In part one, we discussed the definition of leverage. In this installment, we will look at ways leverage is applied in a network marketing business.

If you have been involved in network marketing before, you have already heard the term leverage. It is one of the cornerstones of developing a successful business with a solid residual income. You have been taught to leverage your efforts by:

  1. Conducting house parties where you show the plan to a number of prospects at one time,
  2. Bringing prospects to a “second look meeting” where one of the organization’s top earners shows the plan, using his or her success and inspiration to lend credibility to your business opportunity,
  3. Using three-way conference calls with your prospect and your upline,
  4. Recruiting into your downline and through the power of duplication your downline’s efforts then benefit you through volume bonuses.

And the list goes on. Please, don’t misunderstand me. Literal fortunes have been made using the above techniques. But they all suffer from the same fundamental problem: they have to be repeated numerous times, with every new prospect you engage. It is leverage, but nowhere near the amount of leverage you can be using to build your own successful business.

So what is maximum leverage? When your effort produces prospects twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. When it produces prospects while you eat, sleep, spend time with your family, and go on vacation. When it brings prospects to you that are eager for what you have to offer. That is maximum leverage.

In my next installment, we will begin to look at how internet tools enable you to maximize your efforts to build your business.

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Until next time.

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