Each month, more than 100,000 people from all over go online to search “Help me pay my bills.” But they don’t need help paying their bills. Actually what they need is a way off of the treadmill… for good. If this is you, this post might be an answer to your prayers.
If I told you that I Google searched “Help me pay my bills” at one point in my life, would you believe me?
Or does it make you feel better, knowing this?
I’ve got a story to tell you.
Six years ago, my husband and I launched a business for the movie industry that was the coolest thing since sliced bread. It was one of those things that people got right away, and that gave newbie writers encouragement and made industry execs sit up and take notes.
We put everything we had into that business. And for a while, it looked like it was going to work. We even attracted an investor who stepped forward and said he’d help us make it something big.
We had it made, right?
Well… not quite.
Just seven days after we got our investor, Lehman Bros. went under.
We lost our investor.
We lost over $50,000 of our own money.
And shortly after that, we lost both our home and our jobs.
That was in 2008.
Today, nearly six years after all of that began, we’re finally past the worst of it.
That’s a long time.
So I know what I’m talking about when I say that I get what “Help me pay my bills” feels like.
Work from home opportunities have an old stigma attached to them that was once probably well-deserved, but not so much anymore.
Not when people like Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki are out there changing the face of the industry with their leadership and encouragement. And not when the Internet has made your reach and influence virtually unlimited.
Here’s what Robert Kiyosaki (the multi-multi-millionaire author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”) says about network marketing: Network marketing is the business of the future becoming a business owner is a very wise strategy, especially at this time in history. Starting your own business gives back some control over your life If you ever wanted to get ahead of the curve, now is the time to open your mind and look at this business of the future. Now is the time to talk to people when they too are looking for new answers and new ways to find true, long-term financial security. – “The Rich Build Networks” excerpt taken from RichDad.com
Think about that for a moment. Kiyosaki talks about taking back control over your life. And financial security. And planning for the future.
If you’re done with the late-night Google searches, fed up with the past-due bills, and just about burned a hole in your brain calculating what’s coming in and what’s going out every month, it might be time to explore your work from home options.
If that’s the case, and if you’re ready to jump into working from home, you want to keep in mind these three, key factors to building a successful network marketing company.
1) A solid business opportunity: Starting a company of any kind will naturally require you to be passionate about what you do (after all, you’re going to be spending a lot of time and money to make it work). And while it’s true that there are thousands of network marketing opportunities available to you, not all of them are created equal. Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure the company you want to join has a good track record, a solid business model, and experienced leadership.
2) Super heroes in your upline: That may be a slight exaggeration, but you get where I’m going here. While it’s important that the company you sign with is stable, it’s equally important that the people above you are not only knowledgeable about MLM, but also willing and available to share that knowledge with you. After all, your success is their success, so it’s in everyone’s best interest that your team has extensive marketing experience and knows how to grow a company both online and in the real world.
3) The right tools: This last is especially important if you’re planning to market your opportunity online, and it’s a topic worthy of its own article. For the purposes of this post, suffice to say that you want to give yourself plenty of time to determine a strategy for how you’ll approach your marketing efforts (a good team leader can help you with this), and then build your tool kit from there. Be on the lookout for services that offer free or discounted trial periods so that you can get to know the software before you commit the big bucks, and set for yourself a reasonable monthly budget for what you can comfortably afford to spend (somewhere between $150 to $200 a month). Insider’s tip: Make sure a software or service is compatible with your PC or Mac, as many only cater to one platform or the other. Waiting until you’ve signed out to find out you can’t run a particular software can be a costly (and frustrating) mistake.
The team you build, the leadership that you follow, and the tools that you use will be critical to the success of your new business and will go a long way in helping you to achieve financial freedom (and say goodnight to late-night Google searches for “Help me pay my bills”), so take your time and do what feels right.
These days, I still do plenty of Google searches, but I’m not searching “Help me pay my bills.” Far from it. In fact, now my searches are what I do when I want to fuel my dreams. And that’s a nice change of pace. Wouldn’t you think?
If you are really dedicated to network marketing success, you’re going to want to learn all the marketing secrets you can. For expert insights on this and other useful resources from Pamela Schott, visit her blog or MLSP page.
