In MLM Is Honesty Really The Best Policy? What You Should And Shouldn’t Tell Your Prospects!

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Is it really a good idea to tell your prospects the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? There are a lot of good points to be made here. Some people say that you shouldn’t tell your prospects the truth on every single aspect of your business and some people think you should. Here is why I say it’s important to be 100% honest about your home based business but that doesn’t mean you have to tell people everything. Let me explain…

I don’t really ever believe that lying could ever help your business. When people ask me if building a business from home is going to be a lot of work I say yes, because it’s true. I would never lie to a prospect because I believe that once you lie and you’re caught in that lie your credibility is shot forever. Plus it’s just not the right thing to do.

However, that being said I believe that sometimes we as network marketers tend to say way too much and that can hurt our business. There are things that a regular prospect just doesn’t need to know. They don’t need to know what percent commission you make on level 3. They don’t need to know every single detail about the products. That doesn’t mean that if they ask you you shouldn’t tell them it just means that it shouldn’t be a part of your average pitch.

Are you starting to see the difference. Tell people the truth when they ask but be careful not to say way too much when it’s not necessary. I have walked by as people have been explaining a business to a prospect and let me tell you when you start saying way too much you’re just going to confuse the person even more. Give them a brief overview of what the business is all about and answer any questions that they might have without giving them way too much info at once!

So, is honesty the best policy in network marketing? Yes!