MLM Success: A Paint By Numbers Story On The Power Of Network Marketing

Ever have anyone in your upline tell you that you just need to “work through the numbers”? And then you ask yourself “What the heck does that mean anyway”?

Here’s what they’re trying to tell you.

It’s not that they’re saying people are just numbers like in George Orwell’s 1984. What they’re trying to tell you is that there is a percentage of people out there that just flat out aren’t interested in Network Marketing, and out of those that are interested, there is another percentage that don’t want anything to do with your company.

Then there’s your own personal number. This is the number of people you are just going to flat out screw it up with. When you start out you’re not always going to know what to say. You’re going to say the wrong thing, it just happens, we all did it, but it’s how we learned how to get better. We learned from our mistakes and improved.

Mostly we learn that the more simple we keep it and the less pressure we place on ourselves the easier it is, and the more success we have. Have you ever noticed that there’s people in this industry that come in and seem to start sponsoring right away without any experience? In fact, you get a little pissed off because they seem to be clueless, yet they’re sponsoring people faster than you? All they’re doing is what they were told to do. They were coachable and teachable and so they can do it,,, they also don’t care if someone tells them no. Because they know that eventually they will find someone who will say yes.

Once we realize that there is a large number of people that will say No,,, no matter what,,, we can move on and get to the people that are going to say Yes, the people that are ready to jump on board and get to work.

For some of us we find the people that say No first. Some of us find the people that say Yes first.

Here’s a story about someone that has become very successful in Network Marketing.

You may have even heard of this marketer.

He started out as a small town minister in Texas. He was broke, headed for bankruptcy and close to losing his house and his car. He was looking for a way out and discovered Network Marketing.

His sponsor told him that that his business could set him financially free within 1 to 3 years. However, there was going to have to fight off 4 major battles to become financially free.

1. Rejection: His first week he invited 200 of his friends over to his house to watch a video (this was before the days of the internet) 80 of them said “Nope, not interested” No problem though,,, he was told to expect that

2. Deception: Out of the 120 that said they would be there,,, only 70 showed up. No big deal, he was told to expect that too.

3. Apathy: Out of 70 people,,, 57 of them said “no way”. They just weren’t interested in building a business for their financial freedom. He was warned that this would happen as well. Some people just aren’t open to knew ideas. But, at least 70 people saw it, and he had exposed them to a new idea… maybe they would change their minds later.

4. Attrition: Out of the 13 people that signed up into his company that night,,, 12 of them dropped out not too long after that. Yup, only 1 of them stayed in the business.

However, to this day that one person that stayed on board still generates an income for the star of this story. So who is this story about? Mark Yarnell. He worked through the numbers to find that one person that was going to be a star. Mark makes $50,000 per month just from that one person that stayed in the business.

Mark isn’t the only one with a story like this. Bill Britt is one of the most successful distributors in Amway. How did he do it? He showed the plan to 1200 people, only 300 signed up, only 85 out of 300 actually attempted to work the business. Out of those 85 only 35 of them were serious, out of those 35,,, 11 of them made Bill Britt a millionaire.

So, are you willing to talk to 200 people? 1200 people?

How many “no’s” are you willing to hear in order to find the “yes” that will set you free in your business?

This is what “working the numbers” really means. It’s getting through all the people that are going to tell you NO no matter what. The more no’s you hear the more happy you should be. Because it means you are getting through the people that are in the way of your success.

So if you’ve talked to 50 people and you’ve heard 50 no’s, that means you are 50 people closer to finding the right person that will say Yes.

If you’ve talked to 100 people and still haven’t heard a yes,,, are you going to just give up? Or realize that 101 might be your magic number?

You have your own set of odds to work through.

There is a price for financial freedom, the price is finding your personal number, how many times are you willing to hear no? Are you willing to pay that price?

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