Becoming a Top Earner

By Brian Murray

Becoming a top earner is what everyone dreams about when joining a network marketing company. Well, if that’s true, then how come so few make it there? I believe that if someone is a natural leader, they have a good chance of figuring out how to become one of those top earners. Well, what about everyone else? Not everybody is a natural leader. The answer is really simple.

You need to become one!

How, you might ask. You have probably heard of Vince Lombardi, the famous coach of the Green Bay Packers back in the 1960’s. Here’s what he had to say:

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."
Vince Lombardi

Pretty inspiring stuff, if you ask me. The fact is – you can become a leader, and I am going to explain some of the things that you may need to change about yourself to get there.

• Be Positive. Sounds simple. How will you react when one of your prospects says no to your opportunity? What will your thoughts be when someone says, “Oh no, you didn’t get involved with one of those pyramids, did you?” Throughout your struggle to achieve your goals, you will undoubtedly come across situations like this countless times. How you respond to these situations will be key to your success. You must remain positive and believe in yourself and your opportunity. Learn from your mistakes, and move on.

• Have a Plan. You cannot achieve goals, if you do not set them. You should create both short-term and long-term goals for your business. For example, if your short-term goal is to make $2,000 per month with this business, then sit down and see how much team volume your downline needs to generate in order to achieve that. Setting a date when you will achieve a certain rank is another good way to set short-term goals.

• Be Persistent and Consistent. Simply creating a plan won’t do you any good if you don’t follow it. This is just like with an exercise program. If you have a great program like P90X and it’s sitting on your shelf, not being used – you will obviously not see any results. You will need to be disciplined and stick to your plan.

• Educate Yourself. There are some great resources out there that can teach you some innovative ways to grow your business. They can range from free to costing hundreds of dollars. Sometimes, you get what you pay for – and sometimes you don’t. There is a program that I use that is reasonably priced. You can find it here: http://networkexploder.com

Struggling With Your Network?

In my experience, when people are first introduced to the concept of network marketing - they are blown away! You can actually see a sparkle in a young person's eyes as they listen to the details and the benefits of the program they are being pitched on. More than that, you can see eyes that were long ago dimmed by the daily grind of the forty hour work week - glisten like they just found the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. It is in those moments, that an individual has learned that they can start to dream again. Visions of mansions and expensive cars are dancing through their minds, as they are given that elusive opportunity to become a successful business owner.

We all know what happens next. The excited individual can't wait to share what he or she has discovered, and rushes off to tell their spouse, friend, parent, etc. about this incredible, can't miss opportunity. All it usually takes is a one sentence response from any of the above mentioned people - and it's all over. "Don't you know that all of those things are pyramid schemes"?

The house, the cars, the tropical vacations....all come crashing down. "What do you mean? There are a lot of people making a lot of money doing this". The usual response is, "Well let me know when YOU are making money"!

And yet another entrepreneurial spirit is crushed.

What can be done to stop this? This is a great question that most of us would like answered for ourselves, but equally so for our downline and any new prospect. The answers lie in Internet marketing. We know that there are thousands of people that are searching the web for home-based businesses and how they can build a significant income from home. Why try to convince a friend who has no desire to get ahead in life to be a business owner? Wouldn't you rather work with hungry entrepreneurs that are searching for a business just like yours that they can sink their teeth into? It's a no-brainer. Click on any of the banners that you see to the right, and you will find exactly what you need to explode your network.