Capitalise on Your Network Marketing Journey - We All Have a Story!

My first ever conference and car award - 6 months after starting my busIness I earned a car, A HOLIDAY TO TURKEY and a replacement wage income - 2012

When it comes to promoting your business, it will help you in moving forward by sharing your journey – no matter where you happen to be in that journey. Sharing your story with your prospects can help people relate to you and feel like they can do what you have done as well.

Think about it...what are some of your favourite success stories? They are likely the ones from people who had the same kinds of goals or struggles that you had. The ones where people were able to overcome those struggles to achieve their goals. We love these types of stories because they enable us to put ourselves into the story and imagine how it will feel when we achieve that type of success. This goes for product testimonials and business testimonials. We all root for the people who are like us in some way. We want to see them succeed because they give us hope that we can too.

Another great reason to share your journey is that great testimonials spread like wildfire. I bet you have seen some testimonials within your company that everyone knows about. Generally, people with those popular testimonials get shared a lot. Which means your name gets shared a lot. That, in itself, can bring you quite a bit of attention as people want to work with someone who has had success with the products or the company. In fact, I would view it as your journey being part of your brand. People buy the brands that they feel a connection to. I know this only too well myself, I had no experience in the industry, started, smashed levels quickly and everyone wanted to know how and were inspired to give this industry a go because they related to my own journey and story (this was also the start of building my own brand).

So how do you go about telling your direct sales and network marketing story? I think that there are at least 5 critical components to any network marketing journey:

1: Your Initial Introduction

The first thing that you want to do is let people know how you found out about the products and the company. Perhaps you had a problem that needed to be solved or a need that needed to be met. Perhaps you were invited to a home party. Perhaps a friend invited you to try the product or sign up. Perhaps you saw someone posting about it on Facebook. Let them know how you first became aware of the products and/or the opportunity and what made you look into it more.

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2: Your Objections

Now is the time when you can block objections that people may have by bringing up the objections that YOU had (and we all have/had them). Maybe you thought the products wouldn’t work for you. Or that it was too much of an investment for you to make at the time. Maybe you were even one of the people who thought that network marketing/direct sales was a pyramid scheme and that you wanted nothing to do with it. Tell them what your objections were. You will likely get the attention of people here who are feeling the exact same way. When they hear that you had the same concerns that they do, they will want to hear about what, exactly, changed your mind.

You can read more on my post about objections about starting a perfume business - they are the same across many companies

3: Why You Took The Leap

After you have talked about how you were introduced to the products/opportunity and addressed any concerns that you had, tell your audience why you decided to take a chance on it. Was it a powerful testimony that pushed you over the edge? Was it the compensation plan that drew you in? Did you try the products and fall in love with them?

4:  How Your Life Has Changed

How has your life changed since you started your journey? How are the products impacting your daily life? How is the additional income making things easier? What about the other benefits, such as the new friendships, the flexibility, or the joy of being your own boss? Even if you aren’t making a lot of money yet, how is what you are making helping? Even if you still work another job, what are the benefits of having an additional source of income?

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5: The Future

Finally, what is the prospect for your future? What are your goals for your business? How do you imagine your life will be one year, five years, or ten years down the road? Will you have complete time and financial freedom? Will you be able to go on family holidays without counting the money at every payday to make sure you have enough or will it help pay for your child’s education? Will you be able to retire early and focus on enjoying a job-free freedom? Dream big and let everyone know that you have complete faith in being able to do this because you have seen it done by others in your company do the same.

Anything is truly possible with a network marketing & direct sales business, I know, I am living the results of having a dream, goal and taking action with them!

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Tell me a little bit about your journey. Why did you get started and what is your “why”?


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No fluffing up working from home here - what some sponsors may forget to tell you!

This is a bullshit-free zone…

Thousands of blog posts are all over the internet about different network marketing companies. So what actually happens when someone starts looking up different network marketing companies? What makes one seem more appealing than another? When you are looking up direct sales and network marketing on the internet, consultants can go on and on and on about travelling and friendships and about how amazing it is but do we actually sit and think “wow, that sounds amazing, that could be me?”.

Well,  I actually didn’t. I thought to myself the exact opposite and often thought “That’ll never be me, I don’t know enough people, I don’t know what they know, you must need to fetch in big teams to reach the top levels.”

