This may be a premature question. Or perhaps not. Social media has been a thing…a big thing for now. Here is a brief history organized by Chat GPC The history of social media can be traced back to the 1970s when the first online bulletin board systems (BBS) were developed. However, it wasn't until the 1990s and early 2000s that social media began to take shape as we know it today. Here is a brief overview of some of the key milestones and companies involved: SixDegrees.com: Launched in 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first social networking site to gain significant traction. It allowed users to ..read more

In today’s world of overselling, hype, and fraud at the highest levels of our society, nothing could be more important to a salesperson and business owner than building trust, admiration, and respect with prospects, customers, and associates. Most of us are in a highly suspect business to begin with. Network Marketing, to some people, does not spell value, honor, and integrity. Yet to us, it does. So how do we bridge the gap and shine some light on what we see in our chosen profession?   Here are 8 ways to bridge that gap   Trust   Trust is obviously not given automatically. It ..read more

Leadership in our business is everything. First, it was a farmer. Then it was accountants and engineers. Then it was doctors and teachers. And for a while, it was the MBA. Now it is lawyers. (There are more lawyers in law school in the United States than there are lawyers in the rest of the world.) Throughout the short history of our country, certain professions have been held in the highest regard and pursued as the Holy Grail of careers. Each had its own contribution to moving our society forward. The contribution of farming and engineering in crafting this great country is clear. And certai ..read more

Can I tell you a story?    One of the advantages of doing something for a living for 45 years is you see a lot and you gather a lot of valuable stories. We call it wisdom. The opposite of wisdom is stupidity. I have had my share of both.    Some years ago, I recruited a “top” network marketing leader, someone who had reportedly built several teams of 100,000 or more. She was “in between” companies and looking for a permanent home.    She had built in at least five companies since leaving her first (five that she would admit to anyway). I could tell she had joined ..read more

You can earn while you learn. Some of the biggest empires have been built from smallest most remote locations. You can live anywhere and "work for" a company 1,000 miles away. Some of the biggest empires have been built from the smallest most remote locations.   You can choose your own hours. When and how many hours you work is your choice, and you can change those hours any time you want. Network Marketing is the original flex schedule opportunity.   You can launch your "self-employment" for a few hundred dollars … sometimes less. No application to get approved. No interview to ..read more

There is a pretty simple metric to determine your impending growth or decline in sales: Run a 12-month trailing report on how many new customers with orders you have vs. how many customers quit ordering.    Your subscription program is the best way to see the health of your brand.   New subscriptions are the result of your recruiting and customer-acquisition culture. Cancelled subscriptions are caused by many factors.     With every order, you have an opportunity to either blow out a customer or secure them for life.  Which are you doing?      Many ..read more

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Purple Tuesday.  When will it ever end? What is the purpose? It is the darkest hours of marketing and preying on human psychology…a literal race to the bottom.  Notice how it no longer is limited to these specific days but has spread like a pandemic to the entire holiday season. A season that is designed to be all about family, gratitude, love, peace, and reflection; has instead turned into a stampede of sales. Each sale competing with the other to be the biggest, the most mega. Programs that used to be worth $470 are now apparently ..read more

In my last blog, we talked about homeless distributors and what’s left behind when you jump ship instead of sticking it out with your first company. If you missed it, you can read it right here: Jumping Ship … What You Really Leave Behind. Choosing your company wisely is the single most important thing you can do for your future in Network Marketing. It’s kind of like choosing someone to marry. Ladies, did you or would you marry the first guy who drove up in a sports car and offered to buy you one too? Guys, did you or would you marry the first lady who let you touch her body? We meet, watch ..read more

A trajectory is a path in life a person chooses. Sometimes we haven't made the best choices and it's time to change our direction. Today I'm going to discuss 3 things you can start doing right now to change the trajectory of your life. These are just a few things for you to think about, especially if you're just bumping along ... maybe you're in and out, maybe you're not skyrocketing yet. Maybe you're part of the 98% that don't think they can make it in our industry. These 3 things may not be something new to you, I'm sure you've heard them before. There's a good chance that you've thought abo ..read more

Antilogy is an opposition in thoughts, views, statements, and/or words.(noun) An example of an antilogy is the word “clip” which on one hand can mean “bring together” as in a hair clip or barrette, and on the other hand it can also mean “to separate” as in clip hair with scissors. This is a message about enrolling others, about your expectations for them and about how you position the opportunity in their mind and heart. What you have accomplished is ten times more believable than any video or brochure. Create it. Use it. Your story is their story. And your story is critically important. Here ..read more