Where I fish - Where I prospect - and MLM bullies - Bad uplines!

Guest Post by David Williams MLM Author Amazon

I want to tell you about a friend of mine – an M L M pro that just lost heart in his upline – the company top earner – and how or why it happened. 

Now – it was not easy for my buddy to make a decision to move on from a company whose products he loves, because of a sponsor he doesn’t.

Now, don’t get me wrong – this guy is not the type that needs a sponsor in the tradition sense. 

I’d call him a big shot veteran in his own right.

But, there are times when your upline starts sending out the wrong message to YOUR downline, and the rest of the company that is just, well, dumb.

In this case, the upline is the company high earner, so whatever he says appears to be right.

After all, he’s top dog.

That’s logical, after all.

If you are at the top, you must be right.

However, if you ask a logistician, they’ll tell you that is not true at all.

It makes sense, and it is often true, but it’s not always the case.

In fact, I have often found that I learned more from watching or learning what people Did/Do to achieve success, than listening to them after trying to pontificate.

It’s sad, but often people don’t know why they were successful, or what they did in the past is no longer practical.

Junk Faxes

If you earned millions selling fax machines, great, but don’t tell me about fax machines.

In the case in point here, the upline is dwelling on old fashioned, obsolete ‘hard sell’ methods for networking that may have worked in the 80’s, but not today.

But that’s not all.

This person is teaching the entire company to not use the Internet.

Look, that’s just dumb.

The internet is here to stay.

The way we connect to it will change, from desktops to laptops to mobiles and tablets, to watches and glasses – who knows how we use it - but the net itself here to stay.

It’s a means of communication, that’s all.

Just Dumb

So, it’s just dumb to not use it.

So, who is the type to suggest the net is not a good place to be?

Those who can’t change.

Yet change is a constant in our lives.

Times change.

Because time changes, every second!

We need to ‘get with the times’, not stay with a time we loved in the past.

And as hard as that is, it’s something winners must do.

So, where does all of this leave us?

There are times when you have to move.

There are times when you can’t fight city hall and must vote with your feet.

No one likes to leave a good company, but there are those times.

When you have made that mental decision, just do it.

It is easier to start over than to bail out the Titanic.

It’s easier to give birth than to raise the dead.

I hope you don’t have to ever go through this sort of situation, but if you do, move fast, make a clean break, and get started in your new endeavor.

She builds only using Linkedin

Now, I do get questioned about online and offline often.

‘David, what is better, to work online or offline?”

Both.

Look, I do promote offline prospecting, because I like to fish using ways that no one else does, because I find that if you do everything that everyone else does, it stops working just because of overuse.

For example online leads.  I’m sick of them, yet I know that you can prospect online, but that is not the same as buying online leads.

You can also fish on Facebook too, if you know how.

I have a friend who is a top income earner who fishes only on Linkedin.

She is a pro at it.

Where do I fish?

My position is simple.

I am a believer in simple.

I like no competition, and I don’t want to fish in a pond full of other fishermen, when I can fish in an ocean.

Why?

Because people tend to want to fish in the same place they were swimming in when you prospected them.

It makes sense.

‘How did you get my name?’

‘How did you find me?’

No matter what you say, they want to try the same way.

So I like things like direct mail, (like in my postcard system outlined in my book – details at the end of this email).

Or my really cool offline recruiting method for building under Doctors – (outlined in my book How to Recruit Doctors).

When do I use the Net?

Now, AFTER I find a prospect, I use the net and online methods to follow up, to educate, to drip on, in fact I have two books full of really great email messages that you can use for your drip list.

You can send these to anyone – it doesn’t matter if you found them online or offline – it is much easier to follow up online. 

I have another way of offline promoting that is great for flyers, etc., which I need to write about.

These are all secret methods that are not taught to the field normally.

Why, because typically no one wants to teach methods that work. 

I know that sounds dumb, (and it is), but this is a competitive world.

Why listing to your heavy hitting upline can screw you up

Heavy hitters use one method to find you and teach you a different method for you to find others.

You know that is the case.

Sometimes they say it’s because you are not ready.

Bah, humbug.

My methods of fishing in the ocean allows you to make a few mistakes, because the system pulls well and there are so many fish in the sea.

And if you combine it with dripping on the ‘not now’ people with my emails – well, you’ll really prosper.

So why do people promote online leads and why do people buy them?

Well, typically your upline gets a cut of the take on your purchase.

Sometimes they don’t know any better.

And you buy them because in two minutes you have a bunch of fresh leads.

(so called fresh!)

My methods take a few days, but once you start, it can provide you with a never ending flow of people, who all follow you and do the same.

You see folks are naturally interesting in duplication. 

