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MLM Downline Training – Do You Want A Downline or A Team?

Posted by Linus Ruzicka On May - 7 - 2010




I want you to ask yourself a question about your MLM training…

When you started off in network marketing, was your goal to build a downline or to build a team?

In fact, lets step back even further.

Before you even started off on your trek down this journey through MLM, you probably had a preconceived notion of what network marketing was all about.

Talk to all of your family and friends, and they will JUMP right on board with you.

And then when you actually joined a company, I KNOW that when you started off, your upline preached about building your list of 100:

Talk to your family and friends, co workers, neighbors, milk man, barber, mall kiosk workers, bartender, burglers, shoplifters, graffiti artists the arresting police officers, etc., etc. …

…excluding no one within a 6 inch radius of your personal space.

All in an effort to build your MLM Downline.


Where Did That Leave You?

Right back as square one right?

Sure, you may have built a down line of a few people, but they didn’t actually do anything but buy your products each month on autoship.

The vast majority of people in network marketing are in this ship.

Trained to build your downline, build it fast, build it strong.


Let Me Offer a Reality!

If you hadn’t noticed, that aspect didn’t really work out well did it?

Well, what if you shift your thinking a little bit and concentrate on a different point?

Have you considered that you should actually start building a Team instead of a downline?

See, when I think of a team, I think of a group of people that help each other to achieve a common goal.

In this case, the common goal is for everyone to build their own team, create an income from it, and help other people do the same thing.


What is Your Focus?

So, now that you’re in internet marketing and learning how to build your business online, where are you focusing your energy?

Is it providing MLM downline training or MLM mastermind training?

I’ll tell you right now that you are going to find more success with building a mastermind and properly training your team to do the same thing.

If you focus on building a downline – it simply becomes a game of numbers.  Each person is a number.

You concentrate on how many people you can place under you and how many each person can place under them.

There is no success in that.

If that is what you want,  you might as well focus on building your business the traditional way offline.


Your MLM Team

I personally prefer to build a mastermind team.  That is where I have found the most success.

When you focus on building a team, there is enrichment for everyone involved.

You’re able to build that relationship with your team – whether it’s within a lead generation system or within your primary company.

When a lead comes into my MLSP sales funnel, I do my best to build a relationship with them – phone call, Facebook connection, blog posts, videos, auto-responder.

I hold weekly webinars with my mastermind team.  This is an AWESOME way to help everyone out and keep them on the same page.

If you’re on Skype, consider building a Skype group to use as a social community for your team to interact and share thoughts on a daily basis.


(One Sneaky Trick)

If there is more than one person on your mastermind team using the same marketing strategy, consider creating a “tribe.”

Since I do a lot of blog and article marketing, a tribe created with the sole purpose of promoting and syndicating each others content is GOLD in this industry.

Spread the love and tell your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, etc. about your masterminds content.

This is great for SEO improvement of each others blogs.


Feeling Left Out?

Here is what I’ve done.

I have created an ever growing list of internet marketers with the unified goal of helping each other out – whether it’s training, syndication, tips, strategies, outcomes, income creation, or simply masterminding.

To get inside of my successful mastermind team, there is one thing and one thing only that you need to do.

Over on the right of this blog you will find my Prospect Attraction Guide and BONUS Attraction Marketing Blueprint.

Fill out the form with your Up To Date Name, E-mail, and Phone Number. On the next page, you will find out how you can join me and my team mastermind.

Wouldn’t it be nice to learn how to do this with other internet marketers who have been finding success with these strategies instead of by yourself?

Fill out the form on the right and I’ll see you on the next page with your instructions!

Leaving No Network Marketer Behind,







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16 Responses to “MLM Downline Training – Do You Want A Downline or A Team?”

  1. Fred says:

    Hey Linus,
    Great post. I was just focusing on this topic today myself. If you really want to experience real success in your business, you most definitely have to build a team and not a downline. You said it right my man.

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Fred,

    Great brother, and Thanks for stopping by to comment. I appreciate the following!

