A Tribute to Networkers

Tribute to Networkers…your standing ovation Dear networker, IT’S GREAT SPEAKING WITH YOU… even in this cyber space.We may not have met face-to-face but I feel I know you. We are kindred spirits because we believe in the network marketing home business. We embrace the concepts it stands for: equality, fraternity, co-operation and financial independence. I respect you for your entrepreneurship…taking ownership, being accountable and proactive in improving your situation. I ’m not going to offer platitudes that you deserve more, need to work harder or believe more in yourself…those are given attributes in this business.I am going to offer the proposition that if something isn’t working, then you need to refocus, redirect and try something new and different.It is time to stop what some may perceive as a “fly-by-night” ploy using the pursuit of happiness and a better lifestyle in order to promote an opportunity that pays limited earnings to the majority of participants. It is time to stop the pretense that scores of people will willingly listen and follow what we do until we start to produce the results we all want. SOMETHING DIFFERENTMy sole purpose is to present a different viewpoint and something very practical to go beyond what we understand as a conventional system to a more empowering system that shows the true potential of network marketing. We hold in our hands an amazing home business model with no earnings “cap” not found in any other business. We have the power to duplicate multi-level profits over and over again so even our grandchildren can enjoy our abundance. So what can we say about the current Old School Marketing System that is not functioning well for the majority of networkers? Then, what can we discover about a better solution with a New School Marketing System and what makes it work, purely at a logical level? TWO CONVICTIONS UPFRONTFirst, as our economic climate faces unprecedented turbulence, it becomes even more imperative for people to have a home business and gain some control over their personal economy whether to make some extra spending money or a lot of money depending on personal initiative. This network marketing business model will be the answer as the “greatest source of grassroots capitalism. You learn how to take a small bit of capital…which is Time and a small bit of capitalism which is Money, and start the American dream” (Jim Rohn). It is compassionate groups who can buy together and support each others cash-flow when working for an income becomes less secure. (We call a JOB trading hours for dollars.) The power of earning commissions from multiple levels of a monthly consumption network is a powerful income generating tool but we need to adjust the gears, ignite that ONE key sparkplug, and make it work better. Second, there are serious challenges on two fronts to address before we can hope to realize general consensus on the first. We need to empower and improve personal success as a better standard for others to emulate….talk the talk but, also walk the walkWe need to educate and improve public perception and market acceptance. There are already many comprehensive general overviews of this networking business, but what is missing is the one “democratic” key that can be operated by all the people at all levels in their comfort zones. The analogy is to show them a true marketing vehicle so simple and all-purpose to drive that every home business opportunity seeker will ask for a test drive. WORKING WELL FOR A FEW…BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? We know the industry structure works brilliantly for a very small percentage of entrepreneurs. They carry a big stick with a diamond sparkling carrot and may even inspire us to work harder to get a piece of that kind of prosperity. They are the “leaders”, charismatic, with years of expertise and connections, even corporate perks, with sophisticated training systems who are able to spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars monthly on advertising hoping to attract other leaders. At least, that has been my experience, and perhaps yours.But as hard as we work it doesn’t happen. We end up spending more money than we ever make. The central foundation of our network marketing is that every one regardless of age, sex, race, schooling, or background can truly have an equal playing field for success. It is a sad commentary, indeed, if this last “grass roots bastion of free enterprise” is to be controlled by, or limited to, the elite networkers with unlimited spending power. SO WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?What are some of the struggles experienced by 95% of networkers following this conventional Old School marketing system? Guaranteed, I have dealt with the exact same questions and frustrations that you are probably going through right now. I’m sure you can relate to these issuesIt wasn't easy chasing friends and family, cold calling, prospecting strangers in shopping malls, posting flyers, handing out business cards, following the endless training calls from upline sponsors...all the while not seeing ANY results for these efforts. We may even have had a few successes in our warm market, but that road quickly petered out to “nowhere” with less people who wanted to hear about potential “riches” that never materialized for anyone. We’ve attended "rah-rah" training events and conventions, passed out sets of promotional materials and endured confidence-shattering personal business pitches when someone would ask “Sounds like a great idea …but how has it worked out for you so far?” We may have even wondered