Internet Marketers VS Network Marketers...
between "internet marketers" and "network marketers"
with a smile.
Purist seem to imply that you have to be 100% one or
the other. In actuality, I have been BOTH for most
of my time online and find "the feud" entertaining.
I also have been exposed to what those outside of BOTH
"niches" say about "us." Outsiders, don't believe our
income claims, think that most of those testimonials
are contrived, and run away from those big red headlines.
Back to IM'er vs MLM'ers...
To me a lot of the battle boils down to us trying to
attract people into our businesses so that we can
leverage and profit from their efforts.
Offline businesses do the same thing!
Leverage IS one of the biggest factors that allows you to
be a successful MLM'er. If you try to build an organization
all by yourself, and don't teach your downline how to
do it too, you WILL fail.
That IS one of the biggest factors that allows affiliate
marketing to work. If you are an affiliate marketer who
can build a large 2nd-tier, you can profit from (leverage)
the work of others. That IS essentially what I do as a
JV broker. JV partners are essentially 2nd-tier
affiliates with me earning a commission off their sales.
If you own your own product, and use an affiliate program,
you leverage the efforts and assets of others. You also
shift the risk and heavy lifting to others.
I personally find more similarities than difference between
IM and MLM lately. Both are evolving... due to things
like regulatory pressures (FTC oversight), and economic
conditions (recession, more product launches, etc.).
Where I see them BOTH falling down is in supporting new
people brought into the industry. Some of us sell the
dream without providing the HOW.
I personally believe that most failing internet marketers
do so because they aren't properly trained. You don't go
into many jobs in the offline world without proper,
sufficient training... yet people jump into internet
marketing as if the training is not needed.
Yanik Silver interviewed a guy making MILLIONS from
selling his product on Clickbank... not too long ago, and
what I got most out of the interview was the importance
of training affiliates. He did this masterfully!
Jump over to the world of network marketing and one of
the biggest reason that most fail is... lack of proper
training.
People are often signed up for MLM programs by sponsors
who disappear. I talk to "orphaned" MLM'ers all the time
who tell me that they haven't heard from their sponsor
in months... even YEARS.
I've had enough of these orphaned MLM'ers come to me
that I actually set up a blog addressing their needs!
I TRY very hard not to do this... using what I am taught
by true MLM experts... but also using my IM training as a
"force multiplier."
As I've built my MLM business over the past year, bringing
some BIG IM'ers onboard, they all expressed the same
concern... at least those with integrity and consciences
did.
They all worried about how much time they would have to
spend training and supporting their downlines. They'd
heard the horror stories of people who built and failed
to support huge downlines. The guys at the top raked in
fortunes, and the guys on the bottom were left hopeless
and penniless.
Frankly, the way that I recruited those big dogs was by
assuring them that they wouldn't personally have to spend
100 hours per week providing that support. I showed them
support already in place and how they could easily assure
this for members of their downline many levels deep.
Internet Marketers DO Have Knowledge That Gives Them
Unique Advantages In MLM... and as many have rediscovered
lately, that knowledge is even of very high value to local
offline businesses.
I find it very refreshing when I talk to friends and they
share with me that they WON'T round up a downline from
their contacts, feed them to the wolves, and then go
vacation on some exotic island until they need to stir the
pot again, and recruit a whole new flock of unsuspecting
people who are just looking for an honest way to make a
living.
Internet Marketing And Network Marketing Are Both Evolving
In A Positive Way. We can keep things moving in that
direction, bringing respect to our industries, positively
impacting lives, AND profiting... which IS why many of
us got into this business in the first place!
Since I'm not sure where I was headed, I think I'll grab
my 4th cup of coffee this morning, and jump into the
bunker for protection from the incoming rounds
Willie
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