So I decided to share with you what I would have actually liked to find as far as information when I was looking at ways to make money from home (which I never even knew was actually called network marketing and direct sales). You see, even though I really wanted to be successful at something like my own business, you really have no idea what it entails. Most consultants say things like, “Anyone can do it.”, “The product sells itself”, “The company is amazing”, and go on and on and on with everything positive about the company and their support. But what about the negatives? What about all the hurdles I might face? What about the emotional roller coaster ride?

Because I know it will come and I’d better be prepared… 

I am a kind of “tell it how it is type of leader” and when someone inquires about joining my team, I ask qualifying questions. Why do they want to join? What is their goal? Why do they love this business? Asking these questions helps me figure out what they will need to be successful. It completely boggles my mind when a sponsor continues to send every single person to their website, has them sign up to join and doesn’t ask one thing as far as what the person’s expectations are and wonder why they never order and move their business forward.

We need to understand that people who join have different reasons and different goals. People who join our teams may not be just like us and are happy to just purchase for personal use and not even make money at it.

Some people join certain companies just for the starter kit and just for the discount. Yes, it is true. Now if, we as consultants do not embrace that idea and support those team members accordingly than we are either end up disappointed or spend far to much time in someone who has no intentions of ever going any further than buying a kit and purchasing products for themselves.

And so, I am asking YOU the person reading this...

“Why do you want to join the company?”
Was it…
A. For the discount
B. Part-time to earn a little extra cash come month-end
C. Full time to do as a full-time job at home and bring in a second income
D. BIG TIME to be the bread winner in the house and living your dreams on your terms.

Some people will join with one intention and then it changes. For this reason, I always reevaluate team members down the road to see what type of support they need from me.

I initially started in my own company for the discount and instant cash to help us out but a couple of months later I decided I wanted to take it more seriously, so focussed on building a team and coaching others how to make money just like I started with when I joined.

When you are looking for a home business, you really need to do some research and find the product that you are PASSIONATE about talking about with people and research the sponsor and training/support offered to you for the years to come.

Check out my own ‘DECISION GUIDE’ and find out what products would be perfect for you to promote.

I love the idea of people having their own home business and giving exceptional customer service. I love the idea of people working from home, being able to spend time with their families and watching their kids grow up. I love everything about home business but the truth is no matter what product or service you are selling, it is not easy.

I love the friendships I have made. I love the trips I have been awarded but guess what? I too was that person in the beginning that completed in the negative self-talk series and never truly believed my own journey would ever become anything more but my purse getting lighter because of my own love of the products, but how pleased I was to see that treating this as a business (and all the lows that came with it) and not a hobby, it changed everything!.

When a person comes to me and asks, “What does this business entail?” I tell them the truth. I am honest. I tell them this business will require some things:

• Organisation

• Using Social Media

• Public Speaking

• Leadership

• Self Motivation

• Self Starter

• Go-Getter

• Ability to handle rejection

• Doing things you never thought you could do

• Passion

• Need to help and support others

• Time to learn new skills

A person does not have to be strong in all these areas but these are the areas where I tell someone that they will need to focus on. Of course, telling a new person this may scare them but I always follow it up with, “the team and I will be there for you every step of the way and if some of these things scare you now…then that is telling me this is the company you should join.” You see going in the direction of fear is where we should be excited. Going in the direction of fear means with only 10 seconds of courage will magic happen.

I am not the same person I was 9 years ago. I have built up so many personal development skills, I am still shocked at how far I have come.  I am not concerned with people telling me they are not interested, it’s part of the job and it’s expected.

I am more concerned with telling as many people as I can about this opportunity so that I can change lives. Some will say yes, some will say no. Some will just fly and be superstars and some may never even open the kit, but my job as a leader is, to be honest when it comes to expectations.

No direct sales or network marketing business has a magic starter kit where a magical fairy floats out and books you parties with crazy sales or finds your new members lining up at your door to sign up, but when you find the right company like I did and you allow yourself to dream big, go for the no and believe you can be anything you want to be, magic DOES in fact happen. I am proof….and now, I want you to be that proof too.

You need to tell people all of the amazing things that your company will provide, but you also need to share with them what to expect the work that is involved. This may mean that they decide that your company is not for them, but better to have been honest and not wasted anyone’s time than to give a person less than accurate information to which you have to send out the search party for them after 90 days. My company is amazing. It is a consumable product, with an owner that communicates with consultants and who truly cares about us. She care’s about the morale of the company and she listens. and gives continuous recognition and she lets us know what is going on with the company.

