3 Ways To Deal With A Bad Sponsor or Upline Leader

Charles Lenoir / December 15, 2015

What do you do when you don’t have a very good sponsor?

Do you quit your new business?

Do you re-join under someone else?

What the heck do you do?

Well in this post I will discuss,

3 Ways To Deal With A Bad Sponsor or Upline Leader

I am always meeting or chatting with other entrepreneurs representing different companies within the home based business industry.

Recently while on a conference call I had a person new to network marketing ask me what I think they should do about their sponsor. Basically they felt that their sponsor wasn’t helping them or providing good guidance or leadership since they joined.

This isn’t the first time that I have been asked this question. I actually addressed it in a similar post awhile back, “Your Sponsor Sucks, A Message For All Network Marketing Newbies.“

Since this question does come up a lot I decided this time to add a video post to address it, so take a look!

Here is the bottom line. When you put your John Hancock and signed the dotted line on your Independent Representative agreement (contract), you agreed to start your own business.

A keyword – INDEPENDENT- It wasn’t a partnership.

I want you to think about it this way, what if you started a brick and mortar business like a fast food spot based on the recommendation of a friend, co-worker or family member.

Would you expect your friend to lead you through the process?

I don’t think so.

Sure they might help you…. MIGHT! But are you going to base your success on whether they help you or not???

That would be kind of silly, right?

Well that’s exactly why it would also be silly for you to base your success in Network Marketing on someone else.

Here are my 3 Ways To Deal With A Poor Sponsor or Upline Leader

#1 Commit To Your Own Success

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again…Your sponsor does not determine whether you fail or not in the business, YOU determine that!

So go out there and prove to everyone that YOU can do it whether you have help from your sponsor or not!

If you are committed to your business and changing your financial situation then,

-Don’t quit
-Don’t complain
-Don’t get discouraged
-Drive On

Most people that are committed to success will do what ever it takes to include searching own their own for training that they feel they need.

#2 Find Other Ways To Get What You Need

Don’t forget that you can still take advantage of the team training that your sponsor probably has already provided to you.

Also don’t forget the training and marketing material your network marketing company has available.

Plug in to all of your network marketing company’s functions, calls, events, meetings, conferences and conventions.

#3 Reach Out To Others In Your Niche

Reach out to and make Friends with other Team Members (Experienced and Inexperienced).

Don’t be afraid to create a team of contacts and friends from other company teams. You can find others in your niche on Facebook and other social media sites.

Nothing will build up your skill sets faster than tapping into network marketing training from other leaders in the industry.

Remember, you are directly responsible for your own success. No one is going to hold your hand and do the work for you.

I hope this post has been helpful and inspires you to do great things with your business. Please share this post with others that you feel may benefit from this information.

To Your Continued Success!

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OMG – Woman Makes Almost $1 Million A Year On Etsy

Charles Lenoir / September 24, 2015

How can anyone make almost one million dollars from selling handmade socks and scarves???

Well…

Ask Alicia Shaffer

Alicia Shaffer is a married of mother-of-three and lives in Livermore, California.

Shaffer is the founder of Three Birds Nest Designs, online retail business that sells handmade accessories for women.

She earns $65,000 a month from selling handmade headbands, socks and scarves on Etsy.

She is the one of the most successful sellers on Etsy, an online marketplace.

She has no background in fashion but has worked with leather for years.

Three Birds Nest Design is Shaffer’s third business. Her first business was a baby product line and the second was a brick-and-mortar store — both ended and she and her family found themselves in debt.

In the beginning, this was out of necessity, I needed to make money to pay for financial loss that we had had, I didn’t want to lose our house, and I have three kids I needed to provide for.” Says Alicia Shaffer

Shaffer’s entrepreneurial spirit led her to Etsy and says she saw it as a chance to try again, and not make the same mistakes she made in her other businesses.

According to Wikipedia,

Etsy is a peer-to-peer e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items and supplies, as well as unique factory-manufactured items.”

Etsy has over 30 million registered users, one million sellers and over one billion in total annual transactions thus far.

