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Top Adding - What Traditional Business and MLM Can Learn From Each Other
Today there are more Multi-Level Marketing companies than ever before, and more and more traditional businesses of all types and sizes are incorporating the best practices of the world's best MLMs, and reaping the rewards. In fact there's an enormous amount to learn from an examination of MLM practices and strategies. Here are just 3 examples of failures and successes that traditional business can benefi
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
t from:
Lesson No 1 - Recruiting Doesn't Work for MLMs
In the 50 years that MLM has been active, studies show that over 98% of MLMers fail. This is not much different from small business statistics generally, but it pays to look at the cause.
Unlike traditional business, there is really only one main reason that MLM fails, and that is the inability of the newcomer to recruit. The fact is that 9
Lesson No 1 - Recruiting Doesn't Work for MLMs
In the 50 years that MLM has been active, studies show that over 98% of MLMers fail. This is not much different from small business statistics generally, but it pays to look at the cause.
Unlike traditional business, there is really only one main reason that MLM fails, and that is the inability of the newcomer to recruit. The fact is that 9
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
8% of people simple can't recruit. 98% of people can't sell!
So what savvy MLM companies are doing right now is stopping their people from recruiting. Stopping them from selling. Instead, they are focussing on systematising the marketing process so that potential recruits come to them.
Lesson No 2 - Tell anyone who comes within 3 feet - Not!
This has been changed to "don't tell anyone unless t
So what savvy MLM companies are doing right now is stopping their people from recruiting. Stopping them from selling. Instead, they are focussing on systematising the marketing process so that potential recruits come to them.
Lesson No 2 - Tell anyone who comes within 3 feet - Not!
This has been changed to "don't tell anyone unless t
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
hey deliberately ask". Some traditional sales people still think that if they just talk loud enough and often enough and enthusiastically enough about their product or service, people will buy. 50 years of MLM proves this is not only incorrect, but counterproductive because it turns people right off!
If someone doesn't like you or trust you they won't buy from you anyway. Develop trust and respect firs
If someone doesn't like you or trust you they won't buy from you anyway. Develop trust and respect firs
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
t, and let your potential customer indicate to you whether or not to introduce your product/service. It's a little like dating: if you want to ask someone out, and they are avoiding eye contact with you or making other "non-engaged" signals, you would have to be stupid to think you could convince them with a self-promotional spiel.
Just like the more modern and progressive MLM companies, we must be cert
Just like the more modern and progressive MLM companies, we must be cert
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ain that we're not out there desperately trying to convince potential clients. Instead, demonstrate value, earn trust and respect, and let the client come to you.
Lesson No 3 - Lying Just Makes People feel Ripped Off
Believe it or not the "curiosity close" is still being used by some big-name MLM companies. This little pearler could at best be described as dissembling, and at worst as an outrigh
Lesson No 3 - Lying Just Makes People feel Ripped Off
Believe it or not the "curiosity close" is still being used by some big-name MLM companies. This little pearler could at best be described as dissembling, and at worst as an outrigh
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
t lie. You know how this one goes. The recruiter says something like "I'm having a little get together at my place for a few special people and I wonder if you'd like to come along." You say "Is this the XYZ MLM company?". And they say something like "No, it's a new small business opportunity that's been very successful in blah blah blah." You can ask all you want, getting only avoidance or a lie as a
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
response, but when you turn up you'll find a representative from the XYZ MLM company ready to give a presentation.
That type of practice is not only out of date, but is offensive to the potential recruit and an insult to more modern, professional MLM companies. If you want to make your company a hated household name, just avoid telling the truth, avoid telling the price, avoid answering your clients' qu
That type of practice is not only out of date, but is offensive to the potential recruit and an insult to more modern, professional MLM companies. If you want to make your company a hated household name, just avoid telling the truth, avoid telling the price, avoid answering your clients' qu
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
estions honestly and forthrightly. That'll do it every time.
Lesson No 4 - It Really is all about People
One thing that even the worst MLM companies have done, because they realised the incredible importance of it, is to attend to people's personal and professional development. Ongoing training, motivation and inspiration has almost always been a vital strategy. MLM companies have realised, bet
Lesson No 4 - It Really is all about People
One thing that even the worst MLM companies have done, because they realised the incredible importance of it, is to attend to people's personal and professional development. Ongoing training, motivation and inspiration has almost always been a vital strategy. MLM companies have realised, bet
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
ter than most of us, that success has far more to do with our self-image than we can possibly imagine.
MLM realised this early because there were so few success stories compared to the millions of people who tried it, that the successful people stood out like beacons. Without exception they had a clear perception of themselves as people who deserved success and were comfortable with success, and were pre
MLM realised this early because there were so few success stories compared to the millions of people who tried it, that the successful people stood out like beacons. Without exception they had a clear perception of themselves as people who deserved success and were comfortable with success, and were pre
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ared to learn and to grow. That's why MLM has focussed so strongly on people development.