But to be successful, consultants don’t just drop their debit card for £15 plus postage, open a Facebook page and then are suddenly sitting on the beach of Playa Del Carmen or suddenly transported on to a train ride with Mickey Mouse in Disney. You are truly a business owner.

It means you have to set up shop, open your doors and most importantly open your mouth.

You have to work your business, be your business and be proud of the products and opportunity you are sharing. That is the reason, it is so important you choose the right company. Do your research, ask the right questions and if you are sponsor, give the right answers. When you qualify people to determine exactly what they want out of a home-based business and you give people the right information, you have a list of go-getter team members whose goals include living their dreams just like you.

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If you are still looking at starting a home-based business, why not download the guide below? It will break down who you are and what you love and will help you find the perfect company for you.

Stick with it, don’t flip flop from business to business, you have to give 100% effort to your main company for at least 12-months and then you can see what needs changing up - maybe it’s you and your skills, so then you would go out, skill up find a mentor and make working from home the best thing ever!
Follow your passion and stay focused on YOUR goals, not anyone else’s.

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Getting Started. Are You Using ALL The Resources Available?

Direct sales & network marketing training is essential to the success of a consultant when they join your team, then further knowledge of the industry will follow.

When a consultant first joins my team I like to keep it simple and many, so the first suggestion is, not to reinvent the wheel, use the tools that are there and have been created to help you start earning money from day one.

It is super important to focus on income-producing activities when you first start. A new consultant needs to building relationships with people so that he or she may fill her calendar or be having those ‘sponsoring’ conversations continuously and its the uplines and company that can focus on creating updated training materials and tools to making money even easier for the new members.

When you join, you are provided with a plethora of training.
Some of our resources include:

• Training Materials

• Training Videos

• Demonstration Videos

• Documents & Forms

• Advertising Information & Graphics

• Weekly Training Sessions

• Supplies

• Product Videos

• Party Demonstrations.

The list goes on and on but we continuously see consultants trying to recreate things when they first join. If you don’t take advantage of these materials, you are simply wasting time which ultimately is giving away money.

You can use the company provided materials in many ways.

• Use the documents for customers and team training

• Send Private Messages on Facebook and Messenger containing product videos showing new items.

• Use the recruiting video in your email signature.

• Provide links in messages to videos or websites etc.

When it comes to Consultant Training, I personally rely on my YouTube channel that is a large training resource. You can check them out HERE. They will have a number of useful short videos that you can use to point you in the right direction and get you going no matter what Direct Sales Business you start.

Look up to your Uplines and those who are leading the way. What are they doing?

Look at my own uplines Roy & Julita, and even myself - we pave the way online by posting consistently, staying branded, staying authentic and always giving more than we take by providing other consultants with tips, tricks and tools that we have learned along the way. Subscribe to all of our social media channels and you will always have another resource to turn to when you are trying to figure something out in your business.

Direct Sales & Network Marketing training is available on every platform and in every space.

The key is for you to ask the right questions, use what is given to you and then take action. This business isn’t something that will just happen on its own. It is a real business and it takes work.

When you sign up for your new business, open your start-up guide that will be on your welcome emails, and read it. Join your sponsor’s team chat and training group, follow along and become an active member, this will also help your levels and team be active and help you rise.

Request coaching and do everything that your team leader and upline point you in the direction of.

It is all right there. You have the capability to be amazing. You have just got to want it.

Do you want to achieve your dreams and goals? Let’s go!!

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New Consultant Welcome Packs - Help them get the best start

New member welcome packs are a supportive welcome to any team and are super important when a new consultant starts their journey with you. It is important that your new consultant gets off to a great start and I find that when people feel like they are immediately part of a family, they become more engaged, more interactive, more willing to jump in headfirst and get their FM perfume business moving and earning some money.

Your consultant will not only feel supported by you, but he/she will love the support they get from the entire team and will know he/she has all the resources they need to get moving before they even order their kit.

So what do I give my new members?

Please note - not everyone who signs up and joins my direct frontline team will get one of these packs, they are only given to those who have reached out to me, have responded to their welcome email and for those who have shared with me their reasons for starting their business, these are the ones that will get these starter packs and the same goes for ex-consultants starting back and have re-joined and have signed up to work with me, they will get their welcome back pack for the same above reasons.

I have learned the hard way and everyone who joined me personally were sent a welcome pack with a brochure, samples, flyers, print outs and guess what, they did absolutely nothing but cost me a pretty fortune!