    It’s sad that some people haven’t figured this out quite yet.

    God Bless,

    Linus

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  2. Bill Palte says:

    Hey Linus,
    Great post AND a great subject…that most marketers don’t get. I agree 100% that building a “downline” is a quick way to fail. The team may struggle…but they won’t let you down. That’s what a team is all about.

    Thanks for sharing and educating.

    To Your Continued Success,
    Bill

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Bill,

    You know as well as I do the importance of TEAM and how it applies to our success.

    That is why we have this wonderful mastermind to help out not only us, but our own teams as well.

    That is one of the things that I feel is missing from this industry that sets us apart from the masses!

    God Bless,

    Linus

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  3. Dotti Berry says:

    Linus…you are shooting the arrow in the bullseye! I’ve got two eyes, two ears, one mouth (hmmm…good reminder about listening first)…anyway, I will never have more than that, but masterminding with great individuals, whether in my primary business or not, enhances my chances or learning and propels me to new heights quicker. i.e. 10 people working together produces 20 eyes, 20 ears, and 10 mouths … great wisdom and expertise located in all of that. add more people…add more eyes, ears and mouths. When I do training for other network marketing teams, they have no clue what my “business” is…I simply say “We don’t have to be in the same business to be on the same team.” You’ve pointed that out. thanks!

    Walk Worthy, Dotti

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Dotti,

    BINGO!!

    we do not all have to be in the same company to be on the same team.

    I couldn’t have said it better myself!

    I’ll see you on Sunday!

    God Bless

    Linus

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  4. Barry says:

    No question about it,..being a part of a TEAM is the only way to GROW!
    Keep up the great work!
    Barry

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Barry,

    Brother, you know the real meaning from TEAM from Day 1!

    God Bless,

    Linus

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  5. John Stone says:

    Linus,

    Great post! I’m not sure who said it, Worry about filling your teams pockets and yours will fill automatically.

    John

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    John,

    It certainly sounds like a Jim Rohn quote.

    Something similar is (paraphrasing here of course) learn to fill the sails of your team with wind, and you will find your sails full as well.

    God Bless,

    Linus

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  6. I love being on a team, you feel connected and that helps build confidence and a sense of belonging that we crazy humans all need.

    Thanks
    Kathy
    Kathy Sammons Dot Com

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Kathy,

    You know the real meaning of TEAM!

    Gotta love the environment with a team approach and how much easier it is.

    Now…lets go win the superbowl!!

    (oh wait…different game ) ;)

    Linus

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  7. Cassie Strom says:

    Loved the first Part of this post Linus …. I totally tried to recruit graffiti artists ….. did NOT Go over well ;)

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Cassie,

    LOL…Sure, they never did anything for you in your business, but at least you got some interior decorating for free right?

    Linus

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  8. Yo Le says:

    Linus,

    I have a feeling some new mastermind teams will be forming after Vegas. :)

    Together everyone certainly achieves more. (TECAM) LOL

    - Yo

    P.S. I like the new blog transformation bootcamp. Did you have to twist Barry’s arm for it? ;)

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    Linus Ruzicka Reply:

    Yo,

    Vegas is going to rock! Looking forward to it all.

    And yeah…regarding Barrys graphics, it rocks the Kasbah!

    Linus

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About Me

“Surgical RN Turned Attraction Marketing Strategist.” It\'s through that spirit of providing help to others in health care that I focus on providing help to struggling network marketers. Losing both parents at a very early age, I became very independent as a teenager and learned to \"think outside the box\" at an early age. That is what eventually led me to network marketing. I have grown my internet attraction marketing business by focusing on attraction marketing with emphasis on my blog, Social networking, free classified marketing, and of course PPC with generating leads at $1.00 -$2.00, or less. My blog is where I keep my subscribers and followers updated with my insider strategies, tips, and secrets to help make sure that \"no network marketer is left behind. Remember, true freedom is waking up each morning and deciding for yourself what you\'re going to do for the day!

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