Network Marketing What's Hot and What's Not

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What's hot in network marketing products is a changing show. For instance, in the '80s the Cambridge diet put America on diet shakes. Earlier, Shaklee taught Americans to use nutritional supplements. Then came herb crazes like Herbalife and Sunrider. Later, 3 million long distance telephone customers were signed on by Network 2000, and America discovered water filters through NSA and personal electronic security products from Quorum International. America was introduced to prepaid legal services by Oklahoma based Prepaid Legal, and later introduced to prepaid phone cards by Tele-Sales, Inc. of Oklahoma City. Tea Tree Oil, (Meleleuca) Pycnogenol, (Kaire) and Aloe Vera (Forever Living Products) - they were all propelled to fame by network marketing companies.

What's "not" also changes. Some products have gone bump in the night, like diet cookies, gold coins, and appetite patches. But in the long run, Sheffield asserts that the old mainstays - vitamins and cosmetics - demonstrate the survival of consumables.

If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business." Robert T. Kiyosaki

Network Marketing...isn't that one of those pyramid schemes?...No, those are illegal!

Network marketing is the most powerful marketing system in the world. It's the most efficient way ever created for moving a product from the manufacturer to the consumer. It has taken 50 years to perfect it and now in the 21st century it is rapidly becoming the entrepreneurs' success vehicle of choice! We are in what is called 'wave three" of network marketing where everything is done on the internet and you don't have to stock tons of product in your garage, like you used to. Network Marketing is a business model that supports financial freedom, community building and mentorship and also is trying to shake off bad mythology that plagues the industry. It is legal and it is not a pyramid scheme and is one of the best kept secrets in America. It has to follow stricter regulations than any other industry. Corporate America, the true pyramid scheme, has created a lot of the mythology around network marketing as a smoke screen to keep people away from it.

Why is network marketing the best kept secret? There are a number of reasons including, it is still suspect to many people because before it was regulated there were scams in the industry. Another reason as you will find out is that corporate America would rather it stay under the shroud because they fear they will lose ground if it gains ground. Many people are discovering it is a way to financial freedom like never before.

Many people are attracted to MLM because it fits the current marketing trends. It is clear to see that the 'Baby Boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) are a huge segment of the population and they are in control of the trends. Seventy-six million strong in the United States, and over a billion worldwide, the boomers have dictated what's hot for many years, from baby food to fast food to minivans to SUVs. Now they are searching for products that will help them look and feel younger, make traveling easier and ways to secure their financial future and enjoy more time freedom. Network marketing fills the bill.

I call Corporate America a true pyramid scheme because someone at the top gets all the financial benefit while those below give up their own dreams to work for a fraction of what they are worth so they can eek out a meager living. You can't really take issue with the compensation structure, which sometimes looks visually like a pyramid, because almost every large sales organization in the world has that same structure. Salespeople get commission, and sales managers get overrides or bonuses on top of that, and sales directors on top of that, and VPs on top of that. In MLM you come into a line of other business owners and if you do what it takes to create a successful business you can by pass those at the top with your income. No one is stuck at the bottom.

It never ceases to amaze me the extreme polar views on the topic of network marketing and MLM. Some people are passionate about it in the extreme, proud to call themselves professional network marketers. There are even top celebrity authors like Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Kiyosaki doing it and advocating it. Billionaire Warren Buffet even bought a network marketing company because it was such a good investment. Like he really needs another good investment! Yet, in many circles, you might as well declare yourself a leper as admit to being in it. I know for myself when I first told people I was involved in a network marketing company things got pretty quiet. I tried to get my brothers and sister together for dinner and my older brother said “ You are not going to try to sell us something are you?” He has a PHD in theology, but I would never assume that he would call everyone to a dinner party so he could talk theology. Just because I had started a new business he assumed I was going to cram it down his throat. The other strange thing is I am sure he buys prescription drugs and vitamins from companies he knows nothing about and yet he trust them more than his own sister to sell him something that is good for him. Go figure!

Certainly, there are illegal pyramid, or "Ponzi", schemes. This is where the money is all being made off of signing up other people, with little or no real product ever being delivered. The pyramid schemes of the 80’s that involved investing money to get to the top were outlawed in the 80’s. But in spite of whatever perceptions people may have, the fact is that Amway, Meleleuca, PrePaid Legal, USANA, Mary Kay and Avon and many others have sold millions of dollars of products to happy customers, many of whom are not also reps. So, there may be a perception problem here, but if so, the perception is out of line with the reality. People take offense at the fact that you have to pay to participate in it but that is also a standard franchising model. The franchise fee of most traditional franchises dwarf the sign-up cost of any MLM or network marketing program by comparison.

It has been interesting to watch friends who were very close to me don their garlic necklaces and put up an energetic hand in my face when they see me coming, as though I have contracted the plague because I joined a network marketing company. What I want to share with them is a platform that will help their entire life expand. An opportunity that can bring health and financial freedom and I hear things like “ I don’t want to hear anything more about this,” or “ what have you gotten yourself into”, “Oh, that is just some get rich scheme”, and similar remarks. What I have ‘gotten myself into’ is an opportunity to break free of the old paradigm of poverty consciousness and create a life and lifestyle that will allow me to do what I truly came to do. Many of the same people, who are closing their minds to the idea of network marketing also professed to higher dreams of having an impact on the world. The truth is that without financial freedom you can barely impact yourself. It cost money to eat organic, buy nutritional supplements, have body work done and meet your basic needs. There is no room in the budget to do something to impact the world on a larger scale, except maybe through prayer, and I don’t think that is what people are saying when they say they want to impact the world.

