If you want to be successful in network marketing, you must contend with this dead-serious question:
Are you embarrassed to be involved with the network marketing industry?
It's critical to be honest because your answer has everything to do with the results (or lack thereof) you'll achieve in your business.
Okay…, so what's your answer?
Are you, in fact, even a little embarrassed or ashamed to be a network marketer?
If yes…, thank you for being honest!
What if I showed you how you could earn the RESPECT of your friends, family, and colleagues who might think network marketing is beneath you and a scam?
Would that be cool?
You will be PROUD to be in the network marketing profession!
I'm going to share a few possible solutions you can use if you're suffering from embarrassment or don't want certain people in your life to know that you're involved in one of those "network marketing/pyramid things."
Luckily there are some very tangible and specific things you can do to legitimize your business in the eyes of those around you. And ultimately, even in the eyes of everyone in our society.
But first, I want to take you through my journey and show you how I earned the respect of those who hated and crapped all over my business.
If you don't know my story, I had the excellent opportunity to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is the number one school in the world related to technology and science, and that's where I earned my Bachelor's degree.
And after I graduated from MIT, I went to work on top-secret space programs for the government.
So basically, I went to school, got good grades, attended the best university I could go to, and then got a "good" job.
On the outside, it seemed like I had it made.
But that wasn't the case.
I was miserable!
Can you relate to expectations not matching reality?
If you do everything "right," your life is supposed to be set, right!?
People thought the world was my oyster, and I honestly couldn't go any further from a prestige standpoint.
But I wasn't happy, so I did something about it and joined a network marketing opportunity.
It was the ONLY thing anyone ever offered to take me out of my "cubicle slave" situation, which I did not enjoy.
And there's an excellent chance you can relate to how this move was received. Especially by the people I cared for the most…,
I got a LOT of grief from my family.
Which manifested in conversations that sounded an awful lot like this…,
"What are you doing? Why are you selling vitamins? You're an engineer, and you work for the government. Why are you doing this? You make good money, and you're giving up for this?"
But that's not all. I also had the privilege of getting flack from some of the most brilliant people in the world through my friends and MIT colleagues.
So then I was dealing with super high-I.Q., and people were crapping all over my new profession!
It was hard to refute their arguments because they are knowledgeable people and know how to argue.
A lot of them compete in debates!
So that's what I had to overcome from a belief standpoint.
I wish I knew then what I know now…,
Over the past ten years in this profession, I've met former corporate executives, former small business owners, former medical scientists, retired engineers, and former pilots – to name a few – who are all involved in network marketing.
Honestly, this shouldn't come as a surprise; it's not like in network marketing, we only have people who can't get a "real" job or are uneducated.
No, this industry already has many educated, sophisticated, and successful people.
They were unhappy with what they were doing and started looking for something their current professions couldn't provide.
Case in point, I recently attended a workshop in Australia with my friends Masa Cemazar and Miguel Montero, the "Pyjama Bosses."
Masa has a PhD in medical science and worked in a lab doing incredible things as a geneticist.
Miguel was a commercial airline pilot.
These people left highly-respected, six-figure careers to join network marketing.
And you know what?
It's pretty awesome to see such professionals who have already earned the respect of their peers, joining the industry and being successful in network marketing.
Now let's dive into my three-step process for dealing with the negativity from the people around you.
Starting with…,
That is the ONLY thing I'll discuss that aligns with what most top earners in this industry teach regarding how to deal with negativity.
And you've probably heard all this before…,
It would be best if you fortified your mindset. You must believe this can work for you…, not that it can work, not that it can work for some, not that it can work for others, but that it can work for YOU!
Well, it's true.
You won't follow through on projects you don't believe in because everyone quits when they don't think they can do something.
Think of something BIG you've accomplished in life—like attending school, attaining higher degrees, ambitious projects at work, or running a marathon.
You can achieve because you believe!
Even though it was difficult, also though it was challenging, even though it was daunting, you accomplished it.
You committed to the fact that you could do it, and then you figured out "how" along the way.
And so, I agree you have to fortify your mindset and believe your network marketing opportunity is the real deal.
If you have any doubts, or you think…,
"Well, I don't know if people will buy my products because they're expensive."
Then you just killed your business.
If you have any doubts about your abilities or your compensation plan…,
then you won't get far.
If you see people around you and you think…,
"People were successful before, but I don't see many successful in my company now."
