Direct Marketing and Network Marketing are two completely different beasts. Direct Marketing is a sales business. Network Marketing is a coaching and mentoring business.
In today’s internet age of network marketing, many people are using direct marketing strategies to build a network marketing business. People have been convinced that they need to spend hundreds of hours and dollars learning the art of print persuasion, PPC, SEO, etc.
Network Marketing will always be about building a group of people with a common vision, doing simple actions consistently over an extended period of time. This is the recipe for freedom.
Robert Kiyosaki has always said in his books that business is a team sport. Network Marketing is ESPECIALLY a team sport.
Recently, on a training call hosted by Art Jonak, I heard the story of Orjan Saele. Orjan is a 7 figure network marketing superstar that you’ve never heard of.
He’s from Norway. Norway is not a big country, and network marketing is far from being a way of life there (at least compared to North America, or Australia).
What’s impressive about his feat is that he’s built an organisation totaling 5% of the entire nation’s population! He’s has the biggest downline in Scandinavia. [click to continue…]
When you joined your first network marketing company, did your sponsoring upline tell your that they have a system? What was that system? What did they tell you to do? Make a list of friends and family? Was that their system?
Did they tell you to buy leads from a particular lead broker at some ridiculous price per month? Did you find out that 99% of the leads that you bought didn’t want to hear from you? Hmmm… (they didn’t tell you they were making money from selling you those leads?)
If you are in a good company, which has stood the test of time, has great products that people are buying and a great compensation plan, you still CANNOT be successful unless you also have a proven duplicate-able system. [click to continue…]
“On page 43 of this Success In 10 Steps, You'll learn a vital skill that all Top Networkers have Mastered: How to create Trust and Rapport with Prospects Instantly!”
When you joined your first network marketing company, did your sponsoring upline tell your that they have a system? What was that system? What did they tell you to do? Make a list of friends and family? Was that their system?
