Network marketing has taken on a whole new meaning in the last several years thanks to technology.
The reason? Well, the networking aspect has expanded into a completely new paradigm.
In the past, when you built a successful MLM business it meant your network was primarily people you already knew...
friends, family, neighbors, and business associates, and you usually introduced them to your new products or opportunity by inviting them to a meeting in a home or local hotel.
From there, you'd continue to work with their circle of influence and so forth.
Does that method still work? Of course, for some people really well, but I think the trends are moving towards a major shift.
In today's world, many people just don't have the time or the desire to build a home business that way.
People are looking for a way to have more time freedom, have the flexibility to truly make extra income from the comfort of their own home on their own schedule, and they are naturally networking over the Internet.
They often fit their part time business around job and lifestyle, and their friends and family are the last people they want to pitch a product or opportunity to...
at least until they've experienced success, or because they haven't achieved success with other attempts.
Networking is moving to a model associated with computers, social media, and the way the world connects through communication.
This has opened the doors to social networking nationally and even globally with people you have never met and may never meet.
And it's something that people of all ages are beginning to do everyday through venues like My Space, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the myriad of other targeted social and business networks being introduced at warp speed.
Does that mean we've lost the ability to build relationships? Absolutely not! In fact, it can create the most amazing relationships with people having a wider range of backgrounds, cultures, personalities, and global networks of their own.
This has added a completely new dimension to doing business in the network marketing industry called attraction or permission based marketing.
The key, then, to designing a successful global network marketing business is finding ways to effectively and purposefully connect to this incredible network of people...
the marketing part of network marketing.
It is referred to as list building, and the best way is to go Online by Design.
Need help with that? By far the best resource I've used is called Marketing Merge, sometimes referred to as Renegade University Featuring step by step video tutorials geared for the beginner, this online internetwork marketing training will help you in getting your value based content out there for people to see.
Even better, you can start using it at no cost.
From the basic training, you can choose to upgrade to the professional package and learn how to create affiliate income using funded proposals while building a spider web of rich content to attract people to you.
Once you've established yourself online, it's time to coach others to success and create your own training materials following the very same methods.
Marketing Merge offers support every step of the way, including promoting your personal brand to the already vast network of users.
Whether you are new to using the Internet to grow your business or already at an advanced level, linking to professionals for training, support, and joint ventures, will enhance your success and save you time and money.
Success in network marketing requires at least these 2 things...
a network of people to talk to and serve, and marketing, your means to building that network.
Online marketing, using effective tools and communication, can help create an unlimited network of leads worldwide.
Offering value and building trust can result in those leads becoming relationships that, in turn, bring profit to everyone you do business with, whether they join your primary company or not.
Happy Networking!