So I’ve had a more than a few folks asking where my badge is to say that I’m a trusted member of “The Association of Better Networkers“, (ABN)? And let’s face it, if you’re in network marketing, trust is a pretty important asset to have.
The simple answer is that I don’t have a badge to display because I didn’t sign up to get one. Does that mean I’ve somehow turned my back on Mike’s products, his community, his training…? Absolutely not. I still maintain to this day, Magnetic Sponsoring is the single most effective training manual you can buy if you want to learn how to be successful in any form of online business.
But offering to sell a badge that says members who display it abide by certain principles isn’t something I consider to be one of Mike’s best ideas. I could be a whole mile wrong on this one. Let’s face it, Mike Dillard sure as hell knows more than I do about network marketing.
So why not?
- You don’t need a ‘badge’ to say you’re a ‘better’ networker than the next guy. You either uphold certain values in your business or you don’t.
- Who the hell is going to police all the activities of all the folks who do join? Because paying a monthly fee isn’t going to guarantee that values and principles will be upheld. And when those standards aren’t enforced then the badge and membership becomes worthless, ruining it for every other member out there.
- How much value is placed on the ABN by the wider, global community of network marketers? Better Networker no doubt has a massive membership of folks looking to get involved in the industry and it’s only going to get bigger, but will they really think that a badge of honour that is paid for every month is enough reason to trust the ABN members?
Sure, there’ll be special content that’s only for fully paid up members. You wouldn’t expect anything less and on this count I have no doubt that Mike and his team will (as usual) totally over deliver. But for me personally, the principle of being a Better Networker, doesn’t sit right with it being something you can buy for a monthly fee.
I know personally a lot of the folks who have signed up. I trusted them implicitly before they got a badge saying they were trustworthy so in that respect nothing’s changed. The new folks who I haven’t yet had the pleasure of networking with and building relationships with, the badge won’t change anything there either. Until they prove that they uphold the principles Mike’s standing for, it’s just another graphic on their website.
Network marketing gets a bad name for a lot of reasons. Maybe, as an ‘Insider’ I’ve been lucky to only be exposed to the type of networkers who do have values and principles of what is right and what isn’t? For that I am eternally grateful to Mike Dillard and all the great friends I’ve made as a result of purchasing his training courses and joining his community.
For those looking not only for the network marketing opportunities out there, but also the best training to help you be successful with them, then you can’t go much further than the BetterNetworker community. Just please don’t be blinded if someone starts flashing their nice, shiny, ‘badge of trust’ at you. Make sure they deserve to be holding it first.
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