It actually saddens me that network marketing still lives in the shadows of earlier models that did have intrinsic problems. The new third wave network marketing business, which are around today are the future. The hardest part for me is to know that I have products that are changing people’s health and people who could benefit from them are turning the other way because of the mythology that still haunts network marketing. It also saddens me to see people struggling financially, working very hard to make very little money, and I have found a system where everyone can excel, and have what ever level of income they desire, but they won’t even entertain the idea because they think it is a pyramid scheme. The interesting thing is people who know me know I won’t get involved in something that was out of integrity and yet the mythology is stronger than what they know to be true.

Every time we consciously do something to improve ourselves, a ripple effect occurs in the universe. We are not the only ones affected by our actions. As Wallace Wattles said, "... all men and women are attracted to an individual who can give them more of the means of life." When we talk about network marketing we must also mention the inner potential and absolute power of maximizing time, money and energy to nurture our self-improvement endeavors that can create a difference for others and that's the spiritual network of self, family, and friends. Network marketing it the perfect platform for expanding consciousness because your issues are brought to light in the process. When you are afraid to talk with people, lack trust in yourself or the product or lack confidence people show up to reflect those deficits back to you. If someone is rejecting your business opportunity or product, look to yourself to see where your own resistance is. You will notice that when you shift a particular issue it will stop showing up around you.

Here are 12 reasons to consider a network marketing business:

1) There is no ceiling on your income potential, only the ceiling that you create for yourself. There is huge income potential and your income can become as large as you like it to be, depending on the work you are willing to put in to it. This can’t be said for the 9 to 5 job where there is no leverage, and no matter how hard you work, how many hours you put in there is a glass ceiling on your income level. And if you stop working the money stops coming in.

2) You are creating a stream of residual income that will keep coming in after you quit working, while you are on vacation and even when you sleep. There is work involved, on the front end to build a good foundation but than you have the leverage of the combined efforts of your downline which makes your income exponentially growing.

3) You get to work form the comfort of your own home. There’s nothing like working at home especially if it is bad weather or you are not feeling that well. You don’t have to drive 20 miles through rush hour traffic to get to the job. Now imagine waking up in the morning, taking a nice deep breath and realizing that you don’t have to go out in that at all. That is a reason for gratitude!

4) Most companies have superior products and often the products become free when your income becomes balanced with the cost of the products. With nutritional supplements this means having the opportunity to become much healthier with cutting edge products for a fraction of the normal cost at the most. When you are on auto-ship your supplements become a tax deduction because they are part of doing business. You don’t have to stock a garage full of product, it is all don’t on the internet and you don’t have to invest your savings to get involved.

5) Network marketing is a business about people where you create partnerships, teams and friendships just by doing the business. You’ll find that potential clients and business partners soon become friends and basically an extended family! Your downline becomes your community as you work together for the benefit of all. The more you support each other the more your business grows. This is particularly true in companies that have a binary compensation plan.

6) Business and personal growth training is part of the package. In many companies you’ll get some of the best training in the world because they want you to be successful. This training will include sales training, communication skills, personal growth as well as very important persuasion skills which will help you in all areas of your life.

7) MLM is a fabulous platform for changing your consciousness about money and your concept of self. You’ll have to step outside of yourself over and over, push yourself to new limits, and actually reap the rewards for it! It will help you shift any feelings of unworthiness, release difficulties with rejection and as you build more wealth, all your ideas about what to do with it.

8) Travel is also a benefit of network marketing. Many top level network marketers enjoy traveling very often both for business and for pleasure. You may actually have business partners both upline and downline that live abroad in different states or countries. Often part of doing well with a good network marketing company is rewards by the company itself through travel. Most companies have annual conventions in fabulous resort hotels and they offer distributors discounted rates.

9) As a network marketer you are your own boss and you get your independence and freedom back. Everyone wants to be independent both financially and emotionally, and in network marketing these two ideas go hand in hand. Learning the skills that you’ll learn with Network Marketing will take you to new heights of awareness, and you’ll own a skill-set that could potentially put you in a position where you can virtually make money on demand for the rest of your life. Just imagine the effect that this will have on you emotionally.

10) Owning a home based business comes with tax benefits that you don’t get otherwise. As a business owner you can write off many of your travel expenses, deductions for your home office, etc.. It’s important however to consult with a professional and learn exactly what rights that you have as the laws change very rapidly.

11) Timing is perfect for your network marketing business to grow easily by applying internet marketing strategies. It's easier than ever before to find a group of people interested in what you offer. The internet has made it easy to order, ship and keep customers up to date without a lot of effort on your part.

12 The health and fitness trend is in full force now because as boomers come of age, they are all concerned with health and living a full life in their retirement years. Getting involved in a networking company that sells supplements can be very lucrative.

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