about how to “magnetize” our personalities in order to be viewed as “experts” that would attract a multitude of “hungry” prospects.” Most of us have stared at our month end reports after several months of dutiful effort thinking whether this business was just a pipe-dream meant for the rich and famous but not for us. WHAT’S THE GOOD NEWS?The good news is that the belief system remains strong. There is no other home business model that can provide this opportunity where average people with above average dreams can create financial independence by plugging into a huge company and earning multiple commissions by helping to market their products. Without these years of struggle there wouldn’t have been the realization that something different had to be designed around the core values of this business. This complex hierarchy developed over decades that may work for a handful of powerful insiders needs to be updated for universal access by the majority of average networkers. How else can the general public applaud normal efforts and request more information? Everybody interested in financial health (and often physical well-being) should be flocking to our doors because of our growing prosperity to find out more how this works.THE STRONGEST LINK IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE WEAKEST….explainQuitting is not an option because we know the basic links in this business structure do provide for equal opportunities based on the same products, marketing tools, team support and so forth. The strongest link is the power of residual income for life based on loyal customers. The weakest link is duplication of a marketing system in order to retain customers. A marketing genius (Rich Schefren) has this to say: “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. All chains have one link that’s weaker than the others. And that link alone determines how much weight the whole chain can lift… Therefore, we must strive as business owners to focus on identifying and strengthening that weakest link.”THIS IS A POWERFUL INSIGHT.Therefore, the $64,000 question is to use a system that addresses the weakest link in network marketing; namely, the marketing plan. It needs to be brief, but comprehensive enough to highlight the main benefits, a complete overview where everyone can visualize the big picture, understand the value of leverage and then is ready to duplicate it, time effectively, without loss of critical information.TWO MARKETING SYSTEMS Old School Marketing System New School Educational Marketing System OLD SCHOOL MARKETING…HOW HAS IT WORKED FOR YOU In one sentence: the Old School conventional marketing is about promoting products and opportunity through an extensive information process via marketing tools to a large list of people with team support and consistent follow-ups with the intention of new prospects eventually joining. This system can work especially for experienced networkers who work full time at contacting and training. But it hasn’t worked for me or for others who gain a handful of new recruits, meager compensation, and it certainly becomes a major obstruction for new people to promote. Can you relate to some of these scenarios?…do you hand out too much information? Information overload is impossible to duplicate. Have you had this experience? Let’s say you just sign up a new prospect, Mary, who is finally excited about the opportunity of making some much needed extra money. Now, as a good sponsor, you send her all the training materials, schedules, contact lists and encourage her to go to and talk to her contacts with you by her side with 3-way calls. I have actually passed on a “training follow-up” that consisted of three downloads of material and zip folders galore! This is insanity… it simply doesn’t duplicate. No wonder, after a few short unproductive months of trying to show the system, Mary gives up, stops returning your calls and another disappointed reaction hits the public waves. …do you find yourself having to build a list, recruit and train a small army before you make any real money? Have you ever been told that this is a “name-collection” game? Have you been encouraged to chase other networkers because they “get it?” Have you ever tried to convince other networkers to switch from their programs…is that even ethical? Have you tried to explain to non-networkers about how “leverage and residual income” work who have no first hand information except possible public bias. Do you find yourself chasing prospects to see “what they liked about the information just sent” and time to “plug in and listen to calls and updates?” This can amount to heavy expenses and very hard to teach others. Why can’t we simplify this information flow? We can at the New School with the motto: Education… Empower… Change…do you limit your marketing primarily to promoting your business opportunity through a replicated business opportunity website? These websites are not meant for sales conversion. It is an important part so people can self-reference details of interest to them. But this step is only part of the total picture. They also need to see the context of economic changes, the business model itself, a cost effective marketing strategy, how residual income works, how to connect to Internet marketing if that is an interest, the value of a working with a strong team and so on.TIME to TAKE a COURSE at the NEW SCHOOL EDUCATION for EMPOWERMENT MARKETING SYSTEMIn one sentence: it is a simple marketing system that time-effectively links together several areas of essential information with an inbuilt educational training component to explain about a changing