I'm coming out of the closet . . . .

I'm coming out of the closet, so to speak.  Here it goes,  My name is Kris and I'm a Network Marketing Professional.  There I said it, now you know!  I feel like there is a social stigma attached to the term Network Marketing.  It really is not a bad thing, nor something you shouldn't shout from the roof tops if that's the career path you decide to take.  I have a product that I love, Sprinkles, and I want to share it with people.  I truly enjoy meeting new people and getting to spend part of an afternoon or evening in their homes with their friends having a little 'girl time.'  The opportunity to join Pink Zebra has changed my life and been a blessing for me financially as well as personally meeting many of my needs such as giving me a passion for my work.  I love my company and I love sponsoring and mentoring new people in their Pink Zebra journey.  Much like any other job responsibility I do earn income from this as well, I think this is where people get confused and concerned about network marketing.  At my current level with this company I end up earning 3% of the sales of people on my team whether I am directly involved in their training and coaching or not.  Confession time,  I earned $56 off a girl in Texas (I'm in NY) last month and I never even heard of her before.  I almost felt a little guilty about that until I remembered the 'network' aspect of my job.  I trained someone, who trained someone, who trained someone, who trained her,  technically I did earn that money.   

Check out this excerpt from an article:

 Network Marketing is being taught at more than 200 colleges including Harvard Business School. After extensive research into the network marketing industry, Harvard Business School developed three criteria that a network marketing company must have in order to make it a most desirable opportunity. And what are they???

1. The company must be at least 18 months old, as 90% of all network marketing companies that fail, do so in the first 18 months.

2. The company must have a product which is both unique and highly consumable. Being unique in this case means that you have an exclusive product that can only be purchased from your company?s distributors. Having a product that is highly consumable means repeated sales, thereby guaranteeing customer loyalty versus a one time sale and having to locate new customers.

3. It needs to be a “ground floor” opportunity. Harvard Business School suggests that in order for the opportunity to qualify as a ground floor type, the number of existing distributorships should be less than of 1% in the country where this network company exists. In the United States, this figure is equal to 1.5 million people. Harvard Business School also stated that if there were less than 500,000 people involved, you would be on the cutting edge of a great opportunity. If the company has less than 100,000 distributors, Harvard Business School considers it to be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Harvard Business School states that there are four distinct stages of growth in a network marketing company. They are:

1. Foundation – This usually lasts approximately six months. This is when a company develops its products and marketing plan.

2. Concentration – This period lasts approximately 2 to 4 years from when the distributor network is started.

3. Momentum – This period lasts from 2 to 4 years also. This is when the company experiences phenomenal growth. Both retail and distributorships explode in terms of expanding growth. It is during this period that the company virtually sweeps the nation. When a company’s sales reach 50 million, they reach what is called “critical mass” (sales go vertical right off the graph). Also, approximately 2/3 of the company’s growth of the new distributorships occur during this period of time.

For example: Let us assume you have an organization which is producing an override bonus check to you of $1000 per month. When the company reaches critical mass, distributors automatically experience a ten-fold increase in their earnings. In other words, $1000 per month becomes $10,000 per month. This is the reason for getting involved on the ground floor, so you will experience the benefits of explosive growth.

4. Stability – This period lasts for the life of the company. A network marketing company that is dedicated to the success of its distributors will experience longevity, thereby insuring that an active distributorship will realize continued earnings and growth.

Network Marketing is a valid business model and has even drawn the attention of Harvard Business School.  To learn more specifically about the Network Marketing opportunity I chose visit my website,  My EZPZ Life.  My career is one of my favorite things to talk about so I always welcome questions whether it's specifically about my company and team or another opportunity you are currently involved in or considering.