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How to Avoid the Top 5 Mistakes First-Time Network Marketers Make

There’s no doubt you’re prone to make a few mistakes as most first-time marketers do, but the amazing thing about it all is you have the power to learn from the mistakes of others so that history doesn’t repeat itself. In network marketing, plan B is a must for when things don’t go as planned.

Below are some of the most common mistakes first-time network marketers make.

1. LACK OF DEVOTION:

Many first-time network marketers come into the field with a traditional business market state of mind and a 9-5 mentality.  In order to fully succeed in network marketing, it’s all about the commitment, devotion, organization and undivided attention you will need to provide for your business to grow exponentially.

Although the upfront investment to purchase the product or sample kit is extremely lower than the traditional business, but you will need to put your business and marketing skills into play and pronto!

If you commit yourself to attend as many conference calls, events, seminars and product demos to name a few, then you are on the right track to success!

 2. LACK OF ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

 It is crucial that you make the time to be organized; here I show you how to efficiently manage your time.

When it comes to organization, we are all born with our unique DNA, and perhaps some of us inherit organization genes. Regardless of our genetic inheritance, we all have the ability to acquire some level of organizational skills. It is not necessary to go to extremes to keep yourself organized, but being well prepared and then diligently following through will help make each task easier and more efficient, which will result in better time management. Remember time is money!

Like success, being organized comes over time. Your desired result must be crystal clear before you can prepare for it.

 3. CHOOSING THE WRONG COMPANY:

Always make sure to be well informed with a thorough due diligence.

To do so, start by researching the company profile to make sure the company is financially stable.  If possible, set up a meeting with the management team to determine their integrity, management style and track record.

Don’t disregard the compensation plan. Walk away from fast-money making programs, better yet, run, run fast from these type of programs. Nine out of ten times, these type of network marketing schemes will make a huge hole in your pocket.

Now let’s talk about the products…  now is the perfect time to put that old saying into action: “preach what you teach! “You should always feel comfortable using the product you are selling to friends, family and acquaintances, and the product being offered should have real world value and not be over-priced.

  4. A LACKLUSTER PROSPECT LIST:

Building positive relationships is key to your success in this field. Not having a full prospect list is a huge failure due to the fact that your new network marketing business is all about prospect sponsoring.

To begin, start populating a list with the obvious; friends and family. Then gradually start adding the first 50 people that come up to mind who might be interested in your business.

Believe me, soon enough the prospect list will be endless once you start reaching out to friends and family because they have friends, family and acquaintances as well.

Still in need of prospects? Join the gym, hit up your local coffee shop or casually crash your next-door neighbor’s birthday party. If all this fails, think of joining the next excursion to no-man’s land and adding one to its next census count.

 5. FAILING TO BE PERSISTENT:

 Persistence is having a vision of where you are and where you want to go and having the willpower to fulfill your dreams. When it comes to defining your vision and the life you dream of, you have two choices:

1.    Accept your circumstances as they are…

2.    Take ownership of your vision, and empower yourself with the willpower to draw a line in the sand and move forward.

If you empower yourself with the second choice, the synergy of vision and willpower will equal the persistence required to meet your goals. Learn to embrace hardships and failures, and get up when getting knocked down without blaming others or making excuses.

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Many say that multilevel marketing professionals are living the dream; working at home allows for convenience and comfortability, never having to be at a certain place by a certain time to be overseen by a certain supervisor.

I’ve been working at my home office for years and have enjoyed it immensely. Although coffee shops and internet cafes provide a relaxing atmosphere and are great places to network, there is nothing better than having your own space in the comfort of your own home.

For that reason, I encourage you to create the most productive and organized home office to ensure efficiency. Here are my top 5 tips to creating this space:

1. Purchase a large desk with multiple drawers

The best way to get organized is to have the perfect desk! By having a sizable desk, you will have plenty of room for your laptop, keyboard, mouse, and other electronics such as a landline phone, monitor, and printer. My suggestion is to find an L-shaped desk that allows you to have separate work spaces.

Another tip is to make sure to get a desk with multiple drawers. Reserve the small drawers for office supplies and smaller items. For the bigger drawers, you can organize presentations, important files, and other supporting materials for your network marketing business. Multilevel marketing professionals often have many expenses to keep track of in terms of tax purposes. For this reason, you want to organize all financial matters into files and keep them in a drawer solely dedicated to finances.

By organizing your work into appropriate drawers, multilevel marketing professionals know where everything is at all times. Keep your desk clutter free and your mind will be focused!