economy, the power of leveraged residual income and a key marketing plan for success. It shows the whole chain…the big “bird’s eye view”…the integration of networking, internet marketing, information technology, intellectual distribution versus physical distribution. It shows the importance of a personal mindset, moving beyond self-limiting habits. You can practice the ten operatives of a successful networker to start building your own belief system.People see themselves winning before they start. NOW they are ready and excited to be part of this amazing business opportunity. It removes the onus of trying to sell or convince people. It’s about education. And those who are open to finding out more will request it. It reduces the information intensive process to 3 main components and reduces time-consuming follow-ups. First, pass on an educational ABC primer to explain the business model, generic, hype free, with professional slides to explain some of the basic concepts. Those who raise their hand for more information will receive the second step …a phone number and a simple Getting Start Right Action Plan with necessary links. Third, everyone can read-and-share a marketing overview with steps to action. This will duplicate …massively. INTRODUCING the MINI-PROGRAM for MAXI-PROFITS It is for all these reasons that a well researched, broad perspective overview called the Mini-Program for Maxi-Profits was put together…to educate, empower and provide an unbeatable rationale for Change. It is a compilation of years of experience with master networkers and top income earners to show what works and what doesn’t. It is guaranteed to be 100% generic with no promotion of any company. Its goal is information about how to make money through duplication as quickly and easily as possible. A unique revolutionary marketing strategy is introduced and enforced with a great visual symbol. The main objectives of the program are twofold. First, apply proper learning principles beginning with basic vocabulary, concepts, strategies, comparison, self-evaluation and summary.Second, based on a common basic understanding, the next step is to learn how to increase the profit range into whatever potential desired. The opposite simply doesn’t work (change first, then get empowered, now go out and educate). No curriculum can exist that way; and bringing new “dreamy-eyed” people into a business without proper foundational skills will only increase frustration and failure. The benefits of this program are designed to:--ensure that the divergent but necessary elements for networking success are amalgamated into a simple ABC primer saving months of research and avoiding mistakes: E-Book: 105 Tips How to Plug into our Information Economy through Network Marketing --provides a simple training component easily shared with a growing team to explain the duplication principles of this business model. Slide presentation: Network Marketing in the Modern Information Age with a Simple 1 – 2 – 3 Marketing Plan.--connects to a online marketing system to expand contacts beyond warm market, uses auto responders loaded with sales messages, as well as provide ongoing communication training--has to be time effective to fit into variable time schedules… not based on conferences schedules. With a short learning curve, you may find that you can operate without upline support….a true self-franchised individual--has to be low-cost for the average networker to afford: online system, leads, training and support so everyone can get into positive cash flow quick --eliminates the biggest roadblocks to success which are excuses, “I don’t have any money, I’m too busy, I can’t, I won’t. “ A life framed with excuses is a wasted future. Check out the essay link: A Straight Line Home Business. THE STAGE IS SET: THE NEW RISING UP The time is right to stop the struggles of the average networker. We don’t need to buy into “top secret”, “cash-explosion formulas”, or expensive training programs to build our “attraction marketing” credibility. It is time to tune-up a simple marketing vehicle that everyone can drive and duplicate all the way to the bank…as this industry is meant to attract. It is time to educate about the potential of “people power” supporting each other when other business safety nets seem frayed and insecure. (And, if you use top rated health products as the source of your income, then more power to you.)It’s time even for “top dog” networkers to simplify the information process and share the valuable benefits of this business with an even greater sphere of influence. TAKE YOUR STANDING OVATION You know you need to do something dramatic within the “normal” range, something that will truly motivate you, but what you’ve tried so far has too much effort and too little results. You wish there was someone there with you, someone who understands what you're doing, and who could help you find the answers to your specific questions. You're tired of hearing the doubt in the voices of the people close to you, and are ready to prove to them that you have what it takes to be your own boss. You want to make your family proud and finally be able to give them everything they truly deserve - including your time. These wishes are my wishes. Your success is far more important than any reasons for not trying. Your success is my success. Let’s work and build our respective dreams together. Discover how the Mini-Program for Maxi-Profits can work for you. There’s nothing to hold you back from your place for a standing ovation…no risk…no doubts.Your comments, questions and opinions are invaluable.Send me a personal email to amarie10@gmail.com