Safe Is the New Risky

By Scott Allen, on March 14th, 2012 | Leave a comment

Safe is the new risky…all the rules have changed. After years of entrepreneurship, I went back and got a job, and then another one…only to be reminded of this truth — jobs aren’t secure either. And in fact, when you’re in a job, WHEN it ends, you’re in a far worse situation than if you’re working for yourself and things are just going badly. Much easier to find clients and customers than a full-time job that’s actually worthwhile.

Your #1 Goal for 2012

By Scott Allen, on January 1st, 2012 | Leave a comment

Live what you truly believe, every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Do that and all the rest will take care of itself.

“To know and not to do is not to know.” ~ Wang Yangming

Network Marketing – It’s a Pyramid Scheme!

By Scott Allen, on December 24th, 2011 | Leave a comment

Two people try to figure out if network marketing is a pyramid scheme.

Great info on how to handle objections about network marketing. Watch all the way through to the end – it may surprise you, but it’s great advice.

The Secret to Success – How Bad Do You Want It?

By Scott Allen, on November 9th, 2011 | Leave a comment

Eric Thomas, The Hip Hop Preacher, speaks to young college students at Michigan Student University about having a desire for success. Every future millionaire should listen and take this to heart.

Productivity, Focus and Purpose

By Scott Allen, on October 22nd, 2011 | Leave a comment

Productivity = Getting things done

Focus = Doing one thing

Purpose = Knowing the right things to do

 

Any of them on their own is useful, but they’re even better in combination:

Productivity + Focus = Getting one thing done (but maybe not the right thing)

Productivity + Purpose = Getting useful things done (but maybe not the best thing)

Focus + Purpose [...]

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Real Entrepreneurs Love Multi-Level Marketing

By Scott Allen, on October 19th, 2011 | Leave a comment

Marty Zwilling says on his blog that real entrepreneurs avoid multi-level marketing. I haven’t personally met Marty, but he’s part of the management team at Cayenne Consulting, whose founder, Akira Hirai, has been a friend of mine for many years, since my days at About.com. And they have a phenomenal blog, white paper collection and resource library for entrepreneurs, which I highly recommend.

But I [...]

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If You Haven’t Failed You Haven’t Lived

By Scott Allen, on October 19th, 2011 | Leave a comment

Many people avoid network marketing, or start it and don’t succeed, because of one thing: FEAR OF FAILURE.

I can tell you right now, with absolute, 100% certainty: you will fail at network marketing.

At least once. Or twice. Or a dozen times.

People will tell you “no”. You’ll spend money on advertising, or buy leads, or pay for some marketing system that produces [...]

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Who Is The Network Marketing Company?

By Scott Allen, on October 18th, 2011 | 3 comments

Hi, I’m Scott Allen, CEO and Founder of The Network Marketing Company. Depending on who you talk to, you may hear that The Network Marketing Company is either my latest bout with insanity or one of the boldest moves in the network marketing industry in a long time.

After many years around, in, and out of the network marketing industry, and inspired by some [...]

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