2. Find a high quality chair

As a multilevel marketing professional working from home, you will spend a significant amount of time sitting in front of your desk sending emails and making phone calls. Make sure to buy an ergonomic chair that encourages good posture and mobility. In terms of color, I do encourage a black or white chair to keep it simplistic

I also highly suggest a chair with wheels so you are not stuck in one spot. A mobile chair allows you to move and stretch out after you’ve been sitting down for hours on end. By investing your money into a nice chair that provides comfort and support, you will avoid backaches and fatigue.

3. Natural lighting & office lighting

If you have a certain room or section of your home that receives the most daylight, I encourage multilevel marketing professionals to make this space their office. By having good natural lighting, you organically feel awake and focused.

Of course, daylight only goes for so long so I suggest you invest in daylight lightbulbs as opposed to the soft white or fluorescent bulbs. These ones imitate the sun and make you feel wide awake even if its 9 pm. By having proper lighting, multilevel marketing professionals can get their work done without feeling tired or having sore eyes.

4. Keep your office ventilated

The last thing you want to feel is that you are trapped in your office. Make sure your office space has some type of natural ventilation, whether it is a window or a sliding glass door, you want to ensure you have plenty of air circulating throughout the room.

A good idea is to also invest in a nice fan that has several settings to tune to you, no matter the time of the day or the season. By promoting ventilation, you will have a breathable room and your productivity will boost!

5. Bring life to your office

It is inevitable that living things can promote health and happiness. Have you noticed that in most hospitals, there are plants and flowers in every single room? These living things stimulate life and productivity and multilevel marketing professionals should utilize this in their home office as well.

I encourage you to find a nice full-length plant to keep in the corner of your office. If your budget allows, it is always nice to have fresh flowers on a desk as well. When you see life every day, you subconsciously feel more content and motivated.

Follow these simple tips and you will see a dramatic increase in efficiency. By keeping your office organized, you can focus on what truly matters in order to boost your multilevel marketing business. Enjoy your office!

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Kosta Gara. 8,461 likes · 37 talking about this. Global Citizen - Serial Entreprenuer- Coach - Author

Kosta Gara is a highly respected international networker and corporate executive. His direct sales organizations have spanned to more than 30 countries, and his most recent venture is in the energy drink market with accumulative sales in excess of $300 million.

Helping people learn and implement his 12 Organic Principles for Success is what motivates Kosta, today. His personal achievements, success and ability to connect with his audience on a personal level have made him a highly demanded keynote speaker at conventions across the globe.

Kosta is a co-author to two Amazon best selling books, More Build It Big and Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing. He has also been featured in Forbes, Inc., CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Grupo Formula, Cronica, and Televisa, the largest broadcasting station in Mexico.

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Kosta Gara - Multilevel Marketing Professional ,Network Marketing Coach, Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing.

Cutting-edge tech enthusiast and fashion trendsetter with a passion for creating, managing, and growing companies from the ground up. Founder of Gara Group, a privately held parent company to a diverse portfolio of companies across multiple industries. For more Info  visit www.kostagara.com

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Traits All Successful MLM Professionals Have!

What determines successful MLM professionals? Certainly, many factors play into the success of an MLM professional’s business. It may be that they joined the right MLM Company at the right time or that their mentor introduced them to the right network and opportunities. While this is true, the internal factors that only you can control are what you need to focus on in order to grow.

Now when I say internal factors, I’m not talking about an excess of wealth, a preexisting network of friends and family, or ridiculously good looks. Although these factors can certainly help with your MLM business, they are not essential in becoming a successful MLM professional. Innate abilities and learned characteristics are the most important factors in becoming successful MLM professionals. The best part is that these skills can always be learned and improved!

After 22 years in the network marketing industry, I find that the following 4 traits and skills are the most crucial for all successful MLM professionals:

1. Tenacity

As an entrepreneur, MLM professionals need to assert persistence and perseverance throughout their career. Much of MLM is recruiting prospects which can be difficult and draining at times. All too often you may hear numerous objections that people give as to why they don’t want to join your MLM opportunity. However, if you know how to overcome your prospect’s top objections and assert your confidence in your business, you will succeed!

Imagine that you have a 9am meeting with a potential prospect. Immediately, he expresses disapproval and is unwilling to hear you out. Rather than be discouraged and give up, be persistent! End your meeting with a friendly smile and firm handshake; don’t come across disappointed or angry. Tell him you’ll follow up at a later date to see how he is doing and make sure to add this into your notes and calendar. Who knows, maybe a month from now, he will be in a completely different situation in which your MLM opportunity will work perfectly for him.

