So, you've marketed your network marketing opportunity to your friends and family.
You've enrolled a few product users but you have not sponsored any "business builders," right? You're rich, just like your upline said, right? "No," you say? Really? So what do you do when you have exhausted your list of friends and family? Where do you go, who do you call? Where would you go to find an infinite supply of people, looking for what you have to offer? Why, the internet! Yes, millions of people search on Google every day for a solution to their problems.
Can you solve a problem with the products your network marketing company offers? Of course you can and that is where it all starts.
You need to transition yourself from a "friends and family marketer" to a "solutions-based internet marketer.
" Sounds fancy and trendy, doesn't it? I'll tell you how it sounds - it is the sound of a business turning around from failing to thriving.
Making the transition to an internet based business is work.
However, the rewards far outweigh the risks, if you learn the proper skills necessary to succeed.
Is it hard? No.
Does it take a computer degree - No.
What it takes is a deep desire to learn and a deep desire to help others.
There are a number of network marketing tools that we can employ to learn these skills because internet marketing is definitely a skill.
Here are some of the skills you will need to learn to market your business online: • How to define your market (who are you going to sell to) • Keyword research • Copywriting • How to write a great headline • Statistics (so you can track your advertising) • How to navigate Google pay per click It is important to realize that to learn these skills you must go beyond your network marketing company's training.
Network marketing companies design their marketing training around the "friends and family" model that was popular in the 1950's and 60's when neighborhood home parties were the network marketing tool of choice.
However, it is now the 2000's and people have made the internet their "neighborhood.
" How many "home parties" have you planned only to have no one show up? You must learn to use the internet to host "virtual parties.
" These virtual parties are attended by people who have contacted you for information that you have that will solve their problem.
Once you have mastered these skills, you will be well on your way to a successful network marketing business.