Why Downline Do Not Perform

  Upline in network marketing put a lot of pressure on downline to perform, especially when someone stops producing or begins to give excuses. Because a person seems uncommitted or confused about what he or she really wants, an upline will often drop working with him or her all together because it isn’t worth the time. It’s just “The Nature of the Beast” for most Network Marketers. It’s a sad story, but one I hear over and over again.

The problem here is that many upline do not take the time to understand why people quit producing. In fact, they view excuses as non-committal or lazy. Let’s talk about why someone may stop producing in a Network Marketing business.

• They do not have the same work ethics as their upline.
• They do not have a reason to do the work. In other words, they have no “WOW”.
• They need more personal time to work on their fears with an upline who understands them.
• They see holes in the plan or they do not understand the plan well enough.
• They have heard negativity from family and friends.
• They have big egos and think success should happen quickly, and so they won’t wait for it. 
• They focus on their sales skills instead of what their prospects want and help them at that level.
• They make mistakes so they are too embarrassed to go forward.
• They do not believe they can be successful.
• Lack of money to support their businesses, limiting their ability to work the business effectively.
• They have run out of names on their list.
• They lose the vision of why they started the business in the first place.
• They won’t accept trainning and try to go off on their own. They learn just enough to be dangerous.

Do any of these reasons sound familiar to you? If so, you need to discuss it with your upline. Tell your sponsor how you feel and ask for help. Upline cannot help you if they do not know your problem.

Another issue might be that you do not trust your sponsor to teach you what you need to know. You look upline for someone you feel comfortable to work with and deal with your problems.

I do not suggest you bypass your sponsor when you think you are too important to work with him or her. You may be tempted to do so becauuse you like the success you see higher upline and think it better to work with them. Keep in mind that the people you want to work with upline instead of your sponsor did not bring the opportunity to you. The one who thought of you deserves your respect, which means that the sponsor needs to be included in any meetings you have with his or her upline. Any upline that’s worth taking advice from will understand this principle and support it.

If you cannot find answers you want from your upline, feel free to contact me with your questions. Please do not contact me until you have tried to work out things with your upline. Let them help you.

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Also see the following reports at JudyShermans Business Connections:

http://judysherman.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/i-often-teach-opposite-of-what-most-upline-teach/

http://judysherman.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/how-is-your-business-doing/

http://incomesolution.squarespace.com/journal/