Is MLM The Right Choice For A
Stay At Home Parent?
SUMMARY
Parents who
choose MLM do so for many different reasons. One of the
biggest being the need to
generate a second income that
will help relieve financial pressures. Sadly though, in most
cases,
even the very ambitious fail in MLM!
The ideal childcare scenario for most parents would
probably be this. One of them stays at home
as full time carer of the children and
manager of the household while the other goes out to
work.
This means of course that there is only one income coming
into the house, but never the less, this
arrangement
provides the perfect solution to ever present childcare
problems (especially when
children are
pre school age) and can actually save a lot of money in
childcare costs.
There are also other benefits. The parent who decides to
stay at home is likely to find that their
relationship with
their children grows even stronger and the parent who goes out
to work has
peace of mind knowing that their children are
in safe hands. In this scenario all members of
the family can
benefit!
Unfortunately though, most families find it hard to survive
on just one income meaning that
the working
partner ends up working every hour possible in order to make
ends meet.
For this reason many stay at home parents consider starting
a home-based business as a
way to solve
cash flow problems and also avoid them in the
future.
All in all MLM would seem to be a good option. It is a
business that can easily be run from
home when the
children are at school or in the evening when they are
sleeping.
For many
parents MLM ticks many of the right boxes:
- It allows flexible working hours.
- They are their own
bosses.
- The start up costs of an MLM business are
practically nothing when compared with a
traditional business.
- There is no need to handle
any stock.
And the most
tempting reason of all for choosing MLM:
- The promise
of huge earnings with very little effort!!!!
The benefits of MLM tend to sell them selves and on the
face of it seems to be the perfect business.
But in
reality, becoming successful in MLM is actually much tougher
than many people would hope
or are
made to believe!
The vast majority of people, after spending many months and
every spare hour on their new
businesses, fail to sign up a
single prospect or even speak to a single prospect who has
the
slightest bit of interest
in their product and/or business opportunity.
They carry on regardless and console themselves with the
thought that MLM is just a numbers
game and in the end the
numbers will work out in their favour.
The truth is that they are most likely heading for failure.
Not because they lack enthusiasm or
commitment but because
they are employing out dated, old school marketing techniques
that
were never likely to
work in the first place.
As far as most people are aware, or are told by their
sponsors, the whole MLM industry uses
these same out dated
methods. The reality is though that 97% of people in MLM never
make
any real money at all.
It is a fact that some people do very well in MLM. There
are some extremely wealthy individuals
out there who can
testify to this, but they belong to a very small minority,
about 3% to be exact
and are certainly
not using out dated old school marketing techniques. Far from
it!
It is not that they are exceptionally gifted, lucky or
talented though. What makes them successful
is that
they know how to use modern techniques and strategies to
market effectively.
The old school techniques may have worked for some in the
past but these are different times
we are
living in and different techniques are needed.
It is not the fault of the individual that they do not
succeed. They are simply doing exactly what
they were
told to do by their sponsor and this is exactly the
problem.
Nobody is taught how to actually market properly. Sponsors
continue to teach old school methods
that rely upon playing
the numbers game. This basically means pitching the
opportunity to as
many people as possible until eventually
somebody signs up. The problem is that if prospects are
not signing up
they are not earning any money.
With a modern and effective marketing system it is not
necessary to play this game and the system
will actually
earn money regardless of whether or not prospects sign up for
the business opportunity.
It is possible to monetize prospecting efforts and actually
generate a very good income while
attracting hundreds, or
even thousands, of pre-qualified prospects who actually have a
real
desire to learn
more about the opportunity.
This is how it is possible to build a huge down line and is
exactly how the big hitters in MLM
achieve their success.
They monetize every aspect of their marketing plan. Every part
of their
marketing system is earning them an income while
generating them incredible numbers of
prospects for their
businesses.
If you are a stay at home parent considering MLM then you
should go for it! But, proceed with
caution and get
informed. Take the time to learn how the seriously successful
network marketers
have achieved their success and use these
techniques. This way it is possible for anybody to
succeed in MLM.
It goes without saying though, that no matter how good a
marketing system is it is still necessary
to get
the basics of MLM right in order to succeed.
You must have a great product to market, preferably one
that you love and use yourself, and that
you have actually
received benefits from. You need to be able to tell a TRUE
personal story about
your
experience. If you are not enthusiastic about, or don’t really
believe in the product, forget it!
Also make sure that the company producing your products is
financially secure and will be around
for the foreseeable
future. They should ideally have at least five years trading
behind them, the
more
the better.
The last thing you want is to spend the next two years
building your business only to see your
company go
under!
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Chris
is a full time stay at home Dad and network marketer who
quickly realised
that the old school marketing techniques
taught to him by his sponsor were never
going to work! To learn more visit
http://www.thegreatmlmconspiracy.com/
or
contact Chris
directly chris@thegreatmlmconspiracy.com