Getting Started

Eileen Silva © 2006
email: ensilva@aol.com
web: http://www.easilymakingmoney.com/


I am amazed at the number of ad promotion respondents who say, when asked what program(s) they have worked, “Well, none. I’ve been studying the industry for a couple of years.”

To that, we reply, “Great! Now it’s time to get out of the stands and onto the field. After all, with the price of the start-up kit at less than $50 (less than the price of a fine restaurant tab for two) and the potential income limitless, what is there really to wait for?”

In response to our encouragement, many people express an enthusiasm to get started, but it is tempered with a fear of choosing the wrong company. If you are one of these “studiers” or if you are attempting to recruit others who are undecided about how to select the “right” program, feel free to use this article as your blueprint.

Here are starting questions to help you to sift through the possibilities:
1) Do you prefer goods or services?
2) Can you get excited and stay excited about the company’s goods and services
without any money being earned?
3) Is the product or service unique in some way?
4) Is the product or service’s price competitive? Can it be retailed?
5) Are the people who are working diligently making money?
6) Is the company management solid, with a history of experience in MLM?
7) Are the company materials good?
8) Do you see the company services in place to support a growing distributorship?

Here are some things to look for:
A) Fax-on-reward;
B) Toll-free voice mail messages;
C) Toll-free ordering with extended hours;
D) Drop ship retail services;
E) Corporate training/ conferences/ lucrative types/ prizes;
F) Small minimums in ordering;
G) Minimal or no paperwork requirements;
H) Computer services upon request (for a fee of course);
I) Accurate, prompt checks that clear the bank;

Once you have decided that everything you really need is in place, it’s time to get in gear. I believe you should immediately:

1) Have a separate phone line with 3 way calling and a professional greeting when you are away ( no children answering please);
2) Get business cards;
3) Set up a business checking account;
4) Establish work hours and a work plan;
5) Purchase or print necessary materials;
6) Purchase enough inventory to get on your own program (your first three days of the business is critical to create a one month “Knock ‘em down” story yourself;
7) Purchase enough inventory for your customers and your distributors;
8) Study your mentors in the company and invest in yourself to constantly read how trade materials like you’re now reading created by cutting edge producers.

Remember - your industry is unique. Your previous success with other endeavors is no guarantee of success, and your previous track record of modest success elsewhere is no encumbrance; it is actually an asset. It helps your story appear even more dramatic. I recall when I made my first big check on MLM company. It sounds astonishing to announce moving from no check to $9,000 in one month.

As you are committing to your sponsor to prepare yourself in these ways, be sure and ask your sponsor what he or she is going to do for you! My husband, Taylor Hegan, and I have a $1,000 sponsorship support program available to qualified recruits who commit to build with us. Find out what you are eligible for. You are an asset, and as one, should be valued throughout your service in the company, not just at moment of enrollment.

Last, but not least, read and reread articles like these and generic news items that support home-based businesses, your personal endeavors, and/or your products.

To the degree that you recognize the impact of continued mentoring within this industry, you can anticipate joining with those of us who have studied and then worked our way to millions, while designing our own lives.