Comments on: The Network Marketing Lightbulb Goes On http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html MLM News - MLM Reviews - Network Marketing News - Network Marketing Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shannon http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3328 Shannon Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:40:21 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3328 <p>I agree. I mean to say that overall, if you were to conduct a survey, you would probably find a majority of people more interested in looking at your way of earning extra income than in buying your supplements. Especially if you told them it was as unique as Passport. <br /> Reasonably priced, high quality supplements are everywhere. Opportunities like Passport aren't. But even the opportunity wouldn't seem as unique to someone unfamiliar with the hopeless hype in our industry as it would to someone who is.<br /> I realize I could still make a substantial income marketing my products instead of recruiting, regardless of how many more people would enroll as associates. A 50% profit is huge. <br /> Ty, you're blog is a safe haven of common sense for those of us so worn out from all the outrageous baloney out there. Thanks again.</p> I agree. I mean to say that overall, if you were to conduct a survey, you would probably find a majority of people more interested in looking at your way of earning extra income than in buying your supplements. Especially if you told them it was as unique as Passport.
Reasonably priced, high quality supplements are everywhere. Opportunities like Passport aren't. But even the opportunity wouldn't seem as unique to someone unfamiliar with the hopeless hype in our industry as it would to someone who is.
I realize I could still make a substantial income marketing my products instead of recruiting, regardless of how many more people would enroll as associates. A 50% profit is huge.
Ty, you're blog is a safe haven of common sense for those of us so worn out from all the outrageous baloney out there. Thanks again.

]]> By: Ty http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3327 Ty Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:46:51 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3327 <p>I think there are more potential customers than business partners. Find a product that is remarkable (in Passport look at Joint Health Plus) and you will find it to be very marketable.</p> I think there are more potential customers than business partners. Find a product that is remarkable (in Passport look at Joint Health Plus) and you will find it to be very marketable.

]]> By: Shannon http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3326 Shannon Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:37:17 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3326 <p>Not if I generate customer volume. Customers should be the major source of my mlm income, although recruiting certainly has potential for big income.<br /> I figure there are more people wanting to supplement their income than buy products from me.</p> Not if I generate customer volume. Customers should be the major source of my mlm income, although recruiting certainly has potential for big income.
I figure there are more people wanting to supplement their income than buy products from me.

]]> By: Imran http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3325 Imran Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:24:58 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3325 <p>Lighbulb and Network Marketing, hmmmm</p> <p>7th Aha, how much network marketers does it take to screw the lightbulb?</p> <p>A: You keep on recruiting until you find one, else you are screwed. </p> Lighbulb and Network Marketing, hmmmm

7th Aha, how much network marketers does it take to screw the lightbulb?

A: You keep on recruiting until you find one, else you are screwed.

]]> By: Shannon http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3324 Shannon Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:20:07 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3324 <p>If little girls can sell Girl Scout cookies (expensive cookies) outside the grocery stores and if old men can hawk newspapers on the street corner in near or below freezing temperatures, why can't John Doe sell vitamins or shampoo to Jack or Jane Smith?<br /> If Wal-mart, a multi-billion dollar retailer, can hire people to do back breaking labor or lethally boring tasks for $7.00/hr, why can't MLMer John Doe enroll a "needy" person with realized needs and debt up to their neck?<br /> Once I help someone who has realized their need for my solution, do I not have to almost immediately help them see themselves as a problem solving "solution provider" before they decide mlm is not what they were looking for after all?<br /> If it's all about discovering needs and providing solutions without appearing nosey or greedy, then this would be paramount in mlm training. <br /> After all, the largest potential market must surely be the people out there who are honest enough with themselves and the MLMer to realize their need of a reasonably priced product and/or their lack of income.<br /> Therefore my success depends not so much on my honesty as it does their honesty. That takes some pressure off of me. It would seem the ball is always in their court. People truly sell or sponsor themselves to a very large degree. I am a facilitator. A relaxed facilitator. <br /> If they don't buy and/or enroll, they either don't have the need they thought they had,they're not ready or they're in denial. I walk away without looking like a crook or scammer, but only as someone trying to help. AHA! I think I'm beginning to see myself with a marketing ministry instead of a business. Maybe MLMer should be changed to marketing minister. It sounds warmer and more down to earth. The whole industry needs a makeover with new buzzwords.<br /> Because of past and present abuses, terms like "business", "network marketing" and others scare people off and nauseate them. Change the "L" in MLM to "love". I know it sounds cheesy, but I struggle with why I don't get approached daily with someone's products or opportunity because MLM has so much potential to make a difference. AHA! I must make a difference, not MLM.</p> If little girls can sell Girl Scout cookies (expensive cookies) outside the grocery stores and if old men can hawk newspapers on the street corner in near or below freezing temperatures, why can't John Doe sell vitamins or shampoo to Jack or Jane Smith?
If Wal-mart, a multi-billion dollar retailer, can hire people to do back breaking labor or lethally boring tasks for $7.00/hr, why can't MLMer John Doe enroll a "needy" person with realized needs and debt up to their neck?
Once I help someone who has realized their need for my solution, do I not have to almost immediately help them see themselves as a problem solving "solution provider" before they decide mlm is not what they were looking for after all?
If it's all about discovering needs and providing solutions without appearing nosey or greedy, then this would be paramount in mlm training.
After all, the largest potential market must surely be the people out there who are honest enough with themselves and the MLMer to realize their need of a reasonably priced product and/or their lack of income.
Therefore my success depends not so much on my honesty as it does their honesty. That takes some pressure off of me. It would seem the ball is always in their court. People truly sell or sponsor themselves to a very large degree. I am a facilitator. A relaxed facilitator.
If they don't buy and/or enroll, they either don't have the need they thought they had,they're not ready or they're in denial. I walk away without looking like a crook or scammer, but only as someone trying to help. AHA! I think I'm beginning to see myself with a marketing ministry instead of a business. Maybe MLMer should be changed to marketing minister. It sounds warmer and more down to earth. The whole industry needs a makeover with new buzzwords.
Because of past and present abuses, terms like "business", "network marketing" and others scare people off and nauseate them. Change the "L" in MLM to "love". I know it sounds cheesy, but I struggle with why I don't get approached daily with someone's products or opportunity because MLM has so much potential to make a difference. AHA! I must make a difference, not MLM.

]]> By: Shannon http://mlmblog.net/site/2005/01/the_network_mar-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-3323 Shannon Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:04:45 +0000 http://localhost/mlmblog/?p=1891#comment-3323 <p>Spoken like a true minister of marketing. I use "minister" without any religious connotation whatsoever. Ministry is simply service. Service means being selfless and selflessness can be difficult. This may account for the reason most do not do well in mlm. It appears you really have to reach out and listen. Dare to care. It's such a paradigm shift since we all have tendencies flowing in the opposite direction. That might sound cynical, but in my case it's so true. I need to learn more about communication, relationships and attitude than selling and sponsoring. <br /> </p> Spoken like a true minister of marketing. I use "minister" without any religious connotation whatsoever. Ministry is simply service. Service means being selfless and selflessness can be difficult. This may account for the reason most do not do well in mlm. It appears you really have to reach out and listen. Dare to care. It's such a paradigm shift since we all have tendencies flowing in the opposite direction. That might sound cynical, but in my case it's so true. I need to learn more about communication, relationships and attitude than selling and sponsoring.

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