Consistent Activity is the Key

In network marketing, there is only thing that you can implement into your business that is sure to bring you success: consistent activity.

This business requires consistent activity in order to create the momentum that will carry you up through the company levels and to success. Working your business once a week is not consistent activity. In fact, if you choose to work your business only once a week, what you have is not a business, but a hobby.

Does this mean that you have to work every single day and never get any free time to yourself? Of course not. The beauty of networking marketing is that you are your own boss, and you choose when to work. If you have children and one of them gets sick, you can take the day off to care for them. If there is a fun event in town that you have been looking forward to going to, then go! Never again will you have to R.S.V.P to family events with regrets because you "have to work". With networking marketing, you can work your business around the rest of your life.

But the key phrase here is work your business. This does not mean "in your spare time" (we all know that no one has spare time!) or when you are bored and have nothing to do. Most people who start this business did not have spare chunks of time during their day where they were sitting around twiddling their thumbs. The key to maintaining consistent activity and working your business around your life is to work it in the nooks and crannies of your day.

So, plan your calendar. First, write in all the family and fun events that you want to attend that month. Family, friends, doctor's appointments, birthday parties, etc. Then, write in your work hours around those events already scheduled. Block off two hours a day (or how many hours a day you would like to work your business) and highlight it. Save that time for when there are not going to be any distractions around, and then work your business.

If you work a business where you hold parties or demos in people's home, here's a tip: block of the time that you want to hold demos in your calendar and highlight it. Then, as you book the parties on those days, fill in the highlighted area with the details. This method is great because of two reasons: first, you are more organized, and you always know at a glance when you are available to do parties and how many parties you have already booked, as well as how many parties you need to book to reach your goal; and second, because having those highlighted blocks on your calendar is really great for visual motivation. I like to look at the calendar for a minute in the morning and visualize all my highlighted blocks filled with details of booked parties. :o)

So, remember: put your hours into your calendar, then work it. Work your business consistently. If you put these principles into place, the momentum will come, and your business will pick up. It's just a matter of time. :o)