| > | | | | IDEA of making goodmoney working at home in |
| | | | their own business and expect it to just "happen", |
| This article is primarily directed toward people | | | | but have no willingness to take any action or put |
| who work at home in a business that happens to | | | | forthany effort to make it happen. |
| involve teamwork in a network marketing | | | | Having been involved with team building and |
| environment. | | | | network marketing forsome time, I have come |
| I am often contacted by members of my | | | | to adopt the following as my operatingcredo..."if |
| business team with complaints regarding a lack of | | | | you have the desire and are willing to put in the |
| response or lack of action on the part of their | | | | effort, I'll pull you along so you can go faster |
| affiliates. Their complaints typically go something | | | | down the road to success, but if you don't want |
| like..."I send out lots of emails to all of them and I | | | | move on your own, I'm not going to waste my |
| very rarely get any response and it seems like | | | | time trying to push you forward". |
| very few of them are taking any action. What | | | | Its like working with a length of chain...pulling it |
| am I doing wrong?". | | | | along worksfine, but trying it push it forward only |
| There are many types of internet-based home | | | | results in a pile offrustration. |
| businesses where feedback and interaction are | | | | You need to be able to distinguish between people |
| quite important and getting anaffiliate or business | | | | that have a legitimate interest in developing a |
| team member to communicate with you is | | | | home based business and those lost souls that |
| adefinite objective. It's not at all surprising that this | | | | feel that they have just joined another chat |
| can bea challenge when you stop to think that | | | | group and only want to engage in an endless |
| what you are trying to dois initiate a dialog | | | | "debate" about the virtues of whatever business |
| between two complete strangers who have | | | | you are promoting, but never actually had any |
| never even seen each other. | | | | intention of establishing a business...you will have to |
| In the case of network marketing, it is of critical | | | | develop your own method of reading people like |
| importance to build a sense of trust with your | | | | this (its mainly a sense of feel...sort of a belly |
| team members. Network marketing is very | | | | button thing). |
| definitely a relationship business and each | | | | You can help someone reach for success...but you |
| relationship typically starts out with two complete | | | | can't reasonably expect to make them want to |
| strangers sitting at their respective keyboards. | | | | be successful. Its just another variation of that |
| The team building aspect of network marketing is | | | | very old and tired cliche...that "you can lead a |
| of vital importance to the success of each | | | | horse to water, but you can't make it drink". |
| individual member and to the team as a whole. | | | | Another way of looking at it is if you are trying |
| Two key elements of team building are trust | | | | to move peopleforward, you pull them from in |
| andconfidence and these factors play a very large | | | | front (a leadership position), butif you have to |
| role, particularlyfor new team members. | | | | push them it will be from behind (not a position of |
| With all that being said, many people love the | | | | leadership). |