8 Tips to Get Your MLM Sales Groove Back

I’m willing to bet if you own an MLM business you were extremely motivated and all gung-ho about it in the beginning, right? You had visions of sales through the roof and recruits a plenty. Something happened along the way though. The exhilaration has died down. Your goals aren’t being met and you’re wondering if you were really as cut out for this business as you once thought.

Of course you are! You just need to find your motivation again and here are tips to help you do just that. Get excited about your business again.

1.    Goals Can Be Re-Worked
If you haven’t met a goal or two, don’t get down on yourself. Stop and think about why you didn’t meet those milestones. Maybe you aimed too high too early. On the flip side of the coin, maybe you made the goal too easy to obtain and when you reached it the sense of accomplishment just wasn’t there. Take the time to re-evaluate your goals and set some new ones that will help to get you pumped up again.

2.    Look at Those Who Are Successful on Your Team
Ask your directors, team leaders and fellow reps what keeps them going. Be a motivator for others and watch how it rubs off on you too. Find someone you can follow and see how they stay motivated.

3.    Revisit the Past
You were keyed up about this business for a reason in the beginning. Take time to think about what got you all excited and motivated in the very beginning. Was it the incentives the company offered? Did you want the freedom a business of your own gives you? Whatever it was, find it and focus on those things again.

4.    Past Customers Make Repeat Customers
Take the time to call old customers. Repeat customers can make up a huge portion of your business.

5.    Talk to Your Upline
When you feel like you’ve run out of people to contact, ask your upline if they have access to leads from others who have left the company or some of their own they don’t have the time to work with that they would be willing to send your way.

6.    Use Your Own Products
If you haven’t used the product you’re selling in awhile, take another look and remember what makes it so great.

7.    Do you have out of season items that you can bundle and offer for a special sale? If so, pull them out, put something together and call people to show them what you’ve got to offer.

8.    Go to the Company Motivators
Most MLM companies have materials, such as videos or CDs that are meant to help motivate their reps. Take a few minutes to watch or listen to these. Attend a meeting too. They are meant to lift the spirits and will show you that others have been where you are right now and come out on top.

Comments

[Natural Doc]

Thanks for the valuable advice! You are right, when goals aren't being met and things aren't going the way they ought to be you get discouraged and down. I think talking to your upline is very important and don't wait until you're down and out before doing so -- good grief, do it before things get too out of hand. I like the idea of running a special on out of season products too, because with the economy in the trash right now, who isn't looking for a good deal? Anyway, thanks for the advice, look forward to reading more from you in the future. :)

[Glenn Antoine]

Very awesome posting. I love the fact that you start by explaining that goals can be reworked. That single fact is so important for business owners to understand.

[Tara @ Candle Home Business]

Yours 100% right when you say goals can be re-worked! I always tell my team members not to get to upset if they do not meet their goals, simply adjust them and work a bit harder.

[Leigh Ann Kristiansen]

Excellent advice! I would like to add one more bit of advice, if I may...

I am not an MLMer, but I am a media buyer and have worked with a lot of network marketers to build their campaigns over the years. One thing that really needs to be impressed upon business opportunity advertisers currently is the incredible opportunity that is here and now. Anytime there is an economic slowdown and jobs are lost, we find that our business opportunity campaigns really do well. People aren't necessarily looking for jobs, but opportunities. It is wise to cease this opportunity and build your downline more than ever. You can help people put extra money in their pockets and while building your own business as well.

[Jack Zufelt]

They hold company motivators for a reason. If you need a boost I suggest you attend one to get back on track.