subject: Direct Network Marking-the Changing Face Of Marketing [print this page] Network marketing has undergone some very rapid and very dramatic changes in recent years. In the old days, you would simply contact your family and friends, offering them the opportunity to take part in your business. In most cases, they would jump at the chance to get in on the ground floor of that opportunity and your business was off and running.
Remember those weekly or monthly meetings where you took new people to meet and greet the other sales people?Some businesses are still using those meeting, but many are not. Take a look around and see what kind of changes have actually gone on recently. The differences that you see may just amaze you.
The larger names in the marketing world are treating internet marketing and direct network marketing in essentially the same way. In fact, they aren't making any kind of distinction. You'll need the same kind of skills, the same type of tools, and the same approach to do direct network marketing that you are using to accomplish online or internet marketing every day.
Today, those old school methods of marketing are still, to some extent, being used, but if you're really interested in excelling at direct network marketing, you're going to have to learn to do online or internet marketing and to excel at it. This is the only way to really ramp up your results and to get the kind of downline that you need to build your business. The issue is that the internet isn't only being used to build the downline. It's necessary for that, but for so much more.
A lot of people will tell you that this is nothing really new to them. The internet has been the primary way that they've been using to build their own downline for years. They probably have, but there is a vast difference between using the internet to build your team and using the internet as a tool to help you to market your business, your product and your team and those are the things that you are going to need to learn in order to stay ahead in direct network marketing today.
Learning to take advantage of the internet as a tool in direct network marketing means knowing what is out there and knowing how to take full advantage of it and use it strategically to build every aspect of your business. The biggest and most important part of direct network marketing is being about to build a list of people who are ready and willing to buy your products. We're not talking about prospective buyers, but actual buyers; people who want to take out their wallet or purse right now and hand you the money.
How do you accomplish that? Your number one task in online marketing and in direct network marketing is going to be copywriting. Copywriting is one of the most important components of direct network marketing. Selling yourself and your business is only going to be done with quality writing and getting your message out there to the people who most want to hear it.
Social media is another component that you're going to need to address. As the saying goes, "fish where the fish are." Getting your products and services out online in front of the right target means using social media as well as the larger businesses are doing and that is going to take some initial effort and some practice.
Explore all of your options online. Take advantage of everything that the internet today has to offer and use those things not only to build your downline, but to build every aspect of your business. In so doing, you're going to be worlds ahead of the average direct network marketer who has not yet learned all of the advantages that the internet can offer.
