Top 10 Leadership Skills That Will Make You Succeed in Network Marketing

In this industry, everything rises and falls on leadership so developing the specific MLM leadership qualities is important to grow and sustain momentum in your team.

Rate yourself honestly from 0 to 10 in each one of these qualities and strive to become a 10 in all of them.

1. As a Leader, you’re organized and self-disciplined. Without discipline, there is no organization. When you’re organized you do things more efficiently and waste less time. Have a daily method of operation and follow it consistently. Discipline is the mother of success.

2. As a Leader, you are committed to work hard and be productive. Work constantly to replace unproductive habits with productive habits. Value your time, and your downline’s time above anything. As an example to your downline, you want to get at least 10 new distributors a month.

3. As a Leader, you are 100% responsible and 100% self-functional. When you do what has to be done you are being responsible. The more you depend on others the less control you have. Make it your goal to become independent from your upline as soon as possible and make your downline have this goal too. Achieving it will make your team’s growth explode.

4. As a Leader, you are honest. You never use others for your own advancement. Be interested in the long-term success of your distributors instead of their short-term productivity. You’re not going to teach things you haven’t done yourself. Honor your commitments.

5. As a Leader, you have total and professional knowledge of the Network Marketing Industry. Be an expert. Know what you’re doing so you can teach others how to do it. If somebody asks you what MLM is, as a leader you must have a simple, direct and convincing answer to give.

6. As a Leader, you maintain a relaxed mental attitude. It simply makes you do your job with more ease and your downline respect you more because it gives a sense of control and mastery. When people respect you, you become more influential and that’s what leadership is all about.

7. As a Leader, you remain true to yourself. You never compromise your values, beliefs and personal Integrity. Your Leadership style reflects your own personality. Work and develop your leadership skills instead of trying to change your personality.

8. As a Leader, you show respect for your upline, downline, and company. You must be supportive of the changes in the company. Treat everybody equally and encourage people on your downline. Talk about your company with total conviction and never show negativity to your downline because it spreads like a virus.

9. As a Leader, you’re constantly teaching others as well as learning. Spend time adding knowledge about your company. Spend time to improve your marketing skills. Spend time to improve yourself. Use every contact with your downline as an opportunity to teach. Be willing to share what you know.

10. As a Leader, you have a strong will. This attribute generates all others. If you’re willing to, you’ll develop any skill. If you’re willing to, you will succeed. And never forget: As a leader, always speak from a position of strength, never from a position of weakness. 

Leadership is a natural consequence of your actions. If you accept the responsibility of leadership instead of seeking the rewards of leadership, you’ll become a leader in less than time. Always focus on doing what’s right, instead of what’s popular and remember that you’re an example to your downline so whatever you do, they will replicate. If you display weakness, they’ll weaken but if you display a strong will, they’ll just go for it!

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5 Things to Consider Before Joining Any Online Business Opportunity

Joining an online business opportunity can be very exciting and stressful all at the same time. Since there are thousands of different opportunities online, finding the right one can become a bit overwhelming.

To make this process easier for you, below are the top 5 things you should consider before joining any online business opportunity.

1. Is the opportunity legitimate?

The first thing you should be asking about any online opportunity is whether or not it is legitimate. In order to save yourself the trouble of being scammed and losing money, it is important to do some due diligence before joining any online opportunity. The best way to find out if an opportunity is legitimate is to conduct some research. The easiest way to do this is by simply Googling the opportunity and company name. If you find a ton of information about the opportunity such as reviews and testimonials, this is a good sign that you are dealing with a legitimate opportunity. Online opportunities that have little or no information on the web could be a red flag of a scam. Scams and “fly by night” operations pop-up one day take your money and are gone the next day. Find an opportunity that has information you can compare and base your decision.

2. Do They Offer Help & Support?

Another thing to consider before joining any online opportunity is whether or not they offer help & support. The worst feeling is signing up for an opportunity only to find out that you are completely alone. No support. No help, and out of money. This is not a good feeling! Creating an online business is challenging, without a good support system it becomes even more difficult. Below are three questions to ask about the opportunity, if you can answer yes to all three then this is a good sign that the opportunity has a good support system.

1. Is someone available to answer questions in a timely manner?

2. Is training offered?

3. Does the program offer members a platform to communicate with each other?

3. What does it cost?

Depending on the type of opportunity that you are looking to join, startup costs can vary. Every business requires investment, however, it is important to always be wise when making investments. With that being said, you should remember that the reason you are looking for an online opportunity is to make money, it’s hard to make money if you are spending all of it just to get started.

4. Do the products or services add value?

One important factor to consider that is often overlooked is whether the products or services offered through the opportunity are valuable to people. It is really important that the opportunity that you are thinking about joining adds value in some way, shape, or form. An opportunity that does not offer any real value (products or services) is known as a “Pyramid” or “Ponzi” Scheme. These schemes do not offer any real products or services and many times are illegal operations. Be sure that you are joining an opportunity that offers real products and services that benefit people in some way.

5. Earnings Potential

Finally, the last but definitely not the last thing to consider before joining an online opportunity is the earnings potential. Earnings potential is dependent on the commission structure in place through the opportunity, some are more lucrative than others. It is important to understand how you will be paid before you join any opportunity. Most programs pay on a commission basis for sales or referrals. Try to find a program that offers residual income. Residual income is powerful and allows you to take your earnings to the next level because it allows you to make money over and over again for each sale or referral you make. Another thing to consider if you will be doing some affiliate marketing is the percentage of commission you will make for each product or services sold. Commissions can vary but you want to make sure you are offering a product that is worthwhile so that your commissions are worth the effort.

Getting started with an online opportunity should be an exciting time for you. By following the five steps above you will be able to identify the best online opportunities.

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