You’ve started building your lead lists online, making your calls to the prospects that visit your capture pages…

But while that’s happening, what are you doing to generate leads outside of the cyber world?

When I first started my MLM biz, for the first month or two, there were weekly calls, three way calls, e-mails, webinars…support of the kind needed to get you up and going – fast.  All of it was sell, sell, sell.

I made some prospect conversions, built a grasp of the info and was able to talk shop to anyone – and I did… to the point of scaring off many prospects.

Slowly the communication and support from my upline started to fade.  I found myself working on my own.

Someone in my upline  suggested buying lead lists… which I did, and got a few customers. Let’s just put the concept to rest right now.  Lead lists suck!

You buy supposed hot lists of people who “just signed up”… call them and get hung up on by folks who don’t want to be bothered…who have already been called by other saps who bought the same leads… who don’t want another telemarketer bugging them…

Lead lists are dead.  If you want to practice getting hung up on, go ahead… All you’re doing is chasing.

So, I started listening to another of the CD sets, listening to ideas, learning how to become a leader in the MLM industry…

When I came across a couple simple ideas…

But, how do you know what works and what doesn’t?

One answer is this… Try them!

I had always known to listen to people that had already done what I wanted to do.

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Ever wondered what happened to the reps you signed up?   Why did they stop working at building their down-lines and disappear?

In the past, I’ve had reps do the same thing in my organization.

There were sign-ups in my organization I was sure would become MLM rock stars, but they withered away at the first sign of difficulty.  They didn’t get the immediate roll of income from their MLM and they decided it was time to move on to something else.

Here’s what I’ve learned…

The top 7 reasons your reps quit your MLM are:

7.  Natural born quitters.   Not overly profound a concept here, but you know the type.  They quit jobs, they quit marriages, they quit school.  They quit almost most anything except making excuses because there’s no drive or determination to do what’s necessary to succeed.  The fact that you’re reading this article shows you’re not in this category.

6.  I don’t mean to offend, but his group I term “Diarrhea of ideas, constipation of action”.  These people start all sorts of things but never follow through.  They often start many things  but never finish.  Likely they’ll have joined many MLM’s before yours.

5.  Emotional decision makers. They jump on board your opportunity early based on what they percieve to be a great opportunity.  These prospects will buy anything that gets them hyped up,  but at the first hint of not getting everything they want fast – aka money -  they jump ship to  join the next great opportunity they see.

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Have you ever gone for a walk with your kids and come to an epihpany?

I recognized something recently that I had not thought about for a while when I went for a hike with my wife and kids.  My kids are awesome.  They’re 7 and 9 years old.

That’s not what I realized however…I already knew that, but I digress…

We started the hike on a cool fall day, as is usual and customary for Montana.  The kids had left the house happy to get outside into the fresh air.

But theywere not entirely excited to start the hike, because upon exiting the vehicle, they saw the hill looming in front of them with a trail that seemed long and steep.

The grumbling started and the whining.  And as much as mom and I encouraged them and told them they could do it, they continued to complain about how hard it was, and that they couldn’t do it.

I’m not one for reasons why you can’t – preferring to find reasons why you can instead.

So, on we went, slowly, agonizing step after step as their demeanors continued to sour.

After 15 minutes we rounded the corner to what awaited them: a hill side covered in boulders that would prove to be the best climbing they could have imagined.

Suddenly their spirits soared, and incredibly all the “I’m tired”, “my legs hurt”, “this isn’t fun” complaints abruptly ended.  The pace ramped up to light speed and the fun and excitement was on!

This seems to be the case with network marketers too.  They start with their MLM biz eager to go and take on the world.  But when faced with adversity -like running out of leads – they start to complain and fast to quit entirely, or find a new company.

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