So you decided to become a network marketer- but how did this whole networking home business thing get started?
When we understand what has happened in the past in reference to the history of network marketing we can better understand the industry today. This helps us in how we approach our business.
There were some network marketing companies around before the 1960’s, but in the 60’s is when network marketing really took off and made many people wealthy. Network marketing first got momentum when a certain company realized that if they would pay their product users to sell their products to their friends and family members they could move 3 and 4 times more product. You know the company I am referring to by several different names today. I won’t mention their name as it often evokes just that image of a friend trying to sell the program to a friend or family member for financial gain.
The definition of selling is, trying to create the need to buy, in some one else. What I propose is to
market your product or service. The definition of marketing is, finding the person that already has the want or need for what your product or service provides and you meeting that need.
This company promoted the book “The American Dream” and their concept worked, because people had more spendable income than ever before in our country’s history.
This company had the brilliant idea of a compensation plan that would actually pay people to use the products that they used every day anyway. People just got some of their friends and family members to buy from them instead of buying from the local Mom and Pop store. People could make big money doing that. This company was responsible for more millionaires than any other company in the history of the U.S. That’s where making the list of friends and family got it’s start. Remember the circles. These techniques and methods are still taught today in various ways.
Today these methods just do not work well anymore in network marketing. People are not community minded like they were 45 years ago. Today, with the Internet and microwave lifestyle, we are lucky if we know even 2 or 3 families in our housing addition or neighborhood. Let alone enough to build a network marketing business.
There are some people today that can still make these “old time” methods work.
However, even if you do have a huge warm market, most people get offended when their friends and family members try to “recruit” them into their business, which is tooted as,“the business that will makes us all rich.” Most of the time they will perceive your attempt to enroll them as that of trying to leverage a personal relationship for financial gain. At best, it’s a tough sell, and at worst, it can ruin relationships. I’ve seen it happen time and again
There are other, much better ways to grow your down line. How about learning how to find those people that have a want or need for what you have (before you call them). Interesting, Huh. In fact how about having them call you. This is not difficult to do. In fact I can show you how to do this and add 20 to 30 reps a week into you business. This sounds crazy, but not that difficult when you know the secrets, the Huge Organizations are using.
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By: J. W. Miller
Archive for January, 2010
History of Network Marketing
January 30th, 2010A Little History About Alcohol
January 30th, 2010A Little History About Alcohol
Ever wonder what the term ‘honeymoon’ meant? All over the world, there is much evidence that history of alcohol goes as far back as over 10,000 years ago! In fact, in some ancient cultures, the communities figured out how to make beer before even learning how to make bread! From worshipping wine to settling feudal arguments, alcohol has come to the rescue for many civilizations, as well as many more to come.
Cultures such as the Romans, Greek and Egyptians all had based many rituals and gatherings around the consumption of alcohol. The ancient Egyptians even buried people with a little alcohol to take with them in the afterlife. In ancient Babylonian times, there are over 20 different styles of beer before 800 B.C., when China and India began producing their own forms of alcohol such as the world famously beloved sake, cognac and brandy through the distillation of barley and rice.
As time moved forward during the Roman civil war, Caesar and his troops introduced beer to Northern Europe creating a whole influx of brewing activity. Many of the monasteries in Europe began producing beer as it was a nourishing beverage that they could consume in the monastery while also selling some on the side, which would help benefit their monastery. Now Don’t we all appreciate the efforts that went into such wonder beers such as Chimay which is still produced by monks?
Many years later came the Renaissance which meant more beer? Indeed this did have an impact on alcohol and brewing as it was known, but this time they put science into the equation when concocting different forms of alcoholic beverages. It was around this time when the big boom in all the different forms of alcohol came about in many countries throughout the world. With these big booms came all sorts of new types of alcohol such as Russian Vodka, Mexican Tequila, German, Belgian, English and other types of drinks for all the world to enjoy!
Soon thereafter, came the boom in the newfound colonies in America which made a trade out of alcohol in the now United States. In later years, the alcohol sold and distributed throughout the U.S. were served in establishments such as local saloons with also supplemented their incomes with a little gambling and prostitution on the side for their patrons. However, many groups of people were disgusted with this sort of lifestyle and began to fight the consumption of alcohol altogether. These abstinence fighters worked and worked tooth and nail to get laws passed in order to place a ban on alcohol throughout the United States in order to create an ideal ‘sober’ nation and to rid the nation of the ‘evils’ of alcohol. Well, in 1920 they finally succeeded and alcohol was banned. This was better know as prohibition. It was during these times, many powerful gangs, bootleggers, racketeers, and smugglers got their start and caused quite an increase in criminal activity and the famous ‘black market’ of booze, which had made many people sick through poorly-made and contaminated beverages.
Around 1932, the government realized that something went terribly wrong as John D. Rockefeller, a well-known industrialist stated: “When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognized. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.”
The ban on alcohol and Prohibition in general was lifted in 1933. Many of the world’s largest breweries in existence today such as Budweiser reopened for business and not only lifted many spirits, but also began brewing the world famous style also known as the American lager.
So what do you think? Was prohibition the answer to the problems of the time or did it cause more problems than it was worth? Of course we don’t have too much evidence stating in detail as to what problems had arisen in ancient times due to the alcohol trade, but it does seem in the evidence we do have that people have always been much more content with the freedom of being able to consume alcohol versus that of prohibition. When consuming alcohol, however, remember that the health benefits of alcohol come when consumed in moderation as opposed to over doing it. Enjoy!
By: S. Michael Windsor
Learn Table Tennis Through Watching
January 27th, 2010The training videos are not exactly new these days. You can find several videos on various sports and exercises lining in your local video and most of all stores to the Internet. The proliferation of these videos is due to the high demand of people and consumers have for them.
Why is this so? For one obvious reason, with these training videos, you can improve your physical appearance and of course your skills. Whether yoga, weightlifting, bodybuilding, aerobics, basketball or any other sport, a training video you can learn the basic and promoting movements that would be necessary to make you better than some aspect.
And it can be done at a very affordable price. For a fraction of the cost of hiring a pro to teach you, training videos can be viewed over and over again to learn and relearn everything that is taught. You’ll be able to master some skills at your own pace. Besides, you can do all this with the comfort of your own home or anywhere and anytime you want.
These are some reasons why table tennis videos are very popular nowadays. A ping-pong video will be able to show and explain in detail what is needed to be done. Unlike the written manuals and books on developing your game of ping-pong, table tennis video will be able to show moving images through what exactly is to be done.
Instructions following is easy because you have a visual image of what you have to do. Each step can be clearly defined and you can see directly what is being done. This means that you can easily develop your game and hone your skills at a faster pace.
Like having your own personal coach, a ping-pong video can provide an experience that can otherwise be very costly if you employ the services of a pro. Whether to provide a service to death, a thundering smash or a spin breath mind, a ping-pong video you can easily learn to hoe in no time.
But not all the videos of table tennis are all on the training or teaching you how to become a better player. Some of these videos may be on the history of the game There is even a ping-pong video which shows the growth of the game in China, a country which has a large number of players and world champions.
May You will also find a video of table tennis which contains footages of hilarious moments in sport. You will be able to see bloopers and different funny clips that can show the lighter side of major tournament played in all major locations around the world.
Also, if you like watching tournaments and following the career of your player table tennis, May you be able to obtain a video of table tennis which has coverage of a major tournament, whether Olympics or the world table tennis championships.
So, check your video stores or the Internet today. You’ll be sure to have countless hours of table tennis fun and be able to watch again and again.
By: John Simmons
