successful in the MLM industry have involved distributors who have had a passion for the product, service and for what they are selling. A distributor shouldn’t join a direct sales company unless, number one, he or she really believes in the product. The distributor should be actively using the product. Distributors should feel a great sense of ease when explaining and sharing her product with others. Successful distributors should feel that they are doing their customers a favor when sharing the product/service rather than feel as if they are encroaching on customers’ space or friendship.

Most importantly, a distributor must be realistic about their expectations. Keep in mind that in the direct selling industry, 90 percent of those who are involved are only involved part time, working less than 20 hours per week. Very few people leave their primary jobs to join the MLM industry full time. In fact, in the direct sales business in the United States today, which is about a 30 billion dollar a year channel of distribution, there are about 13 million people involved. This translates into perhaps one in ten households involved in MLM, according to studies done by leading trade organizations. And, 90 percent of these folks are working in direct selling on a part time basis.

When MLM companies seek out distributors to sell their products and services, in reality, they are competing for each individual’s time. People have other distractions that occupy their lives and time. Life changes occur. They get a salary raise. They start coaching little league. They move. Distributors tend to flow in and out of the direct selling business, not necessarily because they don’t like the product or the business, but because it is a part time endeavor.

The most important thing distributors should remember when they go out and speak to other people about the company and opportunity is that they should remain positive about the product and the opportunity.

However, even more importantly, distributors should be realistic about what they are communicating. Be realistic about the claims being made about the product and the opportunity. This only makes common sense. In fact, common sense is a prevailing factor in this type of business.

Above all, distributors should be positive, realistic and exude common sense. If you are successful in these areas then you’ll likely be very successful in your direct selling business.

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