Building Downlines and Keeping Them

Building Downlines and Keeping Them

By Anna-Marie Stewart Venton

You know the scenario: You join some program, work your butt off
to promote it, to get signups, and you feel like you`re hitting
a brick wall. After a few months, you give up, and try something
else, or give up completely.

Know what`s missing? Active, helpful sponsors/uplines. Have you
ever tried mailing your upline, only to get NO response? It`s a
horrible feeling. Makes you think "Why should I bother trying to
help this guy make some money??"

Been in this situation? Or maybe you`re guilty of being this
type of sponsor? Either way, you need to read this:

I try to actively help anybody who signs up under me, no matter
what. I always have done, and in 4 years of marketing, I still
have mostly the same loyal people following me into any program
I show them.

Doesn`t matter if the program turns out to be a flop, or the
best thing on earth. Those people are with me all the way, and
they are fantastic!

I try to promote their pages/programs, pass on signups to them
etc. and at the risk of sounding big-headed: They love me for
it! This is why, even if a program flops, they follow me on to
the next one, because they KNOW I`ll help as much as I can.

Mail your upline if you need help with anything, let them know
you`re struggling. Ask for what you want. Believe me, it works
wonders, and people aren`t mind readers.

If you don`t ASK for help, most will assume that you`re doing
just fine. If you don`t get any support from your sponsor, go
higher, even as high as the program owner if you have to.

I am pseudo-blonde with techie stuff, asked a friend to help with
building my ezine (he`s a programmer) and VOILA! website all built.
So I am living proof: It DOES help to ask.

Do NOT be a "dead" sponsor. Keep in touch with your signups
regularly. Offer your help in any way you can, offer to exchange
hints, tips and info with them.

Search the net for some good e-books that may be helpful to them,
and pass them on. Free ones are best for this purpose. (Just
make sure you read the books yourself first, so you know they`re
not rubbish)

Got some software you use, that you find helpful? Pass it on to
those below you. Anything that you`ve ever found helpful, pass
on. Just remember to never, ever, ever spam your downlines with
other stuff.

Send a mail maybe twice per month, offering your help. Make sure
you give them multiple ways of contacting you, email, msn, yahoo
messenger just to name a few, and ALWAYS make time for them.

If somebody asks you a question you can`t answer, you know what
to do, right? Ask YOUR upline, don`t allow them to be slackers.
After all, they want YOU to help THEM make some money too, so
ask them to help you if you need it!

Bottom line: Never be afraid to ask for, or offer to, help.
Works for me, and most of the people in my downlines now
practice the same. Now get out there and help each other, it
WILL pay off :)

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