Internet Marketers vs Network Marketers-An Epic Battle or Merging of Unique Abilities?
As the shift in Network Marketing, from offline to online, takes shape, Network Marketers are scrambling to find their place in the Internet Marketing world, but are the two disciplines butting heads or is there a melding of talents and skills that could enhance each others endeavors?
Recently I ran across a post from Elizabeth, a mutual friend and internet marketer, shared some thoughts about the Differences between Network Marketing and Internet Marketing. Elizabeth shares that at times it is hard to distinguish between the two when viewing the vast array of business opportunities online today and I agree, it can be very confusing at times.
Elizabeth has some great insight in sharing this point with her readers, because the Network Marketing industry is slowly seeing the value and capability of what the internet can do, and as more Network Marketers flock to find their place in cyber space, it will be critical to help both disciplines co-exist.
Can Both Internet and Network Marketers Learn from Each Other?
What is unique about this tangle of the two disciplines is that each side has talents and skills that both can utilize. Network Marketers are highly skilled at communicating one on one with people and Internet Marketers are highly skilled in attracting customers and communicating via email marketing. Network Marketers typically represent high quality, tangible goods or services and Internet Marketers typically represent high quality, tangible information products that compliment these goods and services.
These are only a few of the many skills and abilities that both sides offer, but can you see how, if merged together, the limits on creating or expanding a Home Internet Business could be endless?
Is Internet Network Marketing the Wave of the Future?
This new term, Internet Network Marketing, is creeping up in posts across the internet. What is so unique about it? Well, it represents the slow shift of Network Marketers realizing the power of Internet Marketing in building a successful business and having the tools to teach an organization to do the same.
One of the shifts is due to the large number of Network Marketers who are tired of the older methods of cold calling, buying expensive dead-end leads, late night hotel meetings, or bugging friends and family to buy their products or join their business. Ann Sieg, an industry leader in Network Marketing, and author of the "The 7-Great Lies of Network Marketing" shares the challenges people wrestle with and how attraction marketing principles combined with Internet Marketing can turn those frustrations into results.
One thing is for sure. Over the next few years more and more Network Marketers will be making the move to online marketing. What is critical to their success will be in large part due to the training they receive on Internet Marketing.
Will there be an epic battle between both marketers? I don't see that. What I do see in the future are both powers working together to enhance each others abilities and expanding the capability of the average person to build a successful online business that will grow for years to come.
Sincerely,
Mike Witt
Mike Witt