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Casual Articles - Network Marketing: A Lesson From A Guy Named Ed
Community Outreach ProgramThe mission of the World Bank’s Community Outreach Program is to improve the quality of life of people in the Washington metropolitan community. The Program aims to make a difference in the lives of local families and children in lasting, sustainable ways – particularly in the areas of education and youth development.The Program encourages Bank staff, whose daily work is focused on promoting economic development and reducing poverty in developing countries, to show their concern and generosity to the most disadvantaged populations of Washington.Activities focus on four main areas: charitable giving, capacity building, staff volunteerism, and partnerships. Bank staff raise money
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed imm
There's no question, the three most popular ways to drive targeted traffic to your website are Pay Per Click Advertising, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Article Marketing.Article marketing is an off page optimization strategy that works like magic to build traffic and won't cost you anything. You create a library of well written short articles about your niche subject aimed at your target customer and submit them to sites such as GoArticles.com and EzineArticles.com.Anyone knows that once you stop paying for your pay per click results, you will stop getting website traffic.Articles on the other hand always stay on the pages of a high traffic website if added. This is like having a shop op
Actually, network marketing is not all that hard, it's just that people make it that way. The other day, a very nice lady from Florida, educated and intelligent, asked me to give her some tips on network marketing. I was thinking about the answer, and pondering some points on the subject, and the following came to mind.
First of all, my philosophy is NOT to market. The strongest position in network marketing is usually NOT that of the marketer, but rather that of the networker. Within my reach as I type this are six excellent books on network marketing, and you will have a hard time finding exhortations to "market" your product, service, or business opportunity. Again and again in these same books are page after page of instructions and examples of how to effectively "network".
To be sure, having a good product, strong promotional materials, and a working ability to express the virtues of the product, service, or opportunity is of great importance. However, just as in most traditional product advertising, sales are going to be dependent on the number of interested people you can get your message in front of.
So, if you are selling toothpaste, does this mean that you only target people in need of toothpaste? No. In network marketing you must always remember that even someone who doesn't need toothpaste can refer someone to you who does. In most network marketing situations, YOU are the more important product. The referral or purchase will seldom come because you have the best or only toothpaste in town. Your success will hinge on how well you market yourself.
A quick question; how many women do you know who buy network marketed cosmetics from a friend or a friend of a friend?
Any one of these women can pick up almost anything they can imagine while doing grocery shopping or at any one of a dozen other places they regularly visit. Why buy something that possibly costs a little more, that can only be glimpsed in a catalog and that they must wait to have delivered if not because of the relationship that exists between them and their distributor?
Interestingly enough, once the connection is made, many of these women have become so comfortable with the person, the product, and the system that they automatically seek to establish contact with a new representative should they lose contact with their original distributor.
Without cracking a single one of those network marketing books I mentioned, almost anyone can create a list of places to network and how to do it. Go to church, volunteer at the library, take part in fund raising events, join professional organizations, bring your neighbor's garbage cans back up to the house for them...
Wait a minute! Are you saying I just need to be a good guy or gal to be successful?
Obviously, in addition to being a "good" person, being a pillar of the community, and making lots of friends, you DO have a product or service to sell, but it is usually pretty easy to mention what you do or ask for a kind word once you have established your credentials. People are actually pretty understanding about that sort of thing...especially if you don't start throwing your best sales pitch at them.
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed imme
Unsecured personal loans are the solution for people who do not have or who do not want to offer any property as collateral and yet want to secure a personal loan. The best thing about an unsecured personal loan is its flexibility. Though lenders require you to mention the purpose for which you are borrowing the loan, there is no restriction as such on the use of the loan amount. You can use it for various other purposes like buying a car, meeting holiday expenses, paying your long medical bills, financing the studies of your child, consolidating your past debts, and meeting the expenses of wedding in your family.Unsecured personal loans are not secured against collateral and therefore they pose a great risk to
To be sure, having a good product, strong promotional materials, and a working ability to express the virtues of the product, service, or opportunity is of great importance. However, just as in most traditional product advertising, sales are going to be dependent on the number of interested people you can get your message in front of.
So, if you are selling toothpaste, does this mean that you only target people in need of toothpaste? No. In network marketing you must always remember that even someone who doesn't need toothpaste can refer someone to you who does. In most network marketing situations, YOU are the more important product. The referral or purchase will seldom come because you have the best or only toothpaste in town. Your success will hinge on how well you market yourself.
A quick question; how many women do you know who buy network marketed cosmetics from a friend or a friend of a friend?
Any one of these women can pick up almost anything they can imagine while doing grocery shopping or at any one of a dozen other places they regularly visit. Why buy something that possibly costs a little more, that can only be glimpsed in a catalog and that they must wait to have delivered if not because of the relationship that exists between them and their distributor?
Interestingly enough, once the connection is made, many of these women have become so comfortable with the person, the product, and the system that they automatically seek to establish contact with a new representative should they lose contact with their original distributor.
Without cracking a single one of those network marketing books I mentioned, almost anyone can create a list of places to network and how to do it. Go to church, volunteer at the library, take part in fund raising events, join professional organizations, bring your neighbor's garbage cans back up to the house for them...
Wait a minute! Are you saying I just need to be a good guy or gal to be successful?
