by Sharon Hiebing | May 3rd, 2010
In past blogs I’ve written a lot about the power of being consistent and persistent. I just recently had an experience that confirmed for me why that is so important.
When I first joined my printable greeting cards online company fifteen months ago, I told a lot of people about it by e-mail, facebook, sending cards, and forum posts. Some people were interested, some were not.
In the ensuing months, I have continued to consistently work my business, about 8 hours a week. Now if you think I haven’t had disappointments along the way, that there haven’t been times when I haven’t sold anything for weeks at a time, or there weren’t months when I didn’t make a dime, you would be wrong.
A funny thing about network marketing is in the beginning you do a lot of work and make very little money. But if you stay consistent and persistent, things start to shift, and you do very little work and make a lot of money. But you must stay the course and believe you will be successful.
Now as you are plugging along, doing all the things you are supposed to do to grow your business, what you really are doing is planting seeds. The funny thing about these seeds though is you never know when they will come to fruition. Usually it’s when you least expect it and need it most.
And that’s what happened to me. Two weeks before the end of my quarter, a gal who had seen my post on a real estate investing forum we both belong to fourteen months ago contacted me telling me she was now ready to look at my business opportunity! She said she’d like to get going the first week of May.
Because I’ve been taught there’s no harm in asking, I explained to her that it was the end of our quarter, and if she would be willing to sign up by April 30, it would allow me to be a V.I.P. at our annual convention this year. She was happy to help and signed up at 7:00 p.m. on April 30! I won V.I.P. under the wire.
Now what would have happened if I had given up on my business after 3 or 6 months because I was frustrated? Not only would I have lost a sale, but I would have missed the opportunity to coach this wonderful new person. Have you ever stayed the course and been rewarded for doing so?
