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[Daniel Le Company: CarbonCopyPRO Contribution Level: 1]

To succeed in Internet MLM, you must give value. You share what you learned, you be real and authentic and... they won't join you. You know who you are and you are simply just being yourself and they still won't join you. Interesting isn't it? That's what my upline told me to do and people are still not joining me. There must be something seriously wrong with me.

Oh that's right, the reason they're not joining me is because I'm not making $5,000+ per month and I don't know how to make money. They'd rather join those who make $100,000+ Why? They know it all and I know nothing. That's why I'm failing miserably in this industry.

Have you ever experienced this situation? When does a person know when to just give up and throw in the towel in MLM? The only way to win in the MLM industry is to recruit.

Is MLM really about relationships? I can build relationships with people, it doesn't mean that they'll join me. You could build the best relationships with people... and they still won't join you because you're not rich.

Give people a solution and they throw mud in my face. What does it take to succeed in MLM?

[willie robertson Contribution Level: 4]

Hi Daniel,

You fail only if you quit. Obviously, you want to experience some degree of success, and the sooner the better.

Having the right attitude and a winners mindset is a definate plus.

If someone is just starting out, be honset with those who you come into contact with, let them know you are just getting going.

Heck who really knows if these so called experts or self proclaimed gurus really are making the kinda money they claim.

And more important, even the guru's had to start from the beginning too!

There is so much information out there in cyber space that can help point a newbie in the right direction.

Thing is knowing what is right for you.

Find something that you fill you can work with, a system, company, mentor.

Try to avoid information overload, that is a definate success killer.

Study the MLM/NWM and IM industries.

A good place for MLM history is http://www.networkingtimes.com

As far as people not joining you, you can only control you, not what others do or not do. But if you become the best you, success has a way of finding you, IF, you don't give up.

That's what I'd do as a newbie and what I'd advise for a newbie.

Again, don't quit. Take the failure is not an option attitude, you really will be surprised, success will eventually find you.

[Lynda Cromar Company: Empower Network, LLC Contribution Level: 9]

For those who truly want to help "newbies" and those who may right now be new at internet and network marketing it is very important to understand why we say this so often.

#1 they generally have an employee-mindset. Which means they expect to get paid when they work, and not paid when they don't work. They expect to get paid after a certain amount of work. This kind of business simply doesn't work that way. We get paid when someone buys a product, pure and simple. But in the case of network marketing, we can get paid over and over again, because it is set up so that there are built in repeat sales.

#2 Lack of good training. This is a key big one. Getting a good set of how to steps, and then someone experienced enough to walk them through getting started.

#3 Realistic expectations - Many have been seduced by hype out there that in 3 months you will be rich, no one really gets that done. Many have built lists and then they can call upon that list to grow a new business. But someone without that list, will have to go through a reasonable time, and hard work to accomplish their own success.

#4 Impatience. Setting a limit on the time-table. Some say I will try this for 3 months, 6 months, etc. That is limiting what will happen, the time-table is typically 2-5 years, some can shorten that, some need more time. We simply have to take the time it takes, those who don't understand this quit before they reach it!

[Nathan Isaac Company: SendOutCards Contribution Level: 3]

Everyone has a skill in something.

That's why i really enjoyed Mike Dillard's MLM Traffic Formula
because it gave you a taste of everything to try out.

In the end, I understood SEO more than anything else.

So I started to pursue it even further.

I have a team member who is great on the phone,
so why not let him do the talking.

People join those who are equal or greater in value,
so if someone sees me as an asset to their team because
they do not understand SEO, they will want me to join,
or they will join me.

In the beginning, try everything out.

Find what you are good at and go for it.

If someone doesn't see value in you, they will not join you.

Even if you have a good relationship with them,
do they see you as having equal or greater value?

[Mehak Naheem Company: YourNetBiz Contribution Level: 3]

I have to say, I am sorry to say but I do not agree with you at all. My reasoning is that yes people who show their success online will grab the attention of the average person who will get hooked into their sales pitch and probably work with them. But that's not the way to do business, as they cannot copy this so called 'mentors' strategy unless they have a flash car/huge bank balance!
My second reason is that, ok so other people will take some of your market but there's still a huge hungry market waiting to be sold to. Every single month thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people search for online businesses/ways to make money online. So even if you can target a small fraction you will become a success.
Remember these top leaders started off somewhere too, they didn't learn everything overnight and even till this day a true mentor will keep educating themselves. So I would recommend that you work with a mentor who can help you achieve your goals

[Mario Sanders Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 6]

Just because you are a newbie just like the many of us, you are not doomed to fail, but you are going through a learning process. It will take time to learn this skill on how to show people that you are there for them.
I introduced a product to one lady some time ago. It took her three years to join.
All you can do is what you are doing. Keep talking to people, getting to know them, letting them know you and let them see what you are about. Take the time to be a friend, then a leader.
As long as you don't quit at the first person who says no, you will succeed and grow.
People don't usually listen until they find out how much you care. When people place a value on what you have, then they will follow and join you.
All you can do now is introduce yourself, show the value of what you are doing, give the facts. Let them decide if what you are doing have value, then they will join you.
But just don't quit!

[Daniel Le Company: CarbonCopyPRO Contribution Level: 1]

How do I show people that I care? Having a solution that can help people make more than they spend.

If you're making money in another pillar of wealth not called Internet/Network/Affiliate marketing and you know people can benefit from it, how can that be conveyed on your blog?

I write stuff on my blog that reflect myself and what I've learned, thus giving value. Most Internet network marketers are told by their upline to-

Give value, share what they learned, be real and authentic, and keep doing this until someone joins, spending more than they're making. The only to make money online is funded proposal or your own stuff. If you don't do that, then you run out of coins to insert into the pinball machine.

[willie robertson Contribution Level: 4]

Hi Daniel,

Connect with me here and send me a PM. I would like to send you some information that may help you.

Thanks

[Cara Olson Company: Monitium Contribution Level: 2]

What is great about the internet is it really has allowed anyone to be successful. You can be successful as long as you not only have a positive attitude and are willing to commit but also if you have the right systems. Automation is important.

Find something that you enjoy on the internet without getting distracted with other shiny objects (new programs, etc). Learn that particular thing and find that internet niche for yourself. Tell people what you are doing and use your upline as an extension of you. Your upline should be helping you.

Hope that helps,
Cara

[Jeff Mitchell Contribution Level: 4]

I can agree and disagree on this topic.

Here is my thoughts.

Yes, people are more likely to join someone who has aquired
a larger amount of success, why, because they have more of
what people want! Cars, houses, blah blah...

(and the money that you make should never even be discussed BTW)

But at the same time you can use their success as your selling point
for people joining your business. The majority of the most successful
people in the industry are limited on the time that they have to
really train you one on one.

If you know one strategy that is working for you...which obviously you
do or you wouldn't even have people to talk to, build your sponsoring around
sharing with them how they can do exactly what you did.

It only takes knowing 1 thing to be an expert in someones eyes.

Work around your strengths and not your financial situation. There are
poeple who are JUST LIKE YOU, who share many of your qualities and would
love to work side by side with you do accomplish the same goal!

Hope that helps.

Jeff Mitchell