Comments on: How to strengthen your personal network http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/09/how-to-strengthen-your-personal-network/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Klaus Wiedemann http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/09/how-to-strengthen-your-personal-network/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Klaus Wiedemann Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:10:25 +0000 http://not-for-slaves.de/index.php/how-to-strengthen-your-personal-network/#comment-135 I disagree. Someone could perhaps in the short run benefit from networking partners without giving back benefits. In the long run, this is not working: As every person is part of his personal network, chances are that someone would ruin his reputation (at least in the long run) when he tries only to benefit and not to give back, as this news is spreading. Usually, networks exist mainly among peers (people on the same or similar social level), where people have mutual benefits by networking. This is true also at the top of our society. Hover, this does not effect the value of personal networks: Comparing with others on a similar social level, someone with a good and reliable personal network has better chances to "scamble upward", as you put it. Networking as we defined it in our article is far away for any multi-level marketing approach, as we see the focus on the long-term mutual benefit as absolute necessity for successful networking. I disagree. Someone could perhaps in the short run benefit from networking partners without giving back benefits. In the long run, this is not working:
As every person is part of his personal network, chances are that someone would ruin his reputation (at least in the long run) when he tries only to benefit and not to give back, as this news is spreading.

Usually, networks exist mainly among peers (people on the same or similar social level), where people have mutual benefits by networking.
This is true also at the top of our society. Hover, this does not effect the value of personal networks: Comparing with others on a similar social level, someone with a good and reliable personal network has better chances to “scamble upward”, as you put it.

Networking as we defined it in our article is far away for any multi-level marketing approach, as we see the focus on the long-term mutual benefit as absolute necessity for successful networking.

]]> By: The Dog http://blog.daisho-blacksmith.com/2007/09/how-to-strengthen-your-personal-network/comment-page-1/#comment-85 The Dog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:08:15 +0000 http://not-for-slaves.de/index.php/how-to-strengthen-your-personal-network/#comment-85 Fine in theory...however, considering the naked selfishness of many people to retain the benefits of a profitable networking partner all for themselves, introductions to those people are rarely forthcoming. What you outline results in a kind of Pyramid scheme with the well-connected always being at the top, while the rest of the people in the network are always fighting to scramble upward. Multi-level networking is as effective as any Ponzi scheme. It benefits only the few who have the clout. Fine in theory…however, considering the naked selfishness of many people to retain the benefits of a profitable networking partner all for themselves, introductions to those people are rarely forthcoming.

What you outline results in a kind of Pyramid scheme with the well-connected always being at the top, while the rest of the people in the network are always fighting to scramble upward.

Multi-level networking is as effective as any Ponzi scheme. It benefits only the few who have the clout.

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