How to Expand Your Network Marketing Business Online with MLM 4.0

The words "direct selling," "multi-level marketing," and "network marketing" are used to refer to a dynamic sector where many people with an entrepreneurial spirit take a risk on themselves to earn additional money by advertising the goods and services of other businesses. The promise of ever-increasing financial rewards as one works the business over several years is a common reason why someone starts this endeavor.

They are frequently recruited into the business by a friend who signed them up, by a stranger they spoke to at a trade fair booth, or by the product itself, which they had heard about and wanted to try. They usually start as customers before becoming sales affiliates.

It takes a lot of work to launch a business like this, especially in the beginning when you have to learn how to market to people face-to-face. Doing this is scary for many people, and oftentimes after buying into something, paying upfront for your "Starter Kit" of some sort, and after trying to meet your baseline monthly quota so that you meet the requirements of getting paid each month (which oftentimes means when starting that you are buying significant quantities of the product yourself to meet your monthly baseline required quotas - sound familiar? ), many of you will give up after several months of trying.

However, some of you keep going. You endure either because you are obstinate and won't give up or because you value the outcome for your future too highly. MLMs encourage you to sell in person rather than online since in person, customers can show your enthusiasm for the product, which increases your chances of closing a deal. It is also easier to reach out in this way, impersonally, than it is to get in front of someone and sell to them, one on one, face-to-face, so the company does not want to ruin its reputation by having thousands of would-be products marketers out there on the Internet spamming tens of thousands of people in an attempt to make a sale. Because you are representing their business online, they frequently impose extremely severe guidelines on what you can and cannot do. It is hard to blame them because you are putting their name out there.

Selling online allows you to avoid some of the anxieties related to "face-to-face selling," make cold calling potential customers much less stressful, automate many tasks to make work less time-consuming and intensive, and simultaneously expand your business across many nations without ever leaving your chair at home.

What's the secret to doing this? You need to grow to be more significant than the MLM or network marketing business you are associated with. Not because they are aware that you are endorsing product XYZ, but because they regard you as an informed authority in your industry.

You may attract supporters and evangelists for your cause once you can establish yourself as an authority online. These followers are the ones you can sell your affiliate items to as you've already built a rapport with them through other channels. To help your current followers with issues you have already identified with them, you are not spamming them; instead, you are educating them first.

You can do a lot of things to establish yourself as an authoritative person online.

• Guide podcasts, YouTube videos, blogs, etc.
• Comment on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, Google+, and others.
• Where possible, guest blog
• Build your subscriber list for emails and start sending out newsletters.
• Hold webinars, start a podcast, etc.

Therefore, expand beyond the items you advertise. Being a thought leader in your industry can help you gain an online following that you can subsequently serve with your products. As a consequence, your affiliate company will expand quickly and enormously.

Concerning Dan Grijzenhout: Dan has had a long and prosperous career as an entrepreneur. He has worked as a consultant, business owner, systems architect, investor, and developer, and is currently a teacher, author, and designer of online courses who imparts his years of expertise and knowledge to others. You may find Dan's seven novels on Amazon by conducting a name-based search on that platform. On his instructional website, MLM 4.0 - How to Grow Your Network Marketing Business Online, Dan also offers a Masterclass.