How do I get people with passion for my downline?

All depends on what where that passion is going, my love. One big question you have to ask yourself: do the people you approach believe in the product or service you're telling them will change their lives for the better?

Actually, two questions. Do YOU believe this too?

You can't make the downline work unless you've completely bought in yourself.

 

Well said! You have to believe in what you do!

 

Make yourself a good model with high standards.

Our logo design company is great because I, the founder, set high standards for myself. My coworkers follow suit because I serve as a good example. We get plenty of work done and easily complete 10 logos a day.

 

I believe it is passion about the product and being able to show that passion to others. I have to believe in what I am doing before I can share my business/product with others. Having a business is hard enough, and I would imagine anyone would burn out fast if they were not passionate about the product. Personally, I do not want to push anyone into a decision. I want him/her to make a decision that is right for them, because it's not fun pulling someone along.

 

Hi Katie,

I think I can help shed a bit of light on this subject for you. I use to work as a personal trainer and health coach. The biggest mistake I made when getting clients and trying to change their lives was attracting clients who were not ready to change nor did they want to change.

It's all about finding people who are trying their dam hardest to change but who are failing and need help.

For example; Lets say you are passionate about helping people lose weight, then you are wasting time going to everyone who is over weight and trying to convince them to lose weight as a lot of people won't want to lose weight or would be ready too.

Instead your time would be better spent looking on forums or Facebook groups of over weight people in your area who are trying to lose weight but who are doing it wrong and failing, then enter the conversation and let them know you are close by and can help them with your product or service.

It's not about being passionate about your product or service (though it helps) it's about not selling someone an aspirin for a headache they don't have.

So, number (1) who are these people you want to help? (2) Where do they hang out, FB, Google+, Local cafes and shops etc. (3) Are they ready to change? Is there a way you can get in front of them and provide value and help them.

Hope this helps

 

My experience in building a strong downline is: it is a numbers game. There will always be a fair amount of "tire kickers," and plenty more that envision instant wealth with little to no effort. Don't give up on these folks, because you never know when one of them will suddenly "get it," but do continue to recruit, Recruit, RECRUIT.
Power is in numbers...through constant, en masse recruiting, you shall surely find success.

 

Well I think that everybody who is serious in online income must have a good blog or web site, FB page, but most important is youtube channel. Also I recommend to use traffic exchangers, splash pages, landing pages with autoresponders. Also it is not good to use a lot of programs - if you are serious do not work more than 3-4 good programs.

 

Actually:
The two main peoples known as "Eskimo" are: the Inuit of Canada, Northern Alaska (sub-group "Inupiat"), and Greenland; and the Yupik of eastern Siberia and Alaska. The Yupik comprise speakers of four distinct Yupik languages: one used in the Russian Far East and the others among people of Western Alaska, Southcentral Alaska and along the Gulf of Alaska coast.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo

Really though. I doubt there's much ice being sold in Eskimo Land - which is the point after all.

After all. I've never seen an MLM promote personality!

They ALWAYS drone on and on about what a great PRODUCT they sell...

 

As a closing statement, passion is not something that you can teach a person to have, it has to be motivated by the product, no product you can be passionate about, there is no way you will ever get a person to be passionate about what they are selling, and the bottom line is you are selling a product first and foremost. No product, no sales, no passion, no success.

Success to all,

 

Agreed, and given the nature of the industry, you have to recruit more than attrition rate, not easy for most. Most people cannot keep pace with the rate of attrition, so yes, recruit, recruit, recruit and hope and pray your product has enough quality and value to insure constant sales to make up for those who cannot recruit faster than the attrition rate.

Success to all,

 

One word: YOU.

At the end of the day, all the ideas, leadership, responsibility, passion, drive, inspiration, determination come from YOU.

YOU are the leader.
YOU are the one who has to drive people to want to come on the journey with you.
YOU are the driving force; if it fails, it's your fault.
YOU have to inspire people to get involved and invest emotionally in your idea / product.
YOU are the one at the top and the one who people will hold accountable for every tiny thing in your venture.

If one of your people fails, it's YOUR fault for selecting the wrong person. If your technology fails, YOU are the one who selected the wrong technology. If a deal goes sour, YOU are the one who made it, no matter who is shaking hands for you. Running a business is a feat of strength, will, determination and stubbornness. A belief in yourself so strong that it rubs off on to those who for some reason find themselves naturally influenced by you to do their utmost best for you. And it's not about fast talking, big speeches, or clever words. It's about how you present yourself to your possible recruits.

Every day you need to be thinking "How can I SMASH it today?"
Every day you need to be thinking "How can I help my company SMASH it today?"
Every day you need to be thinking "How do I get 100% out of myself, my company and my clients today?"

And don't take any notice of those people who say "You have to be honest with yourself." That will never work. When you are recruiting, do people want someone with a big dream, or someone who will say "We should be realistic and limit what we do."? To me, recruiting is all about showing people your dream and helping them understand that they can share in it too. Recruiting is a 50/50 mix of you and your dream + them and their belief in your dream.

And don't forget that your reality is ultimately the sum total of your dream divided by the effort expended to achieve that dream. Make sure that message rubs off daily on your recruits and you will have some seriously passionate people in your network.

Just my 2c.

Joseph

 

One thing I'd like to note Katie ... you live in the UK, and you seem pretty passionate. So the good news is that it certainly isn't a 'country' thing.

Believe me ... there are millions of people here in the U.S. that do not have the motivation to improve their lives! Sadly, it is much easier to complain and do nothing.

But as Les Brown so correctly says ... "If you do what is easy, life is hard. Do what is hard, and life is easy."

So my suggestion would simply be to stay the course and keep doing the work. You will find your core group of leaders if you sort through enough 'prospects'.

 

I think the industry is at the beginning of its third evolutionary stage.
A part of that is being selective in choosing who is selected and allowed in.
Not only do you only work with people you want to and that fit the bill but then you can be completely authentic in interviewing as opposed to recruiting.

Being selective will help you eliminate many of the issues with people in your down line not having the fire.
Of course there are ways to help them have the fire. And the stronger your comp plan and retention rates and E/D ratios (earnings to distributor) the easier it will be for people to see the light. At least those that are in your organization for business first and social and products are second.

Being excited about products only goes so far if your down line isn't seeing business results.
If your comp plan is strong then motivational methodologies will have a platform to land on.
If results are not being seen then you can whip the tired horse only so long.
Motivation needs to lead to something tangible, not just empty promises.

At least that's my take.