Archive for July, 2007

Circle of Life

Two of the most powerful benefits to the Network Marketing Professional:

Life’s Circumstances
Circle of Life

Many would consider these two things a business “killer.” In fact, it’s just the opposite for the person who is “driven” and has a “purpose” and a “passion” for the [...]

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Big as a Barn

This article doesn’t relate to your physical size just your “fixed cost” as you begin your Network Marketing Business.
One reason that people often do not make it in business is because they don’t understand how to control costs. Therefore, instead of being as sleek as an arrow they are as big as a barn [...]

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Women Have the Power

Several marketing books, and gurus, tell us that we spend way too much emphasis on demographics in marketing. In my opinion, some companies will shortly begin waking up to a new reality (demographically speaking). Also, I suspect they will not be prepared for this new reality because you can turn on the box, [...]

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Demographics

The study of demographics is not theory because (aside from catastrophic events that might change the population numbers) the numbers are known. Many marketing and economic majors have studied demographics to try and determine how it will impact our future and how to best take advantage of the aging population. A really good study of [...]

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Market Fixation

Market fixation is an unhealthy or obsessive preoccupation with addressing the marketplace in the wrong or a limited way.
For example, I may think of the company, or products, in ways that are dated and overlook new markets for the products. This is part of the maturing process that takes place in any Company [...]

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Customers need Context and Meaning

Connect the dots…Have you ever been involved in a Corp. campaign that had absolutely zero meaning to you or your customers?
Perhaps the campaign has a lot of meaning as an objective or goal for the company but zero meaning for Your Goals or Your Customer’s Goals…meaningless and irrelevant.
Lois Kelly wrote this in her book Beyond [...]

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How to talk to a stranger

James K. Van Fleet in his book, Success with People, gives these suggestions in talking to a stranger:

Pay them some sort of compliment.
Get a stranger to help you and let them know you recognize their superiority.

1. Can you help me out with this, please?
2. Could I ask for your advise?
3. What [...]

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Starve Problems and Feed Opportunities

“Starve Problems and Feed Opportunities” is a well known phrase used by Peter Drucker the recognized father of management science.
Perhaps this is one of the most important subjects in Network Marketing, that I could cover, yet it won’t be recognized as such because people never seem to learn from experience. Do you focus on [...]

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What are you good at and what do you want?

People can be good at a lot of different things and you really know best about what you are good at. Often we see parents with visions about their kids being Doctors, etc. and push them in a direction they shouldn’t go.
A lot of kids get to college with little thought about why they [...]

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Ground Zero

Here’s a picture of Ground Zero my wife took on the trip we won to NY during last Christmas Season:

The High Rise Building that will replace the WTC buildings will be built on Bedrock to support what you can see rising up out of the ground.
Building a solid foundation in Network Marketing requires that you [...]

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