Shaffer originally just wanted to bring in some extra money to help out and started selling boho-inspired hats and scarves through her online shop, ThreeBirdNest.

But in the first few weeks after its December launch, ThreeBirdNest made 90 sales. Shaffer credits much of the traffic to Pinterest—she pinned her items.

Still,it was absolutely mind boggling. I thought it was a complete fluke, that it would stop after the holidays were over.” says Alicia Shaffer

Shaffer told Business Insider,

I would have been thrilled to make $100 to $200 a month to pay for my daughter’s dance lessons….

I was really just trying to make a couple sales a week because I had lost confidence in my ability to start a business.”

Now through its independent website and Etsy shop, ThreeBirdNest receives an average of 150 orders per day, with most orders consisting of three items. Around the holidays, that number goes up to 700 to 1,200 orders per day. In January of 2015, the business raked in a total of $128,000 in sales. In the three years since its launch, it has made 100,000 sales on Etsy alone.

Shaffer believes that to be successful one must ‘eat, sleep and breathe’ their brand, and says she keeps going because of the love and passion her customers have for her items. Alicia’s business has skyrocketed to success to the point that her husband retired early from his job as a fire chief to help run the house, she told Yahoo.

Alicia Shaffer is the face of a growing trend in business. It’s the rise of the Internet entrepreneur.

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3 Steps To Personal Branding: The Art of Selling Yourself Online

Charles Lenoir / September 23, 2015

Personal branding is a superior marketing strategy. Let’s take a look at 3 steps to personal branding and why it is important for you as an entrepreneur to implement this marketing strategy.

Depending upon what company you are involved with, there are thousands, tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people that are all selling the same products, services and business opportunity that you are.

What makes you any different?

In reality most sponsors don’t have a whole lot more to offer than the next sponsor.

I mean of course they do, but so many of us are so focused on selling products and pitching the opportunity, that our prospects never have the chance to see what we personally have to offer.

You won’t ever be rich and you will never ever truly be successful in network marketing or direct sales if nobody knows your name or what you do or how you can help them.

Maybe you have heard the expression,

People Don’t Join Companies, People Join People”

Honestly, most prospects could care less about your company.

They just want to know that you are serious and committed and willing to help them!

When done effectively branding yourself will position you as a leader that can provide value to your niche by providing solutions to their problems.

By providing solutions and answers you become someone of interest.

You become a trusted brand. And when your customers trust and believe in you they WILL follow and buy from you.

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I am sure you will agree with me when I say the most successful leaders within the network marketing industry didn’t build their six figure income over night, but now when you hear the names of those fortunate few, you recognize them!

These top network marketing leaders have built organizations as a result of a tremendous amount of hard work, but also by a meticulous systematization of their personal brand.

Ready to establish your own personal brand?

Here are 3 Steps To Personal Branding: The Art of Selling Yourself Online

Step 1 – Get A Website & Blog

Get a blog! Seriously, and I do not mean free sites like Blogger, Tumblr or WIX, get serious…get a paid blog.

When it comes to branding, everything detail of your website matters!

For example you need to put some thought into the following areas:

Logo
Colors
Font
Images
Shapes images are in
Blog content layout
Static page layout
Multimedia within the blog
And so on…

The top network marketing leaders have their own website and blog, and they update them regularly.

Step 2 – Establishing A Niche

Not every website has to focus on network marketing and selling people stuff.

You can actually talk about what ever you are passionate about.

Some people like technology, politics, health and wellness, real estate, sports and some like me like to focus on helping people with getting out of debt and building wealth through blogging, marketing and generating leads.

Either way, getting niche specific is a great way to brand yourself as an expert or, somewhat trusted authority on a particular subject matter.

Not too mention, the narrower the subject field is, the better qualified the traffic you will receive too.

Step 3- Social Network Branding

Sharing your blog posts, videos and images in social media networks is a perfect internet network marketing strategy.

But, when it comes to your social media presence, it should reflect what they will see on the click through from shared content.

Make your profile should match your message.

From the personal things you share, to the things you like and share yourselves.

