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Why
Do You Recommend Network Marketing?
Robert Kiyosaki's
Answer:
When
I first heard about network marketing, I was against
it. But after opening my mind, I began to see
advantages that few other business opportunities offer.
Long-term success in life is a reflection of your education,
life experience and personal character. Many network-marketing
companies provide personal development training in those
key areas.
Most schools train people for the E or S quadrants,
and that is great if those are the quadrants in which
you want to spend your life. Most MBA programs
are training students for high-paying jobs in the corporate
world as an E, not a B.
What if you're in the E or S quadrant and you want to
change? What if you want to be in the B quadrant?
Where do you find the education that trains you for
that quadrant? I recommend a network-marketing
business. I recommend the industry for people
who want to change and get the necessary skills and
attitude training to be successful in the B quadrant.
Being an entrepreneur and building a B quadrant business
is one of the toughest challenges a person can take
on. The reason there are more people in the E
and S quadrants is simply because those quadrants are
less demanding than the B quadrant. As they say,
"If it was easy, everyone would do it."
Personally, I had to learn how to overcome my self-doubt,
shyness and fear of rejection. And I had to learn
how to pick myself up and keep going after I failed.
These are some of the personal traits a person must
develop if they are to be successful in a B quadrant
business, regardless of whether it is a network-marketing
business, a franchise or an entrepreneurial startup.
An
important personal skill required for any B quadrant
business is leadership. Are you able to overcome
your own fears and have others overcome their fears
in order to get the job done? This is a skill
the Marine Corps taught me. As Marine Corps officers,
it was imperative that we be able to lead others into
battle, even though we were all terrified of dying.
I meet many people in the S quadrant, the specialist
or small business owners, who would like to expand,
but they simply lack leadership skills. No one
wants to follow them. The employees do not trust
their leader or the leader does not inspire the employees
to better themselves.
As mentioned earlier, Forbes defined a big-business
owner, a B quadrant business owner, as a person who
controls a business with more than 500 employees.
This definition is why leadership skills are vial for
the B quadrant.
Where could you find a business that will invest
the time in your education, your personal development
and building your own business? The answer is:
most network-marketing business.
Building a B quadrant business is not an easy task.
So you need to ask yourself, "Do I have what it
takes? Am I willing to go beyond my comfort zones?
Am I willing to be led and willing to learn to lead?
Is there a very rich person inside of me, ready to come
out?" If the answer is "Yes," start looking
for a network-marketing business that has a great training
program. I would focus less on the products or
the compensation plans and more on the education and
personal development program the company offers.
A
network-marketing business is a B quadrant business
because it meets several criteria I look for in a business
or investment. Those criteria are:
- Leverage:
Can I train other people to work for me?
- Control:
Do I have a protected system that belongs to me?
- Creativity:
Will the business allow me to be creative and develop
my own personal style and talents?
- Expandability:
Can my business grow indefinitely?
- Predictability:
Is my income predictable if I do what is expected
of me? If I am successful, and keep expanding
my business, will my income increase with my success
and hard work?
Isn't
Network Marketing A Pyramid Scheme?
I am often asked if network marketing is a pyramid scheme.
My reply is that corporations are really pyramid
schemes. A corporation has only one person at
the top, generally the CEO, and everyone else below.
The following is an example of a typical corporate
pyramid:
Compare that to a network-marketing business system:
A
true network-marketing business is the exact opposite
of a traditional business model. A network-marketing
business is designed to bring you up to the top, not
keep you down at the bottom. A true network-marketing
business does not succeed unless it brings people up
to the top.
Additional Points Worth Mentioning
The following are some other points worth mentioning:
- Tax
breaks increase. By starting a network-marketing
business in your spare time and keeping your regular
job, you begin to gain the tax advantages of the
rich. A person with a part-time business can
take more tax deductions than employees can.
For example, you may be able to deduct car expenses,
gasoline, some meals and entertainment. Obviously,
you need to check with a CPA for exact rulings on
your situation. And the cost of your CPA is
tax-deductible. In most cases, an employee
cannot deduct CPA expenses. In other words,
the government will give you a tax break for advise
on how to pay less in taxes.
- Meet
like-minded people. One of the advantages
I had is that my friends also wanted to be in the
B quadrant. When I first started out, most
of my E quadrant friends thought I was nuts.
They could not understand shy I did not want a steady
job or a steady paycheck. So an important
part of becoming a B is to surround yourself with
other people who are Bs and want you to become a
B.
- Give yourself
time. It takes time to be successful
in any of the quadrants. Just as it takes
time to climb to the top of the corporate ladder
as an E, or become a successful doctor or lawyer
In the S quadrant, it takes time and dedication
to become successful in the B quadrant. It
took me years before I built a successful B quadrant
business.
- Network-marketing
companies are patient. One of the
beauties of a network-marketing business is that
it will invest in you, even if you are not successful.
In
the corporate world, if you are not successful in six
months to a year, you are often fired. In the
network-marketing world, as long as you are willing
to put in the time, most companies will work with you
in your development. After all, they want you
to get to the top.
- Leverage
the systems that are already in place. These
systems are already tried and proven, which allows
you to hit the ground running instead of trying
to build the internal system of a new company.
In
conclusion
After opening my closed mind, I could finally see some
of the unique benefits the network-marketing industry
offers people who want more out of their lives.
Generally, it costs much less to get started in a network-marketing
company than to build a business on your own.
-Robert
Kiyosaki
Donald Trump's Response
Marketing is a powerful tool, and network marketing
can increase that power, provided you are self-motivated.
In a simple visual, see a product and then remove the
advertising agency from it. It is up to you to
do the marketing and advertising.
That's a big job, but it can be done if you are passionate
enough to get it going on your own and to jeep the momentum
and motivation going at a high level. It requires
an entrepreneurial spirit, and that means focus and
perseverance. I do not recommend network marketing
to people who are not highly self-motivated.
Another important aspect of network marketing is that
it is inherently social, so if you are not a social
or outgoing person, I'd think twice about going into
it. Sociability is a requirement.
Just like in advertising, there's no point in having
a fantastic advertising campaign if the product isn't
equally fantastic. Also keep in mind that if you
decide to become a distributor, you will be legally
responsible for the claims you make about the product,
the company and the available opportunities. But
above all, make sure the product is worth your energy
and total devotion. Otherwise, you could be energetically
spinning your wheels.
Robert mentions the importance of going beyond your
comfort zone when it comes to network marketing.
He also mentions giving yourself enough time.
These are good points to consider. I would also
agree that having leadership qualities is critical for
success. You definitely have to have a take-charge,
can-do attitude.
As with any other undertaking, know everything you can
about what you're doing before you begin. Network
marketing has proven itself to be a viable and rewarding
source of income, and the challenges could be just right
for you. There have been some remarkable examples
of success, and those successes have been earned through
diligence, enthusiasm and the right product combined
with timing. As with so many issues we have discussed
before, there are tangibles and intangibles involved,
but success is not a total mystery, and that applies
to network marketing as well.
Most people have heard of focus groups, a research
tool that advertising agencies use when they are testing
a new product. They will go out to different locations
and simply ask everyday people what they like and don't
like about a new product. Its best if you can
keep the focus group idea close at hand when you are
deciding about a product. Just because you like
it doesn't mean everyone else will. Finding a
common denominator in product appeal will matter.
My nutshell advice about network marketing is to do
your research and then put everything you've got into
your product. Genuine enthusiasm is hard to beat,
and the odds will be with you.
-Donald Trump
Matt and Nicole Mauriello,
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732-492-9066
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