Ever Feel Like Homer Simpson In Your Networking Business
Do you ever feel like Homer Simpson in your networking business? We all have those days. Read the article below to see how to avoid it.
D’OH!”
That’s exactly what most Network Marketers end up saying to themselves as they bump their hand against their head, when they find out the MASSIVE mistake they’ve been making in their business this whole time.
But unlike Homer, who will never be able to figure it out even if you drew it out for him step by step…. you can do something about it!
So what the heck am I talking about here?
Mistake?
What mistake?…
In order for you to really understand why THIS mistake is the MOST pressing problem right now with the majority of newbie entrepreneurs who are testing their luck, trying to bring their business (MLM, Affiliate Marketing, Direct Sales, Network Marketing etc…) online, we have to go back to the basics.
Remember, there are really only 2 ways to grow your business.
It’s either offline (traditional methods like friends and family, cold calling etc.) OR it’s online (using the Internet to reach millions…)
By now, most people have realized how difficult it can be to speak to an untargeted group of people like your friends and family, or to have the super “salesman” personality you need in order to recruit people off the street. And instead, see the MASSIVE potential in bringing their business online.
However what they don’t realize is that marketing offline and marketing online are 2 completely different worlds.
You see, marketing offline is very simple.
You find the closest human being. Grab them for a company presentation. Show them your “wonder” drug. If they like it, they’ll join you. If they don’t, then “Bye bye”. And the process starts all over again.
Simple.
Now online marketing however does NOT work this way. And it doesn’t because it is a completely different platform with a whole different set rules.
Remember there is no face to face human contact. There is no warm fuzzy feeling when people see your smile or shake your hand. There is no touching or sampling of your product.
Instead, what you have online is a bombardment of “offers” and advertising that we have kept out of our lives by building a wall around ourselves and have conveniently coined — SPAM!
So if you’re online for 5 hours a day, adding 5000 friends on Facebook, blasting promotional product/business emails to everyone you know, writing an article a day about how amazing your product is and how it’s changed your life…
And you’re still only generating 3 leads a day (if any at all) and spend more each week than you earn…
And are wondering why you’re getting these types of results?!
It’s because you’re feeling like Homer Simpson on a bad day…
“D’OH!”
You’ve jumped the gun.
You’re not equipped.
You have no idea what you’re doing.
You see, to be a good marketer requires you to understand the fundamentals of what really works online. It requires you to be equipped with the right tools and websites so that you can actually run a “proper” business.
Ask yourself, would you open a restaurant without a kitchen, menus or a chef?
Or would you open a magazine company without investing in proper paper or good writers?
Pretty obvious isn’t it?
Absolutely NOT!
So why would you try to bring your business online if you don’t have all the things you need to make it successful? And one of the most important things that will increase your chances of leveraging these tools successfully is — YOUR EDUCATION…
Your education is something that I also like to call your “Foundation”. Without a good foundation, your business will crumble to the ground quicker than you can build it.
Your foundation not only encompasses the knowledge you need to generate leads, and turns leads into sales, but it also includes all the websites, tools and resources you need for this to happen.
Now I know this doesn’t sound sexy at all.
Focus on my education? Who wants to waste time doing that?!
Let’s get to work. Let’s take action!
And I applaud your enthusiasm. But recommend that you take a step back, regroup and focus on the one thing that will help you solve the problem that 98% of OUR industry experiences on a daily basis.
Problem = “Being unequipped with the right tools to get the job done, and getting the right
education to use those tools properly”.
Remember that education is power. And it is no different when it comes to building a successful business online.
This article was written by Aaron Chen.
To your success,
Herb Hunter, 734-285-6792, hunter645@aol.com
If you are in network marketing or you are interested in pursing a network marketing career please contact me on an incredible opportunity.
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herb i thuoght this was very good and i tried to retweet it to my followers. i hope i got the job done thank you bill