173: Network Marketing Isn't a Sales Business
Your Virtual Upline Podcast
Bob Heilig
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Almost all HOBBYISTS make this fatal mistake in their business. Are you?
Do you think that network marketing is all about sales? Well think again!
There's a HUGE misconception that you have to be 'good in sales' to be good in network marketing.
Heck! You've probably been told that by a prospect:
"I don't want to join your team, because I'm not good at sales."
In fact, a huge part of why so many network marketers feel overwhelmed in their business, fail to scale, and start experiencing burnout is that they're 100% focused on practicing and teaching SALES strategies.
See, the harsh reality is this.
You'll never build a business that will give you total freedom until you STOP thinking only about sales –
And instead focus on DUPLICATION.
How DO successful network marketers create duplication?
That's exactly what I reveal for you in this week's super-valuable podcast episode.
Today, I'll be debunking one of the biggest misconceptions about network marketing, and I'll help you make the shift from thinking like a sales person to becoming a true business owner.
Conduct a systems audit for your business. You can download the PDF resource HERE.
Episode Quotes
"Network marketing is a business of LEADERSHIP and TRAINING. It's really a business of duplication."
"You'll never create true duplication approaching network marketing like a sales business."
"Duplication isn't teaching people how to work harder; it's working SMARTER."
"If your business doesn't run without you, it's not a business. It's a JOB."
"Systems give you the leverage to impact and serve the masses."
Listen to Learn
01:27 - Review of the Week
02:36 - Network marketing is not a SALES business
07:09 - LLA student success stories
10:16 - Power of duplication and leverage
17:52 - SYSTEMS: The key to creating duplication
22:24 - The 4 'Freedom Systems'
24:49 - Systems, Teaching & Training, Leadership
29:47 - My homework assignment for you
If you have questions, text me at (215) 608-1454, and let me know what do you need help with, what issues are your struggling, and what topics you want me to cover in future episodes.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Bob here and welcome back to the Your Virtual Upline Podcast where we give Network |
| 0:12.4 | marketers the mindset, strategies, and skills that you need |
| 0:17.2 | to build a business and life of your dreams. |
| 0:19.9 | Hey Bob here, welcome back to the show episode 173. Today we are going to |
| 0:29.7 | debunk debunk debunk that debunk, debunk. |
| 0:33.1 | That's a weird word. |
| 0:34.0 | You know, I don't know that I've ever actually used that word before. |
| 0:37.6 | Shannon, Shannon has me going down the wormhole |
| 0:40.7 | of watching conspiracy videos on YouTube lately so apparently debunk is now part of my |
| 0:47.1 | vocabulary but anyway we are gonna debunk debunk whatever one of the biggest misconceptions out there |
| 0:55.0 | that exists in the network marketing profession |
| 0:58.0 | and it's the misconception that |
| 1:01.0 | network marketing is a sales business and I am here to tell you it is not. |
| 1:10.6 | There are so many people involved in this profession that are struggling right now that operate from this flawed incorrect belief about what they do. And as a matter matter of fact if you're listening to this and you're struggling with growing a team and |
| 1:28.0 | earning any kind of consistent income I can almost guarantee you it's because you have this belief whether you realize |
| 1:38.6 | it or not and I promise you you're gonna just be eye-opening because you're going to realize you're making |
| 1:44.4 | this huge mistake right now in your business. |
| 1:46.8 | So before we get into the episode, I want to give a shout out to our review of the week as we do each Tuesday. |
| 1:56.8 | Today's review of the week comes in. |
| 1:58.9 | You got to love some of these names. |
| 2:02.4 | Comes in from Death Rider 21. It's a very |
| 2:08.4 | aggressive user name for your Apple account. But the review is I'm obsessed with this podcast. |
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