Is Your MLM Upline Guiding You to Success?

Author: Darrell Taylor

You've taken the plunge and signed up to be part of someone's MLM downline. You sit back and wait for the riches to roll in and…nothing. Perhaps you get a couple of emails welcoming you to the downline and encouraging you to start selling right away. "Sure," you think, "I'll start selling when I know how you want me to sell the product."

Is your MLM upline guiding you to success or are they simply sitting back and waiting to profit off of your hard work? If an MLM business is to be successful, the business owner has to be an active participant in his or her downline. This goes for every tier of that downline. It shouldn't matter if you are in the first tier or the fourth tier of an MLM. Your upline should be supporting you and helping you to reach your sales goals. After all, their profits depend on you! Think of it this way: MLMs are like a miniscule version of a chain store. The owner of the business might be sitting in an office in Ann Arbor but even the stock people in Newark understand the goal of the business and what is expected of them to keep the business running smoothly. If your upline isn't communicating with you, you might be better served by opting out of the downline altogether.

The best way to tell whether or not your upline will guide you to MLM success is to pay attention to the training process. If your sponsor (and his or her sponsor) work with you to develop your sales strategy and help you put your business together, you are probably part of a successful MLM. If, however, after you opt in, your sponsor simply sends you a "Thanks for joining" email and then never contacts you again (except, of course, to ask when you are going to start making a profit), you might think about opting back out.

Another sign of whether or not your MLM upline is guiding you to success is to pay attention to how they respond to questions. A good upline member will be receptive to your questions and do his or her best to answer them in a timely manner. A bad upline member will either take forever to answer questions or not answer your questions at all!

A good way to tell whether or not the upline of your MLM is worth working with is to contact other members of the downline. Ask your "coworkers" what their experiences with the MLM have been. You'll be able to tell right away if the upline will guide you toward success.

It is important that when you opt in to an MLM that your upline works just as hard as you to do ensure the business's success. If your upline isn't guiding you to success, you have two options:

1. Join another company on a team that is geared to helping its’ members succeed.

2. Get trained in effective lead generation techniques and start your own great team. At least you know what your downline expects from you!.

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