How Will You Make Your Network Business A Success This Year? Post 1 in the series

Well another year of amazing business growth is about to start. Are you ready for it?

As someone involved in network marketing, you have probably heard the phrase, “If you fail to plan than you are planning to fail”. Thanks Dr Schuller! (One amazing man who has written a wonderful collection of books that everyone who wants to have an outstanding business and life should read).

But, before the planning must come the review. Why?

The review of where your business is at right here, right now, TODAY! is merely a reflection of the activity you put into your business over the past 12 to 18 months. It is no good saying that you want this or this or that from your business if you have never taken the time to analyse how you have got to where you are; what works and what doesn’t; what activity was or wasn’t done; what contacts were or weren’t made; what functions were or weren’t attended etc.

It is no good because, without an honest review we could be setting off on the path of sameness. Doing the same things this next year as we did the last one. Great if what you are doing is working as best as you want. Lousy if your expectations have fallen short of the results.

So, in this first post of 2012 it’s review time. The answers you give are the honest ones you make to you. No sense in kidding yourself – unless of course you don’t really want things to be different or better. It doesn’t matter if you are part of Company A or Company B or Z. The premise of success in all network marketing companies is activity. Do the activity and you will get the results.

This is what I call Your Business Health Check:

·         How many people are there in my business?                                                     

·         How many people are personally sponsored by me?                                                      

·         How many active Business Builders in my downline – people sponsoring and buying products?                                                 

·         How many people have I personally sponsored in last 12 months?                           

·         How many plans did I show last year?                                                                    

·         How many people did I approach last year?                                                                        

·         How many people do I have on my list of names to contact?                      

·         How many of my business associates order the Book of the Month?      

·         How many of my business associates order the CD of the Month?           

·         How often do I meet with my team?                                                                     

·         How often do I personally go Dream Building?                                                   

·         Do I know the dreams/ targets of my Business Builders for this year?     

·         Do I chart who is doing what in my business?                                                     

·         How often do I take my team Dream Building?                                                  

·         How often do I follow up on retail customers?                                                  

·         How many retail customers do I have?                                                                  

·         How many of my business associates attend Annual Conferences?         

·         How many of my business associates attend Monthly Meetings?                             

·         Is my partner actively involved in this business?                                                               

·         When showing the Business/Marketing Plan do I show it to both people if a couple?      

·         Do I actually know how to show my company’s Business/Marketing Plan?                           

·         How many non-sales business appointments do I have in next 2 weeks?              

·         How would I rate my business on a scale of “hobby” – “mainly retail” – “mainly wholesale” – “occasional business building” – “part time business building” – “full-time business building”?              

·         How strong would I say my business is on a scale of 0 (weakest) to 10 (strongest)?

·         Am I happy with the strength of my business: “yes” or “no”?

·         How committed have I been to my business in last 12 months: “little” – “somewhat” – “fully”?

·         How committed am I to growing my business in the next 12 months: “little” – “somewhat” – “fully”?

·         How committed am I to making my dreams a reality in the next 12 months: “little” – “somewhat” – “fully”

Revealing was it?

Of course, the obvious questions that role from your answers to those ones above are: “what do you want to be different in 2012?” and “what do you have to do differently in order to make those changes a reality in your business in 2012?”

Make A Difference – TODAY!

Colin

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