Branding Yourself As a Home Business Mentor - 10 Simple Action Steps You Can Do Right Now

Network marketers want to build big downlines for leveraged income yet many struggle for this kind of success and most fail completely. Why is that?One reason is there's a lack of understanding about the "influence" one must have before others will want to follow them in business. There are simple steps one can take to move forward and begin positioning themselves as leaders in their company and in the industry in general.If you're a network marketer who genuinely wants to become a leader, the rewards are tremendous because you've taught your team how to duplicate success. But, be sure you're in a highly leveraged business opportunity or the time you spend mentoring won't match the money you make unless you charge outside coaching fees. The instance I'm speaking of here is you being a home business mentor to your personal downline business partners at no charge.Being a Home Business Mentor is more than just reaching out to those who join you in your particular network marketing opportunity but also to the masses outside of your chosen business. In this case, you want to charge a coaching fee for your services.If in fact you desire to be a home business mentor, no doubt you have clearly defined goals about what you want your business model to look like. You've assessed the area of expertise through talking with others in the industry and observing the need and demand for good mentoring. You feel strongly that you have the commitment to lead a team or large organization and you're up for the task.Great... Now what?By reading this article you will be able to implement immediate action steps to help you achieve your ultimate goal of becoming a home business coach.Think about the kind of leader that you are attracted to. Make a list of all the things you like about that leader/ home business coach. Be very specific. Ask yourself if you have those same characteristics and behaviors. If not, you'll want to begin living your life in such a way that you do.Developing characteristics and behaviors of leaders and you moving into the arena of home business coaching begins with your mindset. No surprise there. See yourself as the home business mentor you want to be and then begin to act like that person.Here are 10 tips that you can begin and implement right now to put you on the road to help you meet your goal sooner, rather than later.1) Prioritize your "to do" list and find focused time to accomplish your daily activities.If you randomly decide when you will and won't work, you'll likely spend too much time behind your computer and find that family is suffering or you are not putting in enough time. Keep track of the hours you contribute toward money generating activities in your business and hold yourself accountable. Do this because that's what a home business coach/leader does.2) Encourage others in their home business endeavors.You are not in the business of convincing your business partner to stay in the business if they are not putting forth the effort. That's not what I'm talking about. What I am talking about is that most home based business owners do not get adequate support and you, as a home business mentor, will be their breath of fresh air. Remind them of their dreams and their why. Let them know they are not alone in their business and encourage them to reach out to the online community and establish new relationships with like-minded people. Do this because that's what a home business coach/leader does.3) Don't hand hold team members, but rather empower people to their greatness.Don't be afraid to make them work. Do not do the work for them, but certainly it's OK to show them some things and point them to information or resources where they can master what they need to learn. People want confident instructions, good ideas and resources.4) Set the example. Do the work that you want your team to do.Let them see you work. Let them see your fresh new content being placed online on a consistent basis. Leading by example has been defined as the best thing you can do as a leader. When they can see you placing ads, participating in the social media platforms, putting up videos, attending seminars, doing webinars, they can see you practice what you preach.5) Do personal development and grow from the inside out.The moment you decide you're a leader, you're a leader. Your thoughts determine your actions and behaviors.6) Customer service lacks a lot in this industry because its newbies trying to lead newbies and many are not taking it seriously. So set yourself aside as an individual, a leader, a home business mentor, that people can come to count on to answer questions and truly help them with their next steps.7) Be a good study, attend seminars, gain new skill sets.The day you think you know it all, is the day you start to die. Never stop learning. Share what you learn through teaching. In this way, you will be growing and becoming more valuable to others, you will be role modeling that learning is important and you'll be teaching what you've learned. Killing 3 birds with one stone.8) Teach others in whatever capacity you can.Part of being your authentic self can be to admit you don't know everything, but that you have enjoyed learning and are excited to teach others what you know. When you learn how to upload a video to YouTube, or even be able to use editing software, for example, teach it. When you learn what an autoresponder is and why and how its incorporated into your marketing, teach that to others. You get my point.9) Remove all negative, self defeating words and thoughts from coming out of your being.Be mindful of what you say, how you feel, your body language, your emotions and kick yourself in the butt if you need to. Replace those negative emissions with positive ones. Your words and thoughts create your reality.10) Create your own product.Become an author. It may be a report, a video documentary, a video series, an ebook, a DVD, doesn't matter. Think about what you know, what you have learned and put it in product form.You can probably add more to this list but this is a good start for you to be pondering about. Whether you choose to go through these 10 steps now, or make excuses why you can't, chances are they won't go away. You can do it now or do them later, but they will need to be done.So, grab yourself a good dose of confidence and determination and get to work. You will find that the rewards for taking action when most others won't will provide freedoms for you in how you decide to live your life that others will simply just continue to dream about.