by Lydia De Leon
If you contemplate on Network Marketing (I mean authentic marketing through relationship referal and direct selling, not like the many money programs out there), you will notice that it has many spiritual components to it. Chrisitanity and authentic Network Marketing have many similarities.
For example:
1. Long term success in Network Marketing demands that you focus on building relationships with those considering your business as well as with your downline.
Those who are in recruiting mode think only about their own interests, and are not very concerned with their prospects’ needs. They are interested mainly in the money to be gained by recruiting the person, instead of being a true sponsor to him or her. If a person feels they can trust you, and that you can truly help them reach their goals, they will stick with you.
2. Network Marketing is all about producing more of yourself, your time and your money.
By helping those in our downlines how to be successful and how to grow their businesses, our businesses grow too and we build a long term income. Whether or not they work, we cannot control, but we can certainly inspire and show them how to build their organizations. Christianity also is all about effectively reproducing our time and resources.
Jesus who was the Master, administered to his disciples the task of going out and reproducing more disciples.
Aren’t we doing the same thing in our Network Marketing businesses?
Finding a couple of good workers, showing them how to recruit and reproduce other leaders in their businesses, and continuing to do this over and over in our businesses. By teaching your downline the skills and knowledge they need, you don’t have to do all the work yourself and your business will grow at a fast rate.
As we create a community where others also become teachers, more of our time is freed up and consequently, more and more people in our downlines can take on more responsibilities.
Training involves knowing what your downline’s needs are so that you can supply the need. Where are they encountering problems in building their business? Support them so that they can succeed. That’s what Jesus does with those who follow him. He meets their needs by making sure they are armed with all the teaching and spiritual food they need so that they can live a successful holy life.
The church also is like this - people go there to learn more about God, to get trained in how to live the holy life in all areas of their lives and for friendship and encouragement.
As a good sponsor, we should supply excellent training to help them in all facets of business building. Aside from good training, our downlines need a ‘community’ where they will receive motivation, inspiration and encouragement in their businesses - a place to be celebrated and recognized for their achievements.
By doing these things for them, it prospers their businesses, but also, it helps prosper our businesses too. Like it’s been said before, “we succeed when we help others succeed.”
3. If deep down, you honestly want to create a stable six figure income, with Network Marketing, then it is essential that you have faith and patience as you travel down this road.
Rejection is one thing that comes with the package and the one thing that many Network Marketers do not know how to handle. As a result, they fail in their home based businesses. They tend to move on to another opportunity or call it quits when they don’t get immediate results.
Growing a successful Network Marketing business requires faith in the process, sprinkled with a lot of patience as it starts to sprout and grow.
So how does all this relate to Network Marketing having a spiritual component to it?
First, the Christian Faith is all about truly helping and serving others. It’s not about having a secret agenda that will benefit me.
It’s true, we are working in Network Marketing to make money for ourselves, but our attitudes and spirits have to be right. It’s more like servanthood marketing.
If we are involved in Network Marketing just for the money, it will be reflected in what we say and do when we deal with our prospects and downlines. People can sense when their success is important to us.
Second, even Jesus asked for assistance with reaching the lost with the gospel. He created a team of twelve men and equipped them with everything they needed so that they could bring others in and become followers of Jesus.
Because those twelve men took the message to the world, lived as Jesus taught them and taught others how to follow Jesus too, the gospel has spread like a virus and is known throughout the whole world.
Network Marketing is no different. We do not have to go out and recruit 100 people to grow a large organization. If we wisely sponsor 5 - 10 people and work closely with those, they will eventually ‘duplicate’ our teachings and our organizations will start to have momentum and growth.
Just as Jesus created twelve leaders and those went out and created more leaders, we too should work towards creating leaders throughout our organizations.
Third, Napoleon Hill and Jesus taught a similar principle which is “you could move mountains if you had faith as small as a mustard seed”. There are many books written about the importance of thinking positively.
It’s very unlikely that we will have any success in Network Marketing if we are thinking negatively. Thinking positively will help you achieve great things. Negative thinking will only destroy your vision and keep you in the rut.
I could go on and on and on listing the many ways Network Marketing and Christianity are similar. I guess I would have to write a book on the subject huh?
The point is this: Network Marketing is not a one man show. It’s all about building long term relationships, having business integrity and treating others with the same respect you would want to receive. It’s all about self development and personal growth.
It’s impossible to grow a successful Network Marketing business without the proper mindset, self-discipline and training. There are no plateau’s either. We are constantly being challenged to higher and higher ground!
About the Author:
Lydia De Leon is a stay at home internet marketing mom. Find out what she does to
build her business online using free and low cost methods.