Dear Friend,

I originally wrote this how to be a successful network marketer article years ago, and honestly I believe a lot things have changed now.

I believe in network marketing if you don't provide your team value in more ways than just motivation, then I believe you're letting them down and you're not giving them a REAL chance to succeed.

Also, if you don't retail your company's products, YOU'RE NOT a legitimate network marketer.  With all the hype about "building a downline", the true essence of network marketing is missed and you're not bringing true value to "end customers".

Matter of fact the difference between a legit mlm and a pyramid scheme can land you in prison according to Todd Coolidge a Certified Criminal Law Specialist.

Most network marketers treat their mlm business like a pyramid scheme, and most companies are really pyramid schemes disguised as network marketing companies.  You MUST overcome this bad habit if you want to really shine and reach the success of network marketing.

In this article I'm going to break down the success of network marketing into 3 steps, and while I won't necessarily say they are "easy", I do know they are effective.  The truth is anyone can become a successful network marketer, but first you must become a Leader, and you have to set your own path.

But before I get into the content, if you're looking to START a network marketing business, then I hate to be the bearer of bad news.  I recommend you check out my video explaining the M.N.B.M.L income model that many networkers are switching to instead of downline building.  Here is the video.  It opens in a new window, so you can come right back to this article.

Tough Successful Network Marketer Step #1: You Must Become a Person of Value & Provide Value Other Than Your Network Marketing Company

Why do I say this is a tough but rewarding process? Once you start providing real value, You Immediately Have to Grow!

You can't lazily just send affiliate links, No, you yourself have to learn and you have to try some things out.

There are many ways you can provide value outside of just your network marketing company, but before we get into that, why is this step so vital to your success?

Think of it like this... In your network marketing company there are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of affiliates who all have the same product you do, and you're not just competing with your company, there are thousands of networking companies available to choose from.  No one likes the "Hey Bro" message on Facebook to your friend from High School you haven't spoken to in years.  People don't like to be "tricked" into learning about your mlm, and the many network marketers before you have ruined this for you already.

No, instead become a person of value so you can build a Personal Brand.  When you have your own value, story, and product assets, you eliminate competition because no one else can be you!  Just like Master P the rapper has his record Label "No Limit Records", inside of His personal brand He has other things like cereal and even information products and coaching!

Your MLM Company is like "No Limit Records".  It may be a staple of your brand, but it is not your brand in entirety.  Your personal struggles, successes, and things you've learned along the way become your biggest asset to your personal brand because the reason a brand is so powerful is because of trust.  Your prospects learn to trust you, through the content you provide and then it is no longer about buying an mlm product, is about buying from "Stacey, the stay at home Mom with three kids I met online".

The relationship you have with your customers is your biggest asset to becoming a successful network marketer.  Without this, you don't have a business, just a garage full of supplements and a bleeding check every month.

Tough Successful Network Marketer Step #2: Set Up A "Retail First" Customer System Before You Build a Team

Why is this?

Simply put...

There are more customers for your mlm product than there are people you can recruit.  Now, this doesn't mean you have to become a "health & wellness", "travel", or "Legal Services" expert, no instead what you'll do is build your personal brand around your passions, create your own product (or license a product with PLR or MRR), and make sure your main product that you own is intimately tied to the use of your MLM product.

For example...

• You could build out a personal growth coaching program, and in that program you recommend using your MLM's health product as a way for your customers to reach their full potential. You could blend in the benefits of your companies product inside of your coaching sales letter and make the terms of purchase they have to buy both products at the time of enrollment.

• Or you could build out a marketing training course and inside the course you could have information about setting up your LLC & writing legally compliant marketing pages.  This is where you could embed the sale of your legal services as the "Easy & Cheaper" way to get this done without stressing out over a lawyer.

• Or finally, you could create (or license) your own travel planner that helps your customers plan and prepare for their next big trip.  You could easily recommend they book travel with you directly or through your online travel portal inside the planner and you can only introduce your business to customers.
  

I could go on & on with this because this is REAL MLM.  Treating your mlm business like a real business and this is when it get's really dope because not only are you making commissions in your mlm company, but you're also getting your own payments directly into your bank account.  Stick with me I'm going some place.