But most folks have been in and out of one M L M or another and don’t trust lead systems so they won’t join you unless they like HOW you found them.

That’s why my methods work.

So, don’t be silly and give up on the Internet, use it.  It’s a tool.

But at the same time – consider fishing where few people are, and where there is an ocean of fish looking for you.

All the best for you and your business,

David Williams MLM Author

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What does an average MLM or Network Marketing Distributor make per year?

Guest post by David Williams MLM Author

I remember getting this question in my first year. 

I was doing pretty good, but flying by the seat of my pants.

The only thing I had going for me was my attitude, because my knowledge was non-existent.

It’s not like I wasn't playing with a full deck, I didn't even have a pack.

So when a prospect asked me what the average MLM distributor earned per year, I had to think quickly.

This was something else I wasn't so good at.

Now, I’m not addle-brained, but I did trip over a cordless phone once.

So, here I am, thinking about this question, and you have to imagine this, how it was…

It was after a meeting, we had something going on in a hotel, and the big presentation was over.

My upline said get your guests in a circle, and ‘close ‘em’.

He was talking to a couple of giggling college girls off a ways, so he was as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle.

I had 5 guests.

They were now sitting in a circle, with me facing them.

I was trying to answer their questions, and to keep control of the group.

As one person was asking me something, the others would lose interest and talk to each other.

Until this question came up.

As soon as it came from this one guests’ lips, everyone shut-up and looked at me.

I’m thinking, then I remembered to repeat the question back, and use that time to think of an answer.

“Does anyone else want to know what the average distributor earns in MLM?”  I ask stupidly.

Oh just great, now I had everyone’s attention, even those not in my ‘circle’, four or five other faces turned our way to listen in.

I’m thinking, ‘average distributor, average distributor…what would they make…nothing much here, I think to myself, suppressing a smile…then it hits me’.

They’re all looking at me… and I say boldly ‘I don’t know what the average MLM distributor earns, but I can tell you here in this company, they don’t earn anything…’

Now everyone is looking at me…

“Average just doesn't cut it in our company, honestly.   If you’re thinking average, it won’t work here.  This is not for average people who want to put in an average effort, speak to people in an average way, follow up in a very average way, and find other average people like them, looking to put in an average effort”

‘No, I can tell you right now, this ain’t the place for average…come on, you were here tonight, you saw the people earning above average incomes, north of $10,000 per month, and some really mega unaverage incomes… that’s what you’re interested in, be honest, so for that kind of money, it takes an unaverage effort, a serious commitment - so that we spend our time training you, working with you, and with those you sponsor, because we know you made an unaverage commitment to success… So, if you’re looking for an above average income, you’re in the right place...if you want to have an average lifestyle, don’t sign up, just go home’ and I passed him our application form with a pen.

I signed up 3 out of 5 that night, and another 2 joined that were in someone else’s team, which had overheard me.

It was at the next meeting that one of the top people came over to talk to me.  He’d been in for a while, and was one of the top producers. 

He took me aside and told me he liked my answer, regarding ‘average distributor’. 

But he told me there is a real answer, and we are not hiding it. 

Next time you can tell people the real answer, as well as speak about the difference between an average effort and an above average effort, he said.

He asked me if I had heard of the DSA?

‘Sure,’ I said, ‘it’s the Direct Sellers Association, and our company is a member, we say it in the presentation all the time.’

That’s right he said.

And it’s not an easy group to join.

It’s pretty exclusive and hard to be a member.

They protect our industry and they protect our customers.

Their whole reputation is based on them being pretty tough and very forceful when it comes to ethics.

So you can take to the bank anything they say, because it’s researched, verified and tested.

Now let’s get to the question that guy asked you about ‘what the average MLM distributor earns’.

‘This is the actual answer, right from their website,’ and he showed me a page in his binder:

It said:

The median gross income for a direct seller is about $2400 per year, or $200 a month. This figure is consistent with one of the major motivations for getting involved in direct selling – supplemental income. About 8% of direct sellers earn more than $50,000 per year.

Wow.

I was blown away.

I really had no idea.

Here I was always promoting the crazy income – sky-high $10,000 a month and more – and yet, there was clearly a group of people, the majority, who were building a very good part time income. 

I was promoting the big money because that was what excited me. 

I just learned that there was another group of people out there that were seriously in need of an extra $200 or so a month. 

Just learning the truth about what an ‘average’ distributor was earning showed me a whole new market for my business and it opened a lot more doors.

So don’t forget this valuable lesson.

We networkers offer a valuable contribution to those who desperately need a part time income, as well as a vehicle for extraordinary wealth.

Let’s go out there and show people what we offer, and be proud of what we do.

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