Where they’ve got it wrong is in misunderstanding what self-esteem is (that self respect does not mean having a large opinion of oneself) and in selling dreams (and silly pop psychology) instead of knowledge, skills, responsibility and accountability.
Traditional businesses on the other hand have been very slow to
Where they’ve got it wrong is in misunderstanding what self-esteem is (that self respect does not mean having a large opinion of oneself) and in selling dreams (and silly pop psychology) instead of knowledge, skills, responsibility and accountability.
Traditional businesses on the other hand have been very slow to
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
fully appreciate the importance of growing personally and professionally, both for the owner and for the employees.
Take a look at the best, progressive MLM companies and see what they're doing to foster their people. Can we do this as well or better? This is the key to our success.
Suggestions:
• Take care of yourself. Get enough sleep, enough exercise, enough rest, enough family time, good nutritio
Take a look at the best, progressive MLM companies and see what they're doing to foster their people. Can we do this as well or better? This is the key to our success.
Suggestions:
• Take care of yourself. Get enough sleep, enough exercise, enough rest, enough family time, good nutritio
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
n. Take good care of the machine because there isn't a warranty!
• Always be learning. It doesn't have to be a formal course of study. You can buy a book, do an internet study program, research and gather information. Just always be learning.
• Have interests outside of work. Give yourself time to enjoy them. Don't wear your business hat to family or social events.
• Learn from other people's mistak
• Always be learning. It doesn't have to be a formal course of study. You can buy a book, do an internet study program, research and gather information. Just always be learning.
• Have interests outside of work. Give yourself time to enjoy them. Don't wear your business hat to family or social events.
• Learn from other people's mistak
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
es. Be observant, work out what they did that worked or didn't work and consider how it could have been done better.
• Learn from your own mistakes but don't dwell on them. What happened? What needs to change? What do I do next?
• Be aware of your emotions. Stress, anger, fear, worry, all of these have no place in our personal or professional life and need to be eliminated, with help if necessary.
• Learn from your own mistakes but don't dwell on them. What happened? What needs to change? What do I do next?
• Be aware of your emotions. Stress, anger, fear, worry, all of these have no place in our personal or professional life and need to be eliminated, with help if necessary.
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
If you are reacting to people emotionally, even getting angry about being turned down or hearing “no”, you can take it for granted that you are acting without logic or clarity.
• While being interested in growing and learning, at the same time be accepting of where you've been and what and where you are. Nurture an attitude of peacefulness.
• Write down your goals and refer to them often. Be prepared t
• While being interested in growing and learning, at the same time be accepting of where you've been and what and where you are. Nurture an attitude of peacefulness.
• Write down your goals and refer to them often. Be prepared t
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As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
o cross them off if they're no longer relevant to where you want to go. Don't give time to goals you don't feel passionate about. Foster your passions.
• Face up to the fact that goals don’t come just by wishing for them, or by believing in them. That’s a nonsense such books as “The Secret” are using to sell a lot of copies and scam people out of success. To achieve a goal you must have more than desi
• Face up to the fact that goals don’t come just by wishing for them, or by believing in them. That’s a nonsense such books as “The Secret” are using to sell a lot of copies and scam people out of success. To achieve a goal you must have more than desi
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
re: you must have a plan, and that plan will include a list of resources and a method and timeline, as well as some very honest self-analysis. Don’t be afraid to ask for help to achieve your goals, but beware a predatory attitude toward potential mentors: ensure you give meaningful value in return.
• Foster an attitude of appreciation. For yourself, your family, your friends, and the people you meet.
• Foster an attitude of appreciation. For yourself, your family, your friends, and the people you meet.
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
• Insist on being organised. Work from a daily prioritised list. Focus on the job in hand, one at a time.
• Get your priorities right. Make sure you're spending the most time on the things that are dearest to your heart, but understand that sometimes compromise is the sanest course of action.
Business success requires expertise and more than a little luck to go along with it. However even with all t
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As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
he expertise in the world, and all of the luck, without these attitudinal and behavioural factors as well, success will come tough, or may not come at all.
Make sure you take care of you, because you are the source of your own success. At the same time, remember that nobody ever became successful on their own. Every single successful person has become successful because of the people they’ve gathered to
Make sure you take care of you, because you are the source of your own success. At the same time, remember that nobody ever became successful on their own. Every single successful person has become successful because of the people they’ve gathered to
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
gether.
The beauty of networking, done right, is that it brings together people of the same mind, with the same visions, to work for common purpose: the greatest success of each other. If you have questions about how to improve your networking or get more out of your networking, be sure to join our professional development forum – you’ll see that networking is one of our most important discussion areas
The beauty of networking, done right, is that it brings together people of the same mind, with the same visions, to work for common purpose: the greatest success of each other. If you have questions about how to improve your networking or get more out of your networking, be sure to join our professional development forum – you’ll see that networking is one of our most important discussion areas
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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