Is Your Upline the Love 'em and Leave 'em Kind?

by Angela Billings

Published on this site: August 9th, 2005 - See more articles from this month

Has this happened to you before? Someone is advertising a great new opportunity and they want you to sign up under their leadership. They make it sound so good and that the support they will give you is out of this world. But, as soon as you sign on the dotted line you can't even get your emails or phone calls answered by them. You, my friend, have just been loved and left!

I have seen it and felt it many times myself. People everywhere are looking for ways to make extra income or to work towards full time careers, they find a great opportunity and product that they love and can't wait to get started in the business but they need some help along the way.That is where their upline comes in.

An upline is suppose to help the recruits along the way and answer questions to help them get started and give them support along the way. After all the upline makes money off the sales of the recruit.

Don't leave new recruits hanging! If they have a question answer it, don't ignore their emails or calls if they are not a top earner because they very well could be if you would give them some support and time.

I myself have signed with many companies and have been so excited to get started but have been left behind by my upline with no support, no help and no desire to pursue the business anymore. After all why should I work and make them money!

Some Tips For Finding a Good Upline:

1. Contact them for information on the opportunity and see how long it takes for them to get back to you and how they answer the questions you have.
   
   
2. Do they have a monthly or weekly newsletter or any newsletter?
   
   
3. Do they hold meetings either online or offline.
   
   
4. Ask other downline members how they like the upline as a manager/leader.
   
   
5. Do they represent several different direct sales companies and does this hinder them by having too many hands in the fire?

Tips for Upline Leaders

1. Answer the questions of your recruits in a timely manner.
   
   
2. Send them sales tips,ideas and recognition on a regular basis.
   
   
3. If the recruit is having a hard time getting sales send one of your cusomers their way. This will go a long way in building them up in the self-esteem department.
   
   
4. Recognize them for even small accomplishments this will also go along way and will help them accomplish bigger things.
   
   
5. If you do not want to support a downline think twice before going into management.

I hope some of the ideas will help you in choosing your upline and give you some ideas on treating your downline in a professional manner as someone in a leadership position should. Please pass this on to all your managers, upline, downline, leaders and those that are new to management but also to those who have been in it for years.

Angela Billings is owner of Promotion Pointers http://www.promotionpointers.com and offers Promoting ~ Advancement ~ Encouragement and a weekly newsletter to those in direct sales and party plan.She is also an Ind. AVON Representative http://www.youravon.com/abillings