More Company Team Building Tips

Recently my team member and blogger, Bob Swetz, made a very good distinction between a Network Marketing Team and a Network.  

Network Marketing, according to Dictionary.com, is "A marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other sales people and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team."  

A Network, on the other hand is "An association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like: a network of recent college graduates."  

This post will continue to give you tips on how to build your Networking Marketing Team, not your Network.

Many people cold call or cold message people to recruit.  If the first message I receive from you is a request to join your team, it will be an immediate ignore or "No".  Any further communication from you will be tainted.  It will be seen as a way of softening me up to do whatever you asked me to do in your first message.  The first message to anyone should be a introduction of you, not your company.  And it should never be an invitation to join your company.

Also, if someone posts about needing extra income, don't immediately post in the comments a link to your website.  This will always appear as spam.  I think it is OK to mention that you know of a job and send a private message stating a very brief overview of your opportunity.  Keep it to one to two sentences so you don't bombard the potential team member with too much

information that they didn't request.  If they respond, then answer their questions, but give no extra information.  If you give them too much information too soon, you will come off as pushy.

If you are just starting with a company, it is OK to let your friends and family know.  Just don't immediately start trying to recruit them!  If they are interested, they will come to you - the first lesson of Attraction Marketing.  

I can not stress the importance of building a stable, productive and growing Network Team enough.  Slow and steady really does win the race.

Finding Your Network - What Next?

In a previous blog post, I talked about how to find your perfect network.  Now we will discuss what happens next.

Your new networking friends need to become friends with each other.  Everyone needs to coalesce into a group of people who loves and respects each other; or at least be able to work well together.  They also need to be able to celebrate each others successes and sympathize with each others disappointments - in their business life and in their personal life.  

There is no room for jealousy or backbiting.  If that happens, you need to have a one on one discussion about what being part of your team means.  If it continues, part ways.

During this phase, comment on each others posts.  Have on-line conversations, so people can see the real you.  Play games to get people involved and to find out more about them.  If someone posts a company ad, let the team know so they can show some love on your post.  If you post a game, let the team know so they can show everyone how fun it is to play.

Share your teammates posts on your wall, refer business to them.  Share their ads and anything they post that is encouraging in ad groups.  Do not be afraid to refer people to another company.  This is a trait of good leaders.  Leaders share their knowledge and influence.  

Everyone on your team will begin to be seen as leaders and influencers of network marketing.  In fact, if you concentrate on one person promoting them for a day or week in the ad groups and on each team members wall, it is amazing how everyone on the team will start standing out from the rest of the crowd.  

You, as a leader of your team, will need to make a plan and get everyone on board to the benefit of the whole team.   

That is what you want.  You want your team to be unique.  

Keep growing your team in size, knowledge and influence; you will be well on your way to a very successful team.

Finding Your Network

Did you know that your network is not necessarily your company team?

It could be. But finding others, who know how to network, that you can work with is the skill that will grow your influence and in turn grow your sales in the long run.

Let me tell you my little story about how I found my network.

When I first started Network Marketing, I saw a video that put a bee up my rear end.  It caused me to run through my warm market in a month.  Sure, I had a very good month and some loyal customers, but now what?  

Then I saw another video which encouraged me to go to different Ad sites, not necesarrily to post ads, but to comment on other people's ads.  I saw this as counter productive, but I started commenting on a few a couple of times a day.  I tried to pick out the ones that looked real (these didn't only have picture of money) and I commented on what I liked about the ad, that I liked the products, how well they were representing their company.  Never did I post a comment saying I wanted to jump in their business opportunity.  And I never posted an ad.

  

I became friends with many.  I started recommending their products and services on my facebook wall.  Many, not all, returned the favor.  Some quickly added me to their events and groups without ever contacting me first.  Even back then I knew this wasn't a nice thing to do and I would remove myself from the events and groups.  If people started to be repeat offenders,  I would unfriend.

Once you see who are true good people, not just somone out to make a buck, start chatting with them.  Find out if they have a blog, if they have brand or company pages, find out what is working for them.  Ask for advice on how to make your ads better.  Find out who is great at graphics.  Find out who is great at ad copy.  Find out about them, their likes, their families, their lives.

And.Learn.From. Each.Other.

There is a wealth of information in your developing team and most people do not mind sharing.  If they do mind, scratch them from the team and move on to the next person.  

Do not sell to your team!  If someone is interested they will ask.  You could possibly lose some great team members if you seem too pushy.

Now start building your long term team.  Start empowering and uplifting others!