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The iconic singer/songwriter Bob Dylan was definitely right: ".the times they are a-changin'." During the past 10 to 15 years this couldn't be more true than for multi level marketing. And who or what is responsible for this diabolical yet wonderful change? Well, the diabolical but wonderful Internet, of course! And a wonderful, phenomenal change for MLMers it has been, I don't mind adding.
THE OLD WAY AND THEN THE NEW WAY TO MLM!
In the old days before the Internet got so big and powerful and popular, the old ways of doing MLM was you would buy a case of beer, fix a few trays of sexy appetizers, and invite all your friends and acquaintances and strangers over to your house and wine and dine and lecture them all in an effort to sell most of them your Tupperware or Amway products, while on the side hoping to convert a few of your guests to join your network (your downline) and become affiliates of you MLM enterprise. For the very dedicated and passionate MLMer this used to work, and sometimes to great success. But it took so much hard work and dedicated time to make a steady income of selling your product(s) and adding associates to your downline that success took a lot more dedication and passion than you bargained on, right? Oh, the old days and old ways of doing business. Boy, what a bummer it used to be. But not anymore!
For the new way and new wave of doing business and making your MLM work faster and better for you (and with less work and time) is now at your fingertips. Literally. And it's called the Internet. Multi level marketing is, by and large, now online marketing and network marketing, and the new way of selling products and finding and building a network of associates to become part of your MLM downline so you can generate many levels of marketing and selling and success. Maybe the light bulb was the first great invention to usher in the 20th century. But the Internet is certainly the greatest to complete it and the usher the 20th century into the 21st!
THE INTERNET IS NOW THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL MEANS TO SUCCESS IN THE WORLD!
Yowza! Welcome to the most powerful and popular form of marketing and advertising in the universe! It's so vast, it's so much, and it's everywhere. And its numerous kinds of tips, tricks, tools, and techniques available to you to use to market your business, advertise your services and products, and find customers and clients and associates, all appear to be boundless and bountiful. Now, today, via the Internet and email, you can reach millions of potential customers and downliners 24 hours a day, seven days a week, who live, work, and play anywhere and everywhere on the planet. Hold the appetizers and beer! No need for home Tupperware parties or Amway barbecues to stuff a mere 30 people into your tiny apartment to sell your MLM goods and opportunities. You can reach thousands of them and stuff them into your ongoing MLM lists on a daily basis, and do so sitting at home snacking and drinking a beer and not have to spend anything but time in front of your computer putting your multi level marketing and network marketing knowledge and skills to work.
If there is a better way of working to get work done fast and efficiently so success works for you faster and more efficiently than ever before, I don't know what it is. Nor does anyone else, I daresay. The Internet is it!
As for Mr. Dylan and his a-changing times, they have definitely changed in wonderful ways for billions-not millions-of people the world over. This includes all of us multi level marketers now accessing the Internet and marketing our businesses online to unheard of levels of success. The old days and old ways-be gone. The Internet is definitely now it!
