Friday, October 31, 2014

Your vote counts! Put QNET in the lead




Poll results of Business For Home of The Top 100 Direct Selling Companies In The World In 2013


Do you see QNET advanced rank among 100 Direct Selling Companies in the world? Do you see Ms Donna Imson, representing QNET in the poll carried out by Business For Home for 2013?

More than 70,000 votes in this poll, with Ms Imson ranking number 4 as best CEO of a Direct Selling Company.

Now, the time has come for 2015 poll, which shuts down voting by end of 14 November 2014.




To vote, go to the end of the voting page, and pick up QNET from the list as shown below, then click Vote   

We are running out of time, but late is better than never.. Your vote counts! Put QNET in the lead.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Direct Selling .. Product and Idea

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Welcome back and Happy New Year!

Today's post has been striking my head for quite a while, but the urgent and immediate coverage of both QNET and Pathfinders remarkable media presence in the last couple of weeks, took my efforts to a different direction. For the striking news of QNET and Pathfinders in Egypt local market in the last couple of weeks, please refer to the Arabic version of this post.

One of the most profound success factors in Direct Selling and Network Marketing is the good, and even detailed, knowledge of the products and services being promoted, and in what way these goods and services are distinct and unique. This topic is so important, when it comes to Network Marketing, as it is often misunderstood that Network Marketing promotes for low quality over-priced stuff, which makes it a money scam like the Pyramid scheme. The difference between Network Marketing and the Pyramid scheme is crucial to understand and I'm going to cover this in the near future.


This is the most arguable debate over Network Marketing, and this is simply refutable by the well-established knowledge of the goods and services. Honestly speaking, most of those in the Direct Selling and Network Marketing business are somehow responsible for this negative impression due to their lack of knowledge about the stuff they are promoting, and their intense focus on the commission plan alone. This is a common mistake, especially by beginners, who are seeking quick results. They may get themselves over-committed by promises of getting rich quick, which in turn, enhances the impression that Network Marketing is the same as the illegal Pyramid scheme; a means of targeting others' savings by using people's rush and greed for getting quick and easy money.



Another reason for this misconception of Network Marketing is the Direct Selling companies themselves, or, to put it right, those entities claiming to work in Direct Selling. Those illegal entities flooded the market with incompetent products that never stand a chance against their counterparts in the market. Such entities make use of the wide spread and the success of the leading companies, on top of which comes QNET, to set their foot in the market. This of course damages the reputation of the business, and in the first place, ruins the lives of many of their victims.



However, the good news here is that those entities are quickly exposed, and most of them, maybe all, has spent less than five years in their so called business. This five-years period is the "make or break" for any emerging Direct Selling company. QNET celebrated its 15 anniversary in September 2013.

In Egypt, these scams have been the breaking news since April 2013. The news was shocking as some Egyptian celebrities have been victims of these scams, and in turn, they were followed by other thousands of victims.

Despite the negative impact of arresting those scams on the whole Direct Selling in Egypt, QNET has not been influenced for long. Indeed, QNET has emerged as the most, and perhaps the only, decent and renowned Direct Selling company in the market, due to its distinct and remarkable products and services. According to Egyptian officials statements during this crisis, QNET has received much positive appraisals.



So, the product is important. It comes ahead of the Idea of gaining commissions. Commissions alone can not justify a product unless the product can stand a solid case for itself. Therefore, I am going to dedicate quite a number of posts to talk about my personal experience with QNET stuff, which emphasizes both distinction and exclusiveness I referred to in my early posts of this blog, and shall continue to do in the ones to follow.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

"Empy your cup!" .. Your success path in Network Marketing

 


Does the cup in the picture accept more fluid? What happens to the poured fluid when the cup is full? Surely spells over the cup.

The story you are about to read is one of the most famous metaphors for our subject today: "Empty your cup", which is the key success factor in Network Marketing.

The story took place in Japan, particularly in a small village, whose people were often unable to afford the cost of sending their children to government schools. However, and as an alternative, they send their children to the school of "Master Suzuki".

"Master Suzuki" was a man of great wisdom, and mastered the art of meditation and life coaching. He was one of a kind and a renowned figure in his field which made him well known in all over Japan.

And one day, a guy from the city, called "Yuki", decided to join "Master Suzuki" school. "Yuki" was smart. He had a PHD, and was fond of developing himself, and heard a lot of the renowned "Master Suzuki", thus he decided to register in his class.

According to "Master Suzuki" rules, first grade students devote themselves to serving the higher grades students. In day one, "Master Suzuki" gathered the first grade students and gave each his assignment of the job workload. The job included cooking, laundry, and toilet cleaning, which happened to be "Yuki"'s assignment!

"Yuki" did not get it. And of course was dissatisfied. "How could I clean other people's '...', while I'm holding a PHD?!!!", he thought to himself. Therefore, he decided not to work with his hands and instead, he started to delegate his assignments to his colleagues and made a supervisor of himself over them.

A year passed, and exams results have been published. "Yuki" was the only one in his class who failed his grade! He was to go through the hard work of service for another year to come. Fast and furious, "Yuki" broke into "Master Suzuki"'s office, hoping for an explanation

"Master Suzuki" was drinking from a cup of tea. He sat up in his chair and asked "Yuki" to calm and sit down. "Master Suzuki" asked his outrageous student to bring him the tea pot. Then he told him to refill his half-empty cup. "Yuki" impatiently poured the tea in his master's cup until it was almost full, at which he stopped pouring more. Then "Master Suzuki" looked at him and said: "I did not ask you to stop. Keep filling!". "Yuki", now with surprise, continued to pour and kept spelling over more tea outside the cup until "Master Suzuki"order him to stop.

"Master Suzuki" looked to his stubborn student in the eye and said: "When you came to my class, you were like this cup, full of too much knowledge and a lot of concepts and concerns that made you think you had it all in your mind. Therefore, you were not ready to accept anything other than what already know and were used to, and started to analyze too much and to be over smart. You failed because your cup was full."

"If you want success, empty your cup!"

This story is a reflection of a fact in Network Marketing, which I call: "Knowledge Comfort Zone".

Those, who started a Network Marketing business, firstly think that they are self-sufficient with their knowledge and experience, and they know what it takes to succeed. They get confused and frustrated upon others' rejection, and shortly they think they failed and quit the business. And, as human beings, we constantly seek excuses for ourselves, so the whole blame is shifted on Network Marketing. That is why Network Marketing and Direct Selling industry has many negative comments.

The fact, I finally realized, it was all about me. Network Marketing and Direct Selling is a well-established business model and a deep-rooted industry, with promising future. These are facts I'm talking about. (see post "What is Network Marketing?").

The problem is our ego which makes us resistant to the unfamiliar. This is why in Network Marketing you should have a coach, like "Master Suzuki", to let you pass your ego and open your mind and soul for the change to come. "Without a coach, you can not approach"

I recall my early days when I started to be coached by my coach and mentor, who is more than 10 years younger.I admit at first I did not find him trust worthy. But later, when I started to "Empty My Cup" and do as he says, my results went different. Now I look up to him with all due respect. I take it from here and say to him: "Thank you, coach!"