Because using that last example again, "Travel Planner -> Upsell Book Travel", with your own travel planner product you now have an asset that nobody else in your company has, then like you'll learn in day #3, you can share or sell the resell rights to your product to your team and now they'll have a competitive advantage.

Tough Successful Network Marketer Step #3: Build A True Team Training System That Teaches REAL Marketing Strategies & Provide Resources To Your Team Other Than Just Your Time.

This is when you begin to build true success of network marketing and wealth!

Now that you have a custom customer getting system that pays you multiple streams of income, you want to share this system with your team so they can have an advantage!

You can become a successful network marketer with your customer system alone, but if you build a duplicatible system for your team.... Watch out.... Here comes the wealth.

This system could be you simply sharing your "Funnel" with your team and giving them resale rights to the product you created or licensed to get customers.

And you want to teach your team REAL MARKETING!  Don't just give them a prospecting script and tell them to hit up friends and family on Facebook, and definitely don't expand this strategy to strangers!

No! Instead teach them how to generate their own leads online with advertising and content marketing.  I know this isn't as easy as a plug in play script and video, but you're giving your team a REAL, FIGHTING CHANCE when you equip them with REAL marketing strategies.

Another thing about this is, if you don't teach your team REAL marketing strategies, then you'll compete with the "Start A Shopify Store" & "Sell Courses" ads.  Your team will see these ads and think, "If I start a Shopify store I don't have to put my relationships at risk and I can do it all from home..." Before you loose another team member to a thought like that, make your mlm business MORE attractive by teaching strategies that don't damage relationships and can be done from the comfort of their home.

Success of Network Marketing can definitely be yours, & you can become a successful network marketer even if you've failed in the past (most successful network marketers failed many times before making it).


Let me talk about active power consciousness for a minute...

The thoughts you think create feelings.  Those feelings are what dictate your actions.  Your actions dictate your results, and the results you get reinforce the thoughts you have.

The way to change the results you're getting is not to focus on the results, but first change your thinking.  The inner conversations you have with yourself everyday are what creates your reality.

Here's proof!

Have you ever gotten excited about an opportunity and began to think it was your golden ticket?  You ran comp plan numbers and examples and saw yourself rich.  Then what happened?

Doubt settled in...

You begin to tell yourself, "It was hard", & you made up stories about, "How YOU Can't Do It".  This caused a feeling of discomfort and anxiety.  Then because you felt doubtful about your future, when you reached out to 2 people and got rejected it amplified the pain.  So, your brain wanted to protect you.  It painted this picture that building a network marketing business is painful, and you began to take less and less action, and you sabotaged your success.

In other words your fear of failure became a self fulfilling prophecy and you failed.

Your subconscious mind is the living God inside of you, and although it is all powerful, it will withhold its power from you when you need it most, if you have a limiting belief towards your business.

Your subconscious mind doesn't reject anything you tell it.  Right or Wrong, it will do its best to bring you what you tell it.

Knowing this, it just makes sense to tell yourself the story of what you most want to happen, not just repeating the story of the negative that has happened.

This is the first step to active power consciousness.  You must convince your subconscious mind that you are capable of becoming a successful network marketer.

How do you do this?

Autosuggesstion is a mental science technique that can help you with this.  You simply want to tell yourself a more powerful story as if you're already successful.  Then you want to repeat this statement over and over.  You might have to repeat it 1,000 times over the next 3 months, but the point is you want to "believe" and be "fully persuaded" that you can become a successful network marketer.

If you linger in doubt as to if you can or can't then it will not work for you.  Just like you KNOW you can drive a car, you have to KNOW you are a successful network marketer.  You don't need any evidence that you can, your faith is the evidence.  Circumstances will rearrange themselves to your inner convictions and you will have the evidence.

The success of network marketing you want can be yours, but first you have to "play a trick on yourself" and believe you're already successful.  This will lead you to taking inspired action and making your dream come true.

Now the second part of active power consciousness is competence in a skill.  When you know you can be a successful network marketer, then you know how to be a successful network marketer, it's mathematically certain you'll reach the success of network marketing if you take action towards your dream.

If you would like to learn how you can rake in customers for your mlm business without outdated prospecting techniques, then I recommend you pick up my free book.