Commom MLM Pitfalls

Here is a summary of an article I submitted today to several article sites.

10 Biggest Mistakes In Internet Network Marketing And How To Avoid Them
Network Marketing is a simple business model. Anyone should be able to succeed, but they don't. Why? Turns out there are several common reasons. Here is a list of the biggest mistakes that make MLM success so elusive. Overcome these and your chances for success skyrocket.

1. Believing that people will just click on your links.
Though an internet network marketer's job is focused pre-selling, pre-selling involves more than just displaying your links. This is still network marketing and you need to build trust and a sense of relationship. Your prospects want to know the benefits of your products, why use them? Your prospects also want to know why they should do business with you. This can be accomplished online - don't overlook it.

2. Believing that there's such a thing as organic traffic.
Organic traffic, or traffic that is naturally generated by your website, is a myth. There is no such thing! You will have to promote your site and develop effective marketing strategies. These aren't hard but they do take effort.

3. Believing that employing one marketing strategy is enough.
This is a fatal mistake. Limiting yourself to a single, or even a couple of traffic tactics will just limit the number of visitors to your website. You don't want to miss whole segments of your target markets. You can start with one or two tactics to get traffic, but make sure you are flexible enough to expand as you grow.

4. Failing to study your campaign's performance.
Most of your competition merely check on how many leads they've generated per day, and if the number of leads are at low levels, they fail to make adjustments. Why? They don't know which aspects of their campaigns need improving. It's important to study every facet of our marketing strategies. How many visitors are you generating for your website? How many of them are unique? How many are returning? How much time do they spend in our pages? Where are they coming from? Where do they go with they are done? These are the questions that can be answered by an excellent visitor tracking software program, and these are the questions that can help you improve the performance of your marketing endeavors.

5. Failing to find an mlm business with sellable products.
Some mlm businesses offer attractive compensation plans. But if the products are impossible to sell, you'd never realize the growth in your business the program promises.

6. Failing to find an network marketing business with a proven record of consumer satisfaction.
The credibility of an enterprise depends on how people perceive it or view it. If the company has great relationships with it's members and its target market, then it has established a brand which is recognizable for its excellent service.

7. Failing to keep abreast with the latest developments in the industry.
This is a fatal error in any business or profession. Our industry strategies and tactics becomes obsolete if we don't keep up. More so in the field of internet marketing where technology keeps improving and everything moves at lightning rapid pace. You have to constantly update yourself with the newest trends, techniques and news in this field to keep your competitive edge.

8. Failing to invest on knowledge.
Knowledge likewise evolves and you have to evolve with it. Buy noteworthy eBooks, special reports and the likes… those which would teach you the latest tactics to help you conquer your field.

9. Resting on your laurels once begin seeing some success.
Success is not eternal. You have to sustain it. If you leave your business alone once it shows the promise of success, you're just setting it up for failure.

10. Believing that network marketing is a "get rich quick" scheme. It is not. You have to invest a commitment, a lot of time, some financial resources on occasions, and a whole lot of effort. Network marketing has many wonderful things to offer but it takes effort.

Steve
Digital Success Coach