Please don’t fall into the same trap I fell down. You don’t need to spend a fortune. The truth is when we first start in this industry, we all want to give our new consultants the world. You will fill a folder full of endless printed documents, tons of charts, lists, letters and cards but in all reality that pretty little folder will most probably, end up in the trash.

We must keep this business simple. That is why we got into it right?

I stopped giving everyone, everything and focussed on making sure that my welcome email which is a ‘one-stop training tool’ goes out to every single new member and within minutes or hours of joining the team (I am a super stickler for getting the info to them asap, Its what I would expect myself).

The next thing is I actually stopped giving brochures out and a zillion samples to those that didn’t really need them. I decided I would only send what would fit in a C5 envelope and made them super affordable, simple and duplicatable for my team and to those who reached out to me for training and support.

You see, whatever you do in your business for one person, you should be able to do for 1000, 10,000 and it should be easy to duplicate by your team. When a new consultant first joins, they don’t have hundreds of pounds to spend on shiny jiffy envelopes, printing labels and documents, adding in costly brochures and whatever else (they can purchase them later).

Remember, if this business isn’t easy, people will quit for the simple fact…they just don’t believe they can do it or they can afford it. Keep it simple. Make everyone see that you don’t have to be big and extravagant to make an impact on someone new. New Consultants Welcome Packets that are big, expensive, and bulky aren’t going to make a bit of difference in your business. Personal connection and attention are what will build your team culture and points in the system.

I need to also mention that I do NOT send welcome packs to my second line and beyond, their own sponsors do this, but it’s totally an individual thing - I just love knowing how much they help people who really want your help and connect from the minute they get your welcome email training.

What I include in my Welcome Packets

• A Welcome Letter. I created this using word and it prints out two to an A4 sheet & there you can handwrite both their name and personalise with yours.

• Who are FM document - this can be framed for events or shown to friends and a brilliant piece of reading for any new member who is about to start their journey as a perfume consultant.

• Price list, which shows all the products, the wholesale prices and the points value of each product for the current brochure (which are changed twice a year).
  

• 5x fragrance samples, sometimes I drop in a 5ml product sample, but sometimes not. It all depends on what I have at hand. I also add a printed fragrance guide as many people still do not have access to a home printer.
  

• 10x Vouchers - I love to give a few vouchers to all new members so they can give these to their friends to help start their order coming in and these are super in-expensive to purchase from our companies back office/online shop.
  

• 5x Fragrance sticks (x70 for 90p) - I split these up and send one sheet of five sticks. Again, super affordable to duplicate or you can even make your own by printing onto som A4 card! These sticks will help your new member promote the samples they have just received and are super affordable to pop in the post with a 1st class stamp. Just pop the sample on, write the number down on the stick and mail it (lasts about 3 days, so great for posting).
  

• x7 Order forms, again these are a great incentive (like with catalogue parties) you want the hostess to use all the forms, just like a new member, the sooner they are ordering and seeing the profit the stronger their passion will develop and will really grow a business. A pack of order forms will cost you 80p for a carbon book of 25 sheets.
  

• Finally, in their bundle, they get a few product flyers (again super inexpensive) and a company pamphlet so they can read the basics and feel a bit more confident that they joined an amazing company from day one.

I then pop these in a C5 jiffy envelope and post as a first-class large letter (so don’t make them to thick or then the postage costs rise, if this happens choose to sign up and use PARCEL2GO (they use myhermes but quote you a better price) 

My new consultants absolutely love their welcome packs. They are simple, quick and easy to make up. They aren’t bombarded by a full binder full of information which will cause them to feel overwhelmed or even worse thinking, “How can I build a team, I don’t know how to do all this.” with their pack, they can see how simple it is and they then remember this feeling and can soon be doing the same for their own first team member that also sent them a message to say they were looking forward to starting their journey with you and the team!

The aim of these packs is to help your new member get started and give them a helping hand until they can place their own order within 10-days and then they can access the huge 60% off rrp new member discounts. From day two or three of joining they have some samples in their hands to see their quality and will also feel much more confident in promoting the products to friends and family.

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I would love to hear about what you put in your welcome packs (do you do them, or will you now look at making them?) OR if you want one of these fabulous little packs in the mail than let’s chat about you joining my Team. Click here to check out my FRAGRANCE REVOLUTION GROUP & mention this blog post or my name!

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