I want to know opinions from people in MLM in regards to what my upline is telling me. My company sells a service that I sell by phone. I have a background in phone sales and thus I have been able to make a decent (but meager) income selling the service myself.
Now my upline is telling me that I should be focusing my time on recruiting others to sell as oppose to personal sales. The idea behind it is that I am never going to get rich just selling the product, and so I must recruit others.
I am personally torn, as to focus any attention on recruiting would mean I would sacrifice some income that I am making in my personal sales.
What do you suggest I do? Is my upline right, that I should shift my focus to building a downline as oppose to sales?
2006-10-04 08:33:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
You do what YOU want to do. Your upline is just thinking about THEIR money. The more you recruit, the more money they get.
If you are comfortable not having a downline, don't have a downline. Do what makes you happy!
2006-10-04 08:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is why it is called Multi Level Marketing. You make residuals off of people you recruit, but don't forget you are also helping them build a business, so they are earning an income as well.
Your focus should be on both sales as well as helping your downline. It's a case of you working 80 hours/week or finding 10 people who each work 8 hours/week. That is how you create leverage. If you market a product that you truly believe in and you feel will help people, you are doing a disservice by not sharing it with others as they too could benefit from it, as well as earn an extra stream of income. MLM is merely an alternate way of marketing an exclusive product, rather than marketing it in the conventional way, ie stores, the company chooses to eliminate the overhead and pay it out to the field...hence the multi levels. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this method of sales.
You have me a little confused here, because you have posted many messages saying some fairly negative things about MLM, yet you are involved in it yourself. I am guessing the company you work for is not offering the proper training based on the questions you have asked.
2006-10-04 10:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All depends on which company your with but in a reputable MLM company you should be able to make a decent income from sales but if you are looking to build a long term residual income then that comes from creating a downline - sales and recruiting side by side - sales gives you instant money recruiting builds your long term financial future.. Have you seen a copy of your uplines cheque?
2006-10-04 08:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by Elfie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your upline is correct. You need to balance yourself and do both at the same time. Recruite and Sell the service. This way you have two forms of money coming in versus one on your efforts. I am in the business and I believe if you recruite people just like yourself, you will have an excellent business for years to come. I am not sure which MLM you work for, but it is so key to get as many people under you as possible.
Good luck in your business, if you have any further questions....please contact me.
2006-10-04 09:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what company you are with, but eventually you should build an organization. But, if you keep selling the way you are, people will join the business eventually. My company I am with has all different types of sales we can do. We can build our business 4 or 5 different ways. If you tell me what company you are with, I may be able to give better advice. I would love to help you out if I can, plus it would be good for you to have someone as a connection. Let me know and I will email you with better thoughts.
2006-10-04 12:40:54 · answer #5 · answered by gatorgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