An action plan is step by step instructions on what to do when a new person is starting out in your business. It gives them a clear plan to follow as to what to do first and then what other things must be done to get their business going.

By having an action plan people can do the steps at their own pace. Some will want to do them faster and others will need a little more time to do all the steps.

When you are going over the action plan, explain to the people that as they bring new people into the business they can start them on the action plan just like you are doing with them.

It also frees up your time to help more people as people don’t have to depend on you to tell them what they have to do next. Even with a good action plan you must be available to help them with any problems or questions that they might have.

What is your action plan?

How many people check out the leaders of a network marketing company before they join the company? You can do a Google search on the company name with [scam] (that’s scam in brakets) after the name to see if anything comes up. If only a few come up it could be just a few people that had a bad experience, but if you get thousands of hits, then you might want to look a little closer to find out what’s really going on.

You can also do this with the people that are running the company. Another thing is you can do a Google search with the word forum behind the name as a lot of people that are upset will post their comments in different forums. It’s always good to read as much as you can and then you decide for yourself what is going on with the person or company.

Also do the people running the company have experience with network marketing? Have they built a downline so they will know what the distributors are going through?

Before you jump in, do some investigating.

When you are looking at a company and looking at the products, one of the first things you want ask yourself is, “Would I buy this product if there wasn’t a business opportunity attached to it?”

If the answer is no then you’re probably going to have a hard time retailing any of the products.

Also they shouldn’t be overpriced so people wouldn’t want to buy them either. They should taste good and benefit you as well.

Is the product something that people are going to want to reorder? What is the reorder rate? Is it something that is consumed or is it a one time purchase? These are additional questions you should ask yourself and consider the answers carefully.
An ideal product would be something that everyone wants, has a fair price, and is consumed so they will want more.