A answer from most upline sponsors frequently is something like the following…

"No, you can become very successful in Network Marketing by Recruiting just one person every month or two and build up a significantsignificant residual income.

They will go on to tell you that the people you sponsor do not have to be from your "warm market," (that is, your friends, relatives, and people you already know). They say, just think of all the people you interact with every day in your regular activities!

They instruct you to sit down with paper and pen and make a list of everyone you know, have known, attended school with, done business with, worked with, go to church with, etc. and they explain that you will be astounded by %how many% people you come up with.

Will all or even most of these people join you in your Network Marketing company? Probably not, but statistics show that one out of every one hundred names will make your car payment, one will make your house payment and one will retire you!

Three out of every one hundred people you contact is certainly achievable but you have to actually go out and contact the one hundred people. Some of them may not be interested themselves, but they might know someone who may be and they refer that person to you. This referral process expands your list.

Have you ever been rejected 97 times? That is a lot of rejection. And initially these rejections come from people you know, so the rejection is even more difficult. Most people will not last that long.

Do you know a number of people who would be willing to approach one hundred people and get rejected by 97 of them over and over again? If you do, terrific, go sign them up today. However, most people will not continue trying to sell or recruit to a disinterested, unwilling or hostile market.

Technically, the answer above from the upline sponsor can be true if you are lucky enough to sign up someone that has all the necessary skills and goes on to become a "heavy hitter" in the company. And depending upon your company's compensation plan, that person might be able to carry you along.

However, the chances of you recruiting a "heavy hitter" who goes out and creates a large downline below you when you only sign up "one person every month or two," is extremely unlikely.

So what are your alternatives if you can't sponsor a "heavy hitter" early on in you Network Marketing enrolling efforts and you don't relish the thought of facing rejection from 97 out of every one hundred people you contact?

If you don't wish to be a member of the NFL (No Friends Left) club, then I would suggest not going out chasing after your friends and family, everyone you know, or anyone within 30 feet as some upline sponsors instruct you to. No matter what they say, everyone is not your market. Instead your target market is people who are specifically interested in starting a home-based business, earning extra money, are already members of some Network Marketing company or are interested joining a Network Marketing program. Now the solution is to get them to come to you and then, using a soft sell approach instead of the traditional hard sell, sponsor them into your company.

"And just how am I supposed to do that?", you might ask.

You can achieve this by offering your target market a free report or funded proposal relevant to your niche and developing your mailing or emailing (preferable) list. Then using this list, you build a relationship with the members of your list by providing them useful information and becoming an authority figure in their eyes. This is known as relationship marketing.

If your market has been correctly identified, you will soon find that prospects will contact you seeking guidance and asking how to enroll in your business.

To discover more about how to use free reports, funded proposals, and relationship marketing, click on the links in the resource box below.

George Dodge rates relationship marketing superior to all other Network Marketing recruiting techniques. Download The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing free report and then go on to discover the secrets of effective Network Marketing Recruiting methods made available with the use of the Internet.