NK 06_2018 PM-International englisch

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BRANCHE
SHOULD YOU, OR SHOULD YOU NOT?
25th Anniversary
In the past 15 years, from the first
issue until today, Network-Karriere
has deliberately refused to
feature an entrepreneur, manager,
or top-leader from the field
of network marketing on the
front page. The editor’s decision
was based on avoiding allegations
of favoring particular people
or companies.
This was not an easy decision
to make, by no means. After
all, Network-Karriere is a commercial
enterprise like any other network
marketing company. Every
business needs to generate revenues
and profits. If it doesn’t, jobs
and even the whole business is at
risk, in the long run.
We’ve witnessed enough network
marketing companies fail during the
past years. Like many of their sales
partners, this has also caused us financial
damage. One such instance
is still very much in our minds. Well
informed as always, we warned our
readers about the looming crash of
a particular network marketing company
for jeans. The jeans network
strongly contested this claim. We
were fined, and the company re-
quested a
cease-and-desist-declaration.
In disputes
of press law, our publisher
usually doesn’t agree to ceaseand-desist-declarations.
Instead, he
insists on a court ruling. However,
by the time of the oral hearing, the
jeans network had already filed for
bankruptcy – just as Network-Kar riere
had rightly predicted. The network
company was completely stripped,
financially. Although we were clearly
in the right, we ended up covering
the costs of the district court, simply
because the opposing party was
unable
to pay up.
Numerous
“great and mighty” of
the MLM business would love to be
in the same ranks with leading politicians
who have been featured as
title-interviews on the Network-Karriere
front page in the past. These
include: Angela Merkel, Gerhard
Schröder, Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
Wolfgang Schäuble, Christian Lindner,
Heiko Maas, Sigmar Gabriel,
Martin Schulz, Cem Özdemir, Horst
Seehofer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Ursula
von der Leyen, Gregor Gysi, and
many other celebrities and opinion
leaders. However, editorial regulations
are decidedly against that.
Still, several have attempted to
solve this so-called “Network-
Karriere front page problem,”
with bribes. Offers ranging up to
50,000 Euros (Dollars) weren’t
uncommon. Many hoped to get
their face on the covers, by promising
to pay up immediately. And
this despite the fact that network
marketing companies are incredibly
frugal, at most, when it comes to
advertisings: “Reports? Yes please,
and make them long and very positive,
pretty please! Advertising? We
don’t need ads!” It’s a whole different
story when it comes to editorial
reports! The 180 title pages of the
last 15 years are a testament to our
integrity.
How Did Rolf Sorg Make it on the
Cover of Network-Karriere?
First of all, Rolf Sorg didn’t even
know that we were making him the
face of our title page, on the occasion
of PM-International’s 25th Anniversary.
He didn’t ask us to do it, let
alone paid for it. Rolf Sorg was born
in the Palatinate. He perfections an
economy that even the Swabians
could learn from. He is incredibly
generous however with regards to
sales partners who continuously
deliver performances that benefit
the business. Dream vacations to the
most beautiful places in the world,
and the grand PM-events are the
best examples. You can also count
on him when it comes to matters of
the PM-charity program., either by
bringing joy to 1,300 sponsored
children or just by helping out the
kids directly whenever it’s critically
needed.
We put Rolf Sorg on the front page
of this issue because he has worked
his way up from the humblest of beginnings
to a character who’s exemplary
for the direct selling business.
He also made it to the front page
be cause he leads a successful busi
ness, on which his sales partners,
customers and suppliers can safely
rely on. Despite the tremendous business
growth, he has always stayed
down to earth. That’s why we have
decided to bypass the editorial regulations
for the first time. Rolf Sorg’s
work is of great merit for the national
and international network marketing
business.
Bernd Seitz
06.2018