In November of 2003, I wrote an article about my stance on Network Marketing. In that article I talked about four areas that Network Marketing needed to improve on in order to come out of a place of resistance into a place of acceptance.
1. Product Price and Value
2. Questionable Training
3. Questionable Leadership
4. Confusing and Hyped Compensation Plans
I believe it is time to add a 5th point (Stop Hounding and Start Building Relationships) and I also believe it is time to turn this into a Network Marketing Manifesto (more on that soon).
My friends, I believe that we in Network Marketing, are at the beginning of a fantastic trend – a revolution in the industry.
For years, the top levels of this business have been dominated by red personalities. You know the type I’m talking about… the “hard hitting, no remorse, all go, never quit until you beg, plead, and bribe every innocent grandmother into your organization” kind of personality. This behavior, among other things, has led to a public misunderstanding of the potential of Network Marketing.
There’s a reason that as soon as one of your friends hears that you’re a Network Marketer, they head for the hills and join the Witness Protection Program. It’s because they’ve probably been hounded by someone else in Network Marketing and lived to tell the story. And BY GOD do they tell the story! They share their negative experience with everyone they know.
WELL GUESS WHAT – THE TIME OF HOUNDING IS OVER
Read the rest of Andrew’s article at ezinearticles.com.
