Looking to take a poll:

1. Finding the right opportunity?

2. Making ADs?

3. Finding Good Advertising?

4. Following up on your leads?

5. Keeping People in your downline?

Feel Free to add to this list........

Mine is the problem that there are so many scams out there that people think every single one is a scam. MY biz in 100% legit, pay taxes, pays 6% of profits to charity, etc. Yet it is hard to get people to understand it. We really need some sort of regulating body that a legit home biz can be recognized. That would help me a lot!

I really find it hard to stay on top of my sales leads. It seems crazy, the very lie source of my business and I don't feel motivated! I have to do allot of cold calling though and thats never fun!

Are you all involved in MLM?


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I am doing pretty good in my home business and love it, which is mlm based. my biggest problem and pet peeves are recruiting people that don't work as hard as me or the ones that quit before really trying. Those are two problems I'm sure most experience

Obstacles are good learning experiences for us and our business, can you all please add what steps you take to overcome said obstacles. Obstacles are part of small business, which you are required to overcome.. how you do that?

My problem falls within #3. I have tried one safelist for advertising (works pretty decent) but looking for another legit one or other ways to promote by lists.

The greatest obstacle and the reason most people fail in home business is their inability to effectively market. You can have the hottest opportunity in the industry but if you can't get quality traffic to your website, you'll never make a single sale or sign up one distributor. This forces many into the situation of Black-Eyed Pea...cold-calling leads. With the possible exception of trying to push your product on your friends and family, I don't think the industry gets any worse than that!

On the other hand, you can have a second-rate or even craptastic product, but if you can market it well and get tons of traffic to your site, the law of averages will kick in and you will make sales.

A related obstacle is the lack of mentoring or support from your upline...the usual answer to your cry for help is, 'Buy more leads'. Which is BS. And accordingly, the few distributors that you do sign up under this typical model may not stay very long.

A very common misconception is that you have to pay for advertising. I personally think that paid advertising sucks. Find a mentor who will teach you to do your own marketing and Search Engine Optimization, and learn to brand yourself, not your upline or your business.

My personal obstacle is finding enough hours in the day. Between training my team, returning calls from prospects, marketing my sites, writing articles, blogging, and researching/investigating new marketing methods, I always find that I don't have enough time to keep up with everything.

My solution to this has been to start teaching my wife the business too, so that we can divide up the effort. Although she's brand-new to this, there's no reason why she can't do the internet marketing, that part is easy once you know how. That way I can focus on working with our team and helping new prospects get started.

Rob
Hats off to you! you are doing an awsome job. I am still working on marketing my website. I really want to make this happen but time is of the essence. I am a mom of three and work part-time. Finding time for my business is definitly hard. I will continue to work this until i build a strong downline. I have the motivation but i am still learning how to market and kick up my seo. I do run an mlm business and i know this works so i will move forward.

Donica

Hi Donica,
Thanks for the kind words! My hat is off to you as well, it is not easy to run a business as a mother! My wife and I just have one child, a rambunctious 2-year old, and she is barely able to find 2 hours a day to spend on the business, and she doesn't have to work either! So you are doing great.
If you would like, you can send me your website and I'll give you a few SEO pointers.