Choosing Your MLM - 5 Things to Consider

hen selecting an MLM company there are many things that you should consider. After all you will be much more passionate about your business if you have done your research and know in your gut that you have a sound product or service that you can feel good about. You also want a company that you know will not disappear in the midst of you building your sales team.This actually leads to the first item to consider when selecting your company and that is the product or service. If you look back over the years there has been so company that has lasted longer than a few years that did not have a good product or service. This right away eliminates those organizations that do cash gifting or something like that where there is no real product or no real service that is delivered. Those businesses are a flash in the pan and will not have a long term business.When analyzing the product or service you should look at how unique the product or service is and how much competition there is in the market place both in a traditional business and as a multi level marketing company. One example of this is a health juice company. There are many of these companies so what makes the one you are considering better and why would someone choose it over a competitor. The less competition the better.Another aspect of the product or service is how easy is it to prove that the product or service works as described. The more difficult it is to prove the benefits of the product or service the more difficult it will be to sell and the more difficult it will be to enroll others to become distributors.Second and somewhat related is the fact that you want a company that you know is going to be around for a while. That is a rather easy choice when looking at companies that are older than 2 years and even easier after 5 years. These companies you can be fairly sure that they will be around for a while. The flip side to this is however the fact that most of the big money earners are the generally the ones that got in those organizations at the beginning. So you have to weigh the age and stability in other ways if you want to have a potential larger reward when it comes to earnings.Thirdly and somewhat related to the last item is the leadership of the organization. When a company is younger than 2 years you should look at the principles in the organization and their track records in the business. This I realize is not always that easy to do because there are many factors that contribute to an individual's prior history or success that they may not have had anything to do with but because of their association with the prior venture you get a false sense of security. You should look deep into the prior businesses as best you can to evaluate the leadership or ownership of the company.The fourth item to consider is the compensation plan. Often this is very difficult to ascertain because there are so many twists and iterations to consider and when you try to compare compensation plans you can get really lost in the minutia of the details. This is certainly difficult and is beyond explanation in this article but the devil is in the details and you should understand this or trust your sponsors explanation that it is sound.The fifth item to look at is the training. This can actually be the hardest to determine because it is so dependent on your upline team as well as the MLM organization. There can be all kinds of restrictions on what you can and cannot say about your company and claims related to the products or services that this can get very complicated and confusing. This is one of those areas that you should look into and question but ultimately will need to rely on the recommendation of your enroller. This will come done to how well you know the person and if you feel you can trust them. Bottom line is this is the biggest factor in your decision to join the company. Do you trust your potential enroller to help you get the support you need to grow your business?Selecting the right company is a formidable task and should not be jumped into without the proper consideration. This does not mean you cannot do it quickly because you can. Particularly if you have been in the business for a while and know a good product and team when you sense it. That is right you heard me right. You can just sense a great leader and/or a great team. They just have that extra something that you cannot explain.