When Your Upline goes AWOL

Network Marketing is a great industry.It is especially wonderful if you are able to find a superior product line with a financially stable company.  Maximizing your financial rewards through the compensation plan can certainly be achieved if you take time to really understand your income opportunity – and especially the risidual benefits.

As with any serious business endeavor, you should take time to develop a concise business plan which includes your marketing strategy.You will no-doubt have some key insight into a few of the specific elements of your opportunity, because there was obviously something there that interested you enough to get involved.  The “hook” that brought you in, is probably a key interest for you – so you will likely utilize that interest in your own recruiting efforts.

Key Point:  take time to establish your business plan which will include your marketing strategy and perhaps your financial goals.

Unfortunately, most people who get involved with a Network Marketing opportunity do not really take their business seriously.Perhays they join because of some slick sales-pitch by a Distributor, or maybe they just really like the product.  Many people get involved because they want (and perhaps need) to believe – this is the opportunity that will bring them financial freedom.

Certainly, there are many great benefits in building a Network Marketing sales organization.But it does take effort, and should always be treated as a serious business – your business.

Too many good people have been hurt because they jumped-into an opportunity without assuming they had a role to play in the success.These honest people have been victimized by the over-hyped pitch that gives the illusion that nothing is required in order to build success.One of the biggest problems in the Network Marketing industry is the ridiculous distributors who recruit rookie networkers using hype and lies.

I have been a top income-earner in Network Marketing, and have also been a Corporate Vice President in the industry.In my years of leadership in the industry, I have seen (and been victimized by) some pretty disgusting sponsor tactics.I have also seen many dreams crushed, because people joined with the wrong expectations.

The advice I would give anyone who is looking to join a Network Marketing opportunity is – do not depend on your sponsor for your success.It is inevitable that your sponsor will let you down, or will abandon you and leave you stranded.  If you rely on them for your financial reward – you will be terribly disappointed.  

Bottom Line: Do Not expect of depend on your sponsor for your success

If you want to succeed in your Network Marketing opportunity, decide that you will succeed on your own – regardless of what your upline may do.  You certainly may utilize tools they provide, but do not allow those tools to prohibit your own creative marketing ideas.Use as many resources and systems as you can – but never become solely dependent on any one tool for your succees.And make the decision not to NEVER give up when your sponsor goes AWOL… Just realize it is part of the deal.

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