Category Archives: Advice

Advice, Opportunity

Longevity: One Key to Success

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What is it?

Longevity in network marketing refers to the length of time you can keep team members. Ideally, once you sign up a new member in your downline, they would be with you for the length of your business, but anyone who has worked in network marketing knows this is rarely the case. It is easy to get distracted by signing up new people all the time, but don’t forget to pay attention to those already on your team. Keeping those teams members and achieving longevity will give you consistent success (and checks!).

Ways to Work Toward Longevity with All Sign Ups:

Offer Support: When a member of your downline comes to you with questions or challenges, it is important to get back to them and offer your assistance right away. Unresponsive downlines leave people feeling lost and looking to quit. Think of it a customer support, it is not the most glamorous part of a business, but it is essential to keep your customers (or downline) happy and your business thriving!

Reach Out: Don’t always wait for your downline to come to you when they are having trouble. Reach out to your downline before they have to come to you. Check in with your team members on a regular schedule to get a feel of how their doing and get their feedback and input. This will not only keep your downline happy and interested, but also help you tweak and change your business for the better.

Educate and Grow Together: There are many resources out there to learn more about GDI and tools and tricks for network marketing, like our webinar series. Make it a point for you and your team members to attend webinars to ensure you are learning and growing together. You can also provide your own educational videos and blogs to help your downline grow and stay with you to achieve that longevity.

Advice, Social Media

Your Year End Business Plan

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As 2012 approaches, many of us will be taking the time to reflect on our personal successes and challenges in 2011. You should also be taking the time to reflect on your network marketing experiences in 2011. We share some questions you should be asking yourself about 2011 and our tips for making 2012 you most successful year below.

Assess 2011

It’s always a good idea to measure you success at the end of each month and keep a running document of this information. But if you haven’t been too good at keeping track of this information in 2011, you can still easily assess the year. Ask yourself a few key questions. What was my biggest success? What was my biggest challenge? How often did a lose a team member? How much time did I spend on building my business with GDI each week? The answers to these questions can give you a simple overview of your year and allow you to get brainstorming for 2012.

Set New Goals

Based on the answers to the above questions and what you hope to achieve in 2012, it’s time to set some new hard goals and deadlines. These goals can be based on numbers, like how many hours put into building your business, or how many team members you signed up. You can also set goals based on personal growth and helping others, like making sure to attend each GDI webinar, or to help answer questions new affiliates may have on Facebook.

Make Plans to Reach Those Goals

Now that you’ve set your goals, you need to take the time to write out the steps that will help you achieve those goals, like we did below:

Goal: Sign up 5 new team members per month

Steps to Achieve Goal:

  • Create simple duplication system
  • Build network through social media
  • Attend local business events to share my GDI opportunity
  • Reach out to upline each month for advice
  • Attend weekly webinars and encourage new team members to attend

Check back with these goals every couple of weeks to ensure you are on your way to achieving them and making 2012 your most successful year yet!

Advice, Motivation, Social Media

Sources of Support

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Network marketing is most effective and lucrative when you have a strong network and passionate team. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. Some people will not have a responsive upline, some people will have trouble getting in touch with their upline and some people will just fall off. That’s where we come in offering you support you might not be able to get from your team. When you need help, advice, or encouragement, check out our sources of support.

Blog

You’re already here, so you know that the Affiliate Blog is a great resource for support. On the blog we share tips and motivation and try to respond to your needs and questions. Take the time to use the “search” box on the blog if you’re looking form something specific. If you can’t find it, leave a comment and we will be sure to write a post addressing your issue.

Facebook, Twitter

Have a question you need a quick answer to? Hop on social media. We are always monitoring tweets and posts on our Facebook wall and are happy to answer your questions. Social media is also a place where you can ask questions of your fellow affiliates. Even in you can’t get in touch with your upline, someone on social media will be happy to answer your question.

Webinar

As you hopefully know, we hold biweekly webinars (register here: www.register.gdiwebinars.ws) to help answer your questions, give you motivation and share advice from some of our top affiliates. Join us every other Tuesday at 1pm PST and bring your questions. We answer your questions live during the webinar and if you take the time to ask us questions before the webinar or suggest topic ideas, we are sure to cover them.

Remember, a strong upline is your best resource, but if you are struggling we’ve got you covered!