Why MLM is Just Like Dating
February 19th, 2007 by Jeff NeilIt`s just like dating. That`s what Network Marketing is.
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Truth is I haven`t dated in years. Been married twice: Forever. But I do remember. Do you? Yeah, those teenage years. The dreams. The hopes. The goals. The girls, the…
Well you know.
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Anyway, when it came to dating, we all had different goals in mind. And we wanted to connect with different types of people. For instance I knew many young ladies who couldn`t wait to get married and start a family. They wanted a long term relationship. A husband. Kids. A white picket fence. But they were willing to *wait* for the right guy.
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Then there were others that could care less about a relationship. They just wanted to get down to business. With almost anyone! They were ready NOW.
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Business, network marketing, and personal growing is a non stop learning process. And one thing that *I* have learned is… Network marketing is SO MUCH like dating.
You see before I got involved in NWM I was an Internet Marketer. I could build websites. I could get traffic, get good listing in search engines. make some sales and all that stuff. So getting people to go to my website wasn`t too hard. Heck getting people to join wasn`t too difficult. Because I found people who wanted to get down to business NOW.
But there was a problem. I never created a trusting relationship. Both myself and these new members jumped in together with both feet. But it never lasted. They quit. They quit because we didn`t get to know each other at all. They quit because they didn`t know what to expect.
They quit because *I* didn`t know what they really wanted out of life. They quit because *they* didn`t know what they wanted out of life.
They quit because NEITHER of us took the time to find out and learn how to get there. Because we wanted it all now.
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Hmmm, kinda reminds me of my first marriage.
So I learned. I always am. I learned that in order to create a Long Term Busines you need to create a long term relationship.I learned that this is a PEOPLE business.I learned that people are different. So *you* have to be
different.
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SLOW IT DOWN a bit for faster results.
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February 20th, 2007 at 11:52 am
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February 20th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Hey, this reminds me of a girl I used to like: all passion, no commitment. Didn’t turn out very well for us
But you are right. Signing up prospects is just the ‘easy’ part where its all about passion and drive but when the going gets tough, how are you going to build a long term business?
February 20th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Khai,
You are my HERO. As always, thanks for the comment and link.
You know, a friend of mine recently got divorced. Watching him I realize that dating is not as easy as it used to be.
Neither is MLM. But that’s for a different story