Then you just sealed the deal on your future relating to that business.
That isn't to say that every company is the same.
Sometimes these concerns are legitimate, but regardless, the result is the same…,
You're categorically sabotaging your success by having these doubts going through your mind.
Next…,
You've got to be honest and realistic about what happens in the network marketing space—because it isn't always pretty!
You've probably observed some shady practices in network marketing, and look, sometimes you're going to run into situations like that.
Pyramid schemes and slimy business practices are accurate in this market, as they are in ANY profession.
Look at Wall Street or real estate; people do unethical things in those industries.
Yet it doesn't make those industries illegitimate or illegal.
So we must be genuine and honest about what's wrong in our space.
That is where I disagree with the "orthodoxy" of network marketing
Most leaders will condition you to label anyone with negative comments as "haters" or losers.
The same goes for society's large negative view of our profession. You're conditioned to label nearly everyone as negative people who don't "get it" and push them aside.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with this strategy.
Because I think it's ignoring a REAL problem, and I prefer to view the negativity as a symptom of what we're doing wrong as an industry or what we can do better in our profession.
Look, people view our space negatively because somebody, at some point in the history of network marketing, did something frankly stupid that created a ripple effect—that's the bottom line.
My stance is simple…,
The network marketing profession needs to take responsibility for how society views it.
That's the only way anything will change.
And the way I intend to take responsibility and do something about our poor image is to teach REAL business practices, which will help to legitimize this profession.
Because when you legitimize how you operate and operate like a real business, you not only are being realistic, but you're also going to fortify your mindset and get on the right track to elevate your friend's and family's opinion of your business.
This brings me to step number three, which I feel is the most important…,
I built my business online using "21st-century tactics," like social media, because it legitimizes this profession.
The "old-school" methods of approaching everyone you know to get them into your business is NOT how an honest company operates–that's NOT how you get to be successful in network marketing.
Allow me to repeat myself…,
Approaching strangers, or people in a social setting, with a hidden agenda to get them into your business is not how an honest company operates!
That's a fact.
Real businesses don't do that.
Real businesses market and advertise their services!
And provide real solutions that help people solve their problems.
That makes sense, right?
So what does that mean?
Well, first and foremost, there's a mindset component.
If you don't have a natural solution for people and the problems they're experiencing in their lives, then they're not interested.
But if you have something that helps people solve a problem in their life, then they will likely be interested.
Whether it's weight loss, health and wellness, fitness, financial planning and investing, insurance, beauty, longevity, whatever!
The key is to attract the right people who are already interested in solutions like what you offer, so you're not trying to…, as the saying goes…, sell steak to a vegetarian.
If this sounds daunting, don't worry—I will make it simple.
Here's all I did to start…,
After meeting some mentors, they pointed me to a simple one-page website (which I didn't need to code) to attract & collect the contact information of new prospects who specifically requested more information about what I offered.
They showed me how to promote it to the right people, and leads started flowing in!
I never had to talk to friends, family, or strangers about my opportunity if I didn't want to anymore!
Imagine the power of that!
Long story short, within two years, I became a 6-figure income earner in my opportunity. Over the past 10+ years, I've personally been responsible for over $17 Million in gross income into my home businesses, doing what actual companies do – market to people who would be interested in what you have instead of people who hate the industry!
When you can start making money in your business without "old school" strategies and put the "marketing" back into network marketing, the people around you will respect you, and some may become interested. You're now building in a way that seems appealing and making money to boot!
So, if you're ready to start using digital marketing strategies…,
and ditching the old school strategies, which will only serve to embarrass you, deflate you, and crush your belief in this industry…,
Then I highly recommend you sign up for my FREE Online Recruiting Bootcamp.
It will walk you through the same process I've personally been using over the past ten years to earn millions from home.
Today, my smart MIT friends no longer talk crap about my business because I'm outearning every single one of them, and I don't have to work for anyone else to do it.
Now they're referring people to me who have a desire to earn income from home.
And here's the bottom line:
There are cubicle enslaved people, lawyers, doctors, and professionals at high levels entering the network marketing space, because not only do they see a reasonable opportunity here, but they also see a BETTER opportunity in network marketing.
So, fortify your beliefs and get ready to take the following steps.
Click here, and I'll gladly give you access to my Free Online Recruiting Bootcamp.
Sincerely,
Maikel Andres
New-Age Affiliate Marketer
