not your grandma's mlm.

once upon a time, there lived the neighborhood avon lady. now, i'm totally not knocking any avon reps at all, as this is just a story to demonstrate my point from personal experience.

anyway, back to the avon lady. she didn't visit my house. she visited my grandma's house. that's right. weezie had her avon lady that would stop by her house religiously. it was always a certain day and time. weezie knew ... and she was prepared.

she would either have her order circled throughout her catalog, ready to go ... OR she would be finding ways to avoid being home when the avon lady stopped. even at times, resorting to hiding in the back bedroom until the avon lady stuck her new catalog in the door + left. there was no middle ground. she didn't want to just sit + chat and maybe find something to order. no. she either knew she needed to put in an order and wanted to get it done OR she wanted to hide. she didn't want to be talked into ordering what she didn't need. she didn't want to invite her in, take up here time + then feel like she HAD to order.

i was a little kid at the time. i would sneak under the table and eavesdrop on their conversations. i would hope my grandma would be getting me a cute new hand cream or maybe some skin-so-soft. i didn't realize it at the time, but it was my first introduction to network marketing. and to hell if i ever thought i would be in the same industry as my grandma's avon lady.

weezie, my brother + me ... sitting at the very table avon business was conducted at.

but, here i am. decades later ... in the top percent of my company which uses the network marketing model to operate. a lot has changed in this industry. A LOT.

however, one thing that still has a foothold in the past is the misconceptions around network marketing. sure, there are still some of the old schoolers out there kickin' it like they did 35 years ago. but for the vast majority of the industry, things are much, much different.

gone are the days when people are cold calling or pushing you into sales. to be honest, it's not even really about the product anymore. it's more about the person doing the selling. if you don't believe me, look at your own spending habits. do you buy from someone that you like? someone that you connect with and have things in common with? or do you buy from that stranger that you barely know (but are friends on the book of face because your kids are in the same class)? do you buy from the lady that has gone through similar experiences as you? that you feel as though you could be instant BFFs with? or do you buy from the woman who is constantly complaining about everything? see where i'm going with this? with all that being said ... now is the best time to use this industry for what it really is.

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let's use social selling for what it really is ... the foundation of your empire. one that will attract customers to you instead of having them hide in bedrooms from you. HOW DOES ONE DO THIS?

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