Are you one of those people who is struggling with your MLM or network marketing business and just can't get it going? Do you find yourself struggling to build any consistency or momentum? If so, let me ask you this question: Are you honestly operating your business like a business ...
or are you operating it like a hobby? This is a critical question and your answer is going to directly impact your results.
If you're going to approach your business like a hobby, then it will pay you like a hobby; if you approach it like a business, then it will pay you like a business.
Building Your Business Or Get Rich Quick? If you get around to your business when you feel like it and spend inconsistent hours here and there, then stop kidding yourself because you do not have a business.
And waiting around for someone else to help you kick it into gear is nothing more than wishful thinking.
I am amazed at the number of people who claim to be looking for a business, but are really looking for a get rich quick scheme.
They want an "opportunity" that they can invest little or no money into, but that will pay them six figures without having to do any work.
And then they are convinced after spending $50 to get started and making a few phone calls that the business "doesn't work".
Or worse yet, it's a scam.
Is this you or someone you know? If it is you, then go out and buy a lottery ticket because your odds of succeeding are probably better.
This is not what building a home based network marketing business is about.
Basic Business Practices A real business requires real work.
And that includes adopting basic business practices that are universal to success:

• Developing a business plan with goals, and time lines, and an action plan to support it.
  
• It means having a marketing strategy.
  
• It means book keeping.
  
• It means having proper tools, which may include a website, a business phone and fax line, a calling plan, a 1-800 number, etc.
  
• Oh, and it definitely means having people to talk to and then actually having conversations with them.
  

By now, I'm sure you get the picture.
Like any other type of business, there is learning to be done and skills to develop.
If you've never been involved in network marketing before it's highly unlikely you will instantly be brilliant at it.
Like all things, it requires practice and persistence.
It requires work.
But unlike other professions, you don't need to spend years getting a degree.
Your timeline can be much shorter.