Duplication is the key to success in the MLM Business. In addition to recruiting new distributors, don't overlook a sytematic approach to product sales. Many large MLM businesses were built using product sales as the prime catalyst for orginizational growth. Large product sales also means a larger income sooner than just recruiting distributors alone.
Let's look at a simple example. Would you rather have 1000 distributors purchasing $100 a month in product or 300 distributors selling $700 a month in product? Since MLM commissions are based on volume and the 1st group's volume is $100,000 and the 2nd group's volume is $210,000, who made the most money? It is obvious that the 2nd group was more profitable. Don't neglect product sales systems if you can find them.
What you want to find starting out in the MLM business is a duplicatable system anyone can use. This may take the form of lead capture pages, autoresponders and the messages preloaded in them, and of course, a reliable source of good leads. Hopefully you can get all these "tools" from your upline, since company created material is not the best available.
Mlm systems are not a new phenomenon. Everyone seems to have one. It is what you personally do with them. Use your own special techniques which and you will be a success.
An MLMer who makes over $1,000,000 a year adds his own personal touch to a prospecting system. He also mails postcards and phones the prospect leaving messages on the answering service of the prospect. He just gives a bland 30 second introduction to himself and his MLM Business and goes on to the next one. The amount of signups he gets are tremendous! He gave his marketing campaign the personal touch which set him apart from the competition.
If your downline can duplicate you, not only using the Internet but also snail mail and the telephone answering service tactic, you can't help but be successful.
To really be a success, you must add the personal touch to any "cold" and impersonal system.