Network Marketing

If you are already a network marketer, successful or otherwise I want you to read on and have some input into the following post.

I want to get some discussion going here because I not sure I have the answer, but I have a question for you and I know what the opportunity is.

So the question is Why do people not “get” Network Marketing?

(Why do people put the “shutters up” as soon as you mention the words, or why do people once they have joined then go on to do absolutely nothing?)

So the opportunity is; if people “got it” they would embrace it and consistently do it and as a consequence of consistently doing it they would become very successful over time and at the same time all of the network marketing companies would be a lot happier. The answer to the question I have set here is the Holy Grail; it is the answer every network marketing company is looking for. Once we have cracked it then network marketing will take off, (in the UK, see next comment).

I am going to be contentious right from the start because I am going to add three words to the question, which some people might agree with and some won’t, (tell me your thoughts).

Why do people not “get” Network Marketing in the UK?

“In the UK” sweeping statement Peter. In my limited experience on running with a world wide network it does seem that NM is far more respected outside of the UK, not only in the US but especially in the Far East and also the Eastern European countries who were up until relatively recently communist countries. Thailand is a case in point where whole families club together, sell stuff just to get together the money needed to join the business. This extra commitment then drives them to become very successful indeed; this is a fact.

These people have a burning desire to get out of their poverty trap, (brilliant). There is no fall back welfare state that is going to look after them so they are taking the initiative and taking personal responsibility in creating a new lifestyle for themselves.

So is this one of the key reason why network marketing is more accepted outside the UK, perhaps it’s a culture thing? Perhaps the UK has had the drive and passion of the individual kicked out of it. We are conservative by nature, history has given us this, we are sceptical, and some would say cynical towards anything out of the norm.

Do we look upon wealthy people in the UK with distain, because fundamentally we are jealous of them, a very British trait don’t you think? So is this a culture thing at the root of the problem.

One of the things I like most about NM is the fact that there is a company out there for everybody, no skills are necessary although I would say there is a prerequisite in that you must like talking to people and you can smile when you are doing it.

So where I am coming from is the fact that NM provides people with a brilliant five-year plan to extricate themselves from the rat race, (read my other posts on this). Find the right network marketing company that is right for you.

I know loads of people who have been successful and have achieved this. The common denominator is the fact that these people are very focused individuals. They are committed and consistently work the business every day. This business is not rocket science it is so simple.


Do we accept mediocrity too easily in the UK, do we default to the welfare state and believe we have a right to have a job. The government has to provide jobs for people?

At the same time people no longer have job security, their pensions are buggered, unemployment is getting larger by the day and there are going to be massive cut backs over the next five years just to balance the books and still the penny does not drop. What does it take?

Yes I have breezed through 200 years of the industrial revolution and have very much generalized, but are we on to it?, or at least I have given you enough information to disagree with me and for you to come up with your own solutions.

There is one statistic in that 80% of conventional businesses will go bust in 5 years so perhaps we are flogging a dead horse here. I personally don’t think we are.

This is the opening salvo on this, I want your input, I want to know what you think, if you disagree tell me, if you agree come up with some suggestions that may lead to people becoming more open minded in the first place towards this fantastic industry.

I have my own ideas on this but I want your input. As sure as night follows day NM is going to take off I absolutely guarantee this.

This is the only conundrum I have with this industry, why do people join and then do nothing? The training is first class; their upline is falling over backwards to help them. Its not the companies fault, it is the individuals or is it?…. discuss.



Come on guys get your juices going on this, it’s a fascinating debate.