I remember 1991-94, That is when momentum hit our business so hard that the billion dollar company we aligned ourselves with - literally ran out of sales kits. Can you imagine that? I bet a few of you reading this post can well remember it :)
We did crazy things to receive products back then, like take orders by phone, we compiled, calculated and combined every order by hand , then called our up line by phone and had he/she did the same and so on and so on. Then a few days later a big truck would show up drop off all your orders and then everyone you sponsored would show up for hours and pick up “stuff”. Boy you were lucky if you lived in a single story home versus an apartment in those days and so was your down line!
We had funny phrases back then like the ones I just mentioned: up line and down line, meaning a derogatory you’re above me or below me.
Here are some more;
1. NLA? (No Longer Available) The first time I heard this I said “Why is it in
L.A and not here in San Diego?
2. BO? (Back Ordered) when I thought it was a disgusting body smell!
3. OS? (Out of Stock) Overseas shipped.
4. TNA? (Temporarily Not Available).
5. HAHA, #3 and #4 you usually paid for before you ordered and then somehow
never got your money back and I personally remember getting a loan to pay
back my distributors.
Well, thank Goodness for computers today and companies who don’t require such labor intensive practices to develop substantial incomes! I find myself laughing and smiling thinking about all those years even though I don’t regret them, I became financially free and still remain to be after 20+ years! Saying that, I don’t want to return to any of those out dated practices either!
Today, Lance and I are associated with a company that is leading edge in health and wellness. It boasts that they have never missed a payout (I’m grateful for that!) or back ordered one shipment of product. That’s very cool but the taunt “Never back ordered a shipment" means to me, is that we haven’t hit a "Real" wave of momentum yet and that EXCITES me!
Why? Because I’ve been here before, Déjà Vu! I know what it’s like to have a fine, well oiled and slick business that has plenty of products and people running the enterprise before momentum hits. But I will confess that I have never seen a business such as our go “Viral”. "Viral Marketing" has entered our stage, it will present the opportunity, explain the compensation and motivate the contacts, and all I need to do is truely network.
Networking today will fall into these four catagories:
1. Personal contacts (friends)
2. Associates (people you know)
3. Warm contacts (people who you run into but haven’t a relationship with)
4. Cold contacts (social media and people you just meet)
I have a hard time sleeping at night thinking about all the possibilities that lay before us in the Networking field. Can you imagine that a day has come that we can let a proven system work for us and that all we have to do is truly spread the message.
So I will leave this post by saying: “Whats2Be”, is Truly “Up2Me”!
We did crazy things to receive products back then, like take orders by phone, we compiled, calculated and combined every order by hand , then called our up line by phone and had he/she did the same and so on and so on. Then a few days later a big truck would show up drop off all your orders and then everyone you sponsored would show up for hours and pick up “stuff”. Boy you were lucky if you lived in a single story home versus an apartment in those days and so was your down line!
We had funny phrases back then like the ones I just mentioned: up line and down line, meaning a derogatory you’re above me or below me.
Here are some more;
1. NLA? (No Longer Available) The first time I heard this I said “Why is it in
L.A and not here in San Diego?
2. BO? (Back Ordered) when I thought it was a disgusting body smell!
3. OS? (Out of Stock) Overseas shipped.
4. TNA? (Temporarily Not Available).
5. HAHA, #3 and #4 you usually paid for before you ordered and then somehow
never got your money back and I personally remember getting a loan to pay
back my distributors.
Well, thank Goodness for computers today and companies who don’t require such labor intensive practices to develop substantial incomes! I find myself laughing and smiling thinking about all those years even though I don’t regret them, I became financially free and still remain to be after 20+ years! Saying that, I don’t want to return to any of those out dated practices either!
Today, Lance and I are associated with a company that is leading edge in health and wellness. It boasts that they have never missed a payout (I’m grateful for that!) or back ordered one shipment of product. That’s very cool but the taunt “Never back ordered a shipment" means to me, is that we haven’t hit a "Real" wave of momentum yet and that EXCITES me!
Why? Because I’ve been here before, Déjà Vu! I know what it’s like to have a fine, well oiled and slick business that has plenty of products and people running the enterprise before momentum hits. But I will confess that I have never seen a business such as our go “Viral”. "Viral Marketing" has entered our stage, it will present the opportunity, explain the compensation and motivate the contacts, and all I need to do is truely network.
Networking today will fall into these four catagories:
1. Personal contacts (friends)
2. Associates (people you know)
3. Warm contacts (people who you run into but haven’t a relationship with)
4. Cold contacts (social media and people you just meet)
I have a hard time sleeping at night thinking about all the possibilities that lay before us in the Networking field. Can you imagine that a day has come that we can let a proven system work for us and that all we have to do is truly spread the message.
So I will leave this post by saying: “Whats2Be”, is Truly “Up2Me”!
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