Ok, I know what you’re thinking, another marketing guru selling a way to make quick money. Well, sorry, that’s not
kind of easy money I’m referring to.Network Marketing has been around for a while. Most of us know someone who has a friend or relative who became involved in off-line network marketing. We listened to their sales pitch with our mind already set on how we were going to say no and best way to get out of meeting as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Through out sales pitch we thought to ourselves, what would drive someone to put this much effort into selling these products? Why would they spend all this time promoting their product to their friends and relatives? Would we ever be able to meet them again and look them in face wondering if they were going to start into their sales pitch?
All in all, this kind of network marketing seemed rather painful to someone from outside. Not only was it time consuming, but you needed to be a person with ability to sell. Most people involved this way did not start out as professional sales people, but they knew they would need to learn these skills in order to succeed.
What our friends understood about network marketing is that first customers are hardest. Once these customers started recruiting their own customers things started getting easier. Over time, their income would grow faster. They were sold on product they were selling and definitely concept of network marketing. They were persistent and determined not to quit!
I could not help but think – could they really be on to something? It seemed impossible, but what if it worked? Our friends did eventually become successful. But I believe it was only because they were determined to make it work. Giving up was not an option for them.
Times have changed and off-line network marketing has turned into on-line network marketing. The concept remains same:
