What to Do When Your Upline Goes AWOL

The Network Marketing industry is very rewarding. It can be even more rewarding if you are fortunate enought to find an excellent product line with a stable company.  Maximizing your financial rewards through the compensation plan can certainly be achieved if you take time to really understand your income opportunity – and especially the risidual benefits.

With any business endeavor, you should take the time to develop and establish a business plan which includes your marketing strategy.  You will obviously have some insight into a few of the specific elements of your opportunity, because there was obviously something there that interested you enough to get involved. The key element that brought you in, is probably a majoy interest for you – so you will likely utilize that interest in your own recruiting efforts.

Key Point: take time to establish a serious business plan which will include your marketing strategy and perhaps your financial goals.

Unfortunately, most people who get involved with a Network Marketing opportunity do not really take their business seriously.  They join because they were given a slick pitch by their sponsor, or perhaps they really like the product.  Many people get involved because they want (and perhaps need) to believe – this is the opportunity that will bring them financial freedom.

Certainly, there are many great rewards in developing a strong Network Marketing sales organization. But it does take effort, and should always be treated as a serious business – your business.

Too many good people have been hurt because they jumped-into an opportunity without assuming they had a role to play in the success. They have bought the over-hyped sales pitch that nothing is required in order to build success. Many of the problems in the Network Marketing industry come from unethical sponsors who recruit new prospects using hype and lies.

I have been a top income-earner in Network Marketing, and have also been a Corporate Vice President in the industry. In my years of leadership in the industry, I have seen some pretty disgusting and unethical sponsor tactics. I have also seen many dreams crushed, because people joined with the wrong expectations.

The advice I would give anyone who is looking to join a Network Marketing opportunity is – do not depend on your sponsor for your success.  It is inevitable that your sponsor will fail you, or will go “AWOL” and never contact you again.  If you rely on them for your financial reward – you will be terribly disappointed.  

Bottom Line: Never allow yourself to depend on your sponsor for your success

If you want to succeed in your Network Marketing opportunity, decide that you will succeed on your own – regardless of what your upline may do. Certainly, you may want to use the tools and systems they provide, but don’t allow their tools to thwart your own creative marketing ideas.  Use as many resources as you can – but never become solely dependent on any one system or tool to succeed.  And above all, do not give up when your sponsor goes AWOL… Just realize it is part of the deal.