Misconceptions

I just want to expand on yesterday’s blog where I said that “There is something going on that has to be put right” in that we need to sort out the image for NM.

Two more people asked me yesterday. “Is it a pyramid” I might as well left the room at that point because I could virtually see the shutters coming down. I asked one of them, (a professional mortgage broker working for a bank) “Please tell me what you understand is pyramid selling and then please tell me how that relates to Network Marketing”. Reasonable question don’t you think? Guess what he said. “I don’t really know to be truthful”.

That my friends sums it up. If a professional mortgage broker hasn’t even got an inkling then we have a credibility problem caused by misconceptions and misinformation. I have always known this, but this just reaffirms my perceptions. So what are we going to do about it?

Firstly lets discuss another strand at this point, Careers and Jobs, as this puts NW into the picture, I will come back to what we are going to do about it later.

Would you not agree that the career landscape has changed forever? Its scary out there, lay offs across the board, very challenging for everybody. There is no such thing as job security any more, (we have known about that for a long time). This is now reality, it’s happening all around us every day. Annual pay rises will no longer be a given, any bonuses will be based solely on performance. Companies are using the credit crunch to cut out any “dead wood”, impose wage freezes and short time working. If you want to keep your job you will have to take a wage cut.

I could go on but what is the point, if you do not believe this yet wait and see what happens, the recession has only just begun. The stress and anxiety levels within the working population over the next few years is going to be enormous.

That is my quick take on what is going on out there, I am sure there are people who would argue with aspects of what I am saying, but no one can argue with the fact that we are living in very challenging times.

In Network Marketing we have an alternative career path.

Because of the state of the economy people are now “open to looking” and we therefore need to get the message across that NM is indeed is an opportunity you need to explore.

NM is also performance based strangely enough, you perform you get paid. But fundamentally what you are doing is “Creating a life for yourself where you take personal control and responsibility” You are your own boss.

So there are three strands we are going to pursue.
· Re-educating Jo Public on NW
· Re-educating Yourself, the skill sets to be successful
· Educating you on how to go about finding the right company.

As I said it is education, education, education.