by Lydia De Leon
If you understand Network Marketing (meaning, the genuine distribution business model based on relationship referral, not like all the money schemes out there), you will see it’s spiritual side. The Christian faith and Network Marketing, are very similar.
Here are a few examples:
1. Long term success in Network Marketing demands that you focus on building relationships with those considering your business as well as with your downline.
Those who just want to bring large amounts of people into their businesses don’t really care much about helping others meet their goals, only on making money off of them. If a person senses that you are trustworthy, and that you are interested in helping them achieve their goals, they will stay with you.
2. Network Marketing is all about effectively multiplying yourself, your time and your money.
In order to build a long term income, we must teach those in our organizations how to successfully build their businesses, so that they are growing and your business grows too. We cannot control whether or not they work, but we can teach them how to build their businesses and inspire them as well. Christianity too, is all about gaining the maximum effectiveness out of our time and resources.
Jesus was the Master and he leveraged his time by teaching his disciples to go out and create more disciples.
Isn’t that the work we’re doing in our organizations?
Finding some competent workers and teaching them how to bring other workers into their businesses and continuing this process over and over in our businesses. By providing your downline with good training and skills, your work is divided among many and your business grows very quickly.
What we’re doing is creating an environment that gives others the opportunity to become teachers also, and as a result, not only is more of our time freed up, but more and more people in our downlines assume more responsibilities.
Teaching your downline means knowing what it is that they need so that you can help them. Are there areas in their businesses where they are having problems? Show them how to succeed in those areas. Jesus does that with his followers. He makes sure that all their spiritual needs are met by teaching them and providing for them, so that they are empowered to live as he wants them to live - in holiness.
That is also what the church is for - a place to learn about God, a training place for holy living in all aspects of a person’s life and a place for encouragement and fellowship.
We should be good sponsors and equip them with the right knowledge and skills so that they can effectively build their businesses. On top of good training, our downlines need to be provided with an environment where they are spurred on to higher heights, to achieve greater things and to be recognized and appreciated for their achievements.
This will not only help them make money, but (you got it!) will also help our business grow. The way they say, “The more I help you succeed, the more I succeed”.
3. If you truly want to grow a successful six figure income through the vehicle of Network Marketing, then you’ll definitely need some faith and patience for your journey.
Many Network Marketers fail in their home based businesses because they can’t handle the rejection that comes along with the package. When they don’t see immediate results, they hop to another opportunity or quit altogether.
Growing a successful Network Marketing business requires faith in the process, sprinkled with a lot of patience as it starts to sprout and grow.
So how does all this relate to Network Marketing having a spiritual component to it?
First, the Christian Faith is all about truly helping and serving others. It’s not about having a secret agenda that will benefit me.
It’s true, we are working in Network Marketing to make money for ourselves, but our attitudes and spirits have to be right. It’s more like servanthood marketing.
If we are in Network Marketing just to make money, then our attitudes and actions will reflect that in how we treat our prospects and downlines. People know when we truly care about their success.
Second, even Jesus required help in making the gospel widely known. He formed a group of twelve men and trained them on all aspects of the faith so that they could go out and find other follwers of Jesus.
Those twelve men went out to the world, applied the teachings of Jesus, and taught others how to be followers of Christ also. Today the Gospel is known throughout the whole world as it has spread like a virus.
There’s no difference with Network Marketing. Recruiting 100 people is not necessary to build a large business. If we use wisdom in selecting 5 - 10 people to work closely with, they will all learn the same things and they will teach others how to do the same things so that eventually, we will see movement and growth in our organizations.
It’s all about creating other leaders in our organizations just as Jesus created twelve leaders and those twelve created more leaders.
Third, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you could move mountains” is a principle that Jesus taught and that Napoleon Hill also wrote about. Today, many authors have written books on how important it is to think positively.
It’s impossible to succeed in Network Marketing with a negative attitude. A positive attitude will motivate you and inspire you to greatness. A negative attitude will kill your dreams and keep you in mediocrity.
I could go on and on and on listing the many ways Network Marketing and Christianity are similar. I guess I would have to write a book on the subject huh?
The point is this: Network Marketing is not a one man show. It’s all about building long term relationships, having business integrity and treating others with the same respect you would want to receive. It’s all about self development and personal growth.
It’s impossible to grow a successful Network Marketing business without the proper mindset, self-discipline and training. There are no plateau’s either. We are constantly being challenged to higher and higher ground!
Posted: April 5th, 2008 under Marketing.
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