And, a good tagline never hurt, but use the same one you use on your website.

Don’t be afraid to be you on social media, your brand is who you are in real life.

The top network marketing leaders have mastered the internet through social media. They have social media profiles and publish valuable new content daily.

By implementing a personal branding strategy, more and more people will see your name and begin to associate it with a great product or service. Top network marketing leaders have mastered this strategy.

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A personal branding strategy isn’t expensive to implement from a financial standpoint, but it does take time and effort. However, the rewards of being a top network marketing person are well worth the painstaking work of personal branding.

To Your Success!

P.S. If you follow me, I’ll teach you how to develop a personal brand, choose a niche, provide lots of value to this niche, and then watch as prospective customers in that niche come to you to buy things and/or join you in your business with little to no effort on your part!

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Why Branding Your Network Marketing Company Is A Big Mistake

Charles Lenoir / September 22, 2015

Most new home business owners will automatically begin branding* their network marketing company and its products shortly after they sign up.

They buy business cards, flyers, stationary sets, t-shirts, and a host of other things that all have the company logo and colors. They go on all their social media sites and post pictures of the company’s products all over their personal page.

But branding the company instead of branding YOURSELF is one of the biggest mistakes a new network marketer can make.

*Branding is the promotion of a particular person, product or company by means of advertising and distinctive design.

Why is this a mistake?

Well when you spend all of your time and effort promoting your network marketing business opportunity and products then all you’re doing is branding the company!

Still don’t get it?

In other words you are indirectly placing the spotlight on the company instead of on you where it should be, whether you realize it or not.

This is a network marketing No No.

Here are some other reasons why branding your network marketing company is a mistake.

Network Marketing Companies Fail

Sure, I love my primary company, but I honestly don’t know if it will be around forever, I can only hope it does. Sadly, not all network marketing companies survive. Most fail within the first 3-5 years of business which reigns true for almost all small businesses.

Believe it or not the current company you are with may or may not be around in the future, but your personal brand is something that can establish now that will stay with you for many years to come.

For example, my blog is my personal brand. I am known as the Wealth Building and Internet Marketing Expert and I help other entrepreneurs and network marketers make more money by teaching them proven marketing strategies that help them get more leads and make more sales.

So what happens if suddenly your company closes its doors?

You have worked so hard to build a large team and create a residual income only to find out that your company has announced that it is going out of business.

Now just imagine for a minute having to start all over again at ground zero after years of building your business. Just think how devastating that would be to your family, your finances and lifestyle.

Don’t think it can happen? Ask representatives from Vemma, Wake Up Now, North American Power to name a few.

If you didn’t brand yourself as a person of value, create a following or list, then you will have to start all over from scratch each and every time you change companies.

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You Are Losing Potential Customers/Business Partners

Most network marketers think that the more people know what company they are in, the better chance they have of recruiting more people or selling more products.

This is far from the truth. Think about it.

First of all, why should anybody buy from you? The truth is that they really don’t need to buy from you or join your business.

If they are interested in your company’s business opportunity, products or services all they really have to do is a Google search for the company your are branding and they will find hundreds or thousands of people lining up with a big smile on their face wanting to convince them that they are the best sponsor in the company.

You my friend are just one in a sea of many copycats that have not set themselves apart in any way.

Nobody will join your business opportunity or buy from you!

There are just too many options for them to look at.

So if you have not established your own personal brand so you can attract people to you and stand out from the rest of the field, then I guarantee you that you are losing customers and prospective business partners.

The Solution: Brand Yourself Not Your Company

By creating your own personal brand online people will essentially be attracted to you and they will be interested in what you have to say.

By branding yourself and attracting leads to you and not your company these leads remain yours. This is one of the most powerful reasons to brand YOU and not your company.

As you get more leads you can then create a list of followers. You own the list and can use your list in any way that you choose. You are in control. You can use your list to introduce your followers to your primary network marketing company, you can share products or services with them, build relationships, or use your list in any other way that you see fit. You can create multiple streams of income whether people join your primary business or not!