Obviously, in addition to being a "good" person, being a pillar of the community, and making lots of friends, you DO have a product or service to sell, but it is usually pretty easy to mention what you do or ask for a kind word once you have established your credentials. People are actually pretty understanding about that sort of thing...especially if you don't start throwing your best sales pitch at them.
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed imm
True or False: Gas is up? Insurance is up? Real Estate Taxes are up? Labor is up? Feed is up? How about your horse business prices and fees? Are they up?Congratulations to you if they are. The truth is most professional horsemen will answer No to the question about their prices. In spite of the fact that horse business owners face rising prices constantly, many neglect to raise their own prices. I bet these are some of the reasons you can’t raise your prices:1. Your customers are your long-time friends, too, and they can’t afford a price increase. 2. You’ll lose your customers to the competition if you raise your fees. 3. You can’t charge more; you’re not sure you’re really worth that much!
A quick question; how many women do you know who buy network marketed cosmetics from a friend or a friend of a friend?
Any one of these women can pick up almost anything they can imagine while doing grocery shopping or at any one of a dozen other places they regularly visit. Why buy something that possibly costs a little more, that can only be glimpsed in a catalog and that they must wait to have delivered if not because of the relationship that exists between them and their distributor?
Interestingly enough, once the connection is made, many of these women have become so comfortable with the person, the product, and the system that they automatically seek to establish contact with a new representative should they lose contact with their original distributor.
Without cracking a single one of those network marketing books I mentioned, almost anyone can create a list of places to network and how to do it. Go to church, volunteer at the library, take part in fund raising events, join professional organizations, bring your neighbor's garbage cans back up to the house for them...
Wait a minute! Are you saying I just need to be a good guy or gal to be successful?
Obviously, in addition to being a "good" person, being a pillar of the community, and making lots of friends, you DO have a product or service to sell, but it is usually pretty easy to mention what you do or ask for a kind word once you have established your credentials. People are actually pretty understanding about that sort of thing...especially if you don't start throwing your best sales pitch at them.
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed imm
Mortgage Accelerators have been around for years, and most people have heard of them in one form or another. Years ago, the most people's idea of a mortgage accelerator was simply the idea of making an extra payment on your mortgage or adding extra money every month to pay down the principal. Those simple ideas have turned into many different techniques used to payoff mortgages faster.Extra Payments - This is the easiest type of mortgage acceleration to implement, because it basically involves either making an extra payment whenever you can (using that Annual Bonus for example) or sending in an extra amount with your monthly payment that goes directly towards principal.There are also many Advanced Techniques th
Without cracking a single one of those network marketing books I mentioned, almost anyone can create a list of places to network and how to do it. Go to church, volunteer at the library, take part in fund raising events, join professional organizations, bring your neighbor's garbage cans back up to the house for them...
Wait a minute! Are you saying I just need to be a good guy or gal to be successful?
Obviously, in addition to being a "good" person, being a pillar of the community, and making lots of friends, you DO have a product or service to sell, but it is usually pretty easy to mention what you do or ask for a kind word once you have established your credentials. People are actually pretty understanding about that sort of thing...especially if you don't start throwing your best sales pitch at them.
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed imm
It will get you every time. If you fail to plan, plan on failing, especially when it comes to stock trading.The stock market is an expensive place to learn how you react under pressure. When there is money on the line, people's ability to make sound, rational decisions oftentimes becomes clouded in the heat of the moment.Ask yourself what you would do if you had recently bought a stock in a company and soon after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an investigation into the companies 10k form?Or what if a terrorist group successfully denoted a bomb on an aircraft; would you sell your airline stocks or buy more?What would you do if a company that produces organic beverages announced
Several years ago, I saw how a guy named Ed turned a chance encounter into a network marketing opportunity, and, at least briefly, created a friend.
Ed was an Independent Business Owner for a discount dental plan that was just getting started in Texas and a few other states. I had signed up in the business opportunity under him. I had just attended one of those network marketing training sessions I mentioned above, and Ed had accompanied me out to the elevator as we continued a conversation which had begun inside the training room.
As we stood there talking, an elevator stopped at the floor, a man got out and looked around with that bewildered look on his face that we get when WE step out of the elevator and are not quite sure where the room is that we are looking for.
With a quick grin, Ed immediately asked the man if he could help him find something. The man mentioned the name of a business, and Ed was able to tell him where it was and took the few steps necessary to escort the man to the correct corridor. He thanked Ed very politely, and Ed just as politely told him that he had been happy to help.
All of this took less than a minute.
Just before Ed and the man parted company, Ed asked, "Do you mind if I ask you a question?"
The man replied that he didn't mind.
Ed then asked him, "Do you have a dental plan?"
The man hesitantly replied that he didn't, and Ed, who never left home without them, handed him a brochure and simply asked him to take a look through it when he had a chance. Ed had actually begun to turn back to me when the man, unfolding the brochure, began to ask questions about the program. Ed was only too happy to answer the man's questions.
Another elevator arrived and I left. I don't know if Ed ever sold that man on the dental plan, but I do know that I saw an excellent piece of networking. That was basically Ed's "sales" technique.
Oh yeah! The last time I saw Ed, he was making in excess of $100,000.00 A MONTH.
For several years, I tried to "sell" things with little success, and lots of moments that I wished I was elsewhere. Eventually, I wised up and just started trying to be a "nice guy", and lo and behold, I began making money.
Okay Ed, I finally got the message.
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