Experienced network marketers do make mistakes. In this article, we are going to discuss some of them.

1) Reinventing the Wheel

Many seasoned networkers make the mistake of reinventing the wheel. If your company has been established for many years or has even tapped the international market, it is crucial you follow their system as it is in line with the company’s direction and is a time-tested business building system.

Don’t reinvent the wheel. If you do, your downline may not duplicate and it will spell trouble!

Network marketing has been around for decades. Even newly startups can benefit from the experience of other companies.

2) Would You Leave Your Baby at home alone?

Of course not. The funny thing is, new downlines are like newborn babies! Hard to imagine, huh? I am not trying to insult anyone here, but there is a high dropout rate for newcomers and it is scary. Why does this happen?

A newborn baby if not taken care of will be a target of germs (negative energy, rejection, feeling emotionally down in the business), kidnapping (head-hunted by other companies without armed with the right information), and will cry a lot (they will whine to the upline when problems come). I have seen corporate businessmen whine like little children when they didn’t get their commission on time or the admin never replied their e-mails or even when their friends said something negative.

Downlines require your attention especially in the first few months where they are most vulnerable.

3) I won’t give up versus the definition of insanity

If I have a downline who is not making money and not GROWING, you know what I’d do? I’d ask him to consider other opportunities and refund his money from the company (if possible).

It is very important NOT TO GIVE UP. But on the other hand, what are they doing about it? The definition of insanity is DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS!

There are downline who just refuse to make a change in their lives to get to their goals. They change too slowly and keep doing the same things over and over again. If I didn’t have a conscience, I can keep on telling him, “Don’t worry, you are doing good. Don’t pressure yourself. You are getting there, don’t give up and keep on keeping on…”in an effort to keep the numbers up in my organization, or I could tell him the truth and say, “Look, you’re not making money here, either you shape up or shape out. We have no room in our team for people not willing to change.” Having numbers means squat if your people are not making money and are not growing.