After jotting down relevant notes, reset, reflect, and head to your 10:30 appointment with your next potential prospect with a strong and resilient mindset.

Instead of allowing the failure from one meeting discourage the productivity of the rest of your day, practice tenacity in all situations and you will start to see failure as a great learning opportunity rather than negativity in your life.

2. Charisma

As an MLM professional, most of your time is spent networking, prospecting, and following up — essentially just talking to other people. Thus, excellent communication skills are required to be a successful MLM professional. Successful network marketers are charismatic and can always capture the interest of anyone in the room.

Naturally an introvert? Not to worry. Practice some of these skills in the comfort of your own home and you will be an extroverted social butterfly in no time!

First, I suggest that you take a good look in the mirror and analyze your facial expressions. If you didn’t know yourself, would you start a conversation with yourself? Do you seem friendly and approachable? Or do you seem intimidating and reserved? If the latter is true for you, try to consciously change your facial expression or body language to appear more open to conversation to those who you don’t know. Smile. Don’t cross your arms. Ease up. Relax.

Next, practice “meeting” yourself. How would you start off the conversation? Directly approach yourself and say “Hi, my name is Kosta. I’d like to tell you about my MLM business”? Probably not the best approach.

Practice greeting yourself in the mirror and sparking up a conversation. Sure, you may feel weird at first but after a few tries, your approach will improve and words will come naturally. How do you think public figures give the greatest speeches? They say, practice makes perfect. Therefore, practice conversing with yourself and how you would go about meeting a prospect and you will eventually perfect the practice.

Finally, I recommend that you record yourself on your phone or on the computer and pretend you are having a call with a prospect. Go back and forth in the conversation and see if you run out of things to say or if the conversation flows the way you intend.

Listen to the recording once you are finished. Did you notice that your voice tends to be quiet when you are talking about serious matters? Do you sound confident in yourself or does it seems like you are always asking questions and are unsure about your MLM business? Use this recording to improve the tone and power of your voice.

Practice these tips every morning and night for five minutes and I assure you that more and more people will strike conversations with you. Once you incorporate these practices into your daily life, you will become a charismatic MLM professional in no time!

3. Time management skills

Another skill that is crucial to the success of an MLM entrepreneur is time management. Network marketing is a unique profession in that you control your own schedule. But of course, with any other profession, you must utilize your time as best as possible to gain success! With that said, all successful MLM professionals exert efficiency and don’t like to waste a single second.

One of my best pieces of advice is to get a planner. Perhaps you like one that is handheld, or you prefer an electronic planner such as the calendar in your iPhone. Whichever you select, make sure it works best for you!

Use your planner to schedule out all of your meetings, calls, travel, conferences, and networking events. When you see windows of free time, decide what makes the most sense to fill it. If next Wednesday, you have a 9am meeting downtown and don’t have anything until 4pm downtown, it only makes sense for you to stay downtown and carry out tasks that haven’t already been scheduled. Ask your team member who lives downtown if they want to grab lunch to go over some of her opportunities. Spend some time at the local coffee shop downtown and see if you can network there! Utilize your time as best as possible so you’re not stuck driving countless hours because you couldn’t manage your time efficiently.

If you haven’t already, check out my top tips for time management to learn even more tactics that can help streamline your MLM business.

4. Passion

In order to become a successful MLM professional, there is no doubt that you must be passionate about your business! They say, “do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life.”

Determine what exactly your MLM business offers you and make it your goal to show others the same. Be passionate about what you are offering to your prospects: a life of unlimited opportunity, wealth, and income! If you want to make a change in people’s lives, show your passion and it will emulate to all those around you.

Fuel this same passion in each and every one of your prospect and team member’s hearts and they will become just as driven to becoming a successful MLM professional as you. With a resilient, fearless, and motivated team, there is no other possibility then success.

 Train yourself to recognize these traits and make time in your daily routine to enhance these skills. By taking just a few minutes of each day to implement the tips I suggested, I assure you that your MLM opportunity will become easier and grow faster than before.

Kosta Gara has a passion for creating, managing and growing companies from the ground up. His portfolio includes companies in the software, direct sales, media production and corporate consulting sectors. His Traits definitely help to boost direct sales in any business. For more about Kosta Gara and his traits log on to http://kostagara.com