Remember the days when network marketing started – 60+ years back!

In those days there were no mobile phones and land lines were comparatively expensive. Anything like the internet was not even imaginable. Consequently the idea of building a network marketing business had to be accomplished applying totally different methods than are used in network marketing today.

Historic Methods of Building a Network Marketing Business:

Seeing the circumstances which prevailed it was not surprising to teach things like:

• Make a list of family and friends
• Come to a meeting every week
• Do presentations of the business at home
• Take prospects to big presentations in some public place
• Request people to give you recommendations
• Teach everyone to do the same over

In a way it was a system as it could be taught and copied by newcomers. The hard thing about it was that personal development was non existent then and it was mainly sales people who started up in this new business venture. As a sales person as a rule works by ticking off numbers and increases the numbers to improve results this way to build the business was hard to be coped by others who didn’t belong to the few percent of people who love selling.

The rate of rejection was high and as many people in a desperate desire to make this business work for them got really “sticky” their environment even started  evading them. Of course the reputation of this new born business of network marketing suffered immensely – not only for the stickiness of those who were involved, but also because of the incredible rates of failure.

In network marketing today we still feel some of this impact of the reputation which was created over years – today’s young adults had been watching their parents struggle and fail and others in their immediate environment.

As a result  there is still a high degree of skepticism prevailing – and of course – things which used to be state-of-the-art over many years die hard. So we still find lots of groups today, even companies and organisations, who keep teaching the same old rut over and over again although times have changed.

Not only do we have mobile phones, we also have the internet and all that comes along with it. methods that actually work are a lot different from those of those early days.

Naturally having success in network marketing today means that you have to have adequate training – first of all on going personal development, plus learning of skill which are needed to move along in today’s environment. Develop the wisdom to differentiate and choose what will serve you instead of what will rip you off!

To your success in network marketing today

Frieke Karlovits

A Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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Life and all that is part of it is prone to accumulating clutter. We are so used to our house, environment, office, wardrobe, shelves, business, network marketing business, that we become blind to its subtle change, the blur that comes in and eventually becomes so dense.

We may stop seeing the outlines, the necessities and may wade in the fog wondering why we are not having the success we dream of.

Of course we are aware we need targeted leads, build relationships with our prospects, make sure they get training and are plugged into a network marketing system that duplicates.

The blur, however, will haze our mind and the whole concept may be or become overwhelming that we cannot focus on what needs to be done next.

In the corporate world much the same happens in companies and as a rule when things  are going down management calls in outside experts who are not “involved” who will see clear, who will give support in analysing which things have gone wrong…

Well you can do the same – accept an offer for free coaching, take a hand offered and follow the guidance.

• start with the basics and check your policies and procedures, your commission plan and consequently become aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your business. It happens that the entire situation is “not your fault”.
• check if the way you do your work is a system that duplicates. You need a system which will adapt for every personality type if you actually want to succeed.
• and check if the system you are working is up to date, because if you follow instructions which may have worked some 15 or more years ago – they are very likely outdated today

To make sure that your “love of the products, business, work environment” doesn’t blur your perception you need this outside input.

Warning:

The truth may not be pleasant – but better to know it now than later if you want to base your life and future on what you are doing.

You deserve the best – nothing but the very best!

To Your Success

Frieke Karlovits

Your Mentor With A Servant’s Heart

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