Finding Profitable Network Marketing Programs
(c) 2005 Linda J Bruton
I'm going to let you in on a little secret about picking a
network marketing program.
You might think that the programs with the glitziest
products are the best ones to join. They will often tell you
that their products practically "sell themselves."
Don't believe it! Nothing sells itself. No matter how glitzy
the product, you still must find people to buy them. You
still must find people interested in joining your downline
to promote them. Products don't sell themselves. People sell
products.
And what is often true about glitzy products is that they
are here today and gone tomorrow.
I've been in this business for 15 years and have seen a lot
of those kinds of products. When was the last time you saw a
diet cookie company? Ten years ago, they were all the rage.
There were 5 or 6 of them, but none of them exist today.
Now let me tell you a big "secret" about the programs that
last for years and years. And that people join and stay with
for a long time - even if they're not making money.
I've been a network marketer for over 15 years. And these
programs are the ones that have put hundreds of thousands of
dollars in my pockets over the years.
None of these programs have glitzy products. In fact, their
products are downright boring. What they have in common is
that their products and services are what network marketers
absolutely "must have" to be successful.
I'm talking about the lowly lead programs. And programs that
have autoresponders. Or a complete website-building package.
Or web hosting services.
You've heard about the forty-niner Goldrush days. The people
who got rich in those days were the ones who sold shovels
and gold pans to all the "get-rich-quickers" who were
pouring into California.
That's the very same principle at work here. No matter what
network marketing program you join - you MUST have good
prospect leads or you'll never be successful.
If you work online, you need a good autoresponder system to
send your sales letters to your prospects.
Leads and autoresponders may be "boring" products. But
unlike all the glitzy products that are here today and gone
tomorrow, you'll always have prospects who need those
services.
I joined my first "leads" program over 10 years ago - before
there ever was an internet as we know it today - and am
still a member. I haven't actively promoted that program in
over 5 years, and yet I still collect a nice monthly check.
Nowadays, I belong to 3 other leads programs. No, I don't
actively promote them all. I'm too busy making money with
the leads I buy. (Don't go away - in later lessons, I'm
going to show you how I make $50,000+ per year just from the
leads I buy).
Here are some of the advantages of joining "boring" programs
that provide an essential product or service:
1-If you want to succeed online, you have to buy these
products anyway - why not join a network marketing program
that offers what you'd be spending money for anyway?
2-Every network marketing program requires you to buy
monthly product in order to earn commissions. Why not buy a
product that is a tax-deductible monthly expense? Leads and
autoresponders are tax-deductible - diet cookies are not!
3-These programs are much easier to sell to others, since
they have to have them to promote their own programs.
4-No matter what else you promote online, these programs
offer you a second source of income. I recommend leads
programs to people in my other downlines. Why? Because they
have to promote if they are going to be successful. This
allows me to build 2 income centers at the same time. (We'll
go into multiple income centers more in a later lesson).
5-Members tend to stick with these programs, even if they
aren't making money, because they need the product or
service.
I'm going to point you to the best of these programs in the
next few posts, plus tell you about 3 programs that are
especially good for newcomers. So stay tuned!
I'm going to let you in on a little secret about picking a
network marketing program.
You might think that the programs with the glitziest
products are the best ones to join. They will often tell you
that their products practically "sell themselves."
Don't believe it! Nothing sells itself. No matter how glitzy
the product, you still must find people to buy them. You
still must find people interested in joining your downline
to promote them. Products don't sell themselves. People sell
products.
And what is often true about glitzy products is that they
are here today and gone tomorrow.
I've been in this business for 15 years and have seen a lot
of those kinds of products. When was the last time you saw a
diet cookie company? Ten years ago, they were all the rage.
There were 5 or 6 of them, but none of them exist today.
Now let me tell you a big "secret" about the programs that
last for years and years. And that people join and stay with
for a long time - even if they're not making money.
I've been a network marketer for over 15 years. And these
programs are the ones that have put hundreds of thousands of
dollars in my pockets over the years.
None of these programs have glitzy products. In fact, their
products are downright boring. What they have in common is
that their products and services are what network marketers
absolutely "must have" to be successful.
I'm talking about the lowly lead programs. And programs that
have autoresponders. Or a complete website-building package.
Or web hosting services.
You've heard about the forty-niner Goldrush days. The people
who got rich in those days were the ones who sold shovels
and gold pans to all the "get-rich-quickers" who were
pouring into California.
That's the very same principle at work here. No matter what
network marketing program you join - you MUST have good
prospect leads or you'll never be successful.
If you work online, you need a good autoresponder system to
send your sales letters to your prospects.
Leads and autoresponders may be "boring" products. But
unlike all the glitzy products that are here today and gone
tomorrow, you'll always have prospects who need those
services.
I joined my first "leads" program over 10 years ago - before
there ever was an internet as we know it today - and am
still a member. I haven't actively promoted that program in
over 5 years, and yet I still collect a nice monthly check.
Nowadays, I belong to 3 other leads programs. No, I don't
actively promote them all. I'm too busy making money with
the leads I buy. (Don't go away - in later lessons, I'm
going to show you how I make $50,000+ per year just from the
leads I buy).
Here are some of the advantages of joining "boring" programs
that provide an essential product or service:
1-If you want to succeed online, you have to buy these
products anyway - why not join a network marketing program
that offers what you'd be spending money for anyway?
2-Every network marketing program requires you to buy
monthly product in order to earn commissions. Why not buy a
product that is a tax-deductible monthly expense? Leads and
autoresponders are tax-deductible - diet cookies are not!
3-These programs are much easier to sell to others, since
they have to have them to promote their own programs.
4-No matter what else you promote online, these programs
offer you a second source of income. I recommend leads
programs to people in my other downlines. Why? Because they
have to promote if they are going to be successful. This
allows me to build 2 income centers at the same time. (We'll
go into multiple income centers more in a later lesson).
5-Members tend to stick with these programs, even if they
aren't making money, because they need the product or
service.
I'm going to point you to the best of these programs in the
next few posts, plus tell you about 3 programs that are
especially good for newcomers. So stay tuned!
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