By branding yourself online, you can set yourself apart and provide value to people. Earn the trust of others and build relationships. That is the real key to finding people to show your products or opportunity.

Remember, network marketing has always been and always will be about building long lasting, quality relationships.

To Your Success!

If you follow me, I’ll teach you how to develop a personal brand, choose a niche, provide lots of value to this niche, and then watch as prospective customers in that niche come to you to buy things and/or join you in your business with little to no effort on your part!

Your Network Marketing Company is failing. They are failing to teach you modern day business building strategies. They are failing to teach you the secrets of the top earners, and because of this you’re staying broke. The pain, struggles, and the frustration you have endured while building your business ends, right here, right now.

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What is Personal Branding?

Charles Lenoir / September 21, 2015

If you are involved in direct sales or the network marketing (mlm) industry then you need to understand what entrepreneurs are referring to when we use the term “branding“.

Branding Defined

First, lets start with the business definition of branding. According to Entrepreneur.com,

Branding is the marketing practice of creating a name, symbol or design that identifies and differentiates a product from other products The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers’ mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. 2) It is also the promotion of a particular product or company by means of advertising and distinctive design.

Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.

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What Is Personal Branding

According to Wikipedia,

Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands. While previous self-help management techniques were about self-improvement, the personal–branding concept suggests instead that success comes from self-packaging.

Simply put, your personal brand is your promise to your customer. It tells them what they can expect from you, your products and services, and it differentiates your offering from that of your competitors.

Your personal brand is derived from who you are, who you want to be and who people perceive you to be.

One of the most important things you can do when you start your own home based business is to learn how to begin branding yourself.

Summary

It is what others will feel and remember about YOU.

It is how you are recognized by the people in your community/market palce.

It is YOUR unique promise of value.

It is what is TRUE, GENUINE and REAL about YOU!

So how do you apply personal branding to the home based business or network marketing industry?

By creating a name that identifies and differentiates you, the network marketer, from other network marketers.

Bottom line: You need to do something different in order to stand out from all the others in your company that are promoting the same products and services your company offers.

To Your Success!

If you follow me, I’ll teach you how to develop a personal brand, choose a niche, provide lots of value to this niche, and then watch as prospective customers in that niche come to you to buy things and/or join you in your business with little to no effort on your part!

Your questions or comments are welcomed below.

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What is Attraction Marketing?

Charles Lenoir / September 20, 2015

If you’re in network marketing and you want to take your business to the next level then you should absolutely know what attraction marketing is and be actively taking steps to implement it.

Attraction marketing is what separates the mediocre network marketers barely making any money to the top recruiters making millions of dollars a year.

If you’re tired of chasing your friends and family members, posting fliers on phone poles, cold calling leads, and handing out business cards and still unable to make one sale or recruit more than a handful of people then you really need to take time to understand what this is all about.

What is Attraction Marketing?

Attraction marketing (also known as Magnetic Sponsoring or Content marketing) is providing a specific group of people (a niche) with valuable information and resources in order to help them find solutions to a challenge they are struggling with.

Attraction Marketing involves branding yourself as an expert or leader within the network marketing industry.

In other words you become the expert at identifying a problem then providing your target audience with practical solutions to help them overcome that obstacle or problem.

It’s that simple.

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Attraction marketing focuses on building a connection with the consumer.

When attraction marketing is done correctly it will allow you to become the “hunted rather than the hunter.”

Attraction marketing is for network marketers that prefer to work smarter, instead of harder. It is for the few who want to become leaders in this industry. Who want to walk across the stage, and who want to earn 7-figures. Who want to build a life-long business, instead of an opportunity, and for those who value truth over hype.

In order for attraction marketing to work you will need some sort of marketing system.

The attraction marketing system that I use includes this blog. I created this blog to add value and to help solve the issues that people have within my niche.

That blog has been a total success and now I get new sales every single day without even speaking with the buyer.

My Final Thoughts on Attraction Marketing

If you are serious about the long term growth of your network marketing business then I highly recommend that you dig deeper and get yourself into some attraction marketing training.

To Your Success!

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