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It has been said that experience is a good teacher, but that he wastes his knowledge on old men. I agree with that wholeheartedly.

Right now I am staring at a copy of a small Oxford English-Chinese dictionary, a memento of a business trip to Shanghai. For those of you who don’t know; English is not widely spoken in China, although Shanghai is somewhat of an exception due to its British past. That realisation dawned on me the moment I tried to summon a taxi at Shanghai airport, and I knew that English was not going to be of much use during my stay. My first priority now was to find a Starbucks coffee shop within walking distance of my hotel, where the crew would most probably speak some English, and ask for directions to the nearest bookstore so I could buy a dictionary.

The Starbucks crew was very helpful with their directions, but I failed to find the bookstore and no-one on the street seemed to understand me, so I went back to Starbucks. This time I got myself some written directions in Mandarin. By approaching some friendly-looking passers-by for directions I eventually located the bookstore, only to find that the staff there could not speak English either!

I returned to Starbucks a second time, this time obtaining a scrap of paper explaining, in Mandarin, that I wanted a dictionary. I back-tracked all the way to the bookstore. Success at last! An amusing experience, but so relevant to network marketing.  The moral of the story? Don’t be afraid to ask!

If you are an inexperienced online entrepreneur there is so much you don’t know. Most new marketers experience a type of sensory overload in the beginning. However, instead of asking for assistance, they have this notion of doing everything on their own, without assistance. Not very clever! This approach is not very time-efficient and your time is limited.   

I am not suggesting that you abdicate whenever times are tough . This is still your business. If you want to become wealthy, it’s only right that you put in some effort. But for heaven’s sake – there is so much help available! Let me offer some advice based on personal experience:

-   Enlist the help of the search engines. In this context Google really is your friend. Simply phrase the question the way you would put it when asking someone in person! Recently I needed a formula related to wireless transmission. After typing in my question, Google referred me to the exact location in a textbook that I wrote some years ago!

-   Buy as many relevant {e-books and training courses} as you can. Knowledge will require some financial expenditure, but ignorance is even worse. Before the days of the Internet, I took a year-long sabbatical and studied for an MBA, because it was advantageous for my career at that time. By comparison, a e-book is free. If you are unsure about what software to buy, ask your upline. Alternatively you can ask me!

-   Take part in forums, such as BetterNetworker.com. Put your questions and concerns out there to the community members. Be assured that you are not the only person with a specific problem.

-  Make sure that your service providers (e.g. web hosting providers) have proper (24/7) help desks and make use of them liberally. Remember that you are paying them for their services.

I could go on and on but I think you ‘get my drift’. Every conceivable network marketing problem you could have has already been solved. There are thousands of people that have already attained some network marketing success or technical expertise and are more than willing to help. You just have to invoke that magic little three-letter word: a-s-k.

If that network marketing success that you are working towards is still a little out-of-reach, or you need some help with some aspect of your marketing, just ASK me. Marketing is my ‘career’, not my ‘hobby’.

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