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Turtle - Slow but sure

Do you remember the old story about the race between the turtle and the hare?  The turtle wins not because he is faster or runs harder than the hare but because he puts one foot in front of the other consistently.  He doesn’t rush ahead and then quit for awhile.  The turtle has found a pace that he can live with long term and in the end  he comes in ahead. Business by Remote Control is a lot like the turtle, you get ahead slowly and steadily but you are comfortable doing what you do so you can keep on going.

The hare in this story is the person who starts out gung ho.  He pushes and pushes and finds some success but he is not really comfortable with all the pushing so when he finds some success he takes a break.   When he takes a break he remembers how hard all that pushing is and starting again gets harder and harder.  This is one of the reasons why so many people fail at network marketing.

Business by Remote Control works because it is steady and it is easy.  When you tell your friends that you are in direct sales, they are going to tell you that you will fail.  They will expect you to fizzle out in a few months.  Some hares make it longer because they have some success in the beginning or because they are super salesmen but the majority will lose interest and quit.   Maybe these friends have tried direct sales themselves and failed.  Maybe they have friends or relatives who have tried and failed.  These friends are the ones who need to hear from you every month and it might take years for them to decide that you aren’t going to quit and you aren’t going to fail.

Advertising Works

Last year at Christmas time, I needed to ship a large picture by UPS.   I live in a very rural area and there are not any UPS stores within 75 miles of me.  I needed to purchase a box and some special packaging so the present would arrive on time and in perfect condition.  I remembered seeing a grand opening ad for a packaging store that packaged and shipped UPS earlier that year but I could not remember the name of the store or it’s location.   I went back through our weekly paper and thankfully, the store had continued placing a small ad in the paper.

I shipped the picture and it arrived in time for Christmas.  I was so pleased with their service that I have continued to use their services through out the year.  If the store had not continued to advertise, I would not have been able to find the store.  The ad that I saw made an impression and when I needed their service, I remembered the ad.  They continued advertising month after month and when I needed their services, I was able to find the store.  If they had run one ad and quit, I might not have found them again.

Sending a monthly flyer does the following:

1. Monthly Reminder – It keeps your name in mind.  They may not need what you are offering now but when they do, they will ask you.
2. Variety of Products – You are sending information on a different product every month.  This gives you an opportunity to fill many needs.  Someone who isn’t interested in one line of products might be interested in another.
3. Drip, drip, drip – Those people who thought that you would fail in 3 months or 6 months, will be surprised.  The longer you mail monthly, the more credibility you will get from the doubters.

I can tell you that there are a lot of ‘hares’ that have been successful and even super successful at network marketing.  It is possible but 10 times more of them have failed.  All that business by remote control does is provide a method for the rest of us to become successful.  It is a proven marketing system that has worked for centuries.

My daughter was reviewing this website for me and her first comment was “but what about dads and people who don’t have children.”   My answer to her was that the principles behind this website would work for anyone who is motivated to earn extra income from home or to have additional streams of income.

Dad’s are certainly welcome here and historically, couples who are both active in direct sales are much more successful.  Men do just as well at both working from home and at network marketing.   All of the principles and techniques here will work just as well for men as for women.

I started this website for women because I see women on a daily basis struggling with careers outside the home while struggling to care for their children and their homes.  I have been torn apart by the need to be home with a sick child and the need to be at work to earn enough to pay the bills to provide for that child.   Now I measure my success by both  emotional gain and dollars and cents.  Teaching others to help themselves is as important to me as the money that I earn.

None of this means that Dads cannot gain and learn from this site.  They are just as important to their children as Mom. They struggle with the same or at least mostly the same conflicts and in some way the burden is heavier for them as historically the man is the provider.

So although I write for Moms, everyone is welcome here.