Network Marketing Success – You Only Have to Ask

by admin on Dec.15, 2009, under General

Some people believe that experience is a good teacher, but that he wastes his knowledge on old men. I agree with that wholeheartedly.

As I write this I am looking at a copy of a small Oxford English-Chinese dictionary, a memento of a business trip to Shanghai. For those of you who don’t know; English is not widely spoken in China, although Shanghai is somewhat of an exception due to its British past. That realisation dawned on me the moment I tried to summon a taxi at Shanghai airport, and I knew that English was not going to be of much use during my stay. My first priority now was to find a Starbucks coffee shop within walking distance of my hotel, where the crew would most probably speak some English, and ask for directions to the nearest bookshop so I could get myself a dictionary.

The Starbucks crew was very helpful with their directions, but I failed to find the bookstore and no-one on the street could understand me, so I went back to Starbucks. This time I got myself some written directions in Mandarin. By enlisting the help of some friendly-looking pedestrians for directions I eventually located the bookstore, only to find that the staff there could not speak English either!

I returned to Starbucks a second time, this time obtaining a piece of paper explaining, in Mandarin, that I wanted a dictionary. I back-tracked all the way to the bookstore. Hooray, success at last! An amusing experience, but so relevant to network marketing. The lesson learnt from this is that it never hurts to ask!

If you are an inexperienced online entrepreneur there is so much to learn. Most novice marketers experience a type of sensory overload in the beginning. But, instead of asking for assistance, they have this notion of doing everything on their own, without assistance. Not very clever! This approach is not very time-efficient and your time is limited.

I am not suggesting that you never put up a fight if confronted with a challenge. This is still your business. If you want to become wealthy, it’s only fair that you put in some effort. But for heaven’s sake – there is so much help available! Let me give you a few pointers based on personal experience:

- Enlist the help of the search engines. It really does not matter whether you prefer Google, Yahoo, Bing or any other search engine. Simply type in the question the way you would put it when asking someone in person! Recently I needed a formula related to wireless transmission. After typing in my question, Google referred me to the exact location in a textbook that I wrote some years ago!

- Buy as many relevant {e-books and training courses} as you can. Knowledge will require some financial expenditure, but ignorance is even worse. Before the days of the Internet, I took a year-long sabbatical and studied for an MBA, because it was advantageous for my career at that time. By comparison, a e-book is free. If you are unsure about what software to buy, ask your upline. Alternatively you can ask me!

- Participate in forums, for example BetterNetworker.com. Interact with the members of the community. Be assured that your problems are not unique.

- Make sure that your service providers (e.g. web hosting providers) have proper (24/7) help desks and use them liberally. Remember that you are paying them for their services.

By now I hope you understand what I’m driving at. Everything you need to know is out there. There are hordes of individuals out there that have achieved some measure of success with their marketing efforts, and are willing to share their knowledge. You just have to invoke that magic little three-letter word: a-s-k.

If that network marketing success that you are working towards is still a little out-of-reach, or you need some help with some aspect of your marketing, just ASK me. Marketing is my ‘career’, not my ‘hobby’.

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