Today's Network Marketing tip has to do with responsibility. Sometimes, after we have been with a mlm company for awhile and are not achieving the results we desire, we may want to blame our sponsor.

True, our sponsors do need to make sure we get started on the right foot, but is it really fair to blame them if we seem to be failing once we're trained?

In today's post, Tom Schreiter candidly shares where the responsibility really lies as rep.

Enjoy his wise words of wisdom. Make sure you also check out the free ebook in the Business resource section, "Success in 10 Steps" by Michael Dlouhy, a book highly recommended by Tom. It too, will help you become more successful in mlm if you follow the 10 steps.

I Believe In You
Monique Hawkins
540-303-1683 anytime.
“Be A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart"

Don't blame your sponsor ... yet by Tom Schreiter

When we join Network marketing, it is important to understand the responsibilities of our sponsor, and the responsibilities we have to ourselves. 

Our sponsor is responsible to give us things such as: 

* A few "ice breakers" to help us easily get presentations. 

* A "One-Minute Presentation" so we can look professional in explaining our business. 

* Some opening sentences to prospect our warm market without risking objections. 

* A fool-proof sentence or two to get appointments. 

If our sponsor gives us a few of the basic skills above, then what are some of our responsibilities? 

* To consistently prospect to build our business. 

* To invite prospects to meetings, three-way calls, two-on-one appointments, etc. 

* To study and attend trainings to learn the skills to be a professional network marketer. 

* To take personal responsibility for our success. 

It is a two-way street. We can't expect our sponsor to do it all for us. 

Once our sponsor gives us some of the Basic Skills, it is up to us. We can whine and complain that we have no one to talk to, that no one will listen to us, that we don't know what to do ... but it is our business. 

Our choice to abandon responsibility and to invest in self-sabotaging thoughts is our decision, not our sponsor's decision. 

We will have to take the initiative to learn and solve these problems in our business. It's not our sponsor's responsibility to make us successful. 

Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter
Fortune Network Publishing
PO Box 890084
Houston, TX 77289  USA
http://www.FortuneNow.com

Resources To Help You Grow Your Business

"Success in 10 Steps" The ebook recommended by Tom Schreiter and
Michael Dlouhy which teaches you how to build a successful mlm business in 10 easy steps.
http://mentormonique.successin10steps.com/?mad=60056 or http://mentormonique.mentoringforfree.com/STSVideo

My Personal Blog: Monique's Home Based Business Tips http://moniques-home-based-business-tips.blogspot.com

Pre-sell non-networkers. Easy-to-use .pdf brochure, no cost:http://www.fortunenow.com/public/107.cfm

Do You Make These Social Networking Mistakes? http://roxannegreen.com/960/do-you-make-these-social-networking-mistakes/

The Big Al Complete Library Special: Volume 1 + Volume 2 + Bonuses! Now you can learn every magic sentence, every story technique, the "One-Minute Presentation," super recruiting skills and more. http://www.fortunenow.com/products/item2.cfm

What to say to the "Red" personality ... You often hear me talk about the four different "color" personalities.   Yes, one of the 25 basic skills is the "color" personalities. It makes us communicate more effectively.  http://bit.ly/aE86mv

MLM Leads and Prospects: A better way! If you are looking for leads, or even buying leads - please watch this first. You want to say the right things to prospects.  http://bit.ly/bxUcaj

The MLM Secret Code for "No." How to understand when prospects are telling us "No" - and the 9 words that make all the difference in your business. http://bit.ly/czmSto

3 ways to Brand Your Business: http://www.manta.com/marketing/become-your-own-brand?referid=14352

The Big Al Report by Tom Schreiter: http://www.BigAlReport.com

Complimentary Four Day Postcard Marketing Course
http://BobLeduc.com/postcardmarketingcourse.html

"How to Build Your Small Business Fast With Simple Postcards" (New 2011 Edition)
http://BobLeduc.com/postcard.html

'Low-Cost Marketing Secrets'
http://BobLeduc.com/secrets.html

'How to Build a High-Profit Business on a Low-Impact Budget'
http://BobLeduc.com/highprofit.html

This three-minute video explains why the first 17 seconds are so important:
http://www.fortunenow.com/public/505.cfm

For your extremely shy new distributors, here is a short video to help them become better around people. Get five great ideas in less than four minutes - and you'll smile. http://bit.ly/mT6wSq

If you are brave enough to give your downline a test to see if they know what
they are doing, here is an easy test you can download. Oh, and the answers are
included. http://www.fortunenow.com/public/274.cfm

We have a bunch of great training CDs with scratched labels. Learn the
"One-Minute Presentation" and "How To Manipulate And Control The Minds Of Others For Fun And Profit" + ... well, just go to: http://www.fortunenow.com/public/527.cfm

Big Al: The 6 Levels Of Communication.  http://www.mastermindevent.com/blog/sixlevels/

Big Al: The greatest Network Marketing first sentencehttp://www.mastermindevent.com/blog/greatestfirstsentence/

Big Al: So, How Much Money Have YOU Made In Network Marketing? http://www.masterminde
vent.com/blog/howmuchhaveyoumade/