How many of you have witnessed this? You go to your company’s meeting and they call everyone on stage to get recognized for their hard work and how many people they recruited within the last week. Some people say 1 person, other’s say 2, while some others say 3 people. This is all good, except for that one kid that just graduated from high school and only been with the company for a couple of weeks. He or she gets on the microphone and tells everyone how many people they recruited and it’s some outrageous number like 15 or 20?
Your shocked! Your enraged! You’re Jealous! You tell yourself that they must be lying. You just can’t believe what you just heard. And what makes matters worse is that you go up to meet him or her and you find out that they’re just as dorky and corny as they will ever be. What gives???
They’re just lucky!! But wait, is it just luck or is there something more to it? But you’re leaders keep telling you to always keep it simple, right? So how did this recent high school grad recruit all of these people by just keeping it simple?
Time and time again you will here stories like this and the more we hear about them, the more we wonder how do they do this in such a short amount of time.
In Mike Dlouhy’s “Success In 10 Steps” he mentions something called “The Spider Web Effect”. He says that people who build webs tend to be lucky while people who don’t build webs tend not to be lucky.
What does he mean by this? Well, everyone says that network marketing is about building relationships with people right? Well think of it like this: the more relationships you build, the more contacts you have in your life, the less bridges you burn, the more people that have a positive feeling about you, the more people you reach out to help, the more likely you will be “lucky”.
So in case of the recent high school graduate, he probably been on facebook since he was a freshman in high school, and have been building relationships with different people since then.
Not only can this happened to a high school kid, but it could happened to anyone, especially you!!! You just have to put in the work and make it fun!
If you found this information to be helpful, please share it with others. The more people that you reach out to help the better it is for you in the long run.
By the way, click on the link entitled “Success In 10 Steps” to download the free ebook and learn how you can grow your business and be “lucky”. Remember that you are in control of your luck!
To Your Success,
Sherman Smith
Mentoring For Free
Success In 10 Steps
14 comments
Comments feed for this article
June 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Jacqueline McGinnis
I think you are so right Sherman about the high-school kid having so many established relationships on Facebook that people now listen to him when he offers good advice. Social media takes time to add friends and then to build relationships with them so that they come to know, like and trust you.
As you said you have to put in the time to reap the benefits of social media marketing but boy does it pay off. Thanks for the blog post my friend.
June 23, 2010 at 3:31 am
sksmith
Thanks for your comment Jacqueline!!
June 19, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Peter R Fuller
Hey Sherman
Absolutely spot on about building a spider web.
In business those who have the biggest net has more opportunities presented to them. It is not luck, it is who you know through building relationships.
June 23, 2010 at 3:30 am
sksmith
Thanks for your comment Peter!!
June 21, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Marcus Baker
Hi Sherman,
You are right the high school kid knows exactly how the system works which is why the rest of us have to learn and apply, there’s no other way.
~Marcus
June 23, 2010 at 3:29 am
sksmith
and most of us in network marketing need to catch up to that high school kid lol.. thanks for the comment!!
June 22, 2010 at 2:53 am
Jerome Ratliff
Hi there Sherman,
When you build your own little web, you essential become easily attractive to other people. And because you’ll understand the true benefit of building a long-lasting relationship with people, you come out smelling like a rose.
One other thing…The high school kid had something most don’t have, fearlessness.
Jerome Ratliff
June 23, 2010 at 3:28 am
sksmith
Thanks Jerome for your comment!!
June 23, 2010 at 7:09 am
Wayne Wu
Hey Sherman,
This is what success in MLM is all about. It’s about reaching out to others and building a positive connection with them and developing trust, and doing it without an agenda. This will automatically present you with more opportunities and people will come back to you because they trust you.
Wayne
June 23, 2010 at 11:19 pm
sksmith
That’s true Wayne, and without reaching out to people since this is a people business will hurt you in the long run. Thanks for the comment Wayne!!
June 23, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Oliver Tausend
Hi Sherman,
a great take. Good that you point out that success happens by design, by building a spiderweb on a daily consistent basis for example. Most people don’t see th work that is actually involved with success.
Take care
Oliver
June 23, 2010 at 11:21 pm
sksmith
Hi Oliver. Yes most people only see the results of the hard work that was put in. Thanks Oliver for your comment!!
June 23, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Jiri Majkus
Hey Sherman,
You are right, everytime I hear the results from our top producers I am jealous a little bit, but it is also inspiring, especially when you see that other members are getting amazing results.
Thanks for sharing.
Jiri
June 23, 2010 at 11:23 pm
sksmith
Hey Jiri… Jealousy can be a great thing if you turn it into inspiration, especially in our industry. Thanks for your comment Jiri!!